Match Centre

Saturday December 31st, 1977

Football League Division Three

Gillingham

2 - 2

2

D. Westwood (32'), D. Richardson (85' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

C. Kamara (24'), D. Moss (75')
D. Westwood (32'), D. Richardson (85' pen)
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 8,012

C. Kamara (24'), D. Moss (75')
M. Sinclair
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Lineups


1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
ARMSTRONG
4
OVERTON
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
CRABBE
7
NICHOLL
8
WEATHERLY
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
KAMARA
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
Gillingham
1Ron HILLYARD
2Graham KNIGHT
3Gary ARMSTRONG
4John OVERTON
5Dave SHIPPERLEY55'
6John CRABBE
7Terry NICHOLL
8Mark WEATHERLY
9Ken PRICE
10Danny WESTWOOD
11Damien RICHARDSON
Substitutes
12Billy HUGHES55'
Manager/Head Coach
Gerry SUMMERS
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Chris KAMARA4
5Roy CARTER5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
8Ken STROUD8
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Ray McHALE10
11Dave CUNNINGHAM11
Substitutes
12Andy FORD12
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 31st, 1977:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 31st, 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 23 9 3 0 25 10 4 3 4 14 14 13 6 4 39 24 15 32
2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 24 9 2 2 27 11 3 4 4 12 11 12 6 6 39 22 17 30
3 Gillingham Gillingham 24 6 5 1 21 12 4 5 3 19 18 10 10 4 40 30 10 30
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 23 6 6 0 13 6 4 3 4 6 9 10 9 4 19 15 4 29
5 Cambridge United Cambridge United 23 9 1 1 28 7 2 5 5 12 21 11 6 6 40 28 12 28
6 Preston North End Preston North End 23 8 2 1 22 10 1 7 4 5 10 9 9 5 27 20 7 27
7 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 24 7 3 3 27 13 3 3 5 13 18 10 6 8 40 31 9 26
8 Colchester United Colchester United 23 6 4 1 20 7 3 3 6 12 15 9 7 7 32 22 10 25
9 Swindon Town Swindon 23 8 3 1 28 10 0 5 6 12 23 8 8 7 40 33 7 24
10 Bury Bury 23 4 7 1 14 11 3 3 5 11 19 7 10 6 25 30 -5 24
11 Exeter City Exeter City 23 6 1 4 16 12 3 4 5 12 16 9 5 9 28 28 0 23
12 Walsall Walsall 23 5 4 3 17 11 2 5 4 10 16 7 9 7 27 27 0 23
13 Chester Chester 23 6 5 0 18 10 0 6 6 7 22 6 11 6 25 32 -7 23
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 23 6 3 2 13 6 3 1 8 11 19 9 4 10 24 25 -1 22
15 Oxford United Oxford United 24 6 4 1 16 9 1 4 8 17 26 7 8 9 33 35 -2 22
16 Carlisle United Carlisle United 23 4 5 2 17 13 2 4 6 13 18 6 9 8 30 31 -1 21
17 Rotherham United Rotherham United 23 4 4 3 12 9 2 4 6 17 26 6 8 9 29 35 -6 20
18 Port Vale Port Vale 23 3 7 2 15 13 1 5 5 10 20 4 12 7 25 33 -8 20
19 Bradford City Bradford 23 5 4 3 21 17 1 3 7 5 19 6 7 10 26 36 -10 19
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 23 3 4 5 15 15 2 4 5 11 17 5 8 10 26 32 -6 18
21 Lincoln City Lincoln City 23 3 4 4 13 15 2 4 6 11 19 5 8 10 24 34 -10 18
22 Hereford United Hereford United 23 5 4 2 13 9 0 4 8 3 17 5 8 10 16 26 -10 18
23 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 23 5 4 3 11 7 0 3 8 9 22 5 7 11 20 29 -9 17
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 23 2 7 2 16 16 1 4 7 7 23 3 11 9 23 39 -16 17

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