Match Centre

Saturday March 5th, 1977

Football League Division Three

Gillingham

2 - 2

2

D. Westwood (21'), B. Hughes (53')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

D. Moss (65'), R. McHale (83')
D. Westwood (21'), B. Hughes (53')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 4,994

D. Moss (65'), R. McHale (83')
B. James

Lineups


1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
ARMSTRONG
4
GALVIN
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
HUGHES
7
NICHOLL
8
CRABBE
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
O'BRIEN
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 5th, 1977:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Chester Chester 1-3 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Gillingham Gillingham 2-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Lincoln City Lincoln City 3-2 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Oxford United Oxford United 0-2 York City York City
Peterborough United Peterborough United 0-1 Bury Bury
Preston North End Preston North End 2-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Reading Reading 2-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Wrexham Wrexham
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Walsall Walsall 0-3 Northampton Town Northampton Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 5th, 1977:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 31 13 2 1 45 10 5 5 5 14 15 18 7 6 59 25 34 43
2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 13 3 0 40 8 6 2 6 16 17 19 5 6 56 25 31 43
3 Rotherham United Rotherham United 30 8 6 1 22 9 7 5 3 27 19 15 11 4 49 28 21 41
4 Wrexham Wrexham 29 9 5 0 27 11 7 1 7 24 22 16 6 7 51 33 18 38
5 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 32 10 3 4 28 16 5 4 6 19 23 15 7 10 47 39 8 37
6 Preston North End Preston North End 30 10 2 2 35 15 3 8 5 11 15 13 10 7 46 30 16 36
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 10 5 1 24 11 3 5 7 12 14 13 10 8 36 25 11 36
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 10 4 2 29 13 4 3 9 21 26 14 7 11 50 39 11 35
9 Bury Bury 31 9 2 5 27 18 5 4 6 15 28 14 6 11 42 46 -4 34
10 Lincoln City Lincoln City 27 8 5 1 33 21 4 3 6 17 24 12 8 7 50 45 5 32
11 Oxford United Oxford United 33 8 5 4 29 23 2 6 8 17 25 10 11 12 46 48 -2 31
12 Chester Chester 29 10 1 4 19 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 3 12 32 38 -6 31
13 Swindon Town Swindon 28 7 4 1 27 15 3 5 8 14 27 10 9 9 41 42 -1 29
14 Gillingham Gillingham 31 5 7 3 20 19 5 2 9 20 30 10 9 12 40 49 -9 29
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 29 5 5 4 16 14 2 8 5 16 20 7 13 9 32 34 -2 27
16 Peterborough United Peterborough United 30 8 3 5 20 15 0 6 8 10 25 8 9 13 30 40 -10 25
17 York City York City 31 6 4 6 19 26 3 3 9 21 36 9 7 15 40 62 -22 25
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 30 4 8 4 15 18 3 2 9 19 28 7 10 13 34 46 -12 24
19 Chesterfield Chesterfield 31 6 3 6 20 16 3 2 11 17 30 9 5 17 37 46 -9 23
20 Port Vale Port Vale 29 4 4 5 16 16 2 7 7 14 24 6 11 12 30 40 -10 23
21 Walsall Walsall 31 5 4 6 28 23 3 3 10 8 26 8 7 16 36 49 -13 23
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 5 1 9 20 27 4 4 8 23 30 9 5 17 43 57 -14 23
23 Reading Reading 33 6 4 6 21 19 2 2 13 14 38 8 6 19 35 57 -22 22
24 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 31 7 3 6 19 15 1 1 13 10 33 8 4 19 29 48 -19 20

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