1977-12-10

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Leeds United	Highbury	40,162
Young	Lineups		McQueen
Aston Villa	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	43,196
Cowans, Gray, Gidman	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Ipswich Town	Ashton Gate	24,701
Gillies, Tainton	Lineups
Everton	3	0	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	38,647
Latchford 2, Buckley	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Derby County	Filbert Street	21,199
Kelly	Lineups		Hughes
Manchester City	3	0	Birmingham City	Maine Road	36,671
Owen, Channon, Tueart	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Liverpool	Carrow Road	24,983
Suggett, Peters	Lineups		Thompson
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Coventry City	City Ground	29,823
O'Neill, McGovern	Lineups		Wallace
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Newcastle United	Loftus Road	15,251
	Lineups		Robinson
West Ham United	2	1	Manchester United	Upton Park	20,242
Brooking, Hales	Lineups		McGrath
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Chelsea	Molineux	16,400
Carr	Lineups		Langley, Walker 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	Nottingham Forest	19	8	2	0	21	4	5	1	3	13	8	22	29	W	W	D	L	W	1977-12-17	Manchester United	A
2	0	Everton	19	6	3	1	24	10	5	3	1	18	8	24	28	W	W	W	D	W	1977-12-17	Birmingham City	A
3	1	Liverpool	19	6	2	1	14	3	3	3	4	11	12	10	23	L	W	W	D	L	1977-12-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	19	6	3	0	17	4	2	4	4	13	18	8	23	L	D	D	D	D	1977-12-17	West Ham United	H
5	1	Arsenal	19	5	4	1	14	7	4	1	4	9	8	8	23	D	W	L	W	D	1977-12-17	Coventry City	A
6	-1	Coventry City	19	5	3	1	19	11	4	2	4	13	18	3	23	L	D	L	W	D	1977-12-17	Arsenal	H
7	1	Norwich City	19	7	3	0	13	5	1	4	4	8	17	-1	23	W	D	W	L	D	1977-12-17	Chelsea	A
8	1	Manchester City	19	7	1	2	25	10	2	3	4	11	12	14	22	W	L	W	D	L	1977-12-17	Leeds United	A
9	-2	Leeds United	19	4	4	1	14	9	3	4	3	16	16	5	22	D	W	W	W	W	1977-12-17	Manchester City	H
10	1	Aston Villa	18	5	0	4	13	9	3	4	2	10	10	4	20	W	L	D	L	W	1977-12-17	Middlesbrough	A
11	-1	Ipswich Town	19	6	2	1	16	9	0	5	5	4	13	-2	19	L	W	D	D	L	1977-12-17	Leicester City	H
12	1	Derby County	19	3	4	2	13	10	3	2	5	12	18	-3	18	D	W	W	W	L	1977-12-17	Bristol City	H
13	-1	Manchester United	18	5	1	2	12	7	2	2	6	13	19	-1	17	L	W	D	W	L	1977-12-17	Nottingham Forest	H
14	3	Bristol City	18	5	2	2	20	14	0	4	5	3	9	0	16	W	D	W	D	W	1977-12-17	Derby County	A
15	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	3	4	13	14	2	3	4	10	13	-4	16	L	L	D	D	W	1977-12-17	Newcastle United	A
16	2	Chelsea	19	3	4	3	7	6	2	2	5	7	15	-7	16	W	L	L	D	D	1977-12-17	Norwich City	H
17	-2	Middlesbrough	19	3	4	2	10	8	2	2	6	8	20	-10	16	L	L	L	D	W	1977-12-17	Aston Villa	H
18	-2	Birmingham City	19	4	2	3	13	12	2	1	7	8	19	-10	15	L	L	L	D	L	1977-12-17	Everton	H
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	3	4	13	15	0	4	5	8	17	-11	13	L	L	D	L	W	1977-12-17	Liverpool	A
20	0	West Ham United	19	1	5	4	11	16	2	1	6	10	16	-11	12	W	L	L	L	D	1977-12-17	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	1	Newcastle United	18	3	1	5	12	15	1	1	7	9	19	-13	10	W	W	L	L	D	1977-12-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	-1	Leicester City	19	2	3	5	6	18	0	3	6	2	15	-25	10	D	L	L	D	W	1977-12-17	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	6	3	Cardiff City	Burnden Park	18,072
Jones P 2, Reid, Whatmore, Walsh, Morgan	Lineups		Robson, Sayer, Bishop
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Goldstone Ground	22,339
Horton (p)	Lineups		Taylor
Burnley	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	9,478
Kindon	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Notts County	Selhurst Park	14,691
Cannon, Walsh	Lineups
Hull City	2	2	Orient	Boothferry Park	4,279
Dobson, Daniel (p)	Lineups		Mayo, Kitchen
Mansfield Town	1	3	Blackpool	Field Mill	6,975
Sharkey (p)	Lineups		Hatton, Ainscow, Walsh
Millwall	0	3	Fulham	The Den, New Cross	7,661
	Lineups		Gale, Evans, Moore OG
Sheffield United	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	17,888
Woodward, Hamilton	Lineups
Southampton	0	1	Luton Town	The Dell	19,907
	Lineups		Futcher R
Stoke City	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	10,613
Richardson, Crooks, Kendall (p)	Lineups		Staniforth, Gould
Sunderland	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Roker Park	31,960	Largest home gate 1977-78
Rowell (p)	Lineups		Duncan 2

				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	19	9	1	0	23	10	4	3	2	10	8	15	30	W	L	W	W	W	1977-12-17	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	2	0	26	4	4	3	3	11	11	22	27	W	D	L	D	W	1977-12-17	Crystal Palace	H
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	6	3	1	20	12	3	3	3	9	8	9	24	D	W	D	D	W	1977-12-17	Orient	A
4	-1	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	1	1	17	6	2	5	3	10	14	7	24	L	W	D	W	D	1977-12-17	Millwall	H
5	2	Blackpool	19	4	3	2	15	10	5	2	3	15	13	7	23	W	L	W	D	L	1977-12-17	Southampton	H
6	-1	Southampton	19	7	2	1	17	6	2	3	4	9	13	7	23	L	D	W	D	W	1977-12-17	Blackpool	A
7	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	7	1	0	24	11	1	4	5	9	18	4	21	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Sheffield United	19	7	2	1	18	9	1	3	5	13	19	3	21	W	W	D	L	W	1977-12-17	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Crystal Palace	19	4	2	4	16	13	3	4	2	11	9	5	20	W	L	W	D	L	1977-12-17	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	1	Luton Town	19	5	2	2	15	6	3	1	6	13	16	6	19	W	L	D	L	L	1977-12-17	Mansfield Town	H
11	2	Stoke City	19	6	1	3	15	10	1	4	4	6	11	0	19	W	L	L	W	W	1977-12-17	Fulham	A
12	-2	Sunderland	19	4	3	3	17	11	1	5	3	14	19	1	18	L	L	D	D	W	1977-12-17	Bristol Rovers	A
13	-1	Orient	19	4	4	1	16	13	1	4	5	7	11	-1	18	D	W	D	D	L	1977-12-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	1	Fulham	19	4	4	1	19	9	2	1	7	8	15	3	17	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-17	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Hull City	19	4	3	3	13	8	1	4	4	6	11	0	17	D	D	L	L	W	1977-12-17	Cardiff City	A
16	1	Oldham Athletic	19	3	5	1	11	9	1	3	6	9	18	-7	16	D	D	W	D	L	1977-12-17	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Notts County	19	3	5	1	13	9	1	2	7	10	23	-9	15	L	W	D	D	L	1977-12-17	Burnley	H
18	0	Millwall	19	1	6	2	7	10	1	4	5	9	14	-8	14	L	D	D	D	D	1977-12-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Bristol Rovers	19	3	5	2	13	8	0	2	7	9	30	-16	13	L	D	D	L	L	1977-12-17	Sunderland	H
20	0	Cardiff City	18	4	3	2	12	14	0	2	7	7	26	-21	13	L	L	L	W	L	1977-12-17	Hull City	H
21	0	Mansfield Town	19	3	2	5	14	16	1	2	6	10	19	-11	12	L	L	L	L	W	1977-12-17	Luton Town	A
22	0	Burnley	19	3	4	3	9	8	1	0	8	7	24	-16	12	W	W	D	L	W	1977-12-17	Notts County	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	3	2	Oxford United	Gigg Lane	3,981
Tucker, Stanton 2	Lineups		Foley (p), Seacole
Cambridge United	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Abbey Stadium	6,236
Biley 2 (1p), Finney	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,923
Parker	Lineups		Palios
Lincoln City	0	2	Gillingham	Sincil Bank	3,902
	Lineups		Westwood, Price
Peterborough United	0	0	Chester	London Road	5,844
	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	3	Rotherham United	Fratton Park	9,368
Pollock 2, Kemp	Lineups		Gwyther 2, Finney
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Preston North End	Gay Meadow	3,764
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	2	Carlisle United	County Ground	6,096
Moss, Stroud	Lineups		Rafferty, Tait
Walsall	1	1	Bradford City	Fellows Park	4,218
Buckley	Lineups		Hutchins
Wrexham	2	1	Hereford United	Racecourse Ground	8,813
Whittle, Cartwright	Lineups		Sheedy

				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	20	8	3	0	22	9	3	3	3	12	12	13	28	W	D	W	W	W	1977-12-26	Bradford City	A
2	0	Gillingham	21	6	3	1	19	10	4	4	3	18	17	10	27	W	W	W	D	W	1977-12-26	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Peterborough United	20	5	5	0	11	5	4	2	4	6	9	3	25	D	W	W	W	W	1977-12-26	Hereford United	A
4	2	Cambridge United	20	8	1	1	26	7	2	3	5	10	19	10	24	W	W	L	W	W	1977-12-26	Port Vale	H
5	-1	Colchester United	20	6	3	1	19	6	3	2	5	11	13	11	23	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Lincoln City	H
6	-1	Tranmere Rovers	20	6	2	2	18	9	3	3	4	11	10	10	23	D	L	D	W	W	1977-12-16	Oxford United	H
7	0	Preston North End	20	7	2	1	18	10	0	7	3	4	9	3	23	D	W	D	L	D	1977-12-26	Bury	H
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	3	3	22	13	3	3	4	13	17	5	22	D	L	D	L	L	1977-12-26	Chester	A
9	0	Bury	20	4	5	1	12	9	3	3	4	11	15	-1	22	W	W	D	L	L	1977-12-26	Preston North End	A
10	0	Swindon Town	20	7	3	1	25	9	0	3	6	7	18	5	20	D	D	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Oxford United	A
11	2	Rotherham United	20	4	4	2	11	7	2	4	4	17	22	-1	20	D	D	L	L	D	1977-12-26	Chesterfield	H
12	2	Walsall	20	4	3	3	14	11	2	5	3	10	14	-1	20	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Carlisle United	A
13	2	Chester	20	5	4	0	15	8	0	6	5	7	19	-5	20	D	W	D	W	L	1977-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	-3	Oxford United	20	6	2	1	13	6	1	3	7	15	21	1	19	L	D	L	W	L	1977-12-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	-3	Exeter City	20	5	1	4	15	12	3	2	5	10	14	-1	19	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	0	Carlisle United	20	3	5	2	15	13	2	3	5	11	14	-1	18	D	D	W	W	L	1977-12-26	Walsall	H
17	1	Chesterfield	20	6	3	1	13	5	1	1	8	6	17	-3	18	D	L	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Rotherham United	A
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	20	3	3	4	13	12	2	4	4	10	14	-3	17	D	L	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Exeter City	H
19	2	Bradford City	20	4	4	2	18	13	1	3	6	5	15	-5	17	D	D	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Wrexham	H
20	-1	Hereford United	20	5	3	2	13	9	0	4	6	3	15	-8	17	L	D	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Peterborough United	H
21	-1	Port Vale	20	2	6	2	11	12	1	5	4	10	18	-9	17	D	D	D	D	L	1977-12-26	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Lincoln City	20	3	3	4	12	14	2	2	6	8	16	-10	15	L	D	D	L	W	1977-12-26	Colchester United	A
23	0	Portsmouth	20	2	6	2	14	14	1	3	6	7	21	-14	15	D	L	W	D	L	1977-12-26	Gillingham	A
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	3	4	3	9	7	0	3	7	8	19	-9	13	L	L	D	L	W	1977-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Dean Court	3,249
Sidebottom OG	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	5,762
McCulloch 2, Phillips	Lineups		Liddell
Halifax Town	3	1	Swansea City	The Shay	1,722
Carroll, Bullock, May OG	Lineups		James R
Hartlepool United	2	2	Aldershot	Victoria Park	2,082
Gaffney, Ayre	Lineups		Dungworth 2 (1p)
Northampton Town	1	1	York City	County Ground	3,108
Martin	Lineups		Staniforth
Reading	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Elm Park	4,321
Kearns 2, Earles	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	0	Darlington	Old Showground	1,959
Lumby, Keeley, Oates	Lineups
Southport	2	2	Watford	Haig Avenue	1,735
Snookes, Brookfield	Lineups		Jenkins, Pollard
Torquay United	3	0	Rochdale	Plainmoor	2,144
Brown, Coffill, Downs	Lineups
Wimbledon	0	0	Barnsley	Plough Lane	2,406
	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	20	8	1	1	22	10	6	1	3	17	10	19	30	D	D	L	W	W	1977-12-26	Northampton Town	H
2	0	Southend United	20	5	4	1	13	6	6	1	3	12	8	11	27	W	W	W	L	D	1977-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Aldershot	20	8	2	0	19	3	2	4	4	10	12	14	26	D	W	L	W	D	1977-12-26	Brentford	H
4	2	Brentford	20	7	3	2	20	10	3	2	3	15	15	10	25	W	W	L	D	W	1977-12-26	Aldershot	A
5	0	Barnsley	20	8	1	1	21	6	1	5	4	6	11	10	24	D	W	D	D	D	1977-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	-2	Newport County	20	7	3	0	20	7	2	3	5	14	21	6	24	L	W	D	W	W	1977-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	4	Torquay United	20	6	4	0	21	8	1	4	5	3	14	2	22	W	D	W	L	W	1977-12-26	Swansea City	A
8	4	Reading	20	7	1	2	17	9	3	1	6	8	15	1	22	W	L	W	W	W	1977-12-26	Stockport County	A
9	-2	Stockport County	20	6	3	1	22	8	1	4	5	10	14	10	21	D	D	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Reading	H
10	-2	Swansea City	20	7	2	1	22	8	1	3	6	7	13	8	21	L	L	W	W	D	1977-12-26	Torquay United	H
11	3	AFC Bournemouth	20	6	1	3	11	8	2	4	4	8	11	0	21	W	W	W	D	W	1977-12-26	Newport County	A
12	-3	Doncaster Rovers	20	6	1	2	18	10	3	2	6	8	17	-1	21	L	W	W	W	W	1977-12-26	Scunthorpe United	H
13	-3	Grimsby Town	20	5	2	2	10	6	4	1	6	13	19	-2	21	L	L	W	L	L	1977-12-26	Halifax Town	H
14	-1	Northampton Town	21	6	2	2	19	14	2	3	6	13	22	-4	21	D	W	D	L	L	1977-12-26	Watford	A
15	0	Darlington	21	4	4	2	16	13	2	3	6	8	17	-6	19	L	L	L	W	D	1977-12-26	Southport	H
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	7	1	2	19	13	1	2	7	5	22	-11	19	D	L	L	L	W	1977-12-26	Barnsley	A
17	0	Huddersfield Town	19	4	4	1	15	8	0	5	5	5	13	-1	17	L	W	L	D	L	1977-12-17	Wimbledon	H
18	2	Scunthorpe United	20	6	3	2	17	6	0	2	7	5	22	-6	17	W	L	W	L	D	1977-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	-1	Wimbledon	20	3	6	2	16	13	1	3	5	10	21	-8	17	D	D	W	D	D	1977-12-17	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-1	York City	20	4	3	3	14	12	1	3	6	9	13	-2	16	D	D	L	W	L	1977-12-26	Hartlepool United	H
21	0	Halifax Town	20	3	4	3	10	7	1	3	6	10	20	-7	15	W	D	W	L	L	1977-12-17	Rochdale	H
22	0	Southport	20	1	7	2	15	15	0	4	6	11	20	-9	13	D	L	D	L	D	1977-12-26	Darlington	A
23	0	Hartlepool United	20	5	1	4	13	11	0	2	8	11	29	-16	13	D	L	L	L	L	1977-12-26	York City	A
24	0	Rochdale	21	3	3	4	14	12	0	1	10	5	25	-18	10	L	L	L	D	L	1977-12-17	Halifax Town	A