Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 26, 1977

Swindon Town Lincoln City
K.Stroud (33'), D.Moss (74')
HT: 1-1 A.Harding (7'), P.Freeman (51')
Attendance:  8,644    


1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
MCLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
GROTIER
2
BRANFOOT
3
NEALE
4
BOOTH
5
ELLIS
6
COOPER
7
HUBBARD
8
WARD
9
FREEMAN
10
SMITH
11
HARDING

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Peter GROTIER
1
2
Will DIXON
                 
Ian BRANFOOT
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Phil NEALE
3
4
Ken STROUD
               
Dennis BOOTH
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
Sam ELLIS
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
                 
Terry COOPER
6

7
David MOSS
               
Phil HUBBARD
7

8
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
John WARD
8
9
David SYRETT
 64'
            
Percy FREEMAN
9
10
Ray MCHALE
                 
Dave SMITH
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
               
Alan HARDING
11
Substitutes
12
Mick FRENCH

64' 
              
Peter GRAHAM
12















Results on Saturday, February 26, 1977: League Table

 
  Chesterfield 2 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 2 Oxford United  
  Northampton Town 5 - 3 Shrewsbury Town  
  Portsmouth 3 - 2 Gillingham  
  Reading 1 - 3 Bury  
  Rotherham United 2 - 0 Preston North End  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Lincoln City  
  Walsall 2 - 3 Wrexham  
  York City 0 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Saturday, February 26, 1977:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 30 18 6 6 58 24 34 42 
2 Mansfield Town 28 17 5 6 52 25 27 39 
3 Rotherham United 29 14 11 4 46 27 19 39 
4 Wrexham 27 15 6 6 48 30 18 36 
5 Crystal Palace 29 13 10 6 34 21 13 36 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 7 10 44 38 6 35 
7 Preston North End 29 12 10 7 44 29 15 34 
8 Shrewsbury Town 30 14 6 10 47 34 13 34 
9 Bury 29 13 6 10 41 44 -3 32 
10 Chester 28 14 3 11 31 35 -4 31 
11 Oxford United 31 9 11 11 42 44 -2 29 
12 Lincoln City 25 10 8 7 44 41 3 28 
13 Swindon Town 27 10 8 9 39 40 -1 28 
14 Gillingham 30 10 8 12 38 47 -9 28 
15 Tranmere Rovers 28 7 12 9 31 33 -2 26 
16 Peterborough United 29 8 9 12 30 39 -9 25 
17 Portsmouth 29 7 10 12 34 44 -10 24 
18 Walsall 29 8 7 14 36 43 -7 23 
19 Chesterfield 30 9 5 16 35 43 -8 23 
20 York City 30 8 7 15 38 62 -24 23 
21 Northampton Town 30 8 5 17 40 57 -17 21 
22 Port Vale 27 5 10 12 28 39 -11 20 
23 Grimsby Town 30 8 4 18 28 46 -18 20 
24 Reading 31 7 6 18 33 56 -23 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation