Football League Division Three
D. Smith
Lineups
1
ALLAN
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
McLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
STROUD
5
BURROWS
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
MOSS
8
DIXON
DIXON
9
SYRETT
SYRETT
10
GODDARD
GODDARD
11
ANDERSON
ANDERSON
1
LLOYD
LLOYD
2
EVANS
EVANS
3
DWYER
DWYER
4
DAVIS
DAVIS
5
ROBERTS
ROBERTS
6
THOMAS
THOMAS
7
SHINTON
SHINTON
8
SUTTON
SUTTON
9
LEE
LEE
10
ASHCROFT
ASHCROFT
11
GRIFFITHS
GRIFFITHS
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Jimmy ALLAN | |
| 2John McLAUGHLIN | |
| 3Tony TAYLOR | |
| 4Ken STROUD | |
| 5Frank BURROWS | |
| 6Colin PROPHETT | |
| 7David MOSS | |
| 8Will DIXON | |
| 9Dave SYRETT | |
| 10Howard GODDARD | |
| 11Trevor ANDERSON | |
| Substitutes | |
| 12Pip HARRIS | |
| Wrexham | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Brian LLOYD1 | ||
| 2Mickey EVANS2 | ||
| 3Alan DWYER3 | ||
| 4Gareth DAVIS4 | ||
| 5John ROBERTS5 | ||
| 6Mickey THOMAS6 | ||
| 7Bobby SHINTON7 | ||
| 8Mel SUTTON8 | ||
| 9Stuart LEE9 | ||
| 10Billy ASHCROFT10 | ||
| 11Arfon GRIFFITHS11 | ||
| Substitutes | ||
| 12Graham WHITTLE12 | ||
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three results on Saturday August 28th, 1976:
Chester
Chester
|
1-3 | 
Oxford United
Oxford United
|
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
2-2 | 
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
1-0 | 
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
2-0 | 
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
|
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
0-1 | 
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
|
Preston North End
Preston North End
|
1-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
3-0 | 
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
2-0 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3-2 | 
Wrexham
Wrexham
|
Walsall
Walsall
|
1-2 | 
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
York City
York City
|
2-2 | 
Bury
Bury
|
Table
Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday August 28th, 1976:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 |
Bury
Bury
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 |
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 |
Oxford United
Oxford United
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |
Wrexham
Wrexham
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 |
Chester
Chester
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 |
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 18 |
York City
York City
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 |
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 |
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 22 |
Preston North End
Preston North End
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 |
Reading
Reading
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 24 |
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
Match Programme
