# Third Division 1977-1978

La Third Division 1977-1978 è stato il 51º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Cambridge United | Cambridge | Abbey Stadium | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Carlisle United | Carlisle | Brunton Park | 20º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Chester | Chester | Sealand Road | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Exeter City | Exeter | St James Park | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Hereford United | Hereford | Edgar Street | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Lincoln City | Lincoln | Sincil Bank | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Oxford United | Oxford | Manor Ground | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | London Road | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Preston North End | Preston | Deepdale | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sheffield | Hillsborough | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Wrexham | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 5º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | DR |
| 1 | Wrexham | 61 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 78 | 45 | +33 |
| 2 | Cambridge Utd | 58 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 51 | +21 |
| 3 | Preston N.E. | 56 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 63 | 38 | +25 |
| 4 | Peterborough Utd | 56 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
| 5 | Chester | 54 | 46 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 59 | 56 | +3 |
| 6 | Walsall | 53 | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 50 | +11 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 50 | 46 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 67 | 60 | +7 |
| 8 | Colchester Utd | 48 | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 55 | 44 | +11 |
| 9 | Chesterfield | 48 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 58 | 49 | +9 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 48 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 67 | 60 | +7 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 47 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 63 | 57 | +6 |
| 12 | Tranmere | 47 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 52 | +5 |
| 13 | Carlisle Utd | 47 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 59 | 59 | +0 |
| 14 | Sheffield Weds | 46 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 52 | -2 |
| 15 | Bury | 45 | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 44 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 53 | 61 | -8 |
| 17 | Exeter City | 44 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 49 | 59 | -10 |
| 18 | Oxford Utd | 40 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 64 | 67 | -3 |
| 19 | Plymouth | 39 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 61 | 68 | -7 |
| 20 | Rotherham Utd | 39 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 68 | -17 |
| 21 | Port Vale | 36 | 46 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 46 | 67 | -21 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 34 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 56 | 86 | -30 |
| 23 | Hereford Utd | 32 | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 60 | -26 |
| 24 | Portsmouth | 31 | 46 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 41 | 75 | -34 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1978-1979.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1978-1979.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo la differenza reti.
Note:
    Preston North End promosso per miglior differenza reti rispetto alla ex aequo Peterborough United.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BRA | BUY | CAM | CLS | CHE | CHF | COL | EXE | GIL | HER | LIN | OXF | PET | PLY | POR | PVA | PNE | ROT | SHW | SHR | SWI | TRA | WAL | WRE |
| Bradford City | | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| Bury | 2-2 | | 5-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 |
| Cambridge United | 4-1 | 3-0 | | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Carlisle United | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-4 |
| Chester | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Chesterfield | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
| Colchester United | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Exeter City | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Gillingham | 4-1 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Hereford United | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Lincoln City | 3-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Oxford United | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Peterborough United | 5-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 6-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
| Portsmouth | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-5 | | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Port Vale | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 2-0 | | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Preston North End | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 |
| Rotherham United | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 2-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 4-0 | 5-3 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Swindon Town | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 5-0 | | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| Walsall | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | | 0-1 |
| Wrexham | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 6-1 | 1-0 | |