Match Centre

Saturday April 24th, 1976

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

T. Anderson (27' pen, 33' pen, 54' pen), D. Moss (75'), D. Syrett (76')

Walsall

Walsall

1

A. Buckley (25' pen)
T. Anderson (27' pen, 33' pen, 54' pen), D. Moss (75'), D. Syrett (76')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 7,363

A. Buckley (25' pen)
L.C. Shapter
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
BARRON
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
O'BRIEN
11
ANDERSON
1
KEARNS
2
FRY
3
HARRISON
4
CLARKE
5
HYND
6
ATTHEY
7
DENNEHY
8
ANDREWS
9
WRIGHT
10
BUCKLEY
11
EVANS
Swindon Town
1Jim BARRON
2John McLAUGHLIN
3John TROLLOPE
4Ken STROUD
5Frank BURROWS
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS
8Will DIXON
9Dave SYRETT
10Gerry O'BRIEN
11Trevor ANDERSON
Substitutes
12Don ROGERS
Walsall
1Mick KEARNS1
2Roger FRY2
3Colin HARRISON3
4Kelvin CLARKE4
5Roger HYND5
81' 6Nick ATTHEY6 81'
7Miah DENNEHY7
8George ANDREWS8
9Bernie WRIGHT9
10Alan BUCKLEY10
11Alun EVANS11
Substitutes
81' 12Gary SHELTON12 81'

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 24th, 1976:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Halifax Town Halifax Town 1-3 Aldershot Aldershot
Hereford United Hereford United 3-2 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 0-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Peterborough United Peterborough United 3-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Preston North End Preston North End 3-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Swindon Town Swindon 5-1 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 24th, 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 45 13 6 3 42 23 12 5 6 41 31 25 11 9 83 54 1.54 61
2 Millwall Millwall 46 16 6 1 35 14 4 10 9 19 29 20 16 10 54 43 1.26 56
3 Cardiff City Cardiff City 45 14 7 2 38 13 7 6 9 30 35 21 13 11 68 48 1.42 55
4 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 18 3 2 58 15 4 6 13 20 38 22 9 15 78 53 1.47 53
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 44 7 11 4 30 20 11 5 6 30 24 18 16 10 60 44 1.36 52
6 Wrexham Wrexham 44 13 5 4 36 19 7 5 10 26 32 20 10 14 62 51 1.22 50
7 Walsall Walsall 46 11 8 4 43 22 7 6 10 31 39 18 14 14 74 61 1.21 50
8 Preston North End Preston North End 45 15 4 4 45 23 4 6 12 16 31 19 10 16 61 54 1.13 48
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 14 2 7 36 25 5 8 10 25 34 19 10 17 61 59 1.03 48
10 Peterborough United Peterborough United 46 12 7 4 37 23 3 11 9 26 40 15 18 13 63 63 1 48
11 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 46 8 11 4 31 22 8 4 11 27 30 16 15 15 58 52 1.12 47
12 Port Vale Port Vale 46 10 10 3 33 21 5 6 12 22 33 15 16 15 55 54 1.02 46
13 Gillingham Gillingham 46 10 8 5 38 27 2 11 10 20 41 12 19 15 58 68 0.85 43
14 Bury Bury 44 10 7 4 32 15 3 9 11 18 30 13 16 15 50 45 1.11 42
15 Chesterfield Chesterfield 45 11 5 7 45 30 6 3 13 24 39 17 8 20 69 69 1 42
16 Rotherham United Rotherham United 46 11 6 6 35 22 4 6 13 19 43 15 12 19 54 65 0.83 42
17 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 46 13 7 3 39 21 2 3 18 23 53 15 10 21 62 74 0.84 40
18 Chester Chester 44 12 7 3 32 18 2 5 15 9 42 14 12 18 41 60 0.68 40
19 Swindon Town Swindon 45 11 3 8 40 29 5 4 14 20 44 16 7 22 60 73 0.82 39
20 Aldershot Aldershot 46 10 8 5 34 26 3 5 15 25 49 13 13 20 59 75 0.79 39
21 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 45 11 6 5 32 24 0 10 13 14 34 11 16 18 46 58 0.79 38
22 Colchester United Colchester United 45 9 6 8 25 27 3 7 12 15 37 12 13 20 40 64 0.63 37
23 Southend United Southend United 44 9 7 7 40 31 3 5 13 22 40 12 12 20 62 71 0.87 36
24 Halifax Town Halifax Town 45 6 4 12 21 31 5 8 10 19 29 11 12 22 40 60 0.67 34

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