Season 1976-1977

Division III


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Mansfield Town 46 17 6 0 52 13 11 2 10 26 29 64 2. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 19 3 1 63 14 6 8 9 20 26 61 3. Crystal Palace 46 17 5 1 46 15 6 8 9 22 25 59 4. Rotherham United 46 11 9 3 30 15 11 6 6 39 29 59 5. Wrexham 46 15 6 2 47 22 9 4 10 33 32 58 6. Preston North End 46 15 4 4 48 21 6 8 9 16 22 54 7. Bury 46 15 2 6 41 21 8 6 9 23 38 54 8. Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 4 4 39 18 7 5 11 26 37 53 9. Lincoln City 46 12 9 2 50 30 7 5 11 27 40 52 10. Shrewsbury Town 46 13 7 3 40 21 5 4 14 25 38 47 11. Swindon Town 46 12 6 5 48 33 3 9 11 20 42 45 12. Gillingham 46 11 8 4 31 21 5 4 14 24 43 44 13. Chester City 46 14 3 6 28 20 4 5 14 20 38 44 14. Tranmere Rovers 46 10 7 6 31 23 3 10 10 20 30 43 15. Walsall 46 8 7 8 39 32 5 8 10 18 33 41 16. Peterborough United 46 11 4 8 33 28 2 11 10 22 37 41 17. Oxford United 46 9 8 6 34 29 3 7 13 21 36 39 18. Chesterfield 46 10 6 7 30 20 4 4 15 26 44 38 19. Port Vale 46 9 7 7 29 28 2 9 12 18 43 38 20. Portsmouth 46 8 9 6 28 26 3 5 15 25 44 36 21. Reading 46 10 5 8 29 24 3 4 16 20 49 35 22. Northampton 46 9 4 10 33 29 4 4 15 27 46 34 23. Grimsby Town 46 10 6 7 29 22 2 3 18 16 47 33 24. York City 46 7 8 8 25 34 3 4 16 25 55 32

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 21 Aug  WALSALL................. 0-0    12     12,046   
 2. Wed 25 Aug  NORTHAMPTON............. 2-1     5     11,511   Rodger Wylde 2
 3. Sat 28 Aug  Port Vale............... 0-2     9      5,033   

 4. Sat  4 Sep  PORTSMOUTH.............. 1-1    13     12,131   Mick Prendergast
 5. Sat 11 Sep  Swindon Town............ 2-5    17      8,698   Eric Potts, Tommy Tynan
 6. Sat 18 Sep  CHESTERFIELD............ 4-1    15     13,456   Rodger Wylde 2, Bobby Hope
                                                                Tommy Tynan
 7. Sat 25 Sep  Wrexham................. 2-2    12      8,672   Paul Bradshaw, Rodger Wylde

 8. Sat  2 Oct  Lincoln City............ 1-1    13     14,706   Rodger Wylde
 9. Tue  5 Oct  CHESTER CITY............ 3-0    10     13,209   Bobby Hope, Tommy Tynan
                                                                Rodger Wylde
10. Sat  9 Oct  GILLINGHAM.............. 2-0     5     15,133   Peter Feely, Rodger Wylde
11. Sat 16 Oct  Reading................. 1-0     4      9,449   Jeff Johnson
12. Sat 23 Oct  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 0-1     6     17,030   
13. Sat 30 Oct  MANSFIELD TOWN.......... 0-2    11     15,559   

14. Tue  2 Nov  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 1-3    12     18,204   Rodger Wylde
15. Sat  6 Nov  Bury.................... 3-1    11      7,959   Tommy Tynan 2, Bobby Hope
16. Tue  9 Nov  CRYSTAL PALACE.......... 1-0     7     14,899   Paul Bradshaw
17. Sat 27 Nov  Peterborough United..... 2-1     7      8,683   Tommy Tynan 2

18. Sat  4 Dec  TRANMERE ROVERS......... 3-1     6     12,315   Paul Bradshaw, Phil Henson
                                                                Dennis Leman
19. Sat 18 Dec  Oxford United........... 1-1     6      4,674   Tommy Tynan
20. Mon 27 Dec  YORK CITY............... 3-2     6     22,004   Dennis Leman, Tommy Tynan
                                                                Richard Walden
21. Tue 28 Dec  Grimsby Town............ 1-1     7      8,000   Rodger Wylde

22. Sat  8 Jan  BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION.. 0-0     6     17,000   
23. Tue 11 Jan  Mansfield Town.......... 0-1     7     13,714   
24. Sat 15 Jan  Northampton............. 2-0     5      5,828   Paul Bradshaw, Rodger Wylde
25. Sat 22 Jan  Walsall................. 1-5     7      7,297   Rodger Wylde
26. Tue 25 Jan  BURY.................... 1-0     5     12,026   Dennis Leman

27. Sat  5 Feb  PORT VALE............... 1-2     7     12,933   Rodger Wylde
28. Sat 12 Feb  Portsmouth.............. 3-0     6     14,279   Tommy Tynan 2, Rodger Wylde
29. Tue 15 Feb  Chester City............ 0-1     6      5,613   
30. Sat 19 Feb  SWINDON TOWN............ 3-1     4     11,265   Paul Bradshaw, Bobby Hope
                                                                Rodger Wylde
31. Sat 26 Feb  Chesterfield............ 0-2     6     15,125   

32. Sat  5 Mar  WREXHAM................. 3-1     5     13,317   Bobby Hope, Dennis Leman
                                                                Rodger Wylde
33. Sat 12 Mar  LINCOLN CITY............ 1-1     7     14,854   David Rushbury
34. Sat 19 Mar  Gillingham.............. 0-1     7      6,022   
35. Sat 26 Mar  READING................. 2-1     7      9,854   Bobby Hope, Dennis Leman
36. Tue 29 Mar  Preston North End....... 1-4     8     11,753   Bobby Hope

37. Sat  2 Apr  Shrewsbury Town......... 1-1     9      3,657   Rodger Wylde
38. Sat  9 Apr  GRIMSBY TOWN............ 1-0     9     10,182   Rodger Wylde
39. Mon 11 Apr  York City............... 2-0     8      5,568   Dennis Leman, Tommy Tynan
40. Tue 12 Apr  Rotherham United........ 1-0     6     17,356   Rodger Wylde
41. Sat 16 Apr  PRESTON NORTH END....... 1-0     6     13,217   Tommy Tynan
42. Sat 23 Apr  Crystal Palace.......... 0-4     7     20,018   
43. Sat 30 Apr  PETERBOROUGH UNITED..... 4-0     7      8,727   Paul Bradshaw 2, Eric Potts
                                                                Rodger Wylde

44. Tue  3 May  Brighton & Hove Albion.. 2-3     8     30,756   Ian Nimmo, David Rushbury
45. Fri  6 May  Tranmere Rovers......... 0-1     8      3,826   
46. Sat 14 May  OXFORD UNITED........... 2-0     8      8,955   Tommy Tynan, Rodger Wylde

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1   Sat 20 Nov  STOCKPORT COUNTY........ 2-0     13,886   Tommy Tynan, Rodger Wylde

 2   Wed 15 Dec  Darlington.............. 0-1      7,474   

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Sat 14 Aug  Grimsby Town............ 3-0      6,222   Rodger Wylde 2, Neil O'Donnell
 1L2 Wed 18 Aug  GRIMSBY TOWN............ 0-0     10,207   
     Wednesday won 3-0 on aggregate            

 2   Tue 31 Aug  Wolverhampton Wanderers. 2-1     15,823   Eric Potts, Rodger Wylde

 3   Tue 21 Sep  WATFORD................. 3-1     15,787   Eric Potts 2, Bobby Hope

 4   Wed 27 Oct  Millwall................ 0-3     11,478   

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Appearances

                          LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                 Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Richard Walden           46      1      2      0      5      0     53      1
Chris Turner             45      0      2      0      5      0     52      0
Rodger Wylde             43/1   21      1      1      4      3     48/1   25
Hugh Dowd                38      0      2      0      5      0     45      0
Tommy Tynan              38/1   14      2      1      2      0     42/1   15
Jeff Johnson             34      1      2      0      5      0     41      1
Paul Bradshaw            37      7      2      0      0      0     39      7
Bobby Hope               34      7      1      0      1      1     36      8
Jimmy Mullen             27      0      0      0      5      0     32      0
David Rushbury           30      2      2      0      0      0     32      2
Dave Cusack              26/1    0      2      0      0      0     28/1    0
Dennis Leman             26      6      0      0      0      0     26      6
Phil Henson              22/5    1      1      0      2      0     25/5    1
Eric Potts               12/8    2      2      0      4      3     18/8    5
Neil O'Donnell           11      0      0      0      4      1     15      1
John Collins              7      0      0      0      4      0     11      0
Peter Feely               7      1      0      0      4/1    0     11/1    1
Lindsay McKeown           6/3    0      1      0      0      0      7/3    0
Derek Jefferson           5      0      0      0      1      0      6      0
Ian Nimmo                 3/5    1      0/1    0      2      0      5/6    1
Mick Prendergast          3/4    1      0      0      2      0      5/4    1
Steve Bryant              2/1    0      0      0      0      0      2/1    0
John Davis                1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0
Peter Fox                 1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0
Neil Owen                 1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0
Gordon Simmonite          1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0

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