1976–77 Football League First Division
Season | 1976–77 |
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Champions | Liverpool 10th English title |
Relegated | Sunderland Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur |
European Cup | Liverpool |
European Cup Winners' Cup | Manchester United |
UEFA Cup | Manchester City Ipswich Town Aston Villa Newcastle United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,183 (2.56 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Andy Gray Malcolm Macdonald (25 goals each)[1] |
Biggest home win | Ipswich Town 7–0 West Bromwich Albion (6 November 1976) |
Biggest away win | Leicester City 0–5 West Bromwich Albion (7 March 1977) |
Highest scoring | Derby County 8–2 Tottenham Hotspur (16 October 1976) |
← 1975–76 1977–78 → |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1976–77 season.
Overview
[edit]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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1976–77 FA Cup winners.
Stats
[edit]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
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Arsenal | ![]() |
Retired | 4 May 1976 | Pre-season | ![]() |
7 July 1976 |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Signed by Arsenal | 7 July 1976 | ![]() |
7 July 1976 | |
Sunderland | ![]() |
Resigned | 18 October 1976 | 22nd | ![]() |
1 December 1976 |
Derby County | ![]() |
25 November 1976 | 19th | ![]() |
25 November 1976 | |
Everton | ![]() |
Sacked | 8 January 1977 | 15th | ![]() |
1 February 1977 |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Signed by Everton | 1 February 1977 | 7th | ![]() |
1 February 1977 |
Stoke City | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 22 March 1977 | 14th | ![]() |
24 March 1977 |
Middlesbrough | ![]() |
Resigned | 2 April 1977 | 10th | ![]() |
2 April 1977 |
Team locations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.