Match Centre

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
Sealand Road, Chester

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
Chester
1Gren MILLINGTON
2Nigel EDWARDS
3Jim WALKER
4Trevor STORTON
5Bob DELGADO
6Alan OAKES
7Billy DEARDEN
8Paul RICHARDSON
9Ian EDWARDS
10Ian HOWAT
11Paul CROSSLEY
Substitutes
12Terry OWEN
Manager/Head Coach
Alan OAKES
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2Will DIXON2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Ken STROUD4
90' 5Steve AIZLEWOOD5 90'
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
8John McLAUGHLIN8
9Dave SYRETT9
10Ray McHALE10
11Trevor ANDERSON11
Substitutes
12Tony TAYLOR12
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


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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