Match Centre

Saturday March 26th, 1977

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

R. McHale (68'), T. Anderson (89')

Walsall

Walsall

2

M. Dennehy (44'), A. Buckley (46')
R. McHale (68'), T. Anderson (89')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 7,534

M. Dennehy (44'), A. Buckley (46')
T. Bune

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
KEARNS
2
TAYLOR
3
CASWELL
4
SERELLA
5
HYND
6
ROBINSON
7
DENNEHY
8
BATES
9
ANDREWS
10
BUCKLEY
11
BIRCH

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 26th, 1977:

Bury Bury 2-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Lincoln City Lincoln City 4-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-1 Chester Chester
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Reading Reading
Swindon Town Swindon 2-2 Walsall Walsall
York City York City 1-1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 26th, 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 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 35 13 5 0 42 10 7 2 8 17 23 20 7 8 59 33 26 47
2 Rotherham United Rotherham United 34 9 7 1 24 10 8 6 3 29 20 17 13 4 53 30 23 47
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 35 14 3 1 50 11 5 5 7 15 20 19 8 8 65 31 34 46
4 Wrexham Wrexham 34 12 5 0 38 14 7 2 8 26 25 19 7 8 64 39 25 45
5 Preston North End Preston North End 34 12 2 2 38 16 4 8 6 13 16 16 10 8 51 32 19 42
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 35 12 5 1 28 12 4 5 8 13 17 16 10 9 41 29 12 42
7 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 35 11 4 4 31 18 5 4 7 19 24 16 8 11 50 42 8 40
8 Bury Bury 35 11 2 5 31 19 5 5 7 16 30 16 7 12 47 49 -2 39
9 Lincoln City Lincoln City 33 10 6 1 40 23 4 4 8 18 27 14 10 9 58 50 8 38
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 36 10 5 2 31 15 4 4 11 22 33 14 9 13 53 48 5 37
11 Chester Chester 35 12 1 4 22 14 4 3 11 16 30 16 4 15 38 44 -6 36
12 Swindon Town Swindon 32 8 6 1 35 20 3 6 8 16 29 11 12 9 51 49 2 34
13 Oxford United Oxford United 36 8 5 5 29 24 2 7 9 19 28 10 12 14 48 52 -4 32
14 Peterborough United Peterborough United 35 10 3 5 25 17 0 9 8 13 28 10 12 13 38 45 -7 32
15 Gillingham Gillingham 35 6 8 3 22 20 5 2 11 20 35 11 10 14 42 55 -13 32
16 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 34 6 6 5 21 16 2 8 7 16 23 8 14 12 37 39 -2 30
17 Portsmouth Portsmouth 34 6 8 4 19 19 3 3 10 21 31 9 11 14 40 50 -10 29
18 Port Vale Port Vale 35 6 6 5 19 17 2 7 9 16 33 8 13 14 35 50 -15 29
19 Walsall Walsall 35 6 5 6 30 24 3 5 10 10 28 9 10 16 40 52 -12 28
20 Northampton Town Northampton Town 36 7 1 10 26 28 4 4 10 25 35 11 5 20 51 63 -12 27
21 York City York City 34 6 5 7 20 29 3 4 9 22 37 9 9 16 42 66 -24 27
22 Chesterfield Chesterfield 34 7 4 6 22 17 3 2 12 17 32 10 6 18 39 49 -10 26
23 Reading Reading 36 7 4 6 23 19 2 3 14 17 42 9 7 20 40 61 -21 25
24 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 35 7 4 6 20 16 1 2 15 12 40 8 6 21 32 56 -24 22

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