1976-04-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Ipswich Town	Highbury	26,973
Stapleton	Lineups		Sharkey, Bertschin
Birmingham City	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	30,616
Gallagher, Francis, Burns	Lineups		Pratt
Coventry City	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highfield Road	19,957
Green 3	Lineups		Bell
Derby County	2	2	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	30,085
Lee 2	Lineups		Alderson, Garland
Leeds United	2	1	Manchester City	Elland Road	33,514
McNiven, Harris	Lineups		Bell
Liverpool	5	3	Stoke City	Anfield Road	44,069
Neal (P), Toshack, Kennedy, Hughes, Fairclough	Lineups		Conroy, Moores, Bloor
Manchester United	2	1	Everton	Old Trafford	61,879	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1975-76
McCreery, Kenyon OG	Lineups		Telfer
Middlesbrough	3	0	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	16,889
McAndrew 3	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Burnley	St James' Park	24,897
	Lineups		Noble
Norwich City	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	30,895
MacDougall, Morris, Boyer	Lineups		Thomas, Powell OG
West Ham United	2	2	Aston Villa	Upton Park	21,642
Brooking, Robson	Lineups		Deehan, Hunt

				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	1	Liverpool	40	14	5	2	41	21	7	9	3	19	9	2	56	W	D	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Manchester City	A
2	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	15	4	0	38	12	7	7	7	25	20	1.969	55	L	W	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Arsenal	H
3	0	Manchester United	38	15	4	0	38	12	6	6	7	26	27	1.641	52	W	L	W	W	D	1976-04-19	Burnley	A
4	1	Leeds United	40	13	3	5	37	19	8	6	5	27	23	1.524	51	W	L	D	W	W	1976-04-20	Leicester City	A
5	-1	Derby County	39	15	3	2	44	27	5	8	6	24	25	1.308	51	D	L	W	D	W	1976-04-19	Aston Villa	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	40	10	6	3	30	17	5	8	8	18	25	1.143	44	W	L	W	W	L	1976-04-19	West Ham United	H
7	0	Manchester City	39	13	5	1	43	14	2	6	12	18	26	1.525	41	L	L	W	L	D	1976-04-19	Liverpool	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	5	10	4	29	28	8	5	8	30	31	1	41	L	D	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Coventry City	H
9	0	Leicester City	40	7	9	3	25	22	4	10	7	19	27	0.898	41	D	D	L	W	D	1976-04-20	Leeds United	H
10	0	Middlesbrough	40	9	7	5	23	11	6	3	10	21	29	1.1	40	W	L	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Everton	A
11	0	Norwich City	40	10	5	6	33	26	5	5	9	23	31	0.982	40	W	D	W	L	W	1976-04-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	4	Coventry City	40	6	9	6	22	22	6	5	8	21	30	0.827	38	W	D	W	L	D	1976-04-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-1	Newcastle United	40	11	4	6	51	26	3	5	11	17	35	1.115	37	L	W	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Sheffield United	A
14	-1	Stoke City	39	7	5	7	24	22	6	6	8	22	26	0.958	37	L	L	L	D	D	1976-04-19	Birmingham City	H
15	-1	Arsenal	40	11	4	6	33	19	2	6	11	12	29	0.938	36	L	W	D	L	L	1976-04-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	-1	Everton	39	8	7	4	32	23	4	5	11	20	41	0.813	36	L	D	W	L	L	1976-04-19	Middlesbrough	H
17	0	West Ham United	40	10	5	6	26	23	3	5	11	22	42	0.738	36	D	L	D	L	L	1976-04-19	Ipswich Town	A
18	0	Aston Villa	40	9	8	2	29	16	0	9	12	19	42	0.828	35	D	D	D	L	D	1976-04-19	Derby County	H
19	0	Birmingham City	40	11	5	5	36	26	2	1	16	20	47	0.767	32	W	W	L	L	W	1976-04-19	Stoke City	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	6	6	7	25	22	3	4	14	24	43	0.754	28	L	L	W	D	D	1976-04-19	Norwich City	H
21	0	Burnley	40	6	6	7	22	22	3	4	14	20	40	0.677	28	W	W	L	L	L	1976-04-19	Manchester United	H
22	0	Sheffield United	40	3	6	10	17	31	2	3	16	14	50	0.383	19	L	W	W	W	L	1976-04-19	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	York City	Ewood Park	8,941
Hird, Parkes, Metcalfe, Waddington	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Carlisle United	Bloomfield Road	8,382
Walsh, Hart	Lineups		Laidlaw
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Burnden Park	23,316
Greaves 2, Jones P 2 (2p)	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Southampton	Eastville	11,834
Prince 2 (1p)	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Orient	Stamford Bridge	17,679
	Lineups		Possee, Cunningham
Hull City	1	4	Sunderland	Boothferry Park	21,296	Largest home gate 1975-76
Croft	Lineups		Robson, Rowell, Dobson OG, Holden
Notts County	4	0	Fulham	Meadow Lane	8,819
Bradd, O'Brien, Scanlon, Benjamin	Lineups
Oxford United	1	3	Luton Town	Manor Ground	7,633
Clark D	Lineups		Buckley, Fuccillo, Husband
Portsmouth	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	7,992
Mellows 2	Lineups		Hales 2
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	26,580	Largest home gate 1975-76
Martin, Johnston	Lineups

				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	1	Sunderland	39	17	2	0	44	9	5	6	9	19	25	1.853	52	W	W	D	W	W	1976-04-19	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	-1	Bristol City	40	10	7	2	32	12	8	8	5	25	21	1.727	51	D	D	L	W	D	1976-04-20	Portsmouth	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	10	9	2	29	12	9	3	7	20	21	1.485	50	W	W	L	W	D	1976-04-20	Orient	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	5	23	22	1.6	48	W	L	D	D	W	1976-04-19	Sunderland	A
5	0	Southampton	40	16	2	1	46	15	3	5	13	17	34	1.286	45	L	L	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Oxford United	H
6	1	Notts County	39	10	6	4	31	13	7	4	8	23	25	1.421	44	W	D	D	D	L	1976-04-19	Oldham Athletic	A
7	1	Luton Town	40	11	6	2	32	14	6	4	11	23	36	1.1	44	W	D	D	L	D	1976-04-19	Bristol Rovers	H
8	-2	Nottingham Forest	40	11	1	7	30	18	4	11	6	21	22	1.275	42	L	D	W	D	W	1976-04-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	0	Charlton Athletic	40	11	4	4	39	29	4	7	10	21	38	0.896	41	D	L	L	W	D	1976-04-19	Chelsea	H
10	5	Blackpool	39	8	9	3	25	22	5	4	10	13	23	0.844	39	W	L	W	D	D	1976-04-19	York City	A
11	0	Chelsea	40	7	9	5	25	20	5	5	9	25	31	0.98	38	L	D	D	D	L	1976-04-19	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-2	Fulham	40	9	6	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	0.957	38	L	L	D	D	W	1976-04-19	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	-1	Hull City	40	9	5	7	29	23	5	5	9	16	25	0.938	38	L	W	D	D	D	1976-04-20	Carlisle United	A
14	2	Bristol Rovers	39	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	7	16	26	0.878	38	W	D	L	D	L	1976-04-19	Luton Town	A
15	2	Orient	39	9	5	5	19	11	3	8	9	16	25	0.972	37	W	L	D	D	L	1976-04-20	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-3	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	4	4	36	20	0	7	12	12	32	0.923	37	W	L	W	D	D	1976-04-19	Fulham	A
17	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	8	6	7	27	22	4	7	8	17	26	0.917	37	W	W	L	W	W	1976-04-20	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-4	Oldham Athletic	40	11	7	1	35	21	2	4	15	20	44	0.846	37	L	L	W	L	L	1976-04-19	Notts County	H
19	0	Carlisle United	40	8	7	4	27	22	3	5	13	16	37	0.729	34	L	L	W	L	L	1976-04-20	Hull City	H
20	0	Oxford United	40	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	11	14	30	0.673	33	L	W	L	W	W	1976-04-19	Southampton	A
21	0	York City	40	8	1	10	25	31	2	5	14	11	37	0.529	26	L	W	W	L	L	1976-04-19	Blackpool	H
22	0	Portsmouth	40	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	13	17	35	0.552	25	D	W	L	L	L	1976-04-20	Bristol City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Recreation Ground	11,666
Warnock	Lineups		Ward
Cardiff City	0	0	Swindon Town	Ninian Park	23,412
	Lineups
Chester	1	3	Wrexham	Sealand Road	6,553
Draper	Lineups		May, Lee, Griffiths (p)
Chesterfield	1	2	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,614
Darling (p)	Lineups		Laverick, Eccles (p)
Colchester United	2	1	Southend United	Layer Road	4,260
Gough, Froggatt	Lineups		Moody (p)
Gillingham	1	2	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Stadium	12,880	Largest home gate 1975-76
Richardson (p)	Lineups		Cannon, Ley OG
Millwall	2	0	Peterborough United	The Den, New Cross	11,377
Walker, McGrath	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Halifax Town	Vale Park	3,169
Beech	Lineups		Phelan
Rotherham United	3	0	Grimsby Town	Millmoor	4,414
Crawford 2, Finney	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Bury	Hillsborough	10,585
Nimmo	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Preston North End	Gay Meadow	3,547
King	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Hereford United	Fellows Park	9,225	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups
Footnotes
Hereford United promoted

				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	43	11	6	3	36	20	12	5	6	41	31	1.51	57	D	L	D	W	D	1976-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	0	Cardiff City	44	14	7	2	38	13	7	5	9	30	35	1.417	54	D	W	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Peterborough United	A
3	0	Millwall	45	16	6	1	35	14	3	10	9	17	29	1.209	54	W	W	D	D	W	1976-04-20	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	18	1	2	56	13	4	6	13	20	38	1.49	51	D	L	W	L	D	1976-04-19	Gillingham	H
5	0	Crystal Palace	43	7	10	4	30	20	11	5	6	30	24	1.364	51	W	D	L	L	D	1976-04-20	Aldershot	H
6	1	Wrexham	42	13	5	3	36	16	6	5	10	24	31	1.277	48	W	W	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Walsall	H
7	-1	Walsall	44	11	8	4	43	22	6	6	9	27	34	1.25	48	D	D	L	D	W	1976-04-19	Wrexham	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	43	14	2	6	35	23	5	8	8	22	28	1.118	48	W	D	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Hereford United	A
9	0	Peterborough United	44	11	6	4	34	21	3	11	9	26	40	0.984	45	L	D	L	D	D	1976-04-19	Cardiff City	H
10	0	Preston North End	42	14	3	4	42	23	4	5	12	15	30	1.075	44	L	W	L	D	W	1976-04-19	Chester	H
11	1	Port Vale	43	10	9	3	31	19	4	6	11	20	29	1.063	43	D	L	W	D	D	1976-04-19	Bury	A
12	2	Mansfield Town	43	7	10	4	28	22	8	3	11	25	28	1.06	43	W	W	W	W	D	1976-04-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-2	Bury	43	10	7	3	31	13	3	9	11	18	30	1.14	42	L	D	D	W	D	1976-04-19	Port Vale	H
14	-1	Gillingham	44	10	8	5	38	27	2	10	9	18	38	0.862	42	L	L	L	L	W	1976-04-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	0	Chesterfield	44	11	5	7	45	30	6	2	13	23	38	1	41	L	W	W	W	W	1976-04-19	Southend United	A
16	2	Rotherham United	43	11	5	6	34	21	3	6	12	16	40	0.82	39	W	L	D	D	D	1976-04-19	Halifax Town	A
17	-1	Chester	42	12	7	3	32	18	2	4	14	9	40	0.707	39	L	D	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Preston North End	A
18	-1	Grimsby Town	44	12	7	2	37	19	2	3	18	23	53	0.833	38	L	L	W	W	L	1976-04-19	Colchester United	H
19	0	Swindon Town	43	10	3	7	35	26	5	4	14	20	44	0.786	37	D	W	W	W	L	1976-04-20	Millwall	H
20	0	Aldershot	44	10	8	5	34	26	2	4	15	22	48	0.757	36	D	L	L	L	L	1976-04-20	Crystal Palace	A
21	1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	6	5	31	24	0	9	12	13	30	0.815	35	W	D	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Mansfield Town	A
22	1	Halifax Town	42	6	4	10	20	27	5	8	9	19	28	0.709	34	D	D	L	L	W	1976-04-19	Rotherham United	H
23	1	Colchester United	43	9	6	8	25	27	2	6	12	14	37	0.609	34	W	D	D	L	D	1976-04-19	Grimsby Town	A
24	-3	Southend United	42	8	6	7	37	30	3	5	13	22	40	0.843	33	L	W	D	L	L	1976-04-19	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Torquay United	Dean Court	4,180
	Lineups
Brentford	5	1	Exeter City	Griffin Park	4,175
Bence, French 2, Cross, McCulloch	Lineups		Jordan
Crewe Alexandra	4	0	Newport County	Gresty Road	1,971
Purdie 2, Bowles, Nicholls	Lineups
Lincoln City	5	0	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	14,096	Largest home gate 1975-76
Branfoot, Freeman 2, Harding, Ellis (p)	Lineups
Northampton Town	5	2	Hartlepool	County Ground	7,555
Starling (p), Martin 3 (1p), Robertson	Lineups		Moore, Johnson (p)
Rochdale	0	0	Barnsley	Spotland	1,386
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Bradford City	Old Showground	3,408
Green, O'Connor	Lineups
Southport	2	0	Stockport County	Haig Avenue	2,208
Dewsnip, Higham	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Prenton Park	8,308	Largest home gate 1975-76
Moore 3	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Swansea City	Vicarage Road	4,536
Coffill, Blissett	Lineups		James
Workington	0	0	Darlington	Borough Park	1,178
	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	Lincoln City	43	21	2	0	71	15	10	6	4	36	21	2.972	70	W	W	W	D	W	1976-04-19	Barnsley	A
2	0	Northampton Town	44	17	5	0	58	20	11	4	7	24	19	2.103	65	W	W	W	D	D	1976-04-20	Newport County	A
3	1	Tranmere Rovers	44	18	2	2	58	13	5	7	10	26	39	1.615	55	W	W	L	L	W	1976-04-19	Stockport County	A
4	-1	Reading	43	17	3	1	38	8	5	8	9	26	40	1.333	55	L	D	W	D	W	1976-04-19	Brentford	H
5	0	Huddersfield Town	43	10	5	5	26	15	10	8	5	28	24	1.385	53	L	W	D	D	D	1976-04-19	Southport	H
6	0	AFC Bournemouth	43	15	4	3	38	15	5	6	10	17	29	1.25	50	D	W	D	L	W	1976-04-20	Swansea City	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	10	6	6	42	30	9	5	9	33	38	1.103	49	L	L	D	D	D	1976-04-19	Scunthorpe United	H
8	0	Exeter City	44	12	7	2	31	10	5	7	11	19	30	1.25	48	L	L	W	D	L	1976-04-19	Watford	H
9	1	Watford	44	16	4	3	38	18	5	2	14	21	42	0.983	48	W	D	L	W	W	1976-04-19	Exeter City	A
10	-1	Torquay United	44	12	4	5	29	22	6	8	9	24	39	0.869	48	D	D	W	D	W	1976-04-19	Cambridge United	H
11	0	Swansea City	42	14	5	1	47	17	2	6	14	14	35	1.173	43	L	L	W	D	L	1976-04-20	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	0	Barnsley	43	11	8	2	32	15	2	8	12	18	31	1.087	42	D	D	W	L	W	1976-04-19	Lincoln City	H
13	2	Crewe Alexandra	44	10	7	6	36	21	3	8	10	20	29	1.12	41	W	L	L	D	W	1976-04-19	Bradford City	A
14	0	Rochdale	44	7	11	5	27	23	5	6	10	12	26	0.796	41	D	W	D	L	D	1976-04-20	Darlington	A
15	2	Brentford	43	12	7	4	37	18	2	5	13	17	38	0.964	40	W	W	D	D	D	1976-04-19	Reading	A
16	-3	Hartlepool United	44	9	6	6	36	27	6	4	13	25	49	0.803	40	L	L	W	W	L	1976-04-20	Workington	H
17	-1	Cambridge United	43	7	9	6	34	26	6	4	11	20	33	0.915	39	W	L	D	L	L	1976-04-19	Torquay United	A
18	0	Stockport County	44	8	7	7	23	21	5	5	12	20	49	0.614	38	L	L	L	W	L	1976-04-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Bradford City	41	7	7	6	27	23	3	8	10	25	36	0.881	35	L	W	L	L	D	1976-04-19	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	1	Scunthorpe United	43	10	3	9	30	24	2	7	12	14	30	0.815	34	W	D	D	W	D	1976-04-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-1	Newport County	43	8	6	7	32	29	5	2	15	22	54	0.651	34	L	L	D	W	L	1976-04-20	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Darlington	43	9	6	5	23	13	3	3	17	18	43	0.732	33	D	L	W	L	L	1976-04-20	Rochdale	H
23	0	Southport	44	6	6	11	27	31	1	4	16	12	43	0.527	24	W	W	L	D	W	1976-04-19	Huddersfield Town	A
24	0	Workington	44	5	4	14	19	43	0	3	18	6	42	0.294	17	D	L	L	L	L	1976-04-20	Hartlepool United	A