1977-10-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Derby County	St Andrew's	23,108
Hibbitt 2, Towers	Lineups		O'Riordan
Bristol City	0	2	Arsenal	Ashton Gate	25,497
	Lineups		Rix, Macdonald
Coventry City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	20,014
Hutchison	Lineups		Mariner
Liverpool	0	0	Everton	Anfield Road	51,668	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	42,730
	Lineups		Richards 2
Middlesbrough	2	1	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	27,493
Souness 2	Lineups		Harris
Newcastle United	1	0	Chelsea	St James' Park	23,683
Burns	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Leicester City	Carrow Road	17,684
Gibbins, Ryan (p)	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	2	Nottingham Forest	Loftus Road	24,449
	Lineups		Bowyer, Burns
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	27,526
Cross 2, Wile, Cunningham	Lineups
West Ham United	2	2	Aston Villa	Upton Park	26,599
Hales, Taylor T	Lineups		McNaught, Gray

				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	Nottingham Forest	12	5	1	0	13	2	4	1	1	11	6	16	20	W	W	D	W	D	1977-10-29	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Liverpool	12	5	1	0	10	0	2	3	1	5	5	10	18	D	W	W	D	L	1977-10-29	Manchester City	A
3	2	West Bromwich Albion	12	5	1	0	15	4	2	2	2	9	10	10	17	W	D	W	L	W	1977-10-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	-1	Everton	12	3	2	1	9	5	3	2	1	13	5	12	16	D	W	W	W	D	1977-10-29	Newcastle United	H
5	-1	Manchester City	12	4	1	1	11	4	2	2	2	10	9	8	15	L	L	W	L	D	1977-10-29	Liverpool	H
6	0	Coventry City	12	3	2	1	13	9	3	1	2	8	8	4	15	D	W	D	W	L	1977-10-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	0	Norwich City	12	5	2	0	10	4	1	1	3	4	12	-2	15	W	L	W	W	D	1977-10-29	Derby County	A
8	0	Arsenal	12	5	1	0	10	1	1	1	4	4	6	7	14	W	W	L	D	W	1977-10-29	Birmingham City	H
9	1	Aston Villa	12	3	0	3	8	7	2	3	1	8	7	2	13	D	W	W	D	L	1977-10-29	Manchester United	H
10	1	Ipswich Town	12	4	1	0	10	4	0	4	3	3	9	0	13	D	W	L	L	W	1977-10-29	West Ham United	H
11	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	2	2	2	10	8	2	2	2	8	8	2	12	W	D	L	L	W	1977-10-29	Coventry City	H
12	-3	Manchester United	11	3	1	1	7	4	2	1	3	8	11	0	12	L	W	L	W	D	1977-10-29	Aston Villa	A
13	1	Middlesbrough	12	3	2	1	9	6	1	2	3	6	9	0	12	W	D	W	W	L	1977-10-29	Nottingham Forest	A
14	-2	Leeds United	12	2	3	1	8	7	1	2	3	11	13	-1	11	L	L	L	D	W	1977-10-29	Leicester City	A
15	1	Birmingham City	12	3	1	2	10	8	2	0	4	6	12	-4	11	W	L	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Arsenal	A
16	-1	Derby County	12	1	3	1	7	5	2	1	4	7	13	-4	10	L	D	W	W	W	1977-10-29	Norwich City	H
17	0	Chelsea	12	1	3	2	5	5	1	1	4	2	8	-6	8	L	D	L	D	L	1977-10-29	Bristol City	H
18	0	Bristol City	11	2	2	2	11	12	0	1	4	0	5	-6	7	L	L	W	D	L	1977-10-29	Chelsea	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	12	1	2	3	7	11	0	3	3	6	9	-7	7	L	L	L	L	D	1977-10-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	0	West Ham United	12	0	4	3	6	11	1	1	3	7	11	-9	7	D	D	D	L	L	1977-10-29	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Leicester City	12	1	1	4	3	12	0	2	4	1	10	-18	5	L	L	L	D	L	1977-10-29	Leeds United	H
22	0	Newcastle United	12	2	0	4	8	12	0	0	6	4	14	-14	4	W	L	L	L	L	1977-10-29	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Stoke City	Ewood Park	10,221
Round 2	Lineups		Hird OG
Blackpool	2	1	Luton Town	Bloomfield Road	12,167
Ronson, Ainscow	Lineups		Husband
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	28,208
Mellor	Lineups		Hinshelwood P
Burnley	1	1	Hull City	Turf Moor	8,592
Flynn	Lineups		Bremner
Cardiff City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Ninian Park	6,892
Went	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Orient	Craven Cottage	9,128
Gale	Lineups		Kitchen, Mayo
Mansfield Town	1	2	Sunderland	Field Mill	12,827
Syrett	Lineups		Rostron 2
Millwall	1	1	Sheffield United	The Den, New Cross	7,462
Mehmet	Lineups		Hamilton
Notts County	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Meadow Lane	8,273
Carter, Vinter	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	The Dell	27,296
Boyer, Holmes	Lineups		Worthington, Morgan
Tottenham Hotspur	9	0	Bristol Rovers	White Hart Lane	26,571
Hoddle, Moores 3, Lee 4, Taylor	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	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	1	0	12	5	3	2	1	8	5	10	19	D	W	W	W	D	1977-10-29	Luton Town	H
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	12	6	0	0	23	4	1	3	2	4	7	16	17	W	L	W	L	D	1977-10-29	Stoke City	A
3	1	Southampton	12	5	2	0	13	5	2	0	3	7	10	5	16	D	W	W	W	L	1977-10-29	Bristol Rovers	A
4	-2	Luton Town	12	5	1	0	12	1	2	0	4	9	10	10	15	L	W	W	W	W	1977-10-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	1	Blackpool	12	4	1	1	12	6	2	2	2	9	9	6	15	W	L	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Burnley	A
6	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	4	1	1	12	9	2	2	2	8	7	4	15	D	L	L	L	W	1977-10-29	Cardiff City	H
7	3	Blackburn Rovers	12	4	1	1	9	4	1	3	2	6	9	2	14	W	L	W	L	W	1977-10-29	Hull City	A
8	1	Crystal Palace	12	2	1	3	10	10	3	2	1	10	5	5	13	D	L	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-2	Stoke City	12	4	1	1	8	3	0	4	2	4	6	3	13	L	W	L	D	D	1977-10-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	-2	Charlton Athletic	11	5	0	0	16	7	0	3	3	5	14	0	13	L	W	L	W	W	1977-10-29	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Hull City	12	3	2	1	7	2	1	2	3	4	7	2	12	D	W	D	W	L	1977-10-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	4	Orient	12	3	1	1	11	10	1	2	4	5	8	-2	11	W	W	D	L	D	1977-10-29	Millwall	H
13	0	Sheffield United	12	4	1	1	12	7	0	2	4	6	14	-3	11	D	W	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Fulham	H
14	3	Sunderland	12	2	2	2	7	6	1	3	2	7	11	-3	11	W	W	L	D	L	1977-10-29	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-3	Fulham	12	2	3	1	12	6	1	1	4	4	9	1	10	L	L	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Sheffield United	A
16	-2	Oldham Athletic	12	3	2	1	7	5	0	2	4	5	13	-6	10	L	W	L	D	L	1977-10-29	Sunderland	A
17	-2	Mansfield Town	12	2	2	2	9	7	1	1	4	5	10	-3	9	L	L	D	L	W	1977-10-29	Notts County	H
18	1	Millwall	12	1	4	1	6	6	1	1	4	5	8	-3	9	D	L	D	L	W	1977-10-29	Orient	A
19	1	Cardiff City	11	2	3	1	7	7	0	2	3	3	10	-7	9	W	L	L	D	L	1977-10-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	-2	Bristol Rovers	12	2	3	1	10	6	0	1	5	5	21	-12	8	L	W	L	W	L	1977-10-29	Southampton	H
21	0	Notts County	12	1	4	1	8	7	0	1	5	6	17	-10	7	W	L	D	L	L	1977-10-29	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Burnley	12	1	3	2	5	6	0	0	6	4	18	-15	5	D	L	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Blackpool	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	0	Hereford United	Valley Parade	4,645
	Lineups
Bury	0	0	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	5,074
	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	Colchester United	Abbey Stadium	5,423
Spriggs 2	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Swindon Town	Sealand Road	3,292
Storton	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Preston North End	St James Park	5,444
Jennings, Kellow	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Carlisle United	Priestfield Stadium	7,022
Westwood	Lineups		Rafferty
Oxford United	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Manor Ground	5,957
Bodel, Curran	Lineups		Austin
Port Vale	0	0	Peterborough United	Vale Park	3,502
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Lincoln City	Hillsborough	13,303
Bradshaw, Rushbury	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	6	1	Portsmouth	Gay Meadow	3,726
Atkins 3 (2p), Hornsby, Irvine, Nixon	Lineups		Kemp
Walsall	0	1	Wrexham	Fellows Park	5,502
	Lineups		McNeil

				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	Tranmere Rovers	13	5	2	0	16	6	2	1	3	3	4	9	17	D	W	L	W	W	1977-10-25	Preston North End	A
2	4	Shrewsbury Town	14	4	2	1	18	8	3	1	3	11	13	8	17	W	L	W	D	L	1977-10-29	Gillingham	A
3	-1	Gillingham	14	4	2	1	14	8	2	3	2	12	13	5	17	D	L	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	1	Wrexham	14	4	3	0	13	6	2	2	3	7	9	5	17	W	D	W	W	W	1977-10-29	Bury	H
5	4	Oxford United	14	5	1	1	11	5	1	3	3	10	12	4	16	W	D	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Cambridge United	A
6	1	Bury	13	3	3	1	7	5	2	3	1	8	7	3	16	D	D	D	L	W	1977-10-29	Wrexham	A
7	-4	Rotherham United	14	4	2	1	9	4	2	2	3	13	16	2	16	D	D	L	L	W	1977-10-29	Lincoln City	H
8	0	Peterborough United	14	3	4	0	8	5	2	2	3	3	6	0	16	D	W	D	W	D	1977-10-28	Colchester United	A
9	2	Exeter City	14	3	1	3	10	7	3	2	2	9	6	6	15	W	W	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Swindon Town	A
10	-6	Colchester United	14	3	3	1	11	5	2	2	3	6	6	6	15	L	D	D	D	W	1977-10-28	Peterborough United	H
11	-1	Preston North End	13	4	2	0	10	4	0	4	3	2	7	1	14	L	W	D	W	W	1977-10-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	4	Cambridge United	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	5	13	-1	14	W	D	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Oxford United	H
13	5	Chester	14	3	4	0	11	6	0	4	3	4	14	-5	14	W	D	D	D	L	1977-10-29	Preston North End	A
14	-2	Walsall	14	2	2	3	7	7	1	5	1	6	8	-2	13	L	W	D	L	D	1977-10-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	0	Chesterfield	14	4	2	1	8	3	1	1	5	4	11	-2	13	D	L	L	D	D	1977-10-29	Carlisle United	A
16	1	Hereford United	14	4	1	2	8	5	0	4	3	2	8	-3	13	D	D	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Port Vale	H
17	-4	Swindon Town	14	4	2	1	14	5	0	2	5	6	15	0	12	L	D	L	L	W	1977-10-29	Exeter City	H
18	-4	Plymouth Argyle	14	1	3	3	8	10	2	3	2	7	8	-3	12	L	L	W	D	D	1977-10-29	Portsmouth	H
19	2	Bradford City	14	2	3	2	11	8	1	2	4	4	11	-4	11	D	D	D	W	L	1977-10-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-1	Portsmouth	13	1	4	1	6	5	1	3	3	4	12	-7	11	L	D	D	D	D	1977-10-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	1	Port Vale	13	2	3	2	7	8	1	2	3	6	13	-8	11	D	D	D	L	L	1977-10-29	Hereford United	A
22	-2	Lincoln City	14	2	2	3	8	9	2	0	5	6	9	-4	10	L	L	W	W	L	1977-10-29	Rotherham United	A
23	0	Carlisle United	14	1	4	2	9	10	1	2	4	5	9	-5	10	D	D	L	L	L	1977-10-29	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	14	2	3	2	5	4	0	3	4	6	12	-5	10	W	D	L	W	L	1977-10-29	Bradford City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Grimsby Town	1	0	Aldershot	Blundell Park	4,521
Cumming	Lineups
Hartlepool United	3	1	Brentford	Victoria Park	2,470
Poskett 2, Ayre	Lineups		Phillips
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Barnsley	Leeds Road	7,583	Largest home gate 1977-78
Eccles 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	3,479
Reilly	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Elm Park	4,668
Sanchez, Nelson	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Swansea City	Edgeley Park	4,028
Thompson, Lawler	Lineups
Torquay United	4	2	Scunthorpe United	Plainmoor	2,521
Brown 2, Tomlin, Green	Lineups		Lumby (p), Wigg
Watford	2	0	Newport County	Vicarage Road	10,749
Mercer, Downes	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	3	Southend United	Plough Lane	4,448
Galvin	Lineups		Clark, Morris, Goodwin

				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	Watford	14	6	0	1	12	6	5	0	2	13	6	13	22	W	L	W	W	W	1977-10-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	1	Southend United	14	3	3	1	8	4	5	1	1	10	4	10	20	W	D	D	L	W	1977-10-29	Brentford	A
3	-1	Aldershot	14	5	2	0	10	3	2	2	3	6	7	6	18	L	W	D	L	L	1977-10-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	4	Grimsby Town	14	5	2	0	10	3	2	1	4	6	12	1	17	W	W	D	W	L	1977-10-29	Huddersfield Town	A
5	-1	Brentford	14	4	3	1	15	7	2	1	3	12	14	6	16	L	D	L	L	W	1977-10-29	Southend United	H
6	3	Northampton Town	15	6	0	1	15	8	1	2	5	6	15	-2	16	W	L	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Rochdale	A
7	-2	Barnsley	14	6	0	1	14	3	1	2	4	5	10	6	16	L	L	L	W	W	1977-10-29	Hartlepool United	H
8	-2	Crewe Alexandra	14	6	0	1	16	9	1	2	4	3	10	0	16	L	W	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Watford	A
9	-2	Newport County	14	5	2	0	14	5	1	2	4	5	12	2	16	L	D	D	W	W	1977-10-29	Torquay United	H
10	2	Stockport County	14	4	2	1	12	5	1	3	3	9	10	6	15	W	D	W	W	D	1977-10-28	Southport	H
11	-1	Darlington	14	2	4	1	10	9	2	2	3	6	9	-2	14	W	D	W	W	D	1977-10-29	Wimbledon	H
12	2	Reading	13	4	1	2	11	8	2	1	3	5	8	0	14	W	W	W	W	D	1977-10-25	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	-2	Swansea City	14	5	2	0	13	3	0	2	5	3	9	4	14	L	D	L	D	W	1977-10-29	Reading	H
14	2	Torquay United	14	3	4	0	13	7	1	2	4	3	11	-2	14	W	D	D	W	L	1977-10-29	Newport County	A
15	0	Huddersfield Town	14	3	4	0	11	4	0	4	3	4	10	1	14	W	D	D	D	W	1977-10-29	Grimsby Town	H
16	-3	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	1	2	12	8	1	2	4	4	12	-4	13	L	L	W	W	L	1977-10-28	York City	A
17	4	Hartlepool United	14	5	0	2	10	5	0	2	5	7	16	-4	12	W	D	L	L	L	1977-10-29	Barnsley	A
18	-1	Wimbledon	14	2	3	2	12	10	1	2	4	7	16	-7	11	L	W	D	L	D	1977-10-29	Darlington	A
19	-1	Southport	14	1	4	2	9	9	0	4	3	8	13	-5	10	L	D	D	D	D	1977-10-28	Stockport County	A
20	-1	York City	14	2	2	3	10	10	1	2	4	7	9	-2	10	D	D	L	L	L	1977-10-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	-1	Halifax Town	14	1	4	2	5	4	1	2	4	9	15	-5	10	W	D	D	L	L	1977-10-29	Scunthorpe United	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	14	3	2	2	10	5	0	2	5	4	14	-5	10	L	L	D	L	D	1977-10-29	Halifax Town	H
23	0	AFC Bournemouth	13	2	1	3	6	8	1	3	3	5	8	-5	10	L	L	W	L	W	1977-10-25	Reading	H
24	0	Rochdale	15	3	1	3	11	8	0	1	7	4	19	-12	8	D	D	W	L	L	1977-10-29	Northampton Town	H