Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 8, 1977

Lincoln City Swindon Town
P.Graham (40'), P.Hubbard (67'), D.Booth (77')
HT: 1-1 C.Guthrie (16')
Attendance:  4,852    


1
GROTIER
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
GILLIGAN
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM

Lineups
1
Peter GROTIER
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Phil NEALE
           4'     
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Dennis LEIGH
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Dennis BOOTH
               
Ken STROUD
4
5
Dean CROMBIE
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Clive WIGGINTON
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Phil HUBBARD
               
Gus GILLIGAN
7

8
John FLEMING
                ~70'
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Peter GRAHAM
             
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Dave SMITH
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Alan HARDING
                 
David CUNNINGHAM
11
Substitutes
12
Terry COOPER
              
~70' 
Andy FORD
12















Results on Saturday, October 8, 1977: League Table

 
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Preston North End  
  Bury 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Cambridge United 2 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Chester 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Colchester United 0 - 0 Hereford United  
  Exeter City 0 - 1 Wrexham  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Lincoln City 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Oxford United 1 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 0 Port Vale  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Portsmouth  

Table as at Saturday, October 8, 1977:

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

Key: Promotion Relegation