Football League Division Three
Saturday, August 27, 1977

Swindon Town Portsmouth
C.Kamara (8'), R.McHale (69'), D.Moss (85')
HT: 1-1 M.Pollock (37')
Attendance:  9,396    


1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
MIDDLETON
2
ROBERTS
3
WILSON
4
ELLIS
5
FOSTER
6
CAHILL
7
GREEN
8
KEMP
9
GILCHRIST
10
POLLOCK
11
MELLOWS

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Steve MIDDLETON
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
  Phil ROBERTS
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Billy WILSON
3
4
Ken STROUD
                 
Peter ELLIS
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
  Steve FOSTER
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
                 
Paul CAHILL
6

7
David MOSS
               
Clive GREEN
7

8
Chris KAMARA
              80'
David KEMP
8
9
Chris GUTHRIE
                 
view STFC profilePaul GILCHRIST
9
10
Ray MCHALE
             
Matt POLLOCK
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
                 
Mick MELLOWS
11
Substitutes
12
David CUNNINGHAM
              
80' 
Bobby STOKES
12















Results on Saturday, August 27, 1977: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, August 27, 1977:

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

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