1977-05-16
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | Stoke City | Villa Park | 28,931 | |
| Gray (p) | Lineups | |||||
| Bristol City | 2 | 1 | Liverpool | Ashton Gate | 38,688 | Largest home game 1976-77 |
| Garland 2 | Lineups | Johnson | ||||
| Everton | 1 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | Goodison Park | 20,102 | |
| Dobson | Lineups | Brown T | ||||
| Leicester City | 0 | 1 | Leeds United | Filbert Street | 13,642 | |
| Lineups | Gray F | |||||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 0 | Ipswich Town | Loftus Road | 19,171 | |
| Givens | Lineups | |||||
| West Ham United | 4 | 2 | Manchester United | Upton Park | 29,904 | |
| Robson B 2, Lampard, Pike | Lineups | Hill, Pearson | ||||
| Footnotes | ||||||
| Stoke City relegated | ||||||
| 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 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 57 | L | D | D | D | W | End of Season | ||
| 2 | 0 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 56 | W | D | W | D | L | End of Season | ||
| 3 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 52 | L | D | W | L | L | End of Season | ||
| 4 | 0 | Newcastle United | 41 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 17 | 49 | W | L | L | L | W | 1977-05-24 | Everton | A |
| 5 | 1 | Aston Villa | 40 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 22 | 48 | W | L | L | W | D | 1977-05-20 | Queens Park Rangers | H |
| 6 | -1 | Manchester United | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 47 | L | W | D | D | L | End of Season | ||
| 7 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 41 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 45 | D | W | W | L | D | 1977-05-23 | Aston Villa | A |
| 8 | 0 | Arsenal | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 5 | 43 | L | D | D | W | W | End of Season | ||
| 9 | 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | -3 | 42 | W | L | L | L | D | End of Season | ||
| 10 | -1 | Leicester City | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | -13 | 42 | L | L | L | W | D | End of Season | ||
| 11 | -1 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -5 | 41 | D | D | D | W | W | End of Season | ||
| 12 | 2 | Everton | 40 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 40 | -6 | 38 | D | D | D | D | D | 1977-05-19 | Sunderland | H |
| 13 | -1 | Birmingham City | 41 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 37 | D | W | L | D | L | 1977-05-23 | Queens Park Rangers | A |
| 14 | -1 | Derby County | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 37 | -5 | 37 | D | W | D | D | W | End of Season | ||
| 15 | 0 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | -17 | 37 | D | D | W | L | L | End of Season | ||
| 16 | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 40 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 30 | -5 | 36 | W | W | L | D | L | 1977-05-20 | Aston Villa | A |
| 17 | 2 | West Ham United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 42 | -19 | 36 | W | D | D | W | D | End of Season | ||
| 18 | -2 | Sunderland | 41 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 36 | -6 | 34 | D | W | W | D | D | 1977-05-19 | Everton | A |
| 19 | 3 | Bristol City | 41 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 27 | -10 | 34 | W | D | W | D | L | 1977-05-19 | Coventry City | A |
| 20 | -2 | Coventry City | 41 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 33 | -11 | 34 | L | D | D | L | W | 1977-05-19 | Bristol City | H |
| 21 | -1 | Stoke City | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 35 | -23 | 34 | L | L | D | D | L | End of Season | ||
| 22 | -1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 52 | -24 | 33 | W | L | W | D | L | End of Season | ||
