Third Division 1977-1978

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

Third Division 1977-1978
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	51ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 20 agosto 1977 al 3 maggio 1978
Luogo	Inghilterra  Galles
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Wrexham (1º titolo)
Altre promozioni	Cambridge United Preston North End
Retrocessioni	Bradford City Hereford United Portsmouth Port Vale
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Alex Bruce (27)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 373 (2,49 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1976-1977 1978-1979

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

Voci correlate

• First Division 1977-1978
• Second Division 1977-1978
• Fourth Division 1977-1978
• FA Cup 1977-1978
• Football League Cup 1977-1978
• Charity Shield 1978

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Season 1977–78, su englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk, English Football League Tables.
• (EN) Football League 1977-1978 su rsssf.com., su rsssf.com.
• (EN) English League Leading Goalscorers su RSSSF, su rsssf.com.