1976–77 Football League

1 Overview
2 Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]
3 First Division
4 First Division Results
5 Second Division
6 Second Division Results
7 Third Division
8 Third Division Results
9 Fourth Division
10 Fourth Division Results
11 See also
12 References

Overview

The 1976–1977 season was the 77th completed season of The Football League.

As of this season, goal difference (GD in league tables) was used to separate the clubs finishing level on points. The earlier system, used from the season 1894–95 until the 1975–76 had been the so-called goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this earlier system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. Now the system would favoured the teams that had scored more goals, and it was hoped that more goals would be seen as a result of this new system.

First Division

Liverpool retained their league championship trophy and won their first European Cup to confirm Bob Paisley as a successful replacement for Bill Shankly in his third season at the helm. Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City's long spells in the First Division came to an end with relegation. Stoke sacked their manager Tony Waddington. On the last day of the season, Coventry City and Bristol City played out a controversial 2–2 draw, with play virtually stopping when it was heard that Sunderland had lost to Everton. Both clubs survived while Sunderland was relegated.

After Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty had admitted his affair with the wife of the club's physiotherapist, the club's directors decided that he had broken their moral code and he was sacked.

Second Division

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest gained promotion to the First Division. Brian Clough's Forest would achieve success beyond the dreams of most supporters over the next few seasons. Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle and Hereford United occupied the three relegation places. Hereford became the first club to finish bottom of the Second Division after winning the Third Division the previous season.

Third Division

Mansfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace were the three teams promoted to the Second Division. Palace's manager was a certain Terry Venables who would enjoy more success at Palace and elsewhere over the next 20 years. Going down were Reading, Northampton Town, Grimsby Town and York City.

Fourth Division

Cambridge United, Exeter City, Colchester United and Bradford City occupied the four promotion places in the league's lowest division. A terrible season for Workington was compounded by their failure to gain re-election to the Football League, a humiliation which saw them slip into the Northern Premier League. In their place were Southern League champions Wimbledon, who would make amazing progress over the next decade.

The British pop star Elton John took over Fourth Division side Watford and installed Graham Taylor as manager. Former Arsenal manager Bertie Mee came out of retirement to work at Watford as assistant to Graham Taylor. John immediately asserted his ambition by promising to bring First Division football to Watford.

Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79^[2], with home and away statistics separated.

Note: Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with this season.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "England 1976–77". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1976-77.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Liverpool (10th English title)
Relegated	Stoke City Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup 1977–78	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78	Manchester United (4th FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1977–78	Aston Villa, Ipswich Town Manchester City, Newcastle United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1183 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andy Gray (Aston Villa), 25 Malcolm Macdonald (Arsenal), 25 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Ipswich – West Brom 7–0 (6 Nov 1976)
Biggest away win	Leicester – West Brom 0–5 (7 Mar 1977)
Highest scoring	Derby – Tottenham 8–2 (16 Oct 1976)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Locations of the Football League First Division 1976–1977 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1976–1977

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	18	3	0	47	11	5	8	8	15	22	62	33	+29	57	European Cup 1977–78 Second round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	38	13	6	9	6	22	21	60	34	+ 26	56	UEFA Cup 1977–78 First round
3	Ipswich Town	42	15	4	2	41	11	7	4	10	25	28	66	39	+ 27	52	UEFA Cup 1977–78 First round
4	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	55	17	5	4	12	21	33	76	50	+ 26	51	UEFA Cup 1977–78 First round
5	Newcastle United	42	14	6	1	40	15	4	7	10	24	34	64	49	+ 15	49	UEFA Cup 1977–78 First round
6	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	5	10	30	40	71	62	+ 9	47	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 First round
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	38	22	6	7	8	24	34	62	56	+ 6	45
8	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	37	20	5	5	11	27	39	64	59	+ 5	43
9	Everton	42	9	7	5	35	24	5	7	9	27	40	62	64	– 2	42
10	Leeds United	42	8	8	5	28	26	7	4	10	20	25	48	51	– 3	42
11	Leicester City	42	8	9	4	30	28	4	9	8	17	32	47	60	– 13	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	11	6	4	25	14	3	7	11	15	31	40	45	– 5	41
13	Birmingham City	42	10	6	5	38	25	3	6	12	25	36	63	61	+ 2	38
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	7	4	31	21	3	5	13	16	31	47	52	– 5	38
15	Derby County	42	9	9	3	36	18	0	10	11	14	37	50	55	– 5	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	4	5	30	23	2	5	14	17	41	47	64	– 17	37
17	West Ham United	42	9	6	6	28	23	2	8	11	18	42	46	65	– 19	36
18	Bristol City	42	8	7	6	25	19	3	6	12	13	29	38	48	– 10	35
19	Coventry City	42	7	9	5	34	26	3	6	12	14	33	48	59	– 11	35
20	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	29	16	2	7	12	17	38	46	54	– 8	34
21	Stoke City	42	9	8	4	21	16	1	6	14	7	35	28	51	– 23	34
22	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	7	5	26	20	3	2	16	22	52	48	72	– 24	33

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Liverpool were also winners of European Cup this year.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ARS	AST	BIR	BRI	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	QPR	STO	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		3–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	5–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–3
Aston Villa	5–1		1–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	5–2	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	4–0
Birmingham City	3–3	2–1		3–0	3–0	5–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0
Bristol City	2–0	0–0	0–1		0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–1
Coventry City	1–2	2–3	2–1	2–2		2–0	4–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
Derby County	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	4–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	8–2	2–2	1–1
Everton	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0		1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–2
Ipswich Town	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	7–0	4–1
Leeds United	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1		2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Leicester City	4–1	1–1	2–6	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–5	2–0
Liverpool	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	5–1		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Manchester City	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	4–2
Manchester United	3–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1		2–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–3	2–3	2–2	0–2
Middlesbrough	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Newcastle United	0–2	3–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0		5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0
Norwich City	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–2		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–2	2–3		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Stoke City	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1
Sunderland	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	6–1	6–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1		0–2	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	4–2		3–0
West Ham United	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–3	0–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2nd title)
Promoted	Chelsea, Nottingham Forest
Relegated	Carlisle United, Hereford United, Plymouth Argyle
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1290 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mickey Walsh (Blackpool), 26 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Blackburn – Notts County 6–1 (9 Oct 1976) Fulham – Orient 6–1 (7 Mar 1977) Nottingham Forest – Sheffield United 6–1 (9 Oct 1976) Fulham – Oldham 5–0 (4 Dec 1976) Luton – Carlisle 5–0 (26 Mar 1977)
Biggest away win	Carlisle – Southampton 0–6 (22 Jan 1977)
Highest scoring	Charlton – Southampton 6–2 (24 Sep 1976) Burnley – Charlton 4–4 (16 Oct 1976) Oldham – Hereford 3–5 (16 Apr 1977) Wolverhampton – Southampton 2–6 (5 Oct 1976)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1976–1977 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1976–1977

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	3	3	48	21	7	10	4	36	24	84	45	+39	57
2	Chelsea	42	15	6	0	51	22	6	7	8	22	31	73	53	+ 20	55
3	Nottingham Forest	42	14	3	4	53	22	7	7	7	24	21	77	43	+ 34	52
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	46	21	5	9	7	29	33	75	54	+ 21	51
5	Blackpool	42	11	7	3	29	17	6	10	5	29	25	58	42	+ 16	51
6	Luton Town	42	13	5	3	39	17	8	1	12	28	31	67	48	+ 19	48
7	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	52	27	2	11	8	19	31	71	58	+ 13	48
8	Notts County	42	11	5	5	29	20	8	5	8	36	40	65	60	+ 5	48
9	Southampton	42	12	6	3	40	24	5	4	12	32	43	72	67	+ 5	44
10	Millwall	42	9	6	6	31	22	6	7	8	26	31	57	53	+ 4	43
11	Sheffield United	42	9	8	4	32	25	5	4	12	22	38	54	63	– 9	40
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	31	18	3	5	13	11	36	42	54	– 12	39
13	Oldham Athletic	42	11	6	4	37	23	3	4	14	15	41	52	64	– 12	38
14	Hull City	42	9	8	4	31	17	1	9	11	14	36	45	53	– 8	37
15	Bristol Rovers	42	8	9	4	32	27	4	4	13	21	41	53	68	– 15	37
16	Burnley	42	8	9	4	27	20	3	5	13	19	44	46	64	– 18	36
17	Fulham	42	9	7	5	39	25	2	6	13	15	36	54	61	– 7	35
18	Cardiff City	42	7	6	8	30	30	5	4	12	26	37	56	67	– 11	34	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 First round ^{[notes2 1]}
19	Orient	42	4	8	9	18	23	5	8	8	19	32	37	55	– 18	34
20	Carlisle United	42	7	7	7	31	33	4	5	12	18	42	49	75	– 26	34
21	Plymouth Argyle	42	5	9	7	27	25	3	7	11	19	40	46	65	– 19	32
22	Hereford United	42	6	9	6	28	30	2	6	13	29	48	57	78	– 21	31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Cardiff City were runners-up in the Welsh Cup final, and since winners Shrewsbury Town are an English club, Cardiff City
were awarded the right to participate in Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRO	BUR	CRL	CAR	CHA	CHE	FUL	HER	HUL	LUT	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	ORI	PLY	SHE	SOT	WOL
Blackburn Rovers		0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	6–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2
Blackpool	1–1		1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	3–1	0–3		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–4	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–1
Bristol Rovers	0–0	1–4	2–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–5
Burnley	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	4–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Cardiff City	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	0–1		1–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–3	2–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–2
Carlisle United	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	4–3		4–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–6	2–1
Charlton Athletic	4–0	1–2	1–1	4–3	5–2	0–2	1–0		4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	6–2	1–1
Chelsea	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	5–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–3
Fulham	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1		4–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–5	5–0	6–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0
Hereford United	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–6
Hull City	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–0
Luton Town	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–1		1–2	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	2–0
Millwall	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–1	4–2		0–2	2–5	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1
Nottingham Forest	3–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	5–2	0–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–3	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	6–1	2–1	1–3
Notts County	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1
Oldham Athletic	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–5	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2
Orient	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2		2–2	0–2	2–3	2–4
Plymouth Argyle	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–2		0–0	1–1	0–0
Sheffield United	1–1	1–5	2–3	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–2
Southampton	2–0	3–3	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–1		1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–6

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Mansfield Town (1st title)
Promoted	Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace
Relegated	Grimsby Town, Northampton Town, Reading, York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1426 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Ward (Brighton & Hove Albion), 32 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1976–1977

Crystal Palace

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1976–1977

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Mansfield Town	46	17	6	0	52	13	11	2	10	26	29	78	42	+36	64
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	3	1	63	14	6	8	9	20	26	83	40	+ 43	61
3	Crystal Palace	46	17	5	1	46	15	6	8	9	22	25	68	40	+ 28	59
4	Rotherham United	46	11	9	3	30	15	11	6	6	39	29	69	44	+ 25	59
5	Wrexham	46	15	6	2	47	22	9	4	10	33	32	80	54	+ 26	58
6	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	48	21	6	8	9	16	22	64	43	+ 21	54
7	Bury	46	15	2	6	41	21	8	6	9	23	38	64	59	+ 5	54
8	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	4	4	39	18	7	5	11	26	37	65	55	+ 10	53
9	Lincoln City	46	12	9	2	50	30	7	5	11	27	40	77	70	+ 7	52
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	7	3	40	21	5	4	14	25	38	65	59	+ 6	47	^{[notes3 1]}
11	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	48	33	3	9	11	20	42	68	75	– 7	45
12	Gillingham	46	11	8	4	31	21	5	4	14	24	43	55	64	– 9	44
13	Chester	46	14	3	6	28	20	4	5	14	20	38	48	58	– 10	44
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	7	6	31	23	3	10	10	20	30	51	53	– 2	43
15	Walsall	46	8	7	8	39	32	5	8	10	18	33	57	65	– 8	41
16	Peterborough United	46	11	4	8	33	28	2	11	10	22	37	55	65	– 10	41
17	Oxford United	46	9	8	6	34	29	3	7	13	21	36	55	65	– 10	39
18	Chesterfield	46	10	6	7	30	20	4	4	15	26	44	56	64	– 8	38
19	Port Vale	46	9	7	7	29	28	2	9	12	18	43	47	71	– 24	38
20	Portsmouth	46	8	9	6	28	26	3	5	15	25	44	53	70	– 17	36
21	Reading	46	10	5	8	29	24	3	4	16	20	49	49	73	– 24	35
22	Northampton Town	46	9	4	10	33	29	4	4	15	27	46	60	75	– 15	34
23	Grimsby Town	46	10	6	7	29	22	2	3	18	16	47	45	69	– 24	33
24	York City	46	7	8	8	25	34	3	4	16	25	55	50	89	– 39	32

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Shrewsbury Town were winners of the Welsh Cup winners this season, but as they are an English club, they did not
earn a place in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Third Division Results

Home \ Away¹	B&H	BRY	CHE	CHS	CPA	GIL	GRI	LIN	MAN	NOR	OXF	PET	POR	PVA	PRE	REA	ROT	SHW	SHR	SWI	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
Brighton & Hove Albion		1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	7–2
Bury	3–0		2–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	4–2
Chester	0–1	1–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0
Chesterfield	1–1	7–0	1–0		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–6	2–0
Crystal Palace	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0		3–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Gillingham	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
Grimsby Town	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0
Lincoln City	2–2	2–3	3–3	3–2	3–2	4–0	2–0		3–2	5–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0
Mansfield Town	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1		3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–1
Northampton Town	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	5–3	1–1	3–4	0–1	0–2	3–0
Oxford United	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	5–2	1–2	0–3	1–0		2–3	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2
Peterborough United	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–5	0–2	3–0
Portsmouth	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–2	5–1	0–3	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–1
Port Vale	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–2
Preston North End	1–1	0–1	3–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	6–2	0–0	4–0		3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–2
Reading	2–3	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–4	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2		0–3	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
Rotherham United	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3		0–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–2
Shrewsbury Town	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1		2–2	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1
Swindon Town	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	5–1	1–0	0–4	4–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	5–2	1–0		1–1	2–2	3–2	5–1
Tranmere	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	4–4
Walsall	1–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	6–1	0–1	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–0		2–3	1–2
Wrexham	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	2–4	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0		1–1
York City	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–0

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Cambridge United (1st title)
Promoted	Bradford City, Colchester United, Exeter City
Failed re-election	Workington
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1423 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Joicey (Barnsley), 25 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1976–1977

Brentford

Watford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1976–1977

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cambridge United	46	16	5	2	57	18	10	8	5	30	22	87	40	+47	65
2	Exeter City	46	17	5	1	40	13	8	7	8	30	33	70	46	+ 24	62
3	Colchester United	46	19	2	2	51	14	6	7	10	26	29	77	43	+ 34	59
4	Bradford City	46	16	7	0	51	18	7	6	10	27	33	78	51	+ 27	59
5	Swansea City	46	18	3	2	60	30	7	5	11	32	38	92	68	+ 24	58
6	Barnsley	46	16	5	2	45	18	7	4	12	17	21	62	39	+ 23	55
7	Watford	46	15	7	1	46	13	3	8	12	21	37	67	50	+ 17	51
8	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	2	5	47	25	5	7	11	24	40	71	65	+ 6	51
9	Huddersfield Town	46	15	5	3	36	15	4	7	12	24	34	60	49	+ 11	50
10	Southend United	46	11	9	3	35	19	4	10	9	17	26	52	45	+ 7	49
11	Darlington	46	13	5	5	37	25	5	8	10	22	39	59	64	– 5	49
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	16	6	1	36	15	3	5	15	11	45	47	60	– 13	49
13	Bournemouth	46	13	8	2	39	13	2	10	11	15	31	54	44	+ 10	48
14	Stockport County	46	10	10	3	29	19	3	9	11	24	38	53	57	– 4	45
15	Brentford	46	14	3	6	48	27	4	4	15	29	49	77	76	+ 1	43
16	Torquay United	46	12	5	6	33	22	5	4	14	26	45	59	67	– 8	43
17	Aldershot	46	10	8	5	29	19	6	3	14	20	40	49	59	– 10	43
18	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	32	25	5	5	13	18	34	50	59	– 9	38
19	Newport County	46	11	6	6	33	21	3	4	16	9	37	42	58	– 16	38
20	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	32	24	2	5	16	17	49	49	73	– 24	37
21	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	36	18	0	8	15	11	40	47	58	– 11	36
22	Hartlepool	46	8	9	6	30	20	2	3	18	17	53	47	73	– 26	32
23	Southport	46	3	12	8	17	28	0	7	16	16	49	33	77	– 44	25
24	Workington	46	3	7	13	23	42	1	4	18	18	60	41	102	– 61	19

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Fourth Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ALD	BAR	BOU	BRA	BRE	CAM	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	HAL	HAR	HUD	NPC	ROC	SCU	STD	SOU	STP	SWA	TOR	WAT	WRK
Aldershot		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Barnsley	1–0		3–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–4	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Bournemouth	4–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Bradford City	3–1	0–0	1–1		3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–1
Brentford	0–1	0–1	3–2	4–0		0–2	1–4	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	3–0	5–0
Cambridge United	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2		2–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	5–1	2–2	2–3	4–1	4–0	4–1
Colchester United	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	6–2	3–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1
Darlington	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0		1–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	5–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	0–0	3–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	5–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–0		0–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	6–3
Exeter City	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–2		1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–0
Halifax Town	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	6–0	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	6–1
Hartlepool United	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0		0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0
Huddersfield Town	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–1		3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1
Newport County	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–0
Rochdale	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–2	0–0		5–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–3
Scunthorpe United	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–4	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–1
Southend	5–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–0
Southport	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
Stockport County	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0
Swansea City	4–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	5–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–4		4–1	1–4	4–0
Torquay United	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	5–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1		3–1	3–1
Watford	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0		2–0
Workington	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–4	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–4	0–1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1976–77 in English football

« 1975–76 1977–78 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Don Revie • Home Championship • 1978 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Bristol City · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Queens Park Rangers · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol Rovers · Burnley · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Fulham · Hereford United · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Plymouth Argyle · Sheffield United · Southampton · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion · Bury · Chester · Chesterfield · Crystal Palace · Gillingham · Grimsby Town · Lincoln City · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Shrewsbury Town · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wrexham · York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Barnsley · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Cambridge United · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Newport County · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Swansea City · Torquay United · Watford · Workington

1976–77 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '76 '77 · England · Estonia '76 '77 · Faroe Islands '76 '77 · Finland '76 '77 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '76 '77 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '76 '77 · Lithuania '76 '77 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '76 '77 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '76 '77 · Spain · Sweden '76 '77 · Switzerland · Turkey · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '76 '77 · Finland '76 '77 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '76 '77 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '76 '77 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '76 '77 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

1976–77 Football League

Contents

Overview

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Final league tables and results[1] [2]

First Division

First Division Results

Second Division

Second Division Results

Third Division

Third Division Results

Fourth Division

Fourth Division Results

See also

References

Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]