1977-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	0	Bristol City	St Andrew's	24,110
Gallagher, Towers, Francis	Lineups
Chelsea	2	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	44,093	Largest home gate 1977-78
Langley, Garner	Lineups		Robson
Coventry City	5	4	Norwich City	Highfield Road	21,578
Powell (p), Wallace, Gooding, McDonald, Graydon	Lineups		Ryan (p), Reeves 2, Peters
Derby County	0	3	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	30,395
	Lineups		Little, Gray, Deehan
Ipswich Town	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road	22,317
Geddis 2, Mills	Lineups		Bowles (p), McGee
Leeds United	3	1	Everton	Elland Road	46,727	Largest home gate 1977-78
Hankin 2, Lorimer	Lineups		Dobson
Liverpool	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Anfield Road	50,294
Neal (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Leicester City	Old Trafford	57,396
Coppell, Greenhoff J, Hill	Lineups		Goodwin
Middlesbrough	0	2	Manchester City	Ayresome Park	27,319
	Lineups		Hartford, Owen
West Bromwich Albion	1	3	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	27,786
Cunningham	Lineups		Sunderland, Macdonald, Brady (p)

				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	22	6	3	2	26	16	5	4	2	19	11	18	29	L	L	D	W	W	1977-12-31	Arsenal	H
3	0	Arsenal	22	6	4	1	17	7	6	1	4	14	10	14	29	W	W	W	D	W	1977-12-31	Everton	A
4	0	Liverpool	22	8	2	1	16	3	3	4	4	12	13	12	28	W	D	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Newcastle United	A
5	2	Manchester City	22	8	1	2	29	10	3	3	5	13	14	18	26	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Aston Villa	H
6	2	Leeds United	22	6	4	1	19	10	3	4	4	17	19	7	26	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-31	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	2	Coventry City	22	6	3	2	25	17	4	3	4	14	19	3	26	W	D	L	L	D	1977-12-31	Manchester United	H
8	-3	Norwich City	22	8	3	0	14	5	1	5	5	13	23	-1	26	L	W	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Middlesbrough	A
9	-3	West Bromwich Albion	22	7	3	1	19	7	2	4	5	14	21	5	25	L	L	W	L	D	1977-12-31	Leeds United	H
10	0	Aston Villa	21	5	1	4	14	10	4	4	3	13	11	6	23	W	D	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Manchester City	A
11	1	Ipswich Town	22	8	2	1	20	11	0	5	6	4	14	-1	23	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Derby County	H
12	1	Manchester United	21	6	1	3	15	12	3	2	6	19	21	1	21	W	W	L	L	W	1977-12-31	Coventry City	A
13	-2	Derby County	22	4	4	3	14	13	3	3	5	12	18	-5	21	L	D	W	D	W	1977-12-31	Ipswich Town	A
14	3	Chelsea	22	4	5	3	10	8	2	2	6	7	18	-9	19	W	L	D	W	L	1977-12-31	Birmingham City	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	22	4	4	3	11	10	2	3	6	8	20	-11	19	L	D	W	L	L	1977-12-31	Norwich City	H
16	-1	Bristol City	21	6	2	2	23	15	0	4	7	3	13	-2	18	L	W	L	W	D	1977-12-31	Nottingham Forest	H
17	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	4	3	4	16	15	2	3	6	10	18	-7	18	L	W	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	0	Birmingham City	22	5	3	3	16	12	2	1	8	8	20	-8	18	W	L	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Chelsea	H
19	0	West Ham United	22	2	5	4	12	16	2	1	8	11	19	-12	14	L	W	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Leicester City	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	4	4	13	15	0	4	7	10	21	-13	14	L	D	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	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	22	2	4	5	6	18	0	3	8	3	19	-28	11	L	D	L	D	L	1977-12-31	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Sunderland	Ewood Park	22,860
Parkes	Lineups		Gilbert
Blackpool	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	25,789	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups		Worthington, Whatmore
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Crystal Palace	Eastville	11,688
Gould, Barry, Randall	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Southampton	The Valley	18,721
Abrahams	Lineups		MacDougall, Ball, Boyer
Luton Town	4	0	Sheffield United	Kenilworth Road	10,885
Futcher R, Fuccillo (p), Stein 2	Lineups
Notts County	2	1	Hull City	Meadow Lane	9,486
O'Brien 2	Lineups		Haigh
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Burnley	Boundary Park	15,172
Halom 2 (1p)	Lineups
Orient	2	0	Stoke City	Brisbane Road	6,192
Kitchen 2	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Mansfield Town	White Hart Lane	36,288
Duncan	Lineups		Bird

				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	22	10	1	0	25	10	5	3	3	13	10	18	34	W	W	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Millwall	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	4	0	29	7	5	3	3	14	12	24	31	D	W	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	2	Southampton	22	8	2	1	20	7	4	3	4	13	14	12	29	W	W	W	L	D	1977-12-31	Stoke City	H
4	-1	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	2	1	20	8	3	5	3	13	16	9	29	D	W	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	-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
6	4	Luton Town	22	6	3	2	20	7	3	2	6	16	19	10	23	W	D	D	W	L	1977-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	-1	Blackpool	22	4	3	4	15	13	5	2	4	16	15	3	23	L	L	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Orient	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	21	8	1	1	27	15	1	4	6	9	22	-1	23	L	L	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Cardiff City	A
9	-2	Sheffield United	22	8	2	1	20	9	1	3	7	13	26	-2	23	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-31	Hull City	A
10	-1	Crystal Palace	22	4	3	4	19	16	3	5	3	13	14	2	22	L	D	D	W	L	1977-12-31	Mansfield Town	A
11	2	Oldham Athletic	22	5	5	1	16	9	2	3	6	10	18	-1	22	W	W	W	D	D	1977-12-30	Fulham	A
12	0	Sunderland	22	5	3	3	19	12	1	6	4	17	23	1	21	D	W	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Burnley	A
13	-2	Stoke City	22	7	1	3	19	10	1	4	6	6	16	-1	21	L	W	L	W	L	1977-12-31	Southampton	A
14	2	Orient	22	5	4	2	18	14	1	4	6	7	13	-2	20	W	L	L	D	W	1977-12-31	Blackpool	A
15	-1	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
16	1	Notts County	22	5	5	1	18	10	1	2	8	10	25	-7	19	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Bristol Rovers	H
17	-2	Hull City	22	4	3	4	13	9	1	5	5	7	13	-2	18	L	L	D	D	D	1977-12-31	Sheffield United	H
18	0	Bristol Rovers	22	5	5	2	19	10	0	3	7	10	31	-12	18	W	D	W	L	D	1977-12-31	Notts County	A
19	0	Mansfield Town	22	4	2	5	16	17	1	4	6	12	21	-10	16	D	W	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	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	0	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	22	3	4	4	11	11	1	0	10	7	29	-22	12	L	L	L	W	W	1977-12-31	Sunderland	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	1	1	Colchester United	Gigg Lane	5,409
Tucker	Lineups		Foley
Chesterfield	0	1	Preston North End	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,484
	Lineups		Bruce
Exeter City	1	0	Hereford United	St James Park	6,722
Bowker	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Sincil Bank	6,463
Leigh	Lineups		Moore
Peterborough United	1	1	Gillingham	London Road	10,156
Robson	Lineups		Armstrong
Port Vale	1	1	Oxford United	Vale Park	3,997
Harris	Lineups		Stott
Portsmouth	2	2	Cambridge United	Fratton Park	13,152	Largest home gate 1977-78
Kemp, Ruggiero (p)	Lineups		Biley 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Rotherham United	Hillsborough	18,973	Largest home gate 1977-78
Prendergast	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	0	Bradford City	Gay Meadow	3,929
Bates 2, Irvine, Hornsby	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground	9,967
Moss, Guthrie, Kamara	Lineups		Binney
Walsall	3	0	Chester	Fellows Park	4,990
Buckley 2 (1p), Wood	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Carlisle United	Racecourse Ground	10,589
Thomas, McNeil, Whittle	Lineups		McCartney (p)

				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	22	9	3	0	25	10	3	3	4	13	14	14	30	W	L	W	D	W	1977-12-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	0	Gillingham	23	6	4	1	19	10	4	5	3	19	18	10	29	D	D	W	W	W	1977-12-31	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	8	2	2	25	11	3	4	4	12	11	15	28	D	W	W	D	L	1977-12-30	Portsmouth	H
4	0	Cambridge United	22	9	1	1	28	7	2	4	5	12	21	12	27	D	W	W	W	L	1977-12-31	Walsall	A
5	1	Preston North End	22	8	2	1	22	10	1	7	3	5	9	8	27	W	W	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Peterborough United	A
6	-1	Peterborough United	22	5	6	0	12	6	4	3	4	6	9	3	27	D	D	D	W	W	1977-12-31	Preston North End	H
7	0	Colchester United	22	6	4	1	20	7	3	3	5	12	14	11	25	D	D	W	W	L	1977-12-31	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	3	3	26	13	3	3	5	13	18	8	24	W	L	D	L	D	1977-12-31	Colchester United	H
9	2	Swindon Town	22	8	3	1	28	10	0	4	6	10	21	7	23	W	D	D	D	W	1977-12-31	Gillingham	A
10	0	Bury	22	4	6	1	13	10	3	3	5	11	19	-5	23	D	L	W	W	D	1977-12-31	Carlisle United	H
11	2	Exeter City	22	6	1	4	16	12	3	3	5	12	16	0	22	W	D	L	L	W	1977-12-31	Oxford United	A
12	5	Walsall	22	5	3	3	17	11	2	5	4	10	16	0	22	W	L	D	L	W	1977-12-31	Cambridge United	H
13	-4	Chester	22	6	4	0	16	8	0	6	6	7	22	-7	22	L	W	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Lincoln City	H
14	0	Oxford United	23	6	3	1	16	9	1	4	8	17	26	-2	21	D	D	L	L	D	1977-12-31	Exeter City	H
15	-3	Carlisle United	22	4	5	2	17	13	2	3	6	12	17	-1	20	L	W	D	D	W	1977-12-31	Bury	A
16	-1	Rotherham United	22	4	4	3	12	9	2	4	5	17	23	-3	20	L	L	D	D	L	1977-12-31	Port Vale	A
17	-1	Chesterfield	22	6	3	2	13	6	2	1	8	8	18	-3	20	L	W	D	L	W	1977-12-31	Bradford City	A
18	0	Bradford City	22	5	4	2	20	14	1	3	7	5	19	-8	19	L	W	D	D	L	1977-12-31	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	3	4	4	15	14	2	4	5	11	17	-5	18	L	D	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Wrexham	H
20	0	Hereford United	22	5	4	2	13	9	0	4	7	3	16	-9	18	L	D	L	D	L	1977-12-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	0	Port Vale	22	2	7	2	12	13	1	5	5	10	20	-11	18	D	L	D	D	D	1977-12-31	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Lincoln City	22	3	4	4	13	15	2	3	6	9	17	-10	17	D	D	L	D	D	1977-12-31	Chester	A
23	0	Portsmouth	22	2	7	2	16	16	1	4	6	7	21	-14	17	D	D	D	L	W	1977-12-30	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	4	3	10	7	0	3	8	9	22	-10	15	W	L	L	L	D	1977-12-31	Hereford United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Swansea City	Dean Court	5,529
	Lineups		Charles
Brentford	3	3	Newport County	Griffin Park	8,970
Phillips (p), Baldwin, Allder	Lineups		Williams 2, Preece
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Gresty Road	3,177
Purdie	Lineups		Johnson
Halifax Town	1	1	Stockport County	The Shay	4,087
Horsfall	Lineups		Summerbee
Hartlepool United	2	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	5,299	Largest home gate 1977-78
Downing, Poskett	Lineups		Wann (p)
Northampton Town	2	1	Grimsby Town	County Ground	3,518
Martin, Tucker	Lineups		Liddell
Scunthorpe United	2	1	York City	Old Showground	3,381
Lumby 2	Lineups		Scott
Southend United	3	1	Aldershot	Roots Hall	10,203
Parker, Morris, Laverick	Lineups		Youlden
Southport	1	1	Barnsley	Haig Avenue	2,571
Birchall	Lineups		Higham OG
Torquay United	2	3	Watford	Plainmoor	6,398	Largest home gate 1977-78
Vassallo, Boulton	Lineups		Mayes 2, Bolton

				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	22	9	1	1	25	10	7	1	3	20	12	23	34	W	W	D	D	L	1977-12-31	Wimbledon	A
2	1	Southend United	22	6	4	1	16	7	6	1	4	12	10	11	29	W	L	W	W	W	1977-12-31	Barnsley	A
3	-1	Aldershot	22	9	2	0	20	3	2	4	5	11	15	13	28	L	W	D	W	L	1977-12-31	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Barnsley	22	9	1	1	25	6	1	6	4	7	12	14	27	D	W	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Southend United	H
5	0	Newport County	22	8	3	0	23	9	2	4	5	17	24	7	27	D	W	L	W	D	1977-12-31	Reading	A
6	0	Brentford	22	7	4	2	23	13	3	2	4	15	16	9	26	D	L	W	W	L	1977-12-31	York City	A
7	0	Stockport County	22	7	3	1	24	8	1	5	5	11	15	12	24	D	W	D	D	L	1977-12-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	1	Swansea City	22	7	3	1	23	9	2	3	6	8	13	9	24	W	D	L	L	W	1977-12-31	Hartlepool United	A
9	-1	Torquay United	22	6	4	1	23	11	1	5	5	4	15	1	23	L	D	W	D	W	1977-12-31	Grimsby Town	A
10	6	Northampton Town	23	7	2	2	21	15	2	3	7	13	25	-6	23	W	L	D	W	D	1977-12-31	Aldershot	H
11	2	Huddersfield Town	22	6	4	1	20	8	0	6	5	6	14	4	22	D	W	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Scunthorpe United	H
12	-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
13	-2	Reading	21	7	1	2	17	9	3	1	7	8	17	-1	22	L	W	L	W	W	1977-12-28	Rochdale	H
14	-2	Grimsby Town	22	5	3	2	10	6	4	1	7	14	21	-3	22	L	D	L	L	W	1977-12-31	Torquay United	H
15	-1	AFC Bournemouth	22	6	1	4	11	9	2	4	5	10	14	-2	21	L	L	W	W	W	1977-12-30	Stockport County	A
16	-1	Darlington	23	5	4	2	19	13	2	3	7	9	19	-4	21	L	W	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	3	Scunthorpe United	22	7	3	2	19	7	0	3	7	6	23	-5	20	W	D	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Huddersfield Town	A
18	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	2	2	20	14	1	2	8	5	26	-15	20	D	L	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Darlington	H
19	0	Halifax Town	23	4	5	3	14	9	1	4	6	10	20	-5	19	D	D	W	W	D	1977-12-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	-2	York City	22	5	3	3	15	12	1	3	7	10	15	-2	18	L	W	D	D	L	1977-12-31	Brentford	H
21	0	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	1	Hartlepool United	22	6	1	4	15	12	0	2	9	11	30	-16	15	W	L	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Swansea City	H
23	-1	Southport	22	1	8	2	16	16	0	4	7	11	23	-12	14	D	L	D	L	D	1977-12-31	Rochdale	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