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1976/77

Div 1

42 17 3 1 55 17 5 4 12 21 33 51 4th Table
Sat Aug 21 Division 1 West Ham United Home Won 4-0
Wed Aug 25 Division 1 Manchester City Away Lost 0-2
Sat Aug 28 Division 1 Everton Away Won 2-0
Wed Sep 1     LC 2 Manchester City Home Won 3-0  
Sat Sep 4 Division 1 Ipswich Town Home Won 5-2
Sat Sep 11 Division 1 Queens Park Rangers Away Lost 1-2
Sat Sep 18 Division 1 Birmingham City Home Lost 1-2
Tue Sep 21 LC 3 Norwich City Home Won 2-1
Sat Sep 25 Division 1 Leicester City Home Won 2-0
Sat Oct 2 Division 1 Stoke City Away Lost 0-1
Sat Oct 9     Friendly Rangers Home Abandoned*
Sat Oct 16 Division 1 Sunderland Away Won 1-0
Wed Oct 20 Division 1 Arsenal Home Won 5-1
Sat Oct 23 Division 1 Bristol City Home Won 3-1
Wed Oct 27     LC 4 Wrexham Home Won 5-1  
Sat Oct 30 Division 1 Liverpool Away Lost 0-3
Sat Nov 6 Division 1 Manchester United Home Won 3-2
Wed Nov 10 Division 1 West Bromwich Albion Away Drew 1-1
Sat Nov 20 Division 1 Coventry City Home Drew 2-2
Sat Nov 27 Division 1 Norwich City Away Drew 1-1
Wed Dec 1     LC 5 Millwall Home Won 2-0  
Sat Dec 11 Division 1 Leeds United Away Won 3-1
Wed Dec 15 Division 1 Liverpool Home Won 5-1
Sat Dec 18 Division 1 Newcastle United Home Won 2-1
Mon Dec 27 Division 1 Middlesbrough Away Lost 2-3
Sat Jan 1 Division 1 Manchester United Away Lost 0-2
Sat Jan 8     FAC 3 Leicester City Away Won 1-0  
Sat Jan 22 Division 1 West Ham United Away Won 1-0
Sat Jan 29     FAC 4 West Ham United Home Won 3-0  
Tue Feb 1     LC Semi - 1 Leg Queens Park Rangers Away Lost 0-0  
Sat Feb 5 Division 1 Everton Home Won 2-0
Sat Feb 12 Division 1 Ipswich Town Away Lost 0-1
Wed Feb 16 LC Semi - 2 Leg Queens Park Rangers Home Drew 2-2

  (2-2 aggregate)
Tue Feb 22 LC Semi replay Queens Park Rangers Neutral** Won 3-0
Sat Feb 26 FAC 5 Port Vale Home Won 3-0
Wed Mar 2 Division 1 Derby County Home Won 4-0
Sat Mar 5 Division 1 Leicester City Away Drew 1-1
Sat Mar 12 LC Final Everton Wembley Drew 0-0
Wed Mar 16 LC Final replay Everton Neutral** Drew 1-1
Sat Mar 19 FAC 6 Manchester United Away Lost 1-2
Wed Mar 23 Division 1 Sunderland Home Won 4-1
Sat Apr 2 Division 1 Bristol City Away Drew 0-0
Tue Apr 5 Division 1 Middlesbrough Home Won 1-0
Sat Apr 9 Division 1 Derby County Away Lost 1-2
Wed Apr 13 LC Final 2nd replay Everton Neutral** Won 3-2
Sat Apr 16 Division 1 Coventry City Away Won 3-2
Wed Apr 20 Division 1 Tottenham Hotspur Home Won 2-1
Sat Apr 23 Division 1 Norwich City Home Won 1-0
Mon Apr 25 Division 1 Arsenal Away Lost 0-3
Sat Apr 30 Division 1 Tottenham Hotspur Away Lost 1-3
Wed May 4 Division 1 Manchester City Home Drew 1-1
Sat May 7 Division 1 Leeds United Home Won 2-1
Tue May 10 Division 1 Birmingham City Away Lost 1-2
Sat May 14 Division 1 Newcastle United Away Lost 2-3
Mon May 16 Division 1 Stoke City Home Won 1-0
Fri May 20 Division 1 Queens Park Rangers Home Drew 1-1
Mon May 23 Division 1 West Bromwich Albion Home Won 4-0
 

* I don't usually bother with friendly matches but this was was probably the most talk-ed about 'friendly' of the season. Hooliganism was never far from the news in the 70s and 80s but few could have expected the consequences of Aston Villa arranging a friendly on Saturday October 9th 1976 to fill what would have been a blank international weekend for the club. The 'friendly' was against Scottish champs Rangers. Scots fans - many the worse for drink - descended on Birmingham causing problems in the city centre even before arriving at Villa Park. At the ground missiles were thrown onto the pitch, there were pitch invasions and battles with the police which left over a hundred spectators injured, including stabbings,  and a similar number arrested. With Villa leading 2-0 the match was abandoned in the 53rd minute - and Rangers found it just a tad more difficult to play friendlies south of the border!
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** After needing just four matches to get through the first four rounds of the League Cup Aston Villa then took six matches to complete the semi-final and final. After finishing the two-legged semi against QPR 2-2 on aggregate before the days of the away goal rule and penalty shoot-outs in later rounds of the League Cup a replay was staged at Highbury, Arsenal FC. The drawn final was played at Wembley with the final replay being staged at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday FC and the final second replay at Old Trafford, Manchester United FC.
                   

 

Did You Know.....
..that when Paul Gascoigne picked up a yellow card dropped by a ref he jokingly held it up and 'booked' the ref. The ref's response - he booked Gazza for real!
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