Match Centre

Saturday May 14th, 1977

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 1

2

D. Moss (45'), K. Stroud (76')

Chester

Chester

1

I. Edwards (23')
D. Moss (45'), K. Stroud (76')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 4,520

I. Edwards (23')
K. Salmon
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
MILLINGTON
2
EDWARDS
3
WALKER
4
STORTON
5
DELGADO
6
OAKES
7
JONES
8
MASON
9
EDWARDS
10
KEARNEY
11
BURNS
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2Will DIXON
3John TROLLOPE
4Ken STROUD
5Steve AIZLEWOOD
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS66'
8John McLAUGHLIN77'
9Dave SYRETT
10Ray McHALE
11Trevor ANDERSON
Substitutes
12Tony TAYLOR66'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Chester
1Gren MILLINGTON1
2Nigel EDWARDS2
3Jim WALKER3
4Trevor STORTON4
5Bob DELGADO5
6Alan OAKES6
7Bryn JONES7
8Stuart MASON8
9Ian EDWARDS9
10Mike KEARNEY10
11David BURNS11
Substitutes
12Paul RAYNOR12
Manager/Head Coach
Alan OAKES

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday May 14th, 1977:

Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Gillingham Gillingham 3-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Port Vale Port Vale 1-4 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Portsmouth Portsmouth 3-1 York City York City
Reading Reading 2-0 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Preston North End Preston North End
Swindon Town Swindon 2-1 Chester Chester
Walsall Walsall 3-3 Bury Bury
Wrexham Wrexham 0-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday May 14th, 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 46 17 6 0 52 13 11 2 10 26 29 28 8 10 78 42 36 64
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 19 3 1 63 14 6 8 9 20 26 25 11 10 83 40 43 61
3 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 17 5 1 46 15 6 8 9 22 25 23 13 10 68 40 28 59
4 Rotherham United Rotherham United 46 11 9 3 30 15 11 6 6 39 29 22 15 9 69 44 25 59
5 Wrexham Wrexham 46 15 6 2 47 22 9 4 10 33 32 24 10 12 80 54 26 58
6 Preston North End Preston North End 46 15 4 4 48 21 6 8 9 16 22 21 12 13 64 43 21 54
7 Bury Bury 46 15 2 6 41 21 8 6 9 23 38 23 8 15 64 59 5 54
8 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 4 4 39 18 7 5 11 26 37 22 9 15 65 55 10 53
9 Lincoln City Lincoln City 46 12 9 2 50 30 7 5 11 27 40 19 14 13 77 70 7 52
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 13 7 3 40 21 5 4 14 25 38 18 11 17 65 59 6 47
11 Gillingham Gillingham 46 11 8 4 31 21 5 4 14 24 43 16 12 18 55 64 -9 44
12 Chester Chester 46 14 3 6 28 20 4 5 14 20 38 18 8 20 48 58 -10 44
13 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 10 7 6 31 23 3 10 10 20 30 13 17 16 51 53 -2 43
14 Swindon Town Swindon 45 11 6 5 44 30 3 9 11 20 42 14 15 16 64 72 -8 43
15 Walsall Walsall 46 8 7 8 39 32 5 8 10 18 33 13 15 18 57 65 -8 41
16 Peterborough United Peterborough United 46 11 4 8 33 28 2 11 10 22 37 13 15 18 55 65 -10 41
17 Oxford United Oxford United 46 9 8 6 34 29 3 7 13 21 36 12 15 19 55 65 -10 39
18 Chesterfield Chesterfield 46 10 6 7 30 20 4 4 15 26 44 14 10 22 56 64 -8 38
19 Port Vale Port Vale 46 9 7 7 29 28 2 9 12 18 43 11 16 19 47 71 -24 38
20 Portsmouth Portsmouth 45 8 9 6 28 26 3 5 14 22 40 11 14 20 50 66 -16 36
21 Reading Reading 46 10 5 8 29 24 3 4 16 20 49 13 9 24 49 73 -24 35
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 9 4 10 33 29 4 4 15 27 46 13 8 25 60 75 -15 34
23 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 46 10 6 7 29 22 2 3 18 16 47 12 9 25 45 69 -24 33
24 York City York City 46 7 8 8 25 34 3 4 16 25 55 10 12 24 50 89 -39 32

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