Season 1976–77 | European Cup 1977–78 Liverpool | |
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Champions Liverpool (10th English title) Relegated Stoke City
Sunderland,
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 Manchester United (4th FA Cup title) UEFA Cup 1977–78 Aston Villa,
Ipswich Town
Manchester City,
Newcastle United | ||
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1976-77 season.
Contents
Overview
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
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
First Division results
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.