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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

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

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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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