1976-10-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Middlesbrough	1	0	Norwich City	Ayresome Park	21,998
Souness	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	4	Middlesbrough	9	5	0	0	6	1	0	3	1	0	2	3	13	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-16	Birmingham City	A
2	-1	Manchester City	9	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	0	6	4	5	12	D	W	L	W	W	1976-10-16	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	-1	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
4	-1	Everton	9	2	2	1	8	5	2	1	1	7	4	6	11	D	W	W	L	W	1976-10-16	Liverpool	A
5	-1	Liverpool	8	3	1	0	6	1	2	0	2	5	5	5	11	D	L	W	W	W	1976-10-16	Everton	H
6	0	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	0	Newcastle United	9	2	3	0	7	4	1	1	2	6	6	3	10	W	L	W	D	D	1976-10-16	Coventry City	A
8	0	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	0	West Bromwich Albion	9	2	1	1	7	4	1	2	2	5	7	1	9	L	W	D	D	W	1976-10-16	Manchester United	H
10	0	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
11	0	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
12	0	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
13	0	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
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	0	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	0	2	7	8	0	2	2	6	8	-3	8	L	L	W	D	W	1976-10-16	Manchester City	A
16	0	Norwich City	10	2	1	1	5	5	1	1	4	4	9	-5	8	L	W	W	D	D	1976-10-16	Leeds United	H
17	0	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
18	0	Leeds United	9	1	2	1	6	6	1	1	3	5	7	-2	7	W	L	L	D	L	1976-10-16	Norwich City	A
19	0	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
20	0	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	0	West Ham United	9	1	2	2	3	6	0	1	3	4	11	-10	5	L	L	D	D	L	1976-10-16	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	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
Blackburn Rovers	6	1	Notts County	Ewood Park	7,993
Mitchell, Parkes 2, Svarc 2, Hawkins	Lineups		Probert
Blackpool	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Bloomfield Road	12,647
	Lineups		Horswill, Collins
Burnley	3	3	Orient	Turf Moor	10,228
Cochrane, Smith, Fletcher	Lineups		Hoadley, Clarke 2
Cardiff City	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Ninian Park	11,007
Alston (p), Buchanan, Evans	Lineups		Jones P (p), Taylor
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Hull City	The Valley	10,345
Hales 3	Lineups		Galvin
Luton Town	2	0	Hereford United	Kenilworth Road	9,395
Husband, Futcher P	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	6	1	Sheffield United	City Ground	17,801
Bowyer 2, Butlin, Curran, Withe, Anderson	Lineups		Hamilton (p)
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Millwall	Boundary Park	9,274
Bell, Halom	Lineups		Summerill

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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gigg Lane	8,915	Largest home game 1976-77
Woolfall 2, Spence	Lineups
Chesterfield	4	0	Reading	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,010
McEwan 2, Darling, Fern	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Oxford United	Selhurst Park	17,339
Hinshelwood P, Swindlehurst	Lineups		Foley 2
Grimsby Town	0	0	Chester	Blundell Park	3,910
	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	1	Mansfield Town	London Road	7,031
Turner, Nixon	Lineups		McCaffrey
Portsmouth	1	1	Walsall	Fratton Park	7,779
Piper	Lineups		Buckley
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Gillingham	Hillsborough	15,306
Wylde, Feely	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	County Ground	9,017
Prophett	Lineups
Wrexham	3	0	Lincoln City	Racecourse Ground	7,753
Ashcroft 2, Thomas	Lineups
York City	1	1	Rotherham United	Bootham Crescent	3,811
Holmes	Lineups		Crawford

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

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Exeter City	Dean Court	4,621
Rudge, Barton (p)	Lineups
Aldershot	2	0	Stockport County	Recreation Ground	5,543	Largest home game 1976-77
Morrissey, Howarth	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Newport County	Griffin Park	5,890
Goldthorpe	Lineups		Woods
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Watford	Gresty Road	2,684
Abbott, Lugg (p)	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Barnsley	Belle Vue	6,707
O'Callaghan, Kitchen	Lineups		Joicey
Halifax Town	0	1	Scunthorpe United	The Shay	1,854
	Lineups		Wigginton
Hartlepool	2	2	Cambridge United	Victoria Park	1,452
Scaife, Rowlands	Lineups		Fallon, Biley
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Bradford City	Leeds Road	10,606
Sidebottom, Butler, Johnson	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Swansea City	Plainmoor	3,037
Kennedy, Sandercock	Lineups		May
Workington	0	2	Rochdale	Borough Park	1,423
	Lineups		Mullington, Mountford

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