Season 1977-1978

Division III


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Wrexham 46 14 8 1 48 19 9 7 7 30 26 61 2. Cambridge United 46 19 3 1 49 11 4 9 10 23 40 58 3. Preston North End 46 16 5 2 48 19 4 11 8 15 19 56 4. Peterborough United 46 15 7 1 32 11 5 9 9 15 22 56 5. Chester City 46 14 8 1 41 24 2 14 7 18 32 54 6. Walsall 46 12 8 3 35 17 6 9 8 26 33 53 7. Gillingham 46 11 10 2 36 21 4 10 9 31 39 50 8. Colchester United 46 10 11 2 36 16 5 7 11 19 28 48 9. Chesterfield 46 14 6 3 40 16 3 8 12 18 33 48 10. Swindon Town 46 12 7 4 40 22 4 9 10 27 38 48 11. Shrewsbury Town 46 11 7 5 42 23 5 8 10 21 34 47 12. Tranmere Rovers 46 13 7 3 39 19 3 8 12 18 33 47 13. Carlisle United 46 10 9 4 32 26 4 10 9 27 33 47 14. Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 7 3 28 14 2 9 12 22 38 46 15. Bury 46 7 13 3 34 22 6 6 11 28 34 45 16. Lincoln City 46 10 8 5 35 26 5 7 11 18 35 45 17. Exeter City 46 11 8 4 30 18 4 6 13 19 41 44 18. Oxford United 46 11 10 2 38 21 2 4 17 26 46 40 19. Plymouth Argyle 46 7 8 8 33 28 4 9 10 28 40 39 20. Rotherham United 46 11 5 7 26 19 2 8 13 25 49 39 21. Port Vale 46 7 11 5 28 23 1 9 13 18 44 36 22. Bradford City 46 11 6 6 40 29 1 4 18 16 57 34 23. Hereford United 46 9 9 5 28 22 0 5 18 6 38 32 24. Portsmouth 46 4 11 8 31 38 3 6 14 10 37 31

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 20 Aug  SWINDON TOWN............ 1-1    12     12,095   Tommy Tynan
 2. Sat 27 Aug  WALSALL................. 0-0    11     10,634   

 3. Sat  3 Sep  Bury.................... 0-3    19      6,769   
 4. Sat 10 Sep  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 0-1    22     10,234   
 5. Wed 14 Sep  Chester City............ 1-2    22      4,520   Tommy Tynan
 6. Sat 17 Sep  Port Vale............... 0-0    23      5,136   
 7. Sat 24 Sep  PETERBOROUGH UNITED..... 0-1    24      9,620   
 8. Tue 27 Sep  PLYMOUTH ARGYLE......... 1-1    24      8,515   Rodger Wylde

 9. Sat  1 Oct  Portsmouth.............. 2-2    24     12,020   Paul Bradshaw, Tommy Tynan
10. Tue  4 Oct  Preston North End....... 1-2    24      7,627   
11. Sat  8 Oct  CHESTERFIELD............ 1-0    24     12,920   Tommy Tynan
12. Wed 12 Oct  Exeter City............. 1-2    24      4,564   
13. Sat 15 Oct  Wrexham................. 1-1    24      9,145   Tommy Tynan
14. Sat 22 Oct  LINCOLN CITY............ 2-0    23     13,166   Paul Bradshaw, David Rushbury
15. Sat 29 Oct  Bradford City........... 2-3    24     12,857   Jimmy Mullen, Tommy Tynan

16. Sat  5 Nov  CARLISLE UNITED......... 3-1    22     12,285   Mick Prendergast, Tommy Tynan
                                                                Own Goal
17. Sat 12 Nov  Oxford United........... 0-1    23      6,481   
18. Sat 19 Nov  GILLINGHAM.............. 0-0    24      9,762   

19. Sat  3 Dec  COLCHESTER UNITED....... 1-2    24      9,000   Rodger Wylde
20. Sat 10 Dec  Cambridge United........ 0-3    24      6,236   
21. Mon 26 Dec  Tranmere Rovers......... 1-3    24      5,619   Tommy Tynan
22. Tue 27 Dec  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 1-0    24     18,803   Mick Prendergast
23. Sat 31 Dec  HEREFORD UNITED......... 1-0    23     11,029   Rodger Wylde

24. Mon  2 Jan  Carlisle United......... 0-1    24     11,309   
25. Sat 14 Jan  Swindon Town............ 2-2    24      7,609   Jimmy Mullen, David Rushbury
26. Tue 17 Jan  EXETER CITY............. 2-1    19      9,596   David Rushbury, Rodger Wylde
27. Sat 28 Jan  BURY.................... 3-2    19      9,064   Rodger Wylde 2, Tommy Tynan

28. Sat 11 Feb  PORT VALE............... 3-1    18      9,516   Dennis Leman, Jimmy Mullen
                                                                Tommy Tynan
29. Wed 22 Feb  Peterborough United..... 1-2    18      4,252   Dave Cusack
30. Sat 25 Feb  PORTSMOUTH.............. 0-0    18     10,241   
31. Tue 28 Feb  Shrewsbury Town......... 0-0    18      2,801   

32. Sat  4 Mar  Chesterfield............ 2-2    18     12,395   Mick Prendergast, Tommy Tynan
33. Tue  7 Mar  CHESTER CITY............ 1-1    18     10,678   David Grant
34. Sat 18 Mar  Lincoln City............ 1-3    20      8,811   Graham Hedley
35. Tue 21 Mar  BRADFORD CITY........... 2-0    18     12,304   Tommy Tynan, Rodger Wylde
36. Sat 25 Mar  Rotherham United........ 2-1    18     12,630   Brian Hornsby, Jeff Johnson
37. Mon 27 Mar  TRANMERE ROVERS......... 1-0    17     12,976   Tommy Tynan

38. Sat  1 Apr  Hereford United......... 1-0    16      5,358   Rodger Wylde
39. Tue  4 Apr  Plymouth Argyle......... 1-1    15      7,694   Rodger Wylde
40. Sat  8 Apr  OXFORD UNITED........... 2-1    16     10,674   Brian Hornsby, Jimmy Mullen
41. Sat 15 Apr  Gillingham.............. 1-2    17      7,238   Dennis Leman
42. Tue 18 Apr  PRESTON NORTH END....... 1-0    15     12,426   Tommy Tynan
43. Sat 22 Apr  CAMBRIDGE UNITED........ 0-0    15     11,512   
44. Tue 25 Apr  Walsall................. 1-1    15      5,232   Tommy Tynan
45. Sat 29 Apr  Colchester United....... 1-1    16      4,337   David Rushbury

46. Wed  3 May  WREXHAM................. 2-1    14     15,700   Brian Hornsby, Tommy Tynan

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1   Sat 26 Nov  BURY.................... 1-0     11,571   Bobby Hope

 2   Sat 17 Dec  Wigan Athletic.......... 0-1     13,871   

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Sat 13 Aug  DONCASTER ROVERS........ 5-2      7,230   Rodger Wylde 3, Ian PorterfieldOwn Goal
 1L2 Tue 16 Aug  Doncaster Rovers........ 3-0      7,602   Ian Porterfield, Tommy Tynan
     Wednesday won 8-2 on aggregate            Rodger Wylde

 2   Tue 30 Aug  Blackpool............... 2-2     10,101   Paul Bradshaw, Tommy Tynan
 2R  Mon  5 Sep  BLACKPOOL............... 3-1     13,260   Paul Bradshaw, Jeff Johnson
                                                           Tommy Tynan

 3   Tue 25 Oct  WALSALL................. 2-1     18,350   Tommy Tynan, Rodger Wylde

 4   Tue 29 Nov  EVERTON................. 1-3     36,079   Tommy Tynan

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Appearances

                          LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                 Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Richard Walden           46      0      2      0      6      0     54      0
David Rushbury           45      4      2      0      5      0     52      4
Tommy Tynan              43/1   16      2      0      6      5     51/1   21
Jimmy Mullen             41      4      2      0      3      0     46      4
Jeff Johnson             39      1      1      0      5      1     45      2
Ian Porterfield          38      0      1      0      6      2     45      2
Rodger Wylde             36      9      1      0      3      5     40     14
Dave Cusack              29/2    1      2      0      6      0     37/2    1
Hugh Dowd                26/1    0      2      0      6      0     34/1    0
Paul Bradshaw            25/2    2      2      0      6      2     33/2    4
Chris Turner             23      0      2      0      6      0     31      0
Dennis Leman             23/10   2      0      0      4      0     27/10   2
David Grant              24      1      1      0      0      0     25      1
Bob Bolder               23      0      0      0      0      0     23      0
Mick Prendergast         13/1    3      1/1    0      1      0     15/2    3
Brian Hornsby            13      3      0      0      0      0     13      3
Bobby Hope                5/3    0      1      1      1      0      7/3    1
Graham Hedley             6      1      0      0      0      0      6      1
Malcolm Darling           1/1    0      0      0      1      0      2/1    0
Colin Gregson             1/1    0      0      0      1      0      2/1    0
Ian Nimmo                 2/1    0      0      0      0      0      2/1    0
Gordon Owen               2      0      0      0      0      0      2      0
Mark Smith                2      0      0      0      0      0      2      0
Jimmy Hinch               0/1    0      0      0      0      0      0/1    0
Lindsay McKeown           0/2    0      0      0      0      0      0/2    0

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