1976–77 in English field hockey

1976–77 England Hockey League

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The 1976–77 English Hockey League season took place from September 1976 until May 1977.

The Men's Cup was won by Slough.

The Men's National Inter League Championship brought together the winners of their respective regional leagues. The championship (held in September 1977) was won by Southgate.

As from the 1980-81 season the National Inter League Championship would be held in the spring of the same season instead of the Autumn of the following season.

Men's Courage National Inter League Championship

(Held at Aston University Grounds, Birmingham, September 10–11)

Group A

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bournville	Southgate	1-2
Furness Athletic	Havant	2-1
Furness Athletic	Southgate	2-1
Bournville	Havant	2-1
Southgate	Havant	5-1
Furness Athletic	Bournville	2-6

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Southgate	3	2	0	1	8	4	4
2	Bournville	3	2	0	1	9	5	4
3	Furness Athletic	3	2	0	1	6	8	4
4	Havant	3	0	0	3	3	9	0

Group B

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Hightown	Bedfordshire Eagles	0-1
Indian Gymkhana	Sheffield	5-2
Bedfordshire Eagles	Sheffield	2-1
Hightown	Indian Gymkhana	3-2
Bedfordshire Eagles	Indian Gymkhana	3-0
Hightown	Sheffield	6-2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Bedfordshire Eagles	3	3	0	0	6	1	6
2	Hightown	3	2	0	1	9	5	4
3	Indian Gymkhana	3	1	0	2	7	8	2
3	Sheffield	3	0	0	3	5	13	0

= Qualified for final

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Southgate	Bedfordshire Eagles	2-1

Southgate
David Owen, Nigel Woolven, Howard Manton, A Wallace, Geoffrey Hitchens, Raj Rawal, David Whitaker, Bernie Cotton, Peter Hazell, Alistair McGinn, James Neale
Bedfordshire Eagles
R Tatman, M Blake, H Dharml, M Kavanagh, Brajinder Daved, P Goodyear, P Ellis, M Ganesh, T Sharma, Benawra Singh, G Player

Men's Cup (Benson & Hedges National Clubs Championship)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
St Albans	Isca	1-1 (4-2 p)
Slough	Marlborough	4-1
Beckenham	Liverpool Sefton	2-0
Nottingham	RAF Strike Command	1-0 aet

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
St Albans	Beckenham	1-2
Slough	Nottingham	0-0 Slough pens

Final

(Held at Slough Hockey Club on 1 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Slough	Beckenham	1-0

Slough
Ian Taylor, John Brindley, Mike Parris, Andy Churcher, John Allen, John Murdock, Sutinder Singh Khehar, Pami Saini, Stuart Collins, Balwant Saini, D S Earl (Partington sub)
Beckenham
S Port, B N Mills, R Fell, M B Swayne, B J Green, I Westwood, C Rule, A Matheson (P Taylor sub), J Armour (A Page sub), I S McIntosh, P Anderson