1977-03-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	4	Ipswich Town	Highbury	34,688
Macdonald (p)	Lineups		Talbot, Wark (p), Bertschin, Mariner
Birmingham City	3	1	Coventry City	St Andrew's	22,607
Francis, Connolly, Emmanuel	Lineups		Powell
Bristol City	1	2	Everton	Ashton Gate	21,108
Cormack (p)	Lineups		Latchford, Gilies OG
Leeds United	2	1	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	32,152
McQueen 2	Lineups		Wood
Leicester City	1	1	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	22,038
Sammels (p)	Lineups		Deehan
Liverpool	1	0	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	45,553
Heighway	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Manchester City	Old Trafford	58,595
Coppell, Hill, Pearson	Lineups		Royle
Norwich City	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Carrow Road	22,949
Neighbour	Lineups		Pratt, Armstrong, Taylor
Stoke City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Victoria Ground	15,454
Bowers	Lineups
Sunderland	6	0	West Ham United	Roker Park	35,357
Holden 2, Rowell 2, Kerr, Lee	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Derby County	The Hawthorns	19,280
Robson	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	0	Liverpool	29	13	2	0	37	8	4	4	6	12	18	23	40	W	W	D	W	L	1977-03-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	1	Ipswich Town	27	10	4	1	31	8	6	2	4	20	15	28	38	W	L	L	W	W	1977-03-09	Newcastle United	A
3	-1	Manchester City	28	9	4	1	24	9	4	7	3	17	13	19	37	L	W	L	D	W	1977-03-09	Sunderland	H
4	1	Manchester United	27	8	4	3	30	17	5	3	4	20	19	14	33	W	W	D	W	W	1977-03-12	Leeds United	H
5	-1	Aston Villa	26	10	1	1	38	12	4	3	7	13	18	21	32	D	W	L	W	W	1977-03-23	Sunderland	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	27	10	2	2	17	6	2	5	6	9	21	-1	31	L	L	W	W	D	1977-03-09	Norwich City	A
7	0	Newcastle United	26	9	4	0	26	9	2	4	7	17	24	10	30	L	W	W	L	D	1977-03-09	Ipswich Town	H
8	2	Leeds United	27	5	5	4	19	20	6	3	4	15	14	0	30	W	L	W	W	L	1977-03-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-1	Leicester City	29	6	6	2	22	17	3	6	6	14	25	-6	30	D	L	W	W	W	1977-03-12	Coventry City	H
10	-1	Arsenal	29	7	4	3	26	17	3	4	8	19	31	-3	28	L	L	L	L	L	1977-03-08	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	1	West Bromwich Albion	27	7	5	2	26	12	2	4	7	9	24	-1	27	W	W	L	D	L	1977-03-08	Arsenal	A
12	1	Birmingham City	28	7	4	3	27	18	3	2	9	18	26	1	26	W	L	W	L	L	1977-03-12	Derby County	A
13	-2	Norwich City	29	8	3	4	21	17	2	3	9	11	26	-11	26	L	L	W	L	L	1977-03-09	Middlesbrough	H
14	1	Stoke City	27	8	1	3	13	8	1	6	8	4	19	-10	25	W	W	L	W	L	1977-03-15	Newcastle United	H
15	1	Everton	27	5	4	4	21	19	4	2	8	17	30	-11	24	W	W	W	L	L	1977-03-22	Liverpool	H
16	-2	Coventry City	25	5	4	3	20	15	3	3	7	9	20	-6	23	L	L	L	W	D	1977-03-09	Derby County	A
17	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	1	2	18	12	1	4	8	12	22	-4	21	L	W	D	W	W	1977-03-08	Leeds United	H
18	3	Sunderland	29	5	3	7	21	12	1	4	9	9	25	-7	19	W	W	W	W	D	1977-03-09	Manchester City	A
19	3	Tottenham Hotspur	27	5	5	4	16	16	2	0	11	18	37	-19	19	W	L	L	L	L	1977-03-09	Liverpool	H
20	-2	West Ham United	27	5	3	6	14	15	2	2	9	12	30	-19	19	L	W	W	W	L	1977-03-12	Manchester City	H
21	-2	Bristol City	25	4	4	5	16	13	2	2	8	7	17	-7	18	L	L	W	L	D	1977-03-12	Ipswich Town	A
22	-2	Derby County	25	5	4	2	20	10	0	4	10	8	29	-11	18	L	L	L	L	L	1977-03-09	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	9,630
Mitchell	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Burnden Park	19,754
Whatmore 2, Jones P (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Brunton Park	7,604
Martin	Lineups		Robertson (p)
Chelsea	2	2	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	27,412
Wicks, Swain	Lineups		Ronson, Spence
Hereford United	1	0	Fulham	Edgar Street	6,590
McNeil	Lineups
Hull City	4	1	Burnley	Boothferry Park	6,636
Lord 3, Grimes	Lineups		Smith
Luton Town	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	19,200
Husband, Fuccillo	Lineups
Millwall	0	2	Cardiff City	The Den, New Cross	9,479
	Lineups		Evans 2
Notts County	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	10,058
Busby, Carter	Lineups		Evans
Orient	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Brisbane Road	5,206
	Lineups		Groves, Halom
Southampton	2	1	Charlton Athletic	The Dell	18,421
MacDougall, Andruszewski	Lineups		Burman

				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	30	9	6	0	34	20	5	5	5	17	21	10	39	D	D	D	L	D	1977-03-12	Cardiff City	A
2	1	Bolton Wanderers	28	11	2	1	31	12	5	4	5	22	23	18	38	W	D	D	W	L	1977-03-12	Blackpool	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	10	1	3	35	15	4	8	2	28	19	29	37	L	W	W	D	W	1977-03-12	Hereford United	H
4	1	Luton Town	29	10	2	2	26	11	6	1	8	23	22	16	35	W	W	W	W	W	1977-03-08	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Blackpool	30	7	5	3	22	14	4	8	3	22	18	12	35	D	L	D	D	W	1977-03-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	1	Notts County	28	8	2	4	20	14	6	3	5	27	28	5	33	W	W	D	W	W	1977-03-08	Nottingham Forest	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	27	7	3	2	35	17	5	5	5	18	14	22	32	D	W	L	L	W	1977-03-08	Notts County	H
8	0	Millwall	28	6	4	5	24	18	5	4	4	19	19	6	30	L	D	D	D	D	1977-03-08	Orient	A
9	0	Charlton Athletic	29	9	4	2	36	21	1	6	7	15	25	5	30	L	D	L	W	D	1977-03-11	Carlisle United	H
10	0	Oldham Athletic	26	9	3	1	27	12	3	3	7	11	23	3	30	W	L	W	L	W	1977-03-08	Luton Town	A
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	2	3	22	11	3	3	8	9	26	-6	29	W	W	W	L	D	1977-03-08	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Hull City	28	7	6	1	27	12	0	8	6	9	21	3	28	W	D	D	D	W	1977-03-12	Nottingham Forest	A
13	0	Southampton	27	6	6	3	25	21	3	3	6	23	24	3	27	W	W	D	D	W	1977-03-11	Fulham	A
14	2	Cardiff City	28	6	4	5	22	20	3	3	7	17	21	-2	25	W	L	L	W	L	1977-03-08	Sheffield United	A
15	-1	Sheffield United	27	4	7	3	19	18	3	3	7	12	22	-9	24	L	D	L	D	L	1977-03-08	Cardiff City	H
16	-1	Bristol Rovers	29	7	4	3	23	19	2	2	11	15	34	-15	24	L	L	W	L	L	1977-03-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	30	3	7	5	20	19	2	6	7	15	29	-13	23	L	L	D	D	L	1977-03-12	Luton Town	A
18	0	Orient	24	3	2	5	10	11	4	5	5	14	19	-6	21	L	W	W	L	W	1977-03-08	Millwall	H
19	0	Fulham	30	5	5	5	24	20	1	4	10	13	32	-15	21	L	L	L	L	D	1977-03-11	Southampton	H
20	0	Burnley	30	4	8	3	19	17	1	3	11	13	35	-20	21	L	L	W	L	L	1977-03-12	Sheffield United	H
21	0	Carlisle United	29	5	6	5	22	25	2	1	10	9	30	-24	21	D	L	W	L	L	1977-03-11	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Hereford United	27	3	4	5	16	22	1	5	9	18	34	-22	17	W	L	D	L	D	1977-03-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Goldstone Ground	20,363
Horton	Lineups		Kenny
Chester	1	3	Rotherham United	Sealand Road	6,150
Edwards I	Lineups		Crawford, Gwyther, Phillips
Gillingham	2	2	Swindon Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,994
Westwood, Hughes	Lineups		McHale, Moss
Lincoln City	3	2	Chesterfield	Sincil Bank	7,193
Graham 2, Ellis (p)	Lineups		Tartt, Fern
Mansfield Town	1	0	Crystal Palace	Field Mill	10,944
Foster C	Lineups
Oxford United	0	2	York City	Manor Ground	4,377
	Lineups		Pollard, Taylor OG
Peterborough United	0	1	Bury	London Road	4,975
	Lineups		Rowland
Preston North End	2	1	Grimsby Town	Deepdale	7,278
Brown, Bruce	Lineups		Young
Reading	2	0	Portsmouth	Elm Park	8,102
Hetzke 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Wrexham	Hillsborough	13,317
Leman, Wylde, Hope (p)	Lineups		Ashcroft
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Port Vale	Gay Meadow	4,236
Hornsby	Lineups		Rogers
Walsall	0	3	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	4,806
	Lineups		Martin, Stratford 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	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	13	2	1	45	10	5	5	5	14	15	34	43	D	W	W	D	W	1977-03-12	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	Mansfield Town	30	13	3	0	40	8	6	2	6	16	17	31	43	W	W	W	L	W	1977-03-08	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Rotherham United	30	8	6	1	22	9	7	5	3	27	19	21	41	W	W	W	W	D	1977-03-08	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Wrexham	29	9	5	0	27	11	7	1	7	24	22	18	38	L	W	W	W	L	1977-03-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	3	4	28	16	5	4	6	19	23	8	37	W	L	W	L	W	1977-03-12	Lincoln City	H
6	1	Preston North End	30	10	2	2	35	15	3	8	5	11	15	16	36	W	L	L	W	W	1977-03-12	York City	A
7	-2	Crystal Palace	31	10	5	1	24	11	3	5	7	12	14	11	36	L	L	D	W	W	1977-03-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	32	10	4	2	29	13	4	3	9	21	26	11	35	D	L	L	L	L	1977-03-12	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Bury	31	9	2	5	27	18	5	4	6	15	28	-4	34	W	L	W	L	D	1977-03-08	Chester	A
10	2	Lincoln City	27	8	5	1	33	21	4	3	6	17	24	5	32	W	W	D	D	W	1977-03-08	Rotherham United	A
11	-1	Oxford United	33	8	5	4	29	23	2	6	8	17	25	-2	31	L	W	W	L	L	1977-03-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	-1	Chester	29	10	1	4	19	14	4	2	8	13	24	-6	31	L	W	W	W	W	1977-03-08	Bury	H
13	0	Swindon Town	28	7	4	1	27	15	3	5	8	14	27	-1	29	D	D	W	L	W	1977-03-08	Grimsby Town	H
14	0	Gillingham	31	5	7	3	20	19	5	2	9	20	30	-9	29	D	L	L	D	W	1977-03-12	Chesterfield	A
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	29	5	5	4	16	14	2	8	5	16	20	-2	27	D	L	D	L	D	1977-03-07	Wrexham	A
16	0	Peterborough United	30	8	3	5	20	15	0	6	8	10	25	-10	25	L	D	D	L	W	1977-03-07	Port Vale	A
17	3	York City	31	6	4	6	19	26	3	3	9	21	36	-22	25	W	L	D	L	D	1977-03-12	Preston North End	H
18	-1	Portsmouth	30	4	8	4	15	18	3	2	9	19	28	-12	24	L	W	L	L	W	1977-03-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	-1	Chesterfield	31	6	3	6	20	16	3	2	11	17	30	-9	23	L	W	L	L	L	1977-03-12	Gillingham	H
20	1	Port Vale	29	4	4	5	16	16	2	7	7	14	24	-10	23	D	W	D	L	W	1977-03-07	Peterborough United	H
21	-2	Walsall	31	5	4	6	28	23	3	3	10	8	26	-13	23	L	L	L	W	W	1977-03-11	Port Vale	A
22	0	Northampton Town	31	5	1	9	20	27	4	4	8	23	30	-14	23	W	W	W	D	L	1977-03-08	Mansfield Town	H
23	1	Reading	33	6	4	6	21	19	2	2	13	14	38	-22	22	W	L	L	L	D	1977-03-11	Swindon Town	A
24	-1	Grimsby Town	31	7	3	6	19	15	1	1	13	10	33	-19	20	L	L	L	W	L	1977-03-08	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	0	Barnsley	Valley Parade	8,834
	Lineups
Brentford	3	2	Torquay United	Griffin Park	4,172
Sweetzer 3 (1p)	Lineups		Brown, Lee C
Cambridge United	4	1	Workington	Abbey Stadium	3,473
Finney, Hall 3	Lineups		Moore
Darlington	1	3	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	3,407
Young	Lineups		O'Callaghan, Robinson, Murray
Exeter City	2	2	Watford	St James Park	5,867
Beer, Kellow	Lineups		Mercer, Mayes
Hartlepool	1	0	Halifax Town	Victoria Park	1,673
Bielby	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	1,609
	Lineups		Mayman
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Southend United	Old Showground	2,869
Lumby	Lineups
Swansea City	4	2	Aldershot	Vetch Field	3,171
Charles 2, Stead, Conway	Lineups		Crosby, Morrissey

				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	Cambridge United	31	10	5	1	34	11	5	7	3	17	14	26	42	W	W	W	L	D	1977-03-11	Southend United	A
2	0	Bradford City	31	10	6	0	34	15	6	3	6	22	21	20	41	D	W	W	W	W	1977-03-12	Brentford	A
3	0	Colchester United	30	15	0	1	42	9	3	2	9	11	17	27	38	W	L	W	W	L	1977-03-08	Halifax Town	A
4	2	Exeter City	30	12	3	1	29	10	2	7	5	14	22	11	38	D	D	W	W	W	1977-03-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	-1	Southend United	30	8	7	0	25	9	3	8	4	14	14	16	37	L	W	D	L	W	1977-03-11	Cambridge United	H
6	1	Barnsley	31	12	3	1	31	11	4	2	9	11	16	15	37	D	W	L	W	W	1977-03-09	Watford	H
7	-2	Huddersfield Town	30	12	2	1	30	11	3	5	7	15	20	14	37	W	W	W	W	W	1977-03-12	Barnsley	H
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	10	2	4	31	19	4	6	5	17	21	8	36	W	W	W	W	W	1977-03-11	Stockport County	H
9	0	Watford	29	10	5	0	30	8	2	5	7	11	21	12	34	D	W	L	W	D	1977-03-09	Barnsley	A
10	0	AFC Bournemouth	31	9	6	1	28	8	2	5	8	11	22	9	33	L	L	D	L	W	1977-03-09	Workington	A
11	0	Aldershot	30	8	5	2	21	10	5	2	8	16	26	1	33	L	D	W	W	D	1977-03-12	Darlington	H
12	2	Crewe Alexandra	30	10	3	0	23	9	3	4	10	9	32	-9	33	W	W	L	W	L	1977-03-11	Exeter City	H
13	2	Swansea City	29	11	2	1	36	16	2	3	10	15	26	9	31	W	L	L	L	W	1977-03-11	Southport	A
14	-2	Rochdale	32	7	5	4	25	13	4	4	8	13	19	6	31	L	W	L	L	L	1977-03-12	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	-2	Stockport County	29	8	4	3	22	14	3	5	6	13	20	1	31	L	L	D	D	D	1977-03-07	Hartlepool United	H
16	0	Darlington	30	8	4	3	19	15	2	5	8	14	31	-13	29	L	L	D	W	L	1977-03-07	Scunthorpe United	H
17	1	Scunthorpe United	30	8	4	3	23	11	2	3	10	10	26	-4	27	W	L	D	L	L	1977-03-07	Darlington	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	30	8	2	4	26	12	0	7	9	7	25	-4	25	L	L	W	W	L	1977-03-08	Colchester United	H
19	0	Torquay United	31	7	3	5	21	16	3	2	11	18	36	-13	25	L	L	W	W	L	1977-03-12	Newport County	H
20	0	Hartlepool United	31	7	6	2	22	9	0	3	13	12	42	-17	23	W	L	W	L	L	1977-03-07	Stockport County	A
21	0	Brentford	30	7	2	6	28	24	0	2	13	15	37	-18	18	W	W	L	L	L	1977-03-08	Southport	A
22	0	Southport	29	1	10	4	9	16	0	3	11	10	34	-31	15	L	L	L	L	L	1977-03-08	Brentford	H
23	0	Newport County	27	2	5	5	10	13	1	3	11	6	29	-26	14	W	L	L	L	L	1977-03-12	Torquay United	A
24	0	Workington	30	3	5	7	13	22	0	3	12	10	41	-40	14	L	W	L	D	L	1977-03-09	AFC Bournemouth	H