Third Division 1976-1977

Third Division 1976-1977
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	50ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 21 agosto 1976; al 17 maggio 1977
Luogo	Inghilterra; Galles
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Mansfield Town; (1º titolo)
Altre promozioni	Brighton & Hove Albion; Crystal Palace
Retrocessioni	Grimsby Town; Northampton Town; Reading; York City
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Peter Ward (32)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 462 (2,65 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
	1975-1976 1977-1978
	Manuale

La Third Division 1976-1977 è stato il 50º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

La Football League decise di appliccare, a partire da questa stagione, la discriminante della differenza reti al posto del quoziente reti.

Squadre partecipanti

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Goldstone Ground	4º posto in Third Division
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	13º posto in Third Division
Chester	Chester	Sealand Road	17º posto in Third Division
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Saltergate	14º posto in Third Division
Crystal Palace	Londra (Croydon)	Selhurst Park	5º posto in Third Division
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	15º posto in Third Division
Grimsby Town	Grimsby	Blundell Park	18º posto in Third Division
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	11º posto in Third Division
Northampton Town	Northampton	County Ground	2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Oxford United	Oxford	Manor Ground	20º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road	10º posto in Third Division
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Port Vale	Stoke on Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	12º posto in Third Division
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	8º posto in Third Division
Reading	Reading	Elm Park	3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Rotherham United	Rotherham	Millmoor	16º posto in Third Division
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	20º posto in Third Division
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Gay Meadow	9º posto in Third Division
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	19º posto in Third Division
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Walsall	Walsall	Fellows Park	7º posto in Third Division
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	6º posto in Third Division
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso

Classifica finale

Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	DR
1	Mansfield Town	64	46	28	8	10	78	42	+36
2	Brighton	61	46	25	11	10	83	40	+43
3	Crystal Palace	59	46	23	13	10	68	40	+28
4	Rotherham Utd	59	46	22	15	9	69	44	+25
5	Wrexham	58	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26
6	Preston N.E.	54	46	21	12	13	64	43	+21
7	Bury	54	46	22	9	15	65	55	+10
8	Sheffield Weds	53	46	22	9	15	65	55	+10
9	Lincoln City	52	46	19	14	13	77	70	+7
10	Shrewsbury Town	47	46	18	11	17	65	59	+6
11	Swindon Town	45	46	15	15	16	68	75	-7
12	Gillingham	44	46	16	12	18	55	64	-9
13	Chester	44	46	18	8	20	48	58	-10
14	Tranmere	43	46	13	17	16	51	53	-2
15	Walsall	41	46	13	15	18	57	65	-8
16	Peterborough Utd	41	46	13	15	18	55	65	-10
17	Oxford Utd	39	46	12	15	19	55	65	-10
18	Chesterfield	38	46	14	10	22	56	64	-8
19	Port Vale	38	46	11	16	19	47	71	-24
20	Portsmouth	36	46	11	14	21	53	70	-17
21	Reading	35	46	13	9	24	49	73	-24
22	Northampton Town	34	46	13	8	25	60	75	-15
23	Grimsby Town	33	46	12	9	25	45	69	-24
24	York City	32	46	10	12	24	50	89	-39

Legenda:

Promosso in Second Division 1977-1978.

Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1977-1978.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo la differenza reti.

Note:

Crystal Palace promosso per miglior differenza reti rispetto alla ex aequo Rotherham United.

Risultati

Tabellone

	BHA	BUY	CHE	CHF	CRY	GIL	GRI	LIN	MFT	NHT	OXF	PET	POR	PVA	PNE	REA	ROT	SHW	SHR	SWI	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
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	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-
Chester	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	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	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	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	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	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	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