# Third Division 1976-1977

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 | |