1976-08-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Bristol City	Highbury	41,082
	Lineups		Cheesley
Aston Villa	4	0	West Ham United	Villa Park	39,012
Gray 2, Graydon 2 (1p)	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Portman Road	28,490
Lambert 2, Bertschin	Lineups		Jones
Leeds United	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	40,248
Harris, Clarke	Lineups		Brown A, Brown T
Leicester City	2	2	Manchester City	Filbert Street	22,612
Alderson, Garland	Lineups		Royle, Tueart
Liverpool	1	0	Norwich City	Anfield Road	49,753
Heighway	Lineups
Manchester United	2	2	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	58,898
Coppell, Pearson	Lineups		Burns, Styles
Middlesbrough	1	0	Coventry City	Ayresome Park	17,694
McAndrew	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Derby County	St James' Park	35,927
Craig T (p), Hudson	Lineups		George, Nish
Queens Park Rangers	0	4	Everton	Loftus Road	24,449
	Lineups		Latchford 2, Bernard, Parkes OG
Stoke City	0	0	Sunderland	Victoria Ground	27,424
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Manchester City	A
2	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Ipswich Town	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Everton	A
4	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Stoke City	H
5	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	0	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Derby County	A
7	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Leeds United	H
8	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Leeds United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Birmingham City	A
10	0	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Sunderland	A
11	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Aston Villa	H
12	0	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Coventry City	A
13	0	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Liverpool	H
15	0	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Bristol City	A
16	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Leicester City	H
17	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Norwich City	A
18	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Manchester United	H
19	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Arsenal	H
20	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	West Ham United	A
22	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park	14,330
Svarc (p), Parkes, Wagstaffe	Lineups		Reid
Bristol Rovers	1	4	Blackpool	Eastville	5,845
Warboys	Lineups		Hatton 2, Suddick, Taylor OG
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Cardiff City	The Valley	9,762
	Lineups		Showers 2
Fulham	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	9,437
Lacy, Barrett	Lineups		Curran, O'Hare
Hereford United	1	0	Hull City	Edgar Street	7,323
McNeil	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Sheffield United	Kenilworth Road	10,687
Deans 2	Lineups
Notts County	1	2	Millwall	Meadow Lane	8,469
Bradd	Lineups		Shanahan, Seasman
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	7,389
Chapman, Irving	Lineups		Mariner, Johnson
Orient	0	1	Chelsea	Brisbane Road	11,456	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Finnieston
Southampton	1	2	Carlisle United	The Dell	18,695
Osgood	Lineups		Rafferty 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Burnley	Molineux	19,480
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Oldham Athletic	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Hull City	A
5	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Chelsea	A
6	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Southampton	H
7	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Notts County	H
8	0	Hereford United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Sheffield United	A
9	0	Fulham	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Burnley	A
10	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Charlton Athletic	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Blackpool	A
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Fulham	H
14	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Sheffield United	A
15	0	Notts County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Chelsea	A
16	0	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Millwall	A
17	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Luton Town	H
18	0	Orient	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Orient	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Cardiff City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Oxford United	Goldstone Ground	13,446
Binney 2, Horton (p)	Lineups		Tait 2
Bury	2	0	Grimsby Town	Gigg Lane	4,107
Williams, Rowland	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	0	Northampton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,052
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	York City	Selhurst Park	14,426
Taylor	Lineups
Gillingham	2	2	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	5,314
Galvin, Brindley	Lineups		Murray, Cumming
Lincoln City	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Sincil Bank	6,372
Cooper	Lineups		Hornsby
Mansfield Town	3	1	Preston North End	Field Mill	5,688
Eccles 2, McCaffrey	Lineups		Elwiss
Peterborough United	0	2	Rotherham United	London Road	6,247
	Lineups		Phillips, Finney
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Walsall	Hillsborough	12,046
	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Port Vale	County Ground	6,336
Syrett	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Chester	Prenton Park	4,904
	Lineups		Philpotts OG
Wrexham	2	0	Portsmouth	Racecourse Ground	4,752
Shinton 2	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Mansfield Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Bury	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Bury	H
4	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Chester	A
6	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Grimsby Town	A
8	0	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	0	Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	0	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Gillingham	H
13	0	Chesterfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Port Vale	A
14	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Northampton Town	H
16	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Gillingham	H
17	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Chester	A
18	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-27	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Bury	H
21	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Crystal Palace	H
23	0	Peterborough United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Swindon Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Bradford City	Recreation Ground	2,675
Howarth, Warnock	Lineups		Middleton
Brentford	0	1	Barnsley	Griffin Park	3,903
	Lineups		Millar
Cambridge United	2	0	Colchester United	Abbey Stadium	3,036
Biley 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	3	AFC Bournemouth	The Shay	1,711
Jones G, McHale	Lineups		Riley, Paterson, Buttle
Hartlepool	2	2	Exeter City	Victoria Park	1,599
Endean, Elliott	Lineups		Kellow 2
Newport County	0	1	Stockport County	Somerton Park	2,757
	Lineups		Thompson
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Rochdale	Old Showground	3,536
	Lineups		Mountford
Southend United	2	1	Watford	Roots Hall	5,267
Parker S, Cunningham	Lineups		Mercer
Southport	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Haig Avenue	1,964
Hughes, O'Neil	Lineups		Laidlaw, Sibbald OG
Swansea City	2	1	Darlington	Vetch Field	3,383
Conway, Bray (p)	Lineups		Sinclair (p)
Torquay United	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Plainmoor	3,955
Twitchin	Lineups
Workington	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	1,621
Ellison (p)	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Cambridge United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Rochdale	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Workington	H
3	0	Aldershot	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Southport	H
4	0	Southend United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Bradford City	A
6	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Newport County	H
7	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Cambridge United	H
8	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Brentford	H
9	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	0	Workington	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Torquay United	H
12	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Cambridge United	H
13	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Watford	A
14	0	Southport	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Aldershot	A
15	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Colchester United	A
16	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Swansea City	H
17	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Newport County	H
18	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Hartlepool United	H
19	0	Brentford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Stockport County	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-25	Southend United	H
21	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Brentford	H
22	0	Newport County	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-23	Darlington	A
23	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-28	Watford	A
24	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1976-08-24	Halifax Town	H