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Saturday December 18th, 1976

Football League Division Three

Chester

2 - 1

2

P. Richardson (70'), I. Howat (80')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

D. Moss (45')
P. Richardson (70'), I. Howat (80')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 3,399

D. Moss (45')
J. Rice

Lineups


1
MILLINGTON
2
EDWARDS
3
WALKER
4
STORTON
5
DELGADO
6
OAKES
7
DEARDEN
8
RICHARDSON
9
EDWARDS
10
HOWAT
11
CROSSLEY
1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 18th, 1976:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 2-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Bury Bury 0-2 Walsall Walsall
Chester Chester 2-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 2-1 Reading Reading
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 2-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Oxford United Oxford United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Rotherham United Rotherham United 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
York City York City 1-4 Portsmouth Portsmouth

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 18th, 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 19 7 1 1 28 9 4 3 3 13 13 11 4 4 41 22 19 26
2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 19 8 1 0 20 4 3 2 5 12 12 11 3 5 32 16 16 25
3 Wrexham Wrexham 19 6 4 0 15 5 4 1 4 15 12 10 5 4 30 17 13 25
4 Rotherham United Rotherham United 19 5 4 1 17 9 4 3 2 16 12 9 7 3 33 21 12 25
5 Preston North End Preston North End 19 7 2 0 25 7 1 6 3 8 10 8 8 3 33 17 16 24
6 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 19 6 2 3 17 10 3 3 2 12 13 9 5 5 29 23 6 23
7 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 18 6 3 0 23 5 3 1 5 8 11 9 4 5 31 16 15 22
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 18 5 4 1 14 9 1 4 3 4 6 6 8 4 18 15 3 20
9 Chesterfield Chesterfield 19 5 2 3 16 11 3 2 4 10 13 8 4 7 26 24 2 20
10 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 19 5 3 2 11 6 1 5 3 9 12 6 8 5 20 18 2 20
11 Bury Bury 19 7 0 3 20 11 1 4 4 9 24 8 4 7 29 35 -6 20
12 Swindon Town Swindon 19 5 3 1 21 13 2 2 6 6 16 7 5 7 27 29 -2 19
13 Chester Chester 18 5 1 2 9 7 3 2 5 7 12 8 3 7 16 19 -3 19
14 Lincoln City Lincoln City 17 2 5 1 13 10 4 1 4 12 14 6 6 5 25 24 1 18
15 Oxford United Oxford United 20 3 5 2 17 15 1 4 5 12 16 4 9 7 29 31 -2 17
16 Gillingham Gillingham 19 3 4 2 13 11 3 1 6 12 20 6 5 8 25 31 -6 17
17 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 18 6 2 2 13 6 0 1 7 6 20 6 3 9 19 26 -7 15
18 Reading Reading 19 4 1 3 13 9 2 2 7 11 23 6 3 10 24 32 -8 15
19 Peterborough United Peterborough United 20 5 1 4 11 10 0 4 6 9 22 5 5 10 20 32 -12 15
20 Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 2 6 2 8 9 1 2 6 11 18 3 8 8 19 27 -8 14
21 Port Vale Port Vale 19 3 3 3 13 11 0 5 5 5 15 3 8 8 18 26 -8 14
22 Walsall Walsall 19 2 4 3 14 14 2 2 6 5 14 4 6 9 19 28 -9 14
23 Northampton Town Northampton Town 18 3 1 4 8 10 1 3 6 10 20 4 4 10 18 30 -12 12
24 York City York City 18 3 2 5 9 18 1 1 6 7 20 4 3 11 16 38 -22 11

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