Football League Division Three
Tuesday, April 12, 1977

Crystal Palace Swindon Town
J.Bourne (??', ??'), P.Holder (??' pen), G.Graham (??'), R.Harkouk (??')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  18,501    



Lineups
1
Tony BURNS
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Paul HINSHELWOOD
                 
Will DIXON
2
3
Kenny SANSOM  
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Phil HOLDER
               
Tony TAYLOR
4
5
Jim CANNON
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Ian EVANS  
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Dave SWINDLEHURST
                 
David MOSS
7

8
George GRAHAM  
               
Gerry O'BRIEN
8
9
Jeff BOURNE
               
David SYRETT
9
10
Nicky CHATTERTON
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Rachid HARKOUK  
               
Wynne HOOPER
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
John MCLAUGHLIN
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Results on Tuesday, April 12, 1977: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 0 Reading  
  Crystal Palace 5 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Walsall  
  Peterborough United 3 - 1 Northampton Town  
  Rotherham United 0 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Chesterfield  
  York City 0 - 0 Wrexham  

Table as at Tuesday, April 12, 1977:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 39 23 8 8 75 32 43 54 
2 Mansfield Town 39 23 7 9 67 38 29 53 
3 Wrexham 38 21 8 9 68 42 26 50 
4 Rotherham United 38 18 14 6 56 33 23 50 
5 Crystal Palace 39 18 12 9 50 31 19 48 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 40 19 9 12 56 47 9 47 
7 Bury 40 20 7 13 56 53 3 47 
8 Lincoln City 38 17 11 10 67 58 9 45 
9 Preston North End 38 17 10 11 55 37 18 44 
10 Shrewsbury Town 40 15 10 15 57 52 5 40 
11 Chester 40 17 6 17 44 52 -8 40 
12 Peterborough United 38 13 12 13 48 48 0 38 
13 Swindon Town 37 12 14 11 57 60 -3 38 
14 Gillingham 39 12 11 16 46 60 -14 35 
15 Tranmere Rovers 39 10 14 15 42 46 -4 34 
16 Oxford United 40 10 14 16 50 57 -7 34 
17 Walsall 39 11 12 16 45 54 -9 34 
18 Chesterfield 39 12 7 20 48 55 -7 31 
19 Portsmouth 38 9 13 16 41 56 -15 31 
20 Port Vale 39 9 13 17 37 61 -24 31 
21 Northampton Town 40 12 6 22 56 69 -13 30 
22 York City 39 9 10 20 43 76 -33 28 
23 Reading 39 10 7 22 43 65 -22 27 
24 Grimsby Town 39 9 7 23 35 60 -25 25 

Key: Promotion Relegation