Football League Division Three
Saturday, October 9, 1976

Swindon Town Shrewsbury Town
C.Prophett (90')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,017    


1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
O'BRIEN
9
SYRETT
10
MCHALE
11
GODDARD
1
MULHEARN
2
KING
3
LEONARD
4
TURNER
5
GRIFFIN
6
ATKINS
7
IRVINE
8
HORNSBY
9
KEARNEY
10
BATES
11
MAGUIRE

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Ken MULHEARN
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Jake KING
2
3
Tony TAYLOR
                 
Carleton LEONARD
3
4
Ken STROUD
                 
Graham TURNER
4
5
Frank BURROWS
                 
Colin GRIFFIN
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
         74'     
Ian ATKINS
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Sammy IRVINE
7

8
Gerry O'BRIEN
                 
Brian HORNSBY
8
9
David SYRETT
                 
Mike KEARNEY
9
10
Ray MCHALE
                 
view STFC profileChic BATES
10
11
Howard GODDARD
                89'
Paul MAGUIRE
11
Substitutes
12
Will DIXON
              
89' 
Ray HAYWOOD
12















Results on Saturday, October 9, 1976: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 9, 1976:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 10 6 2 2 26 13 13 14 
2 Wrexham 9 6 1 2 19 7 12 13 
3 Shrewsbury Town 9 5 2 2 19 10 9 12 
4 Rotherham United 9 4 4 1 15 8 7 12 
5 Sheffield Wednesday 10 4 4 2 17 13 4 12 
6 Reading 10 5 2 3 16 14 2 12 
7 Swindon Town 10 5 2 3 15 13 2 12 
8 Mansfield Town 9 5 1 3 17 9 8 11 
9 Crystal Palace 9 4 3 2 10 7 3 11 
10 Bury 9 5 1 3 16 14 2 11 
11 Gillingham 9 4 3 2 15 15 0 11 
12 Lincoln City 9 3 4 2 12 9 3 10 
13 Peterborough United 11 4 2 5 12 17 -5 10 
14 Preston North End 9 2 5 2 12 9 3
15 Chester 10 3 3 4 7 12 -5
16 Oxford United 9 2 4 3 17 17 0
17 Chesterfield 10 3 2 5 12 18 -6
18 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 3 4 7 9 -2
19 Walsall 10 2 3 5 11 20 -9
20 Grimsby Town 9 2 2 5 9 16 -7
21 Port Vale 10 2 2 6 9 17 -8
22 York City 9 2 2 5 10 20 -10
23 Portsmouth 9 1 3 5 7 15 -8
24 Northampton Town 9 1 2 6 5 13 -8

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