1977-12-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Newcastle United	0	2	Nottingham Forest	St James' Park	41,612	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups		Needham, McGovern

				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	22	8	3	0	22	5	7	1	3	19	8	28	34	W	D	W	W	W	1977-12-31	Bristol City	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	21	4	1	6	16	17	1	1	8	9	23	-15	12	L	L	W	W	W	1977-12-31	Liverpool	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
Cardiff City	4	1	Millwall	Ninian Park	8,253
Bishop, Buchanan 2, Robson	Lineups		Brisley (p)
Fulham	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage	21,695
Money, Margerrison	Lineups		Maybank

				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	0	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	0	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	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	4	1	21	13	4	3	4	11	10	9	27	L	D	W	D	W	1977-12-31	Luton Town	A
6	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	3	Fulham	22	6	4	1	24	10	2	1	8	9	17	6	21	W	L	W	W	W	1977-12-30	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-1	Sunderland	22	5	3	3	19	12	1	6	4	17	23	1	21	D	W	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Burnley	A
14	-1	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
15	-1	Orient	22	5	4	2	18	14	1	4	6	7	13	-2	20	W	L	L	D	W	1977-12-31	Blackpool	A
16	0	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	0	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	1	Cardiff City	21	5	4	2	16	15	0	2	8	8	29	-20	16	W	L	D	L	L	1977-12-31	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-1	Millwall	22	1	6	3	8	13	1	4	7	11	20	-14	14	L	L	L	L	D	1977-12-31	Bolton Wanderers	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

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Reading	4	3	Rochdale	Elm Park	5,066
Kearns 2, Earles, Scott OG	Lineups		Owen 2, Esser
Wimbledon	3	3	Doncaster Rovers	Plough Lane	2,032
Galliers, Leslie, Parsons	Lineups		Laidlaw (p), Snodin, O'Callaghan

				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	0	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	0	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	0	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	4	Reading	22	8	1	2	21	12	3	1	7	8	17	0	24	W	L	W	L	W	1977-12-31	Newport County	H
10	-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
11	1	Doncaster Rovers	22	6	2	2	19	11	3	3	6	11	20	-1	23	D	D	L	W	W	1977-12-31	Halifax Town	H
12	-2	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
13	-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
14	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	23	3	7	2	19	16	1	3	7	10	27	-14	18	D	L	L	D	D	1977-12-31	Watford	H
22	0	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	0	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	24	4	3	4	17	12	0	1	12	9	32	-18	12	L	W	L	L	L	1977-12-31	Southport	A