Match Centre

Saturday January 22nd, 1977

Football League Division Three

Port Vale

2 - 2

2

K. Beech (28'), J. Ridley (65')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

R. McHale (12'), D. Syrett (16')
K. Beech (28'), J. Ridley (65')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 4,446

R. McHale (12'), D. Syrett (16')
R.W. Toseland

Lineups


1
DANCE
2
THOMSON
3
GRIFFITHS
4
RIDLEY
5
HARRIS
6
KENNERLEY
7
TARTT
8
BAILEY
9
ROGERS
10
BEAMISH
11
BEECH
1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
TAYLOR
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday January 22nd, 1977:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday January 22nd, 1977:

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 25 10 1 1 35 9 4 4 5 13 15 14 5 6 48 24 24 33
2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 23 8 3 0 26 6 5 2 5 13 14 13 5 5 39 20 19 31
3 Wrexham Wrexham 22 8 4 0 22 8 5 1 4 16 12 13 5 4 38 20 18 31
4 Rotherham United Rotherham United 23 6 5 1 18 9 5 4 2 21 14 11 9 3 39 23 16 31
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 9 2 1 24 8 4 2 5 14 13 13 4 6 38 21 17 30
6 Preston North End Preston North End 23 7 2 1 26 9 3 7 3 10 10 10 9 4 36 19 17 29
7 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 25 7 3 3 20 12 4 4 4 16 20 11 7 7 36 32 4 29
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 23 7 4 1 19 10 2 5 4 8 8 9 9 5 27 18 9 27
9 Bury Bury 23 7 1 3 21 12 3 4 5 11 26 10 5 8 32 38 -6 25
10 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 23 5 4 2 11 6 2 6 4 15 18 7 10 6 26 24 2 24
11 Oxford United Oxford United 25 6 5 2 22 17 1 5 6 13 18 7 10 8 35 35 0 24
12 Lincoln City Lincoln City 20 4 5 1 19 11 4 1 5 13 16 8 6 6 32 27 5 22
13 Swindon Town Swindon 21 6 3 1 22 13 2 3 6 8 18 8 6 7 30 31 -1 22
14 Chester Chester 22 6 1 3 11 9 3 2 7 9 19 9 3 10 20 28 -8 21
15 Chesterfield Chesterfield 23 5 2 4 16 12 3 2 7 13 19 8 4 11 29 31 -2 20
16 Gillingham Gillingham 23 3 4 3 13 14 4 2 7 16 25 7 6 10 29 39 -10 20
17 Peterborough United Peterborough United 24 6 2 4 15 12 0 5 7 9 23 6 7 11 24 35 -11 19
18 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 23 7 3 3 18 11 0 1 9 7 24 7 4 12 25 35 -10 18
19 Portsmouth Portsmouth 24 3 8 3 12 13 1 2 7 13 22 4 10 10 25 35 -10 18
20 Reading Reading 24 5 2 4 15 11 2 2 9 12 27 7 4 13 27 38 -11 18
21 Port Vale Port Vale 23 3 4 4 15 14 1 5 6 10 19 4 9 10 25 33 -8 17
22 Walsall Walsall 24 3 4 4 19 16 2 3 8 6 21 5 7 12 25 37 -12 17
23 Northampton Town Northampton Town 24 4 1 8 14 22 1 3 7 10 22 5 4 15 24 44 -20 14
24 York City York City 21 4 3 5 13 21 1 1 7 9 23 5 4 12 22 44 -22 14

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