1976–77 England Hockey League season

1976–77 England Hockey League
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The 1976–77 English Hockey League season took place from September 1976 until May 1977.

The Men's Cup was won by Slough.[1]

The Men's National Inter League Championship brought together the winners of their respective regional leagues. The championship (held in September 1977) was won by Southgate.[2]

As from the 1980-81 season the National Inter League Championship would be held in the spring of the same season instead of the Autumn of the following season.

Men's Courage National Inter League Championship

(Held at Aston University Grounds, Birmingham, September 10–11)

Group A

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Bournville Southgate 1-2
Furness Athletic Havant 2-1
Furness Athletic Southgate 2-1
Bournville Havant 2-1
Southgate Havant 5-1
Furness Athletic Bournville 2-6
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Southgate 3201844
2 Bournville 3201954
3 Furness Athletic 3201684
4 Havant 3003390

Group B

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Hightown Bedfordshire Eagles 0-1
Indian Gymkhana Sheffield 5-2
Bedfordshire Eagles Sheffield 2-1
Hightown Indian Gymkhana 3-2
Bedfordshire Eagles Indian Gymkhana 3-0
Hightown Sheffield 6-2
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Bedfordshire Eagles 33 0 0 6 1 6
2 Hightown 32 01 95 4
3 Indian Gymkhana 31 0 2 7 8 2
3 Sheffield 30 0 3 5 13 0
= Qualified for final

Final

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Southgate Bedfordshire Eagles 2-1

Southgate
David Owen, Nigel Woolven, Howard Manton, A Wallace, Geoffrey Hitchens, Raj Rawal, David Whitaker, Bernie Cotton, Peter Hazell, Alistair McGinn, James Neale
Bedfordshire Eagles
R Tatman, M Blake, H Dharml, M Kavanagh, Brajinder Daved, P Goodyear, P Ellis, M Ganesh, T Sharma, Benawra Singh, G Player


Men's Cup (Benson & Hedges National Clubs Championship)

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
St Albans Isca 1-1 (4-2 p)
Slough Marlborough 4-1
Beckenham Liverpool Sefton 2-0
Nottingham RAF Strike Command 1-0 aet

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
St Albans Beckenham 1-2
Slough Nottingham 0-0 Slough pens

Final

(Held at Slough Hockey Club on 1 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Beckenham 1-0

Slough
Ian Taylor, John Brindley, Mike Parris, Andy Churcher, John Allen, John Murdock, Sutinder Singh Khehar, Pami Saini, Stuart Collins, Balwant Saini, D S Earl (Partington sub)
Beckenham
S Port, B N Mills, R Fell, M B Swayne, B J Green, I Westwood, C Rule, A Matheson (P Taylor sub), J Armour (A Page sub), I S McIntosh, P Anderson

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 2 May 1977". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ↑ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 12 Sept. 1977". The Times Digital Archive.
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