Football League Division Three
Monday, December 26, 1977

Oxford United Swindon Town
P.Foley (??', ??'), I.Stott (??')
 HT: 3-0 C.Kamara (51', 69'), C.Guthrie (76')
Attendance:  8,746    



Lineups
1
John MILKINS
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
David FOGG
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Ian STOTT
               
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Colin CLARKE
               
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Brian DRYSDALE
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Billy JEFFREY
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Les TAYLOR
                 
David MOSS
7

8
Colin DUNCAN
                 
Ken STROUD
8
9
Hugh MCGROGAN
               
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Peter FOLEY
               
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Jason SEACOLE
                 
David CUNNINGHAM
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
Roy CARTER
12













Results on Monday, December 26, 1977: League Table
 
  Bradford City 2 - 1 Wrexham  
  Cambridge United 2 - 0 Port Vale  
  Carlisle United 2 - 0 Walsall  
  Chester 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Lincoln City  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Hereford United 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Oxford United 3 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Exeter City  
  Preston North End 4 - 0 Bury  
  Rotherham United 1 - 2 Chesterfield  
  Tranmere Rovers 3 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  

Table as at Monday, December 26, 1977:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 21 11 6 4 35 23 12 28 
2 Gillingham 22 10 8 4 37 27 10 28 
3 Tranmere Rovers 22 11 5 6 36 21 15 27 
4 Cambridge United 21 11 4 6 38 26 12 26 
5 Peterborough United 21 9 8 4 17 14 3 26 
6 Preston North End 21 8 9 4 26 19 7 25 
7 Colchester United 21 9 6 6 31 20 11 24 
8 Shrewsbury Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 4 22 
9 Chester 21 6 10 5 23 27 -4 22 
10 Bury 21 7 8 6 23 28 -5 22 
11 Swindon Town 21 7 7 7 35 30 5 21 
12 Carlisle United 21 6 8 7 28 27 1 20 
13 Exeter City 21 8 4 9 27 28 -1 20 
14 Oxford United 22 7 6 9 32 34 -2 20 
15 Rotherham United 21 6 8 7 29 31 -2 20 
16 Chesterfield 21 8 4 9 21 23 -2 20 
17 Walsall 21 6 8 7 24 27 -3 20 
18 Bradford City 21 6 7 8 25 29 -4 19 
19 Plymouth Argyle 21 5 8 8 25 28 -3 18 
20 Hereford United 21 5 8 8 16 24 -8 18 
21 Port Vale 21 3 11 7 21 32 -11 17 
22 Lincoln City 21 5 6 10 21 31 -10 16 
23 Portsmouth 21 3 10 8 21 35 -14 16 
24 Sheffield Wednesday 21 3 7 11 18 29 -11 13 

Key: Promotion Relegation