1976-10-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Stoke City	Highbury	28,507
Rice, Macdonald	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	1	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's	27,740
Gallagher, Burns, Francis (p)	Lineups		Boersma
Bristol City	0	1	Leicester City	Ashton Gate	20,102
	Lineups		Worthington
Coventry City	1	1	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	18,083
Powell	Lineups		Gowling
Derby County	8	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	24,216
Rioch 4, George 2 (1p), Todd, Thomas	Lineups		Osgood (p), Perryman
Liverpool	3	1	Everton	Anfield Road	55,141
Heighway, Neal (p), Toshack	Lineups		Dobson
Manchester City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Maine Road	40,751
	Lineups
Norwich City	1	2	Leeds United	Carrow Road	25,217
Gibbins	Lineups		Gray F, Gray E
Sunderland	0	1	Aston Villa	Roker Park	31,578
	Lineups		Cropley
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	36,615
Giles, Brown A, Cantello, Treacy	Lineups
West Ham United	0	2	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	24,534
	Lineups		Woods 2

				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	Liverpool	9	4	1	0	9	2	2	0	2	5	5	7	13	W	D	L	W	W	1976-10-23	Leeds United	A
2	0	Manchester City	10	3	2	1	9	6	1	3	0	6	4	5	13	D	D	W	L	W	1976-10-23	Ipswich Town	A
3	-2	Middlesbrough	10	5	0	0	6	1	0	3	2	1	5	1	13	L	W	D	W	L	1976-10-23	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	2	Arsenal	9	3	1	1	8	4	2	1	1	8	6	6	12	W	W	L	W	W	1976-10-20	Aston Villa	A
5	4	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	1	1	11	4	1	2	2	5	7	5	11	W	L	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Middlesbrough	A
6	-2	Everton	10	2	2	1	8	5	2	1	2	8	7	4	11	L	D	W	W	L	1976-10-23	West Ham United	H
7	1	Ipswich Town	9	2	2	0	8	4	2	1	2	8	9	3	11	W	W	W	L	D	1976-10-23	Manchester City	H
8	-5	Manchester United	9	1	1	1	6	5	3	2	1	9	7	3	11	L	W	W	W	D	1976-10-23	Norwich City	H
9	-2	Newcastle United	10	2	3	0	7	4	1	2	2	7	7	3	11	D	W	L	W	D	1976-10-23	Birmingham City	H
10	0	Leicester City	10	1	3	0	6	5	1	4	1	2	3	0	11	W	D	W	L	D	1976-10-23	Arsenal	H
11	1	Aston Villa	9	3	0	1	12	4	2	0	3	4	5	7	10	W	L	W	L	L	1976-10-20	Arsenal	H
12	1	Birmingham City	9	3	1	1	10	4	1	1	2	5	6	5	10	W	W	L	W	L	1976-10-20	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	1	Coventry City	9	3	2	1	10	7	0	1	2	2	5	0	9	D	D	W	D	W	1976-10-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	4	Leeds United	10	1	2	1	6	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	9	W	W	L	L	D	1976-10-23	Liverpool	H
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	10	3	0	2	7	8	0	3	2	6	8	-3	9	D	L	L	W	D	1976-10-23	Sunderland	H
16	-5	Stoke City	10	3	1	0	5	2	0	2	4	1	9	-5	9	L	W	L	L	W	1976-10-23	Derby County	H
17	-1	Norwich City	11	2	1	2	6	7	1	1	4	4	9	-6	8	L	L	W	W	D	1976-10-23	Manchester United	A
18	2	Derby County	9	1	3	1	12	7	0	2	2	3	9	-1	7	W	L	D	D	L	1976-10-23	Stoke City	A
19	-2	Bristol City	9	1	2	2	7	6	1	1	2	2	4	-1	7	L	L	L	D	L	1976-10-23	Aston Villa	A
20	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	4	8	19	-12	6	L	L	D	L	W	1976-10-20	Birmingham City	H
21	0	West Ham United	10	1	2	3	3	8	0	1	3	4	11	-12	5	L	L	L	D	D	1976-10-23	Everton	A
22	0	Sunderland	9	0	2	3	2	6	0	2	2	3	7	-8	4	L	L	D	L	L	1976-10-23	Queens Park Rangers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Bloomfield Road	17,089
Walsh	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Burnden Park	12,771
Jones P (p)	Lineups
Burnley	4	4	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	10,601
Noble, Cochrane, Smith, Fletcher	Lineups		Curtis (p), Flanagan, Hales 2
Carlisle United	1	1	Luton Town	Brunton Park	6,972
Rafferty	Lineups		Husband
Chelsea	4	3	Oldham Athletic	Stamford Bridge	25,825
Wilkins R, Finnieston, Wicks, Swain	Lineups		Robins, Young, Shaw
Hull City	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Boothferry Park	12,015
Hawley 2	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Den, New Cross	9,201
	Lineups		Svarc
Notts County	0	1	Orient	Meadow Lane	8,192
	Lineups		Roffey
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Cardiff City	Home Park	14,198
Hall (p), Mariner	Lineups		Evans, Dwyer
Sheffield United	1	1	Fulham	Bramall Lane	28,792	Largest home game 1976-77
Woodward	Lineups		Mitchell
Southampton	1	0	Hereford United	The Dell	24,910
Holmes	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	0	Chelsea	10	4	1	0	11	7	3	0	2	6	7	3	15	W	L	W	W	W	1976-10-23	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	1	Blackpool	11	3	0	3	8	7	3	1	1	9	4	6	13	W	D	L	W	L	1976-10-23	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	2	1	2	11	8	2	2	1	11	6	8	11	L	L	W	L	W	1976-10-23	Carlisle United	H
4	5	Bolton Wanderers	10	4	0	1	11	5	1	1	3	6	9	3	11	W	L	L	D	L	1976-10-23	Oldham Athletic	A
5	8	Hull City	10	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	3	3	10	2	11	W	L	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Fulham	A
6	1	Charlton Athletic	10	3	1	1	14	9	1	2	2	9	13	1	11	D	W	L	W	W	1976-10-23	Sheffield United	H
7	-3	Oldham Athletic	10	3	2	0	9	5	1	1	3	5	10	-1	11	L	W	L	D	L	1976-10-23	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	-3	Nottingham Forest	10	3	1	1	17	9	0	3	2	4	6	6	10	L	W	L	W	D	1976-10-23	Burnley	H
9	-3	Millwall	10	3	1	1	8	1	1	1	3	6	10	3	10	L	L	W	D	W	1976-10-30	Hereford United	H
10	0	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	2	2	11	8	1	2	1	6	7	2	10	D	W	W	D	L	1976-10-23	Bristol Rovers	A
11	6	Blackburn Rovers	10	2	1	1	9	3	2	1	3	4	9	1	10	W	W	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Chelsea	H
12	-1	Fulham	9	2	2	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	10	D	L	W	W	D	1976-10-23	Hull City	H
13	-1	Luton Town	10	2	1	1	5	3	2	1	3	9	11	0	10	D	W	L	W	L	1976-10-23	Southampton	H
14	-6	Bristol Rovers	10	3	1	1	9	6	1	1	3	2	5	0	10	L	W	L	W	D	1976-10-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	-1	Sheffield United	10	2	4	0	9	5	0	2	2	3	10	-3	10	D	L	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-1	Carlisle United	10	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	3	4	11	-4	10	D	D	W	L	W	1976-10-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	3	Southampton	10	2	2	1	8	5	1	1	3	8	14	-3	9	W	W	W	L	D	1976-10-23	Luton Town	A
18	-2	Notts County	10	2	0	3	4	4	2	1	2	8	15	-7	9	L	L	W	L	W	1976-10-23	Hereford United	A
19	-1	Burnley	10	2	3	1	13	10	0	1	3	1	6	-2	8	D	D	L	D	L	1976-10-23	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-1	Cardiff City	10	2	1	2	8	8	1	1	3	7	10	-3	8	D	W	L	D	L	1976-10-23	Blackpool	H
21	1	Orient	10	1	1	2	5	4	1	2	3	4	9	-4	7	W	D	L	D	W	1976-11-06	Southampton	A
22	-1	Hereford United	10	2	0	2	6	8	0	2	4	7	14	-9	6	L	L	L	L	L	1976-10-23	Notts County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Peterborough United	Goldstone Ground	18,276
Cross	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Mansfield Town	Sealand Road	4,033
Mackenzie OG	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Lincoln City	Priestfield Stadium	6,053
	Lineups		Ward
Grimsby Town	1	0	York City	Blundell Park	4,237
Lewis	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Bury	Manor Ground	4,806
Bodel, Foley	Lineups		Phillips, Hatton
Port Vale	2	3	Wrexham	Vale Park	5,347
Cullerton, Tartt	Lineups		Whittle 2, Ashcroft
Preston North End	2	1	Crystal Palace	Deepdale	10,524
Elwiss 2	Lineups		Chatterton
Reading	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Elm Park	9,668
	Lineups		Johnson
Rotherham United	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	4,365
Crawford	Lineups		Tynan, Allen
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Chesterfield	Gay Meadow	4,737
Kearney, Bates 2	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Swindon Town	Fellows Park	5,529
Taylor, Buckley	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	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	5	1	0	22	6	2	1	2	5	7	14	16	W	L	W	D	W	1976-10-23	Mansfield Town	A
2	1	Wrexham	10	4	1	0	9	2	3	0	2	13	7	13	15	W	W	W	D	W	1976-10-23	Gillingham	H
3	1	Shrewsbury Town	10	5	0	0	16	3	1	2	2	6	7	12	14	W	L	W	W	W	1976-10-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	11	4	2	0	12	3	1	2	2	6	10	5	14	W	W	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	4	Preston North End	11	4	2	0	17	6	0	3	2	3	6	8	13	W	W	D	W	L	1976-10-23	Bury	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	10	3	2	1	12	6	1	2	1	4	4	6	12	L	D	W	D	D	1976-10-23	Crystal Palace	A
7	6	Lincoln City	10	1	3	0	4	2	3	1	2	9	7	4	12	W	L	D	W	D	1976-10-23	Reading	H
8	3	Bury	10	5	0	0	13	2	0	2	3	5	14	2	12	D	W	L	W	W	1976-10-23	Preston North End	H
9	-2	Reading	11	3	1	1	9	4	2	1	3	7	11	1	12	L	L	W	W	D	1976-10-23	Lincoln City	A
10	-4	Swindon Town	11	4	1	0	12	6	1	1	4	3	9	0	12	L	W	L	L	D	1976-10-23	Northampton Town	H
11	-3	Mansfield Town	10	3	1	0	12	2	2	0	4	5	8	7	11	L	L	W	L	D	1976-10-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-2	Crystal Palace	10	3	1	1	8	5	1	2	2	3	4	2	11	L	D	D	W	D	1976-10-23	Rotherham United	H
13	-1	Gillingham	10	2	2	1	7	6	2	1	2	8	10	-1	11	L	L	W	D	W	1976-10-23	Wrexham	A
14	1	Chester	11	2	1	2	4	5	2	2	2	4	7	-4	11	W	D	L	W	D	1976-10-23	York City	A
15	-1	Peterborough United	13	4	1	2	8	7	0	1	5	6	17	-10	10	L	L	W	L	L	1976-10-23	Oxford United	H
16	0	Oxford United	10	1	3	1	10	10	1	2	2	9	9	0	9	D	D	D	L	W	1976-10-23	Peterborough United	A
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	10	2	1	2	4	4	1	2	2	5	6	-1	9	W	D	D	L	D	1976-10-22	Grimsby Town	H
18	1	Walsall	11	2	1	2	10	9	1	2	3	3	11	-7	9	W	D	L	W	W	1976-10-23	Chesterfield	A
19	2	Grimsby Town	10	3	2	1	6	3	0	0	4	4	13	-6	8	W	D	L	W	L	1976-10-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-3	Chesterfield	11	1	1	3	5	11	2	1	3	7	10	-9	8	L	W	W	L	L	1976-10-23	Walsall	H
21	-1	Northampton Town	10	2	0	3	5	6	0	2	3	3	8	-6	6	W	L	L	L	L	1976-10-23	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Port Vale	11	2	1	3	9	9	0	1	4	2	11	-9	6	L	W	L	L	D	1976-10-23	Portsmouth	A
23	0	York City	10	2	2	1	6	5	0	0	5	4	16	-11	6	L	D	L	W	L	1976-10-23	Chester	H
24	0	Portsmouth	10	1	2	2	4	6	0	1	4	4	12	-10	5	L	D	L	L	L	1976-10-23	Port Vale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Aldershot	Oakwell	4,012
Joicey (p)	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Newport County	Valley Parade	5,057
Ingram 2, Dolan	Lineups		Jones
Colchester United	6	2	Hartlepool	Layer Road	3,180
Gough 2, Garwood 3, Allinson	Lineups		Bielby 2
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Halifax Town	Gresty Road	2,363
Abbott, Lugg (p), Purdie	Lineups		McCann
Darlington	2	1	Torquay United	Feethams Ground	2,232
Ferguson, Wann	Lineups		Lane
Exeter City	0	0	Workington	St James Park	2,958
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Leeds Road	7,494
Sidebottom, Jones	Lineups		Kitchen
Rochdale	0	0	Southend United	Spotland	2,302
	Lineups
Watford	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road	5,697
Garner	Lineups		Reeves

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