1976-04-19

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	0	Derby County	Villa Park	39,241
McDonald	Lineups
Burnley	0	1	Manchester United	Turf Moor	27,418	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups		Macari
Everton	3	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	18,204
Connolly, Latchford, Pearson	Lineups		Woof
Ipswich Town	4	0	West Ham United	Portman Road	28,217
Talbot, Whymark, Peddelty, Bertschin	Lineups
Manchester City	0	3	Liverpool	Maine Road	50,439	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups		Heighway, Fairclough 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Arsenal	Loftus Road	30,362
McLintock, Francis (p)	Lineups		Kidd
Sheffield United	1	0	Newcastle United	Bramall Lane	18,906
Guthrie	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Birmingham City	Victoria Ground	19,918
Gallagher OG	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	21,107
Osgood, Neighbour, Pratt, Duncan	Lineups		Murphy
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Norwich City	Molineux	16,068
Richards	Lineups
Footnotes
Burnley relegated

				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	41	14	5	2	41	21	8	9	3	22	9	2.1	58	W	W	D	W	W	1976-05-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	16	4	0	40	13	7	7	7	25	20	1.97	57	W	L	W	W	W	1976-04-24	Leeds United	H
3	0	Manchester United	39	15	4	0	38	12	7	6	7	27	27	1.667	54	W	W	L	W	W	1976-04-21	Stoke City	H
4	0	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	0	Derby County	40	15	3	2	44	27	5	8	7	24	26	1.283	51	L	D	L	W	D	1976-04-21	Everton	H
6	0	Ipswich Town	41	11	6	3	34	17	5	8	8	18	25	1.238	46	W	W	L	W	W	1976-04-24	Derby County	H
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	6	10	4	33	29	8	5	8	30	31	1.05	43	W	L	D	W	W	1976-04-24	Newcastle United	H
8	-1	Manchester City	40	13	5	2	43	17	2	6	12	18	26	1.419	41	L	L	L	W	L	1976-04-24	Arsenal	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	41	9	7	5	23	11	6	3	11	22	32	1.047	40	L	W	L	L	W	1976-04-24	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Norwich City	41	10	5	6	33	26	5	5	10	23	32	0.966	40	L	W	D	W	L	1976-04-24	Stoke City	A
12	2	Stoke City	40	8	5	7	25	22	6	6	8	22	26	0.979	39	W	L	L	L	D	1976-04-21	Manchester United	A
13	3	Everton	40	9	7	4	35	24	4	5	11	20	41	0.846	38	W	L	D	W	L	1976-04-21	Derby County	A
14	-2	Coventry City	41	6	9	6	22	22	6	5	9	22	34	0.786	38	L	W	D	W	L	1976-04-24	Burnley	A
15	-2	Newcastle United	41	11	4	6	51	26	3	5	12	17	36	1.097	37	L	L	W	L	W	1976-04-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	2	Aston Villa	41	10	8	2	30	16	0	9	12	19	42	0.845	37	W	D	D	D	L	1976-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
17	-2	Arsenal	41	11	4	6	33	19	2	6	12	13	31	0.92	36	L	L	W	D	L	1976-04-24	Manchester City	A
18	-1	West Ham United	41	10	5	6	26	23	3	5	12	22	46	0.696	36	L	D	L	D	L	1976-04-24	Everton	A
19	0	Birmingham City	41	11	5	5	36	26	2	1	17	20	48	0.757	32	L	W	W	L	L	1976-05-04	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	7	6	7	26	22	3	4	14	24	43	0.769	30	W	L	L	W	D	1976-05-04	Liverpool	H
21	0	Burnley	41	6	6	8	22	23	3	4	14	20	40	0.667	28	L	W	W	L	L	1976-04-24	Coventry City	H
22	0	Sheffield United	41	4	6	10	18	31	2	3	16	14	50	0.395	21	W	L	W	W	W	1976-05-04	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Chelsea	The Valley	23,263	Largest home gate 1975-76
Curtis	Lineups		Berry OG
Fulham	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Craven Cottage	6,913
	Lineups
Luton Town	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Kenilworth Road	7,646
Price, Chambers, Hill	Lineups		Britten
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Notts County	Boundary Park	7,346
Robins, Groves	Lineups		Bradd, Mann
Southampton	2	1	Oxford United	The Dell	18,870
Clarke C OG, Rodrigues	Lineups		Shuker (p)
Sunderland	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	51,943	Largest home & D 2 gate 1975-76
Towers (p), Robson	Lineups		Allardyce
York City	1	1	Blackpool	Bootham Crescent	3,871
Holmes	Lineups		Ronson
Footnotes
Sunderland promoted

				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	Sunderland	40	18	2	0	46	10	5	6	9	19	25	1.857	54	W	W	W	D	W	1976-04-20	Blackpool	A
2	0	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	40	11	5	4	33	13	7	7	6	24	24	1.541	48	L	W	L	D	D	1976-04-24	Charlton Athletic	A
5	0	Southampton	41	17	2	1	48	16	3	5	13	17	34	1.3	47	W	L	L	W	W	1976-04-24	Hull City	H
6	1	Luton Town	41	12	6	2	35	15	6	4	11	23	36	1.137	46	W	W	D	D	L	1976-04-24	Blackpool	H
7	-1	Notts County	40	10	6	4	31	13	7	5	8	25	27	1.4	45	D	W	D	D	D	1976-04-24	Bristol City	A
8	0	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	41	11	5	4	40	30	4	7	10	21	38	0.897	42	D	D	L	L	W	1976-04-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Blackpool	40	8	9	3	25	22	5	5	10	14	24	0.848	40	D	W	L	W	D	1976-04-20	Sunderland	H
11	0	Chelsea	41	7	9	5	25	20	5	6	9	26	32	0.981	39	D	L	D	D	D	1976-04-24	York City	A
12	0	Fulham	41	9	7	4	26	13	4	6	11	18	33	0.957	39	D	L	L	D	D	1976-04-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	0	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	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	12	12	32	0.923	38	D	W	L	W	D	1976-04-24	Carlisle United	A
15	3	Oldham Athletic	41	11	8	1	37	23	2	4	15	20	44	0.851	38	D	L	L	W	L	1976-04-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-2	Bristol Rovers	40	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	8	17	29	0.841	38	L	W	D	L	D	1976-04-24	Nottingham Forest	A
17	-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
18	-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
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	41	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	12	15	32	0.667	33	L	L	W	L	W	1976-04-24	Orient	A
21	0	York City	41	8	2	10	26	32	2	5	14	11	37	0.536	27	D	L	W	W	L	1976-04-24	Chelsea	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
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	19,152
Ward	Lineups		Westwood
Bury	1	2	Port Vale	Gigg Lane	4,609
Spence	Lineups		Cullerton, McLaren
Grimsby Town	0	1	Colchester United	Blundell Park	4,682
	Lineups		Gough
Halifax Town	0	1	Rotherham United	The Shay	2,614
	Lineups		Gwyther
Hereford United	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Edgar Street	12,314
Carter, Davey, McNeil	Lineups		Kearney
Mansfield Town	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Field Mill	13,410	Largest home gate 1975-76
Pate, Clarke, Hodgson	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	0	Cardiff City	London Road	6,846
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Chester	Deepdale	6,719
	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Chesterfield	Roots Hall	4,171
Moody (p)	Lineups		Fern
Wrexham	0	3	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	5,482
	Lineups		Dennehy, Wright, Buckley
Footnotes
Hereford United champions

				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	44	12	6	3	39	21	12	5	6	41	31	1.538	59	W	D	L	D	W	1976-04-24	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	45	14	7	2	38	13	7	6	9	30	35	1.417	55	D	D	W	W	W	1976-05-04	Bury	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	45	18	2	2	57	14	4	6	13	20	38	1.481	52	D	D	L	W	L	1976-04-24	Sheffield Wednesday	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	Walsall	45	11	8	4	43	22	7	6	9	30	34	1.304	50	W	D	D	L	D	1976-04-24	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	Wrexham	43	13	5	4	36	19	6	5	10	24	31	1.2	48	L	W	W	L	W	1976-04-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	14	2	6	35	23	5	8	9	23	31	1.074	48	L	W	D	L	W	1976-04-21	Wrexham	H
9	0	Peterborough United	45	11	7	4	34	21	3	11	9	26	40	0.984	46	D	L	D	L	D	1976-04-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	2	Mansfield Town	44	8	10	4	31	22	8	3	11	25	28	1.12	45	W	W	W	W	W	1976-04-20	Port Vale	A
11	0	Port Vale	44	10	9	3	31	19	5	6	11	22	30	1.082	45	W	D	L	W	D	1976-04-20	Mansfield Town	H
12	-2	Preston North End	43	14	4	4	42	23	4	5	12	15	30	1.075	45	D	L	W	L	D	1976-04-20	Rotherham United	A
13	1	Gillingham	45	10	8	5	38	27	2	11	9	19	39	0.864	43	D	L	L	L	L	1976-04-24	Grimsby Town	A
14	-1	Bury	44	10	7	4	32	15	3	9	11	18	30	1.111	42	L	L	D	D	W	1976-04-27	Chester	H
15	0	Chesterfield	45	11	5	7	45	30	6	3	13	24	39	1	42	D	L	W	W	W	1976-04-28	Crystal Palace	A
16	0	Rotherham United	44	11	5	6	34	21	4	6	12	17	40	0.836	41	W	W	L	D	D	1976-04-20	Preston North End	H
17	0	Chester	43	12	7	3	32	18	2	5	14	9	40	0.707	40	D	L	D	L	W	1976-04-23	Southend United	A
18	0	Grimsby Town	45	12	7	3	37	20	2	3	18	23	53	0.822	38	L	L	L	W	W	1976-04-24	Gillingham	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	2	Colchester United	44	9	6	8	25	27	3	6	12	15	37	0.625	36	W	W	D	D	L	1976-04-24	Mansfield Town	A
22	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	43	10	6	5	31	24	0	9	13	13	33	0.772	35	L	W	D	L	W	1976-04-20	Halifax Town	H
23	1	Southend United	43	8	7	7	38	31	3	5	13	22	40	0.845	34	D	L	W	D	L	1976-04-23	Chester	H
24	-2	Halifax Town	43	6	4	11	20	28	5	8	9	19	28	0.696	34	L	D	D	L	L	1976-04-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Lincoln City	Oakwell	8,697	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups		Freeman
Bradford City	4	1	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	2,102
Hutchins, Cooke, McGinley, Cooper	Lineups		Nicholls
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	4,097
	Lineups		Green
Exeter City	1	3	Watford	St James Park	2,489
Bowker	Lineups		Mercer 3
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Southport	Leeds Road	6,324
Belfitt	Lineups		Galley, Taylor
Reading	1	0	Brentford	Elm Park	12,972
Hiron	Lineups
Stockport County	0	2	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	2,973
	Lineups		Philpotts, Moore
Torquay United	0	0	Cambridge United	Plainmoor	3,268
	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	44	21	2	0	71	15	11	6	4	37	21	3	72	W	W	W	W	D	1976-04-24	Torquay United	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	0	Tranmere Rovers	45	18	2	2	58	13	6	7	10	28	39	1.654	57	W	W	W	L	L	1976-04-26	Bradford City	H
4	0	Reading	44	18	3	1	39	8	5	8	9	26	40	1.354	57	W	L	D	W	D	1976-04-21	Cambridge United	A
5	0	Huddersfield Town	44	10	5	6	27	17	10	8	5	28	24	1.341	53	L	L	W	D	D	1976-04-24	Watford	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	2	Watford	45	16	4	3	38	18	6	2	14	24	43	1.016	50	W	W	D	L	W	1976-04-24	Huddersfield Town	A
8	-1	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	6	7	42	31	9	5	9	33	38	1.087	49	L	L	L	D	D	End of Season
9	1	Torquay United	45	12	5	5	29	22	6	8	9	24	39	0.869	49	D	D	D	W	D	1976-04-24	Lincoln City	H
10	-2	Exeter City	45	12	7	3	32	13	5	7	11	19	30	1.186	48	L	L	L	W	D	1976-04-23	Scunthorpe 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	44	11	8	3	32	16	2	8	12	18	31	1.064	42	L	D	D	W	L	1976-04-20	Scunthorpe United	A
13	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	10	7	6	36	21	3	8	11	21	33	1.056	41	L	W	L	L	D	1976-04-24	Reading	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	0	Brentford	44	12	7	4	37	18	2	5	14	17	39	0.947	40	L	W	W	D	D	1976-04-24	Hartlepool United	A
16	1	Cambridge United	44	7	9	6	34	26	6	5	11	20	33	0.915	40	D	W	L	D	L	1976-04-21	Reading	H
17	-1	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
18	0	Stockport County	45	8	7	8	23	23	5	5	12	20	49	0.597	38	L	L	L	L	W	1976-04-23	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	31	24	3	8	10	25	36	0.933	37	W	L	W	L	L	1976-04-24	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Scunthorpe United	44	10	3	9	30	24	3	7	12	15	30	0.833	36	W	W	D	D	W	1976-04-20	Barnsley	H
21	0	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	45	6	6	11	27	31	2	4	16	14	44	0.547	26	W	W	W	L	D	1976-04-24	Barnsley	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