Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 25, 1976

Swindon Town Gillingham
K.Stroud (13'), S.Aizlewood (53')
HT: 1-1 D.Richardson (28' pen), M.Weatherly (80')
Attendance:  8,678    


1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
CAWSTON
2
BRINDLEY
3
SPEARRITT
4
GALVIN
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
TYDEMAN
7
WILLIAMS
8
OVERTON
9
RICHARDSON
10
WEATHERLY
11
DURRELL

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Mervyn CAWSTON
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Bill BRINDLEY
2
3
Tony TAYLOR
                81'
Eddie SPEARRITT
3
4
Ken STROUD
               
David GALVIN
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
 88'
            
Dave SHIPPERLEY
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
           32'     
Dick TYDEMAN
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Nigel WILLIAMS
7

8
Will DIXON
                 
John OVERTON
8
9
David SYRETT
               
  Damien RICHARDSON
9
10
Ray MCHALE
               
Mark WEATHERLY
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
                 
Joe DURRELL
11
Substitutes
12
Howard GODDARD

88' 
           
81' 
Graham KNIGHT
12















Results on Saturday, September 25, 1976: League Table

 
  Bury 4 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Chesterfield 1 - 4 Lincoln City  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Preston North End  
  Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall  
  Port Vale 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Portsmouth 0 - 2 Reading  
  Rotherham United 1 - 1 Chester  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Gillingham  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 3 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Wrexham 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  
  York City 2 - 1 Oxford United  

Table as at Saturday, September 25, 1976:

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

Key: Promotion Relegation