Preston North End P
Wrexham P
League (Division Three)
Preston NE |
P - P
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Wrexham |
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League |
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Match postponed on the afternoon of the game due to a frozen pitch.
League Table & Results (as at December 29th, 1976)
| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 28th December 1976 |
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| Chester | 1-2 | Shrewsbury |
| Grimsby Town | 1-1 | Sheffield Wed. |
| Mansfield | 2-1 | Port Vale |
| Rotherham | 1-0 | Chesterfield |
| Tranmere | 0-0 | Walsall |
| 29th December 1976 |
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| Brighton & HA | 2-0 | Gillingham |
| Oxford United | 1-0 | Reading |
| Division Three 1976-77 |
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| P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rotherham | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | +16 | 29 |
| 2. | Brighton & HA | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | +20 | 28 |
| 3. | Shrewsbury | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | +17 | 28 |
| 4. | WREXHAM | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | +15 | 27 |
| 5. | Mansfield | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | +17 | 26 |
| 6. | Preston NE | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | +17 | 26 |
| 7. | Sheffield Wed. | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | +7 | 26 |
| 8. | Crystal Palace | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | +6 | 22 |
| 9. | Tranmere | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 10. | Bury | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 22 |
| 11. | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 12. | Lincoln City | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | +3 | 20 |
| 13. | Chesterfield | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 14. | Oxford United | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 15. | Chester | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 16. | Reading | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 17. | Gillingham | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 17 |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 19. | Grimsby Town | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 20. | Walsall | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 15 |
| 21. | Peterborough | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 22. | Port Vale | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 23. | Northampton | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 12 |
| 24. | York City | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -23 | 11 |