1976-09-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Manchester City	Highbury	35,132
	Lineups
Aston Villa	5	2	Ipswich Town	Villa Park	36,916
Little, Gray 3, Graydon	Lineups		Wark, Bertschin
Bristol City	4	1	Sunderland	Ashton Gate	20,593
Gillies, Mann, Ritchie, Tainton	Lineups		Robson
Leeds United	2	0	Derby County	Elland Road	33,352
Gray E, Cherry	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Everton	Filbert Street	18,083
Worthington	Lineups		Latchford
Liverpool	3	1	Coventry City	Anfield Road	40,371
Keegan, Johnson, Toshack	Lineups		Ferguson
Manchester United	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford	60,723	Largest home, D 1 & league game 1976-77
Coppell, Pearson	Lineups		Coates, Pratt, Moores
Middlesbrough	1	0	Newcastle United	Ayresome Park	26,014
Mills	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Birmingham City	Carrow Road	19,271
Boyer	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Loftus Road	18,876
Gillard	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	19,131
Crooks, Conroy	Lineups		Taylor A

				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	4	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	1	2	2	7	6	W	W	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	6	Bristol City	4	1	1	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	6	W	D	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Manchester City	A
3	4	Liverpool	4	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	6	W	L	W	W	#	1976-09-11	Derby County	A
4	5	Middlesbrough	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	W	D	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Sunderland	H
5	-2	Manchester City	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	5	D	D	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Bristol City	H
6	10	Stoke City	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	5	W	D	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Everton	A
7	3	Everton	4	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	5	1	2	4	D	L	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Stoke City	H
8	-4	Manchester United	4	0	1	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	L	D	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Newcastle United	A
9	2	Arsenal	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	1	4	D	D	W	L	#	1976-09-11	West Ham United	A
10	-5	Newcastle United	4	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	L	D	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Manchester United	H
11	8	Leeds United	4	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	4	W	L	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	-6	Birmingham City	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	4	L	W	D	D	#	1976-09-11	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	1	Leicester City	4	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	D	D	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Ipswich Town	A
14	-12	Ipswich Town	4	1	1	0	5	3	0	1	1	3	6	-1	4	L	D	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Leicester City	H
15	-3	West Bromwich Albion	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	L	W	L	D	#	1976-09-11	Birmingham City	A
16	-3	Derby County	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	-2	3	L	D	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Liverpool	H
17	3	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	4	5	-3	3	W	D	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Leeds United	H
18	-3	Sunderland	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	3	L	D	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Middlesbrough	A
19	2	Queens Park Rangers	4	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	1	2	3	-4	3	W	D	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Aston Villa	H
20	-3	West Ham United	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	-4	3	L	D	W	L	#	1976-09-11	Arsenal	H
21	-3	Coventry City	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	2	1	4	-3	2	L	W	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Norwich City	H
22	0	Norwich City	4	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	3	-4	2	W	L	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Blackpool	Ewood Park	10,131
	Lineups		Walsh (p)
Carlisle United	1	1	Hull City	Brunton Park	7,530
Barry	Lineups		Hawley
Fulham	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	21,127
Best	Lineups
Hereford United	3	0	Burnley	Edgar Street	9,548
McNeil 3	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	11,231
Barrett OG	Lineups		Curran (p)
Millwall	3	0	Chelsea	The Den, New Cross	21,002	Largest home game 1976-77
Salvage, Evans, Brisley	Lineups
Notts County	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	9,347
	Lineups		Jones P
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Cardiff City	Boundary Park	8,511
Irving, Shaw 2	Lineups		Evans, Livermore
Orient	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Brisbane Road	4,808
Hoadley 2	Lineups		Green, Mariner
Southampton	1	1	Sheffield United	The Dell	17,809
Channon	Lineups		Ludlam
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Molineux	15,652
Gould 2, Sunderland	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	2	Blackpool	4	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	5	1	5	6	W	W	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Millwall	H
2	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	5	3	5	6	W	W	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Fulham	A
3	1	Bolton Wanderers	4	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	2	3	3	6	W	W	W	L	#	1976-09-11	Hull City	H
4	3	Oldham Athletic	4	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	2	0	3	6	W	D	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	-3	Hull City	4	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	1	2	5	5	D	W	W	L	#	1976-09-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	5	Hereford United	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	W	D	W	#	#	1976-09-11	Nottingham Forest	A
7	6	Millwall	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	5	W	L	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Blackpool	A
8	0	Luton Town	4	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	1	5	D	W	L	W	#	1976-09-10	Charlton Athletic	A
9	-8	Chelsea	4	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	3	-1	5	L	W	D	W	#	1976-09-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-1	Plymouth Argyle	4	1	0	1	5	2	0	2	0	4	4	3	4	D	L	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Chelsea	H
11	-6	Cardiff City	4	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	1	4	3	1	4	L	W	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Notts County	H
12	4	Fulham	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	1	2	4	-1	4	W	D	L	D	#	1976-09-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	2	Carlisle United	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	D	L	W	#	#	1976-09-11	Sheffield United	A
14	-2	Notts County	4	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	3	2	-1	3	L	W	D	L	#	1976-09-11	Cardiff City	A
15	2	Nottingham Forest	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	2	0	3	3	-2	3	D	L	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Hereford United	H
16	-6	Burnley	4	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	3	-2	3	L	L	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Southampton	H
17	1	Sheffield United	4	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	3	-2	3	D	D	D	L	#	1976-09-11	Carlisle United	H
18	-4	Bristol Rovers	4	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	2	2	-3	3	L	D	W	L	#	1976-09-11	Orient	H
19	1	Blackburn Rovers	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	6	-4	2	L	L	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Oldham Athletic	A
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	4	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	1	1	4	-5	2	L	D	D	L	#	1976-09-10	Luton Town	H
21	0	Southampton	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	4	-5	2	D	L	D	L	#	1976-09-11	Burnley	A
22	0	Orient	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	5	-6	1	D	L	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Bristol Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Rotherham United	Goldstone Ground	16,059
Towner, Mellor, Binney	Lineups		Crawford
Bury	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Gigg Lane	4,396
Rowland, Farrell	Lineups		Tynan
Chesterfield	0	1	Swindon Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,143
	Lineups		Rogers
Crystal Palace	1	2	Chester	Selhurst Park	12,746
Swindlehurst	Lineups		Crossley, Mason
Gillingham	1	1	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	5,375
Westwood	Lineups		Hall
Lincoln City	2	0	Port Vale	Sincil Bank	6,059
Ellis 2 (2p)	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	0	Grimsby Town	Field Mill	5,220
Eccles 3 (1p)	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Preston North End	Manor Ground	4,580
Clarke C, Tait	Lineups		Elwiss 2
Peterborough United	3	0	York City	London Road	6,281
Lee, Scott OG, Moss	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Walsall	Elm Park	6,243
Murray 2 (2p)	Lineups		Wright
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Portsmouth	Hillsborough	12,336
Prendergast	Lineups		Mellows
Wrexham	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	6,646
Thomas	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	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	4	2	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	2	1	4	7	W	D	W	W	#	1976-09-11	Grimsby Town	A
2	-1	Rotherham United	4	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	3	3	6	6	L	W	W	W	#	1976-09-11	Oxford United	H
3	1	Swindon Town	4	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	6	W	W	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	-2	Shrewsbury Town	4	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	5	L	W	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Walsall	A
5	5	Bury	4	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	2	5	0	5	W	D	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Crystal Palace	A
6	9	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-07	Oxford United	A
7	6	Wrexham	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1976-09-08	Reading	A
8	-2	Crystal Palace	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	L	L	W	W	#	1976-09-11	Bury	H
9	-1	Northampton Town	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	4	D	W	L	D	#	1976-09-11	Reading	H
10	-5	Chesterfield	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	L	W	D	D	#	1976-09-11	Wrexham	H
11	-2	Gillingham	4	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	1	4	5	-1	4	D	W	L	D	#	1976-09-11	Port Vale	A
12	4	Chester	4	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	3	1	-1	4	W	L	L	W	#	1976-09-11	Preston North End	H
13	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	4	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	-1	4	D	L	W	D	#	1976-09-11	Swindon Town	A
14	-2	Oxford United	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1976-09-07	Mansfield Town	H
15	6	Peterborough United	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1976-09-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	3	Lincoln City	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1976-09-11	Portsmouth	A
17	6	Reading	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	-1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1976-09-08	Wrexham	H
18	-11	Port Vale	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	-1	3	L	W	D	L	#	1976-09-11	Gillingham	H
19	-2	Portsmouth	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	3	D	L	W	L	#	1976-09-11	Lincoln City	H
20	-6	Tranmere Rovers	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1976-09-07	York City	A
21	1	Preston North End	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	5	-2	2	D	D	L	#	#	1976-09-11	Chester	A
22	-2	Walsall	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-2	1	L	L	D	#	#	1976-09-11	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	-5	York City	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	1	L	D	L	#	#	1976-09-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	5	-6	1	L	D	L	L	#	1976-09-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park	3,805
French, Johnson	Lineups		Laidlaw, Taylor
Cambridge United	4	0	Watford	Abbey Stadium	4,403
Horsfall, Biley, Bowker, Fallon	Lineups
Colchester United	3	1	Exeter City	Layer Road	2,516
Froggatt, Cook, Garwood	Lineups		Smith OG
Halifax Town	0	0	Rochdale	The Shay	2,003
	Lineups
Hartlepool	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Victoria Park	1,548
	Lineups		Paterson
Newport County	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Somerton Park	2,248
Bell	Lineups		Firth
Swansea City	2	1	Barnsley	Vetch Field	3,132
Moore, James	Lineups		Felton (p)
Torquay United	0	1	Aldershot	Plainmoor	4,363
	Lineups		Howarth

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