Season 1976-77

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1977						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Manchester United	2	1	Liverpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Pearson, Greenhoff J			Case

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1977						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	2	2	Everton	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	52,637
	McDermott, Case			McKenzie, Rioch
D 1	Manchester United	2	1	Leeds United	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000
	Coppell, Greenhoff J			Clarke
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1977 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	3	0	Everton	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	52,579
	Neal (p), Case, Kennedy

League Cup Final 1977						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	0	0	Everton	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000

League Cup Final 1977 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	1	1	Everton	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000	aet
	Kenyon OG			Latchford
League Cup Final 1977 Replay 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	3	2	Everton	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	54,749	aet
	Nicholl, Little 2			Latchford, Lyons

League Cup Semi-Finals 1977						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Everton	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	D 2	Goodison Park, Everton	48,000
	McKenzie			Whatmore
D 1	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Aston Villa	D 1	Loftus Road, London	28,739

D 2	Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Everton	D 1	Burnden Park, Bolton	50,413	agg 1-2
				Latchford
D 1	Aston Villa	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	48,439	aet agg 2-2
	Deehan 2			Francis, Eastoe
League Cup Semi-Finals 1977 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	D 1	Highbury, London	40,438
	Little 3

European Cup Final 1977						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	3	1	Borussia Monchengladbach		Stadio Olimpico, Rome	56,000
	McDermott, smith, Neal (p)			Simonsen

Final Table for Season 1976-77

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	0	Liverpool	42	18	3	0	47	11	5	8	8	15	22	29	57	Final	Rd 2	EC W
2	6	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	38	13	6	9	6	22	21	26	56	Rd 5	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 1
3	3	Ipswich Town	42	15	4	2	41	11	7	4	10	25	28	27	52	Rd 4	Rd 2
4	12	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	55	17	5	4	12	21	33	26	51	Rd 6	Win
5	10	Newcastle United	42	14	6	1	40	15	4	7	10	24	34	15	49	Rd 4	Rd 4
6	-3	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	5	10	30	40	9	47	Win	Rd 5	UEFA Rd 2
7	D 2	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	38	22	6	7	8	24	34	6	45	Rd 3	Rd 3
8	9	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	37	20	5	5	11	27	39	5	43	Rd 5	Rd 5
9	2	Everton	42	9	7	5	35	24	5	7	9	27	40	-2	42	SF	Final
10	-5	Leeds United	42	8	8	5	28	26	7	4	10	20	25	-3	42	SF	Rd 2
11	-4	Leicester City	42	8	9	4	30	28	4	9	8	17	32	-13	42	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	1	Middlesbrough	42	11	6	4	25	14	3	7	11	15	31	-5	41	Rd 6	Rd 2
13	6	Birmingham City	42	10	6	5	38	25	3	6	12	25	36	2	38	Rd 4	Rd 2
14	-12	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	7	4	31	21	3	5	13	16	31	-5	38	Rd 4	SF	UEFA QF
15	-11	Derby County	42	9	9	3	36	18	0	10	11	14	37	-5	37	Rd 6	Rd 5	UEFA Rd 2
16	-6	Norwich City	42	12	4	5	30	23	2	5	14	17	41	-17	37	Rd 3	Rd 3
17	1	West Ham United	42	9	6	6	28	23	2	8	11	18	42	-19	36	Rd 4	Rd 4
18	D 2	Bristol City	42	8	7	6	25	19	3	6	12	13	29	-10	35	Rd 3	Rd 2
19	-5	Coventry City	42	7	9	5	34	26	3	6	12	14	33	-11	35	Rd 4	Rd 4
20	D 2	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	29	16	2	7	12	17	38	-8	34	Rd 3	Rd 3
21	-9	Stoke City	42	9	8	4	21	16	1	6	14	7	35	-23	34	Rd 3	Rd 3
22	-13	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	7	5	26	20	3	2	16	22	52	-24	33	Rd 3	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	3	3	48	21	7	10	4	36	24	39	57	Rd 6	Rd 2
2	9	Chelsea	42	15	6	0	51	22	6	7	8	22	31	20	55	Rd 3	Rd 4
3	5	Nottingham Forest	42	14	3	4	53	22	7	7	7	24	21	34	52	Rd 4	Rd 3
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	46	21	5	9	7	29	33	21	51	Rd 3	SF
5	5	Blackpool	42	11	7	3	29	17	6	10	5	29	25	16	51	Rd 3	Rd 3
6	1	Luton Town	42	13	5	3	39	17	8	1	12	28	31	19	48	Rd 4	Rd 2
7	2	Charlton Athletic	42	14	5	2	52	27	2	11	8	19	31	13	48	Rd 3	Rd 3
8	-3	Notts County	42	11	5	5	29	20	8	5	8	36	40	5	48	Rd 3	Rd 3
9	-3	Southampton	42	12	6	3	40	24	5	4	12	32	43	5	44	Rd 5	Rd 2	CWC QF
10	D 3	Millwall	42	9	6	6	31	22	6	7	8	26	31	4	43	Rd 3	Rd 5
11	D 1	Sheffield United	42	9	8	4	32	25	5	4	12	22	38	-9	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	3	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	31	18	3	5	13	11	36	-12	39	Rd 5	Rd 2
13	4	Oldham Athletic	42	11	6	4	37	23	3	4	14	15	41	-12	38	Rd 5	Rd 1
14	0	Hull City	42	9	8	4	31	17	1	9	11	14	36	-8	37	Rd 3	Rd 2
15	3	Bristol Rovers	42	8	9	4	32	27	4	4	13	21	41	-15	37	Rd 3	Rd 1
16	D 1	Burnley	42	8	9	4	27	20	3	5	13	19	44	-18	36	Rd 4	Rd 2
17	-5	Fulham	42	9	7	5	39	25	2	6	13	15	36	-7	35	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	D 3	Cardiff City	42	7	6	8	30	30	5	4	12	26	37	-11	34	Rd 5	Rd 2	CWC Rd 1
19	-6	Orient	42	4	8	9	18	23	5	8	8	19	32	-18	34	Rd 4	Rd 3
20	-1	Carlisle United	42	7	7	7	31	33	4	5	12	18	42	-26	34	Rd 4	Rd 2
21	-5	Plymouth Argyle	42	5	9	7	27	25	3	7	11	19	40	-19	32	Rd 3	Rd 1
22	D 3	Hereford United	42	6	9	6	28	30	2	6	13	29	48	-21	31	Rd 4	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	10	Mansfield Town	46	17	6	0	52	13	11	2	10	26	29	36	64	Rd 2	Rd 1
2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	3	1	63	14	6	8	9	20	26	43	61	Rd 1	Rd 4
3	2	Crystal Palace	46	17	5	1	46	15	6	8	9	22	25	28	59	Rd 3	Rd 2
4	12	Rotherham United	46	11	9	3	30	15	11	6	6	39	29	25	59	Rd 3	Rd 2
5	1	Wrexham	46	15	6	2	47	22	9	4	10	33	32	26	58	Rd 4	Rd 4
6	2	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	48	21	6	8	9	16	22	21	54	Rd 2	Rd 1
7	6	Bury	46	15	2	6	41	21	8	6	9	23	38	5	54	Rd 2	Rd 3
8	12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	4	4	39	18	7	5	11	26	37	10	53	Rd 2	Rd 4
9	D 4	Lincoln City	46	12	9	2	50	30	7	5	11	27	40	7	52	Rd 3	Rd 1
10	-1	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	7	3	40	21	5	4	14	25	38	6	47	Rd 3	Rd 1
11	8	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	48	33	3	9	11	20	42	-7	45	Rd 4	Rd 1
12	3	Gillingham	46	11	8	4	31	21	5	4	14	24	43	-9	44	Rd 1	Rd 2
13	4	Chester	46	14	3	6	28	20	4	5	14	20	38	-10	44	Rd 5	Rd 2
14	D 4	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	7	6	31	23	3	10	10	20	30	-2	43	Rd 1	Rd 2
15	-8	Walsall	46	8	7	8	39	32	5	8	10	18	33	-8	41	Rd 3	Rd 2
16	-6	Peterborough United	46	11	4	8	33	28	2	11	10	22	37	-10	41	Rd 2	Rd 2
17	D 2	Oxford United	46	9	8	6	34	29	3	7	13	21	36	-10	39	Rd 1	Rd 1
18	-4	Chesterfield	46	10	6	7	30	20	4	4	15	26	44	-8	38	Rd 2	Rd 1
19	-7	Port Vale	46	9	7	7	29	28	2	9	12	18	43	-24	38	Rd 5	Rd 1
20	D 2	Portsmouth	46	8	9	6	28	26	3	5	15	25	44	-17	36	Rd 3	Rd 1
21	D 4	Reading	46	10	5	8	29	24	3	4	16	20	49	-24	35	Rd 3	Rd 1
22	D 4	Northampton Town	46	9	4	10	33	29	4	4	15	27	46	-15	34	Rd 1	Rd 2
23	-5	Grimsby Town	46	10	6	7	29	22	2	3	18	16	47	-24	33	Rd 2	Rd 1
24	D 2	York City	46	7	8	8	25	34	3	4	16	25	55	-39	32	Rd 2	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	12	Cambridge United	46	16	5	2	57	18	10	8	5	30	22	47	65	Rd 1	Rd 2
2	5	Exeter City	46	17	5	1	40	13	8	7	8	30	33	24	62	Rd 1	Rd 2
3	D 3	Colchester United	46	19	2	2	51	14	6	7	10	26	29	34	59	Rd 4	Rd 1
4	13	Bradford City	46	16	7	0	51	18	7	6	10	27	33	27	59	Rd 1	Rd 2
5	6	Swansea City	46	18	3	2	60	30	7	5	11	32	38	24	58	Rd 1	Rd 4
6	6	Barnsley	46	16	5	2	45	18	7	4	12	17	21	23	55	Rd 2	Rd 2
7	1	Watford	46	15	7	1	46	13	3	8	12	21	37	17	51	Rd 3	Rd 3
8	2	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	2	5	47	25	5	7	11	24	40	6	51	Rd 1	Rd 2
9	-4	Huddersfield Town	46	15	5	3	36	15	4	7	12	24	34	11	50	Rd 1	Rd 3
10	D 3	Southend United	46	11	9	3	35	19	4	10	9	17	26	7	49	Rd 3	Rd 1
11	9	Darlington	46	13	5	5	37	25	5	8	10	22	39	-5	49	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	4	Crewe Alexandra	46	16	6	1	36	15	3	5	15	11	45	-13	49	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	-7	AFC Bournemouth	46	13	8	2	39	13	2	10	11	15	31	10	48	Rd 1	Rd 1
14	7	Stockport County	46	10	10	3	29	19	3	9	11	24	38	-4	45	Rd 1	Rd 3
15	3	Brentford	46	14	3	6	48	27	4	4	15	29	49	1	43	Rd 2	Rd 1
16	-7	Torquay United	46	12	5	6	33	22	5	4	14	26	45	-8	43	Rd 1	Rd 3
17	D 3	Aldershot	46	10	8	5	29	19	6	3	14	20	40	-10	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
18	-3	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	32	25	5	5	13	18	34	-9	38	Rd 1	Rd 1
19	3	Newport County	46	11	6	6	33	21	3	4	16	9	37	-16	38	Rd 2	Rd 1
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	32	24	2	5	16	17	49	-24	37	Rd 1	Rd 2
21	D 3	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	36	18	0	8	15	11	40	-11	36	Rd 3	Rd 1
22	-8	Hartlepool	46	8	9	6	30	20	2	3	18	17	53	-26	32	Rd 1	Rd 1
23	0	Southport	46	3	12	8	17	28	0	7	16	16	49	-44	25	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	0	Workington	46	3	7	13	23	42	1	4	18	18	60	-61	19	Rd 1	Rd 1

Notes
1977 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
New rule restricting applications from only two clubs. One from the Northern Premier League & the Southern League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
D 4	Halifax Town	2,340	Rd 3	Rd 1	44	Re-Elected
D 4	Hartlepool	1,911	Rd 1	Rd 1	43	Re-Elected
D 4	Southport	1,438	Rd 1	Rd 1	37	Re-Elected
SL	Wimbledon		Rd 3		27	Elected
D 4	Workington	1,338	Rd 1	Rd 1	21	Re-Election
NPL	Altrincham		Rd 1		12	Failed