Match Centre

Saturday October 16th, 1976

Football League Division Three

Walsall

2 - 0

2

B. Taylor (19'), A. Buckley (64')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

B. Taylor (19'), A. Buckley (64')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 5,529

J. Gow

Lineups


1
KEARNS
2
HYND
3
HARRISON
4
ROBINSON
5
SERELLA
6
CASWELL
7
DENNEHY
8
EVANS
9
WRIGHT
10
BUCKLEY
11
TAYLOR
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
5
DIXON
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McHALE
9
SYRETT
10
O'BRIEN
11
ANDERSON

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 16th, 1976:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 16th, 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 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 11 5 1 0 22 6 2 1 2 5 7 7 2 2 27 13 14 16
2 Wrexham Wrexham 10 4 1 0 9 2 3 0 2 13 7 7 1 2 22 9 13 15
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 10 5 0 0 16 3 1 2 2 6 7 6 2 2 22 10 12 14
4 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 11 4 2 0 12 3 1 2 2 6 10 5 4 2 18 13 5 14
5 Preston North End Preston North End 11 4 2 0 17 6 0 3 2 3 6 4 5 2 20 12 8 13
6 Rotherham United Rotherham United 10 3 2 1 12 6 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 16 10 6 12
7 Lincoln City Lincoln City 10 1 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 9 7 4 4 2 13 9 4 12
8 Bury Bury 10 5 0 0 13 2 0 2 3 5 14 5 2 3 18 16 2 12
9 Reading Reading 11 3 1 1 9 4 2 1 3 7 11 5 2 4 16 15 1 12
10 Swindon Town Swindon 11 4 1 0 12 6 1 1 4 3 9 5 2 4 15 15 0 12
11 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 10 3 1 0 12 2 2 0 4 5 8 5 1 4 17 10 7 11
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 10 3 1 1 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 11 9 2 11
13 Gillingham Gillingham 10 2 2 1 7 6 2 1 2 8 10 4 3 3 15 16 -1 11
14 Chester Chester 11 2 1 2 4 5 2 2 2 4 7 4 3 4 8 12 -4 11
15 Peterborough United Peterborough United 13 4 1 2 8 7 0 1 5 6 17 4 2 7 14 24 -10 10
16 Oxford United Oxford United 10 1 3 1 10 10 1 2 2 9 9 2 5 3 19 19 0 9
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 10 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 2 5 6 3 3 4 9 10 -1 9
18 Walsall Walsall 11 2 1 2 10 9 1 2 3 3 11 3 3 5 13 20 -7 9
19 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 10 3 2 1 6 3 0 0 4 4 13 3 2 5 10 16 -6 8
20 Chesterfield Chesterfield 11 1 1 3 5 11 2 1 3 7 10 3 2 6 12 21 -9 8
21 Northampton Town Northampton Town 10 2 0 3 5 6 0 2 3 3 8 2 2 6 8 14 -6 6
22 Port Vale Port Vale 11 2 1 3 9 9 0 1 4 2 11 2 2 7 11 20 -9 6
23 York City York City 10 2 2 1 6 5 0 0 5 4 16 2 2 6 10 21 -11 6
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 10 1 2 2 4 6 0 1 4 4 12 1 3 6 8 18 -10 5

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