1976-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	West Ham United	St Andrew's	39,978
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	28,269
Green	Lineups		Bertschin
Derby County	1	0	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	32,892	Largest home game 1976-77
James	Lineups
Leeds United	0	2	Manchester City	Elland Road	48,708	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Kidd 2
Liverpool	4	0	Stoke City	Anfield Road	50,371
Thompson, Neal (p), Keegan, Johnson	Lineups
Manchester United	4	0	Everton	Old Trafford	56,786
Greenhoff J, Hill, Macari, Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	2	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	31,451	Largest home game 1976-77
Mills 3	Lineups		Gray, Hughes
Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland	St James' Park	49,664	Largest home game 1976-77
Cannell, Kennedy	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	26,652
Machin, Busby	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	47,751	Largest home game 1976-77
Young, Duncan	Lineups		Macdonald 2
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	30,497
Cross	Lineups		Ritchie

				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	Liverpool	21	9	1	0	26	5	4	2	5	10	15	16	29	W	L	L	W	L	1976-12-29	Manchester City	A
2	-1	Ipswich Town	19	6	4	0	21	6	5	2	2	16	12	19	28	D	D	W	W	W	1977-01-03	Manchester United	H
3	1	Manchester City	20	6	3	1	15	8	3	6	1	12	7	12	27	W	W	D	D	W	1976-12-29	Liverpool	H
4	-1	Aston Villa	20	8	1	1	32	12	3	2	5	11	14	17	25	L	W	W	W	D	1977-01-01	Manchester United	A
5	0	Newcastle United	19	7	3	0	19	7	2	3	4	13	15	10	24	W	L	L	W	W	1977-01-22	Derby County	A
6	0	Arsenal	19	6	2	1	21	9	3	3	4	15	20	7	23	D	W	D	W	W	1977-01-03	Leeds United	H
7	2	Middlesbrough	19	7	1	2	10	6	2	3	4	5	12	-3	22	W	W	D	W	L	1976-12-29	Everton	A
8	0	Birmingham City	21	5	3	2	16	9	3	2	6	16	19	4	21	D	D	W	L	W	1977-01-18	Arsenal	H
9	-2	Leicester City	21	3	5	2	16	16	2	6	3	8	13	-5	21	L	W	D	L	D	1977-01-01	Norwich City	A
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	4	1	21	8	2	2	5	7	16	4	20	D	W	D	W	L	1977-01-03	West Ham United	A
11	0	Coventry City	18	5	3	3	19	14	1	3	3	5	9	1	18	D	L	W	L	D	1977-01-03	Sunderland	A
12	0	Leeds United	18	2	5	3	13	16	3	2	3	10	9	-2	17	L	L	D	D	D	1976-12-29	Sunderland	A
13	2	Norwich City	19	4	2	3	10	10	2	3	5	9	15	-6	17	W	W	D	L	W	1977-01-01	Leicester City	H
14	-1	Everton	19	4	3	2	15	11	2	2	6	14	25	-7	17	L	D	L	L	L	1976-12-29	Middlesbrough	H
15	2	Manchester United	17	2	3	3	15	13	3	3	3	13	14	1	16	W	L	L	D	D	1977-01-01	Aston Villa	H
16	0	Derby County	18	4	4	1	16	7	0	4	5	6	16	-1	16	W	D	D	L	W	1977-01-15	Middlesbrough	A
17	-3	Stoke City	18	6	1	1	10	5	0	3	7	2	17	-10	16	L	L	L	W	D	1977-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	1	2	13	9	0	3	7	8	19	-7	14	L	L	L	W	L	1977-01-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Bristol City	18	2	3	4	11	10	2	2	5	6	12	-5	13	D	L	L	W	W	1977-01-19	Manchester United	A
20	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	3	5	3	12	12	1	0	7	13	28	-15	13	D	L	D	W	L	1977-01-01	West Ham United	H
21	0	West Ham United	19	3	2	5	11	14	1	2	6	8	18	-13	12	D	W	L	W	L	1977-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Sunderland	19	1	2	5	4	9	1	3	7	9	21	-17	9	L	L	L	L	L	1976-12-29	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Burnley	Ewood Park	22,189	Largest home game 1976-77
Byrom 2	Lineups		Brennan, Noble
Blackpool	0	0	Carlisle United	Bloomfield Road	17,075
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Burnden Park	32,630
Whatmore	Lineups		Withe
Bristol Rovers	1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Eastville	20,660	Largest home game 1976-77
Williams	Lineups		Sunderland 2, Eadie OG, Kindon, Daley
Cardiff City	3	1	Hereford United	Ninian Park	14,465
Giles, Evans 2	Lineups		Paine
Chelsea	2	0	Fulham	Stamford Bridge	55,003	Largest home & D 2 game 1976-77
Droy, Swain	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Charlton Athletic	The Den, New Cross	20,914
Lee	Lineups		Burman
Notts County	1	1	Hull City	Meadow Lane	10,634
Needham	Lineups		Hemmerman
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Sheffield United	Boundary Park	14,421
Halom	Lineups		Guthrie, Woodward
Orient	1	0	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	8,356
Bennett	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Southampton	Home Park	24,787
Bannister	Lineups		MacDougall

				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	21	8	2	0	23	13	4	4	3	13	13	10	30	W	D	D	D	L	1976-12-29	Luton Town	A
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	6	1	3	24	11	4	5	1	26	15	24	26	W	W	D	W	W	1977-01-01	Millwall	A
3	-1	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	1	1	19	9	3	3	4	15	16	9	26	D	W	L	D	W	1976-12-28	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	20	6	3	1	31	15	3	4	3	11	8	19	25	D	D	W	W	W	1977-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	0	Blackpool	20	5	2	3	14	11	4	5	1	18	12	9	25	D	D	D	W	W	1976-12-28	Burnley	A
6	0	Sheffield United	20	4	5	1	14	9	3	3	4	10	15	0	22	W	L	D	W	W	1976-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	3	Charlton Athletic	18	6	1	2	25	14	1	4	4	12	18	5	19	D	W	L	L	L	1977-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	3	Millwall	18	5	2	3	17	9	3	1	4	11	14	5	19	D	W	L	L	W	1976-12-28	Fulham	A
9	-2	Fulham	20	5	3	2	18	10	1	4	5	11	18	1	19	L	W	D	W	L	1976-12-28	Millwall	H
10	-1	Oldham Athletic	18	6	3	1	19	11	1	2	5	5	16	-3	19	L	L	W	D	W	1976-12-28	Hull City	A
11	-3	Bristol Rovers	20	5	3	3	19	17	2	2	5	10	16	-4	19	L	W	W	L	W	1976-12-29	Southampton	A
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	2	2	14	7	3	1	6	6	19	-6	19	D	L	L	W	W	1976-12-29	Carlisle United	A
13	1	Hull City	18	5	3	0	17	6	0	5	5	5	16	0	18	D	D	D	L	W	1976-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
14	-1	Luton Town	19	4	2	2	12	10	3	1	7	16	19	-1	17	L	L	D	W	W	1976-12-29	Chelsea	H
15	0	Southampton	20	3	5	2	17	15	2	2	6	15	22	-5	17	D	D	D	W	L	1976-12-29	Bristol Rovers	H
16	0	Notts County	18	3	2	4	8	11	4	1	4	18	20	-5	17	D	L	L	W	D	1977-01-03	Carlisle United	A
17	1	Cardiff City	20	4	3	4	15	17	2	2	5	13	17	-6	17	W	L	D	D	L	1977-01-01	Fulham	H
18	-1	Carlisle United	21	4	4	2	16	13	2	1	8	8	25	-14	17	D	W	L	W	W	1976-12-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	0	Burnley	19	3	5	2	16	14	1	2	6	8	17	-7	15	D	L	D	L	D	1976-12-28	Blackpool	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	2	5	4	14	13	1	4	4	10	19	-8	15	D	D	D	L	L	1977-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Orient	18	2	2	4	8	9	2	4	4	10	15	-6	14	W	W	D	L	L	1977-01-22	Chelsea	A
22	0	Hereford United	19	2	3	4	14	20	1	2	7	13	24	-17	11	L	L	D	L	D	1977-01-01	Chelsea	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chesterfield	0	1	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	11,826
	Lineups		Randall
Gillingham	0	3	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Stadium	11,237
	Lineups		Swindlehurst, Silkman, Perrin
Lincoln City	2	0	Grimsby Town	Sincil Bank	11,645
Graham, Ward	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	4	Rotherham United	County Ground	6,963
Gregory	Lineups		Phillips, Finney, Crawford 2
Port Vale	0	1	Bury	Vale Park	5,862
	Lineups		Tucker
Portsmouth	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	32,368	Largest home & D 3 game 1976-77
Kemp	Lineups
Reading	1	0	Peterborough United	Elm Park	7,499
Murray	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	York City	Hillsborough	22,004	Largest home game 1976-77
Leman, Tynan, Walden	Lineups		Holmes, Pollard
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Gay Meadow	8,887
Griffin, Griffiths OG	Lineups		Palios, Allen
Swindon Town	1	0	Oxford United	County Ground	13,503	Largest home game 1976-77
Prophett	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Preston North End	Fellows Park	8,769	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Bruce
Wrexham	4	2	Chester	Racecourse Ground	15,412
Whittle 3, Shinton	Lineups		Edwards I, Crossley (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	3	Rotherham United	20	5	4	1	17	9	5	3	2	20	13	15	27	W	D	W	W	W	1976-12-28	Chesterfield	H
2	1	Wrexham	20	7	4	0	19	7	4	1	4	15	12	15	27	W	L	D	L	W	1977-01-15	Reading	H
3	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	7	1	1	28	9	4	3	4	13	14	18	26	L	W	L	L	D	1976-12-29	Gillingham	H
4	1	Preston North End	20	7	2	0	25	7	2	6	3	9	10	17	26	W	W	D	W	W	1977-01-01	Northampton Town	A
5	-3	Shrewsbury Town	20	8	2	0	22	6	3	2	5	12	12	16	26	D	L	W	W	W	1976-12-28	Chester	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	2	3	20	12	3	3	2	12	13	7	25	W	D	W	W	W	1976-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	Mansfield Town	19	6	3	0	23	5	4	1	5	9	11	16	24	W	W	D	L	W	1976-12-28	Port Vale	H
8	0	Crystal Palace	19	5	4	1	14	9	2	4	3	7	6	6	22	W	D	D	L	D	1977-01-01	Reading	A
9	2	Bury	20	7	0	3	20	11	2	4	4	10	24	-5	22	W	L	L	W	D	1977-01-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	3	2	11	6	1	6	3	11	14	2	21	D	W	L	W	D	1976-12-28	Walsall	H
11	1	Swindon Town	20	6	3	1	22	13	2	2	6	6	16	-1	21	W	L	D	L	L	1977-01-22	Port Vale	A
12	2	Lincoln City	18	3	5	1	15	10	4	1	4	12	14	3	20	W	L	D	L	L	1977-01-18	Walsall	H
13	-4	Chesterfield	20	5	2	4	16	12	3	2	4	10	13	1	20	L	L	W	D	W	1976-12-28	Rotherham United	A
14	-1	Chester	19	5	1	2	9	7	3	2	6	9	16	-5	19	L	W	W	L	W	1976-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	0	Oxford United	21	3	5	2	17	15	1	4	6	12	17	-3	17	L	D	W	D	D	1976-12-29	Reading	H
16	2	Reading	20	5	1	3	14	9	2	2	7	11	23	-7	17	W	L	L	L	L	1976-12-29	Oxford United	A
17	-1	Gillingham	20	3	4	3	13	14	3	1	6	12	20	-9	17	L	L	L	L	L	1976-12-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	2	Portsmouth	20	3	6	2	9	9	1	2	6	11	18	-7	16	W	W	D	L	D	1977-01-01	Oxford United	H
19	-2	Grimsby Town	19	6	2	2	13	6	0	1	8	6	22	-9	15	L	W	W	W	L	1976-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-1	Peterborough United	21	5	1	4	11	10	0	4	7	9	23	-13	15	L	D	L	L	L	1977-01-03	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Port Vale	20	3	3	4	13	12	0	5	5	5	15	-9	14	L	D	D	D	L	1976-12-28	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Walsall	20	2	4	4	14	15	2	2	6	5	14	-10	14	L	W	D	L	L	1976-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	0	Northampton Town	19	3	1	5	9	14	1	3	6	10	20	-15	12	L	D	L	W	L	1977-01-01	Preston North End	H
24	0	York City	19	3	2	5	9	18	1	1	7	9	23	-23	11	L	L	L	W	W	1977-01-08	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Swansea City	Dean Court	6,329	Largest home game 1976-77
Impey	Lineups		James
Cambridge United	3	1	Newport County	Abbey Stadium	4,685
Walker OG, Biley, Horsfall	Lineups		Woods
Colchester United	1	0	Aldershot	Layer Road	6,007
Smith	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Barnsley	Gresty Road	3,724	Largest home game 1976-77
Abbott	Lineups
Exeter City	3	0	Torquay United	St James Park	6,446
Saxton, Kellow, Jennings	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Huddersfield Town	The Shay	8,720	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups
Hartlepool	1	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	4,885	Largest home game 1976-77
O'Donnell	Lineups		Ferguson
Rochdale	0	1	Bradford City	Spotland	2,942	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Dolan
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Old Showground	7,128	Largest home game 1976-77
Green	Lineups		Brookes
Southend United	2	1	Brentford	Roots Hall	9,239
Goodwin, Little	Lineups		Cross (p)
Watford	1	1	Stockport County	Vicarage Road	8,299
Coffill	Lineups		Fletcher
Workington	2	2	Southport	Borough Park	1,624
Owen 2	Lineups		Wilson, Dewsnip

				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	21	6	4	0	22	10	5	2	4	17	15	14	28	W	D	W	D	D	1977-01-01	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Cambridge United	20	6	3	1	21	8	3	5	2	12	9	16	26	W	L	D	W	D	1977-01-01	Bradford City	H
3	1	Colchester United	19	10	0	0	30	7	1	2	6	4	11	16	24	W	L	W	W	W	1976-12-29	Swansea City	A
4	-1	Stockport County	20	6	2	1	14	6	3	4	4	13	15	6	24	D	W	D	W	L	1976-12-29	Rochdale	H
5	1	AFC Bournemouth	20	5	6	0	19	6	2	3	4	7	13	7	23	D	D	D	L	W	1977-01-01	Brentford	H
6	1	Southend United	19	5	5	0	16	7	1	6	2	6	9	6	23	W	D	D	D	W	1976-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	-2	Barnsley	20	7	3	1	23	10	2	1	6	5	9	9	22	L	W	L	D	W	1976-12-29	Halifax Town	H
8	0	Huddersfield Town	20	7	2	1	17	8	1	4	5	5	11	3	22	D	L	D	W	L	1976-12-28	Scunthorpe United	H
9	4	Crewe Alexandra	19	7	2	0	16	5	2	2	6	7	22	-4	22	W	W	L	W	W	1976-12-29	Southport	A
10	1	Swansea City	19	7	2	0	21	8	1	3	6	10	20	3	21	D	W	W	L	W	1976-12-29	Colchester United	H
11	3	Exeter City	19	7	2	1	19	7	1	3	5	7	16	3	21	W	L	L	W	D	1977-01-01	Swansea City	H
12	0	Watford	19	6	4	0	18	6	1	3	5	6	16	2	21	D	D	W	D	L	1977-01-01	Torquay United	H
13	-4	Rochdale	18	3	5	1	9	6	3	3	3	9	8	4	20	L	L	D	D	D	1976-12-29	Stockport County	A
14	-4	Aldershot	18	5	3	1	12	6	3	1	5	10	13	3	20	L	W	W	D	D	1977-01-01	Southend United	A
15	0	Darlington	19	6	2	1	13	5	1	4	5	9	20	-3	20	D	D	L	W	D	1976-12-28	Workington	H
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	19	6	1	3	18	13	1	4	4	10	17	-2	19	D	D	W	W	W	1976-12-28	Southend United	H
17	0	Scunthorpe United	19	5	2	2	17	7	2	2	6	9	17	2	18	D	L	L	W	L	1976-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
18	0	Torquay United	19	4	2	4	14	12	2	2	5	12	18	-4	16	L	D	L	W	L	1977-01-01	Watford	A
19	0	Halifax Town	19	4	2	4	13	9	0	6	3	4	12	-4	16	D	D	D	W	D	1976-12-29	Barnsley	A
20	1	Southport	19	1	7	2	5	9	0	3	6	7	20	-17	12	D	D	D	L	D	1976-12-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	1	Hartlepool United	20	2	5	2	11	9	0	3	8	8	28	-18	12	D	D	L	L	W	1977-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	-2	Newport County	17	1	4	2	5	7	1	3	6	5	13	-10	11	L	D	D	L	D	1977-01-01	Colchester United	A
23	0	Brentford	18	3	2	3	14	11	0	2	8	11	22	-8	10	L	L	L	W	L	1977-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
24	0	Workington	18	1	3	6	7	15	0	2	6	4	20	-24	7	D	L	L	L	L	1976-12-28	Darlington	A