Football League Third Division 1976/77
Football League Third Division 1976/77 | |
master | Mansfield Town |
Climbers | Mansfield Town Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace |
Relegated |
Reading FC Northampton Town Grimsby Town York City |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,462 (ø 2.65 per game) |
Top scorer | Peter Ward ( Brighton & Hove Albion ) |
← Football League Third Division 1975/76 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1976/77 |
The Football League Third Division 1976/77 was the 50th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Mansfield Town and in addition, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace , who ranked behind, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1977/78, the second division clubs Carlisle United , Plymouth Argyle and Hereford United, ranked in the table below, took the places. Reading , Northampton Town , Grimsby Town and York City had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Cambridge United and Exeter City , Colchester United and Bradford City, placed behind them , took the vacant positions in the following season 1977/78 .
For the first time, when there was a tie, the goal difference was used instead of the goal quotient to determine the order within the table.
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Mansfield Town | 46 | 28 | 8th | 10 | 78:42 | +36 | 64:28 |
2. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 25th | 11 | 10 | 83:40 | +43 | 61:31 |
3. | Crystal Palace | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 68:40 | +28 | 59:33 |
4th | Rotherham United | 46 | 22nd | 15th | 9 | 69:44 | +25 | 59:33 |
5. | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 80:54 | +26 | 58:34 |
6th | Preston North End | 46 | 21st | 12 | 13 | 64:43 | +21 | 54:38 |
7th | Bury FC | 46 | 23 | 8th | 15th | 64:59 | +5 | 54:38 |
8th. | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 65:55 | +10 | 53:39 |
9. | Lincoln City (N) | 46 | 19th | 14th | 13 | 77:70 | +7 | 52:40 |
10. | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 18th | 11 | 17th | 65:59 | +6 | 47:45 |
11. | Swindon Town | 46 | 15th | 15th | 16 | 68:75 | −7 | 45:47 |
12. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18th | 55:64 | −9 | 44:48 |
13. | Chester FC | 46 | 18th | 8th | 20th | 48:58 | −10 | 44:48 |
14th | Tranmere Rovers (N) | 46 | 13 | 17th | 16 | 51:53 | −2 | 43:49 |
15th | Walsall FC | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 57:65 | −8 | 41:51 |
16. | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 55:65 | −10 | 41:51 |
17th | Oxford United (A) | 46 | 12 | 15th | 19th | 55:65 | −10 | 39:53 |
18th | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 14th | 10 | 22nd | 56:64 | −8 | 38:54 |
19th | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19th | 47:71 | −24 | 38:54 |
20th | Portsmouth FC (A) | 46 | 11 | 14th | 21st | 53:70 | −17 | 36:56 |
21st | Reading FC (N) | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49:73 | −24 | 35:57 |
22nd | Northampton Town (N) | 46 | 13 | 8th | 25th | 60:75 | −15 | 34:58 |
23. | Grimsby Town | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25th | 45:69 | −24 | 33:59 |
24. | York City (A) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 50:89 | −39 | 32:60 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1975/76 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1975/76 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
BHA | BUY | CHE | CHF | CRY | GIL | GRI | LIN | MFT | NHT | OXF | PET | POR | PVA | PNE | REA | RED | SHW | SHR | SWI | TRA | WHALE | WRE | YOR | |
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Brighton & Hove Albion | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 7-0 | 0: 2 | 7: 2 | |
Bury FC | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 4: 2 | |
Chester FC | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | |
Chesterfield FC | 1: 1 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 6 | 2-0 | |
Crystal Palace | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
Gillingham FC | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
Grimsby Town | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | |
Lincoln City | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 5: 4 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
Mansfield Town | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | |
Northampton Town | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 4 | 0: 2 | 5: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | |
Oxford United | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | |
Peterborough United | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 5 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | |
Portsmouth FC | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 0: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Port Vale | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | |
Preston North End | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 4 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 6: 2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | |
Reading FC | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Rotherham United | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Swindon Town | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 5: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 4: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 4 | |
Walsall FC | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | |
Wrexham AFC | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
York city | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Ward | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 |
2 | Graham Whittle | Wrexham AFC | 28 |
3 | Alex Bruce | Preston North End | 24 |
4th | Alan Crawford | Rotherham United | 23 |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 427