1977-04-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	0	Bristol City	St Andrew's	19,626
Francis 3 (2p)	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	West Ham United	Highfield Road	15,816
Ferguson	Lineups		Robson B
Derby County	2	1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	28,061
Hales, James	Lineups		Little
Leeds United	1	1	Sunderland	Elland Road	32,966
Cherry	Lineups		Lee
Liverpool	2	1	Manchester City	Anfield Road	55,283
Keegan, Heighway	Lineups		Kidd
Manchester United	3	0	Stoke City	Old Trafford	53,102
Houston, Macari, Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	2	Everton	Ayresome Park	16,159
Hedley, Mills	Lineups		Latchford, Pearson
Newcastle United	0	0	Leicester City	St James' Park	32,300
	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	31,088	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Whymark
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	White Hart Lane	32,680
Jones 2, Taylor	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	24,242
	Lineups		Stapleton, Macdonald

				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	Ipswich Town	35	13	4	1	38	10	7	3	7	23	23	28	47	W	W	L	W	L	1977-04-11	Birmingham City	H
2	0	Liverpool	34	15	2	0	42	10	5	5	7	13	19	26	47	W	W	D	W	L	1977-04-11	Stoke City	A
3	0	Manchester City	34	12	4	1	29	11	4	8	5	18	16	20	44	L	W	W	D	L	1977-04-11	Middlesbrough	H
4	0	Newcastle United	35	12	6	0	34	11	3	7	7	22	28	17	43	D	D	W	W	W	1977-04-16	West Ham United	H
5	1	Manchester United	32	10	5	3	36	19	6	3	5	23	22	18	40	W	W	L	D	W	1977-04-11	Sunderland	A
6	-1	West Bromwich Albion	35	9	6	3	33	16	5	5	7	17	28	6	39	L	W	W	D	D	1977-04-16	Manchester City	H
7	0	Aston Villa	30	12	1	1	43	13	4	4	8	14	20	24	37	L	W	D	W	D	1977-04-16	Coventry City	A
8	0	Leicester City	35	7	8	2	28	21	4	7	7	15	28	-6	37	D	L	D	W	D	1977-04-12	Derby County	H
9	0	Leeds United	33	6	6	4	23	23	6	4	7	17	20	-3	34	D	L	L	W	L	1977-04-12	Stoke City	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	35	10	4	3	21	11	2	6	10	13	29	-6	34	D	L	L	L	D	1977-04-11	Manchester City	A
11	0	Arsenal	34	8	4	4	30	19	4	5	9	23	34	0	33	W	W	D	L	L	1977-04-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	1	Birmingham City	34	8	4	5	32	22	3	5	9	22	30	2	31	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-11	Ipswich Town	A
13	-1	Norwich City	35	10	3	5	24	19	2	4	11	16	36	-15	31	L	D	W	L	L	1977-04-11	West Ham United	A
14	0	Everton	32	6	5	5	26	21	4	4	8	21	34	-8	29	D	L	D	W	D	1977-04-16	Derby County	A
15	2	Derby County	32	7	7	2	27	14	0	6	10	10	31	-8	27	W	D	W	D	D	1977-04-12	Leicester City	A
16	-1	Stoke City	32	8	3	4	14	10	1	6	10	4	24	-16	27	L	L	D	L	D	1977-04-11	Liverpool	H
17	2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	7	6	5	20	18	3	1	12	21	43	-20	27	W	D	L	D	W	1977-04-11	Arsenal	A
18	-2	Queens Park Rangers	30	8	4	2	21	14	1	4	11	12	27	-8	26	L	D	L	D	L	1977-04-11	Coventry City	H
19	-1	Coventry City	31	5	6	3	22	17	3	4	10	12	27	-10	26	D	L	D	L	L	1977-04-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	0	Sunderland	35	7	4	7	25	14	1	5	11	11	31	-9	25	D	D	W	L	W	1977-04-11	Manchester United	H
21	0	West Ham United	33	6	5	6	19	19	2	4	10	15	36	-21	25	D	D	D	D	L	1977-04-11	Norwich City	H
22	0	Bristol City	32	5	6	6	20	17	2	3	10	7	21	-11	23	L	L	D	D	W	1977-04-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	1	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	14,526
Walsh	Lineups		Smith
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	20,918
Taylor	Lineups		Hamilton (p), Edwards
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Southampton	Eastville	11,479
Williams (p), Staniforth	Lineups		Osgood, Hebberd, MacDougall
Cardiff City	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	15,442
Sayer, Went	Lineups		Daley, Hibbitt
Chelsea	2	0	Luton Town	Stamford Bridge	32,911
Finnieston, Sparrow	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Fulham	The Den, New Cross	11,001
	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane	32,518	Largest home game 1976-77
Bradd	Lineups		Withe
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Hull City	Boundary Park	7,522
Halom, Shaw 2	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Brisbane Road	6,623
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Hereford United	Home Park	9,787
Bannister 2	Lineups		Davey

				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	35	12	6	0	41	21	6	5	6	21	25	16	47	W	L	W	W	W	1977-04-11	Charlton Athletic	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	13	1	3	40	17	5	9	2	32	21	34	46	D	W	W	W	W	1977-04-11	Notts County	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	36	12	3	3	49	21	6	6	6	20	17	31	45	D	W	W	W	W	1977-04-16	Chelsea	A
4	0	Notts County	36	10	4	4	26	18	8	4	6	31	31	8	44	D	W	W	W	L	1977-04-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Luton Town	35	12	3	2	33	12	7	1	10	24	25	20	42	L	L	W	W	D	1977-04-11	Orient	H
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	2	3	38	18	5	5	7	25	29	16	41	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-12	Burnley	A
7	0	Blackpool	35	9	6	3	25	15	4	8	5	22	23	9	40	D	W	L	L	W	1977-04-12	Sheffield United	A
8	0	Charlton Athletic	35	11	4	2	40	23	1	9	8	16	29	4	37	D	W	L	D	D	1977-04-11	Chelsea	H
9	0	Millwall	35	7	5	6	26	20	5	6	6	22	25	3	35	D	L	L	L	W	1977-04-12	Luton Town	A
10	1	Sheffield United	36	8	7	3	29	19	4	4	10	19	31	-2	35	W	W	W	L	L	1977-04-12	Blackpool	H
11	1	Southampton	32	8	6	3	30	22	4	4	7	28	29	7	34	W	W	W	L	D	1977-04-11	Cardiff City	H
12	1	Oldham Athletic	34	10	5	2	32	16	3	3	11	13	31	-2	34	W	L	L	D	L	1977-04-12	Carlisle United	A
13	-3	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	3	4	27	16	3	5	10	11	32	-10	34	L	L	L	W	D	1977-04-12	Hull City	A
14	0	Hull City	34	8	7	2	28	13	0	8	9	10	28	-3	31	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-12	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	36	5	8	5	25	21	3	7	8	18	34	-12	31	W	L	D	W	W	1977-04-11	Fulham	A
16	0	Orient	32	4	5	6	14	15	5	6	6	17	24	-8	29	D	W	L	W	L	1977-04-11	Luton Town	A
17	0	Fulham	36	7	6	5	31	24	2	5	11	15	34	-12	29	D	W	L	W	W	1977-04-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Burnley	35	6	8	4	23	19	2	4	11	15	36	-17	28	D	W	L	W	W	1977-04-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	1	Cardiff City	34	6	5	7	25	26	3	4	9	19	27	-9	27	D	D	L	L	L	1977-04-11	Southampton	A
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	35	7	6	4	25	22	2	3	13	16	38	-19	27	L	L	D	L	D	1977-04-11	Hereford United	A
21	0	Carlisle United	34	5	6	6	23	27	4	1	12	16	40	-28	25	W	L	W	L	L	1977-04-12	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Hereford United	33	3	6	6	20	27	1	5	12	22	41	-26	19	L	D	L	D	L	1977-04-11	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chesterfield	1	0	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,008
Jones	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Priestfield Stadium	11,588	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		Mellor
Lincoln City	2	0	York City	Sincil Bank	6,920
Graham, Smith	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	0	Bury	County Ground	5,262
Martin, Stratford, Hatton OG	Lineups
Port Vale	1	4	Mansfield Town	Vale Park	4,389
Beech	Lineups		Bird 2, Foster C, Randall
Portsmouth	0	0	Crystal Palace	Fratton Park	14,108
	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Oxford United	Elm Park	6,467
Earles, Murray (p)	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Grimsby Town	Hillsborough	10,182
Wylde	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Chester	Gay Meadow	3,362
Atkins, Bates	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	4	Peterborough United	County Ground	7,394
	Lineups		Carmichael, Lee (p), Heeley, Doyle
Walsall	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Fellows Park	4,403
Buckley (p), Serella	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Preston North End	Racecourse Ground	10,545
Whittle 2	Lineups

				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	38	16	3	1	57	12	6	5	7	16	20	41	52	W	W	W	L	D	1977-04-12	Reading	H
2	2	Mansfield Town	37	13	5	0	42	10	8	2	9	22	27	27	49	W	L	D	L	D	1977-04-11	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Wrexham	37	13	5	0	40	14	8	2	9	28	28	26	49	W	W	L	W	D	1977-04-12	York City	A
4	-2	Rotherham United	36	9	8	1	25	11	8	6	4	29	21	22	48	L	D	W	D	D	1977-04-11	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Crystal Palace	38	13	5	1	31	13	4	7	8	14	18	14	46	D	W	D	W	W	1977-04-12	Swindon Town	H
6	2	Lincoln City	37	11	7	1	45	26	6	4	8	22	29	12	45	W	W	W	D	W	1977-04-11	Bury	A
7	-1	Bury	39	12	2	5	34	19	7	5	8	19	34	0	45	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-11	Lincoln City	H
8	-1	Preston North End	37	13	2	3	42	18	4	8	7	13	18	19	44	L	L	W	L	W	1977-04-11	Walsall	H
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	4	4	32	18	5	5	8	21	29	6	43	W	D	L	W	L	1977-04-11	York City	A
10	2	Shrewsbury Town	39	11	6	2	34	16	4	4	12	23	35	6	40	W	L	D	D	D	1977-04-12	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Chester	39	13	1	5	24	16	4	4	12	19	35	-8	39	L	L	W	D	D	1977-04-11	Portsmouth	H
12	-1	Swindon Town	36	9	6	2	40	25	3	8	8	17	30	2	38	L	D	D	W	D	1977-04-12	Crystal Palace	A
13	0	Peterborough United	37	10	3	5	25	17	2	9	8	20	30	-2	36	W	W	W	D	D	1977-04-12	Northampton Town	H
14	0	Gillingham	38	7	8	4	24	21	5	2	12	21	38	-14	34	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-11	Grimsby Town	A
15	0	Oxford United	39	8	6	6	31	27	2	7	10	19	30	-7	33	L	D	L	L	L	1977-04-12	Walsall	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	6	6	24	19	2	8	9	16	26	-5	32	L	W	L	L	L	1977-04-12	Chesterfield	H
17	1	Chesterfield	37	9	4	6	27	17	3	3	12	19	34	-5	31	W	D	W	D	L	1977-04-11	Mansfield Town	A
18	1	Walsall	37	7	6	6	34	26	3	5	10	10	28	-10	31	W	D	D	W	D	1977-04-11	Preston North End	A
19	-2	Port Vale	39	7	6	6	21	21	2	7	11	16	40	-24	31	L	L	W	L	L	1977-04-16	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	1	Northampton Town	38	8	2	10	30	29	4	4	10	25	35	-9	30	W	D	L	W	W	1977-04-11	Rotherham United	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	37	6	9	4	19	19	3	3	12	21	36	-15	30	D	L	L	W	D	1977-04-11	Chester	A
22	1	Reading	38	8	4	7	26	21	2	3	14	17	42	-20	27	W	L	L	W	D	1977-04-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	-1	York City	37	6	5	7	20	29	3	4	12	23	45	-31	27	L	L	L	D	D	1977-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	38	8	4	7	22	18	1	2	16	12	41	-25	24	L	L	W	D	L	1977-04-11	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Torquay United	Dean Court	4,048
Rudge (p)	Lineups		Lee C
Cambridge United	4	1	Aldershot	Abbey Stadium	4,502
Watson (p), Fallon, Biley 2	Lineups		Bell
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Southport	Gresty Road	2,389
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	0	Newport County	St James Park	5,243
Hodge	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Barnsley	The Shay	3,529
	Lineups		Peachey
Hartlepool	0	1	Bradford City	Victoria Park	2,765
	Lineups		Nicholls
Rochdale	1	1	Stockport County	Spotland	1,489
Mountford	Lineups		McBeth
Scunthorpe United	0	4	Huddersfield Town	Old Showground	4,347
	Lineups		Gray 3, Johnson
Southend United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Roots Hall	4,691
Parker D 2	Lineups		Kitchen (p)
Watford	0	1	Brentford	Vicarage Road	9,382	Largest home game 1976-77
	Lineups		McCulloch
Workington	2	3	Darlington	Borough Park	1,305
Prudham 2	Lineups		Rowles, Craig, Leng OG

				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	37	13	5	1	44	12	7	7	4	22	18	36	52	W	L	W	W	W	1977-04-12	Huddersfield Town	A
2	0	Bradford City	38	13	6	0	43	17	7	4	8	24	28	22	50	W	W	W	D	L	1977-04-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Colchester United	38	15	2	2	44	12	5	5	9	20	23	29	47	D	D	D	D	D	1977-04-11	Torquay United	A
4	0	Exeter City	37	14	4	1	34	12	4	7	7	19	29	12	47	W	W	W	W	D	1977-04-12	Brentford	A
5	1	Huddersfield Town	37	15	3	1	34	11	4	5	9	20	25	18	46	W	W	W	L	D	1977-04-12	Cambridge United	H
6	-1	Barnsley	38	13	5	1	34	13	6	3	10	14	18	17	46	W	W	D	W	D	1977-04-11	Workington	H
7	2	Southend United	37	10	7	2	31	13	4	8	6	16	18	16	43	W	L	L	W	W	1977-04-12	Swansea City	A
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	14	5	0	32	12	3	4	12	10	38	-8	43	D	W	W	L	W	1977-04-11	Bradford City	A
9	-2	Watford	37	13	5	1	40	11	2	7	9	14	28	15	42	L	W	W	L	L	1977-04-11	Stockport County	A
10	0	Swansea City	36	13	3	1	47	22	4	4	11	21	33	13	41	D	W	L	D	W	1977-04-11	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	37	12	2	4	34	19	4	7	8	21	32	4	41	L	L	L	W	D	1977-04-11	Scunthorpe United	H
12	0	Darlington	38	11	5	3	31	21	4	6	9	20	37	-7	41	W	W	D	L	W	1977-04-12	Rochdale	H
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	37	10	8	1	32	11	2	7	9	14	26	9	39	D	L	W	D	D	1977-04-11	Swansea City	A
14	0	Stockport County	38	10	6	3	26	16	3	7	9	19	29	0	39	D	L	W	D	L	1977-04-11	Watford	H
15	0	Aldershot	37	8	6	4	23	14	5	3	11	17	34	-8	35	L	D	L	L	L	1977-04-12	Watford	H
16	0	Rochdale	38	7	6	6	26	18	4	5	10	14	26	-4	33	D	L	L	L	L	1977-04-12	Darlington	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	37	10	4	5	29	19	2	4	12	13	35	-12	32	L	D	L	W	W	1977-04-11	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	2	Brentford	38	11	2	6	40	24	2	3	14	21	43	-6	31	W	W	D	W	W	1977-04-12	Exeter City	H
19	0	Torquay United	38	9	4	6	24	17	3	3	13	21	43	-15	31	D	L	L	W	D	1977-04-11	Colchester United	H
20	-2	Halifax Town	38	10	3	6	33	16	0	7	12	8	32	-7	30	L	L	L	W	W	1977-04-12	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	39	8	8	3	28	13	1	3	16	14	48	-19	29	L	L	W	D	D	1977-04-16	Newport County	H
22	0	Newport County	35	5	6	5	20	17	1	3	15	7	36	-26	21	L	W	L	D	W	1977-04-12	AFC Bournemouth	H
23	0	Southport	38	2	11	6	13	22	0	6	13	12	38	-35	21	D	D	L	D	W	1977-04-12	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Workington	37	3	6	10	19	33	1	4	13	14	44	-44	18	L	D	L	L	W	1977-04-11	Barnsley	A