1976–77 Football League First Division
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Overview
LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
won the First Division title for the tenth time in the club's history that season.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 57 | ||||
| 2 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 60 | 34 | + 26 | 56 | ||||
| 3 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 66 | 39 | + 27 | 52 | ||||
| 4 | Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 76 | 50 | + 26 | 51 | ||||
| 5 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 64 | 49 | + 15 | 49 | ||||
| 6 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 71 | 62 | + 9 | 47 | ||||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 62 | 56 | + 6 | 45 | ||||
| 8 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 64 | 59 | + 5 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 40 | 62 | 64 | – 2 | 42 | ||||
| 10 | Leeds United | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 48 | 51 | – 3 | 42 | ||||
| 11 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 47 | 60 | – 13 | 42 | ||||
| 12 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 40 | 45 | – 5 | 41 | ||||
| 13 | Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 63 | 61 | + 2 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 52 | – 5 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 55 | – 5 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 47 | 64 | – 17 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 65 | – 19 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 48 | – 10 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 59 | – 11 | 35 | ||||
| 20 | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 46 | 54 | – 8 | 34 | ||||
| 21 | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 51 | – 23 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 48 | 72 | – 24 | 33 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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| League Champions, qualified for European Cup | |
| FA Cup FA Cup 1976–77 The FA Cup 1976-77 was the 96th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The final saw Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1.-First round proper:... winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup |
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| Qualified for UEFA Cup | |
| League Cup 1977 Football League Cup Final The 1977 Football League Cup Final was played between Aston Villa and Everton and required three games to decide the winner, the only time this has happened in the League Cup. The first match took place at Wembley Stadium on 12 March and the game ended in a dull goalless draw... winners, qualified for UEFA Cup |
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| Relegated |