1976-03-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

European Cup Winners Cup QF 2nd Leg					Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	West Ham United	3	1	Den Haag FC	Upton Park	29,829	agg 5-5
	Taylor, Lampard, Bonds (p)	Lineups		Schoenmaker
D 3	Wrexham	1	1	Anderlecht	Racecourse Ground	19,668	agg 1-2
	Lee	Lineups		Rensenbrink
European UEFA Cup QF 2nd Leg					Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	2	1	Dynamo Dresden	Anfield Road	39,300	agg 2-1
	Case, Keegan	Lineups		Heidler

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Norwich City	1	1	Manchester United	Carrow Road	27,787
Boyer	Lineups		Hill

				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	Queens Park Rangers	35	13	4	0	33	10	5	7	6	20	16	2.038	47	W	W	D	W	W	1976-03-20	Stoke City	A
2	1	Manchester United	34	13	4	0	33	11	5	6	6	22	21	1.719	46	D	W	W	D	L	1976-03-20	Newcastle United	A
3	-1	Liverpool	34	10	5	2	32	18	6	8	3	18	9	1.852	45	W	L	D	L	W	1976-03-20	Norwich City	A
4	0	Derby County	34	14	1	2	37	22	4	8	5	19	21	1.302	45	W	D	D	D	W	1976-03-20	Middlesbrough	A
5	0	Leeds United	33	10	3	4	30	16	6	5	5	21	20	1.417	40	L	D	D	W	D	1976-03-20	Everton	A
6	0	Manchester City	32	11	5	1	36	9	2	5	8	15	19	1.821	36	D	W	W	L	W	1976-03-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	34	7	7	3	18	8	6	3	8	19	22	1.233	36	L	W	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Derby County	H
8	0	Leicester City	34	7	7	3	23	20	3	8	6	13	22	0.857	35	W	W	D	L	D	1976-03-20	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Ipswich Town	32	7	6	3	24	16	3	8	5	14	17	1.152	34	D	D	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Sheffield United	A
10	0	Stoke City	32	7	4	5	24	20	6	4	6	17	18	1.079	34	D	W	W	L	L	1976-03-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	4	9	4	24	28	6	5	7	25	27	0.891	34	W	W	L	D	L	1976-03-20	Burnley	A
12	0	West Ham United	35	10	3	5	24	20	3	5	9	19	33	0.811	34	L	D	L	L	D	1976-03-20	Arsenal	A
13	0	Everton	33	7	6	3	29	19	4	5	8	19	37	0.857	33	L	L	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Leeds United	H
14	0	Newcastle United	32	9	4	2	39	15	3	4	10	16	29	1.25	32	D	W	L	L	W	1976-03-20	Manchester United	H
15	2	Norwich City	33	8	5	4	28	20	3	4	9	21	31	0.961	31	D	L	W	D	L	1976-03-20	Liverpool	H
16	-1	Arsenal	34	9	4	4	24	13	2	5	10	12	26	0.923	31	D	D	W	W	W	1976-03-20	West Ham United	H
17	-1	Coventry City	34	5	7	5	17	17	5	4	8	19	29	0.783	31	D	L	L	L	W	1976-03-20	Birmingham City	A
18	0	Aston Villa	34	9	6	2	29	16	0	6	11	12	34	0.82	30	L	D	D	D	W	1976-03-20	Leicester City	A
19	0	Birmingham City	33	8	4	5	26	22	2	1	13	18	38	0.733	25	L	W	D	L	W	1976-03-20	Coventry City	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	5	5	7	18	20	3	3	11	20	35	0.691	24	L	W	L	D	W	1976-03-20	Manchester City	A
21	0	Burnley	35	5	6	6	20	20	2	4	12	18	36	0.679	24	D	L	D	W	L	1976-03-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Sheffield United	34	2	6	9	13	27	0	3	14	10	41	0.338	13	L	L	D	L	D	1976-03-20	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Sunderland	City Ground	16,995
Bowyer, O'Hare	Lineups		Holden
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	26,278
	Lineups		Sweeney

				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	0	Bristol City	34	10	5	2	30	10	7	6	4	22	18	1.857	45	W	D	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Fulham	H
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	32	9	4	2	26	9	7	6	4	23	20	1.69	42	D	D	L	W	L	1976-03-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Sunderland	32	14	1	0	36	8	4	4	9	14	23	1.613	41	L	W	L	D	W	1976-03-20	Oldham Athletic	A
4	0	Notts County	33	9	4	3	26	11	7	3	7	21	22	1.424	39	L	L	W	L	W	1976-03-20	Blackpool	H
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	6	8	2	19	11	8	3	6	18	19	1.233	39	L	D	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	0	Luton Town	34	11	4	2	30	12	5	3	9	18	27	1.231	39	W	L	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Orient	A
7	0	Southampton	33	14	1	1	39	11	2	5	10	16	28	1.41	38	D	L	L	L	W	1976-03-20	Carlisle United	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	34	9	1	7	25	18	4	9	4	19	17	1.257	36	W	W	D	W	D	1976-03-20	York City	A
9	0	Chelsea	34	7	6	4	23	16	5	4	8	22	27	1.047	34	D	W	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Bristol Rovers	H
10	0	Oldham Athletic	34	10	6	1	29	18	2	4	11	19	34	0.923	34	L	D	L	L	D	1976-03-20	Sunderland	H
11	0	Fulham	34	8	5	4	24	12	4	4	9	17	26	1.079	33	L	W	L	L	L	1976-03-20	Bristol City	A
12	0	Bristol Rovers	33	6	7	4	17	13	4	6	6	14	22	0.886	33	L	W	D	L	D	1976-03-20	Chelsea	A
13	0	Charlton Athletic	32	9	3	4	34	26	4	4	8	14	29	0.873	33	D	W	W	D	L	1976-03-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	0	Hull City	34	8	3	6	22	16	5	3	9	14	23	0.923	32	W	W	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	3	4	32	18	0	6	11	11	29	0.915	31	D	L	D	W	W	1976-03-20	Hull City	H
16	0	Blackpool	33	6	8	3	21	20	4	3	9	10	19	0.795	31	L	D	D	D	W	1976-03-20	Notts County	A
17	0	Carlisle United	34	7	7	3	23	19	3	4	10	14	30	0.755	31	L	D	L	D	W	1976-03-20	Southampton	A
18	0	Orient	32	8	4	5	16	11	2	6	7	11	20	0.871	30	L	D	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Luton Town	H
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	4	6	7	17	21	3	7	6	15	21	0.762	27	D	L	L	D	L	1976-03-20	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Oxford United	34	4	7	6	19	22	3	4	10	13	26	0.667	25	W	L	W	D	L	1976-03-20	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Portsmouth	34	3	5	9	11	18	5	1	11	15	29	0.553	22	W	W	L	L	W	1976-03-20	Oxford United	A
22	0	York City	33	6	1	10	19	28	1	4	11	8	29	0.474	19	W	W	L	L	L	1976-03-20	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	2	Grimsby Town	Goldstone Ground	17,384
Morgan, Wilson (p), Binney (p), O'Sullivan	Lineups		Marley, Hubbard
Hereford United	1	2	Halifax Town	Edgar Street	7,395
Galley	Lineups		Jones G, Overton
Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	9,013
Quinn	Lineups		Evans, Charles, Clark

				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	35	10	4	3	33	18	10	3	5	33	23	1.61	47	L	L	W	W	W	1976-03-20	Bury	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	16	1	2	51	13	4	3	11	15	30	1.535	44	W	L	D	W	L	1976-03-20	Swindon Town	H
3	-1	Crystal Palace	36	6	8	3	28	18	10	4	5	27	21	1.41	44	W	W	D	W	L	1976-03-20	Mansfield Town	A
4	1	Cardiff City	36	11	5	2	33	12	5	5	8	26	32	1.341	42	W	D	D	D	W	1976-03-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	-1	Walsall	38	10	6	3	37	18	5	5	9	23	31	1.224	41	D	D	W	L	W	1976-03-20	Aldershot	H
6	0	Wrexham	36	12	5	2	32	14	3	5	9	16	25	1.231	40	W	D	D	W	W	1976-03-20	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	11	1	5	27	19	5	7	6	20	22	1.146	40	L	L	D	L	D	1976-03-20	Cardiff City	H
8	0	Millwall	36	12	5	1	28	13	2	7	9	16	29	1.048	40	W	W	D	W	W	1976-03-20	Port Vale	H
9	0	Port Vale	36	9	7	2	25	14	4	5	9	19	24	1.158	38	D	D	W	W	D	1976-03-20	Millwall	A
10	0	Peterborough United	35	10	5	3	32	19	3	7	7	22	33	1.038	38	L	L	D	L	L	1976-03-19	Southend United	A
11	0	Preston North End	35	12	2	4	34	21	3	4	10	12	26	0.979	36	L	W	W	L	W	1976-03-20	Grimsby Town	H
12	0	Gillingham	36	8	8	2	29	19	2	8	8	15	31	0.88	36	W	D	D	D	D	1976-03-20	Colchester United	A
13	0	Bury	34	8	6	2	23	9	3	7	8	18	26	1.171	35	W	L	D	W	D	1976-03-20	Hereford United	H
14	0	Chester	35	10	6	2	27	13	2	4	11	8	34	0.745	34	D	D	L	W	L	1976-03-20	Chesterfield	H
15	0	Aldershot	35	9	6	2	29	17	2	4	12	20	41	0.845	32	L	D	W	D	W	1976-03-20	Walsall	A
16	0	Rotherham United	36	9	3	6	28	19	3	5	10	15	34	0.811	32	L	D	D	L	L	1976-03-20	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	36	6	8	4	25	20	4	3	11	18	26	0.935	31	W	W	D	D	W	1976-03-20	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Grimsby Town	36	11	5	2	32	16	1	2	15	16	44	0.8	31	L	L	L	D	W	1976-03-20	Preston North End	A
19	0	Chesterfield	35	7	5	6	33	24	4	2	11	18	34	0.879	29	W	L	D	L	W	1976-03-20	Chester	A
20	1	Southend United	34	8	4	6	35	26	2	4	10	16	31	0.895	28	L	W	L	D	D	1976-03-19	Peterborough United	H
21	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	7	6	4	27	21	0	8	9	11	22	0.884	28	L	L	D	W	D	1976-03-20	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Swindon Town	35	8	3	6	30	23	3	3	12	17	37	0.783	28	W	D	D	L	L	1976-03-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	1	Halifax Town	34	4	4	9	18	26	5	6	6	16	22	0.708	28	W	L	D	D	L	1976-03-20	Wrexham	H
24	-1	Colchester United	35	8	3	6	18	19	2	5	11	14	36	0.582	28	W	D	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Lincoln City	3	1	Northampton Town	Sincil Bank	13,880
Fleming, Krzywicki, Smith	Lineups		Stratford
Newport County	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Somerton Park	1,374
Parsons	Lineups		Sidebottom, Butler
Reading	0	0	Barnsley	Elm Park	6,709
	Lineups

				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	37	14	3	0	40	14	9	4	7	21	18	1.906	53	L	D	W	W	W	1976-03-20	AFC Bournemouth	H
2	0	Lincoln City	33	16	1	0	53	12	7	5	4	25	19	2.516	52	W	L	D	W	W	1976-03-20	Scunthorpe United	A
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	14	2	1	45	8	5	6	8	24	30	1.816	46	W	D	L	L	W	1976-03-20	Watford	A
4	1	Huddersfield Town	34	10	3	4	24	12	9	5	3	24	16	1.714	46	W	W	W	D	D	1976-03-20	Barnsley	H
5	-1	Reading	36	15	2	1	28	6	4	6	8	23	35	1.244	46	D	D	L	W	L	1976-03-20	Darlington	H
6	0	Exeter City	37	10	7	2	26	9	5	5	8	18	23	1.375	42	D	W	L	W	D	1976-03-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	4	6	40	29	9	2	7	27	26	1.218	42	L	W	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Exeter City	H
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	35	12	3	2	32	12	5	4	9	16	22	1.412	41	L	D	L	W	W	1976-03-20	Northampton Town	A
9	0	Swansea City	35	12	5	1	40	17	2	5	10	12	27	1.182	38	W	L	D	W	D	1976-03-19	Stockport County	H
10	0	Watford	36	13	2	3	30	15	4	2	12	17	35	0.94	38	W	W	L	D	W	1976-03-20	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Torquay United	36	10	3	5	23	18	5	5	8	18	33	0.804	38	L	D	W	W	W	1976-03-20	Bradford City	A
12	0	Cambridge United	37	6	7	5	25	20	6	4	9	18	26	0.935	35	W	W	L	D	L	1976-03-20	Southport	H
13	0	Rochdale	35	6	9	2	23	17	5	4	9	11	22	0.872	35	L	D	L	W	D	1976-03-20	Workington	A
14	0	Stockport County	36	8	5	6	22	17	4	5	8	16	35	0.731	34	W	L	W	L	W	1976-03-19	Swansea City	A
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	8	6	4	29	17	2	7	9	18	27	1.068	33	L	L	W	L	D	1976-03-20	Brentford	A
16	0	Barnsley	36	10	6	2	26	13	0	7	11	9	28	0.854	33	D	W	W	L	W	1976-03-20	Huddersfield Town	A
17	0	Newport County	35	8	5	5	31	25	4	2	11	19	39	0.781	31	L	L	W	L	L	1976-03-20	Hartlepool United	H
18	0	Brentford	35	10	4	4	29	15	1	4	12	14	34	0.878	30	L	W	L	L	D	1976-03-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	0	Hartlepool United	36	6	6	6	30	26	4	4	10	18	35	0.787	30	D	L	D	L	L	1976-03-20	Newport County	A
20	0	Bradford City	32	6	7	4	22	15	2	5	8	17	26	0.951	28	L	D	D	D	D	1976-03-20	Torquay United	H
21	0	Scunthorpe United	36	8	2	8	25	20	2	4	12	12	28	0.771	26	W	D	W	W	L	1976-03-20	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Darlington	34	6	5	5	13	11	3	2	13	15	33	0.636	25	W	D	L	L	L	1976-03-20	Reading	A
23	0	Southport	36	3	4	11	20	29	1	3	14	9	37	0.439	15	W	D	D	W	L	1976-03-20	Cambridge United	A
24	0	Workington	36	5	2	11	17	30	0	3	15	6	39	0.333	15	L	L	L	L	L	1976-03-20	Rochdale	H