1977-04-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Leicester City	St Andrew's	20,836
Kendall	Lineups		Earle
Coventry City	5	2	Stoke City	Highfield Road	15,720
Wallace 3, Beck, Powell	Lineups		Ruggiero 2
Derby County	4	0	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	29,127
Daly (p), Gemmill, Hector, Daniel	Lineups
Leeds United	2	0	Bristol City	Elland Road	21,461
Thomas, Gray E	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	56,044	Largest home game 1976-77
Kennedy, Keegan	Lineups		Wark (p)
Manchester United	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Old Trafford	50,788
Macari	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	2	Arsenal	St James' Park	44,763
	Lineups		Macdonald, Matthews
Norwich City	2	1	Everton	Carrow Road	19,091
Reeves, Busby	Lineups		Pearson
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	30,690
Hoddle, Jones, Taylor	Lineups		Deehan
West Bromwich Albion	2	3	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	21,859
Cunningham, Cross	Lineups		Towers 2 (1p), Lee

				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	37	17	2	0	46	11	5	6	7	13	19	29	52	W	W	D	W	W	1977-05-03	Manchester United	H
2	0	Manchester City	38	14	4	1	32	12	5	8	6	20	20	20	50	L	W	W	W	L	1977-05-04	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	39	14	4	2	39	11	7	3	9	25	27	26	49	L	L	L	W	W	1977-05-07	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Newcastle United	38	13	6	1	37	13	4	7	7	24	29	19	47	L	W	W	D	D	1977-05-04	Leicester City	A
5	0	Aston Villa	35	14	1	1	46	14	5	4	10	18	28	22	43	L	L	W	W	W	1977-05-04	Manchester City	H
6	0	Manchester United	37	11	6	3	38	20	6	3	8	24	31	11	43	W	L	L	D	L	1977-05-03	Liverpool	A
7	1	Arsenal	39	11	4	4	36	19	5	5	10	25	36	6	41	W	W	W	L	W	1977-05-03	Derby County	H
8	-1	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	6	5	35	21	5	6	7	18	29	3	40	L	D	L	L	W	1977-05-07	Leicester City	A
9	1	Leicester City	38	7	9	2	29	22	4	9	7	17	30	-6	40	D	D	D	D	L	1977-05-04	Newcastle United	H
10	1	Leeds United	37	8	7	4	28	25	6	4	8	18	22	-1	39	W	D	W	L	D	1977-05-04	Everton	H
11	-2	Middlesbrough	40	11	5	4	25	14	3	6	11	14	30	-5	39	D	W	W	L	L	1977-05-07	Arsenal	A
12	2	Norwich City	40	12	3	5	28	21	2	4	14	17	41	-17	35	W	L	L	W	L	1977-05-07	Stoke City	A
13	-1	Birmingham City	38	9	5	5	35	23	3	5	11	23	33	2	34	D	L	W	L	W	1977-05-07	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Everton	35	7	5	5	29	22	5	4	9	25	38	-6	33	L	W	W	D	L	1977-05-04	Leeds United	A
15	2	Derby County	38	8	8	3	34	18	0	8	11	12	35	-7	32	W	L	D	D	L	1977-05-03	Arsenal	A
16	2	Coventry City	37	7	7	4	32	23	3	5	11	13	30	-8	32	W	W	L	D	L	1977-05-04	West Ham United	A
17	-2	Stoke City	38	9	6	4	18	13	1	6	12	6	31	-20	32	L	D	D	L	W	1977-05-07	Norwich City	H
18	-2	Queens Park Rangers	36	9	5	4	27	18	2	4	12	14	28	-5	31	L	L	L	W	W	1977-05-07	Liverpool	H
19	1	Sunderland	39	8	5	7	28	16	2	6	11	15	34	-7	31	W	D	D	W	D	1977-05-07	Birmingham City	H
20	1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	8	7	5	24	20	3	2	15	22	47	-21	31	W	D	L	D	L	1977-05-07	Manchester City	A
21	-2	West Ham United	38	7	5	6	20	19	2	7	11	18	42	-23	30	D	D	D	L	W	1977-05-04	Coventry City	H
22	0	Bristol City	37	6	6	6	21	17	3	4	12	11	27	-12	28	L	W	D	L	W	1977-05-07	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Ewood Park	6,350
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Luton Town	Bloomfield Road	9,257
Hatton	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Hereford United	Burnden Park	18,874
Hughes OG, Allardyce, Taylor	Lineups		Carter
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Eastville	8,893
Bater	Lineups		Robertson
Cardiff City	0	1	Burnley	Ninian Park	11,064
	Lineups		Noble
Chelsea	4	0	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	28,158
Wilkins R, Finnieston, Lewington, Langley	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	5,642
Seasman, Lee	Lineups		Moore OG
Notts County	3	1	Southampton	Meadow Lane	11,021
Carter (p), Richards P, Scanlon	Lineups		MacDougall
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Fulham	Boundary Park	9,356
Irving (p)	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	4,183
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home Park	16,794	Wolverhampton Wanderers promoted
	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	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	15	2	3	47	20	6	10	3	35	23	39	54	D	W	W	L	W	1977-05-03	Southampton	A
2	0	Chelsea	40	14	6	0	47	22	6	6	8	21	30	16	52	W	L	D	W	L	1977-05-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Nottingham Forest	40	13	3	4	52	22	6	7	7	22	20	32	48	D	W	L	L	D	1977-05-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	0	Notts County	40	11	5	4	29	19	8	5	7	35	37	8	48	W	L	D	D	D	1977-05-07	Burnley	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	2	3	44	19	5	7	7	26	30	21	47	W	D	W	D	L	1977-05-07	Luton Town	A
6	1	Blackpool	39	10	7	3	28	17	5	9	5	27	24	14	46	W	D	D	W	D	1977-05-07	Hereford United	A
7	-1	Luton Town	40	13	4	3	38	16	7	1	12	26	30	18	45	L	W	L	L	D	1977-05-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	40	13	5	2	50	26	1	11	8	18	31	11	44	D	W	D	D	W	1977-05-07	Oldham Athletic	H
9	0	Southampton	38	10	6	3	37	24	5	4	10	32	40	5	40	L	W	W	L	L	1977-05-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
10	0	Millwall	39	8	6	6	29	22	6	6	7	25	29	3	40	W	L	D	W	D	1977-05-03	Sheffield United	A
11	2	Oldham Athletic	40	11	6	3	36	21	3	4	13	14	39	-10	38	W	L	L	D	L	1977-05-07	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-1	Sheffield United	39	8	7	4	30	24	5	4	11	21	35	-8	37	L	W	L	W	W	1977-05-03	Millwall	H
13	1	Blackburn Rovers	40	11	4	5	30	18	3	5	12	11	34	-11	37	D	L	W	L	L	1977-05-07	Southampton	A
14	-2	Hull City	39	9	8	3	30	15	1	8	10	13	31	-3	36	L	L	D	W	W	1977-05-07	Cardiff City	H
15	1	Burnley	40	7	9	4	24	19	3	5	12	19	42	-18	34	W	L	W	D	D	1977-05-07	Notts County	H
16	-1	Fulham	40	8	7	5	33	24	2	6	12	15	35	-11	33	L	D	D	W	D	1977-05-07	Orient	H
17	1	Orient	38	4	6	8	16	20	5	8	7	18	26	-12	32	D	L	L	D	L	1977-05-07	Fulham	A
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	40	5	9	6	26	23	3	7	10	19	39	-17	32	D	L	L	L	W	1977-05-02	Nottingham Forest	H
19	1	Bristol Rovers	39	7	8	4	27	24	3	4	13	18	39	-18	32	D	W	D	D	L	1977-05-07	Carlisle United	A
20	1	Carlisle United	39	7	7	6	29	30	4	3	12	17	41	-25	32	D	W	W	D	D	1977-05-04	Hereford United	A
21	-4	Cardiff City	39	7	5	8	29	29	4	4	11	23	34	-11	31	L	L	W	W	L	1977-05-07	Hull City	A
22	0	Hereford United	38	5	7	6	25	29	2	5	13	28	47	-23	26	L	W	W	W	D	1977-05-04	Carlisle United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Chesterfield	0	2	Crystal Palace	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,122
	Lineups		Harkouk, Chatterton
Gillingham	1	0	Bury	Priestfield Stadium	3,418
Overton	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	0	Preston North End	Sincil Bank	5,357
Graham, Ward	Lineups
Port Vale	2	1	Oxford United	Vale Park	4,058
Bailey, Clarke OG	Lineups		Bodel
Portsmouth	1	2	Grimsby Town	Fratton Park	10,155
Moore OG	Lineups		Liddell, Viney OG
Reading	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Elm Park	4,183
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Peterborough United	Hillsborough	8,727
Bradshaw 2, Wylde, Potts	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	York City	Gay Meadow	2,352
Maguire, Lawrence	Lineups		Hinch
Swindon Town	0	1	Mansfield Town	County Ground	5,788
	Lineups		Foster C
Walsall	0	1	Rotherham United	Fellows Park	5,399
	Lineups		Finney
Wrexham	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Racecourse Ground	20,005
	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	43	18	3	1	60	12	6	7	8	18	23	43	58	D	W	D	L	W	1977-05-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	1	Mansfield Town	43	15	6	0	47	13	10	2	10	25	29	30	58	W	D	W	L	W	1977-05-02	Portsmouth	H
3	-1	Wrexham	42	15	6	0	45	17	9	3	9	30	28	30	57	D	W	W	W	D	1977-05-03	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Crystal Palace	43	15	5	1	40	13	5	8	9	18	23	22	53	W	L	W	D	W	1977-05-03	Wrexham	H
5	0	Rotherham United	42	10	9	2	28	13	9	6	6	32	28	19	53	W	D	L	L	L	1977-05-03	Reading	H
6	2	Lincoln City	43	12	8	2	49	29	7	5	9	26	35	11	51	W	W	D	D	L	1977-05-03	Chester	A
7	2	Sheffield Wednesday	43	14	4	4	37	18	7	5	9	24	33	10	51	W	L	W	W	W	1977-05-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	-2	Bury	43	14	2	5	38	19	8	5	9	20	35	4	51	L	W	W	W	L	1977-05-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	-2	Preston North End	43	15	3	4	48	21	4	8	9	13	21	19	49	L	W	W	D	L	1977-05-03	Swindon Town	A
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	13	7	2	39	19	4	4	14	24	38	6	45	W	L	W	D	L	1977-05-03	Bury	A
11	0	Chester	43	13	2	6	26	19	4	5	13	19	36	-10	41	D	L	L	D	L	1977-05-03	Lincoln City	H
12	4	Gillingham	43	9	8	4	26	21	5	4	13	24	42	-13	40	W	L	D	W	D	1977-05-03	York City	H
13	1	Tranmere Rovers	43	8	7	6	28	22	3	10	9	20	27	-1	39	D	D	W	D	W	1977-05-02	Northampton Town	H
14	-1	Swindon Town	41	9	6	4	40	27	3	9	10	20	40	-7	39	L	D	L	L	L	1977-05-03	Preston North End	H
15	-3	Peterborough United	43	11	3	7	29	22	2	10	10	21	36	-8	39	L	L	L	L	D	1977-05-04	Port Vale	H
16	-1	Oxford United	43	9	7	6	32	27	3	7	11	21	32	-6	38	L	W	W	D	L	1977-05-04	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Walsall	43	8	6	8	36	29	4	7	10	11	28	-10	37	L	D	L	W	D	1977-05-03	Grimsby Town	A
18	2	Port Vale	43	9	7	6	28	24	2	7	12	16	41	-21	36	W	W	L	D	L	1977-05-04	Peterborough United	A
19	-1	Chesterfield	43	9	5	7	27	19	4	4	14	25	41	-8	35	L	W	D	D	L	1977-05-04	Oxford United	H
20	-1	Northampton Town	44	9	4	10	33	29	4	4	13	26	41	-11	34	D	L	D	W	L	1977-05-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	Portsmouth	42	7	9	6	25	25	3	4	13	22	38	-16	33	L	L	L	W	D	1977-05-02	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	York City	43	7	7	8	24	33	3	4	14	24	50	-35	31	L	D	W	L	D	1977-05-03	Gillingham	A
23	0	Reading	42	9	5	7	27	21	2	3	16	17	47	-24	30	D	L	W	L	W	1977-05-03	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Grimsby Town	43	9	5	7	25	20	2	3	17	16	45	-24	30	W	W	D	L	D	1977-05-03	Walsall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	0	Stockport County	Dean Court	2,573
Cave 2, Miller	Lineups
Cambridge United	3	2	Brentford	Abbey Stadium	5,617
Finney 3	Lineups		Graham, Sweetzer
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	2,359
Davies W	Lineups		Murray, Kitchen
Exeter City	1	0	Darlington	St James Park	6,722
Beer	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Newport County	The Shay	1,356
	Lineups
Hartlepool	0	2	Aldershot	Victoria Park	1,202
	Lineups		Needham, McGregor
Rochdale	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Spotland	1,626
Mountford 2	Lineups		Baines, Campbell
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Torquay United	Old Showground	2,223
	Lineups
Watford	1	1	Bradford City	Vicarage Road	6,147
Mercer	Lineups		Hutchins
Workington	1	3	Swansea City	Borough Park	921
Harris	Lineups		Moore 2, Curtis

				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	42	15	5	1	52	15	9	7	5	27	21	43	60	W	L	W	W	W	1977-05-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	1	Bradford City	43	15	6	0	46	17	7	6	9	26	31	24	56	D	W	D	L	W	1977-05-04	Scunthorpe United	H
3	1	Exeter City	43	16	5	1	37	13	6	7	8	23	30	17	56	W	W	W	D	W	1977-05-03	Barnsley	A
4	-2	Colchester United	43	18	2	2	49	13	5	7	9	23	26	33	55	W	D	W	W	D	1977-05-03	Southport	A
5	0	Swansea City	43	17	3	1	56	24	6	5	11	29	36	25	54	W	W	W	D	W	1977-05-03	Rochdale	H
6	0	Barnsley	43	15	5	1	40	14	6	4	12	15	21	20	51	L	W	L	D	W	1977-05-03	Exeter City	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	16	2	4	47	22	5	7	9	23	34	14	51	W	W	W	L	W	1977-05-03	Cambridge United	A
8	0	Watford	43	15	6	1	45	12	2	8	11	17	33	17	48	D	L	W	W	L	1977-05-03	Newport County	A
9	0	Southend United	42	11	8	2	35	16	4	9	8	16	22	13	47	W	L	D	D	L	1977-05-02	Darlington	H
10	1	Huddersfield Town	43	15	3	3	35	14	4	6	12	24	34	11	47	D	L	L	L	L	1977-05-03	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	43	16	5	1	36	15	3	4	14	10	43	-12	47	L	L	W	W	L	1977-05-02	Brentford	A
12	0	Darlington	43	12	5	5	35	25	5	6	10	21	38	-7	45	L	W	L	W	L	1977-05-02	Southend United	A
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	43	12	8	2	36	12	2	8	11	14	30	8	44	W	D	W	L	L	1977-05-03	Huddersfield Town	A
14	0	Stockport County	43	10	9	3	29	19	3	7	11	20	34	-4	42	L	D	D	L	D	1977-05-04	Workington	A
15	1	Aldershot	42	9	7	4	26	16	6	3	13	20	37	-7	40	W	D	L	L	W	1977-05-04	Halifax Town	H
16	-1	Brentford	43	13	2	6	44	25	3	4	15	26	47	-2	38	L	W	D	W	W	1977-05-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	0	Rochdale	43	8	7	7	30	22	5	5	11	16	29	-5	38	D	L	L	W	W	1977-05-03	Swansea City	A
18	0	Torquay United	43	10	5	6	29	20	4	4	14	23	45	-13	37	D	W	W	L	D	1977-05-04	Hartlepool United	H
19	0	Scunthorpe United	43	11	5	6	30	22	2	5	14	15	41	-18	36	D	D	W	L	L	1977-05-04	Bradford City	A
20	0	Halifax Town	43	11	5	6	35	17	0	7	14	9	37	-10	34	D	L	D	W	L	1977-05-04	Aldershot	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	43	8	9	5	30	18	1	3	17	15	51	-24	30	L	L	D	L	L	1977-05-04	Torquay United	A
22	0	Newport County	41	7	6	6	24	20	2	4	16	8	37	-25	28	D	L	W	L	W	1977-05-03	Watford	H
23	0	Southport	43	3	12	6	15	23	0	6	16	15	48	-41	24	L	D	L	L	W	1977-05-03	Colchester United	H
24	0	Workington	42	3	6	12	21	39	1	4	16	18	57	-57	18	L	L	L	L	L	1977-05-04	Stockport County	H