Season

1976-77

Manchester UnitedTommy Docherty

6thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.4
goal difference
1.7 scored · 1.4 conceded
59
Played
49%
Win rate

Season in brief

6th of 22 in the First Division, down from 3rd the year before. Home form carried the season — 66% of home matches won against 24% away. Lifted the FA Cup, beating Liverpool in the final. Gordon Hill led the scoring with 22 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 103 United scored).

Remember this? · 2–1 v Leeds United · 23 Apr 1977 · FA Cup

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 23W 11D 8L · GD +2957
  3. 4Aston Villa42P · 22W 7D 13L · GD +2651
  4. 5Newcastle United42P · 18W 13D 11L · GD +1549
  5. 6Manchester United42P · 18W 11D 13L · GD +947
  6. 7West Bromwich Albion42P · 16W 13D 13L · GD +645
  7. 8Arsenal42P · 16W 11D 15L · GD +543
  9. 21Stoke City42P · 10W 14D 18L · GD -2334
  10. 22Tottenham Hotspur42P · 12W 9D 21L · GD -2433

Slice: the final First Division table for 1976-77, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

59 matches
21 Aug 1976 v Birmingham City: 2–224 Aug 1976 @ Coventry City: 2–028 Aug 1976 @ Derby County: 0–01 Sep 1976 v Tranmere Rovers: 5–04 Sep 1976 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–311 Sep 1976 @ Newcastle United: 2–215 Sep 1976 @ AFC Ajax: 0–118 Sep 1976 v Middlesbrough: 2–022 Sep 1976 v Sunderland: 2–225 Sep 1976 @ Manchester City: 3–129 Sep 1976 v AFC Ajax: 2–02 Oct 1976 @ Leeds United: 2–04 Oct 1976 @ Sunderland: 2–26 Oct 1976 v Sunderland: 1–016 Oct 1976 @ West Bromwich Albion: 0–420 Oct 1976 v Juventus: 1–023 Oct 1976 v Norwich City: 2–227 Oct 1976 v Newcastle United: 7–230 Oct 1976 v Ipswich Town: 0–13 Nov 1976 @ Juventus: 0–36 Nov 1976 @ Aston Villa: 2–310 Nov 1976 v Sunderland: 3–320 Nov 1976 @ Leicester City: 1–127 Nov 1976 v West Ham United: 0–21 Dec 1976 v Everton: 0–318 Dec 1976 @ Arsenal: 1–327 Dec 1976 v Everton: 4–01 Jan 1977 v Aston Villa: 2–03 Jan 1977 @ Ipswich Town: 1–28 Jan 1977 v Walsall: 1–015 Jan 1977 v Coventry City: 2–019 Jan 1977 v Bristol City: 2–122 Jan 1977 @ Birmingham City: 3–229 Jan 1977 v Queens Park Rangers: 1–05 Feb 1977 v Derby County: 3–112 Feb 1977 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 3–116 Feb 1977 v Liverpool: 0–019 Feb 1977 v Newcastle United: 3–126 Feb 1977 @ Southampton: 2–25 Mar 1977 v Manchester City: 3–18 Mar 1977 v Southampton: 2–112 Mar 1977 v Leeds United: 1–019 Mar 1977 v Aston Villa: 2–123 Mar 1977 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–22 Apr 1977 @ Norwich City: 1–25 Apr 1977 @ Everton: 2–19 Apr 1977 v Stoke City: 3–011 Apr 1977 @ Sunderland: 1–216 Apr 1977 v Leicester City: 1–119 Apr 1977 @ Queens Park Rangers: 0–423 Apr 1977 n Leeds United: 2–126 Apr 1977 @ Middlesbrough: 0–330 Apr 1977 v Queens Park Rangers: 1–03 May 1977 @ Liverpool: 0–17 May 1977 @ Bristol City: 1–111 May 1977 @ Stoke City: 3–314 May 1977 v Arsenal: 3–216 May 1977 @ West Ham United: 2–421 May 1977 n Liverpool: 2–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.