1976-10-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	1	Bristol City	Villa Park	37,094
Nicholl, Gidman, Graydon	Lineups		Ritchie
Everton	3	2	West Ham United	Goodison Park	23,163
King, Latchford, Lyons	Lineups		Bonds, McNaught OG
Ipswich Town	1	0	Manchester City	Portman Road	25,113
Whymark	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Liverpool	Elland Road	44,696
McNiven	Lineups		Kennedy
Leicester City	4	1	Arsenal	Filbert Street	19,351
Weller 2, Earle, Worthington (p)	Lineups		Stapleton
Manchester United	2	2	Norwich City	Old Trafford	54,356
Daly, Hill	Lineups		Ryan, Boyer
Middlesbrough	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Ayresome Park	22,643
Mills	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	2	Birmingham City	St James' Park	31,711
Craig T, Burns 2	Lineups		Gallagher, Francis (p)
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Sunderland	Loftus Road	22,408
McLintock, Bowles	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Derby County	Victoria Ground	20,916
Tudor	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	21,877
	Lineups		Murphy

				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	Middlesbrough	11	6	0	0	7	1	0	3	2	1	5	2	15	W	L	W	D	W	1976-10-30	Leicester City	H
2	2	Aston Villa	11	5	0	1	20	6	2	0	3	4	5	13	14	W	W	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Liverpool	A
3	-2	Liverpool	10	4	1	0	9	2	2	1	2	6	6	7	14	D	W	D	L	W	1976-10-27	Leicester City	A
4	3	Everton	11	3	2	1	11	7	2	1	2	8	7	5	13	W	L	D	W	W	1976-10-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	3	Ipswich Town	10	3	2	0	9	4	2	1	2	8	9	4	13	W	W	W	W	L	1976-10-30	Manchester United	A
6	4	Newcastle United	11	3	3	0	10	6	1	2	2	7	7	4	13	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Stoke City	H
7	-5	Manchester City	11	3	2	1	9	6	1	3	1	6	5	4	13	L	D	D	W	L	1976-10-30	Norwich City	A
8	3	Leicester City	11	2	3	0	10	6	1	4	1	2	3	3	13	W	W	D	W	L	1976-10-27	Liverpool	H
9	0	Manchester United	10	1	2	1	8	7	3	2	1	9	7	3	12	D	L	W	W	W	1976-10-30	Ipswich Town	H
10	-5	Arsenal	11	3	1	1	8	4	2	1	3	10	15	-1	12	L	L	W	W	L	1976-10-30	Leeds United	A
11	-5	West Bromwich Albion	11	3	1	1	11	4	1	2	3	5	8	4	11	L	W	L	W	D	1976-10-30	West Ham United	H
12	1	Coventry City	10	3	2	1	10	7	1	1	2	3	5	1	11	W	D	D	W	D	1976-10-30	Sunderland	H
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	0	2	9	8	0	3	2	6	8	-1	11	W	D	L	L	W	1976-10-30	Birmingham City	A
14	2	Stoke City	11	4	1	0	6	2	0	2	4	1	9	-4	11	W	L	W	L	L	1976-10-30	Newcastle United	A
15	-3	Birmingham City	11	3	1	1	10	4	1	1	4	7	10	3	10	L	L	W	W	L	1976-10-26	Bristol City	A
16	-2	Leeds United	11	1	3	1	7	7	2	1	3	7	8	-1	10	D	W	W	L	L	1976-10-30	Arsenal	H
17	0	Norwich City	12	2	1	2	6	7	1	2	4	6	11	-6	9	D	L	L	W	W	1976-10-30	Manchester City	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	11	2	2	2	3	4	1	0	4	8	19	-12	8	L	W	L	L	D	1976-10-30	Everton	H
19	0	Derby County	10	1	3	1	12	7	0	2	3	3	10	-2	7	L	W	L	D	D	1976-10-30	Bristol City	H
20	0	Bristol City	10	1	2	2	7	6	1	1	3	3	7	-3	7	L	L	L	L	D	1976-10-26	Birmingham City	H
21	0	West Ham United	11	1	2	3	3	8	0	1	4	6	14	-13	5	L	L	L	L	D	1976-10-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Sunderland	10	0	2	3	2	6	0	2	3	3	9	-10	4	L	L	L	D	L	1976-10-30	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Chelsea	Ewood Park	14,984
	Lineups		Finnieston 2
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	10,258
Prince	Lineups		Hall
Cardiff City	2	2	Blackpool	Ninian Park	12,148
Evans 2	Lineups		Hatton, Spence
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Sheffield United	The Valley	11,317
Curtis (p), Flanagan, Hales	Lineups		Hamilton, Johnstone
Fulham	0	0	Hull City	Craven Cottage	18,671
	Lineups
Hereford United	1	4	Notts County	Edgar Street	7,462
Spiring	Lineups		Sims 2, Needham, Busby
Luton Town	1	4	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	12,123
Chambers	Lineups		Peach 2 (1p), Holmes, MacDougall
Nottingham Forest	5	2	Burnley	City Ground	15,279
Curran, Robertson (p), Butlin, O'Neill 2	Lineups		Smith, Flynn
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Boundary Park	16,219	Largest home game 1976-77
Halom, Wood	Lineups		Greaves, Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0	Carlisle United	Molineux	15,563
Sunderland 3, Carr	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	11	4	1	0	11	7	4	0	2	8	7	5	17	W	W	L	W	W	1976-10-30	Southampton	H
2	0	Blackpool	12	3	0	3	8	7	3	2	1	11	6	6	14	D	W	D	L	W	1976-10-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	1	2	15	8	2	2	1	11	6	12	13	W	L	L	W	L	1976-10-30	Blackpool	A
4	2	Charlton Athletic	11	4	1	1	17	11	1	2	2	9	13	2	13	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Bristol Rovers	A
5	3	Nottingham Forest	11	4	1	1	22	11	0	3	2	4	6	9	12	W	L	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Oldham Athletic	A
6	-2	Bolton Wanderers	11	4	0	1	11	5	1	2	3	8	11	3	12	D	W	L	L	D	1976-10-30	Fulham	H
7	-2	Hull City	11	4	1	0	11	2	0	3	3	3	10	2	12	D	W	L	W	D	1976-11-06	Blackpool	H
8	-1	Oldham Athletic	11	3	3	0	11	7	1	1	3	5	10	-1	12	D	L	W	L	D	1976-10-30	Nottingham Forest	H
9	1	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	2	2	11	8	1	3	1	7	8	2	11	D	D	W	W	D	1976-10-30	Burnley	H
10	2	Fulham	10	2	3	0	7	3	1	2	2	6	9	1	11	D	D	L	W	W	1976-10-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	6	Southampton	11	2	2	1	8	5	2	1	3	12	15	0	11	W	W	W	W	L	1976-10-30	Chelsea	A
12	2	Bristol Rovers	11	3	2	1	10	7	1	1	3	2	5	0	11	D	L	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Charlton Athletic	H
13	5	Notts County	11	2	0	3	4	4	3	1	2	12	16	-4	11	W	L	L	W	L	1976-10-30	Carlisle United	H
14	-5	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
15	-4	Blackburn Rovers	11	2	1	2	9	5	2	1	3	4	9	-1	10	L	W	W	W	D	1976-10-30	Luton Town	H
16	-3	Luton Town	11	2	1	2	6	7	2	1	3	9	11	-3	10	L	D	W	L	W	1976-10-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	-2	Sheffield United	11	2	4	0	9	5	0	2	3	5	13	-4	10	L	D	L	W	D	1976-10-30	Cardiff City	A
18	-2	Carlisle United	11	2	4	0	11	8	1	0	4	4	15	-8	10	L	D	D	W	L	1976-10-30	Notts County	A
19	1	Cardiff City	11	2	2	2	10	10	1	1	3	7	10	-3	9	D	D	W	L	D	1976-10-30	Sheffield United	H
20	-1	Burnley	11	2	3	1	13	10	0	1	4	3	11	-5	8	L	D	D	L	D	1976-10-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	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	0	Hereford United	11	2	0	3	7	12	0	2	4	7	14	-12	6	L	L	L	L	L	1976-10-30	Millwall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	3	2	Preston North End	Gigg Lane	8,724
Rowland, Woolfall, McIlwraith	Lineups		Bruce 2
Chesterfield	1	0	Walsall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,516
Fern	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Rotherham United	Selhurst Park	13,819
Swindlehurst, Evans	Lineups		Gwyther
Lincoln City	3	1	Reading	Sincil Bank	6,502
Cooper, Ward 2	Lineups		Hollis
Mansfield Town	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Field Mill	7,240
Foster C	Lineups		Cattlin
Peterborough United	2	0	Oxford United	London Road	6,111
Taylor OG, Doyle	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Port Vale	Fratton Park	7,456
Pollock	Lineups		Beamish
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	Hillsborough	17,030
	Lineups		Hornsby
Swindon Town	5	1	Northampton Town	County Ground	7,483
Anderson 2 (2p), Moss, McLaughlin, Syrett	Lineups		McGowan
Wrexham	2	1	Gillingham	Racecourse Ground	7,370
Shinton 2	Lineups		Overton
York City	0	2	Chester	Bootham Crescent	2,182
	Lineups		Crossley (p), Dearden

				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	12	5	1	0	22	6	2	2	2	6	8	14	17	D	W	L	W	D	1976-10-30	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Wrexham	11	5	1	0	11	3	3	0	2	13	7	14	17	W	W	W	W	D	1976-10-30	Bury	H
3	0	Shrewsbury Town	11	5	0	0	16	3	2	2	2	7	7	13	16	W	W	L	W	W	1976-10-26	Crystal Palace	A
4	3	Lincoln City	11	2	3	0	7	3	3	1	2	9	7	6	14	W	W	L	D	W	1976-10-26	Oxford United	A
5	5	Swindon Town	12	5	1	0	17	7	1	1	4	3	9	4	14	W	L	W	L	L	1976-10-26	Bury	A
6	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	2	1	12	4	1	2	2	6	10	4	14	L	W	W	W	D	1976-10-30	Mansfield Town	H
7	1	Bury	11	6	0	0	16	4	0	2	3	5	14	3	14	W	D	W	L	W	1976-10-26	Swindon Town	H
8	-3	Preston North End	12	4	2	0	17	6	0	3	3	5	9	7	13	L	W	W	D	W	1976-10-30	Gillingham	A
9	3	Crystal Palace	11	4	1	1	10	6	1	2	2	3	4	3	13	W	L	D	D	W	1976-10-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	5	Chester	12	2	1	2	4	5	3	2	2	6	7	-2	13	W	W	D	L	W	1976-10-30	Reading	A
11	0	Mansfield Town	11	3	2	0	13	3	2	0	4	5	8	7	12	D	L	L	W	L	1976-10-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	-6	Rotherham United	11	3	2	1	12	6	1	2	2	5	6	5	12	L	L	D	W	D	1976-10-26	Portsmouth	H
13	-4	Reading	12	3	1	1	9	4	2	1	4	8	14	-1	12	L	L	L	W	W	1976-10-30	Chester	H
14	2	Peterborough United	14	5	1	2	10	7	0	1	5	6	17	-8	12	W	L	L	W	L	1976-10-30	Portsmouth	A
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	1	2	6	4	1	2	2	5	6	1	11	W	W	D	D	L	1976-10-25	Port Vale	H
16	-2	Gillingham	11	2	2	1	7	6	2	1	3	9	12	-2	11	L	L	L	W	D	1976-10-30	Preston North End	H
17	3	Chesterfield	12	2	1	3	6	11	2	1	3	7	10	-8	10	W	L	W	W	L	1976-10-30	York City	H
18	-1	Oxford United	11	1	3	1	10	10	1	2	3	9	11	-2	9	L	D	D	D	L	1976-10-26	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Walsall	12	2	1	2	10	9	1	2	4	3	12	-8	9	L	W	D	L	W	1976-10-30	Crystal Palace	H
20	-1	Grimsby Town	11	3	2	1	6	3	0	0	5	4	15	-8	8	L	W	D	L	W	1976-10-30	Port Vale	A
21	1	Port Vale	12	2	1	3	9	9	0	2	4	3	12	-9	7	D	L	W	L	L	1976-10-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	-1	Northampton Town	11	2	0	3	5	6	0	2	4	4	13	-10	6	L	W	L	L	L	1976-10-26	York City	A
23	1	Portsmouth	11	1	3	2	5	7	0	1	4	4	12	-10	6	D	L	D	L	L	1976-10-26	Rotherham United	A
24	-1	York City	11	2	2	2	6	7	0	0	5	4	16	-13	6	L	L	D	L	W	1976-10-26	Northampton Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Dean Court	3,908
	Lineups
Aldershot	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Recreation Ground	4,598
Bell	Lineups
Brentford	0	3	Darlington	Griffin Park	4,303
	Lineups		Ferguson, Lyons, Rowles
Halifax Town	0	2	Cambridge United	The Shay	1,523
	Lineups		Stringer, Seddon
Hartlepool	2	0	Rochdale	Victoria Park	1,492
Scaife, Reed (p)	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Colchester United	Old Showground	3,278
Keeley, Pilling	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Exeter City	Roots Hall	4,605
Denny, Parker S	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Stockport County	Plainmoor	2,938
Brown	Lineups		Daniels, Massey
Workington	0	1	Watford	Borough Park	1,426
	Lineups		Mercer

				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	Bradford City	11	4	1	0	16	8	3	1	2	13	9	12	16	W	W	L	W	D	1976-10-27	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Stockport County	11	4	1	0	11	4	3	1	2	8	8	7	16	W	D	L	W	L	1976-10-25	Exeter City	H
3	0	Cambridge United	11	4	0	1	11	3	2	3	1	9	6	11	15	W	W	D	L	W	1976-10-26	Southport	A
4	5	Aldershot	11	4	2	0	9	4	2	0	3	5	6	4	14	W	L	W	L	D	1976-10-27	Rochdale	H
5	5	Southend United	11	3	3	0	8	3	1	3	1	5	6	4	14	W	D	D	W	D	1976-10-26	Barnsley	A
6	-1	AFC Bournemouth	11	2	4	0	7	3	2	2	1	5	5	4	14	D	D	W	D	D	1976-10-25	Darlington	A
7	-3	Rochdale	11	2	3	0	6	3	2	2	2	5	5	3	13	L	D	W	D	D	1976-10-27	Aldershot	A
8	-2	Swansea City	11	4	1	0	12	7	1	2	3	8	13	0	13	W	W	L	W	D	1976-10-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	-2	Colchester United	11	5	0	0	18	6	0	2	4	1	7	6	12	L	W	D	W	D	1976-10-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	4	Scunthorpe United	11	4	0	1	11	2	1	2	3	5	8	6	12	W	L	W	W	L	1976-10-30	Darlington	H
11	-3	Huddersfield Town	11	5	1	0	11	3	0	1	4	2	7	3	12	L	W	W	L	W	1976-10-26	Watford	H
12	3	Watford	11	4	2	0	13	4	1	0	4	3	11	1	12	W	D	L	D	W	1976-10-26	Huddersfield Town	A
13	3	Darlington	11	4	0	1	7	4	1	2	3	6	10	-1	12	W	W	D	W	L	1976-10-25	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	-1	Crewe Alexandra	12	4	2	0	11	4	0	2	4	4	13	-2	12	D	D	W	W	L	1976-10-27	Torquay United	A
15	-4	Barnsley	11	3	3	0	10	6	1	0	4	4	7	1	11	L	D	W	L	W	1976-10-26	Southend United	H
16	-4	Exeter City	11	3	2	0	8	2	1	1	4	6	14	-2	11	L	D	L	W	W	1976-10-25	Stockport County	A
17	0	Torquay United	10	2	1	3	5	8	1	2	1	6	3	0	9	L	L	W	D	D	1976-10-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	0	3	10	10	0	3	2	7	9	-2	9	L	L	W	L	W	1976-10-25	Colchester United	H
19	0	Newport County	11	1	2	2	3	5	1	1	4	3	8	-7	7	L	L	D	D	W	1976-10-26	Hartlepool United	H
20	0	Brentford	11	1	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	7	13	-7	6	L	L	D	L	D	1976-10-25	Workington	H
21	0	Halifax Town	11	1	1	4	4	8	0	3	2	3	8	-9	6	L	L	L	D	W	1976-10-27	Bradford City	A
22	1	Southport	11	1	3	2	4	8	0	1	4	3	9	-10	6	W	D	D	L	L	1976-10-26	Cambridge United	H
23	-1	Workington	11	1	2	3	3	7	0	2	3	3	9	-10	6	L	D	L	L	L	1976-10-25	Brentford	A
24	0	Hartlepool United	11	1	3	1	7	6	0	1	5	4	17	-12	6	W	L	D	L	L	1976-10-26	Newport County	A