Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 3, 1977

Walsall Swindon Town
D.Serella (25'), M.Dennehy (81')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  4,717    


1
KEARNS
2
TAYLOR
3
CASWELL
4
NEWTON
5
HYND
6
SERELLA
7
DENNEHY
8
EVANS
9
WOOD
10
BUCKLEY
11
BIRCH
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON

Lineups
1
Mick KEARNS  
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Brian TAYLOR
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Brian CASWELL
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Graham NEWTON
                 
Ken STROUD
4
5
Roger HYND
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Dave SERELLA
               
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Miah DENNEHY  
               
David MOSS
7

8
Alun EVANS
                60'
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Alf WOOD
 65'
               
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Alan BUCKLEY
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Alan BIRCH
                 
  Trevor ANDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Gary SHELTON

65' 		            
60' 
Andy FORD
12















Results on Saturday, September 3, 1977: League Table
 
  Bury 3 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Gillingham 4 - 1 Bradford City  
  Oxford United 1 - 0 Preston North End  
  Peterborough United 2 - 2 Wrexham  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Hereford United  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Lincoln City  
  Portsmouth 3 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Rotherham United 0 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 2 Exeter City  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, September 3, 1977:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Colchester United 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 6 
2 Tranmere Rovers 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 6 
3 Exeter City 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 5 
4 Bury 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 5 
5 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 5 
6 Oxford United 4 2 1 1 8 7 1 5 
7 Gillingham 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 4 
8 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 
9 Chesterfield 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 4 
10 Shrewsbury Town 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 4 
11 Walsall 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4 
12 Chester 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 3 
13 Portsmouth 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 3 
14 Rotherham United 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3 
15 Preston North End 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 
16 Wrexham 4 0 3 1 6 7 -1 3 
17 Port Vale 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 3 
18 Carlisle United 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2 
19 Bradford City 4 1 0 3 7 10 -3 2 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 3 0 2 1 1 4 -3 2 
21 Peterborough United 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 2 
22 Lincoln City 4 0 1 3 4 8 -4 1 
23 Cambridge United 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1 
24 Hereford United 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0 

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