English Third Division 1977/1978
Historical league standings at 27th August 1977
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
| 1 | Colchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Swindon Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Chester | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| 17 | Walsall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -2 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 19 | Port Vale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 |
| 21 | Lincoln City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | -3 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -4 |
| 23 | Hereford United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| 24 | Cambridge United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -5 |
