1977-12-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	29,925
	Lineups		O'Neill, Woodcock
Chelsea	0	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	33,899
	Lineups		Latchford
Coventry City	1	1	Bristol City	Highfield Road	22,111
Ferguson	Lineups		Ritchie
Derby County	2	1	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	26,888
Hughes, Ryan	Lineups		Power
Ipswich Town	2	0	Aston Villa	Portman Road	20,917
Whymark, Gates	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	Elland Road	26,597
Needham OG, Flynn, Currie	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	West Ham United	Anfield Road	39,659
Dalglish, Fairclough	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	48,874
Greenhoff J, McIlroy, Pearson	Lineups		Richards
Middlesbrough	0	1	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	17,412
	Lineups		Cooper OG
Newcastle United	2	0	Leicester City	St James' Park	20,112
Burns, Nattrass	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Norwich City	The Hawthorns	18,137
	Lineups

				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	18	7	2	0	19	3	5	1	3	13	8	21	27	W	D	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Coventry City	H
2	0	Everton	18	5	3	1	21	10	5	3	1	18	8	21	26	W	W	D	W	W	1977-12-10	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	3	0	17	4	2	4	3	13	15	11	23	D	D	D	D	W	1977-12-10	Aston Villa	A
4	1	Liverpool	18	6	2	1	14	3	3	3	3	10	10	11	23	W	W	D	L	L	1977-12-10	Norwich City	A
5	-1	Coventry City	18	5	3	1	19	11	4	2	3	12	16	4	23	D	L	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Nottingham Forest	A
6	1	Arsenal	18	5	3	1	13	6	4	1	4	9	8	8	22	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Leeds United	H
7	2	Leeds United	18	4	4	1	14	9	3	3	3	15	15	5	21	W	W	W	W	D	1977-12-10	Arsenal	A
8	0	Norwich City	18	6	3	0	11	4	1	4	4	8	17	-2	21	D	W	L	D	D	1977-12-10	Liverpool	H
9	-3	Manchester City	18	6	1	2	22	10	2	3	4	11	12	11	20	L	W	D	L	L	1977-12-10	Birmingham City	H
10	1	Ipswich Town	18	6	2	1	16	9	0	5	4	4	11	0	19	W	D	D	L	W	1977-12-10	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Aston Villa	17	4	0	4	10	9	3	4	2	10	10	1	18	L	D	L	W	W	1977-12-10	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	2	Manchester United	17	5	1	2	12	7	2	2	5	12	17	0	17	W	D	W	L	L	1977-12-10	West Ham United	A
13	2	Derby County	18	3	4	2	13	10	3	1	5	11	17	-3	17	W	W	W	L	L	1977-12-10	Leicester City	A
14	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	3	3	3	12	11	2	3	4	10	13	-2	16	L	D	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Chelsea	H
15	-2	Middlesbrough	18	3	4	2	10	8	2	2	5	8	17	-7	16	L	L	D	W	D	1977-12-10	Everton	A
16	0	Birmingham City	18	4	2	3	13	12	2	1	6	8	16	-7	15	L	L	D	L	W	1977-12-10	Manchester City	A
17	1	Bristol City	17	4	2	2	18	14	0	4	5	3	9	-2	14	D	W	D	W	D	1977-12-10	Ipswich Town	H
18	-1	Chelsea	18	3	4	3	7	6	1	2	5	4	14	-9	14	L	L	D	D	W	1977-12-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	18	3	3	3	13	14	0	4	5	8	17	-10	13	L	D	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Newcastle United	H
20	0	West Ham United	18	0	5	4	9	15	2	1	6	10	16	-12	10	L	L	L	D	L	1977-12-10	Manchester United	H
21	0	Leicester City	18	2	2	5	5	17	0	3	6	2	15	-25	9	L	L	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Derby County	H
22	0	Newcastle United	17	3	1	5	12	15	0	1	7	8	19	-14	8	W	L	L	D	D	1977-12-10	Queens Park Rangers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Crystal Palace	Ewood Park	12,119
Wood 2, Hird	Lineups
Blackpool	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bloomfield Road	9,704
	Lineups		Maybank
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Hull City	Eastville	5,351
Staniforth	Lineups		Roberts
Cardiff City	1	6	Sheffield United	Ninian Park	6,395
Buchanan	Lineups		Calvert, Campbell 2, Kenworthy, Hamilton, Woodward
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Sunderland	The Valley	12,766
Berry, Henderson OG, Flanagan	Lineups		Greenwood, Entwistle
Fulham	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	8,162
Gale, Evans	Lineups
Luton Town	1	2	Burnley	Kenilworth Road	6,921
Hill	Lineups		Hall, Kindon
Notts County	2	0	Stoke City	Meadow Lane	9,309
Vinter, Hooks	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Millwall	Boundary Park	6,698
Chapman, Halom (p)	Lineups		Chambers, Seasman
Orient	4	2	Mansfield Town	Brisbane Road	4,426
Chiedozie, Kitchen 3	Lineups		Bird, Miller
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Southampton	White Hart Lane	37,873
	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	18	8	1	0	17	7	4	3	2	10	8	12	28	L	W	W	W	D	1977-12-10	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	2	0	26	4	3	3	3	9	10	21	25	D	L	D	W	W	1977-12-10	Sunderland	A
3	1	Blackburn Rovers	18	7	1	1	17	6	2	5	2	10	12	9	24	W	D	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Sheffield United	A
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	6	2	1	19	11	3	3	3	9	8	9	23	W	D	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-2	Southampton	18	7	2	0	17	5	2	3	4	9	13	8	23	D	W	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Luton Town	H
6	1	Charlton Athletic	17	7	1	0	24	11	1	4	4	9	17	5	21	W	W	W	L	D	1977-12-10	Burnley	A
7	-1	Blackpool	18	4	3	2	15	10	4	2	3	12	12	5	21	L	W	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Mansfield Town	A
8	4	Sheffield United	18	6	2	1	16	9	1	3	5	13	19	1	19	W	D	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-1	Crystal Palace	18	3	2	4	14	13	3	4	2	11	9	3	18	L	W	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Notts County	H
10	-1	Sunderland	18	4	3	2	16	9	1	5	3	14	19	2	18	L	D	D	W	D	1977-12-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-1	Luton Town	18	5	2	2	15	6	2	1	6	12	16	5	17	L	D	L	L	D	1977-12-10	Southampton	A
12	2	Orient	18	4	4	1	16	13	1	3	5	5	9	-1	17	W	D	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Hull City	A
13	-2	Stoke City	18	5	1	3	12	8	1	4	4	6	11	-1	17	L	L	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-1	Hull City	18	4	2	3	11	6	1	4	4	6	11	0	16	D	L	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Orient	H
15	1	Fulham	18	4	4	1	19	9	1	1	7	5	15	0	15	W	L	W	L	D	1977-12-10	Millwall	A
16	2	Notts County	18	3	5	1	13	9	1	2	6	10	21	-7	15	W	D	D	L	W	1977-12-10	Crystal Palace	A
17	-2	Oldham Athletic	18	3	5	1	11	9	1	2	6	8	17	-7	15	D	W	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-1	Millwall	18	1	6	1	7	7	1	4	5	9	14	-5	14	D	D	D	D	L	1977-12-10	Fulham	H
19	2	Bristol Rovers	18	3	5	2	13	8	0	2	6	7	27	-15	13	D	D	L	L	W	1977-12-10	Stoke City	A
20	-1	Cardiff City	17	4	3	2	12	14	0	2	6	4	20	-18	13	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Mansfield Town	18	3	2	4	13	13	1	2	6	10	19	-9	12	L	L	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Blackpool	H
22	0	Burnley	18	2	4	3	8	8	1	0	8	7	24	-17	10	W	D	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	2	Lincoln City	Valley Parade	3,203
Cooke, Watson	Lineups		Cockerill, Smith D
Carlisle United	1	1	Port Vale	Brunton Park	4,318
McCartney	Lineups		Bailey (p)
Chester	2	1	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	3,003
Storton, Livermore	Lineups		Heppolette
Exeter City	2	4	Cambridge United	St James Park	4,932
Kellow 2 (2p)	Lineups		Fallon, Key OG, Watson, Morgan
Gillingham	3	1	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	5,243
Richardson 2 (1p), Westwood	Lineups		Buckley
Hereford United	1	1	Swindon Town	Edgar Street	4,541
Holmes B	Lineups		McHale (p)
Oxford United	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Manor Ground	4,551
Foley	Lineups		Bates
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Bury	Home Park	4,766
	Lineups		Stanton
Preston North End	3	1	Portsmouth	Deepdale	5,936
Bruce, Elwiss, Smith	Lineups		Kemp
Rotherham United	2	2	Wrexham	Millmoor	5,105
Crawford, Stancliffe	Lineups		Whittle 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Colchester United	Hillsborough	9,000
Wylde	Lineups		Cook, Garwood

				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	Wrexham	19	7	3	0	20	8	3	3	3	12	12	12	26	D	W	W	W	W	1977-12-10	Hereford United	H
2	0	Peterborough United	19	5	4	0	11	5	4	2	4	6	9	3	24	W	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Chester	H
3	1	Gillingham	19	6	3	1	19	10	2	4	3	14	16	7	23	W	D	W	L	D	1977-12-06	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	19	6	2	2	18	9	3	2	4	10	9	10	22	L	D	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Chesterfield	A
5	1	Cambridge United	19	7	1	1	23	7	2	3	5	10	19	7	22	W	L	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	1	Preston North End	19	7	2	1	18	10	0	6	3	4	9	3	22	W	D	L	D	W	1977-12-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	1	Colchester United	19	5	3	1	16	5	3	2	5	11	13	9	21	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-09	Exeter City	H
8	-3	Shrewsbury Town	19	5	2	2	21	11	3	3	4	13	17	6	21	D	L	L	W	D	1977-12-06	Gillingham	H
9	5	Bury	19	3	5	1	9	7	3	3	4	11	15	-2	20	W	D	L	L	D	1977-12-10	Oxford United	H
10	1	Swindon Town	19	7	2	1	23	7	0	3	6	7	18	5	19	D	W	L	W	W	1977-12-10	Carlisle United	H
11	1	Oxford United	19	6	2	1	13	6	1	3	6	13	18	2	19	D	L	W	L	L	1977-12-10	Bury	A
12	-3	Exeter City	19	5	1	4	15	12	3	2	4	9	11	1	19	L	W	L	W	L	1977-12-09	Colchester United	A
13	0	Rotherham United	19	4	4	2	11	7	2	3	4	14	19	-1	19	D	L	L	D	D	1977-12-10	Portsmouth	A
14	-4	Walsall	19	4	2	3	13	10	2	5	3	10	14	-1	19	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-10	Bradford City	H
15	1	Chester	19	5	4	0	15	8	0	5	5	7	19	-5	19	W	D	W	L	L	1977-12-10	Peterborough United	A
16	1	Carlisle United	19	3	5	2	15	13	2	2	5	9	12	-1	17	D	W	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Swindon Town	A
17	-2	Chesterfield	19	6	2	1	12	4	1	1	8	6	17	-3	17	L	W	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	1	Hereford United	19	5	3	2	13	9	0	4	5	2	13	-7	17	D	L	W	L	D	1977-12-10	Wrexham	A
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	19	3	3	4	13	12	2	3	4	7	11	-3	16	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-09	Port Vale	A
20	0	Bradford City	19	4	4	2	18	13	1	2	6	4	14	-5	16	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Walsall	A
21	0	Port Vale	19	2	5	2	8	9	1	5	4	10	18	-9	16	D	D	D	L	D	1977-12-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Lincoln City	19	3	3	3	12	12	2	2	6	8	16	-8	15	D	D	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Gillingham	H
23	0	Portsmouth	19	2	5	2	11	11	1	3	6	7	21	-14	14	L	W	D	L	L	1977-12-10	Rotherham United	H
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	19	3	4	3	9	7	0	3	6	8	16	-6	13	L	D	L	W	L	1977-12-10	Cambridge United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	0	Scunthorpe United	Recreation Ground	3,070
Jopling, Dungworth 2, McGregor	Lineups
Barnsley	4	1	Reading	Oakwell	4,346
Little 2, McCarthy, Peachey	Lineups		Kearns
Darlington	1	3	Brentford	Feethams Ground	2,058
Craig	Lineups		McCulloch, Phillips, Rolph
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue	2,854
Bevan OG, O'Callaghan	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park	4,012
	Lineups		Showers, Lennard
Newport County	4	2	Hartlepool United	Somerton Park	3,323
Walker R, Goddard, Clark, Emanuel	Lineups		Ayre, Newton
Rochdale	1	2	Southend United	Spotland	902
Scaife	Lineups		Laverick, Parker
Swansea City	2	4	Northampton Town	Vetch Field	5,500
Curtis, Lally	Lineups		Christie, Farrington, Liddle, Reilly
Watford	1	1	Halifax Town	Vicarage Road	9,329
Garner	Lineups		Smith
York City	0	0	Torquay United	Bootham Crescent	1,443
	Lineups

				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	19	8	1	1	22	10	6	0	3	15	8	19	29	D	L	W	W	W	1977-12-10	Southport	A
2	0	Aldershot	19	8	2	0	19	3	2	3	4	8	10	14	25	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Hartlepool United	A
3	0	Southend United	19	4	4	1	9	4	6	1	3	12	8	9	25	W	W	L	D	L	1977-12-09	Newport County	H
4	0	Newport County	19	7	3	0	20	7	2	3	4	12	17	8	24	W	D	W	W	D	1977-12-09	Southend United	A
5	1	Barnsley	19	8	1	1	21	6	1	4	4	6	11	10	23	W	D	D	D	W	1977-12-10	Wimbledon	A
6	1	Brentford	19	6	3	2	17	9	3	2	3	15	15	8	23	W	L	D	W	W	1977-12-10	Grimsby Town	H
7	-2	Swansea City	19	7	2	1	22	8	1	3	5	6	10	10	21	L	W	W	D	W	1977-12-10	Halifax Town	A
8	3	Doncaster Rovers	19	6	1	2	18	10	3	2	5	8	14	2	21	W	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Reading	A
9	-1	Grimsby Town	19	5	2	2	10	6	4	1	5	12	16	0	21	L	W	L	L	W	1977-12-10	Brentford	A
10	-1	Stockport County	19	6	3	1	22	8	1	3	5	9	13	10	20	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	2	Torquay United	19	5	4	0	18	8	1	4	5	3	14	-1	20	D	W	L	W	D	1977-12-10	Rochdale	H
12	-2	Reading	19	6	1	2	14	9	3	1	6	8	15	-2	20	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-10	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	1	Northampton Town	20	6	1	2	18	13	2	3	6	13	22	-4	20	W	D	L	L	D	1977-12-10	York City	H
14	3	AFC Bournemouth	19	5	1	3	10	8	2	4	4	8	11	-1	19	W	W	D	W	L	1977-12-10	Huddersfield Town	H
15	-3	Darlington	20	4	4	2	16	13	2	3	5	8	14	-3	19	L	L	W	D	L	1977-12-10	Scunthorpe United	A
16	-1	Crewe Alexandra	19	7	0	2	18	12	1	2	7	5	22	-11	18	L	L	L	W	L	1977-12-09	Stockport County	H
17	-1	Huddersfield Town	18	4	4	1	15	8	0	5	4	5	12	0	17	W	L	D	L	W	1977-12-10	AFC Bournemouth	A
18	0	Wimbledon	19	3	5	2	16	13	1	3	5	10	21	-8	16	D	W	D	D	L	1977-12-10	Barnsley	H
19	1	York City	19	4	3	3	14	12	1	2	6	8	12	-2	15	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-10	Northampton Town	A
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	19	5	3	2	14	6	0	2	7	5	22	-9	15	L	W	L	D	W	1977-12-10	Darlington	H
21	1	Halifax Town	19	2	4	3	7	6	1	3	6	10	20	-9	13	D	W	L	L	L	1977-12-10	Swansea City	H
22	-1	Southport	19	1	6	2	13	13	0	4	6	11	20	-9	12	L	D	L	D	L	1977-12-10	Watford	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	19	5	0	4	11	9	0	2	8	11	29	-16	12	L	L	L	L	L	1977-12-10	Aldershot	H
24	0	Rochdale	20	3	3	4	14	12	0	1	9	5	22	-15	10	L	L	D	L	D	1977-12-10	Torquay United	A