1976–77 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1976–77 season, Leicester made a slow start with 6 consecutive draws but after 13 games, the Foxes were fifth in the table and in the UEFA Cup places despite scoring 13 goals. Then on though, throughout the season was ensured by lack of consistency and finished the campaign with 1 win in 10 league matches but despite that poor run, the Foxes finished in 11th place. A week after the season was over, Jimmy Bloomfield resigned as Leicester boss.

Final league table

Main article: 1976–77 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	18	3	0	47	11	5	8	8	15	22	62	33	+ 29	57
2	Manchester City	42	15	5	1	38	13	6	9	6	22	21	60	34	+ 26	56
3	Ipswich Town	42	15	4	2	41	11	7	4	10	25	28	66	39	+ 27	52
4	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	55	17	5	4	12	21	33	76	50	+ 26	51
5	Newcastle United	42	14	6	1	40	15	4	7	10	24	34	64	49	+ 15	49
6	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	41	22	6	5	10	30	40	71	62	+ 9	47
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	38	22	6	7	8	24	34	62	56	+ 6	45
8	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	37	20	5	5	11	27	39	64	59	+ 5	43
9	Everton	42	9	7	5	35	24	5	7	9	27	40	62	64	– 2	42
10	Leeds United	42	8	8	5	28	26	7	4	10	20	25	48	51	– 3	42
11	Leicester City	42	8	9	4	30	28	4	9	8	17	32	47	60	– 13	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	11	6	4	25	14	3	7	11	15	31	40	45	– 5	41
13	Birmingham City	42	10	6	5	38	25	3	6	12	25	36	63	61	+ 2	38
14	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	7	4	31	21	3	5	13	16	31	47	52	– 5	38
15	Derby County	42	9	9	3	36	18	0	10	11	14	37	50	55	– 5	37
16	Norwich City	42	12	4	5	30	23	2	5	14	17	41	47	64	– 17	37
17	West Ham United	42	9	6	6	28	23	2	8	11	18	42	46	65	– 19	36
18	Bristol City	42	8	7	6	25	19	3	6	12	13	29	38	48	– 10	35
19	Coventry City	42	7	9	5	34	26	3	6	12	14	33	48	59	– 11	35
20	Sunderland	42	9	5	7	29	16	2	7	12	17	38	46	54	– 8	34
21	Stoke City	42	9	8	4	21	16	1	6	14	7	35	28	51	– 23	34
22	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	7	5	26	20	3	2	16	22	52	48	72	– 24	33

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1976	Manchester City	H	2–2	22,612	Alderson, Garland
24 August 1976	Sunderland	A	0–0	36,668
28 August 1976	West Ham United	A	0–0	24,960
4 September 1976	Everton	H	1–1	18,083	Worthington
11 September 1976	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	19,610
18 September 1976	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	18,439	Rofe, Garland
25 September 1976	Aston Villa	A	0–2	36,652
29 September 1976	Stoke City	H	1–0	15,391	Worthington
2 October 1976	Coventry City	A	1–1	20,957	Worthington
16 October 1976	Bristol City	A	1–0	20,102	Worthington
23 October 1976	Arsenal	H	4–1	19,351	Weller (2), Earle, Worthington (pen)
27 October 1976	Liverpool	H	0–1	29,384
30 October 1976	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	24,288	Worthington
6 November 1976	Norwich City	H	1–1	17,781	Worthington
9 November 1976	Liverpool	A	1–5	39,851	Worthington
20 November 1976	Manchester United	H	1–1	26,421	Garland
27 November 1976	Leeds United	A	2–2	29,713	Worthington, Earle
4 December 1976	Birmingham City	H	2–6	20,388	Kember, Worthington (pen)
11 December 1976	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	19,049	Weller, Sims
18 December 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	16,397	Blockley, Earle
27 December 1976	Derby County	A	0–1	32,892
1 January 1977	Norwich City	A	2–3	21,531	Sammels, Earle
15 January 1977	Sunderland	H	2–0	16,051	Alderson, Earle
22 January 1977	Manchester City	A	0–5	37,609
5 February 1977	West Ham United	H	2–0	16,201	Worthington, Weller
12 February 1977	Everton	A	2–1	28,024	Earle, Alderson
19 February 1977	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	21,134	Earle
26 February 1977	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	20,356	Earle, Sammels
5 March 1977	Aston Villa	H	1–1	22,038	Sammels (pen)
12 March 1977	Coventry City	H	3–1	16,766	Alderson, Earle, Worthington
15 March 1977	Middlesbrough	H	3–3	13,483	Worthington, Kember, Earle
19 March 1977	Stoke City	A	1–0	14,087	Worthington
26 March 1977	Bristol City	H	0–0	16,454
2 April 1977	Arsenal	A	0–3	23,013
9 April 1977	Newcastle United	A	0–0	32,300
12 April 1977	Derby County	H	1–1	22,393	Alderson
16 April 1977	Manchester United	A	1–1	49,161	Earle
30 April 1977	Birmingham City	A	1–1	20,836	Earle
4 May 1977	Newcastle United	H	1–0	14,289	Earle
7 May 1977	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–5	18,139
14 May 1977	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	26,094
16 May 1977	Leeds United	H	0–1	13,642

FA Cup

Main article: 1976-77 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1977	Aston Villa	H	0–1	27,112

League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	1 September 1976	Wrexham	A	0–1	9,776

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	DF	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	Steve Kember
-	DF	Jeff Blockley
-	DF	Alan Woollett
-	MF	Keith Weller
-	MF	Brian Alderson
-	FW	Frank Worthington
-	FW	Bob Lee
-	FW	Chris Garland

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Alan Birchenall
-	FW	Steve Earle
-	MF	Jon Sammels
-	DF	Steve Sims
-	DF	Steve Yates
-	MF	David Tomlin
-	MF	Winston White
-	DF	Larry May
-	MF	Steve Bicknell
-	DF	Peter Welsh
-	GK	Carl Jayes

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1976-1977/results

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