1977-12-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	3	1	Exeter City	Layer Road	4,267
Dowman, Gough, Garwood	Lineups		Holman
Port Vale	3	3	Plymouth Argyle	Vale Park	3,650
Beamish, Harris, Lamb	Lineups		Horswill, Austin 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wrexham	19	7	3	0	20	8	3	3	3	12	12	12	26	D	W	W	W	W	1977-12-10	Hereford United	H
2	0	Gillingham	20	6	3	1	19	10	3	4	3	16	17	8	25	W	W	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Lincoln City	A
3	0	Peterborough United	19	5	4	0	11	5	4	2	4	6	9	3	24	W	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Chester	H
4	3	Colchester United	20	6	3	1	19	6	3	2	5	11	13	11	23	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Lincoln City	H
5	-1	Tranmere Rovers	19	6	2	2	18	9	3	2	4	10	9	10	22	L	D	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Chesterfield	A
6	-1	Cambridge United	19	7	1	1	23	7	2	3	5	10	19	7	22	W	L	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	-1	Preston North End	19	7	2	1	18	10	0	6	3	4	9	3	22	W	D	L	D	W	1977-12-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	20	5	2	3	22	13	3	3	4	13	17	5	21	L	D	L	L	W	1977-12-10	Preston North End	H
9	0	Bury	19	3	5	1	9	7	3	3	4	11	15	-2	20	W	D	L	L	D	1977-12-10	Oxford United	H
10	0	Swindon Town	19	7	2	1	23	7	0	3	6	7	18	5	19	D	W	L	W	W	1977-12-10	Carlisle United	H
11	0	Oxford United	19	6	2	1	13	6	1	3	6	13	18	2	19	D	L	W	L	L	1977-12-10	Bury	A
12	0	Exeter City	20	5	1	4	15	12	3	2	5	10	14	-1	19	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
13	0	Rotherham United	19	4	4	2	11	7	2	3	4	14	19	-1	19	D	L	L	D	D	1977-12-10	Portsmouth	A
14	0	Walsall	19	4	2	3	13	10	2	5	3	10	14	-1	19	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-10	Bradford City	H
15	0	Chester	19	5	4	0	15	8	0	5	5	7	19	-5	19	W	D	W	L	L	1977-12-10	Peterborough United	A
16	0	Carlisle United	19	3	5	2	15	13	2	2	5	9	12	-1	17	D	W	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Swindon Town	A
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	20	3	3	4	13	12	2	4	4	10	14	-3	17	D	L	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Exeter City	H
18	-1	Chesterfield	19	6	2	1	12	4	1	1	8	6	17	-3	17	L	W	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Hereford United	19	5	3	2	13	9	0	4	5	2	13	-7	17	D	L	W	L	D	1977-12-10	Wrexham	A
20	1	Port Vale	20	2	6	2	11	12	1	5	4	10	18	-9	17	D	D	D	D	L	1977-12-26	Cambridge United	A
21	-1	Bradford City	19	4	4	2	18	13	1	2	6	4	14	-5	16	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Walsall	A
22	0	Lincoln City	19	3	3	3	12	12	2	2	6	8	16	-8	15	D	D	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Gillingham	H
23	0	Portsmouth	19	2	5	2	11	11	1	3	6	7	21	-14	14	L	W	D	L	L	1977-12-10	Rotherham United	H
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	19	3	4	3	9	7	0	3	6	8	16	-6	13	L	D	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Cambridge United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Stockport County	Gresty Road	3,323
Bowles	Lineups		Thompson (p)
Southend United	4	2	Newport County	Roots Hall	5,840
Fell 2, Hadley, Parker	Lineups		Clark, Goddard

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Watford	19	8	1	1	22	10	6	0	3	15	8	19	29	D	L	W	W	W	1977-12-10	Southport	A
2	1	Southend United	20	5	4	1	13	6	6	1	3	12	8	11	27	W	W	W	L	D	1977-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
3	-1	Aldershot	19	8	2	0	19	3	2	3	4	8	10	14	25	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Hartlepool United	A
4	0	Newport County	20	7	3	0	20	7	2	3	5	14	21	6	24	L	W	D	W	W	1977-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	0	Barnsley	19	8	1	1	21	6	1	4	4	6	11	10	23	W	D	D	D	W	1977-12-10	Wimbledon	A
6	0	Brentford	19	6	3	2	17	9	3	2	3	15	15	8	23	W	L	D	W	W	1977-12-10	Grimsby Town	H
7	3	Stockport County	20	6	3	1	22	8	1	4	5	10	14	10	21	D	D	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Reading	H
8	-1	Swansea City	19	7	2	1	22	8	1	3	5	6	10	10	21	L	W	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Halifax Town	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	19	6	1	2	18	10	3	2	5	8	14	2	21	W	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Reading	A
10	-1	Grimsby Town	19	5	2	2	10	6	4	1	5	12	16	0	21	L	W	L	L	W	1977-12-10	Brentford	A
11	0	Torquay United	19	5	4	0	18	8	1	4	5	3	14	-1	20	D	W	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Rochdale	H
12	0	Reading	19	6	1	2	14	9	3	1	6	8	15	-2	20	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	0	Northampton Town	20	6	1	2	18	13	2	3	6	13	22	-4	20	W	D	L	L	D	1977-12-10	York City	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	19	5	1	3	10	8	2	4	4	8	11	-1	19	W	W	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Huddersfield Town	H
15	0	Darlington	20	4	4	2	16	13	2	3	5	8	14	-3	19	L	L	W	D	L	1977-12-10	Scunthorpe United	A
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	7	1	2	19	13	1	2	7	5	22	-11	19	D	L	L	L	W	1977-12-26	Barnsley	A
17	0	Huddersfield Town	18	4	4	1	15	8	0	5	4	5	12	0	17	W	L	D	L	W	1977-12-10	AFC Bournemouth	A
18	0	Wimbledon	19	3	5	2	16	13	1	3	5	10	21	-8	16	D	W	D	D	L	1977-12-10	Barnsley	H
19	0	York City	19	4	3	3	14	12	1	2	6	8	12	-2	15	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Northampton Town	A
20	0	Scunthorpe United	19	5	3	2	14	6	0	2	7	5	22	-9	15	L	W	L	D	W	1977-12-10	Darlington	H
21	0	Halifax Town	19	2	4	3	7	6	1	3	6	10	20	-9	13	D	W	L	L	L	1977-12-10	Swansea City	H
22	0	Southport	19	1	6	2	13	13	0	4	6	11	20	-9	12	L	D	L	D	L	1977-12-10	Watford	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	19	5	0	4	11	9	0	2	8	11	29	-16	12	L	L	L	L	L	1977-12-10	Aldershot	H
24	0	Rochdale	20	3	3	4	14	12	0	1	9	5	22	-15	10	L	L	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Torquay United	A