Match Centre

Saturday February 14th, 1976

Football League Division Three

Preston North End

4 - 2

4

A. Bruce (15'), R. Treacy (20'), J. Brown (~45' pen), J. Smith (79')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

W. Dixon (22'), J. Butler (32')
A. Bruce (15'), R. Treacy (20'), J. Brown (~45' pen), J. Smith (79')
(HT: 3-2)

Attendance: 5,868

W. Dixon (22'), J. Butler (32')
H. Davey
Deepdale, Preston

Lineups


1
TUNKS
2
McMAHON
3
WILLIAMS
4
DOYLE
5
SADLER
6
LAWRENSON
7
SMITH
8
BRUCE
9
TREACY
10
ELWISS
11
BROWN
1
BARRON
2
TAYLOR
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
McLAUGHLIN
11
ANDERSON
Preston North End
1Roy TUNKS
2John McMAHON
3Gary WILLIAMS
4Steve DOYLE
5David SADLER
6Mark LAWRENSON
7John SMITH
8Alex BRUCE
9Ray TREACY
10Mike ELWISS
11Jim BROWN
Substitutes
12Gordon COLEMAN
Swindon Town
1Jim BARRON1
2Gerry TAYLOR2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Ken STROUD4
5Frank BURROWS5
6Colin PROPHETT6
25' 7David MOSS7 25'
8Will DIXON8
9Dave SYRETT9
10John McLAUGHLIN10
11Trevor ANDERSON11
Substitutes
25' 12Joe BUTLER12 25'

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 14th, 1976:

Aldershot Aldershot 3-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Cardiff City Cardiff City 4-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-0 Hereford United Hereford United
Halifax Town Halifax Town 1-2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Millwall Millwall 1-0 Chester Chester
Preston North End Preston North End 4-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Wrexham Wrexham 2-1 Bury Bury

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 14th, 1976:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Hereford United Hereford United 29 8 4 2 25 15 8 3 4 28 21 16 7 6 53 36 1.47 39
2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 29 5 6 3 23 15 8 4 3 23 15 13 10 6 46 30 1.53 36
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 29 11 0 4 26 16 4 6 4 16 17 15 6 8 42 33 1.27 36
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 28 12 0 2 37 9 4 3 7 15 21 16 3 9 52 30 1.73 35
5 Cardiff City Cardiff City 29 10 3 2 29 10 4 3 7 19 26 14 6 9 48 36 1.33 34
6 Walsall Walsall 31 9 5 3 32 17 4 3 7 17 24 13 8 10 49 41 1.20 34
7 Peterborough United Peterborough United 27 9 4 1 28 11 2 7 4 18 23 11 11 5 46 34 1.35 33
8 Wrexham Wrexham 30 9 4 2 23 12 3 3 9 15 24 12 7 11 38 36 1.06 31
9 Millwall Millwall 30 9 5 1 21 12 1 6 8 12 24 10 11 9 33 36 0.92 31
10 Preston North End Preston North End 29 9 2 3 25 17 3 4 8 12 22 12 6 11 37 39 0.95 30
11 Port Vale Port Vale 29 7 6 2 20 11 3 3 8 14 19 10 9 10 34 30 1.13 29
12 Gillingham Gillingham 28 6 7 2 23 16 2 5 6 11 21 8 12 8 34 37 0.92 28
13 Rotherham United Rotherham United 29 8 3 3 24 14 3 3 9 13 29 11 6 12 37 43 0.86 28
14 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 29 10 5 0 29 12 1 1 12 12 36 11 6 12 41 48 0.85 28
15 Chester Chester 28 8 5 2 24 12 2 3 8 7 25 10 8 10 31 37 0.84 28
16 Bury Bury 28 6 5 2 18 7 2 6 7 15 23 8 11 9 33 30 1.10 27
17 Aldershot Aldershot 28 8 5 2 25 16 1 3 9 15 31 9 8 11 40 47 0.85 26
18 Chesterfield Chesterfield 30 6 4 6 30 22 3 2 9 15 29 9 6 15 45 51 0.88 24
19 Swindon Town Swindon 29 8 1 4 29 18 2 3 11 15 36 10 4 15 44 54 0.81 24
20 Southend United Southend United 25 6 3 4 26 20 2 3 7 13 21 8 6 11 39 41 0.95 22
21 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 27 5 6 3 21 16 0 6 7 9 18 5 12 10 30 34 0.88 22
22 Halifax Town Halifax Town 27 3 2 7 15 20 4 6 5 14 20 7 8 12 29 40 0.73 22
23 Colchester United Colchester United 30 5 3 6 12 17 2 4 10 11 32 7 7 16 23 49 0.47 21
24 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 28 3 5 4 18 17 2 3 11 13 26 5 8 15 31 43 0.72 18

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