Match Centre

Saturday October 2nd, 1976

Football League Division Three

Reading

4 - 1

4

J. Murray (5' pen, 26'), G. Cumming (9'), B. Carnaby (56')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

D. Moss (81')
J. Murray (5' pen, 26'), G. Cumming (9'), B. Carnaby (56')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 11,899

D. Moss (81')
E. Hughes
Elm Park, Reading

Lineups


1
DEATH
2
HENDERSON
3
MORELINE
4
CUMMING
5
BENNETT
6
YOULDEN
7
MURRAY
8
HOLLIS
9
FRIDAY
10
DUNPHY
11
CARNABY
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
O'BRIEN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
Reading
1Steve DEATH
2Stewart HENDERSON
3Dave MORELINE
4Gordon CUMMING
5Paul BENNETT~52'
6Tommy YOULDEN
7John MURRAY46'
8Mick HOLLIS
9Robin FRIDAY
10Eamonn DUNPHY
11Brian CARNABY
Substitutes
12Dennis NELSON46'
Manager/Head Coach
Charlie HURLEY
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3Tony TAYLOR3
65' 4Ken STROUD4 65'
~20' 5Steve AIZLEWOOD5 ~20'
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
70' 8Gerry O'BRIEN8 70'
9Dave SYRETT9
10Ray McHALE10
11Trevor ANDERSON11
Substitutes
~20' 12Howard GODDARD12 ~20'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 2nd, 1976:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 1-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Chester Chester 2-1 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Lincoln City Lincoln City 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 5-0 Bury Bury
Oxford United Oxford United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Preston North End Preston North End 4-2 York City York City
Reading Reading 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Rotherham United Rotherham United 3-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 4-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Walsall Walsall 3-1 Port Vale Port Vale

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 2nd, 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 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 8 4 0 0 13 3 1 2 1 6 6 5 2 1 19 9 10 12
2 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 8 3 1 0 14 6 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 1 19 10 9 12
3 Reading Reading 9 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 2 7 7 5 2 2 16 10 6 12
4 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 8 3 1 0 12 2 2 0 2 4 5 5 1 2 16 7 9 11
5 Wrexham Wrexham 8 3 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 10 5 5 1 2 16 7 9 11
6 Rotherham United Rotherham United 8 3 2 0 11 4 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 1 14 7 7 11
7 Gillingham Gillingham 8 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 1 8 8 4 3 1 15 13 2 11
8 Lincoln City Lincoln City 8 1 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 8 4 3 4 1 12 6 6 10
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 8 3 0 1 6 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 8 5 3 10
10 Swindon Town Swindon 9 3 1 0 11 6 1 1 3 3 7 4 2 3 14 13 1 10
11 Bury Bury 8 4 0 0 10 2 0 1 3 3 12 4 1 3 13 14 -1 9
12 Preston North End Preston North End 8 2 2 0 9 3 0 2 2 3 6 2 4 2 12 9 3 8
13 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 8 2 2 0 7 3 0 2 2 5 10 2 4 2 12 13 -1 8
14 Chester Chester 8 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 4 4 3 2 3 7 9 -2 8
15 Peterborough United Peterborough United 9 3 1 1 6 3 0 1 3 4 10 3 2 4 10 13 -3 8
16 Oxford United Oxford United 8 1 2 1 8 8 1 1 2 7 7 2 3 3 15 15 0 7
17 Walsall Walsall 8 1 1 2 8 9 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 10 12 -2 6
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 8 2 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 2 4 7 9 -2 6
19 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 8 2 1 1 5 3 0 0 4 4 13 2 1 5 9 16 -7 5
20 York City York City 8 2 1 1 5 4 0 0 4 4 15 2 1 5 9 19 -10 5
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 8 1 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 5 4 11 -7 4
22 Portsmouth Portsmouth 8 1 1 2 3 5 0 1 3 3 9 1 2 5 6 14 -8 4
23 Port Vale Port Vale 9 1 1 2 5 5 0 1 4 2 11 1 2 6 7 16 -9 4
24 Chesterfield Chesterfield 8 0 1 3 1 11 1 1 2 4 7 1 2 5 5 18 -13 4

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