Stadium background

Saturday, 19 March, 1977

1976/77, Game No. 36
League Division Three
Preston North EndPreston North End
Gordon Coleman (25')
1 - 0
Tranmere RoversTranmere Rovers

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion
34 19 8 7 65 29 +36 46
2
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
33 20 6 7 58 28 +30 46
3
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
33 16 13 4 52 30 +22 45
4
Wrexham
Wrexham
33 18 7 8 58 37 +21 43
5
Preston North End
Preston North End
33 16 10 7 51 31 +20 42
6
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
34 15 10 9 40 29 +11 40
7
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
34 15 8 11 48 41 +7 38
8
Bury
Bury
34 15 7 12 45 48 -3 37
9
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
31 13 10 8 54 49 +5 36
10
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
35 14 8 13 52 47 +5 36
11
Chester
Chester
33 16 3 14 37 42 -5 35
12
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
31 11 11 9 49 47 +2 33
13
Oxford United
Oxford United
35 10 12 13 47 50 -3 32
14
Gillingham
Gillingham
33 11 9 13 41 50 -9 31
15
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
33 9 11 13 35 44 -9 29
16
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
32 7 14 11 33 38 -5 28
17
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
35 11 5 19 50 61 -11 27
18
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
33 8 11 14 38 49 -11 27
19
Port Vale
Port Vale
33 7 13 13 32 44 -12 27
20
York City
York City
33 9 8 16 41 65 -24 26
21
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
33 10 5 18 38 48 -10 25
22
Walsall
Walsall
33 8 9 16 37 50 -13 25
23
Reading
Reading
35 9 7 19 39 59 -20 25
24
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
34 8 5 21 31 55 -24 21
Blue line: automatic promotionOrange line: relegation zone