Football League Division Three
Tuesday, August 24, 1976

Portsmouth Swindon Town
P.Denyer (??'), P.Went (??')
HT: 2-0 T.Anderson (64')
Attendance:  7,898    



Lineups
1
Grahame LLOYD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Chris LAWLER  
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Billy WILSON
                 
Tony TAYLOR
3
4
Peter DENYER
               
Ken STROUD
4
5
Peter ELLIS
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Paul CAHILL
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Matt POLLOCK
                 
David MOSS
7

8
Clive GREEN
                 
Will DIXON
8
9
Norman PIPER
                 
David SYRETT
9
10
Paul WENT
               
Howard GODDARD
10
11
George GRAHAM  
               
  Trevor ANDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
Phil HARRIS
12













Results on Tuesday, August 24, 1976: League Table

 
  Chester 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Grimsby Town 0 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Portsmouth 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Rotherham United 3 - 0 Bury  
  Shrewsbury Town 4 - 2 Gillingham  

Table as at Tuesday, August 24, 1976:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Rotherham United 2 2 0 0 5 0 5
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 2 0 0 4 2 2
3 Crystal Palace 2 2 0 0 2 0 2
4 Shrewsbury Town 2 1 1 0 5 3 2
5 Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
6 Wrexham 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
7 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
8 Chester 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
9 Chesterfield 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
10 Bury 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
11 Portsmouth 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
12 Reading 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
13 Lincoln City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
14 Northampton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1
18 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 4 6 -2
19 Oxford United 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
20 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
21 York City 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
22 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
23 Peterborough United 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
24 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3

Key: Promotion Relegation