1976–77 Football League Cup

The 1976–77 Football League Cup was the seventeenth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 14 August 1976 and ended with the final going to a second replay on 13 April 1977.

The final was contested by First Division teams Aston Villa and Everton at Wembley Stadium in London, followed by replays at Hillsborough and finally being decided at Old Trafford.

1976–77 League Cup

Country

England &

Wales

Teams

Defending champions

Manchester City

Champions

Aston Villa

Runners-up

Everton

← 1975–76

1977–78 →

First round

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	1–1	Gillingham	14 August 1976
Bournemouth	0–0	Torquay United	14 August 1976
Bradford City	1–1	Oldham Athletic	14 August 1976
Bury	2–1	Preston North End	14 August 1976
Cardiff City	2–1	Bristol Rovers	14 August 1976
Chester	2–0	Hereford United	14 August 1976
Chesterfield	3–1	Rotherham United	14 August 1976
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	14 August 1976
Crystal Palace	2–2	Portsmouth	14 August 1976
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Lincoln City	14 August 1976
Grimsby Town	0–3	Sheffield Wednesday	14 August 1976
Halifax Town	0–0	Darlington	14 August 1976
Huddersfield Town	2–0	Hartlepool	14 August 1976
Mansfield Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	14 August 1976
Millwall	2–1	Colchester United	14 August 1976
Oxford United	1–0	Cambridge United	14 August 1976
Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Exeter City	14 August 1976
Port Vale	1–1	Wrexham	14 August 1976
Reading	2–3	Peterborough United	14 August 1976
Rochdale	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	14 August 1976
Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Walsall	16 August 1976
Southend United	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	14 August 1976
Southport	1–2	Carlisle United	14 August 1976
Swansea City	4–1	Newport County	14 August 1976
Swindon Town	3–2	Northampton Town	14 August 1976
Watford	1–1	Brentford	14 August 1976
Workington	0–0	Stockport County	14 August 1976
York City	0–0	Barnsley	14 August 1976

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Barnsley	0–0	York City	17 August 1976	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Rochdale	18 August 1976	5–1
Brentford	0–2	Watford	17 August 1976	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Southend United	17 August 1976	3–2
Bristol Rovers	4–4	Cardiff City	17 August 1976	5–6
Cambridge United	2–0	Oxford United	17 August 1976	2–1
Carlisle United	0–1	Southport	17 August 1976	2–2
Colchester United	2–1	Millwall	17 August 1976	3–3
Darlington	1–1	Halifax Town	18 August 1976	1–1
Exeter City	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	18 August 1976	2–0
Gillingham	2–0	Aldershot	18 August 1976	3–1
Hartlepool	1–2	Huddersfield Town	18 August 1976	1–4
Hereford United	4–3	Chester	18 August 1976	4–5
Lincoln City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	18 August 1976	2–2
Newport County	1–0	Swansea City	17 August 1976	2–4
Northampton Town	2–0	Swindon Town	18 August 1976	4–3
Oldham Athletic	1–3	Bradford City	17 August 1976	2–4
Peterborough United	0–1	Reading	18 August 1976	3–3
Portsmouth	0–1	Crystal Palace	17 August 1976	2–3
Preston North End	1–1	Bury	17 August 1976	2–3
Rotherham United	3–0	Chesterfield	17 August 1976	4–3
Scunthorpe United	2–0	Mansfield Town	17 August 1976	2–2
Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Grimsby Town	18 August 1976	3–0
Stockport County	0–0	Workington	18 August 1976	0–0
Torquay United	1–0	Bournemouth	17 August 1976	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	18 August 1976	4–3
Walsall	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	18 August 1976	2–0
Wrexham	1–0	Port Vale	18 August 1976	2–1

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Carlisle United	3–2	Southport	24 August 1976
Colchester United	4–4^[1]^[2]	Millwall	30 August 1976
Doncaster Rovers	1–1^[1]^[3]	Lincoln City	24 August 1976
Halifax Town	1–2^[1]	Darlington	30 August 1976
Peterborough United	3–1^[1]	Reading	25 August 1976
Scunthorpe United	2–1	Mansfield Town	24 August 1976
Workington	0–2	Stockport County	30 August 1976
York City	1–2^[1]	Barnsley	24 August 1976

Second round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	3–2	Carlisle United	31 August 1976
Aston Villa	3–0	Manchester City	1 September 1976
Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Stockport County	1 September 1976
Blackpool	2–1	Birmingham City	31 August 1976
Bradford City	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	1 September 1976
Bristol City	0–1	Coventry City	31 August 1976
Bury	2–1	Darlington	1 September 1976
Cardiff City	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	1 September 1976
Chelsea	3–1	Sheffield United	1 September 1976
Chester	2–3	Swansea City	31 August 1976
Crystal Palace	1–3	Watford	31 August 1976
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Derby County	31 August 1976
Everton	3–0	Cambridge United	30 August 1976
Exeter City	1–3	Norwich City	31 August 1976
Fulham	1–1	Peterborough United	31 August 1976
Gillingham	1–2	Newcastle United	1 September 1976
Ipswich Town	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 August 1976
Orient	1–0	Hull City	31 August 1976
Liverpool	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	31 August 1976
Manchester United	5–0	Tranmere Rovers	1 September 1976
Middlesbrough	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	31 August 1976
Northampton Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	31 August 1976
Rotherham United	1–2	Millwall	1 September 1976
Scunthorpe United	0–2	Notts County	31 August 1976
Southampton	1–1	Charlton Athletic	31 August 1976
Stoke City	2–1	Leeds United	1 September 1976
Sunderland	3–1	Luton Town	31 August 1976
Torquay United	1–0	Burnley	1 September 1976
Walsall	2–4	Nottingham Forest	31 August 1976
West Ham United	3–0	Barnsley	1 September 1976
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	31 August 1976
Wrexham	1–0	Leicester City	1 September 1976

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Ipswich Town	7 September 1976
Charlton Athletic	2–1	Southampton	7 September 1976
Peterborough United	1–2	Fulham	7 September 1976
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Liverpool	6 September 1976

Third round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	2–1	Norwich City	21 September 1976
Blackpool	1–1	Arsenal	21 September 1976
Charlton Athletic	0–1	West Ham United	21 September 1976
Chelsea	2–0	Huddersfield Town	20 September 1976
Derby County	1–1	Notts County	22 September 1976
Fulham	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	22 September 1976
Manchester United	2–2	Sunderland	22 September 1976
Millwall	0–0	Orient	21 September 1976
Newcastle United	3–0	Stoke City	22 September 1976
Nottingham Forest	0–3	Coventry City	21 September 1976
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Bury	21 September 1976
Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Watford	21 September 1976
Stockport County	0–1	Everton	20 September 1976
Torquay United	1–2	Swansea City	22 September 1976
Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Wrexham	22 September 1976
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	22 September 1976

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	0–0^[1]	Blackpool	28 September 1976
Bolton Wanderers	2–2^[1]	Fulham	4 October 1976
Notts County	1–2	Derby County	4 October 1976
Sunderland	2–2^[1]	Manchester United	4 October 1976
Orient	0–0^[1]	Millwall	12 October 1976

2nd Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–0	Blackpool	4 October 1976
Fulham	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	18 October 1976
Manchester United	1–0	Sunderland	6 October 1976
Millwall	3–0	Orient	19 October 1976

Fourth round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	26 October 1976
Aston Villa	5–1	Wrexham	27 October 1976
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Derby County	26 October 1976
Everton	3–0	Coventry City	26 October 1976
Manchester United	7–2	Newcastle United	27 October 1976
Millwall	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday	27 October 1976
Swansea City	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	26 October 1976
West Ham United	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	27 October 1976

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bolton Wanderers	5–1	Swansea City	2 November 1976
Derby County	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	8 November 1976

Fifth Round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	2–0	Millwall	1 December 1976
Derby County	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	1 December 1976
Manchester United	0–3	Everton	1 December 1976
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Arsenal	1 December 1976

Semi-finals

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Everton	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	18 January 1977
Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Aston Villa	1 February 1977

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Date
Aston Villa	2–2^[1]	Queens Park Rangers	16 February 1977	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Everton	15 February 1977	1–2

Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Aston Villa	22 February 1977 Highbury

Final

Main article: 1977 Football League Cup Final

Aston Villa v Everton

12 March 1977
15:00 BST

Aston Villa	0–0	Everton

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 100,000


ASTON VILLA:
GK	1	John Burridge
DF	2	John Gidman
DF	3	John Robson
DF	4	Leighton Phillips
DF	5	Chris Nicholl
MF	6	Dennis Mortimer
MF	7	John Deehan
MF	8	Brian Little
FW	9	Andy Gray
MF	10	Alex Cropley
FW	11	Frank Carrodus
Manager:
Ron Saunders


EVERTON:
GK	1	David Lawson
DF	2	Dave Jones
DF	3	Terry Darracott
DF	4	Mick Lyons
DF	5	Ken McNaught
MF	6	Andy King
MF	7	Bryan Hamilton
MF	8	Martin Dobson
FW	9	Bob Latchford
FW	10	Duncan McKenzie
MF	11	Ronnie Goodlass
Manager:
Gordon Lee

First Replay

Aston Villa v Everton

16 March 1977
19:45 BST

Aston Villa	1 – 1 AET	Everton
Kenyon og		Latchford

Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 55,000


ASTON VILLA:
GK	1	John Burridge
DF	2	John Gidman
DF	3	John Robson
DF	4	Leighton Phillips
DF	5	Chris Nicholl
MF	6	Dennis Mortimer
MF	7	John Deehan
MF	8	Brian Little
FW	9	Andy Gray
MF	10	Gordon Cowans
FW	11	Frank Carrodus
Manager:
Ron Saunders


EVERTON:
GK	1	David Lawson
DF	2	Mike Bernard
DF	3	Terry Darracott
DF	4	Mick Lyons
DF	5	Ken McNaught
MF	6	Andy King
MF	7	Bryan Hamilton
MF	8	Roger Kenyon
FW	9	Bob Latchford
FW	10	Duncan McKenzie
MF	11	Ronnie Goodlass
Substitute:
FW	12	Jim Pearson
Manager:
Gordon Lee

Second Replay

Aston Villa v Everton

13 April 1977
19:30 BST

Aston Villa	3–2	Everton

Old Trafford
Attendance: 54,749


ASTON VILLA:
GK	1	John Burridge
DF	2	John Gidman
DF	3	John Robson
DF	4	Leighton Phillips
DF	5	Chris Nicholl
MF	6	Dennis Mortimer
MF	7	John Deehan
MF	8	Brian Little
FW	9	Ray Graydon
MF	10	Alex Cropley
FW	11	Gordon Cowans
Substitute:
DF	12	Gordon Smith
Manager:
Ron Saunders


EVERTON:
GK	1	David Lawson
DF	2	Neil Robinson
DF	3	Terry Darracott
DF	4	Mick Lyons
DF	5	Ken McNaught
MF	6	Andy King
MF	7	Bryan Hamilton
MF	8	Martin Dobson
FW	9	Bob Latchford
FW	10	Jim Pearson
MF	11	Ronnie Goodlass
Substitute:
DF	12	Steve Seargeant
Manager:
Gordon Lee

References

General

"English League Cup 1976/1977". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
"England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
"English League Cup 1976–1977 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Specific

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↑ Millwall won 5–4 on penalties
↑ Doncaster Rovers won 4–2 on penalties

EFL Cup

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Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Chester Chesterfield Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Workington

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