1976-08-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Liverpool	St Andrew's	33,228
Francis, Gallagher	Lineups		Johnson
Coventry City	4	2	Leeds United	Highfield Road	18,227
Beck, Ferguson, Murphy, Cartwright	Lineups		Gray F, Currie
Derby County	0	0	Manchester United	Baseball Ground	30,054
	Lineups
Everton	0	2	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	32,058
	Lineups		Little, Lyons OG
Ipswich Town	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road	24,470
Abbott OG, Beattie (p)	Lineups		Givens, Masson
Manchester City	0	0	Stoke City	Maine Road	39,875
	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	0	Bristol City	St James' Park	31,357
	Lineups
Sunderland	2	2	Arsenal	Roker Park	41,111
Robson, Holden	Lineups		Ross, Macdonald
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Middlesbrough	White Hart Lane	21,721
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Norwich City	The Hawthorns	16,434
Brown A, Brown T (p)	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Leicester City	Upton Park	24,960
	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	8	Aston Villa	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Ipswich Town	H
2	1	Ipswich Town	3	1	1	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Aston Villa	A
3	1	Manchester City	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Arsenal	A
4	1	Manchester United	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	1	Newcastle United	3	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Middlesbrough	A
6	5	Birmingham City	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	W	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Norwich City	A
7	-6	Liverpool	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	4	L	W	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Coventry City	H
8	-1	Bristol City	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	D	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Sunderland	H
9	-1	Middlesbrough	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	D	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Newcastle United	H
10	-8	Everton	3	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	2	3	L	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Leicester City	A
11	-1	Arsenal	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Manchester City	H
12	6	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	-1	Derby County	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	D	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Leeds United	A
14	0	Leicester City	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	D	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Everton	H
15	1	Sunderland	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	D	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Bristol City	A
16	-1	Stoke City	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	D	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	West Ham United	H
17	0	West Ham United	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	-3	3	D	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Stoke City	A
18	2	Coventry City	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	-1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Liverpool	A
19	-6	Leeds United	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	2	L	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Derby County	H
20	1	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	-4	1	D	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Manchester United	A
21	1	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	2	3	-5	1	D	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	-3	Norwich City	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	-5	0	L	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	3	0	Orient	Bloomfield Road	7,928
Hart, Walsh 2 (1p)	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Millwall	Burnden Park	14,533
Taylor 2, Smith	Lineups		Lee
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	6,345
	Lineups
Burnley	1	2	Luton Town	Turf Moor	12,262
Bradshaw	Lineups		Deans, Hill
Cardiff City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	11,845
Showers, Alston	Lineups		Mitchell
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Fulham	The Valley	10,699
Peacock	Lineups		Bullivant
Chelsea	2	1	Carlisle United	Stamford Bridge	18,681
Finnieston, Swain	Lineups		McVitie
Hull City	4	0	Southampton	Boothferry Park	7,774
Sunley, Stewart, Lyall, Hawley	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City Ground	17,222
Daley OG	Lineups		Gould 2, Daley
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Notts County	Home Park	14,539
Mariner	Lineups		Sims, Vinter
Sheffield United	1	1	Hereford United	Bramall Lane	15,081
Guthrie	Lineups		Carter

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	3	Chelsea	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	W	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Millwall	A
2	6	Hull City	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Carlisle United	A
3	3	Blackpool	3	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	4	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	7	Bolton Wanderers	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	4	W	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Notts County	A
5	2	Cardiff City	3	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Oldham Athletic	A
6	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	2	4	W	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Charlton Athletic	H
7	-5	Oldham Athletic	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Cardiff City	H
8	4	Luton Town	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Nottingham Forest	H
9	-8	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	1	5	2	0	1	0	2	2	3	3	L	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Orient	A
10	-7	Burnley	3	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Hereford United	A
11	-1	Hereford United	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	D	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Burnley	H
12	5	Notts County	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	3	W	D	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	-8	Millwall	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Chelsea	H
14	2	Bristol Rovers	3	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	-2	3	D	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Fulham	A
15	-6	Carlisle United	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	L	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Hull City	H
16	3	Fulham	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	2	D	L	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Bristol Rovers	H
17	-4	Nottingham Forest	3	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	-2	2	L	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Luton Town	A
18	2	Sheffield United	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	-2	2	D	D	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Southampton	A
19	2	Charlton Athletic	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	-2	2	D	D	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	-5	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	6	-3	2	L	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Blackpool	H
21	-3	Southampton	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	4	-5	1	L	D	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Orient	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	-6	0	L	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Plymouth Argyle	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Chester	1	3	Oxford United	Sealand Road	3,587
Crossley (p)	Lineups		Houseman, McGrogan, Loska OG
Grimsby Town	2	2	Peterborough United	Blundell Park	4,057
Partridge, Waters (p)	Lineups		Gregory, Robson
Northampton Town	1	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	6,350
Christie	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Vale Park	5,033
Cullerton, Tartt	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Chesterfield	Fratton Park	8,700
	Lineups		Fern
Preston North End	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Deepdale	6,265
Mitchell	Lineups		Ward P
Rotherham United	3	0	Mansfield Town	Millmoor	5,358
Crawford, Finney, Gwyther	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Reading	Gay Meadow	4,111
Bates, Kearney	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	2	Wrexham	County Ground	6,204
Moss 2, Prophett	Lineups		Lee 2
Walsall	1	2	Gillingham	Fellows Park	5,787
Buckley	Lineups		Richardson, Serella OG
York City	2	2	Bury	Bootham Crescent	2,786
Cave, Seal	Lineups		Spence, Woolfall

				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	Rotherham United	3	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	8	6	W	W	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	2	Shrewsbury Town	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	W	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Wrexham	A
3	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	5	D	W	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Rotherham United	H
4	4	Swindon Town	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Chesterfield	A
5	5	Chesterfield	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	W	D	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Swindon Town	H
6	-3	Crystal Palace	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	L	W	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Chester	H
7	11	Port Vale	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Lincoln City	A
8	9	Northampton Town	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	W	L	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Gillingham	A
9	10	Gillingham	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	5	-1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Northampton Town	H
10	2	Bury	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	5	-1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	-6	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1976-09-04	Portsmouth	H
12	8	Oxford United	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	1	2	W	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Preston North End	H
13	-6	Wrexham	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	-3	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	W	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Bury	A
15	-9	Mansfield Town	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	-1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Grimsby Town	H
16	-7	Chester	3	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	-2	2	L	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Crystal Palace	A
17	-4	Portsmouth	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	-2	2	L	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	3	York City	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	D	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Peterborough United	A
19	-4	Lincoln City	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Port Vale	H
20	-4	Walsall	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Reading	A
21	2	Peterborough United	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	-2	1	D	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	York City	H
22	0	Preston North End	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	D	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Oxford United	A
23	-9	Reading	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	L	D	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Walsall	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	-3	1	D	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Mansfield Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Southend United	Dean Court	4,688
Paterson, Barton (p)	Lineups
Aldershot	1	0	Southport	Recreation Ground	3,013
Morrissey	Lineups
Barnsley	2	0	Newport County	Oakwell	4,318
Gorry, Felton	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Darlington	Valley Parade	3,213
McGinley, Watson, Cooke	Lineups		Cooper OG
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Hartlepool	Gresty Road	2,012
Purdie, Davies W, Lugg (p)	Lineups		Lugg OG
Doncaster Rovers	0	4	Torquay United	Belle Vue	4,382
	Lineups		Hickman, Boulton 3
Exeter City	1	1	Cambridge United	St James Park	3,606
Kellow	Lineups		Biley
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Brentford	Leeds Road	4,659
Newton	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Colchester United	Spotland	1,440
Hanvey	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Vicarage Road	5,001
Joslyn, Mayes	Lineups		Wadsworth
Workington	1	1	Halifax Town	Borough Park	2,081	Largest home game 1976-77
Ashworth	Lineups		McHale

				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	Stockport County	3	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	6	W	W	W	#	#	1976-09-03	Darlington	A
2	1	AFC Bournemouth	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	2	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Hartlepool United	A
3	1	Rochdale	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	W	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Halifax Town	A
4	8	Torquay United	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Aldershot	H
5	3	Bradford City	3	2	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	W	W	L	#	#	1976-09-03	Southport	A
6	1	Watford	3	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	W	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Cambridge United	A
7	4	Barnsley	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	W	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Swansea City	A
8	-6	Cambridge United	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Watford	H
9	1	Aldershot	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Torquay United	A
10	-4	Workington	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	D	D	W	#	#	1976-09-03	Southend United	A
11	7	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1976-09-03	Scunthorpe United	A
12	-7	Southend United	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	-1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1976-09-03	Workington	H
13	-4	Colchester United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	L	W	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Exeter City	H
14	2	Exeter City	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Colchester United	A
15	5	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	W	L	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Newport County	A
16	-3	Darlington	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	-2	2	L	W	L	#	#	1976-09-03	Stockport County	H
17	-3	Swansea City	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	7	-5	2	L	L	W	#	#	1976-09-04	Barnsley	H
18	-1	Southport	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1976-09-03	Bradford City	H
19	5	Halifax Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	4	-4	1	D	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Rochdale	H
20	-5	Doncaster Rovers	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	2	-4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1976-09-04	Brentford	A
21	-2	Hartlepool United	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6	1	L	L	D	#	#	1976-09-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
22	-1	Scunthorpe United	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0	L	L	#	#	#	1976-09-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Brentford	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	-4	0	L	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	-2	Newport County	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	-4	0	L	L	L	#	#	1976-09-04	Huddersfield Town	H