Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 14, 1976

Preston North End Swindon Town
A.Bruce (15'), R.Treacy (20'), J.Brown (~45' pen), J.Smith (79')
HT: 3-2 W.Dixon (22'), J.Butler (32')
Attendance:  5,868    


1
TUNKS
2
MCMAHON
3
WILLIAMS
4
DOYLE
5
SADLER
6
LAWRENSON
7
SMITH
8
BRUCE
9
TREACY
10
ELWISS
11
BROWN
1
BARRON
2
TAYLOR
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
MCLAUGHLIN
11
ANDERSON

Lineups
1
Roy TUNKS
                 
Jim BARRON
1
2
John MCMAHON
                 
Gerry TAYLOR
2
3
Gary WILLIAMS
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Steve DOYLE
                 
Ken STROUD
4
5
David SADLER  
                 
Frank BURROWS
5
6
Mark LAWRENSON  
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
John SMITH
              25'
David MOSS
7

8
Alex BRUCE
             
Will DIXON
8
9
Ray TREACY view STFC profile 
               
David SYRETT
9
10
Mike ELWISS
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
10
11
Jim BROWN
               
  Trevor ANDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Gordon COLEMAN
            
25' 
Joe BUTLER
12















Results on Saturday, February 14, 1976: League Table

 
  Aldershot 3 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Cardiff City 4 - 1 Gillingham  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Hereford United  
  Halifax Town 1 - 2 Mansfield Town  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Chester  
  Preston North End 4 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Colchester United  
  Wrexham 2 - 1 Bury  

Table as at Saturday, February 14, 1976:

  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Hereford United 29 16 7 6 53 36 1.47 39 
2 Crystal Palace 29 13 10 6 46 30 1.53 36 
3 Shrewsbury Town 29 15 6 8 42 33 1.27 36 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 28 16 3 9 52 30 1.73 35 
5 Cardiff City 29 14 6 9 48 36 1.33 34 
6 Walsall 31 13 8 10 49 41 1.20 34 
7 Peterborough United 27 11 11 5 46 34 1.35 33 
8 Wrexham 30 12 7 11 38 36 1.06 31 
9 Millwall 30 10 11 9 33 36 0.92 31 
10 Preston North End 29 12 6 11 37 39 0.95 30 
11 Port Vale 29 10 9 10 34 30 1.13 29 
12 Gillingham 28 8 12 8 34 37 0.92 28 
13 Rotherham United 29 11 6 12 37 43 0.86 28 
14 Grimsby Town 29 11 6 12 41 48 0.85 28 
15 Chester 28 10 8 10 31 37 0.84 28 
16 Bury 28 8 11 9 33 30 1.10 27 
17 Aldershot 28 9 8 11 40 47 0.85 26 
18 Chesterfield 30 9 6 15 45 51 0.88 24 
19 Swindon Town 29 10 4 15 44 54 0.81 24 
20 Southend United 25 8 6 11 39 41 0.95 22 
21 Sheffield Wednesday 27 5 12 10 30 34 0.88 22 
22 Halifax Town 27 7 8 12 29 40 0.73 22 
23 Colchester United 30 7 7 16 23 49 0.47 21 
24 Mansfield Town 28 5 8 15 31 43 0.72 18 

Key: Promotion Relegation