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Friday, 7 January, 1977

1976/77, Game No. 26
League Division Three
Northampton TownNorthampton Town
Billy Best 1
Don Martin 1
Paul Stratford 1
3 - 4
Tranmere RoversTranmere Rovers
Allen
Cliff
Moore
Palios

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion
22 13 4 5 45 23 +22 30
2
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
21 11 7 3 38 22 +16 29
3
Preston North End
Preston North End
21 10 8 3 35 17 +18 28
4
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
21 12 4 5 36 19 +17 28
5
Wrexham
Wrexham
20 11 5 4 34 19 +15 27
6
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
20 11 4 5 34 17 +17 26
7
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
21 10 6 5 33 26 +7 26
8
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
21 8 9 4 24 15 +9 25
9
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
22 7 10 5 26 23 +3 24
10
Bury
Bury
20 9 4 7 30 35 -5 22
11
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
20 8 5 7 28 29 -1 21
12
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
18 7 6 5 27 24 +3 20
13
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
21 8 4 9 26 26 0 20
14
Oxford United
Oxford United
23 5 10 8 31 33 -2 20
15
Chester
Chester
20 8 3 9 19 25 -6 19
16
Reading
Reading
22 7 4 11 25 33 -8 18
17
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
22 4 9 9 23 32 -9 17
18
Gillingham
Gillingham
21 6 5 10 25 36 -11 17
19
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
22 6 5 11 24 35 -11 17
20
Port Vale
Port Vale
22 4 8 10 23 31 -8 16
21
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
21 6 4 11 22 33 -11 16
22
Walsall
Walsall
22 4 7 11 19 32 -13 15
23
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
22 4 4 14 22 41 -19 12
24
York City
York City
19 4 3 12 18 41 -23 11
Blue line: automatic promotionOrange line: relegation zone