Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 5, 1977

Swindon Town Gillingham
D.Moss (66'), S.Aizlewood (70'), T.Anderson (75')
 HT: 0-0 D.Westwood (55'), J.Overton (68')
Attendance:  7,080    


1
ALLAN
2
FORD
3
TROLLOPE
4
MCLAUGHLIN
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
KAMARA
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
BURROWS
4
OVERTON
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
CRABBE
7
NICHOLL
8
HUNT
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Ron HILLYARD
1
2
Andy FORD
           16'     
Graham KNIGHT
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Phil BURROWS
3
4
John MCLAUGHLIN
               
John OVERTON
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
               
Dave SHIPPERLEY
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
                 
John CRABBE
6

7
David MOSS
               
Terry NICHOLL
7

8
Ken STROUD
   90'       64'    76'
Peter HUNT
8
9
Chris KAMARA
                 
Ken PRICE
9
10
Ray MCHALE
               
Danny WESTWOOD
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
               
  Damien RICHARDSON
11
Substitutes
12
Mick FRENCH
              
76' 
Billy HUGHES
12















Results on Saturday, November 5, 1977: League Table
 
  Bury 1 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Chesterfield 2 - 0 Bradford City  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Lincoln City 2 - 1 Chester  
  Peterborough United 2 - 0 Cambridge United  
  Port Vale 0 - 0 Preston North End  
  Portsmouth 2 - 5 Tranmere Rovers  
  Sheffield Wednesday 3 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 0 Hereford United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Gillingham  
  Walsall 4 - 2 Colchester United  
  Wrexham 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, November 5, 1977:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 16 8 5 3 25 16 9 21 
2 Shrewsbury Town 16 8 4 4 33 22 11 20 
3 Tranmere Rovers 16 8 3 5 25 15 10 19 
4 Preston North End 16 6 7 3 16 13 3 19 
5 Gillingham 16 6 6 4 29 25 4 18 
6 Rotherham United 16 6 6 4 23 21 2 18 
7 Peterborough United 16 6 6 4 13 14 -1 18 
8 Colchester United 16 6 5 5 22 15 7 17 
9 Exeter City 16 7 3 6 21 18 3 17 
10 Walsall 16 5 7 4 18 17 1 17 
11 Bury 15 5 7 3 17 16 1 17 
12 Swindon Town 16 6 4 6 27 22 5 16 
13 Oxford United 16 6 4 6 23 21 2 16 
14 Cambridge United 15 6 4 5 20 22 -2 16 
15 Chesterfield 16 6 3 7 15 16 -1 15 
16 Plymouth Argyle 16 4 6 6 18 21 -3 14 
17 Hereford United 16 4 6 6 11 17 -6 14 
18 Chester 16 3 8 5 17 24 -7 14 
19 Lincoln City 16 5 3 8 16 19 -3 13 
20 Bradford City 16 4 5 7 18 23 -5 13 
21 Port Vale 15 3 7 5 14 22 -8 13 
22 Sheffield Wednesday 16 3 6 7 16 20 -4 12 
23 Carlisle United 16 3 6 7 17 23 -6 12 
24 Portsmouth 15 2 7 6 13 25 -12 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation