1977-08-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	4	Manchester United	St Andrew's	28,005
Hibbitt	Lineups		Macari 3, Hill
Bristol City	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ashton Gate	25,291
Cormack 2 (2p)	Lineups		Carr, Patching, Sunderland
Coventry City	3	1	Derby County	Highfield Road	17,740
Ferguson 2, Wallace	Lineups		Nish
Everton	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	38,001
Pearson	Lineups		Withe, Robertson, O'Neill
Ipswich Town	1	0	Arsenal	Portman Road	30,384	Largest home gate 1977-78
Geddis	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Leicester City	Maine Road	45,963
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	30,805	Largest home gate 1977-78
Armstrong	Lineups		Dalglish
Newcastle United	3	2	Leeds United	St James' Park	36,700
Burns 2, Kennedy	Lineups		Hankin, Lorimer (p)
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Aston Villa	Loftus Road	25,431
Eastoe	Lineups		Webb OG, Carrodus
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	20,146
Brown T 2 (p), Cross	Lineups
West Ham United	1	3	Norwich City	Upton Park	28,178
Robson	Lineups		Ryan, Jones 2

				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	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Coventry City	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Leeds United	A
3	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Manchester United	A
4	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Bristol City	H
6	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Liverpool	A
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Manchester City	H
9	0	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Derby County	A
10	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Newcastle United	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Norwich City	A
12	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	West Ham United	H
13	0	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Aston Villa	A
14	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Nottingham Forest	A
15	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Everton	H
18	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Everton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Arsenal	A
20	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Leicester City	A
21	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Chelsea	A
22	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Bloomfield Road	11,021
Suddaby	Lineups		Halom (p)
Burnley	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	14,732
	Lineups		Greaves
Cardiff City	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Ninian Park	7,581
Went	Lineups		Randall
Fulham	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Craven Cottage	9,849
Maybank (p)	Lineups		Abrahams
Hull City	3	0	Sunderland	Boothferry Park	16,189	Largest home gate 1977-78
Roberts 2, Bannister	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Orient	Kenilworth Road	8,061
Buckley	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Stoke City	Field Mill	14,077
Syrett, Sharkey (p)	Lineups		Lindsay (p)
Millwall	0	3	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	15,246	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups		Evans, Hilaire, Chatterton
Notts County	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	8,237
Bradd	Lineups		Parkes
Southampton	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Dell	24,306
Ball	Lineups		Ruggiero
Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	Sheffield United	White Hart Lane	27,673
Osgood 2 (2p), Duncan, Jones	Lineups		Hamilton (p), Edwards

				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	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Mansfield Town	H
2	0	Hull City	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Mansfield Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Millwall	H
6	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Oldham Athletic	A
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	Blackpool	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Orient	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Millwall	H
10	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Notts County	H
11	0	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Blackpool	H
13	0	Fulham	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Oldham Athletic	A
14	0	Notts County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Bristol Rovers	A
15	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Fulham	H
16	0	Southampton	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Stoke City	A
17	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Southampton	H
18	0	Burnley	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Sunderland	A
19	0	Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Blackpool	H
20	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Hull City	H
21	0	Millwall	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Burnley	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	4	0	Cambridge United	Valley Parade	4,738
Wright 2, Dolan, Watson	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Lincoln City	Gigg Lane	4,160
Woolfall	Lineups
Chester	4	1	Hereford United	Sealand Road	3,276
Kearney 2 (1p), Edwards I, Mason	Lineups		McNeil
Gillingham	1	3	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	3,450
Westwood	Lineups		Foley, Packer, Gough
Oxford United	2	3	Rotherham United	Manor Ground	4,614
Seacole, Taylor	Lineups		Goodfellow, Phillips, Spencer
Peterborough United	0	0	Portsmouth	London Road	6,099
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Preston North End	Home Park	7,154
	Lineups
Port Vale	1	3	Chesterfield	Vale Park	4,091
Hemmerman (p)	Lineups		Green 2, Jones
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Swindon Town	Hillsborough	12,095
Tynan	Lineups		Kamara
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Wrexham	Gay Meadow	5,261
Turner, Lloyd OG	Lineups		Ashcroft
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	2,136
Palios, Allen 2	Lineups		Matthias OG, Tait
Walsall	1	3	Exeter City	Fellows Park	5,174
Taylor	Lineups		Beer 2, Kellow

				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	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Colchester United	A
2	0	Chester	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Colchester United	A
3	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Bradford City	H
5	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Bury	H
6	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Preston North End	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Hereford United	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-26	Lincoln City	A
9	0	Bury	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Exeter City	A
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Walsall	H
11	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Peterborough United	H
12	0	Peterborough United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Swindon Town	A
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Carlisle United	A
14	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Swindon Town	A
15	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Rotherham United	H
16	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Wrexham	A
18	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Oxford United	H
19	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Walsall	H
20	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Cambridge United	A
21	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Wrexham	A
22	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Lincoln City	A
23	0	Hereford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	0	Rochdale	Oakwell	3,901
Murphy (p), Little, Joicey, Price	Lineups
Brentford	3	0	Northampton Town	Griffin Park	5,492
Lloyd, McCulloch, Phillips	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	AFC Bournemouth	Gresty Road	1,596
Purdie 2, Bowles	Lineups		Showers
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Newport County	Belle Vue	3,041
Laidlaw 2 (1p)	Lineups		Preece, Clark
Grimsby Town	2	0	Darlington	Blundell Park	3,182
Donovan 2	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	2	Torquay United	Victoria Park	2,351
Malone	Lineups		Lee C, Brown
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Swansea City	Leeds Road	4,435
	Lineups
Reading	0	1	Southend United	Elm Park	4,197
	Lineups		Morris
Southport	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Haig Avenue	2,069
Ashworth	Lineups		Lumby (p)
Stockport County	1	3	Watford	Edgeley Park	3,046
Prudham	Lineups		Jenkins 2, Ellis (p)
Wimbledon	3	3	Halifax Town	Plough Lane	4,616
Bryant, Leslie, Connell	Lineups		Carroll 2, Bell
York City	1	2	Aldershot	Bootham Crescent	2,003
Jopling OG	Lineups		Dungworth, Needham

				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	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Swansea City	A
2	0	Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Wimbledon	H
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Scunthorpe United	A
4	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	York City	H
5	0	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-26	Stockport County	A
6	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Stockport County	H
7	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Wimbledon	H
8	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Northampton Town	H
9	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Hartlepool United	H
10	0	Wimbledon	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Brentford	A
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Swansea City	A
12	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Huddersfield Town	H
13	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	0	Southport	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Hartlepool United	H
15	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Newport County	A
16	0	Swansea City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-23	Halifax Town	A
18	0	York City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Watford	A
19	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Brentford	A
20	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-26	Scunthorpe United	A
21	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-24	Aldershot	A
22	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Rochdale	A
23	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-22	Southend United	A
24	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1977-08-27	Darlington	H