Third Division Table 1976/77

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Mansfield Town	46	28	8	10	78	42	+36	64
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	25	11	10	83	40	+43	61
3	Crystal Palace	46	23	13	10	68	40	+28	59
4	Rotherham United	46	22	15	9	69	44	+25	59
5	Wrexham	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	58
6	Preston North End	46	21	12	13	64	43	+21	54
7	Bury	46	23	8	15	64	59	+5	54
8	Sheffield Wednesday	46	22	9	15	65	55	+10	53
9	Lincoln City	46	19	14	13	77	70	+7	52
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	18	11	17	65	59	+6	47
11	Swindon Town	46	15	15	16	68	75	-7	45
12	Gillingham	46	16	12	18	55	64	-9	44
13	Chester City	46	18	8	20	48	58	-10	44
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	17	16	51	53	-2	43
15	Walsall	46	13	15	18	57	65	-8	41
16	Peterborough United	46	13	15	18	55	65	-10	41
17	Oxford United	46	12	15	19	55	65	-10	39
18	Chesterfield	46	14	10	22	56	64	-8	38
19	Port Vale	46	11	16	19	47	71	-24	38
20	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	53	70	-17	36
21	Reading	46	13	9	24	49	73	-24	35
22	Northampton Town	46	13	8	25	60	75	-15	34
23	Grimsby Town	46	12	9	25	45	69	-24	33
24	York City	46	10	12	24	50	89	-39	32