1977-04-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Stoke City	St Andrew's	19,554
Francis, Burns	Lineups
Coventry City	2	3	Aston Villa	Highfield Road	31,158
Wallace 2	Lineups		Cowans, Deehan, Little
Derby County	2	3	Everton	Baseball Ground	23,443
Daly 2	Lineups		Latchford, McKenzie, Pejic
Leeds United	2	1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road	28,578
McGhie, Clarke (p)	Lineups		Bertschin
Liverpool	2	0	Arsenal	Anfield Road	48,176
Neal, Keegan	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Leicester City	Old Trafford	49,161
Greenhoff J	Lineups		Earle
Middlesbrough	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Ayresome Park	14,500
	Lineups		Abbott, Masson
Newcastle United	3	0	West Ham United	St James' Park	30,967
Gowling, Cannell, Nulty	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Bristol City	Carrow Road	18,434
Peters, Reeves	Lineups		Cormack
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Sunderland	White Hart Lane	34,155
Jones	Lineups		Holden
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	24,889
	Lineups		Kidd, Tueart

				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	36	16	2	0	44	10	5	6	7	13	19	28	50	W	D	W	W	D	1977-04-30	Ipswich Town	H
2	-1	Ipswich Town	37	14	4	1	39	10	7	3	8	24	25	28	49	L	W	W	W	L	1977-04-23	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Manchester City	36	13	4	1	30	11	5	8	5	20	16	23	48	W	W	L	W	W	1977-04-19	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Newcastle United	36	13	6	0	37	11	3	7	7	22	28	20	45	W	D	D	W	W	1977-04-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	0	Manchester United	34	10	6	3	37	20	6	3	6	24	24	17	41	D	L	W	W	L	1977-04-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	2	Aston Villa	31	12	1	1	43	13	5	4	8	17	22	25	39	W	L	W	D	W	1977-04-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	36	9	6	4	33	18	5	5	7	17	28	4	39	L	L	W	W	D	1977-04-19	Coventry City	A
8	-1	Leicester City	37	7	9	2	29	22	4	8	7	16	29	-6	39	D	D	D	L	D	1977-04-30	Birmingham City	A
9	1	Leeds United	35	7	6	4	25	24	6	4	8	18	22	-3	36	W	L	D	L	L	1977-04-26	West Ham United	H
10	-1	Arsenal	36	9	4	4	31	19	4	5	10	23	36	-1	35	L	W	W	W	D	1977-04-23	Coventry City	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	37	10	4	4	21	13	2	6	11	13	30	-9	34	L	L	D	L	L	1977-04-23	Ipswich Town	A
12	0	Birmingham City	36	9	4	5	34	22	3	5	10	22	31	3	33	W	L	W	D	L	1977-04-19	Manchester City	A
13	0	Norwich City	37	11	3	5	26	20	2	4	12	16	37	-15	33	W	L	L	D	W	1977-04-19	Everton	A
14	1	Everton	33	6	5	5	26	21	5	4	8	24	36	-7	31	W	D	L	D	W	1977-04-19	Norwich City	H
15	-1	Stoke City	35	9	4	4	16	11	1	6	11	4	26	-17	30	L	W	D	L	L	1977-04-20	Bristol City	H
16	2	Queens Park Rangers	32	8	5	2	22	15	2	4	11	14	27	-6	29	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-19	Manchester United	H
17	0	Sunderland	37	8	4	7	27	15	1	6	11	12	32	-8	28	D	W	D	D	W	1977-04-23	Derby County	H
18	-2	Derby County	34	7	7	3	29	17	0	7	10	11	32	-9	28	L	D	W	D	W	1977-04-20	West Ham United	H
19	2	Tottenham Hotspur	37	7	7	5	21	19	3	1	14	21	45	-22	28	D	L	L	W	D	1977-04-20	Aston Villa	A
20	-1	Coventry City	33	5	6	4	24	20	3	5	10	13	28	-11	27	L	D	D	L	D	1977-04-19	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	West Ham United	35	7	5	6	20	19	2	4	11	15	39	-23	27	L	W	D	D	D	1977-04-20	Derby County	A
22	0	Bristol City	34	6	6	6	21	17	2	3	11	8	23	-11	25	L	W	L	L	D	1977-04-20	Stoke City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ewood Park	11,358
	Lineups		Hibbitt (p), Richards
Blackpool	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Bloomfield Road	8,684
Walsh 2 (1p)	Lineups		Flanagan, Berry
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Southampton	Burnden Park	20,095
Whatmore 2, Jones P	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Burnley	Eastville	6,373
Powell	Lineups		Noble
Cardiff City	4	2	Luton Town	Ninian Park	10,438
Sayer, Friday 2, Dwyer	Lineups		Futcher R, Chambers
Chelsea	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge	36,499
Britton, Finnieston	Lineups		O'Neill
Millwall	1	1	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	6,223
Seasman	Lineups		Tait
Notts County	0	0	Fulham	Meadow Lane	14,847
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	5	Hereford United	Boundary Park	7,725
Whittle, Shaw, Robins	Lineups		McNeil 2, Spiring 2, Hicks OG
Orient	0	2	Sheffield United	Brisbane Road	4,795
	Lineups		Franks 2
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Hull City	Home Park	8,694
Hall	Lineups		Dobson 2

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	13	2	3	42	19	6	9	2	34	21	36	49	W	D	D	W	W	1977-04-19	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Chelsea	37	13	6	0	43	22	6	5	7	21	29	13	49	W	L	W	L	W	1977-04-19	Oldham Athletic	A
3	1	Notts County	38	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	6	33	33	8	46	D	D	D	W	W	1977-04-23	Luton Town	A
4	-1	Nottingham Forest	37	12	3	3	49	21	6	6	7	21	19	30	45	L	D	W	W	W	1977-04-23	Cardiff City	H
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	13	2	3	41	18	5	6	7	25	29	19	44	W	D	L	L	W	1977-04-22	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-1	Luton Town	38	12	4	3	34	14	7	1	11	26	29	17	43	L	L	D	L	L	1977-04-23	Notts County	H
7	0	Blackpool	37	9	7	3	27	17	5	8	5	27	24	13	43	D	W	D	W	L	1977-04-23	Fulham	A
8	0	Charlton Athletic	37	12	4	2	44	23	1	10	8	18	31	8	40	D	W	D	W	L	1977-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	0	Millwall	37	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	6	24	26	4	38	D	W	D	L	L	1977-04-20	Hereford United	A
10	2	Sheffield United	38	8	7	4	30	24	5	4	10	21	31	-4	37	W	L	W	W	W	1977-04-30	Chelsea	A
11	-1	Southampton	34	9	6	3	33	24	4	4	8	28	32	5	36	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	2	Hull City	36	9	7	2	29	13	1	8	9	12	29	-1	35	W	W	L	L	W	1977-04-19	Orient	H
13	-2	Oldham Athletic	36	10	5	3	35	21	3	4	11	14	32	-4	35	L	D	W	L	L	1977-04-19	Chelsea	H
14	-1	Blackburn Rovers	37	10	3	5	27	18	3	5	11	11	33	-13	34	L	L	L	L	L	1977-04-20	Southampton	H
15	0	Fulham	38	8	6	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	32	D	W	D	W	L	1977-04-23	Blackpool	H
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	38	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	9	18	36	-15	31	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-23	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Orient	34	4	5	7	14	17	5	7	6	17	24	-10	30	L	D	D	W	L	1977-04-19	Hull City	A
18	0	Burnley	37	6	9	4	23	19	2	5	11	16	37	-17	30	D	D	D	W	L	1977-04-23	Chelsea	H
19	1	Cardiff City	36	7	5	7	29	28	3	4	10	21	30	-8	29	W	L	D	D	L	1977-04-23	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	37	7	7	4	26	23	2	4	13	17	39	-19	29	D	D	L	L	D	1977-04-23	Hull City	A
21	0	Carlisle United	36	5	7	6	24	28	4	2	12	17	41	-28	27	D	D	W	L	W	1977-04-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Hereford United	35	3	7	6	21	28	2	5	12	27	44	-24	22	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-20	Millwall	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Chesterfield	0	0	Peterborough United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,321
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	3,963
Richardson (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	1	Oxford United	Sincil Bank	4,963
	Lineups		Foley
Northampton Town	3	0	York City	County Ground	5,427
Best, Reilly, Williams	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	3,188
Dulson	Lineups		Allen
Portsmouth	5	1	Rotherham United	Fratton Park	10,482
Denyer 2, Kemp 3	Lineups		Phillips
Reading	1	0	Mansfield Town	Elm Park	5,121
Foster C OG	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Preston North End	Hillsborough	13,217
Tynan	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	4,240
Atkins (p)	Lineups		Graham
Swindon Town	0	1	Bury	County Ground	5,226
	Lineups		Entwistle
Walsall	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	7,591
Atthey	Lineups
Wrexham	3	2	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	7,878
Whittle 2, Ashcroft	Lineups		Drinkell 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	40	17	3	1	59	12	6	5	8	16	21	42	54	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-20	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Mansfield Town	40	15	5	0	45	11	8	2	10	22	28	28	53	L	W	W	W	L	1977-04-19	Walsall	A
3	0	Wrexham	39	14	5	0	43	16	8	3	9	28	28	27	52	W	D	W	W	L	1977-04-18	Rotherham United	H
4	0	Rotherham United	39	10	8	2	27	12	8	6	5	30	26	19	50	L	L	W	L	D	1977-04-18	Wrexham	A
5	0	Crystal Palace	40	14	5	1	36	13	4	8	8	15	19	19	49	D	W	D	W	D	1977-04-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	13	4	4	33	18	7	5	8	24	29	10	49	W	W	W	W	D	1977-04-23	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Bury	41	13	2	5	37	19	8	5	8	20	34	4	49	W	W	L	W	W	1977-04-23	Portsmouth	H
8	0	Lincoln City	39	11	7	2	45	27	6	4	9	22	32	8	45	L	L	W	W	W	1977-04-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	0	Preston North End	39	13	2	4	42	19	4	8	8	13	19	17	44	L	L	L	L	W	1977-04-19	Chesterfield	H
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	11	7	2	35	17	4	4	13	23	36	5	41	D	L	W	L	D	1977-04-19	Peterborough United	H
11	0	Chester	41	13	2	5	25	17	4	4	13	19	36	-9	40	L	D	L	L	W	1977-04-23	Chesterfield	H
12	0	Peterborough United	39	11	3	5	28	18	2	10	8	20	30	0	39	D	W	W	W	W	1977-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	0	Swindon Town	38	9	6	3	40	26	3	8	9	17	35	-4	38	L	L	L	D	D	1977-04-19	York City	A
14	0	Gillingham	40	8	8	4	25	21	5	3	12	22	39	-13	37	W	D	L	L	W	1977-04-23	Mansfield Town	A
15	1	Oxford United	41	8	7	6	31	27	3	7	10	20	30	-6	36	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-23	Northampton Town	H
16	1	Walsall	40	8	6	6	35	26	4	6	10	11	28	-8	36	W	D	W	W	D	1977-04-19	Mansfield Town	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	40	8	6	6	26	20	2	9	9	17	27	-4	35	D	W	L	W	L	1977-04-19	Portsmouth	A
18	1	Portsmouth	39	7	9	4	24	20	3	4	12	22	37	-11	33	W	D	D	L	L	1977-04-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Chesterfield	40	9	5	6	27	17	3	3	14	21	38	-7	32	D	L	L	W	D	1977-04-19	Preston North End	A
20	1	Northampton Town	41	9	2	10	33	29	4	4	12	26	40	-10	32	W	L	L	W	D	1977-04-19	Grimsby Town	H
21	-1	Port Vale	40	7	7	6	22	22	2	7	11	16	40	-24	32	D	L	L	W	L	1977-04-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	1	Reading	40	9	4	7	27	21	2	3	15	17	44	-21	29	W	L	W	L	L	1977-04-23	Preston North End	A
23	-1	York City	40	6	6	8	20	31	3	4	13	23	48	-36	28	L	D	L	L	L	1977-04-19	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	40	8	5	7	23	19	1	2	17	14	44	-26	25	L	D	L	L	W	1977-04-19	Northampton Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Darlington	Dean Court	2,841
	Lineups		Seal
Cambridge United	5	1	Southport	Abbey Stadium	4,335
Hall, Biley, Finney 3 (1p)	Lineups		Batson OG
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Torquay United	Gresty Road	2,035
Bowles, Lugg (p)	Lineups		Brown
Exeter City	2	1	Stockport County	St James Park	4,474
Robertson (p), Hodge	Lineups		Darling
Halifax Town	2	1	Bradford City	The Shay	6,402
Johnston, Bell	Lineups		Watson
Hartlepool	0	1	Newport County	Victoria Park	1,522
	Lineups		Woods
Rochdale	2	1	Aldershot	Spotland	1,038
Earles OG, Helliwell	Lineups		Morrissey
Scunthorpe United	0	3	Swansea City	Old Showground	2,199
	Lineups		Smith 2, James
Watford	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Vicarage Road	6,181
Mercer 2	Lineups
Workington	1	3	Brentford	Borough Park	1,032
Leng	Lineups		McCulloch, Sweetzer, Phillips

				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	39	14	5	1	49	13	8	7	4	24	19	41	56	W	W	W	L	W	1977-04-18	Darlington	A
2	0	Bradford City	40	14	6	0	44	17	7	4	9	25	30	22	52	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-20	Exeter City	A
3	0	Colchester United	40	16	2	2	45	12	5	6	9	22	25	30	50	W	D	D	D	D	1977-04-19	Huddersfield Town	H
4	0	Barnsley	40	14	5	1	38	13	6	4	10	15	19	21	49	D	W	W	W	D	1977-04-19	AFC Bournemouth	A
5	0	Exeter City	39	15	4	1	36	13	4	7	8	19	30	12	49	W	L	W	W	W	1977-04-20	Bradford City	H
6	1	Swansea City	39	15	3	1	52	22	5	4	11	24	33	21	47	W	W	W	D	W	1977-04-18	Hartlepool United	A
7	-1	Huddersfield Town	39	15	3	2	35	13	4	5	10	20	27	15	46	L	L	W	W	W	1977-04-19	Colchester United	A
8	2	Watford	40	14	5	1	42	11	2	8	10	17	32	16	45	W	L	D	L	W	1977-04-19	Southport	H
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	2	4	40	19	4	7	9	21	33	9	45	L	W	W	L	L	1977-04-19	Workington	H
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	40	15	5	0	34	13	3	4	13	10	39	-8	45	W	L	D	W	W	1977-04-20	Aldershot	H
11	-2	Southend United	39	10	8	2	32	14	4	8	7	16	20	14	44	D	L	W	L	L	1977-04-18	Stockport County	A
12	0	Darlington	40	11	5	4	31	23	5	6	9	21	37	-8	43	W	L	W	W	D	1977-04-18	Cambridge United	H
13	0	Stockport County	40	10	7	3	28	18	3	7	10	20	31	-1	40	L	D	D	L	W	1977-04-18	Southend United	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	40	10	8	2	32	12	2	7	11	14	30	4	39	L	L	L	D	L	1977-04-19	Barnsley	H
15	1	Rochdale	40	8	6	6	28	19	5	5	10	16	26	-1	37	W	W	D	L	L	1977-04-23	Newport County	A
16	-1	Aldershot	39	9	6	4	25	15	5	3	12	18	36	-8	37	L	W	L	D	L	1977-04-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	0	Brentford	40	12	2	6	41	24	3	3	14	24	44	-3	35	W	W	W	W	D	1977-04-19	Halifax Town	A
18	2	Halifax Town	40	11	3	6	35	17	0	7	13	8	35	-9	32	W	L	L	L	L	1977-04-19	Brentford	H
19	-1	Torquay United	40	9	5	6	26	19	3	3	14	22	45	-16	32	L	D	D	L	L	1977-04-23	Workington	H
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	40	10	4	6	29	22	2	4	14	14	40	-19	32	L	L	L	L	D	1977-04-19	Newport County	H
21	0	Hartlepool United	40	8	8	4	28	14	1	3	16	14	48	-20	29	L	L	L	W	D	1977-04-18	Swansea City	H
22	0	Newport County	37	6	6	5	21	17	2	3	15	8	36	-24	25	W	W	L	W	L	1977-04-19	Scunthorpe United	A
23	0	Southport	40	3	11	6	15	23	0	6	14	13	43	-38	23	L	W	D	D	L	1977-04-19	Watford	A
24	0	Workington	39	3	6	11	20	36	1	4	14	14	48	-50	18	L	L	L	D	L	1977-04-19	Doncaster Rovers	A