Third Division Table 1977/78

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wrexham	46	23	15	8	78	45	+33	61
2	Cambridge United	46	23	12	11	72	51	+21	58
3	Preston North End	46	20	16	10	63	38	+25	56
4	Peterborough United	46	20	16	10	47	33	+14	56
5	Chester City	46	16	22	8	59	56	+3	54
6	Walsall	46	18	17	11	61	50	+11	53
7	Gillingham	46	15	20	11	67	60	+7	50
8	Colchester United	46	15	18	13	55	44	+11	48
9	Chesterfield	46	17	14	15	58	49	+9	48
10	Swindon Town	46	16	16	14	67	60	+7	48
11	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	15	15	63	57	+6	47
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	57	52	+5	47
13	Carlisle United	46	14	19	13	59	59	0	47
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	16	15	50	52	-2	46
15	Bury	46	13	19	14	62	56	+6	45
16	Lincoln City	46	15	15	16	53	61	-8	45
17	Exeter City	46	15	14	17	49	59	-10	44
18	Oxford United	46	13	14	19	64	67	-3	40
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	17	18	61	68	-7	39
20	Rotherham United	46	13	13	20	51	68	-17	39
21	Port Vale	46	8	20	18	46	67	-21	36
22	Bradford City	46	12	10	24	56	86	-30	34
23	Hereford United	46	9	14	23	34	60	-26	32
24	Portsmouth	46	7	17	22	41	75	-34	31