Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 5, 1977

Gillingham Swindon Town
D.Westwood (21'), B.Hughes (53')
HT: 1-0 D.Moss (65'), R.McHale (83')
Attendance:  4,994    


1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
ARMSTRONG
4
GALVIN
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
HUGHES
7
NICHOLL
8
CRABBE
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
O'BRIEN
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
MCHALE
11
ANDERSON

Lineups
1
Ron HILLYARD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Graham KNIGHT
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Gary ARMSTRONG
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
David GALVIN
           14'     
Gerry O'BRIEN
4
5
Dave SHIPPERLEY
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Billy HUGHES
               
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Terry NICHOLL
               
David MOSS
7

8
John CRABBE
                 
Will DIXON
8
9
Ken PRICE
                 
David SYRETT
9
10
Danny WESTWOOD
 84'
          
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Damien RICHARDSON  
           57'    59'
  Trevor ANDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Joe DURRELL

84' 
           
59' 
Mick FRENCH
12















Results on Saturday, March 5, 1977: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 5, 1977:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 18 7 6 59 25 34 43 
2 Mansfield Town 30 19 5 6 56 25 31 43 
3 Rotherham United 30 15 11 4 49 28 21 41 
4 Wrexham 29 16 6 7 51 33 18 38 
5 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 7 10 47 39 8 37 
6 Preston North End 30 13 10 7 46 30 16 36 
7 Crystal Palace 31 13 10 8 36 25 11 36 
8 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 7 11 50 39 11 35 
9 Bury 31 14 6 11 42 46 -4 34 
10 Lincoln City 27 12 8 7 50 45 5 32 
11 Oxford United 33 10 11 12 46 48 -2 31 
12 Chester 29 14 3 12 32 38 -6 31 
13 Swindon Town 28 10 9 9 41 42 -1 29 
14 Gillingham 31 10 9 12 40 49 -9 29 
15 Tranmere Rovers 29 7 13 9 32 34 -2 27 
16 Peterborough United 30 8 9 13 30 40 -10 25 
17 York City 31 9 7 15 40 62 -22 25 
18 Portsmouth 30 7 10 13 34 46 -12 24 
19 Chesterfield 31 9 5 17 37 46 -9 23 
20 Port Vale 29 6 11 12 30 40 -10 23 
21 Walsall 31 8 7 16 36 49 -13 23 
22 Northampton Town 31 9 5 17 43 57 -14 23 
23 Reading 33 8 6 19 35 57 -22 22 
24 Grimsby Town 31 8 4 19 29 48 -19 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation