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1976-77

First Division

Finished 4th of 22 · P42 W22 D7 L13 · 76 scored, 50 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
21 Aug 1976	H	West Ham United	4–0	W
25 Aug 1976	A	Manchester City	0–2	L
28 Aug 1976	A	Everton	2–0	W
4 Sept 1976	H	Ipswich Town	5–2	W
11 Sept 1976	A	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	L
18 Sept 1976	H	Birmingham City	1–2	L
25 Sept 1976	H	Leicester City	2–0	W
2 Oct 1976	A	Stoke City	0–1	L
16 Oct 1976	A	Sunderland	1–0	W
20 Oct 1976	H	Arsenal	5–1	W
23 Oct 1976	H	Bristol City	3–1	W
30 Oct 1976	A	Liverpool	0–3	L
6 Nov 1976	H	Manchester United	3–2	W
10 Nov 1976	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
20 Nov 1976	H	Coventry City	2–2	D
27 Nov 1976	A	Norwich City	1–1	D
11 Dec 1976	A	Leeds United	3–1	W
15 Dec 1976	H	Liverpool	5–1	W
18 Dec 1976	H	Newcastle United	2–1	W
27 Dec 1976	A	Middlesbrough	2–3	L
1 Jan 1977	A	Manchester United	0–2	L
22 Jan 1977	A	West Ham United	1–0	W
5 Feb 1977	H	Everton	2–0	W
12 Feb 1977	A	Ipswich Town	0–1	L
2 Mar 1977	H	Derby County	4–0	W
5 Mar 1977	A	Leicester City	1–1	D
23 Mar 1977	H	Sunderland	4–1	W
2 Apr 1977	A	Bristol City	0–0	D
5 Apr 1977	H	Middlesbrough	1–0	W
9 Apr 1977	A	Derby County	1–2	L
16 Apr 1977	A	Coventry City	3–2	W
20 Apr 1977	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	W
23 Apr 1977	H	Norwich City	1–0	W
25 Apr 1977	A	Arsenal	0–3	L
30 Apr 1977	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	L
4 May 1977	H	Manchester City	1–1	D
7 May 1977	H	Leeds United	2–1	W
10 May 1977	A	Birmingham City	1–2	L
14 May 1977	A	Newcastle United	2–3	L
16 May 1977	H	Stoke City	1–0	W
20 May 1977	H	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	D
23 May 1977	H	West Bromwich Albion	4–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	23	11	8	62	33	+29	57
2	Manchester City	42	21	14	7	60	34	+26	56
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
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	42	11	12	19	46	54	-8	34
21	Stoke City	42	10	14	18	28	51	-23	34
22	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	9	21	48	72	-24	33

Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.