Football League Division Three
Tuesday, March 8, 1977

Swindon Town Grimsby Town
S.Gray (35' o.g.), C.Prophett (52'), D.Syrett (69'), T.Anderson (88')
 HT: 1-0 J.Lewis (??')
Attendance:  6,980    



Lineups
1
Jim BARRON
                 
Harry WAINMAN
1
2
Will DIXON
                 
Sammy YATES
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
David BOOTH
3
4
Ken STROUD
                 
  Joe WATERS
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
Keith HANVEY
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
               
Stewart GRAY
6

7
David MOSS
               
Jack LEWIS
7

8
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Malcolm PARTRIDGE
8
9
David SYRETT
               
Martin YOUNG
9
10
Ray MCHALE
                 
David BOYLEN
10
11
Trevor ANDERSON  
               
Mike BROLLY
11
Substitutes
12
Wynne HOOPER
                 
Sub not used
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Results on Tuesday, March 8, 1977: League Table
 
  Chester 1 - 0 Bury  
  Northampton Town 0 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Rotherham United 1 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Tuesday, March 8, 1977:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Mansfield Town 31 20 5 6 57 25 32 45 
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 18 7 6 59 25 34 43 
3 Rotherham United 31 16 11 4 50 28 22 43 
4 Wrexham 30 17 6 7 53 33 20 40 
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 32 14 6 12 42 47 -5 34 
10 Chester 30 15 3 12 33 38 -5 33 
11 Lincoln City 28 12 8 8 50 46 4 32 
12 Swindon Town 29 11 9 9 45 43 2 31 
13 Oxford United 33 10 11 12 46 48 -2 31 
14 Gillingham 31 10 9 12 40 49 -9 29 
15 Tranmere Rovers 30 7 13 10 32 36 -4 27 
16 Peterborough United 31 8 10 13 31 41 -10 26 
17 York City 31 9 7 15 40 62 -22 25 
18 Port Vale 30 6 12 12 31 41 -10 24 
19 Portsmouth 30 7 10 13 34 46 -12 24 
20 Chesterfield 31 9 5 17 37 46 -9 23 
21 Walsall 31 8 7 16 36 49 -13 23 
22 Northampton Town 32 9 5 18 43 58 -15 23 
23 Reading 33 8 6 19 35 57 -22 22 
24 Grimsby Town 32 8 4 20 30 52 -22 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation