1976-02-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

League Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

League Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Manchester City	2	1	Newcastle United	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Barnes, Tueart	Lineups		Gowling

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Norwich City	St Andrew's	22,359
Francis (p)	Lineups		Peters
Burnley	2	2	Aston Villa	Turf Moor	17,174
Flynn 2	Lineups		Graydon, Gray
Coventry City	0	1	Leeds United	Highfield Road	25,563
	Lineups		Gray F
Derby County	1	1	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	32,800
George (p)	Lineups		Kennedy
Everton	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	21,827
Telfer 2, Hamilton	Lineups
Manchester United	4	0	West Ham United	Old Trafford	57,240
Forsyth, Macari, McCreery, Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	19,857
	Lineups		Radford
Sheffield United	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane	21,949
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	21,427
Chivers	Lineups		Kember

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	32	10	5	1	32	16	5	8	3	17	9	1.96	43	D	L	W	D	W	1976-03-06	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	12	4	0	29	9	4	7	6	18	16	1.88	43	D	W	W	W	W	1976-03-06	Coventry City	H
3	0	Manchester United	32	12	4	0	30	9	5	5	6	21	20	1.759	43	W	D	L	D	D	1976-03-13	Leeds United	H
4	0	Derby County	32	13	1	2	34	21	4	7	5	18	20	1.268	42	D	D	W	W	L	1976-03-02	Leeds United	A
5	0	Leeds United	30	10	1	4	28	14	6	5	4	19	17	1.516	38	W	D	L	L	L	1976-03-02	Derby County	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	32	7	7	2	18	7	5	3	8	17	22	1.207	34	L	W	W	D	L	1976-03-06	Liverpool	A
7	0	Manchester City	30	10	5	1	32	9	2	4	8	15	19	1.679	33	W	L	W	L	W	1976-03-06	Sheffield United	H
8	2	Everton	31	7	6	2	29	17	4	5	7	19	36	0.906	33	W	W	L	D	L	1976-03-06	Leicester City	A
9	-1	West Ham United	32	10	3	4	23	18	3	4	8	17	30	0.833	33	L	D	L	L	D	1976-03-06	Birmingham City	H
10	-1	Ipswich Town	30	7	5	3	23	15	3	7	5	14	17	1.156	32	L	W	W	L	D	1976-03-06	Aston Villa	A
11	1	Leicester City	32	6	7	3	22	20	2	8	6	12	22	0.81	31	D	L	D	L	W	1976-03-06	Everton	H
12	3	Tottenham Hotspur	32	3	9	4	19	26	5	5	6	23	24	0.84	30	D	L	W	L	D	1976-03-06	Norwich City	A
13	-2	Coventry City	32	5	6	5	16	16	5	4	7	18	25	0.829	30	L	L	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-1	Newcastle United	29	8	4	1	37	13	3	3	10	16	29	1.262	29	L	W	D	D	W	1976-03-03	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Stoke City	29	6	4	5	20	19	5	3	6	15	17	0.972	29	L	L	L	W	L	1976-03-03	Newcastle United	A
16	2	Arsenal	32	9	3	4	24	13	2	4	10	11	25	0.921	29	W	W	W	L	L	1976-03-13	Coventry City	A
17	-1	Aston Villa	32	9	5	2	29	16	0	6	10	10	29	0.867	29	D	D	W	L	L	1976-03-06	Ipswich Town	H
18	-1	Norwich City	30	7	4	4	24	18	3	4	8	20	28	0.957	28	D	L	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Birmingham City	31	8	4	4	26	21	1	1	13	16	37	0.724	23	D	L	W	W	L	1976-03-06	West Ham United	A
20	0	Burnley	33	5	5	6	20	20	2	4	11	17	32	0.712	23	D	W	L	W	D	1976-03-06	Stoke City	A
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	5	5	6	18	19	2	3	11	16	34	0.642	22	L	D	W	L	L	1976-03-13	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Sheffield United	32	2	6	8	12	23	0	3	13	10	37	0.367	13	D	L	D	W	D	1976-03-06	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Hull City	Burnden Park	22,592
Thompson	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Blackpool	Eastville	6,686
Taylor	Lineups		Smith
Chelsea	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	14,855
Wilkins R 2, Finnieston	Lineups		Oates
Luton Town	2	0	Sunderland	Kenilworth Road	15,338
Moncur OG, Futcher R	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	3	Oldham Athletic	City Ground	11,509
Butlin, O'Neill 2, Curran (p)	Lineups		Shaw, Bell, Hicks
Orient	2	0	Fulham	Brisbane Road	7,558
Cunningham, Queen	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Manor Ground	6,021
Tait 2	Lineups		McAuley, Mariner
Portsmouth	1	3	Notts County	Fratton Park	9,126
Kamara	Lineups		Bradd 2, Scanlon
York City	2	1	Southampton	Bootham Crescent	3,848
Cave, Hinch	Lineups		Channon

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	3	1	26	8	7	5	4	22	19	1.778	40	W	L	W	W	D	1976-03-02	Oxford United	H
2	-1	Bristol City	31	9	5	2	27	10	6	5	4	19	16	1.769	40	W	L	W	D	D	1976-03-06	Luton Town	H
3	-1	Sunderland	30	14	1	0	36	8	3	4	8	11	21	1.621	39	L	D	W	L	W	1976-03-13	Orient	A
4	1	Notts County	31	9	4	2	26	9	7	3	6	20	20	1.586	39	W	L	W	D	W	1976-03-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-1	Southampton	30	14	1	1	39	11	2	4	8	15	25	1.5	37	L	W	W	D	W	1976-03-02	Luton Town	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	6	7	1	17	8	7	3	6	16	19	1.222	36	W	L	W	W	W	1976-03-06	Notts County	A
7	0	Luton Town	31	9	4	2	26	12	5	3	8	18	24	1.222	35	W	L	D	W	D	1976-03-02	Southampton	H
8	0	Oldham Athletic	32	10	5	1	28	17	2	4	10	19	33	0.94	33	L	L	D	D	D	1976-03-06	Orient	H
9	4	Nottingham Forest	31	7	1	7	22	17	4	8	4	18	16	1.212	31	W	D	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Carlisle United	A
10	-1	Fulham	31	7	5	3	23	11	4	4	8	17	25	1.111	31	L	L	W	L	W	1976-03-06	Portsmouth	H
11	4	Chelsea	32	7	5	4	22	15	4	4	8	19	27	0.976	31	W	W	L	D	D	1976-03-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-2	Bristol Rovers	31	6	7	3	17	12	3	6	6	12	21	0.879	31	D	L	D	L	W	1976-03-06	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	1	Plymouth Argyle	33	11	3	3	32	15	0	5	11	11	29	0.977	30	D	W	W	L	L	1976-03-06	Chelsea	H
14	-3	Charlton Athletic	30	9	2	4	32	24	3	4	8	13	29	0.849	30	W	D	L	W	W	1976-03-02	Orient	A
15	1	Blackpool	31	6	7	3	20	19	4	3	8	10	17	0.833	30	D	D	W	L	D	1976-03-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	-4	Carlisle United	32	7	6	3	22	18	3	4	9	14	27	0.8	30	L	D	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Nottingham Forest	H
17	1	Orient	29	8	4	3	16	8	2	5	7	10	19	0.963	29	W	W	L	L	W	1976-03-02	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Hull City	32	7	3	6	20	16	4	3	9	13	23	0.846	28	L	W	W	D	L	1976-03-06	Oxford United	H
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	31	4	6	6	16	19	3	6	6	13	19	0.763	26	L	D	L	W	W	1976-03-06	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Oxford United	31	3	7	6	17	21	2	4	9	12	24	0.644	21	D	L	L	D	D	1976-03-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	0	Portsmouth	32	2	5	9	9	18	4	1	11	14	29	0.489	18	L	L	W	W	L	1976-03-06	Fulham	A
22	0	York City	32	5	1	10	18	28	1	4	11	8	29	0.456	17	W	L	L	L	L	1976-03-13	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Rotherham United	Recreation Ground	3,538
Bell, Warnock, Derrett OG	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	0	Chester	Ninian Park	10,000
Alston, Buchanan	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Swindon Town	Blundell Park	5,218
Partridge	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	2	Bury	The Shay	3,606
	Lineups		Woolfall, Rowland
Millwall	2	0	Chesterfield	The Den, New Cross	6,476
Evans, Salvage (p)	Lineups
Port Vale	3	2	Colchester United	Vale Park	3,803
Cullerton, Brownbill, Bailey	Lineups		Dyer 2
Preston North End	0	2	Mansfield Town	Deepdale	6,945
	Lineups		Clarke, Matthews
Wrexham	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Racecourse Ground	4,662
Tinnion, Ashcroft, Griffiths	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Hereford United	32	9	4	2	27	16	10	3	4	32	21	1.595	45	W	W	W	L	W	1976-03-10	Chester	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	14	0	2	40	9	4	3	9	15	28	1.486	39	L	W	W	L	D	1976-03-01	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	33	5	7	3	24	16	9	4	5	25	20	1.361	39	W	L	D	L	D	1976-03-09	Port Vale	H
4	0	Shrewsbury Town	31	11	1	4	27	17	5	6	4	17	17	1.294	39	D	W	W	W	W	1976-03-06	Chester	A
5	2	Cardiff City	32	11	4	2	32	11	4	3	8	21	29	1.325	37	W	D	L	W	W	1976-03-06	Chesterfield	A
6	-1	Peterborough United	31	10	4	2	30	14	3	7	5	21	26	1.275	37	L	L	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	-1	Walsall	34	10	5	3	36	17	4	4	8	19	27	1.25	37	W	D	L	W	L	1976-03-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	0	Wrexham	33	11	4	2	29	12	3	4	9	16	25	1.216	36	W	W	D	W	L	1976-03-06	Mansfield Town	A
9	0	Millwall	33	11	5	1	27	13	1	6	9	13	27	1	35	W	W	L	W	L	1976-03-08	Mansfield Town	A
10	0	Port Vale	33	9	6	2	24	13	3	4	9	15	21	1.147	34	W	D	L	W	D	1976-03-06	Rotherham United	A
11	1	Bury	31	7	5	2	20	7	3	7	7	18	24	1.226	32	W	D	W	L	L	1976-03-06	Grimsby Town	H
12	-1	Preston North End	32	10	2	4	30	20	3	4	9	12	24	0.955	32	L	W	L	W	W	1976-03-09	Chesterfield	H
13	3	Grimsby Town	32	11	5	0	30	12	1	1	14	13	39	0.843	30	W	L	L	W	D	1976-03-06	Bury	A
14	1	Gillingham	31	7	7	2	26	17	2	5	8	11	27	0.841	30	L	L	W	L	D	1976-03-01	Southend United	A
15	-2	Rotherham United	32	9	3	4	26	15	3	3	10	13	32	0.83	30	L	W	L	L	L	1976-03-06	Port Vale	H
16	-2	Chester	31	9	5	2	25	12	2	3	10	7	28	0.8	30	L	L	W	L	W	1976-03-06	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	1	Aldershot	31	9	5	2	28	16	1	3	11	17	38	0.833	28	W	L	L	W	L	1976-03-06	Gillingham	A
18	-1	Chesterfield	32	7	4	6	32	23	3	2	10	15	31	0.87	26	L	W	L	W	W	1976-03-06	Cardiff City	H
19	0	Colchester United	33	7	3	6	16	19	2	4	11	13	35	0.537	25	L	W	W	L	L	1976-03-13	Walsall	A
20	0	Southend United	29	7	3	5	31	22	2	3	9	15	28	0.92	24	L	L	L	W	D	1976-03-01	Gillingham	H
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	6	6	3	24	17	0	6	8	9	19	0.917	24	W	L	D	W	L	1976-03-02	Halifax Town	A
22	0	Swindon Town	32	8	1	6	29	22	2	3	12	15	37	0.746	24	L	L	L	L	W	1976-03-06	Southend United	H
23	0	Halifax Town	30	4	2	8	17	23	4	6	6	14	21	0.705	24	L	W	L	L	L	1976-03-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	31	4	6	4	20	18	3	3	11	15	26	0.795	23	W	D	W	W	L	1976-03-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	1	Hartlepool	Oakwell	2,772
Price, Doyle (p), Gorry	Lineups		Scaife
Bradford City	0	0	Swansea City	Valley Parade	6,672	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	Cambridge United	Griffin Park	4,095
	Lineups
Exeter City	3	0	Newport County	St James Park	3,447
Templeman, Bowker, Jennings	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Reading	Leeds Road	6,546
Newton, Gray 2	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Southport	Spotland	1,261
Mountford, Summerscales	Lineups
Torquay United	4	1	Stockport County	Plainmoor	2,217
Kennedy, Brown, Rudge, Lane	Lineups		Bradley
Workington	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Borough Park	1,369
	Lineups		Palios

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Northampton Town	33	14	2	0	39	13	7	4	6	15	15	1.929	48	W	L	W	W	D	1976-03-06	Watford	A
2	0	Lincoln City	29	14	1	0	48	11	7	4	3	23	16	2.63	47	W	W	D	L	W	1976-03-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	1	Tranmere Rovers	32	13	2	0	43	7	5	5	7	22	27	1.912	43	W	D	W	W	W	1976-03-06	Rochdale	H
4	-1	Reading	32	14	1	0	27	5	4	5	8	22	34	1.256	42	L	W	D	L	L	1976-03-02	Newport County	H
5	2	Exeter City	34	9	6	2	24	8	5	5	7	17	21	1.414	39	W	D	W	W	D	1976-03-05	Stockport County	A
6	-1	AFC Bournemouth	31	12	2	2	29	9	4	4	7	15	18	1.63	38	W	L	W	D	W	1976-03-06	Cambridge United	A
7	1	Huddersfield Town	29	8	3	4	20	12	8	3	3	21	14	1.577	38	W	W	W	D	L	1976-03-01	Rochdale	A
8	-2	Doncaster Rovers	33	8	4	5	37	24	8	2	6	25	24	1.292	38	W	D	W	W	W	1976-03-06	Reading	A
9	1	Swansea City	31	10	4	1	33	13	2	5	9	12	25	1.184	33	D	W	L	W	W	1976-03-05	Barnsley	H
10	-1	Watford	32	12	2	2	27	14	3	1	12	12	32	0.848	33	W	W	L	W	W	1976-03-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	0	Torquay United	32	9	2	5	20	16	4	5	7	16	32	0.75	33	W	D	D	L	L	1976-03-05	Newport County	A
12	4	Rochdale	30	6	7	2	22	16	4	4	7	10	18	0.941	31	W	D	D	D	D	1976-03-01	Huddersfield Town	H
13	0	Cambridge United	34	5	7	4	21	18	5	4	9	16	25	0.86	31	D	L	D	D	L	1976-03-06	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	-2	Crewe Alexandra	31	8	5	3	26	13	1	7	7	15	23	1.139	30	L	W	L	D	L	1976-03-03	Watford	H
15	-1	Stockport County	33	6	5	6	18	15	4	5	7	15	32	0.702	30	L	W	D	D	D	1976-03-05	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Newport County	30	7	5	3	29	21	4	2	9	18	35	0.839	29	L	L	L	D	L	1976-03-02	Reading	A
17	1	Brentford	31	9	4	4	28	15	1	4	9	13	29	0.932	28	D	L	L	L	D	1976-03-06	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Hartlepool	32	6	5	5	28	22	4	3	9	16	29	0.863	28	L	L	D	D	L	1976-03-02	Scunthorpe United	A
19	0	Barnsley	32	8	6	2	21	12	0	6	10	8	25	0.784	28	W	D	D	W	D	1976-03-05	Swansea City	A
20	0	Bradford City	29	6	5	4	20	13	2	5	7	16	24	0.973	26	D	D	D	D	W	1976-03-10	Southport	H
21	0	Darlington	32	5	5	5	12	11	3	1	13	14	32	0.605	22	L	L	L	L	W	1976-03-13	Exeter City	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	32	5	2	8	17	18	2	3	12	11	27	0.622	19	L	D	W	W	L	1976-03-02	Hartlepool	H
23	0	Workington	32	5	2	10	16	27	0	3	12	4	31	0.345	15	L	W	L	L	D	1976-03-05	Southport	A
24	0	Southport	32	1	4	11	16	28	1	1	14	5	33	0.344	9	L	L	L	L	L	1976-03-05	Workington	H