Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 31, 1977

Gillingham Swindon Town
D.Westwood (32'), D.Richardson (85' pen)
HT: 1-1 C.Kamara (24'), D.Moss (75')
Attendance:  8,012    


1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
ARMSTRONG
4
OVERTON
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
CRABBE
7
NICHOLL
8
WEATHERLY
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
KAMARA
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM

Lineups
1
Ron HILLYARD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Graham KNIGHT
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Gary ARMSTRONG
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
John OVERTON
               
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Dave SHIPPERLEY
 55'
              
Roy CARTER
5
6
John CRABBE
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Terry NICHOLL
               
David MOSS
7

8
Mark WEATHERLY
                 
Ken STROUD
8
9
Ken PRICE
                 
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Danny WESTWOOD
               
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Damien RICHARDSON  
               
David CUNNINGHAM
11
Substitutes
12
Billy HUGHES

55' 
              
Andy FORD
12















Results on Saturday, December 31, 1977: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, December 31, 1977:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 23 13 6 4 39 24 15 32 
2 Tranmere Rovers 24 12 6 6 39 22 17 30 
3 Gillingham 24 10 10 4 40 30 10 30 
4 Peterborough United 23 10 9 4 19 15 4 29 
5 Cambridge United 23 11 6 6 40 28 12 28 
6 Preston North End 23 9 9 5 27 20 7 27 
7 Shrewsbury Town 24 10 6 8 40 31 9 26 
8 Colchester United 23 9 7 7 32 22 10 25 
9 Swindon Town 23 8 8 7 40 33 7 24 
10 Bury 23 7 10 6 25 30 -5 24 
11 Exeter City 23 9 5 9 28 28 0 23 
12 Walsall 23 7 9 7 27 27 0 23 
13 Chester 23 6 11 6 25 32 -7 23 
14 Chesterfield 23 9 4 10 24 25 -1 22 
15 Oxford United 24 7 8 9 33 35 -2 22 
16 Carlisle United 23 6 9 8 30 31 -1 21 
17 Rotherham United 23 6 8 9 29 35 -6 20 
18 Port Vale 23 4 12 7 25 33 -8 20 
19 Bradford City 23 6 7 10 26 36 -10 19 
20 Plymouth Argyle 23 5 8 10 26 32 -6 18 
21 Lincoln City 23 5 8 10 24 34 -10 18 
22 Hereford United 23 5 8 10 16 26 -10 18 
23 Sheffield Wednesday 23 5 7 11 20 29 -9 17 
24 Portsmouth 23 3 11 9 23 39 -16 17 

Key: Promotion Relegation