1976-09-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	1	Everton	Highbury	34,076
Brady, Stapleton, Macdonald	Lineups		Telfer
Aston Villa	1	2	Birmingham City	Villa Park	50,084	Largest home game 1976-77
Gray	Lineups		Burns, Connolly
Bristol City	1	1	West Ham United	Ashton Gate	28,535
Fear	Lineups		Taylor A
Leeds United	2	2	Newcastle United	Elland Road	35,089
McNiven, Harris	Lineups		Cannell, Cassidy
Leicester City	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Filbert Street	18,439
Rofe, Garland	Lineups		Givens, Hollins
Liverpool	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Anfield Road	47,421
Johnson, Heighway	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford	56,712
Pearson, McAndrew OG	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Derby County	Carrow Road	22,375
	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	20,171
Tudor 2	Lineups		Whymark
Sunderland	0	2	Manchester City	Roker Park	37,395
	Lineups		Royle, Tueart

				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	Liverpool	6	3	0	0	6	1	2	0	1	5	4	6	10	W	W	W	L	W	1976-09-25	Newcastle United	A
2	1	Manchester City	6	2	1	0	4	1	1	2	0	4	2	5	9	W	W	D	D	W	1976-09-25	Manchester United	H
3	3	Arsenal	6	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	0	7	3	5	8	W	W	D	D	W	1976-09-25	Ipswich Town	A
4	-2	Middlesbrough	6	3	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	8	L	W	W	D	D	1976-09-25	Leeds United	H
5	4	Manchester United	6	1	1	1	6	5	1	2	0	4	2	3	7	W	D	L	D	W	1976-09-25	Manchester City	A
6	1	Bristol City	6	1	2	0	6	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	7	D	L	W	D	D	1976-09-25	Everton	A
7	8	Stoke City	6	2	1	0	4	2	0	2	1	1	4	-1	7	W	L	W	D	D	1976-09-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	-4	Aston Villa	6	2	0	1	10	4	1	0	2	3	4	5	6	L	L	W	W	L	1976-09-25	Leicester City	H
9	-4	Everton	6	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	6	4	3	6	L	W	D	L	D	1976-09-25	Bristol City	H
10	0	Newcastle United	6	0	3	0	4	4	1	1	1	4	3	1	6	D	D	L	D	W	1976-09-25	Liverpool	H
11	-3	West Bromwich Albion	6	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	6	D	W	L	W	L	1976-09-25	Derby County	A
12	6	Birmingham City	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	0	6	W	L	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Coventry City	A
13	-2	Leicester City	6	0	3	0	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	D	D	D	D	D	1976-09-25	Aston Villa	A
14	2	Queens Park Rangers	6	2	0	1	3	5	0	2	1	4	5	-3	6	D	W	W	D	L	1976-09-25	Stoke City	H
15	-3	Coventry City	6	2	0	1	6	4	0	1	2	2	5	-1	5	D	W	L	W	L	1976-09-25	Birmingham City	H
16	1	Leeds United	6	1	2	0	6	4	0	1	2	2	5	-1	5	D	L	W	L	D	1976-09-25	Middlesbrough	A
17	-4	Ipswich Town	6	1	2	0	5	3	0	1	2	4	8	-2	5	L	D	L	D	D	1976-09-25	Arsenal	H
18	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	7	-4	5	L	W	W	D	L	1976-09-25	Norwich City	H
19	0	Derby County	6	0	2	1	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	-3	4	D	L	L	D	D	1976-09-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	1	West Ham United	6	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	7	-6	4	D	L	L	D	W	1976-09-25	Sunderland	H
21	-1	Sunderland	6	0	2	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	6	-6	3	L	L	L	D	D	1976-09-25	West Ham United	A
22	0	Norwich City	6	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	5	-6	3	D	L	W	L	L	1976-09-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park	7,751
	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Burnley	Brunton Park	8,969
Lathan, Rafferty	Lineups		Smith
Chelsea	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	24,835
Stanley, Hay	Lineups		Taylor
Hereford United	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Edgar Street	8,723
Lindsay	Lineups		Flanagan, Hales
Luton Town	0	2	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	19,929	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Barrett, Marsh
Millwall	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Den, New Cross	9,889
Lee 2, Salvage (p)	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Blackpool	Meadow Lane	9,598
Scanlon, Mann	Lineups
Orient	3	0	Cardiff City	Brisbane Road	5,743
Cunningham 2, Whittle	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Nottingham Forest	The Dell	23,096
Stokes	Lineups		Bowyer
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	0	Oldham Athletic	Molineux	19,186
Kindon 2, Daley, Hibbitt, 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	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	1	0	8	0	1	2	0	5	3	10	9	W	D	W	W	D	1976-09-25	Luton Town	H
2	3	Chelsea	6	2	1	0	5	3	2	0	1	4	5	1	9	W	W	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Blackpool	A
3	-1	Bolton Wanderers	6	3	0	0	10	2	1	0	2	3	5	6	8	L	W	W	W	W	1976-09-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	-3	Blackpool	6	2	0	1	7	4	2	0	1	5	3	5	8	L	W	W	W	L	1976-09-25	Chelsea	H
5	-2	Oldham Athletic	6	2	1	0	7	4	1	1	1	2	5	0	8	L	W	W	D	W	1976-09-25	Orient	H
6	4	Millwall	6	2	1	0	6	0	1	0	2	5	8	3	7	W	L	W	L	D	1976-09-24	Cardiff City	A
7	4	Notts County	6	1	0	2	3	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	7	W	W	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Bristol Rovers	A
8	6	Fulham	6	1	2	0	3	2	1	1	1	4	4	1	7	W	D	W	D	L	1976-09-25	Hereford United	H
9	-3	Hereford United	6	2	0	1	5	2	0	2	1	6	7	2	6	L	D	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Fulham	A
10	-3	Hull City	6	2	1	0	8	2	0	1	2	2	7	1	6	D	L	D	W	W	1976-09-25	Burnley	A
11	-3	Sheffield United	6	1	2	0	6	3	0	2	1	2	4	1	6	D	W	D	D	D	1976-09-25	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	1	Nottingham Forest	6	1	1	1	6	7	0	3	0	4	4	-1	6	D	W	D	L	D	1976-09-25	Carlisle United	H
13	5	Carlisle United	6	1	2	0	5	4	1	0	2	3	6	-2	6	W	D	L	D	L	1976-09-25	Nottingham Forest	A
14	1	Bristol Rovers	6	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	2	-2	6	D	W	L	D	W	1976-09-25	Notts County	H
15	4	Charlton Athletic	6	1	1	1	5	6	1	1	1	3	5	-3	6	W	W	L	D	D	1976-09-24	Southampton	H
16	-4	Burnley	6	2	0	1	6	3	0	1	2	1	5	-1	5	L	W	L	L	W	1976-09-25	Hull City	H
17	-8	Luton Town	6	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	5	L	L	D	W	L	1976-09-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-2	Plymouth Argyle	6	1	0	2	7	5	0	2	1	4	7	-1	4	L	L	D	L	W	1976-09-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-2	Cardiff City	6	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	2	4	6	-3	4	L	L	L	W	L	1976-09-24	Millwall	H
20	2	Orient	6	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	3	0	6	-4	3	W	L	D	L	L	1976-09-25	Oldham Athletic	A
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3	1	8	-6	3	D	L	L	L	L	1976-09-25	Sheffield United	A
22	-1	Southampton	6	0	2	1	3	4	0	1	2	0	6	-7	3	D	L	D	L	D	1976-09-24	Charlton Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	7	2	York City	Goldstone Ground	15,605
Ward P 2, Piper, O'Sullivan, Mellor 2, Fell	Lineups		Hinch, Pollard
Bury	2	0	Chester	Gigg Lane	4,976
Rowland, Raynor OG	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Portsmouth	Priestfield Stadium	6,873
Richardson (p), Weatherly	Lineups		Mellows
Lincoln City	0	0	Swindon Town	Sincil Bank	7,379
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	6,859
Randall	Lineups		Tynan
Oxford United	5	2	Grimsby Town	Manor Ground	3,791
Clarke C, Fogg, Foley, Tait, Harding OG	Lineups		Brolly, Waters (p)
Peterborough United	0	0	Crystal Palace	London Road	8,489
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Rotherham United	Deepdale	7,812
	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Port Vale	Elm Park	7,104
Hetzke	Lineups		Brownbill
Sheffield Wednesday	4	1	Chesterfield	Hillsborough	13,634
Wylde 2 (1p), Tynan, Hope	Lineups		Jones
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Northampton Town	Gay Meadow	4,191
Bates, Kearney, Atkins	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	5,923
Shinton	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	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	3	0	0	13	5	1	1	1	2	3	7	9	W	L	W	D	W	1976-09-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	-1	Mansfield Town	6	2	1	0	7	2	2	0	1	4	3	6	9	D	W	W	W	L	1976-09-25	Crystal Palace	A
3	-1	Swindon Town	6	3	0	0	9	4	1	1	1	2	2	5	9	D	W	W	W	L	1976-09-25	Gillingham	H
4	2	Wrexham	6	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	8	5	7	8	W	W	L	W	L	1976-09-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	2	Shrewsbury Town	6	3	0	0	9	2	0	2	1	4	5	6	8	W	D	L	W	W	1976-09-25	Port Vale	A
6	-3	Rotherham United	6	2	1	0	7	1	1	1	1	3	3	6	8	D	D	L	W	W	1976-09-25	Chester	H
7	3	Gillingham	6	1	2	0	5	4	2	0	1	6	6	1	8	W	W	D	W	L	1976-09-25	Swindon Town	A
8	-3	Reading	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	2	5	7	1	8	D	L	W	W	W	1976-09-25	Portsmouth	A
9	-1	Lincoln City	6	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	7	D	W	D	W	L	1976-09-25	Chesterfield	A
10	3	Bury	6	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	2	3	7	1	7	W	L	W	D	L	1976-09-25	Peterborough United	H
11	-2	Crystal Palace	6	2	0	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	D	W	L	L	W	1976-09-25	Mansfield Town	H
12	-1	Preston North End	6	1	2	0	5	1	0	2	1	3	5	2	6	D	W	D	D	D	1976-09-25	Grimsby Town	A
13	4	Oxford United	6	1	1	1	7	7	1	1	1	6	5	1	6	W	D	L	D	W	1976-09-25	York City	A
14	-2	Peterborough United	6	2	1	1	5	3	0	1	1	2	4	0	6	D	W	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Bury	A
15	4	Sheffield Wednesday	6	2	2	0	7	3	0	0	2	2	7	-1	6	W	L	D	L	W	1976-09-25	Wrexham	A
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	6	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	5	D	W	L	L	W	1976-09-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	-3	Chester	6	0	1	2	1	4	2	0	1	3	3	-3	5	L	D	W	L	L	1976-09-25	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Portsmouth	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	4	L	D	D	L	W	1976-09-25	Reading	H
19	-3	Northampton Town	6	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	6	-4	4	L	L	D	W	L	1976-09-25	Walsall	H
20	3	Port Vale	7	1	1	1	4	3	0	1	3	1	8	-6	4	D	L	L	L	W	1976-09-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	-1	Chesterfield	6	0	1	2	0	7	1	1	1	3	5	-9	4	L	L	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Lincoln City	H
22	-1	Grimsby Town	6	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	3	2	10	-7	3	L	W	L	D	L	1976-09-25	Preston North End	H
23	-1	York City	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	3	L	L	W	L	D	1976-09-25	Oxford United	H
24	0	Walsall	6	0	1	2	5	8	0	1	2	1	3	-5	2	L	L	D	L	L	1976-09-25	Northampton Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	0	Southport	Griffin Park	4,185
Cross, Graham, Johnson	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Abbey Stadium	3,689
Spriggs, Horsfall	Lineups
Colchester United	3	2	Crewe Alexandra	Layer Road	2,519
Froggatt, Garwood, Allinson	Lineups		Abbott 2
Darlington	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Feethams Ground	3,037
Sinclair, Stone	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	Exeter City	The Shay	1,424
Lawson (p)	Lineups		Kellow, Beer
Hartlepool	1	1	Southend United	Victoria Park	1,612
Rowlands	Lineups		Moody (p)
Newport County	2	1	Aldershot	Somerton Park	2,488
Clark 2	Lineups		Brodie
Rochdale	3	1	Watford	Spotland	1,760
O'Loughlin, Mullington, Melledew	Lineups		Joslyn
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Workington	Old Showground	3,598
Wigginton (p), Keeley, Peacock	Lineups		Lowrey
Swansea City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	3,504
Moore	Lineups		Kitchen
Torquay United	0	3	Bradford City	Plainmoor	3,398
	Lineups		Hutchins 2, Watson

				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	6	3	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	6	3	9	11	W	D	W	W	W	1976-09-25	Huddersfield Town	A
2	2	Bradford City	6	2	1	0	10	5	2	0	1	8	2	11	9	W	D	W	W	W	1976-09-25	Barnsley	A
3	-1	Aldershot	6	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	1	4	3	3	9	L	W	D	W	W	1976-09-25	Swansea City	H
4	1	Cambridge United	6	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	3	4	7	8	W	L	W	D	D	1976-09-25	Workington	A
5	4	Rochdale	6	2	1	0	6	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	8	W	L	D	W	D	1976-09-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-3	AFC Bournemouth	6	1	2	0	5	3	2	0	1	4	4	2	8	L	D	W	W	D	1976-09-25	Colchester United	H
7	0	Southend United	6	2	1	0	5	2	0	2	1	2	4	1	7	D	D	W	L	D	1976-09-24	Scunthorpe United	H
8	7	Colchester United	6	3	0	0	9	3	0	0	3	1	5	2	6	W	L	W	L	W	1976-09-25	AFC Bournemouth	A
9	7	Exeter City	5	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	1	5	6	0	6	W	W	L	D	D	1976-09-25	Watford	A
10	-4	Watford	6	3	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	2	9	-1	6	L	W	L	W	W	1976-09-25	Exeter City	H
11	-3	Huddersfield Town	6	2	1	0	4	2	0	1	2	1	4	-1	6	L	W	D	D	W	1976-09-25	Stockport County	H
12	2	Swansea City	6	2	1	0	5	3	0	1	2	3	9	-4	6	D	D	W	L	L	1976-09-25	Aldershot	A
13	5	Scunthorpe United	5	2	0	1	7	2	0	1	1	3	4	4	5	W	D	W	L	L	1976-09-24	Southend United	A
14	-3	Barnsley	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	3	4	1	5	L	D	L	W	W	1976-09-25	Bradford City	H
15	-5	Torquay United	5	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	0	5	1	1	5	L	D	L	W	W	1976-09-25	Brentford	H
16	3	Darlington	6	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	3	6	-2	5	W	D	L	L	W	1976-09-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-4	Crewe Alexandra	6	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	3	2	8	-3	5	L	W	L	W	D	1976-09-25	Rochdale	H
18	-6	Workington	6	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	6	-3	5	L	D	L	D	D	1976-09-25	Cambridge United	H
19	-2	Doncaster Rovers	6	1	0	2	2	6	0	3	0	5	5	-4	5	D	L	W	D	L	1976-09-25	Darlington	H
20	1	Brentford	6	1	1	1	5	3	0	1	2	1	4	-1	4	W	D	D	L	L	1976-09-25	Torquay United	A
21	3	Newport County	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	3	W	L	D	L	L	1976-09-25	Southport	A
22	-2	Halifax Town	6	0	1	2	3	5	0	2	1	2	5	-5	3	L	D	D	D	L	1976-09-24	Hartlepool United	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	6	0	2	1	3	4	0	1	2	2	8	-7	3	D	D	L	L	L	1976-09-24	Halifax Town	A
24	-2	Southport	6	0	2	1	3	7	0	0	3	0	5	-9	2	L	L	D	L	L	1976-09-25	Newport County	H