Match Centre

Saturday December 3rd, 1977

Football League Division Three

Hereford United

1 - 1

1

B. Holmes (72')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

R. McHale (76' pen)
B. Holmes (72')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,541

R. McHale (76' pen)
K. McNally
Edgar Street, Hereford

Lineups


1
MELLOR
2
EMERY
3
BURROWS
4
LAYTON
5
MARSHALL
6
SHEEDY
7
STEPHENS
8
BRILEY
9
DAVEY
10
HOLMES
11
SPIRING
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
KAMARA
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
Hereford United
1Peter MELLOR
2Steve EMERY
3Phil BURROWS
4John LAYTON
5Julian MARSHALL
6Kevin SHEEDY
7Kenny STEPHENS
8Les BRILEY
9Steve DAVEY
10Billy HOLMES
11Peter SPIRING
Substitutes
12Andy PROUDLOVE
Manager/Head Coach
John SILLETT
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
32'~58' 2John McLAUGHLIN2 32'~58'
3John TROLLOPE3
4Chris KAMARA4
5Steve AIZLEWOOD5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
46' 8Ken STROUD8 46'
9Chris GUTHRIE9
36' 10Ray McHALE10 36'
11Trevor ANDERSON11
Substitutes
46' 12Andy FORD12 46'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 3rd, 1977:

Bradford City Bradford 2-2 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Carlisle United Carlisle United 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Chester Chester 2-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Exeter City Exeter City 2-4 Cambridge United Cambridge United
Gillingham Gillingham 3-1 Walsall Walsall
Hereford United Hereford United 1-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Oxford United Oxford United 1-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Bury Bury
Preston North End Preston North End 3-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Rotherham United Rotherham United 2-2 Wrexham Wrexham
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Colchester United Colchester United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 3rd, 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 Wrexham Wrexham 19 7 3 0 20 8 3 3 3 12 12 10 6 3 32 20 12 26
2 Peterborough United Peterborough United 19 5 4 0 11 5 4 2 4 6 9 9 6 4 17 14 3 24
3 Gillingham Gillingham 19 6 3 1 19 10 2 4 3 14 16 8 7 4 33 26 7 23
4 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 19 6 2 2 18 9 3 2 4 10 9 9 4 6 28 18 10 22
5 Cambridge United Cambridge United 19 7 1 1 23 7 2 3 5 10 19 9 4 6 33 26 7 22
6 Preston North End Preston North End 19 7 2 1 18 10 0 6 3 4 9 7 8 4 22 19 3 22
7 Colchester United Colchester United 19 5 3 1 16 5 3 2 5 11 13 8 5 6 27 18 9 21
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 19 5 2 2 21 11 3 3 4 13 17 8 5 6 34 28 6 21
9 Bury Bury 19 3 5 1 9 7 3 3 4 11 15 6 8 5 20 22 -2 20
10 Swindon Town Swindon 19 7 2 1 23 7 0 3 6 7 18 7 5 7 30 25 5 19
11 Oxford United Oxford United 19 6 2 1 13 6 1 3 6 13 18 7 5 7 26 24 2 19
12 Exeter City Exeter City 19 5 1 4 15 12 3 2 4 9 11 8 3 8 24 23 1 19
13 Rotherham United Rotherham United 19 4 4 2 11 7 2 3 4 14 19 6 7 6 25 26 -1 19
14 Walsall Walsall 19 4 2 3 13 10 2 5 3 10 14 6 7 6 23 24 -1 19
15 Chester Chester 19 5 4 0 15 8 0 5 5 7 19 5 9 5 22 27 -5 19
16 Carlisle United Carlisle United 19 3 5 2 15 13 2 2 5 9 12 5 7 7 24 25 -1 17
17 Chesterfield Chesterfield 19 6 2 1 12 4 1 1 8 6 17 7 3 9 18 21 -3 17
18 Hereford United Hereford United 19 5 3 2 13 9 0 4 5 2 13 5 7 7 15 22 -7 17
19 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 19 3 3 4 13 12 2 3 4 7 11 5 6 8 20 23 -3 16
20 Bradford City Bradford 19 4 4 2 18 13 1 2 6 4 14 5 6 8 22 27 -5 16
21 Port Vale Port Vale 19 2 5 2 8 9 1 5 4 10 18 3 10 6 18 27 -9 16
22 Lincoln City Lincoln City 19 3 3 3 12 12 2 2 6 8 16 5 5 9 20 28 -8 15
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 2 5 2 11 11 1 3 6 7 21 3 8 8 18 32 -14 14
24 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 19 3 4 3 9 7 0 3 6 8 16 3 7 9 17 23 -6 13

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