1976-10-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Highbury	39,442
Rice, Brady, Stapleton	Lineups		Thomas, McLintock
Birmingham City	5	1	Derby County	St Andrew's	29,190
Burns 4, Connolly	Lineups		James
Bristol City	1	2	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate	21,114
Tainton	Lineups		Whymark, Osborne
Coventry City	1	1	Leicester City	Highfield Road	20,957
Ferguson	Lineups		Worthington
Leeds United	0	2	Manchester United	Elland Road	44,512
	Lineups		Coppell, Daly
Liverpool	0	0	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	45,107
	Lineups
Manchester City	4	2	West Ham United	Maine Road	37,795
Tueart 2, Owen, Hartford	Lineups		Taylor A, Doyle OG
Norwich City	3	2	Newcastle United	Carrow Road	21,417
Peters 2 (1p), Busby	Lineups		Craig T (p), Gowling
Stoke City	1	0	Aston Villa	Victoria Ground	29,652
Conroy	Lineups
Sunderland	0	1	Everton	Roker Park	34,670
	Lineups		Goodlass
West Bromwich Albion	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	23,461
Brown T (p), Martin 2, Treacy	Lineups		Jones, Taylor

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Manchester United	8	1	1	1	6	5	3	2	0	9	3	7	11	W	W	W	D	L	1976-10-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	2	Manchester City	8	3	1	1	9	6	1	2	0	4	2	5	11	W	L	W	W	D	1976-10-05	Everton	A
3	-2	Liverpool	8	3	1	0	6	1	2	0	2	5	5	5	11	D	L	W	W	W	1976-10-16	Everton	H
4	-2	Middlesbrough	8	4	0	0	5	1	0	3	1	0	2	2	11	D	W	L	W	W	1976-10-09	Norwich City	H
5	1	Everton	8	2	1	1	6	3	2	1	1	7	4	6	10	W	W	L	W	D	1976-10-05	Manchester City	H
6	1	Arsenal	8	2	1	1	6	4	2	1	1	8	6	4	10	W	L	W	W	D	1976-10-16	Stoke City	H
7	5	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	1	1	7	4	1	2	1	5	5	3	9	W	D	D	W	L	1976-10-06	Newcastle United	A
8	5	Ipswich Town	8	2	2	0	8	4	1	1	2	6	9	1	9	W	W	L	D	L	1976-10-16	West Ham United	A
9	1	Leicester City	9	1	3	0	6	5	0	4	1	1	3	-1	9	D	W	L	D	D	1976-10-16	Bristol City	A
10	5	Stoke City	9	3	1	0	5	2	0	2	3	1	7	-3	9	W	L	L	W	L	1976-10-16	Arsenal	A
11	-6	Aston Villa	8	3	0	1	12	4	1	0	3	3	5	6	8	L	W	L	L	W	1976-10-16	Sunderland	A
12	4	Birmingham City	8	2	1	1	7	3	1	1	2	5	6	3	8	W	L	W	L	L	1976-10-16	Middlesbrough	H
13	-5	Newcastle United	8	1	3	0	5	4	1	1	2	6	6	1	8	L	W	D	D	L	1976-10-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	0	Coventry City	8	3	1	1	9	6	0	1	2	2	5	0	8	D	W	D	W	L	1976-10-16	Newcastle United	H
15	-6	Queens Park Rangers	8	3	0	1	5	5	0	2	2	6	8	-2	8	L	W	D	W	W	1976-10-05	Norwich City	H
16	-5	Bristol City	8	1	2	1	7	5	1	1	2	2	4	0	7	L	L	D	L	W	1976-10-16	Leicester City	H
17	5	Norwich City	8	2	1	1	5	5	0	1	3	1	6	-5	6	W	D	D	L	W	1976-10-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	8	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	3	6	11	-6	6	L	D	L	W	W	1976-10-16	Derby County	A
19	-1	Leeds United	8	1	2	1	6	6	0	1	3	2	6	-4	5	L	L	D	L	W	1976-10-06	West Ham United	A
20	-1	Derby County	8	0	3	1	4	5	0	2	2	3	9	-7	5	L	D	D	L	L	1976-10-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	-1	West Ham United	8	1	2	1	2	3	0	1	3	4	11	-8	5	L	D	D	L	L	1976-10-06	Leeds United	H
22	-1	Sunderland	8	0	2	2	2	5	0	2	2	3	7	-7	4	L	D	L	L	L	1976-10-16	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	3	Blackpool	Burnden Park	18,680
	Lineups		Hatton, Walsh 2 (1p)
Carlisle United	4	2	Charlton Athletic	Brunton Park	6,274
Rafferty, Bonnyman, McVitie, Gorman	Lineups		Flanagan, Hales
Chelsea	2	1	Cardiff City	Stamford Bridge	28,409
Swain, Lewington	Lineups		Charles (p)
Hereford United	1	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Edgar Street	13,891	Largest home game 1976-77
McNeil (p)	Lineups		Gould 2, Carr, Daley, Kindon, Sunderland
Hull City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Boothferry Park	16,096	Largest home game 1976-77
Bremner	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Bristol Rovers	The Den, New Cross	8,205
Summerill 2	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	9,123
Scanlon (p)	Lineups
Orient	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Brisbane Road	5,082
	Lineups		Svarc
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Luton Town	Home Park	12,187
Johnson (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Burnley	Bramall Lane	16,082
Woodward	Lineups
Southampton	4	1	Fulham	The Dell	28,489	Largest home game 1976-77
Blyth 2, MacDougall 2	Lineups		Mitchell

				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	Chelsea	8	3	1	0	7	4	3	0	1	5	5	3	13	W	W	W	W	L	1976-10-05	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	2	1	1	9	2	2	2	0	11	4	14	11	W	L	W	D	W	1976-10-05	Southampton	H
3	3	Blackpool	8	2	0	2	7	5	3	0	1	8	3	7	10	W	L	L	W	W	1976-10-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	4	Millwall	8	3	1	0	8	0	1	1	2	5	8	5	10	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-09	Oldham Athletic	A
5	-2	Bolton Wanderers	8	3	0	1	10	5	1	1	2	4	6	3	9	L	D	L	W	W	1976-10-09	Cardiff City	A
6	5	Hull City	8	3	1	0	9	2	0	2	2	2	7	2	9	W	D	D	L	D	1976-10-09	Charlton Athletic	A
7	5	Sheffield United	8	2	3	0	8	4	0	2	1	2	4	2	9	W	D	D	W	D	1976-10-09	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-4	Fulham	8	2	2	0	7	3	1	1	2	5	8	1	9	L	W	W	D	W	1976-10-16	Sheffield United	A
9	5	Notts County	8	2	0	2	4	3	2	1	1	7	9	-1	9	W	L	W	W	L	1976-10-09	Blackburn Rovers	A
10	-5	Oldham Athletic	8	2	2	0	7	4	1	1	2	2	6	-1	9	L	D	L	W	W	1976-10-09	Millwall	H
11	-4	Nottingham Forest	8	2	1	1	11	8	0	3	1	4	5	2	8	L	W	D	W	D	1976-10-09	Sheffield United	H
12	-3	Bristol Rovers	8	2	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	2	4	0	8	L	W	D	W	L	1976-10-05	Chelsea	H
13	-3	Charlton Athletic	8	2	1	1	11	8	1	1	2	5	9	-1	8	L	W	W	W	L	1976-10-09	Hull City	H
14	3	Carlisle United	8	2	2	0	9	6	1	0	3	4	11	-4	8	W	L	W	D	L	1976-10-12	Blackpool	H
15	3	Plymouth Argyle	8	2	1	2	9	6	0	2	1	4	7	0	7	W	D	L	L	D	1976-10-09	Blackpool	A
16	-3	Luton Town	8	1	1	1	3	3	2	0	3	8	10	-2	7	L	W	L	L	D	1976-10-09	Hereford United	H
17	-1	Burnley	8	2	1	1	6	3	0	1	3	1	6	-2	6	L	D	L	W	L	1976-10-09	Orient	H
18	3	Blackburn Rovers	8	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	3	9	-5	6	W	D	D	L	L	1976-10-09	Notts County	H
19	-4	Hereford United	8	2	0	2	6	8	0	2	2	7	11	-6	6	L	L	L	D	L	1976-10-09	Luton Town	A
20	-1	Cardiff City	8	1	1	2	5	6	1	0	3	5	8	-4	5	L	D	L	L	L	1976-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	1	Southampton	8	1	2	1	7	5	0	1	3	2	12	-8	5	W	L	D	L	D	1976-10-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-2	Orient	8	1	1	2	5	4	0	1	3	0	6	-5	4	L	D	W	L	D	1976-10-09	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	27,059
Sansom OG	Lineups		Cannon
Chester	2	1	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	3,614
Crossley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Turner
Gillingham	2	1	Chesterfield	Priestfield Stadium	5,907
Williams, Galvin	Lineups		Cammack
Lincoln City	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Sincil Bank	14,706	Largest home game 1976-77
Freeman	Lineups		Wylde
Mansfield Town	5	0	Bury	Field Mill	6,516
Miller 2, Randall 2, Matthews	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Manor Ground	4,002
Jeffrey	Lineups		Peplow
Preston North End	4	2	York City	Deepdale	6,380
Bruce, Burns, Elwiss 2	Lineups		Holmes, Hinch
Reading	4	1	Swindon Town	Elm Park	11,899
Murray 2 (1p), Cumming, Carnaby	Lineups		Moss
Rotherham United	3	2	Grimsby Town	Millmoor	3,925
Crawford, Gwyther, Phillips	Lineups		Partridge, Lewis
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Portsmouth	Gay Meadow	4,782
Bates 2, Kearney, Atkins (p)	Lineups		Mellows
Walsall	3	1	Port Vale	Fellows Park	5,459
Atthey, Harrison, Buckley	Lineups		Skeels

				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	Shrewsbury Town	8	4	0	0	13	3	1	2	1	6	6	10	12	W	W	W	D	L	1976-10-09	Swindon Town	A
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	3	1	0	14	6	2	1	1	5	4	9	12	D	W	W	L	W	1976-10-05	Walsall	H
3	2	Reading	9	3	1	0	9	3	2	1	2	7	7	6	12	W	W	D	L	W	1976-10-09	Chesterfield	A
4	5	Mansfield Town	8	3	1	0	12	2	2	0	2	4	5	9	11	W	L	D	W	W	1976-10-09	Peterborough United	A
5	-3	Wrexham	8	3	1	0	6	2	2	0	2	10	5	9	11	W	D	W	W	L	1976-10-09	Lincoln City	H
6	1	Rotherham United	8	3	2	0	11	4	1	1	1	3	3	7	11	W	D	D	D	L	1976-10-09	York City	A
7	4	Gillingham	8	2	2	0	7	5	2	1	1	8	8	2	11	W	D	W	W	D	1976-10-09	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	-2	Lincoln City	8	1	3	0	4	2	2	1	1	8	4	6	10	D	W	D	W	D	1976-10-09	Wrexham	A
9	1	Crystal Palace	8	3	0	1	6	3	1	2	1	2	2	3	10	D	W	D	W	L	1976-10-09	Oxford United	H
10	-6	Swindon Town	9	3	1	0	11	6	1	1	3	3	7	1	10	L	L	D	D	W	1976-10-09	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	-3	Bury	8	4	0	0	10	2	0	1	3	3	12	-1	9	L	W	W	L	W	1976-10-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	2	Preston North End	8	2	2	0	9	3	0	2	2	3	6	3	8	W	L	D	W	D	1976-10-08	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	8	2	2	0	7	3	0	2	2	5	10	-1	8	D	D	W	L	D	1976-10-05	Chester	H
14	2	Chester	8	1	1	2	3	5	2	1	1	4	4	-2	8	W	D	L	D	W	1976-10-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	-3	Peterborough United	9	3	1	1	6	3	0	1	3	4	10	-3	8	L	W	L	D	W	1976-10-06	Chesterfield	H
16	-1	Oxford United	8	1	2	1	8	8	1	1	2	7	7	0	7	D	L	W	D	L	1976-10-09	Crystal Palace	A
17	3	Walsall	8	1	1	2	8	9	1	1	2	2	3	-2	6	W	W	L	L	D	1976-10-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	8	2	0	2	4	4	0	2	2	3	5	-2	6	D	L	D	W	L	1976-10-08	Preston North End	H
19	-1	Grimsby Town	8	2	1	1	5	3	0	0	4	4	13	-7	5	L	W	L	W	L	1976-10-09	Chester	H
20	-1	York City	8	2	1	1	5	4	0	0	4	4	15	-10	5	L	W	L	L	W	1976-10-09	Rotherham United	H
21	2	Northampton Town	8	1	0	3	2	5	0	2	2	2	6	-7	4	L	L	L	L	D	1976-10-08	Port Vale	A
22	-1	Portsmouth	8	1	1	2	3	5	0	1	3	3	9	-8	4	L	L	L	D	D	1976-10-09	Walsall	H
23	-1	Port Vale	9	1	1	2	5	5	0	1	4	2	11	-9	4	L	L	D	L	L	1976-10-08	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Chesterfield	8	0	1	3	1	11	1	1	2	4	7	-13	4	L	L	L	L	L	1976-10-06	Peterborough United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	6,972
Peachey, Joicey (p)	Lineups		Butler
Bradford City	3	2	Brentford	Valley Parade	4,809
Dolan, Ingram 2	Lineups		Cross 2
Cambridge United	2	3	Southend United	Abbey Stadium	4,917
Watson, Finney	Lineups		Parker S 2, Goodwin
Darlington	2	1	Aldershot	Feethams Ground	2,105
Rowles, Lyons	Lineups		Wooler
Exeter City	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	St James Park	3,427
Beer 2, Hatch	Lineups
Newport County	0	0	Torquay United	Somerton Park	2,478
	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Spotland	1,807
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Hartlepool	Old Showground	3,514
Keeley, Davidson	Lineups
Swansea City	2	1	Southport	Vetch Field	3,778
James 2 (1p)	Lineups		Wilson
Watford	0	0	Halifax Town	Vicarage Road	4,353
	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	Stockport County	8	4	0	0	9	2	2	1	1	6	5	8	13	W	L	W	D	W	1976-10-09	Aldershot	A
2	0	Bradford City	8	3	1	0	13	7	2	1	1	10	4	12	12	W	D	W	D	W	1976-10-09	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Cambridge United	8	3	0	1	10	3	1	2	1	5	4	8	10	L	W	W	L	W	1976-10-09	Hartlepool United	A
4	2	Rochdale	8	2	2	0	6	3	1	2	1	3	3	3	10	D	D	W	L	D	1976-10-09	Workington	A
5	6	Exeter City	8	3	1	0	8	2	1	1	2	6	10	2	10	W	W	L	W	W	1976-10-09	AFC Bournemouth	A
6	-2	Aldershot	8	2	2	0	6	4	2	0	2	5	5	2	10	L	D	L	W	D	1976-10-09	Stockport County	H
7	2	Southend United	8	2	2	0	6	3	1	2	1	5	6	2	10	W	D	D	D	W	1976-10-08	Colchester United	H
8	-1	AFC Bournemouth	8	1	3	0	5	3	2	1	1	4	4	2	10	D	D	L	D	W	1976-10-09	Exeter City	H
9	-4	Colchester United	8	4	0	0	12	4	0	1	3	1	5	4	9	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-08	Southend United	A
10	-2	Watford	8	4	1	0	12	3	0	0	3	2	9	2	9	D	W	L	W	L	1976-10-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	2	Swansea City	8	3	1	0	7	4	0	2	2	5	11	-3	9	W	D	D	D	W	1976-10-09	Torquay United	A
12	2	Scunthorpe United	8	3	0	1	9	2	0	2	2	4	7	4	8	W	L	D	W	D	1976-10-09	Halifax Town	A
13	2	Barnsley	7	2	2	0	7	4	1	0	2	3	4	2	8	W	D	L	D	L	1976-10-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	-4	Huddersfield Town	8	3	1	0	6	2	0	1	3	2	6	0	8	L	W	L	W	D	1976-10-09	Bradford City	H
15	1	Torquay United	7	1	1	2	2	5	1	2	0	5	1	1	7	D	D	L	D	L	1976-10-09	Swansea City	H
16	-4	Doncaster Rovers	8	2	0	2	6	6	0	3	1	6	7	-1	7	L	W	D	L	W	1976-10-09	Barnsley	H
17	4	Darlington	8	3	0	1	5	3	0	1	3	3	10	-5	7	W	L	W	D	L	1976-10-08	Southport	A
18	1	Newport County	8	1	2	1	3	3	1	0	3	1	4	-3	6	D	W	W	L	D	1976-10-09	Brentford	A
19	1	Halifax Town	8	1	1	2	4	5	0	3	1	2	5	-4	6	D	W	L	D	D	1976-10-09	Scunthorpe United	H
20	-3	Crewe Alexandra	8	2	2	0	6	3	0	0	4	2	11	-6	6	L	D	L	W	L	1976-10-09	Watford	H
21	-3	Brentford	8	1	1	1	5	3	0	2	3	4	8	-2	5	L	D	W	D	D	1976-10-09	Newport County	H
22	0	Workington	8	1	2	1	3	4	0	1	3	3	9	-7	5	L	L	L	D	L	1976-10-09	Rochdale	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	8	0	2	1	3	4	0	1	4	2	11	-10	3	L	L	D	D	L	1976-10-09	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Southport	8	0	2	2	3	8	0	0	4	1	7	-11	2	L	L	L	L	D	1976-10-08	Darlington	H