1976-12-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Manchester United	Highbury	39,572
Macdonald 2, Brady	Lineups		McIlroy
Aston Villa	2	1	Newcastle United	Villa Park	33,982
Deehan 2	Lineups		Gowling
Bristol City	1	2	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate	15,074
Merrick	Lineups		Armstrong (p), Brine
Everton	2	2	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	32,541
McKenzie 2	Lineups		Francis, Hibbitt
Ipswich Town	0	0	Derby County	Portman Road	23,234
	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Filbert Street	16,397
Blockley, Earle	Lineups		Coates
Manchester City	2	0	Coventry City	Maine Road	32,427
Kidd, Tueart	Lineups
Stoke City	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Victoria Ground	15,989
	Lineups		Statham, Trewick
Sunderland	0	1	Norwich City	Roker Park	23,468
	Lineups		Busby
West Ham United	2	0	Liverpool	Upton Park	24,175
Brooking, Jennings	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	1	Ipswich Town	18	6	4	0	21	6	5	1	2	15	11	19	27	D	W	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Coventry City	A
2	-1	Liverpool	20	8	1	0	22	5	4	2	5	10	15	12	27	L	L	W	L	W	1976-12-27	Stoke City	H
3	0	Aston Villa	19	8	1	1	32	12	3	2	4	9	11	18	25	W	W	W	D	D	1976-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Manchester City	19	6	3	1	15	8	2	6	1	10	7	10	25	W	D	D	W	D	1976-12-27	Leeds United	A
5	0	Newcastle United	18	6	3	0	17	7	2	3	4	13	15	8	22	L	L	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Sunderland	H
6	0	Arsenal	18	6	2	1	21	9	3	2	4	13	18	7	22	W	D	W	W	D	1976-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	1	Leicester City	20	3	5	2	16	16	2	6	2	8	12	-4	21	W	D	L	D	D	1976-12-27	Derby County	A
8	-1	Birmingham City	20	5	2	2	16	9	3	2	6	16	19	4	20	D	W	L	W	D	1976-12-27	West Ham United	H
9	0	Middlesbrough	18	6	1	2	7	4	2	3	4	5	12	-4	20	W	D	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Aston Villa	H
10	1	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	3	1	20	7	2	2	5	7	16	4	19	W	D	W	L	D	1976-12-27	Bristol City	H
11	-1	Coventry City	17	5	2	3	18	13	1	3	3	5	9	1	17	L	W	L	D	W	1976-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
12	0	Leeds United	17	2	5	2	13	14	3	2	3	10	9	0	17	L	D	D	D	W	1976-12-27	Manchester City	H
13	0	Everton	18	4	3	2	15	11	2	2	5	14	21	-3	17	D	L	L	L	W	1976-12-27	Manchester United	A
14	0	Stoke City	17	6	1	1	10	5	0	3	6	2	13	-6	16	L	L	W	D	W	1976-12-27	Liverpool	A
15	3	Norwich City	18	3	2	3	8	10	2	3	5	9	15	-8	15	W	D	L	W	D	1976-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	1	Derby County	17	3	4	1	15	7	0	4	5	6	16	-2	14	D	D	L	W	L	1976-12-27	Leicester City	H
17	-2	Manchester United	16	1	3	3	11	13	3	3	3	13	14	-3	14	L	L	D	D	L	1976-12-27	Everton	H
18	-2	Queens Park Rangers	17	5	1	2	13	9	0	3	6	8	17	-5	14	L	L	W	L	D	1976-12-27	Norwich City	A
19	0	Bristol City	17	2	3	4	11	10	2	1	5	5	11	-5	12	L	L	W	W	D	1976-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	4	3	10	10	1	0	7	13	28	-15	12	L	D	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Arsenal	H
21	1	West Ham United	18	3	2	5	11	14	1	1	6	8	18	-13	11	W	L	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Birmingham City	A
22	-1	Sunderland	18	1	2	5	4	9	1	3	6	9	19	-15	9	L	L	L	L	W	1976-12-27	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	3	Millwall	Turf Moor	8,427
Cochrane	Lineups		Hazell, Seasman, Fairbrother
Carlisle United	4	3	Cardiff City	Brunton Park	5,934
McVitie, Rafferty 3	Lineups		Sayer, Buchanan, Evans
Hereford United	2	3	Orient	Edgar Street	5,640
Lindsay, Galley	Lineups		Whittle 2, Bennett
Hull City	1	1	Chelsea	Boothferry Park	11,774
Hemmerman	Lineups		Britton
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	City Ground	15,180
Barrett	Lineups		Austin
Sheffield United	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Bramall Lane	15,201
Woodward, Guthrie	Lineups		Staniforth, Warboys 2
Southampton	3	3	Blackpool	The Dell	14,918
Channon 3	Lineups		Bentley, Walsh 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	18,444
Gould	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	20	7	2	0	21	13	4	4	3	13	13	8	28	D	D	D	L	W	1976-12-27	Fulham	H
2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	6	1	3	24	11	3	5	1	21	14	20	24	W	D	W	W	L	1976-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
3	-1	Nottingham Forest	19	6	3	1	31	15	3	3	3	10	7	19	24	D	W	W	W	D	1976-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	0	Blackpool	19	5	1	3	14	11	4	5	1	18	12	9	24	D	D	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Carlisle United	H
5	-2	Bolton Wanderers	18	7	0	1	16	7	3	3	4	15	16	8	23	L	D	W	W	W	1976-12-21	Luton Town	H
6	0	Sheffield United	19	4	5	1	14	9	2	3	4	8	14	-1	20	L	D	W	W	D	1976-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
7	0	Fulham	19	5	3	2	18	10	1	4	4	11	16	3	19	W	D	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Chelsea	A
8	4	Bristol Rovers	19	5	3	2	18	12	2	2	5	10	16	0	19	W	W	L	W	D	1976-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	17	6	3	0	18	9	1	2	5	5	16	-2	19	L	W	D	W	L	1976-12-27	Sheffield United	H
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	17	6	1	2	25	14	1	3	4	11	17	5	18	W	L	L	L	W	1976-12-27	Millwall	A
11	2	Millwall	17	5	1	3	16	8	3	1	4	11	14	5	18	W	L	L	W	W	1976-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
12	-2	Blackburn Rovers	18	5	1	2	12	5	3	1	6	6	19	-6	18	L	L	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Burnley	H
13	-2	Luton Town	17	4	2	2	12	10	3	1	5	15	16	1	17	D	W	W	L	W	1976-12-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	0	Hull City	17	5	3	0	17	6	0	4	5	4	15	0	17	D	D	L	W	L	1976-12-27	Notts County	A
15	1	Southampton	19	3	5	2	17	15	2	1	6	14	21	-5	16	D	D	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	-1	Notts County	17	3	1	4	7	10	4	1	4	18	20	-5	16	L	L	W	D	L	1976-12-27	Hull City	H
17	2	Carlisle United	20	4	4	2	16	13	2	0	8	8	25	-14	16	W	L	W	W	L	1976-12-27	Blackpool	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	19	3	3	4	12	16	2	2	5	13	17	-8	15	L	D	D	L	L	1976-12-27	Hereford United	H
19	-1	Burnley	18	3	5	2	16	14	1	1	6	6	15	-7	14	L	D	L	D	L	1976-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	2	4	4	13	12	1	4	4	10	19	-8	14	D	D	L	L	L	1976-12-27	Southampton	H
21	1	Orient	17	1	2	4	7	9	2	4	4	10	15	-7	12	W	D	L	L	D	1976-12-27	Luton Town	H
22	-1	Hereford United	18	2	3	4	14	20	1	2	6	12	21	-15	11	L	D	L	D	W	1976-12-27	Cardiff City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Chesterfield	Goldstone Ground	14,043
Ward P, Morgan	Lineups		Fern
Bury	0	2	Walsall	Gigg Lane	4,326
	Lineups		Wright, Buckley
Chester	2	1	Swindon Town	Sealand Road	3,399
Richardson, Howat	Lineups		Moss
Crystal Palace	1	1	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	11,032
Silkman	Lineups		McGowan
Grimsby Town	2	1	Reading	Blundell Park	3,289
Waters, Lewis	Lineups		Murray
Mansfield Town	2	0	Wrexham	Field Mill	5,399
Miller, Hodgson	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Manor Ground	4,674
Foley	Lineups		Tynan
Rotherham United	1	1	Port Vale	Millmoor	5,012
Thomson OG	Lineups		Beamish
York City	1	4	Portsmouth	Bootham Crescent	2,258
Pollard	Lineups		Kemp, Denyer, Pollock 2

				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	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	7	1	1	28	9	4	3	3	13	13	19	26	W	L	L	D	W	1976-12-27	Portsmouth	A
2	-1	Shrewsbury Town	19	8	1	0	20	4	3	2	5	12	12	16	25	L	W	W	W	L	1976-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	-1	Wrexham	19	6	4	0	15	5	4	1	4	15	12	13	25	L	D	L	W	W	1976-12-27	Chester	H
4	1	Rotherham United	19	5	4	1	17	9	4	3	2	16	12	12	25	D	W	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Northampton Town	A
5	-1	Preston North End	19	7	2	0	25	7	1	6	3	8	10	16	24	W	D	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Walsall	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	2	3	17	10	3	3	2	12	13	6	23	D	W	W	W	W	1976-12-27	York City	H
7	0	Mansfield Town	18	6	3	0	23	5	3	1	5	8	11	15	22	W	D	L	W	W	1976-12-27	Chesterfield	A
8	3	Crystal Palace	18	5	4	1	14	9	1	4	3	4	6	3	20	D	D	L	D	D	1976-12-27	Gillingham	A
9	-1	Chesterfield	19	5	2	3	16	11	3	2	4	10	13	2	20	L	W	D	W	W	1976-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
10	-1	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	3	2	11	6	1	5	3	9	12	2	20	W	L	W	D	D	1976-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	-1	Bury	19	7	0	3	20	11	1	4	4	9	24	-6	20	L	L	W	D	L	1976-12-27	Port Vale	A
12	0	Swindon Town	19	5	3	1	21	13	2	2	6	6	16	-2	19	L	D	L	L	D	1976-12-27	Oxford United	H
13	1	Chester	18	5	1	2	9	7	3	2	5	7	12	-3	19	W	W	L	W	L	1976-12-27	Wrexham	A
14	-1	Lincoln City	17	2	5	1	13	10	4	1	4	12	14	1	18	L	D	L	L	D	1976-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
15	1	Oxford United	20	3	5	2	17	15	1	4	5	12	16	-2	17	D	W	D	D	L	1976-12-27	Swindon Town	A
16	-1	Gillingham	19	3	4	2	13	11	3	1	6	12	20	-6	17	L	L	L	L	W	1976-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
17	2	Grimsby Town	18	6	2	2	13	6	0	1	7	6	20	-7	15	W	W	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Lincoln City	A
18	-1	Reading	19	4	1	3	13	9	2	2	7	11	23	-8	15	L	L	L	L	D	1976-12-27	Peterborough United	H
19	-1	Peterborough United	20	5	1	4	11	10	0	4	6	9	22	-12	15	D	L	L	L	D	1976-12-27	Reading	A
20	2	Portsmouth	19	2	6	2	8	9	1	2	6	11	18	-8	14	W	D	L	D	L	1976-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	-1	Port Vale	19	3	3	3	13	11	0	5	5	5	15	-8	14	D	D	D	L	D	1976-12-27	Bury	H
22	-1	Walsall	19	2	4	3	14	14	2	2	6	5	14	-9	14	W	D	L	L	L	1976-12-27	Preston North End	H
23	0	Northampton Town	18	3	1	4	8	10	1	3	6	10	20	-12	12	D	L	W	L	D	1976-12-27	Rotherham United	H
24	0	York City	18	3	2	5	9	18	1	1	6	7	20	-22	11	L	L	W	W	D	1976-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	0	Hartlepool	Oakwell	3,667
Joicey 2, Brown	Lineups
Bradford City	1	0	Colchester United	Valley Parade	4,173
Cooke	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Watford	Feethams Ground	2,887
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Belle Vue	3,485
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Leeds Road	4,932
	Lineups		Abbott
Southport	0	0	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	1,165
	Lineups
Swansea City	3	1	Cambridge United	Vetch Field	3,280
Charles, Chappell, Conway	Lineups		Finney
Torquay United	0	0	Southend United	Plainmoor	2,151
	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	1	Bradford City	19	6	3	0	20	8	4	2	4	16	15	13	25	W	D	D	L	D	1976-12-22	Hartlepool United	H
2	-1	Cambridge United	19	5	3	1	18	7	3	5	2	12	9	14	24	L	D	W	D	D	1976-12-27	Newport County	H
3	0	Stockport County	19	6	2	1	14	6	3	3	4	12	14	6	23	W	D	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Watford	A
4	0	Colchester United	18	9	0	0	29	7	1	2	6	4	11	15	22	L	W	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Aldershot	H
5	2	Barnsley	19	7	3	1	23	10	2	1	5	5	8	10	22	W	L	D	W	W	1976-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	AFC Bournemouth	19	5	5	0	18	5	2	3	4	7	13	7	22	D	D	L	W	L	1976-12-27	Swansea City	H
7	1	Southend United	18	4	5	0	14	6	1	6	2	6	9	5	21	D	D	D	W	D	1976-12-27	Brentford	H
8	-2	Huddersfield Town	19	7	2	1	17	8	1	3	5	5	11	3	21	L	D	W	L	W	1976-12-27	Halifax Town	A
9	0	Rochdale	17	3	5	0	9	5	3	3	3	9	8	5	20	L	D	D	D	W	1976-12-27	Bradford City	H
10	0	Aldershot	17	5	3	1	12	6	3	1	4	10	12	4	20	W	W	D	D	L	1976-12-27	Colchester United	A
11	2	Swansea City	18	7	2	0	21	8	1	2	6	9	19	3	20	W	W	L	W	L	1976-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	-1	Watford	18	6	3	0	17	5	1	3	5	6	16	2	20	D	W	D	L	D	1976-12-27	Stockport County	H
13	2	Crewe Alexandra	18	6	2	0	15	5	2	2	6	7	22	-5	20	W	L	W	W	W	1976-12-27	Barnsley	H
14	-2	Exeter City	18	6	2	1	16	7	1	3	5	7	16	0	19	L	L	W	D	W	1976-12-27	Torquay United	H
15	-1	Darlington	18	6	2	1	13	5	1	3	5	8	19	-3	19	D	L	W	D	D	1976-12-27	Hartlepool United	A
16	1	Doncaster Rovers	18	6	1	3	18	13	1	3	4	9	16	-2	18	D	W	W	W	L	1976-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
17	-1	Scunthorpe United	18	5	1	2	16	6	2	2	6	9	17	2	17	L	L	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	0	Torquay United	18	4	2	4	14	12	2	2	4	12	15	-1	16	D	L	W	L	W	1976-12-27	Exeter City	A
19	0	Halifax Town	18	4	1	4	13	9	0	6	3	4	12	-4	15	D	D	W	D	W	1976-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
20	0	Newport County	16	1	4	2	5	7	1	3	5	4	10	-8	11	D	D	L	D	D	1976-12-27	Cambridge United	A
21	2	Southport	18	1	7	2	5	9	0	2	6	5	18	-17	11	D	D	L	D	D	1976-12-27	Workington	A
22	-1	Brentford	17	3	2	3	14	11	0	2	7	10	20	-7	10	L	L	W	L	L	1976-12-27	Southend United	A
23	-1	Hartlepool United	18	2	4	2	10	8	0	2	8	6	26	-18	10	L	L	W	L	D	1976-12-22	Bradford City	A
24	0	Workington	17	1	2	6	5	13	0	2	6	4	20	-24	6	L	L	L	L	L	1976-12-27	Southport	H