1977-04-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Leicester City	Highbury	23,013
Rix, O'Leary 2	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	2	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	20,283
Fox	Lineups		Craig T (p), Barrowclough
Bristol City	0	0	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate	27,958
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	16,275
Wallace	Lineups		Taylor
Derby County	2	0	Stoke City	Baseball Ground	23,161
James, Daly (p)	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Leeds United	Anfield Road	48,791
Neal (p), Fairclough, Heighway	Lineups		McQueen
Manchester City	2	1	Ipswich Town	Maine Road	42,780
Kidd, Watson	Lineups		Whymark
Norwich City	2	1	Manchester United	Carrow Road	24,161
Suggett, Reeves	Lineups		Powell OG
Sunderland	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Roker Park	27,550
Lee	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	18,519
Cunningham, Johnston	Lineups		Mills
West Ham United	2	2	Everton	Upton Park	22,518
Robson B 2	Lineups		Goodlass, Pearson

				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	33	14	2	0	40	9	5	5	7	13	19	25	45	W	D	W	L	W	1977-04-09	Manchester City	H
2	-1	Ipswich Town	33	12	4	1	36	9	6	3	7	22	23	26	43	L	W	L	L	W	1977-04-05	Coventry City	H
3	0	Manchester City	32	11	4	1	27	10	4	8	4	17	14	20	42	W	D	L	W	L	1977-04-08	Leeds United	H
4	0	Newcastle United	33	12	5	0	34	11	3	6	7	20	26	17	41	W	W	W	D	D	1977-04-08	Sunderland	A
5	2	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	6	2	33	14	4	5	7	15	27	7	37	W	D	D	W	W	1977-04-05	Bristol City	A
6	-1	Manchester United	30	9	5	3	33	19	5	3	5	21	21	14	36	L	D	W	W	W	1977-04-05	Everton	A
7	-1	Leicester City	34	7	8	2	28	21	4	6	7	15	28	-6	36	L	D	W	D	W	1977-04-09	Newcastle United	A
8	0	Aston Villa	28	11	1	1	42	13	4	4	7	13	18	24	35	D	W	D	W	L	1977-04-05	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Leeds United	31	6	5	4	22	22	6	4	6	16	18	-2	33	L	W	L	D	W	1977-04-08	Manchester City	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	33	10	3	3	19	9	2	6	9	13	28	-5	33	L	L	D	D	L	1977-04-05	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Arsenal	33	8	4	4	30	19	3	5	9	21	34	-2	31	W	D	L	L	L	1977-04-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	1	Norwich City	33	10	3	4	24	18	2	3	11	14	34	-14	30	W	L	L	W	L	1977-04-06	Derby County	A
13	-1	Birmingham City	32	7	4	5	29	22	3	4	9	20	28	-1	28	L	D	L	D	W	1977-04-08	West Ham United	A
14	0	Everton	30	6	5	4	25	19	4	3	8	19	32	-7	28	D	W	D	W	W	1977-04-05	Manchester United	H
15	0	Stoke City	31	8	3	4	14	10	1	6	9	4	21	-13	27	L	D	L	D	W	1977-04-09	Manchester United	A
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	8	3	2	20	13	1	4	10	12	24	-5	25	L	D	L	W	D	1977-04-04	West Ham United	H
17	0	Coventry City	29	5	5	3	21	16	3	4	9	11	25	-9	25	D	L	L	D	L	1977-04-05	Ipswich Town	A
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	33	6	6	5	17	18	3	1	12	21	43	-23	25	D	L	D	W	L	1977-04-09	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	1	Derby County	30	6	6	2	23	11	0	6	10	10	31	-9	24	W	D	D	D	D	1977-04-06	Norwich City	H
20	-1	Bristol City	30	5	6	5	19	15	2	3	9	7	18	-7	23	D	D	W	D	L	1977-04-05	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Sunderland	33	7	3	7	23	12	1	4	11	10	30	-9	23	W	L	W	L	W	1977-04-08	Newcastle United	H
22	0	West Ham United	30	6	4	6	17	17	2	2	10	13	34	-21	22	D	L	W	L	W	1977-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	7,351
Hart	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Burnden Park	19,350
Taylor, Allardyce, Whatmore	Lineups
Burnley	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Turf Moor	11,112
	Lineups		Woodcock
Chelsea	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	20,769
Wicks, Finnieston 2	Lineups		Waddington
Hull City	1	0	Fulham	Boothferry Park	6,158
Daniel	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Orient	The Den, New Cross	6,702
	Lineups		Bennett
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	10,307
Peddelty	Lineups		Williams
Sheffield United	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	12,301
Edwards 2, Stainrod	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Luton Town	The Dell	19,923
Ball	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	1	Chelsea	33	11	6	0	39	21	6	5	5	20	22	16	45	W	W	W	D	D	1977-04-08	Fulham	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	12	1	3	39	17	5	8	2	30	19	33	43	W	W	W	L	W	1977-04-05	Bristol Rovers	H
3	2	Nottingham Forest	34	11	3	3	46	20	6	5	6	19	16	29	42	W	W	W	W	L	1977-04-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	-1	Luton Town	34	12	3	2	33	12	7	1	9	24	23	22	42	L	W	W	D	W	1977-04-09	Chelsea	A
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	2	2	37	16	5	5	6	24	26	19	41	W	L	D	L	W	1977-04-06	Nottingham Forest	A
6	-2	Notts County	34	10	3	4	25	17	7	4	6	30	31	7	41	W	W	L	D	D	1977-04-08	Hull City	A
7	0	Blackpool	34	9	5	3	24	14	4	8	5	22	23	9	39	W	L	L	W	D	1977-04-09	Burnley	H
8	1	Millwall	33	7	4	6	26	20	5	6	5	20	22	4	34	L	L	W	D	D	1977-04-08	Charlton Athletic	A
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	10	4	2	37	21	1	8	8	16	29	3	34	L	D	D	W	L	1977-04-08	Millwall	H
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	3	3	26	13	3	5	9	10	29	-6	34	L	W	D	D	D	1977-04-06	Carlisle United	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	32	9	5	2	29	16	3	3	10	12	29	-4	32	L	D	L	L	D	1977-04-05	Sheffield United	A
12	0	Hull City	32	8	7	1	28	12	0	8	8	10	25	1	31	W	L	D	L	W	1977-04-08	Notts County	H
13	0	Sheffield United	34	7	7	3	27	18	3	4	10	17	30	-4	31	W	L	L	D	W	1977-04-05	Oldham Athletic	H
14	0	Southampton	30	7	6	3	26	21	3	4	7	25	27	3	30	W	L	D	W	W	1977-04-08	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	4	8	5	23	20	3	7	7	17	30	-10	29	D	W	W	D	L	1977-04-08	Southampton	A
16	0	Orient	31	4	4	6	14	15	5	6	6	17	24	-8	28	W	L	W	L	D	1977-04-09	Charlton Athletic	H
17	1	Bristol Rovers	33	7	6	3	23	19	2	3	12	16	37	-17	27	D	L	D	D	L	1977-04-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Fulham	34	6	6	5	28	23	2	4	11	15	34	-14	26	L	W	W	D	L	1977-04-08	Chelsea	H
19	0	Cardiff City	32	6	4	7	23	24	3	3	9	17	25	-9	25	L	L	L	L	W	1977-04-06	Hereford United	A
20	0	Burnley	33	5	8	4	20	18	2	3	11	14	35	-19	25	L	W	W	L	L	1977-04-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	0	Carlisle United	33	5	6	6	23	27	3	1	12	13	39	-30	23	L	W	L	L	D	1977-04-06	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Hereford United	31	3	5	6	18	25	1	5	11	21	39	-25	18	L	D	L	L	W	1977-04-06	Cardiff City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Mansfield Town	Goldstone Ground	23,594
Ward P 2 (1p), Fell	Lineups		Moss
Chester	1	0	York City	Sealand Road	3,045
Delgado	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Wrexham	Priestfield Stadium	4,419
Price 2	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	2,899
Partridge	Lineups
Oxford United	2	3	Peterborough United	Manor Ground	3,832
Bodel, Seacole	Lineups		Gregory, Rogers, Cozens
Port Vale	1	0	Portsmouth	Vale Park	2,984
Cullerton	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Bury	Deepdale	9,793
	Lineups		Entwistle
Reading	1	2	Lincoln City	Elm Park	4,417
Hollis (p)	Lineups		Moreline OG, Hetzke OG
Rotherham United	1	1	Crystal Palace	Millmoor	8,353
Gwyther	Lineups		Harkouk
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Gay Meadow	3,657
Turner	Lineups		Wylde
Walsall	2	2	Chesterfield	Fellows Park	4,482
Andrews, Birch	Lineups		Parker, Fern

				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	36	15	3	1	53	12	5	5	7	15	20	36	48	W	L	D	W	L	1977-04-06	Portsmouth	H
2	0	Rotherham United	35	9	8	1	25	11	8	6	3	29	20	23	48	D	W	D	D	W	1977-04-09	Chesterfield	A
3	-2	Mansfield Town	36	13	5	0	42	10	7	2	9	18	26	24	47	L	D	L	D	L	1977-04-09	Port Vale	A
4	0	Wrexham	35	12	5	0	38	14	7	2	9	26	27	23	45	L	W	D	L	W	1977-04-08	Chester	A
5	0	Preston North End	36	13	2	3	42	18	4	8	6	13	16	21	44	L	W	L	W	W	1977-04-09	Wrexham	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	36	12	5	1	28	12	4	6	8	14	18	12	43	D	W	W	L	W	1977-04-05	Gillingham	H
7	0	Bury	37	11	2	5	31	19	7	5	7	19	31	0	43	W	W	W	D	W	1977-04-08	Port Vale	H
8	1	Lincoln City	35	10	7	1	43	26	5	4	8	20	28	9	41	W	D	W	L	D	1977-04-08	Grimsby Town	A
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	4	4	31	18	5	5	8	21	29	5	41	D	L	W	L	D	1977-04-09	Grimsby Town	H
10	2	Chester	37	13	1	4	23	14	4	4	11	19	33	-5	39	W	D	D	L	W	1977-04-08	Wrexham	H
11	0	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	6	2	32	16	4	4	11	22	33	5	38	D	D	D	L	L	1977-04-08	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	-2	Swindon Town	34	9	6	1	40	21	3	7	8	17	30	6	37	D	W	D	D	D	1977-04-08	Oxford United	A
13	1	Peterborough United	36	10	3	5	25	17	1	9	8	16	30	-6	34	W	W	D	D	W	1977-04-09	Swindon Town	A
14	1	Gillingham	36	7	8	3	24	20	5	2	11	20	35	-11	34	W	L	D	W	L	1977-04-05	Crystal Palace	A
15	-2	Oxford United	37	8	5	6	31	27	2	7	9	19	28	-5	32	L	L	L	D	L	1977-04-08	Swindon Town	H
16	2	Port Vale	37	7	6	5	20	17	2	7	10	16	37	-18	31	W	L	L	W	L	1977-04-08	Bury	A
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	36	6	6	6	22	18	2	8	8	16	24	-4	30	L	L	L	W	L	1977-04-08	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	1	Chesterfield	36	8	4	6	26	17	3	3	12	19	34	-6	29	D	W	D	L	W	1977-04-09	Rotherham United	H
19	-2	Portsmouth	35	6	8	4	19	19	3	3	11	21	32	-11	29	L	W	D	L	W	1977-04-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	1	Walsall	36	6	6	6	32	26	3	5	10	10	28	-12	29	D	D	W	D	D	1977-04-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	-1	Northampton Town	37	7	2	10	27	29	4	4	10	25	35	-12	28	D	L	W	W	L	1977-04-09	Bury	H
22	0	York City	36	6	5	7	20	29	3	4	11	23	43	-29	27	L	L	D	D	L	1977-04-09	Lincoln City	A
23	0	Reading	37	7	4	7	24	21	2	3	14	17	42	-22	25	L	L	W	D	W	1977-04-09	Oxford United	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	36	8	4	6	21	16	1	2	15	12	40	-23	24	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-08	Lincoln City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Southport	Oakwell	4,481
Joicey (p)	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	6,882
Dolan, Cooke, Wright	Lineups		Laidlaw
Colchester United	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Layer Road	3,799
Leslie	Lineups		Lumby
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Gresty Road	1,862
Davies W, Humphreys (p)	Lineups		Howarth
Darlington	2	2	Brentford	Feethams Ground	1,681
Young, Rowles	Lineups		Johnson, Sweetzer
Exeter City	3	1	Southend United	St James Park	4,156
Kellow, Beer, Saxton	Lineups		Morris
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Aldershot	Leeds Road	5,073
Hart, Butler	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Hartlepool	Spotland	858
	Lineups		Cunningham
Swansea City	3	1	Newport County	Vetch Field	3,577
Charles 2, Byrne OG	Lineups		Relish
Watford	2	0	Workington	Vicarage Road	6,487
Mercer, Horsfield	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	0	Cambridge United	35	12	5	1	40	11	7	7	3	20	14	35	50	W	W	W	W	W	1977-04-05	Newport County	A
2	1	Bradford City	36	12	6	0	40	17	6	4	8	23	28	18	46	W	D	L	W	L	1977-04-06	Rochdale	H
3	-1	Colchester United	36	15	1	2	43	11	5	4	9	19	22	29	45	D	D	D	L	W	1977-04-05	Aldershot	A
4	0	Barnsley	37	13	5	1	34	13	5	3	10	13	18	16	44	W	D	W	D	L	1977-04-09	Halifax Town	A
5	1	Exeter City	35	13	4	1	33	12	3	7	7	18	29	10	43	W	W	D	L	L	1977-04-08	Torquay United	A
6	2	Watford	36	13	5	0	40	10	2	7	9	14	28	16	42	W	W	L	L	W	1977-04-09	Brentford	H
7	2	Huddersfield Town	35	14	3	1	33	11	3	5	9	16	25	13	42	W	L	D	L	W	1977-04-05	Halifax Town	H
8	-3	Southend United	35	9	7	2	29	12	4	8	5	16	17	16	41	L	W	W	L	L	1977-04-08	Brentford	A
9	-2	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	2	4	34	19	4	7	7	20	30	5	41	L	L	W	D	W	1977-04-09	Southend United	A
10	0	Swansea City	35	13	3	1	47	22	4	3	11	20	32	13	40	W	L	D	W	W	1977-04-08	Colchester United	A
11	2	Crewe Alexandra	36	13	4	0	30	11	3	4	12	10	38	-9	40	W	L	W	L	D	1977-04-06	Stockport County	H
12	-1	AFC Bournemouth	36	10	7	1	31	10	2	7	9	14	26	9	38	L	W	D	D	D	1977-04-09	Torquay United	H
13	-1	Stockport County	36	10	6	3	26	16	3	6	8	17	26	1	38	W	D	L	D	D	1977-04-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	0	Darlington	36	10	5	3	28	20	3	6	9	17	35	-10	37	D	L	W	D	W	1977-04-08	Hartlepool United	H
15	0	Aldershot	35	8	5	4	22	13	5	3	10	16	30	-5	34	L	L	L	D	L	1977-04-05	Colchester United	H
16	0	Rochdale	36	7	5	6	25	17	4	5	9	14	23	-1	32	L	L	L	D	L	1977-04-06	Bradford City	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	36	10	4	4	29	15	2	4	12	13	35	-8	32	D	L	W	W	L	1977-04-09	Huddersfield Town	H
18	0	Halifax Town	36	10	3	5	33	15	0	7	11	8	31	-5	30	L	W	W	L	D	1977-04-05	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Torquay United	36	9	4	5	24	16	3	2	13	20	42	-14	30	L	W	D	L	W	1977-04-08	Exeter City	H
20	0	Hartlepool United	37	8	8	2	28	12	1	3	15	13	45	-16	29	W	D	D	L	W	1977-04-08	Darlington	A
21	0	Brentford	36	10	2	6	39	24	1	3	14	20	43	-8	27	D	W	W	L	W	1977-04-08	Southend United	H
22	0	Newport County	33	4	6	5	16	15	1	3	14	7	35	-27	19	L	D	W	L	W	1977-04-05	Cambridge United	H
23	0	Southport	36	2	10	6	12	21	0	5	13	12	38	-35	19	L	D	W	D	L	1977-04-08	Workington	H
24	0	Workington	35	3	6	9	17	30	1	3	13	13	43	-43	17	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-08	Southport	A