Football League Division Three
Saturday, January 17, 1976

Swindon Town Port Vale
J.McLaughlin (75'), D.Syrett (89')
 HT: 0-0 D.Brownbill (83')
Attendance:  5,557    


1
BARRON
2
TAYLOR
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
MCLAUGHLIN
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
CHALKLIN
11
ANDERSON
1
RYAN
2
BRODIE
3
GRIFFITHS
4
HORTON
5
RIDLEY
6
HARRIS
7
MORRIS
8
TARTT
9
CULLERTON
10
BAILEY
11
BROWNBILL

Lineups
1
Jim BARRON
                 
David RYAN
1
2
Gerry TAYLOR
                 
John BRODIE
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Neil GRIFFITHS
3
4
Ken STROUD
                 
Brian HORTON
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
John RIDLEY
5
6
John MCLAUGHLIN
               
Dave HARRIS
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Geoff MORRIS
7

8
Will DIXON
                 
Colin TARTT
8
9
David SYRETT
               
Mike CULLERTON
9
10
Geoff CHALKLIN
                 
Terry BAILEY
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
               
Derek BROWNBILL
11
Substitutes
12
Tom JENKINS
                 
Garry DULSON
12















Results on Saturday, January 17, 1976: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 6 - 0 Colchester United  
  Bury 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Halifax Town 1 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Hereford United 4 - 2 Chesterfield  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Gillingham  
  Peterborough United 3 - 0 Chester  
  Preston North End 1 - 0 Aldershot  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Wrexham 3 - 0 Rotherham United  

Table as at Saturday, January 17, 1976:
  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Crystal Palace 26 13 8 5 41 22 1.86 34 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 24 14 2 8 49 26 1.88 30 
3 Peterborough United 25 10 10 5 43 33 1.30 30 
4 Walsall 27 11 8 8 38 34 1.12 30 
5 Hereford United 22 12 5 5 38 29 1.31 29 
6 Cardiff City 24 10 6 8 38 29 1.31 26 
7 Bury 24 8 10 6 28 22 1.27 26 
8 Wrexham 25 10 6 9 31 29 1.07 26 
9 Preston North End 24 10 6 8 30 29 1.03 26 
10 Millwall 25 8 10 7 29 32 0.91 26 
11 Port Vale 25 9 7 9 32 27 1.19 25 
12 Shrewsbury Town 23 10 5 8 33 31 1.06 25 
13 Gillingham 24 7 10 7 31 32 0.97 24 
14 Rotherham United 25 9 6 10 29 34 0.85 24 
15 Grimsby Town 25 10 4 11 38 45 0.84 24 
16 Chester 24 8 8 8 25 33 0.76 24 
17 Aldershot 24 7 8 9 32 39 0.82 22 
18 Halifax Town 24 7 8 9 27 34 0.79 22 
19 Colchester United 26 7 7 12 20 39 0.51 21 
20 Chesterfield 25 7 6 12 38 42 0.90 20 
21 Southend United 22 7 5 10 35 36 0.97 19 
22 Sheffield Wednesday 24 4 11 9 28 32 0.88 19 
23 Swindon Town 24 7 3 14 29 43 0.67 17 
24 Mansfield Town 23 4 7 12 27 37 0.73 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation