# Third Division 1975-1976

La Third Division 1975-1976 è stato il 49º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Aldershot | Aldershot | Recreation Ground | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Cardiff City | Cardiff | Ninian Park | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Chester | Chester | Sealand Road | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Crystal Palace | Londra (Croydon) | Selhurst Park | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Hereford United | Hereford | Edgar Street | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Millwall | Londra (Bermondsey) | The Den | 20º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | London Road | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Preston North End | Preston | Deepdale | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Sheffield | Hillsborough | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Wrexham | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 13º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Hereford Utd | 63 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 55 | 1.564 |
| 2 | Cardiff City | 57 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 |
| 3 | Millwall | 56 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 1.256 |
| 4 | Brighton | 53 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 78 | 53 | 1.472 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 53 | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 52 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 55 | 1.200 |
| 7 | Walsall | 50 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 61 | 1.213 |
| 8 | Preston N.E. | 48 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 48 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 59 | 1.034 |
| 10 | Peterborough Utd | 48 | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 63 | 63 | 1.000 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 47 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 58 | 52 | 1.115 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 46 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 1.019 |
| 13 | Bury | 44 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 46 | 1.109 |
| 14 | Chesterfield | 43 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 43 | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 |
| 16 | Rotherham Utd | 42 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 54 | 65 | 0.831 |
| 17 | Chester | 42 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 0.694 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 40 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 |
| 20 | Sheffield Weds | 40 | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 48 | 59 | 0.814 |
| 21 | Aldershot | 39 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 75 | 0.787 |
| 22 | Colchester Utd | 38 | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 65 | 0.631 |
| 23 | Southend Utd | 37 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 65 | 75 | 0.867 |
| 24 | Halifax Town | 35 | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 61 | 0.672 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1976-1977.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1976-1977.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | ALD | BHA | BUY | CDC | CHE | CHF | COL | CRY | GIL | GRI | HAL | HER | MFT | MIL | PET | PVA | PNE | ROT | SHW | SHR | SEU | SWI | WAL | WRE |
| Aldershot | | 1:1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 1:1 | 3:1 | 2:2 | 1:0 | 3:0 | 0:3 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:1 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 1:1 | 3:0 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 0:1 | 3:2 | 2-3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4-1 | | 2-1 | 0-1 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 |
| Bury | 1-1 | 1-1 | | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Cardiff City | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| Chester | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| Chesterfield | 5-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | | 6-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Colchester United | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-3 | | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
| Crystal Palace | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Gillingham | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Grimsby Town | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 |
| Halifax Town | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Hereford United | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 |
| Mansfield Town | 1:0 | 1:0 | 1:1 | 1:4 | 1:1 | 0:1 | 0:0 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:0 | 1:1 | 2:2 | | 1:1 | 1:1 | 3:1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | 3:0 | 1:2 | 3:1 | 3:1 | 4:1 | 0:0 |
| Millwall | 4-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Peterborough United | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Port Vale | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| Preston North End | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | | 3-2 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| Rotherham United | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3-1 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 5-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Southend United | 0-2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Swindon Town | 6-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | | 5-1 | 2-2 |
| Walsall | 4-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | | 2-2 |
| Wrexham | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-3 | |