1977-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Arsenal	3	0	Chelsea	Highbury	46,074
Price, Rix, O'Leary	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	1	Coventry City	Villa Park	43,571
Deehan	Lineups		Wallace
Bristol City	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Ashton Gate	28,879
Ritchie 2, Gow	Lineups		Brown T
Everton	2	6	Manchester United	Goodison Park	48,335
Dobson, Latchford	Lineups		Macari 2, Coppell, Greenhoff J, Hill, McIlroy
Leicester City	0	0	Middlesbrough	Filbert Street	18,476
	Lineups
Manchester City	4	0	Newcastle United	Maine Road	45,811
Tueart 3, Kidd	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	27,778
Ryan	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Liverpool	City Ground	47,218	Largest home gate 1977-78
Gemmill	Lineups		Heighway
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Derby County	Loftus Road	18,917
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Birmingham City	Upton Park	25,572
Curbishley	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Leeds United	Molineux	27,704
Richards 2, Patching	Lineups		Jordan

				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	21	8	3	0	22	5	6	1	3	17	8	26	32	D	W	W	W	D	1977-12-28	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Everton	21	6	3	2	26	16	5	4	1	18	8	20	29	L	D	W	W	W	1977-12-27	Leeds United	A
3	2	Arsenal	21	6	4	1	17	7	5	1	4	11	9	12	27	W	W	D	W	L	1977-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	-1	Liverpool	21	7	2	1	15	3	3	4	4	12	13	11	26	D	W	L	W	W	1977-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	2	Norwich City	21	8	3	0	14	5	1	5	4	9	18	0	26	W	D	W	D	W	1977-12-27	Coventry City	A
6	-2	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	3	0	18	4	2	4	5	14	21	7	25	L	W	L	D	D	1977-12-27	Arsenal	H
7	2	Manchester City	21	8	1	2	29	10	2	3	5	11	14	16	24	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
8	-2	Leeds United	21	5	4	1	16	9	3	4	4	17	19	5	24	L	W	D	W	W	1977-12-27	Everton	H
9	-1	Coventry City	21	5	3	2	20	13	4	3	4	14	19	2	24	D	L	L	D	L	1977-12-27	Norwich City	H
10	1	Aston Villa	20	5	1	4	14	10	3	4	3	10	11	3	21	D	L	W	L	D	1977-12-27	Derby County	A
11	1	Derby County	21	4	4	2	14	10	3	3	5	12	18	-2	21	D	W	D	W	W	1977-12-27	Aston Villa	H
12	-2	Ipswich Town	21	7	2	1	17	9	0	5	6	4	14	-2	21	L	W	L	W	D	1977-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	1	Manchester United	20	5	1	3	12	11	3	2	6	19	21	-1	19	W	L	L	W	D	1977-12-27	Leicester City	H
14	-1	Middlesbrough	21	4	4	2	11	8	2	3	6	8	20	-9	19	D	W	L	L	L	1977-12-27	Manchester City	H
15	1	Bristol City	20	6	2	2	23	15	0	4	6	3	10	1	18	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-27	Birmingham City	A
16	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	3	4	16	15	2	3	5	10	17	-6	18	W	L	L	L	D	1977-12-27	Liverpool	A
17	-2	Chelsea	21	3	5	3	8	7	2	2	6	7	18	-10	17	L	D	W	L	L	1977-12-27	West Ham United	H
18	0	Birmingham City	21	4	3	3	13	12	2	1	8	8	20	-11	16	L	D	L	L	L	1977-12-27	Bristol City	H
19	2	West Ham United	21	2	5	4	12	16	2	1	7	10	17	-11	14	W	L	W	L	L	1977-12-27	Chelsea	A
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	4	4	13	15	0	4	6	8	18	-12	14	D	L	L	L	D	1977-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
21	-1	Newcastle United	20	4	1	5	16	15	1	1	8	9	23	-13	12	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-28	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Leicester City	21	2	4	5	6	18	0	3	7	2	16	-26	11	D	L	D	L	L	1977-12-27	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Notts County	Burnden Park	24,559
Allardyce, Whatmore	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Goldstone Ground	25,509
Horton	Lineups		Powell
Burnley	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Turf Moor	27,427	Largest home gate 1977-78
Noble (p), Morley	Lineups		Wagstaffe, Fear, Brotherston
Crystal Palace	3	3	Luton Town	Selhurst Park	22,405
Silkman 2, Sansom	Lineups		Price, Boersma, Futcher R
Hull City	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Boothferry Park	7,270
	Lineups		Daniel OG
Mansfield Town	2	1	Fulham	Field Mill	8,457
Bird, Foster C	Lineups		Mitchell
Millwall	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	The Den, New Cross	15,036
Brisley (p)	Lineups		Duncan, Lee, Taylor
Sheffield United	2	0	Orient	Bramall Lane	18,370
Woodward 2	Lineups
Southampton	3	1	Cardiff City	The Dell	21,861
MacDougall, Ball, Boyer	Lineups		Robson
Stoke City	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	14,345
Busby, Crooks, Scott, Conroy	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Blackpool	Roker Park	30,628
Rowell 2 (1p)	Lineups		Hatton

				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	21	10	1	0	25	10	4	3	3	11	10	16	32	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-27	Blackpool	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	3	0	28	6	5	3	3	14	12	24	30	W	D	W	D	L	1977-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
3	1	Blackburn Rovers	21	8	1	1	19	7	3	5	3	13	16	9	28	W	W	L	W	D	1977-12-27	Sunderland	H
4	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	6	4	1	21	13	4	3	3	10	8	10	27	D	W	D	W	D	1977-12-28	Fulham	A
5	0	Southampton	21	8	2	1	20	7	3	3	4	10	13	10	27	W	W	L	D	W	1977-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Blackpool	21	4	3	3	15	11	5	2	4	16	15	5	23	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	2	Sheffield United	21	8	2	1	20	9	1	3	6	13	22	2	23	W	L	W	W	D	1977-12-27	Luton Town	A
8	-1	Charlton Athletic	20	8	1	0	26	12	1	4	6	9	22	1	23	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-27	Southampton	H
9	-1	Crystal Palace	21	4	3	4	19	16	3	5	2	13	11	5	22	D	D	W	L	W	1977-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
10	0	Luton Town	21	5	3	2	16	7	3	2	6	16	19	6	21	D	D	W	L	D	1977-12-27	Sheffield United	H
11	1	Stoke City	21	7	1	3	19	10	1	4	5	6	14	1	21	W	L	W	L	L	1977-12-27	Orient	A
12	1	Sunderland	21	5	3	3	19	12	1	5	4	16	22	1	20	W	L	L	L	D	1977-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	3	Oldham Athletic	21	4	5	1	14	9	2	3	6	10	18	-3	20	W	W	D	D	W	1977-12-27	Burnley	H
14	-3	Fulham	21	5	4	1	22	9	2	1	8	9	17	5	19	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-1	Hull City	21	4	3	4	13	9	1	5	4	6	11	-1	18	L	D	D	D	L	1977-12-27	Notts County	A
16	-1	Orient	21	4	4	2	16	14	1	4	6	7	13	-4	18	L	L	D	W	D	1977-12-27	Stoke City	H
17	0	Notts County	21	4	5	1	16	9	1	2	8	10	25	-8	17	L	W	L	W	D	1977-12-27	Hull City	H
18	0	Bristol Rovers	21	4	5	2	16	10	0	3	7	10	31	-15	16	D	W	L	D	D	1977-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
19	2	Mansfield Town	21	4	2	5	16	17	1	3	6	11	20	-10	15	W	D	L	L	L	1977-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	-1	Millwall	21	1	6	3	8	13	1	4	6	10	16	-11	14	L	L	L	D	D	1977-12-28	Cardiff City	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	20	4	4	2	12	14	0	2	8	8	29	-23	14	L	D	L	L	L	1977-12-28	Millwall	H
22	0	Burnley	21	3	4	4	11	11	1	0	9	7	27	-20	12	L	L	W	W	D	1977-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	2	1	Wrexham	Valley Parade	6,326
Davis OG, Hutchins	Lineups		McNeil
Cambridge United	2	0	Port Vale	Abbey Stadium	6,124
Biley, Finney	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Walsall	Brunton Park	10,323
Wood OG, Tait	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Sealand Road	5,701
Crossley	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Lincoln City	Layer Road	5,840
Froggatt	Lineups		Graham
Gillingham	0	0	Portsmouth	Priestfield Stadium	9,723
	Lineups
Hereford United	0	0	Peterborough United	Edgar Street	5,625
	Lineups
Oxford United	3	3	Swindon Town	Manor Ground	8,746	Largest home gate 1977-78
Foley 2, Stott	Lineups		Kamara 2, Guthrie
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Exeter City	Home Park	12,349
Craven, Johnson	Lineups		Roberts, Kellow
Preston North End	4	0	Bury	Deepdale	10,297
Bruce 2 (1p), Elwiss, Coleman	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Chesterfield	Millmoor	6,599
Phillips	Lineups		Parker, Cammack
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Prenton Park	5,619
Tynan 3	Lineups		Tynan

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

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Brentford	Recreation Ground	8,175	Largest home gate 1977-78
Needham	Lineups
Barnsley	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Oakwell	5,730
Warnock 2, Peachey, Joicey	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Southport	Feethams Ground	2,274
Ferguson, Stone 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	5,097
Snodin	Lineups		Wigg
Grimsby Town	0	0	Halifax Town	Blundell Park	6,275
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Southend United	Leeds Road	5,706
Gray, Mountford	Lineups
Newport County	3	2	AFC Bournemouth	Somerton Park	7,629
Williams 2, Clark	Lineups		Impey 2
Rochdale	3	0	Wimbledon	Spotland	1,283
Scaife 2, O'Loughlin	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Reading	Edgeley Park	4,777
Prudham, Rutter	Lineups
Swansea City	1	1	Torquay United	Vetch Field	7,448
James R (p)	Lineups		Coffill
Watford	3	0	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	15,056
Mayes, Downes, Pollard	Lineups
York City	1	0	Hartlepool United	Bootham Crescent	3,603
Novacki	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	21	9	1	1	25	10	6	1	3	17	10	22	32	W	D	D	L	W	1977-12-27	Torquay United	A
2	1	Aldershot	21	9	2	0	20	3	2	4	4	10	12	15	28	W	D	W	L	W	1977-12-27	Southend United	A
3	-1	Southend United	21	5	4	1	13	6	6	1	4	12	10	9	27	L	W	W	W	L	1977-12-27	Aldershot	H
4	1	Barnsley	21	9	1	1	25	6	1	5	4	6	11	14	26	W	D	W	D	D	1977-12-27	Southport	A
5	1	Newport County	21	8	3	0	23	9	2	3	5	14	21	7	26	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-27	Brentford	A
6	-2	Brentford	21	7	3	2	20	10	3	2	4	15	16	9	25	L	W	W	L	D	1977-12-27	Newport County	H
7	2	Stockport County	21	7	3	1	24	8	1	4	5	10	14	12	23	W	D	D	L	W	1977-12-27	Halifax Town	A
8	-1	Torquay United	21	6	4	0	21	8	1	5	5	4	15	2	23	D	W	D	W	L	1977-12-27	Watford	H
9	1	Swansea City	21	7	3	1	23	9	1	3	6	7	13	8	22	D	L	L	W	W	1977-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	A
10	2	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	2	2	19	11	3	2	6	8	17	-1	22	D	L	W	W	W	1977-12-28	Wimbledon	A
11	-3	Reading	21	7	1	2	17	9	3	1	7	8	17	-1	22	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-28	Rochdale	H
12	1	Grimsby Town	21	5	3	2	10	6	4	1	6	13	19	-2	22	D	L	L	W	L	1977-12-27	Northampton Town	A
13	2	Huddersfield Town	21	6	4	1	20	8	0	5	5	5	13	4	21	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	-3	AFC Bournemouth	21	6	1	3	11	8	2	4	5	10	14	-1	21	L	W	W	W	D	1977-12-27	Swansea City	H
15	1	Darlington	22	5	4	2	19	13	2	3	6	8	17	-3	21	W	L	L	L	W	1977-12-27	Hartlepool United	A
16	-2	Northampton Town	22	6	2	2	19	14	2	3	7	13	25	-7	21	L	D	W	D	L	1977-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	1	2	19	13	1	2	8	5	26	-15	19	L	D	L	L	L	1977-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
18	3	York City	21	5	3	3	15	12	1	3	6	9	13	-1	18	W	D	D	L	W	1977-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
19	-1	Halifax Town	22	4	4	3	13	8	1	4	6	10	20	-5	18	D	W	W	D	W	1977-12-27	Stockport County	H
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	21	6	3	2	17	6	0	3	7	6	23	-6	18	D	W	L	W	L	1977-12-27	York City	H
21	-1	Wimbledon	22	3	6	2	16	13	1	3	7	10	27	-14	17	L	L	D	D	W	1977-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Southport	21	1	7	2	15	15	0	4	7	11	23	-12	13	L	D	L	D	L	1977-12-27	Barnsley	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	21	5	1	4	13	11	0	2	9	11	30	-17	13	L	D	L	L	L	1977-12-27	Darlington	H
24	0	Rochdale	23	4	3	4	17	12	0	1	11	6	28	-17	12	W	L	L	L	L	1977-12-28	Reading	A