1976–77 Football League First Division

1976–77 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1976–77 Liverpool10th English title SunderlandStoke CityTottenham Hotspur European Cup Liverpool European Cup Winners' Cup Manchester United UEFA Cup Manchester CityIpswich TownAston Villa Newcastle United Andy GrayMalcolm Macdonald(25 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Ipswich Town 7–0 West Bromwich Albion(6 November 1976) Leicester City 0–5 West Bromwich Albion(7 March 1977) Derby County 8–2 Tottenham Hotspur(16 October 1976) 462 1183 1975–76 1977–78 Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1976–77 season. Overview 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 were 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. League standings main WDL First Division World Football LIV, MCI, IPS, AVL, NEW, MUN, WBA, ARS, EVE, LEE, LEI, MID, BIR, QPR, DER, NOR, WHU, BRC, COV, SUN, STK, TOT EC2R UC UC UC UC ECWC1R REL REL REL complete 16 11 15 64 59 22 7 13 76 50 13 12 17 63 61 11 13 18 38 48 10 15 17 48 59 9 19 14 50 55 14 14 14 62 64 22 8 12 66 39 15 12 15 48 51 12 18 12 47 60 23 11 8 62 33 21 14 7 60 34 18 11 13 71 62 14 13 15 40 45 18 13 11 64 49 14 9 19 47 64 13 12 17 47 52 10 14 18 28 51 11 12 19 46 54 12 9 21 48 72 16 13 13 62 56 11 14 17 46 65 C R R R 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 West Ham United 5 2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup second round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1976–77 FA Cup winners. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Stats Record Most wins: Liverpool (23) Fewest losses: Manchester City (7) Most goals scored: Aston Villa (76) Fewest goals conceded: Liverpool (33) Best goal difference ratio: Liverpool (+29) Most draws: Derby County (19) Fewest draws: Aston Villa (7) Most losses: Tottenham Hotspur Fewest wins: Derby County (9) Fewest goals scored: Stoke City (28) Most goals conceded: Tottenham Hotspur (72) Worst goal difference ratio: Tottenham Hotspur (–24) Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BRI COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NWC QPR STK 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 3–1 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Arsenal ENG Bertie Mee Retired 4 May 1976 Pre-season NIR Terry Neill 7 July 1976 Tottenham Hotspur NIR Terry Neill Signed by Arsenal 7 July 1976 ENG Keith Burkinshaw 7 July 1976 Sunderland ENG Bob Stokoe Resigned 18 October 1976 22nd ENG Jimmy Adamson 1 December 1976 Derby County SCO Dave Mackay 25 November 1976 19th ENG Colin Murphy 25 November 1976 Everton NIR Billy Bingham Sacked 8 January 1977 15th ENG Gordon Lee 1 February 1977 Newcastle United ENG Gordon Lee Signed by Everton 1 February 1977 7th ENG Richard Dinnis 1 February 1977 Stoke City ENG Tony Waddington Mutual consent 22 March 1977 14th ENG George Eastham 24 March 1977 Middlesbrough ENG Jack Charlton Resigned 2 April 1977 10th ENG Harold Shepherdson (caretaker) 2 April 1977 Team locations England left 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1976–1977 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right 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 Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1976–1977 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1976–77 Football League Category:1976–77 in English football leagues lt:Anglijos futbolo varžybos 1976–1977 m. hu:1976–1977-es angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) ru:Футбольная лига Англии 1976-1977