Football League Third Division 1975/76
Football League Third Division 1975/76 | |
master | Hereford United |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner) |
Climbers | Hereford United Cardiff City Millwall FC |
Relegated |
Aldershot FC Colchester United Southend United Halifax Town |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,440 (ø 2.61 per game) |
Top scorer | Dixie McNeil ( Hereford United ) |
← Football League Third Division 1974/75 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1975/76 |
The Football League Third Division 1975/76 was the 49th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Hereford United became third division champions, and Cardiff City and Millwall FC , who were behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1976/77, the second division clubs Oxford United , York City and Portsmouth FC, which are ranked in the table below, took the places. FC Aldershot , Colchester United , Southend United and Halifax Town had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Lincoln City and Northampton Town , Reading FC and Tranmere Rovers took the vacant positions in the following season 1976/77 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Hereford United | 46 | 26th | 11 | 9 | 86:55 | 1.56 | 63:29 |
2. | Cardiff City (A) | 46 | 22nd | 13 | 11 | 69:48 | 1.44 | 57:35 |
3. | Millwall FC (A) | 46 | 20th | 16 | 10 | 54:43 | 1.26 | 56:36 |
4th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 78:53 | 1.47 | 53:39 |
5. | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18th | 17th | 11 | 61:46 | 1.33 | 53:39 |
6th | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 20th | 12 | 14th | 66:55 | 1.20 | 52:40 |
7th | Walsall FC | 46 | 18th | 14th | 14th | 74:61 | 1.21 | 50:42 |
8th. | Preston North End | 46 | 19th | 10 | 17th | 62:57 | 1.09 | 48:44 |
9. | Shrewsbury Town (N) | 46 | 19th | 10 | 17th | 61:59 | 1.03 | 48:44 |
10. | Peterborough United | 46 | 15th | 18th | 13 | 63:63 | 1.00 | 48:44 |
11. | Mansfield Town (N) | 46 | 16 | 15th | 15th | 58:52 | 1.12 | 47:45 |
12. | Port Vale | 46 | 15th | 16 | 15th | 55:54 | 1.02 | 46:46 |
13. | Bury FC | 46 | 14th | 16 | 16 | 51:46 | 1.11 | 44:48 |
14th | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 17th | 9 | 20th | 69:69 | 1.00 | 43:49 |
15th | Gillingham FC | 46 | 12 | 19th | 15th | 58:68 | 0.85 | 43:49 |
16. | Rotherham United (N) | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 54:65 | 0.83 | 42:50 |
17th | Chester FC (N) | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 43:62 | 0.69 | 42:50 |
18th | Grimsby Town | 46 | 15th | 10 | 21st | 62:74 | 0.84 | 40:52 |
19th | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 8th | 22nd | 62:75 | 0.83 | 40:52 |
20th | Sheffield Wednesday (A) | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18th | 48:59 | 0.81 | 40:52 |
21st | FC Aldershot | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20th | 59:75 | 0.79 | 39:53 |
22nd | Colchester United | 46 | 12 | 14th | 20th | 41:65 | 0.63 | 38:54 |
23. | Southend United | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 65:75 | 0.87 | 37:55 |
24. | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22nd | 41:61 | 0.67 | 35:57 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1974/75 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1974/75 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
ALD | BHA | BUY | CDC | CHE | CHF | COL | CRY | GIL | GRI | HAL | HER | MFT | Mil | PET | PVA | PNE | RED | SHW | SHR | SEU | SWI | WHALE | WRE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC Aldershot | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 3 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | |
Bury FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Cardiff City | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | |
Chester FC | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Chesterfield FC | 5: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Colchester United | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | |
Crystal Palace | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Gillingham FC | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | |
Grimsby Town | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | |
Halifax Town | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Hereford United | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 5-0 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 4 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | |
Mansfield Town | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | |
Millwall FC | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Peterborough United | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
Port Vale | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | |
Preston North End | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Rotherham United | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 5: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Southend United | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 5: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Swindon Town | 6: 3 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Walsall FC | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Wrexham AFC | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 3 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dixie McNeil | Hereford United | 35 |
2 | Alan Buckley | Walsall FC | 34 |
3 | Bobby Svarc | Mansfield Town | 24 |
4th | Fred Binney | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 |
5 | Tony Evans | Cardiff City | 21st |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 426