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West Ham United 1976–77 football season
West Ham United narrowly escaped relegation by finishing 17th in the First Division in the1976–77 season .
Although West Ham ended their run of seven months without a League victory in August 1976 by beatingQueens Park Rangers , they dropped to the bottom of the table after failing to win any of their other first twelve League games. At the start of April 1977, they still occupied last place, but after a succession of draws they beatManchester United 4–2 atUpton Park [ 1] in their last fixture to avoid relegation by two points, having lost just one of their last thirteen matches. Perversely, many of their better performances came against teams towards the top of the table: as well as doing a League double over Manchester United, they took three points off the championsLiverpool and also beatArsenal atHighbury andManchester City at home.Pop Robson , who had re-signed for the club fromSunderland , was their top scorer with 14 goals.[ 2]
West Ham also struggled in the cups, and they were convincingly beaten byAston Villa in the fourth round of theFA Cup .
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Football League First Division [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers 21 August 1976 Aston Villa A 0–4 39,012 23 August 1976 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 31,668 Paddon 28 August 1976 Leicester City H 0–0 24,960 4 September 1976 Stoke City H 1–2 19,131 A Taylor 11 September 1976 Arsenal H 0–2 31,965 18 September 1976 Bristol City A 1–1 28,932 A Taylor 25 September 1976 Sunderland H 1–1 24,319 Jennings 2 October 1976 Manchester City A 2–4 37,795 A Taylor ,Doyle (o.g.)6 October 1976 Leeds United H 1–3 21,909 Jennings 16 October 1976 Ipswich Town H 0–2 24,534 23 October 1976 Everton A 2–3 23,163 McNaught (o.g.),Bonds 30 October 1976 West Bromwich Albion A 0–3 19,856 6 November 1976 Tottenham Hotspur H 5–3 28,997 P Robson ,Bonds ,Jennings ,Brooking ,Curbishley 10 November 1976 Norwich City A 0–1 24,762 20 November 1976 Newcastle United A 1–2 21,324 P Robson 27 November 1976 Manchester United A 2–0 55,366 Brooking ,Jennings 4 December 1976 Middlesbrough H 0–1 20,184 18 December 1976 Liverpool H 2–0 24,175 Brooking ,Jennings 27 December 1976 Birmingham City A 0–0 39,978 1 January 1977 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 44,972 Brooking 3 January 1977 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 25,236 22 January 1977 Aston Villa H 0–1 27,577 5 February 1977 Leicester City A 0–2 16,201 12 February 1977 Stoke City H 1–0 20,160 P Robson 19 February 1977 Arsenal A 3–2 38,221 A Taylor (2),Jennings 26 February 1977 Bristol City H 2–0 29,713 Bonds (pen),Jennings 5 March 1977 Sunderland A 0–6 35,357 12 March 1977 Manchester City H 1–0 24,974 P Robson 22 March 1977 Ipswich Town A 1–4 27,315 P Robson (pen)2 April 1977 Everton H 2–2 22,518 P Robson (2)4 April 1977 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 24,930 P Robson 8 April 1977 Birmingham City H 2–2 28,167 Jennings ,Pike 9 April 1977 Coventry City A 1–1 15,816 P Robson 11 April 1977 Norwich City H 1–0 27,084 Pike 16 April 1977 Newcastle United A 0–3 30,967 20 April 1977 Derby County A 1–1 21,380 Pike (pen)26 April 1977 Leeds United A 1–1 16,891 P Robson 29 April 1977 Middlesbrough A 1–1 16,500 P Robson 4 May 1977 Coventry City H 2–0 25,461 P Robson ,Pike (pen)7 May 1977 Derby County H 2–2 32,079 Pike ,Jennings 14 May 1977 Liverpool A 0–0 55,675 16 May 1977 Manchester United H 4–2 29,311 Lampard ,Pike ,P Robson (2)
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