Season 1975-1976

Division III


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Hereford United 46 14 6 3 45 24 12 5 6 41 31 63 2. Cardiff City 46 14 7 2 38 13 8 6 9 31 35 57 3. Millwall 46 16 6 1 35 14 4 10 9 19 29 56 4. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 18 3 2 58 15 4 6 13 20 38 53 5. Crystal Palace 46 7 12 4 30 20 11 5 7 31 26 53 6. Wrexham 46 13 6 4 38 21 7 6 10 28 34 52 7. Walsall 46 11 8 4 43 22 7 6 10 31 39 50 8. Preston North End 46 15 4 4 45 23 4 6 13 17 34 48 9. Shrewsbury Town 46 14 2 7 36 25 5 8 10 25 34 48 10. Peterborough United 46 12 7 4 37 23 3 11 9 26 40 48 11. Mansfield Town 46 8 11 4 31 22 8 4 11 27 30 47 12. Port Vale 46 10 10 3 33 21 5 6 12 22 33 46 13. Bury 46 11 7 5 33 16 3 9 11 18 30 44 14. Chesterfield 46 11 5 7 45 30 6 4 13 24 39 43 15. Gillingham 46 10 8 5 38 27 2 11 10 20 41 43 16. Rotherham United 46 11 6 6 35 22 4 6 13 19 43 42 17. Chester City 46 13 7 3 34 19 2 5 16 9 43 42 18. Grimsby Town 46 13 7 3 39 21 2 3 18 23 53 40 19. Swindon Town 46 11 4 8 42 31 5 4 14 20 44 40 20. Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 6 5 34 25 0 10 13 14 34 40 21. Aldershot 46 10 8 5 34 26 3 5 15 25 49 39 22. Colchester United 46 9 6 8 25 27 3 8 12 16 38 38 23. Southend United 46 9 7 7 40 31 3 6 14 25 44 37 24. Halifax Town 46 6 5 12 22 32 5 8 10 19 29 35

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 16 Aug  Southend United......... 1-2    18      6,775   Mick Prendergast
 2. Sat 23 Aug  BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION.. 3-3    17     10,326   David Herbert, Brian Joicey
                                                                Mick Prendergast
 3. Sat 30 Aug  Hereford United......... 1-3    22      7,017   Phil Henson

 4. Sat  6 Sep  WREXHAM................. 1-0    16      7,585   David Herbert
 5. Sat 13 Sep  Swindon Town............ 1-2    20      6,993   David Herbert
 6. Sat 20 Sep  GRIMSBY TOWN............ 4-0    16     11,345   David Herbert, Eric Potts
                                                                Mick Prendergast, Own Goal
 7. Wed 24 Sep  Chesterfield............ 0-1    19     12,959   
 8. Sat 27 Sep  Crystal Palace.......... 1-1    16     14,840   Eric Potts

 9. Sat  4 Oct  PETERBOROUGH UNITED..... 2-2    18     11,412   Mick Prendergast, Own Goal
10. Sat 11 Oct  MILLWALL................ 4-1    12     10,144   Phil Henson 2, Eric Potts 2
11. Sat 18 Oct  Cardiff City............ 0-2    18      7,930   
12. Tue 21 Oct  Chester City............ 0-1    19      6,248   
13. Sat 25 Oct  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 1-1    19     12,045   Brian Joicey

14. Wed  5 Nov  GILLINGHAM.............. 1-0    19      8,235   Brian Joicey
15. Sat  8 Nov  PORT VALE............... 0-3    22     10,880   
16. Sat 15 Nov  Aldershot............... 1-1    21      5,181   Phil Henson
17. Sat 29 Nov  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 0-0    21     18,691   

18. Tue  2 Dec  Walsall................. 2-2    19      4,148   Mick Prendergast 2
19. Sat  6 Dec  Colchester United....... 1-2    21      3,534   Eric Potts
20. Sat 20 Dec  PRESTON NORTH END....... 2-2    21      8,553   David Herbert, Eric Potts
21. Fri 26 Dec  Bury.................... 0-0    20      9,657   
22. Sat 27 Dec  MANSFIELD TOWN.......... 0-0    22     15,430   

23. Sat 10 Jan  HEREFORD UNITED......... 1-2    22      8,155   Bernard Shaw
24. Sat 17 Jan  Grimsby Town............ 1-1    22      7,167   Rodger Wylde
25. Sat 24 Jan  SWINDON TOWN............ 0-2    22      8,342   
26. Sat 31 Jan  CHESTER CITY............ 2-0    19      7,558   Ian Nimmo, Mick Prendergast

27. Sat  7 Feb  Gillingham.............. 0-0    19      8,090   
28. Mon 16 Feb  Port Vale............... 0-1    21      5,557   
29. Sat 21 Feb  ALDERSHOT............... 3-1    20      8,286   Peter Feely, Ian Nimmo
                                                                Mick Prendergast

30. Tue  2 Mar  Halifax Town............ 0-0    20      5,876   
31. Sat  6 Mar  WALSALL................. 2-1    18      9,713   Phil Henson, Ian Nimmo
32. Wed 10 Mar  Peterborough United..... 2-2    18      8,209   Ian Nimmo, Neil O'Donnell
33. Sat 13 Mar  Millwall................ 0-1    21      6,769   
34. Wed 17 Mar  CARDIFF CITY............ 1-3    21      8,867   Jimmy Quinn
35. Sat 20 Mar  Rotherham United........ 0-1    22     13,500   
36. Wed 24 Mar  CHESTERFIELD............ 1-3    23     10,653   Mick Prendergast
37. Sat 27 Mar  COLCHESTER UNITED....... 1-0    21      6,905   Phil Henson
38. Tue 30 Mar  Preston North End....... 2-4    22      6,899   Derek Bell, Phil Henson

39. Wed  7 Apr  CRYSTAL PALACE.......... 1-0    20     11,909   Mick Prendergast
40. Sat 10 Apr  Wrexham................. 0-3    21      4,190   
41. Tue 13 Apr  Shrewsbury Town......... 0-0    22      2,968   
42. Sat 17 Apr  BURY.................... 1-0    21     10,585   Ian Nimmo
43. Mon 19 Apr  Mansfield Town.......... 0-3    22     13,410   
44. Tue 20 Apr  HALIFAX TOWN............ 1-0    19     13,143   Phil Henson
45. Sat 24 Apr  Brighton & Hove Albion.. 1-1    21     11,859   Eric Potts
46. Thu 29 Apr  SOUTHEND UNITED......... 2-1    19     25,802   Eric Potts, Mick Prendergast

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1   Sat 22 Nov  MACCLESFIELD TOWN....... 3-1     12,940   Ken Knighton, Mick Prendergast
                                                           Andy Proudlove

 2   Sat 13 Dec  WIGAN ATHLETIC.......... 2-0     12,436   Ian Nimmo, Dave Sunley

 3   Sat  3 Jan  Charlton Athletic....... 1-2     12,284   Dave Sunley

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Tue 19 Aug  Darlington.............. 2-0      3,581   Eric Potts, Mick Prendergast
 1L2 Wed 27 Aug  DARLINGTON.............. 0-2      7,452   
                                          aet              
 1R  Wed  3 Sep  DARLINGTON.............. 0-0      0,002   
                                          aet              
     Darlington won 5-3 on penalties                       

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Appearances

                          LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                 Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Eric Potts               42      8      3      0      3      1     48      9
Jimmy Mullen             41      0      2      0      3      0     46      0
Jimmy Quinn              36      1      3      0      3      0     42      1
Dave Cusack              37      0      3      0      0      0     40      0
Bernard Shaw             37      1      3      0      0      0     40      1
Mick Prendergast         32/2   11      2      1      3      1     37/2   13
Phil Henson              29/3    8      1      0      3      0     33/3    8
Neil O'Donnell           29      1      3      0      0      0     32      1
Peter Fox                27      0      2      0      0      0     29      0
Allan Thompson           21      0      3      0      0      0     24      0
Neil Ramsbottom          18      0      1      0      3      0     22      0
Rodger Wylde             18/3    1      1      0      0      0     19/3    1
Colin Harvey             15      0      1      0      2      0     18      0
Fred McIver              13/1    0      0      0      3      0     16/1    0
Hugh Dowd                12/1    0      0      0      3      0     15/1    0
Brian Joicey             13/1    3      0/1    0      2/1    0     15/3    3
Ian Nimmo                13/6    5      0/1    1      0      0     13/7    6
Andy Proudlove           10/5    0      2      1      0      0     12/5    1
Danny Cameron             8      0      0      0      3      0     11      0
David Herbert            10/4    5      0      0      1/1    0     11/5    5
Peter Feely              10/2    1      0      0      0      0     10/2    1
Dave Sunley               8      0      2      2      0      0     10      2
Richard Walden            8      0      0      0      0      0      8      0
Ken Knighton              5/5    0      1      1      1      0      7/5    1
Gary Hull                 6/2    0      0      0      0      0      6/2    0
Derek Bell                5      1      0      0      0      0      5      1
Bobby Brown               2/1    0      0      0      0      0      2/1    0
Barry Watling             1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0

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