Match Centre

Saturday October 23rd, 1976

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

T. Anderson (21' pen, 87' pen), D. Moss (43'), J. McLaughlin (79'), D. Syrett (89')

Northampton Town

Northampton Town

1

A. McGowan (70')
T. Anderson (21' pen, 87' pen), D. Moss (43'), J. McLaughlin (79'), D. Syrett (89')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,285

A. McGowan (70')
C. Thomas

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
STARLING
2
GREGORY
3
TUCKER
4
BEST
5
ROBERTSON
6
PHILLIPS
7
FARRINGTON
8
McGOWAN
9
REILLY
10
HALL
11
CHRISTIE

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 23rd, 1976:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 23rd, 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 12 5 1 0 22 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 3 2 28 14 14 17
2 Wrexham Wrexham 11 5 1 0 11 3 3 0 2 13 7 8 1 2 24 10 14 17
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 11 5 0 0 16 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 23 10 13 16
4 Lincoln City Lincoln City 11 2 3 0 7 3 3 1 2 9 7 5 4 2 16 10 6 14
5 Swindon Town Swindon 12 5 1 0 17 7 1 1 4 3 9 6 2 4 20 16 4 14
6 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 12 4 2 1 12 4 1 2 2 6 10 5 4 3 18 14 4 14
7 Bury Bury 11 6 0 0 16 4 0 2 3 5 14 6 2 3 21 18 3 14
8 Preston North End Preston North End 12 4 2 0 17 6 0 3 3 5 9 4 5 3 22 15 7 13
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 11 4 1 1 10 6 1 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 13 10 3 13
10 Chester Chester 12 2 1 2 4 5 3 2 2 6 7 5 3 4 10 12 -2 13
11 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 11 3 2 0 13 3 2 0 4 5 8 5 2 4 18 11 7 12
12 Rotherham United Rotherham United 11 3 2 1 12 6 1 2 2 5 6 4 4 3 17 12 5 12
13 Reading Reading 12 3 1 1 9 4 2 1 4 8 14 5 2 5 17 18 -1 12
14 Peterborough United Peterborough United 14 5 1 2 10 7 0 1 5 6 17 5 2 7 16 24 -8 12
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 11 3 1 2 6 4 1 2 2 5 6 4 3 4 11 10 1 11
16 Gillingham Gillingham 11 2 2 1 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 4 3 4 16 18 -2 11
17 Chesterfield Chesterfield 12 2 1 3 6 11 2 1 3 7 10 4 2 6 13 21 -8 10
18 Oxford United Oxford United 11 1 3 1 10 10 1 2 3 9 11 2 5 4 19 21 -2 9
19 Walsall Walsall 12 2 1 2 10 9 1 2 4 3 12 3 3 6 13 21 -8 9
20 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 11 3 2 1 6 3 0 0 5 4 15 3 2 6 10 18 -8 8
21 Port Vale Port Vale 12 2 1 3 9 9 0 2 4 3 12 2 3 7 12 21 -9 7
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 11 2 0 3 5 6 0 2 4 4 13 2 2 7 9 19 -10 6
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 11 1 3 2 5 7 0 1 4 4 12 1 4 6 9 19 -10 6
24 York City York City 11 2 2 2 6 7 0 0 5 4 16 2 2 7 10 23 -13 6

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