1976–77 Football League

78th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football LeagueSeason| 1976–77

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Champions| Liverpool
Relegated| Workington

← 1975–76

1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was the 78th 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 positive goal difference, this earlier system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. Now the system would favour the teams that had scored more goals, and it was hoped that more goals would be seen as a result of this new system.

The season was also the first in which the referee used the yellow card and the red card, with the yellow to caution the offending player, and the red to show spectators and viewers that the player had been ejected from the game. Writing in The Observer, sportswriter Bob Houston noted that the season opener was "the day the Football League went Continental, arming its referees with those coloured cards we've all learned to watch for in European and World Cup matches."[1]

On 2 October 1976, Dave Wagstaffe of Blackburn Rovers became the first player in Football League history to be shown the red card when he was sent off in a 1-0 win over Orient in a Division 2 match.[2]

## Overview

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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.

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.

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.

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

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The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[3] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[4] with home and away statistics separated.

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.[4]

## First Division

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Main article: 1976–77 Football League First Division

Football league season

First DivisionSeason| 1976–77

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Champions| Liverpool
10th English title
Relegated| Sunderland
Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup| Liverpool
Cup Winners' Cup| Manchester United
UEFA Cup| Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
Manchester City
Newcastle United
Matches played| 462
Goals scored| 1,183 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer| Andy Gray
Malcolm Macdonald
(25 goals each)[5]
Biggest home win| Ipswich Town 7–0 West Bromwich Albion
(6 November 1976)
Biggest away win| Leicester City 0–5 West Bromwich Albion
(7 May 1977)
Highest scoring| Derby County 8–2 Tottenham Hotspur
(16 October 1976)

← 1975–76

1977–78 →

Despite failing to win any of their final four matches,[6] Liverpool retained the First Division title against a strong challenge by Manchester City and went on to win the European Cup for the first time, although their bid for a unique treble was ended when they lost to Manchester United in the final of the FA Cup. Liverpool finished a point ahead of Manchester City in the league. Ipswich Town, Aston Villa and Newcastle United completed the top five. Newly promoted West Bromwich Albion finished seventh.

Tottenham Hotspur went down in bottom place after a 27-year run in the First Division, along with Stoke City who had been in the First Division continuously since 1963. The final relegation place went to Sunderland, just one year after promotion.

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1  | Liverpool (C) | 42  | 23  | 11  | 8  | 62  | 33  | +29  | 57  | Qualification for the European Cup second round
2  | Manchester City | 42  | 21  | 14  | 7  | 60  | 34  | +26  | 56  | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3  | Ipswich Town | 42  | 22  | 8  | 12  | 66  | 39  | +27  | 52
4  | Aston Villa | 42  | 22  | 7  | 13  | 76  | 50  | +26  | 51
5  | Newcastle United | 42  | 18  | 13  | 11  | 64  | 49  | +15  | 49
6  | Manchester United | 42  | 18  | 11  | 13  | 71  | 62  | +9  | 47  | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
7  | West Bromwich Albion | 42  | 16  | 13  | 13  | 62  | 56  | +6  | 45  |
8  | Arsenal | 42  | 16  | 11  | 15  | 64  | 59  | +5  | 43
9  | Everton | 42  | 14  | 14  | 14  | 62  | 64  | −2  | 42
10  | Leeds United | 42  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 48  | 51  | −3  | 42
11  | Leicester City | 42  | 12  | 18  | 12  | 47  | 60  | −13  | 42
12  | Middlesbrough | 42  | 14  | 13  | 15  | 40  | 45  | −5  | 41
13  | Birmingham City | 42  | 13  | 12  | 17  | 63  | 61  | +2  | 38
14  | Queens Park Rangers | 42  | 13  | 12  | 17  | 47  | 52  | −5  | 38
15  | Derby County | 42  | 9  | 19  | 14  | 50  | 55  | −5  | 37
16  | Norwich City | 42  | 14  | 9  | 19  | 47  | 64  | −17  | 37
17  | West Ham United | 42  | 11  | 14  | 17  | 46  | 65  | −19  | 36
18  | Bristol City | 42  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 38  | 48  | −10  | 35
19  | Coventry City | 42  | 10  | 15  | 17  | 48  | 59  | −11  | 35
20  | Sunderland (R) | 42  | 11  | 12  | 19  | 46  | 54  | −8  | 34  | Relegation to the Second Division
21  | Stoke City (R) | 42  | 10  | 14  | 18  | 28  | 51  | −23  | 34
22  | Tottenham Hotspur (R) | 42  | 12  | 9  | 21  | 48  | 72  | −24  | 33

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1976–77 FA Cup winners.

### Results

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Home \ Away  | ARS | AST | BIR | BRI | COV | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NWC | QPR | STK | SUN | TOT | WBA | WHU

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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  | 3–1 | 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  |

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Maps

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Arsenal

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Arsenal

Bristol City

Coventry

Derby County

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Norwich City

QPR

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1976–1977 teams

## Second Division

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Football league season

Second DivisionSeason| 1976–77

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Champions| Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted| Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea
Nottingham Forest
Relegated| Carlisle United
Plymouth Argyle
Hereford United
Cup Winners' Cup| Cardiff City
Matches played| 462
Goals scored| 1,290 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer| Mickey Walsh
(26 goals)[5]
Biggest home win| Blackburn Rovers 6–1 Notts County
(9 October 1976)
Nottingham Forest 6–1 Sheffield United
(9 October 1976)
Fulham 5–0 Oldham Athletic
(4 December 1976)
Fulham 6–1 Orient
(7 March 1977)
Luton Town 5–0 Carlisle United
(26 March 1977)
Biggest away win| Carlisle United 0–6 Southampton
(22 January 1977)
Highest scoring| Charlton Athletic 6–2 Southampton
(24 September 1976)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–6 Southampton
(5 October 1976)
Burnley 4–4 Charlton Athletic
(16 October 1976)
Oldham Athletic 3–5 Hereford United
(16 April 1977)

← 1975–76

1977–78 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers achieved an instant return to the First Division as champions of the Second Division, while runners-up Chelsea regained their top flight status two years after losing it. Brian Clough steered Nottingham Forest into the final promotion place, while Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool missed out by a single point.

Hereford United, Plymouth Argyle and Carlisle United went down to the Third Division.

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1  | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P) | 42  | 22  | 13  | 7  | 84  | 45  | +39  | 57  | Promotion to the First Division
2  | Chelsea (P) | 42  | 21  | 13  | 8  | 73  | 53  | +20  | 55
3  | Nottingham Forest (P) | 42  | 21  | 10  | 11  | 77  | 43  | +34  | 52
4  | Bolton Wanderers | 42  | 20  | 11  | 11  | 75  | 54  | +21  | 51  |
5  | Blackpool | 42  | 17  | 17  | 8  | 58  | 42  | +16  | 51
6  | Luton Town | 42  | 21  | 6  | 15  | 67  | 48  | +19  | 48
7  | Charlton Athletic | 42  | 16  | 16  | 10  | 71  | 58  | +13  | 48
8  | Notts County | 42  | 19  | 10  | 13  | 65  | 60  | +5  | 48
9  | Southampton | 42  | 17  | 10  | 15  | 72  | 67  | +5  | 44
10  | Millwall | 42  | 15  | 13  | 14  | 57  | 53  | +4  | 43
11  | Sheffield United | 42  | 14  | 12  | 16  | 54  | 63  | −9  | 40
12  | Blackburn Rovers | 42  | 15  | 9  | 18  | 42  | 54  | −12  | 39
13  | Oldham Athletic | 42  | 14  | 10  | 18  | 52  | 64  | −12  | 38
14  | Hull City | 42  | 10  | 17  | 15  | 45  | 53  | −8  | 37
15  | Bristol Rovers | 42  | 12  | 13  | 17  | 53  | 68  | −15  | 37
16  | Burnley | 42  | 11  | 14  | 17  | 46  | 64  | −18  | 36
17  | Fulham | 42  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 54  | 61  | −7  | 35
18  | Cardiff City | 42  | 12  | 10  | 20  | 56  | 67  | −11  | 34  | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
19  | Orient | 42  | 9  | 16  | 17  | 37  | 55  | −18  | 34  |
20  | Carlisle United (R) | 42  | 11  | 12  | 19  | 49  | 75  | −26  | 34  | Relegation to the Third Division
21  | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 42  | 8  | 16  | 18  | 46  | 65  | −19  | 32
22  | Hereford United (R) | 42  | 8  | 15  | 19  | 57  | 78  | −21  | 31

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

### Results

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Home \ Away  | BLB | BLP | BOL | BRR | BUR | CAR | CRL | CHA | CHE | FUL | HER | HUL | LUT | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | ORI | PLY | SHU | SOU | WOL

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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  |

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

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Orient

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

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Bristol Rovers

Burnley

Cardiff City

Carlisle United

Charlton

Chelsea

Fulham

Hereford United

Hull

Orient

Luton Town

Millwall

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Sheffield United

Southampton

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1976–1977 teams

## Third Division

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Third DivisionSeason| 1976–77

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Champions| Mansfield Town (1st title)
Promoted| Brighton & Hove Albion,
Crystal Palace
Relegated| Grimsby Town,
Northampton Town,
Reading,
York City
Matches played| 552
Goals scored| 1,462 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer| Peter Ward (Brighton & Hove Albion), 32 [5]

← 1975–76

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2  | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46  | 19  | 3  | 1  | 63  | 14  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 20  | 26  | +43  | 61  | Promoted
3  | Crystal Palace | 46  | 17  | 5  | 1  | 46  | 15  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 22  | 25  | +28  | 59
4  | Rotherham United | 46  | 11  | 9  | 3  | 30  | 15  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 39  | 29  | +25  | 59  |
5  | Wrexham | 46  | 15  | 6  | 2  | 47  | 22  | 9  | 4  | 10  | 33  | 32  | +26  | 58
6  | Preston North End | 46  | 15  | 4  | 4  | 48  | 21  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 16  | 22  | +21  | 54
7  | Bury | 46  | 15  | 2  | 6  | 41  | 21  | 8  | 6  | 9  | 23  | 38  | +5  | 54
8  | Sheffield Wednesday | 46  | 15  | 4  | 4  | 39  | 18  | 7  | 5  | 11  | 26  | 37  | +10  | 53
9  | Lincoln City | 46  | 12  | 9  | 2  | 50  | 30  | 7  | 5  | 11  | 27  | 40  | +7  | 52
10  | Shrewsbury Town | 46  | 13  | 7  | 3  | 40  | 21  | 5  | 4  | 14  | 25  | 38  | +6  | 47  | Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for Cup Winners' Cup[a]
11  | Swindon Town | 46  | 12  | 6  | 5  | 48  | 33  | 3  | 9  | 11  | 20  | 42  | −7  | 45  |
12  | Gillingham | 46  | 11  | 8  | 4  | 31  | 21  | 5  | 4  | 14  | 24  | 43  | −9  | 44
13  | Chester | 46  | 14  | 3  | 6  | 28  | 20  | 4  | 5  | 14  | 20  | 38  | −10  | 44
14  | Tranmere Rovers | 46  | 10  | 7  | 6  | 31  | 23  | 3  | 10  | 10  | 20  | 30  | −2  | 43
15  | Walsall | 46  | 8  | 7  | 8  | 39  | 32  | 5  | 8  | 10  | 18  | 33  | −8  | 41
16  | Peterborough United | 46  | 11  | 4  | 8  | 33  | 28  | 2  | 11  | 10  | 22  | 37  | −10  | 41
17  | Oxford United | 46  | 9  | 8  | 6  | 34  | 29  | 3  | 7  | 13  | 21  | 36  | −10  | 39
18  | Chesterfield | 46  | 10  | 6  | 7  | 30  | 20  | 4  | 4  | 15  | 26  | 44  | −8  | 38
19  | Port Vale | 46  | 9  | 7  | 7  | 29  | 28  | 2  | 9  | 12  | 18  | 43  | −24  | 38
20  | Portsmouth | 46  | 8  | 9  | 6  | 28  | 26  | 3  | 5  | 15  | 25  | 44  | −17  | 36
21  | Reading | 46  | 10  | 5  | 8  | 29  | 24  | 3  | 4  | 16  | 20  | 49  | −24  | 35  | Relegated
22  | Northampton Town | 46  | 9  | 4  | 10  | 33  | 29  | 4  | 4  | 15  | 27  | 46  | −15  | 34
23  | Grimsby Town | 46  | 10  | 6  | 7  | 29  | 22  | 2  | 3  | 18  | 16  | 47  | −24  | 33
24  | York City | 46  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 25  | 34  | 3  | 4  | 16  | 25  | 55  | −39  | 32

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

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

### Results

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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 Rovers | 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  |

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Maps

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Brighton & Hove

Bury

Chester

Chesterfield

Crystal Palace

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Lincoln City

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Oxford

Peterborough

Portsmouth

Port Vale

Preston North End

Reading

Rotherham

Sheffield Wednesday

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Swindon

Tranmere

Walsall

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Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1976–1977

## Fourth Division

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Football League
Fourth DivisionSeason| 1976–77

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Champions| Cambridge United (1st title)
Promoted| Bradford City,
Colchester United,
Exeter City
Failed re-election| Workington
Matches played| 552
Goals scored| 1,423 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer| Brian Joicey (Barnsley), 25 [5]

← 1975–76

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2  | Exeter City | 46  | 17  | 5  | 1  | 40  | 13  | 8  | 7  | 8  | 30  | 33  | +24  | 62  | Promoted
3  | Colchester United | 46  | 19  | 2  | 2  | 51  | 14  | 6  | 7  | 10  | 26  | 29  | +34  | 59
4  | Bradford City | 46  | 16  | 7  | 0  | 51  | 18  | 7  | 6  | 10  | 27  | 33  | +27  | 59
5  | Swansea City | 46  | 18  | 3  | 2  | 60  | 30  | 7  | 5  | 11  | 32  | 38  | +24  | 58  |
6  | Barnsley | 46  | 16  | 5  | 2  | 45  | 18  | 7  | 4  | 12  | 17  | 21  | +23  | 55
7  | Watford | 46  | 15  | 7  | 1  | 46  | 13  | 3  | 8  | 12  | 21  | 37  | +17  | 51
8  | Doncaster Rovers | 46  | 16  | 2  | 5  | 47  | 25  | 5  | 7  | 11  | 24  | 40  | +6  | 51
9  | Huddersfield Town | 46  | 15  | 5  | 3  | 36  | 15  | 4  | 7  | 12  | 24  | 34  | +11  | 50
10  | Southend United | 46  | 11  | 9  | 3  | 35  | 19  | 4  | 10  | 9  | 17  | 26  | +7  | 49
11  | Darlington | 46  | 13  | 5  | 5  | 37  | 25  | 5  | 8  | 10  | 22  | 39  | −5  | 49
12  | Crewe Alexandra | 46  | 16  | 6  | 1  | 36  | 15  | 3  | 5  | 15  | 11  | 45  | −13  | 49
13  | AFC Bournemouth | 46  | 13  | 8  | 2  | 39  | 13  | 2  | 10  | 11  | 15  | 31  | +10  | 48
14  | Stockport County | 46  | 10  | 10  | 3  | 29  | 19  | 3  | 9  | 11  | 24  | 38  | −4  | 45
15  | Brentford | 46  | 14  | 3  | 6  | 48  | 27  | 4  | 4  | 15  | 29  | 49  | +1  | 43
16  | Torquay United | 46  | 12  | 5  | 6  | 33  | 22  | 5  | 4  | 14  | 26  | 45  | −8  | 43
17  | Aldershot | 46  | 10  | 8  | 5  | 29  | 19  | 6  | 3  | 14  | 20  | 40  | −10  | 43
18  | Rochdale | 46  | 8  | 7  | 8  | 32  | 25  | 5  | 5  | 13  | 18  | 34  | −9  | 38
19  | Newport County | 46  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 33  | 21  | 3  | 4  | 16  | 9  | 37  | −16  | 38
20  | Scunthorpe United | 46  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 32  | 24  | 2  | 5  | 16  | 17  | 49  | −24  | 37
21  | Halifax Town | 46  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 36  | 18  | 0  | 8  | 15  | 11  | 40  | −11  | 36  | Re-elected
22  | Hartlepool | 46  | 8  | 9  | 6  | 30  | 20  | 2  | 3  | 18  | 17  | 53  | −26  | 32
23  | Southport | 46  | 3  | 12  | 8  | 17  | 28  | 0  | 7  | 16  | 16  | 49  | −44  | 25
24  | Workington | 46  | 3  | 7  | 13  | 23  | 42  | 1  | 4  | 18  | 18  | 60  | −61  | 19  | Failed re-election

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### Results

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Aldershot | 1–0  |  | 0–1  | 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 | 3–1  | 1–0  |  | 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
Bradford City | 1–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  |  | 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 | 3–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 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 | 2–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 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 | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 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 | 4–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 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 | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 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 | 1–1  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 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 | 2–3  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 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 | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 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 | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 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 | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 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 | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 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 | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 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 United | 2–2  | 5–0  | 1–1  | 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 | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 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 | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 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 | 3–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 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 | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 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  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 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  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 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  |

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Maps

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Brentford

Watford

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

Aldershot

Barnsley

Bournemouth

Bradford City

Brentford

Cambridge Utd

Colchester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Huddersfield

Newport County

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southend

Southport

Stockport

Swansea City

Torquay

Watford

Workington

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Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1976–1977

## See also

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* 1976-77 in English football

## References

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1. ^ "Football Round-up", by Bob Houston, The Observer (London), 3 October 1976, p. 18
2. ^ "How English football came to love and curse the red card", by Martin Winch, BBC News], 10 August 2013
3. ^ "England 1976–77". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
4. ^ a b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
5. ^ a b c d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
6. ^ "Liverpool football club match record: 1977". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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

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*[HW]: Home won
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