1977-04-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Liverpool	2	2	Everton	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	52,637
	McDermott, Case	Lineups		McKenzie, Rioch
D 1	Manchester United	2	1	Leeds United	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000
	Coppell, Greenhoff J	Lineups		Clarke

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Coventry City	Highbury	22,790
Stapleton, Macdonald	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	0	Norwich City	Villa Park	35,899
Little	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Middlesbrough	Portman Road	23,348
	Lineups		Armstrong
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Newcastle United	Loftus Road	20,544
Givens	Lineups		Barrowclough, Nattrass
Stoke City	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Victoria Ground	15,644
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Derby County	Roker Park	35,490
Towers (p)	Lineups		Powell

				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	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	0	Manchester City	37	14	4	1	32	12	5	8	5	20	16	24	50	W	W	W	L	W	1977-04-30	Derby County	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	38	14	4	2	39	11	7	3	8	24	25	27	49	L	L	W	W	W	1977-04-30	Liverpool	A
4	0	Newcastle United	37	13	6	0	37	11	4	7	7	24	29	21	47	W	W	D	D	W	1977-04-30	Arsenal	H
5	0	Aston Villa	33	14	1	1	46	14	5	4	8	17	22	27	43	W	W	W	L	W	1977-04-25	Arsenal	A
6	0	Manchester United	35	10	6	3	37	20	6	3	7	24	28	13	41	L	D	L	W	W	1977-04-26	Middlesbrough	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	9	6	4	33	18	5	6	7	18	29	4	40	D	L	L	W	W	1977-04-30	Sunderland	H
8	0	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	Arsenal	37	10	4	4	33	19	4	5	10	23	36	1	37	W	L	W	W	W	1977-04-25	Aston Villa	H
10	-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
11	0	Middlesbrough	38	10	4	4	21	13	3	6	11	14	30	-8	36	W	L	L	D	L	1977-04-26	Manchester United	H
12	0	Birmingham City	37	9	4	5	34	22	3	5	11	23	33	2	33	L	W	L	W	D	1977-04-30	Leicester City	H
13	0	Everton	34	7	5	5	29	22	5	4	8	24	36	-5	33	W	W	D	L	D	1977-04-30	Norwich City	A
14	0	Norwich City	39	11	3	5	26	20	2	4	14	17	41	-18	33	L	L	W	L	L	1977-04-30	Everton	H
15	1	Stoke City	37	9	6	4	18	13	1	6	11	4	26	-17	32	D	D	L	W	D	1977-04-30	Coventry City	A
16	-1	Queens Park Rangers	34	9	5	3	27	17	2	4	11	14	27	-3	31	L	W	W	D	L	1977-04-26	Bristol City	H
17	0	Derby County	36	7	8	3	30	18	0	8	10	12	33	-9	30	D	D	L	D	W	1977-04-25	Coventry City	A
18	0	Sunderland	38	8	5	7	28	16	1	6	11	12	32	-8	29	D	D	W	D	D	1977-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	7	7	5	21	19	3	2	15	22	47	-23	29	D	L	D	L	L	1977-04-30	Aston Villa	H
20	-1	Coventry City	35	5	7	4	25	21	3	5	11	13	30	-13	28	L	D	L	D	D	1977-04-25	Derby County	H
21	0	West Ham United	36	7	5	6	20	19	2	5	11	16	40	-23	28	D	L	W	D	D	1977-04-26	Leeds United	A
22	0	Bristol City	35	6	6	6	21	17	2	4	11	10	25	-11	26	D	L	W	L	L	1977-04-26	Queens Park Rangers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	0	Chelsea	Turf Moor	14,977
Ingham	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Brunton Park	7,001
Rafferty, McCartney (p), Tait	Lineups		Hall
Fulham	0	0	Blackpool	Craven Cottage	10,956
	Lineups
Hereford United	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Edgar Street	5,853
McNeil	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Boothferry Park	4,599
	Lineups		Haigh OG
Luton Town	4	2	Notts County	Kenilworth Road	9,585
Futcher R, Hill 2, Geddis	Lineups		Bradd, Mann
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Cardiff City	City Ground	20,646
	Lineups		Sayer
Southampton	4	0	Oldham Athletic	The Dell	14,586
Channon 2 (1p), Osgood, MacDougall	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Orient	Molineux	19,877
Richards	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	14	2	3	43	19	6	9	3	35	23	36	51	W	L	W	D	D	1977-04-26	Cardiff City	H
2	-1	Chelsea	39	13	6	0	43	22	6	6	8	21	30	12	50	L	D	W	L	W	1977-04-30	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Notts County	39	10	5	4	26	18	8	5	7	35	37	6	46	L	D	D	D	W	1977-04-30	Southampton	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	38	12	3	4	49	22	6	6	7	21	19	29	45	L	L	D	W	W	1977-04-27	Oldham Athletic	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	13	2	3	41	18	5	7	7	26	30	19	45	D	W	D	L	L	1977-04-30	Hereford United	H
6	0	Luton Town	39	13	4	3	38	16	7	1	11	26	29	19	45	W	L	L	D	L	1977-04-30	Blackpool	A
7	0	Blackpool	38	9	7	3	27	17	5	9	5	27	24	13	44	D	D	W	D	W	1977-04-30	Luton Town	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	38	12	5	2	45	24	1	10	8	18	31	8	41	D	D	W	D	W	1977-04-26	Burnley	H
9	2	Southampton	36	10	6	3	37	24	4	4	9	28	35	6	38	W	L	L	W	W	1977-04-26	Orient	A
10	-1	Millwall	38	7	6	6	27	21	6	6	7	25	29	2	38	L	D	W	D	L	1977-04-30	Hull City	H
11	-1	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
12	0	Hull City	38	9	8	3	30	15	1	8	9	12	29	-2	36	L	D	W	W	L	1977-04-30	Millwall	A
13	0	Oldham Athletic	38	10	6	3	35	21	3	4	12	14	36	-8	36	L	D	L	D	W	1977-04-27	Nottingham Forest	A
14	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	11	3	5	30	18	3	5	12	11	34	-11	36	L	W	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Charlton Athletic	H
15	0	Fulham	39	8	7	5	33	24	2	6	11	15	34	-10	33	D	D	W	D	W	1977-04-30	Oldham Athletic	A
16	2	Burnley	38	7	9	4	24	19	2	5	11	16	37	-16	32	W	D	D	D	W	1977-04-26	Charlton Athletic	A
17	2	Cardiff City	37	7	5	7	29	28	4	4	10	22	30	-7	31	W	W	L	D	D	1977-04-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-2	Orient	36	4	5	7	14	17	5	8	7	18	26	-11	31	L	D	L	D	D	1977-04-26	Southampton	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	39	5	8	6	26	23	3	7	10	19	39	-17	31	L	L	L	W	L	1977-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	38	7	7	4	26	23	3	4	13	18	39	-18	31	W	D	D	L	L	1977-04-30	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Carlisle United	38	7	7	6	29	30	4	2	12	17	41	-25	31	W	W	D	D	W	1977-04-30	Orient	A
22	0	Hereford United	37	5	7	6	25	29	2	5	12	27	44	-21	26	W	W	W	D	L	1977-04-30	Bolton Wanderers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Port Vale	Goldstone Ground	23,482
Fell	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Portsmouth	Gigg Lane	5,211
Entwistle	Lineups
Chester	1	2	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	2,804
Walker	Lineups		Kowalski 2
Crystal Palace	4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Selhurst Park	20,018
Evans, Bourne, Henson OG, Harkouk	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park	2,430
Donovan, Brolly	Lineups		Gray OG
Mansfield Town	2	2	Gillingham	Field Mill	8,191
Randall, Foster C	Lineups		Richardson (p), Overton
Oxford United	1	0	Northampton Town	Manor Ground	5,075
Clarke C	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	2	Wrexham	London Road	6,106
	Lineups		Shinton, Whittle
Preston North End	3	0	Reading	Deepdale	4,872
Thomson 2, Bruce	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Swindon Town	Millmoor	5,631
Phillips	Lineups		Anderson
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Lincoln City	Prenton Park	2,290
Flood, Allen	Lineups		Ward, Neale
York City	0	0	Walsall	Bootham Crescent	2,279
	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	42	18	3	1	60	12	6	6	8	18	23	43	57	W	D	L	W	W	1977-04-30	Wrexham	A
2	1	Wrexham	41	15	5	0	45	17	9	3	9	30	28	30	56	W	W	W	D	W	1977-04-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	-1	Mansfield Town	42	15	6	0	47	13	9	2	10	24	29	29	56	D	W	L	W	W	1977-04-30	Swindon Town	A
4	1	Crystal Palace	41	15	5	1	40	13	4	8	8	15	19	23	51	W	D	W	D	W	1977-04-26	Port Vale	A
5	-1	Rotherham United	41	10	9	2	28	13	8	6	6	31	28	18	51	D	L	L	L	W	1977-04-30	Walsall	A
6	1	Bury	42	14	2	5	38	19	8	5	8	20	34	5	51	W	W	W	L	W	1977-04-30	Gillingham	A
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	4	4	33	18	7	5	9	24	33	6	49	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-30	Peterborough United	H
8	1	Preston North End	41	14	3	4	47	21	4	8	8	13	19	20	47	W	D	L	L	L	1977-04-26	Gillingham	H
9	-1	Lincoln City	41	11	8	2	47	29	6	5	9	24	34	8	47	D	D	L	L	W	1977-04-26	Peterborough United	A
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	43	12	7	2	37	18	4	4	14	24	38	5	43	L	W	D	L	W	1977-04-30	York City	H
11	0	Chester	42	13	2	6	26	19	4	4	13	19	36	-10	40	L	L	D	L	L	1977-04-29	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Peterborough United	41	11	3	6	28	20	2	10	9	21	32	-3	39	L	L	D	W	W	1977-04-26	Lincoln City	H
13	0	Swindon Town	40	9	6	3	40	26	3	9	10	20	40	-6	39	D	L	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Mansfield Town	H
14	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	7	6	28	22	3	9	9	20	27	-1	38	D	W	D	W	L	1977-04-30	Reading	A
15	1	Oxford United	42	9	7	6	32	27	3	7	10	20	30	-5	38	W	W	D	L	D	1977-04-30	Port Vale	A
16	-1	Gillingham	41	8	8	4	25	21	5	4	12	24	41	-13	38	D	W	D	L	L	1977-04-26	Preston North End	A
17	0	Walsall	42	8	6	7	36	28	4	7	10	11	28	-9	37	D	L	W	D	W	1977-04-30	Rotherham United	H
18	0	Chesterfield	42	9	5	6	27	17	4	4	14	25	41	-6	35	W	D	D	L	L	1977-04-30	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Northampton Town	43	9	3	10	33	29	4	4	13	26	41	-11	33	L	D	W	L	L	1977-04-29	Chester	H
20	0	Portsmouth	41	7	9	5	24	23	3	4	13	22	38	-15	33	L	L	W	D	D	1977-04-30	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Port Vale	41	7	7	6	22	22	2	7	12	16	41	-25	32	L	D	L	L	W	1977-04-26	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	York City	42	7	7	8	24	33	3	4	13	23	48	-34	31	D	W	L	D	L	1977-04-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
23	0	Reading	41	9	4	7	27	21	2	3	16	17	47	-24	29	L	W	L	W	L	1977-04-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	42	9	5	7	25	20	1	3	17	14	44	-25	28	W	D	L	D	L	1977-04-30	Portsmouth	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Recreation Ground	2,392
Brodie	Lineups		Kilmore
Bradford City	2	0	Southend United	Valley Parade	5,412
Dolan (p), Hutchins	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Hartlepool	Griffin Park	5,980
McCulloch, Sweetzer (p), Kruse	Lineups		Turnbull
Darlington	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	1,674
Craig, Rowles, Seal, Ferguson	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Watford	Belle Vue	4,476
Taylor	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Exeter City	Leeds Road	4,717
	Lineups		Hatch
Newport County	3	0	Rochdale	Somerton Park	2,206
Woods 3	Lineups
Swansea City	2	1	Halifax Town	Vetch Field	7,344
James 2	Lineups		Carroll
Torquay United	3	1	Workington	Plainmoor	2,246
Chatterley 3 (1p)	Lineups		Green OG
Footnotes
Southport to apply for re-election

				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	41	14	5	1	49	13	9	7	5	27	21	42	58	L	W	W	W	W	1977-04-30	Brentford	H
2	1	Bradford City	42	15	6	0	46	17	7	5	9	25	30	24	55	W	D	L	W	W	1977-04-30	Watford	A
3	-1	Colchester United	42	17	2	2	48	13	5	7	9	23	26	32	53	D	W	W	D	D	1977-04-29	Barnsley	H
4	1	Exeter City	41	15	5	1	36	13	5	7	8	20	30	13	52	W	D	W	L	W	1977-04-26	Newport County	A
5	-1	Barnsley	42	15	5	1	40	14	6	4	11	15	20	21	51	W	L	D	W	W	1977-04-29	Colchester United	A
6	0	Swansea City	41	16	3	1	54	23	5	5	11	26	35	22	50	W	D	W	W	W	1977-04-26	Huddersfield Town	H
7	1	Doncaster Rovers	42	16	2	4	47	22	4	7	9	21	33	13	49	W	W	L	W	W	1977-04-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-1	Watford	42	15	5	1	44	11	2	8	11	17	33	17	47	L	W	W	L	D	1977-04-30	Bradford City	H
9	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	16	5	0	35	13	3	4	14	10	43	-11	47	L	W	W	L	D	1977-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	41	15	3	3	35	14	4	5	11	21	30	12	46	L	L	L	L	W	1977-04-26	Swansea City	A
11	0	Southend United	41	10	8	2	32	14	4	9	8	16	22	12	45	L	D	D	L	W	1977-04-29	Southport	H
12	0	Darlington	42	12	5	5	35	25	5	6	9	21	37	-6	45	W	L	W	L	W	1977-04-30	Exeter City	A
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	42	11	8	2	33	12	2	8	11	14	30	5	42	D	W	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Stockport County	H
14	0	Stockport County	42	10	9	3	29	19	3	7	10	20	31	-1	42	D	D	L	D	D	1977-04-30	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	2	Brentford	42	13	2	6	44	25	3	4	14	24	44	-1	38	W	D	W	W	W	1977-04-30	Cambridge United	A
16	0	Aldershot	41	9	7	4	26	16	5	3	13	18	37	-9	38	D	L	L	W	L	1977-04-30	Hartlepool United	A
17	-2	Rochdale	41	8	6	6	28	19	5	5	11	16	29	-4	37	L	W	W	D	L	1977-04-26	Torquay United	H
18	0	Scunthorpe United	42	11	4	6	30	22	2	5	14	15	41	-18	35	D	W	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Torquay United	H
19	1	Torquay United	41	10	5	6	29	20	3	3	14	22	45	-14	34	W	L	D	D	L	1977-04-26	Rochdale	A
20	-1	Halifax Town	42	11	4	6	35	17	0	7	14	9	37	-10	33	L	D	W	L	L	1977-04-30	Newport County	H
21	0	Hartlepool United	42	8	9	4	30	16	1	3	17	15	51	-22	30	L	D	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Aldershot	H
22	0	Newport County	39	7	6	5	24	17	2	3	16	8	37	-22	27	W	L	W	W	L	1977-04-26	Exeter City	H
23	0	Southport	42	3	12	6	15	23	0	6	15	13	45	-40	24	D	L	L	W	D	1977-04-29	Southend United	A
24	0	Workington	41	3	6	11	20	36	1	4	16	18	57	-55	18	L	L	L	L	L	1977-04-30	Swansea City	H