1976–77 FA Cup

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The FA Cup 1976-77 was the 96th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The final saw Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1.

First round proper

For the qualifying rounds, see 1976–77 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds.

The first round of games were played on 20 November 1976. Replays were played mainly on 22-24, with some on 29 November, and 2 and 6 December.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Enfield	0–0	Harwich & Parkeston	20 November 1976
Replay	Harwich & Parkeston	0–3	Enfield	23 November 1976
2	Chester	1–0	Hartlepool	20 November 1976
3	Bournemouth	0–0	Newport County	20 November 1976
Replay	Newport County	3–0	Bournemouth	23 November 1976
4	Barrow	0–2	Goole Town	20 November 1976
5	Bury	6–0	Workington	20 November 1976
6	Rochdale	1–1	Northwich Victoria	20 November 1976
Replay	Northwich Victoria	0–0	Rochdale	22 November 1976
Replay	Rochdale	1–2	Northwich Victoria	29 November 1976
7	Weymouth	1–1	Hitchin Town	20 November 1976
Replay	Hitchin Town	2–2	Weymouth	24 November 1976
Replay	Weymouth	3–3	Hitchin Town	29 November 1976
Replay	Hitchin Town	3–1	Weymouth	2 December 1976
8	Reading	1–0	Wealdstone	20 November 1976
9	Walsall	0–0	Bradford City	20 November 1976
Replay	Bradford City	0–2	Walsall	24 November 1976
10	Gillingham	0–1	Watford	20 November 1976
11	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Stockport County	20 November 1976
12	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Preston North End	20 November 1976
Replay	Preston North End	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	23 November 1976
Replay	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Preston North End	29 November 1976
13	Lincoln City	1–0	Morecambe	20 November 1976
14	Stafford Rangers	0–0	Halifax Town	20 November 1976
Replay	Halifax Town	1–0	Stafford Rangers	23 November 1976
15	Swindon Town	7–0	Bromley	20 November 1976
16	Scarborough	0–0	Darlington	20 November 1976
Replay	Darlington	4–1	Scarborough	22 November 1976
17	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	20 November 1976
Replay	Shrewsbury Town	4–3	Doncaster Rovers	23 November 1976
18	Wrexham	6–0	Gateshead United	20 November 1976
19	Tranmere Rovers	0–4	Peterborough United	20 November 1976
20	Barnsley	3–1	Boston	20 November 1976
21	Brentford	2–0	Chesham United	20 November 1976
22	Crook Town	1–4	Nuneaton Borough	20 November 1976
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Crystal Palace	20 November 1976
Replay	Crystal Palace	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23 November 1976
Replay	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Crystal Palace	6 December 1976
24	Wimbledon	1–0	Woking	20 November 1976
25	Exeter City	1–1	Southend United	20 November 1976
Replay	Southend United	2–1	Exeter City	22 November 1976
26	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Chesterfield	20 November 1976
27	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Mansfield Town	20 November 1976
Replay	Mansfield Town	2–1	Huddersfield Town	22 November 1976
28	Southport	1–2	Port Vale	20 November 1976
29	Matlock Town	2–0	Wigan Athletic	20 November 1976
30	Torquay United	1–2	Hillingdon Borough	20 November 1976
31	Kettering Town	1–1	Oxford United	20 November 1976
Replay	Oxford United	0–1	Kettering Town	23 November 1976
32	Rotherham United	5–0	Altrincham	20 November 1976
33	Aldershot	1–1	Portsmouth	20 November 1976
Replay	Portsmouth	2–1	Aldershot	23 November 1976
34	Droylsden	0–0	Grimsby Town	20 November 1976
Replay	Grimsby Town	5–3	Droylsden	23 November 1976
35	Tooting & Mitcham United	4–2	Dartford	20 November 1976
36	Dudley Town	1–1	York City	20 November 1976
Replay	York City	4–1	Dudley Town	23 November 1976
37	Leatherhead	2–0	Northampton Town	20 November 1976
38	Cambridge United	1–1	Colchester United	20 November 1976
Replay	Colchester United	2–0	Cambridge United	24 November 1976
39	Waterlooville	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	20 November 1976
40	Swansea City	0–1	Minehead	20 November 1976

Second round proper

The second round of games were mainly played on 11 December 1976, with some taking place midweek over 14–15 December and one on 20th. Replays took place on 14th or 21st.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chesterfield	1–1	Walsall	11 December 1976
Replay	Walsall	0–0	Chesterfield	14 December 1976
Replay	Chesterfield	0–1	Walsall	21 December 1976
2	Darlington	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	15 December 1976
3	Bury	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	14 December 1976
Replay	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Bury	21 December 1976
4	Grimsby Town	0–1	Chester	11 December 1976
5	Northwich Victoria	4–0	Peterborough United	14 December 1976
6	Lincoln City	6–0	Nuneaton Borough	11 December 1976
7	Wrexham	1–1	Goole Town	11 December 1976
Replay	Goole Town	0–1	Wrexham	14 December 1976
8	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Reading	11 December 1976
9	Portsmouth	2–1	Minehead	11 December 1976
10	Crystal Palace	4–0	Enfield	11 December 1976
11	Hitchin Town	1–1	Swindon Town	11 December 1976
Replay	Swindon Town	3–1	Hitchin Town	21 December 1976
12	Southend United	3–0	Newport County	11 December 1976
13	Mansfield Town	2–5	Matlock Town	15 December 1976
14	Port Vale	3–0	Barnsley	11 December 1976
15	Halifax Town	1–0	Preston North End	14 December 1976
16	Kettering Town	1–0	Tooting & Mitcham United	11 December 1976
17	Rotherham United	0–0	York City	11 December 1976
Replay	York City	1–1	Rotherham United	14 December 1976
Replay	Rotherham United	2–1	York City	21 December 1976
18	Colchester United	3–2	Brentford	20 December 1976
19	Leatherhead	1–3	Wimbledon	14 December 1976
20	Hillingdon Borough	2–3	Watford	11 December 1976

Third round proper

The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 8 January 1977. Replays were mainly played midweek over 10–12 January or the week after but one occurred on 24th instead.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackpool	0–0	Derby County	8 January 1977
Replay	Derby County	3–2	Blackpool	19 January 1977
2	Darlington	2–2	Orient	8 January 1977
Replay	Orient	0–0	Darlington	11 January 1977
Replay	Darlington	0–3	Orient	17 January 1977
3	Burnley	2–2	Lincoln City	8 January 1977
Replay	Lincoln City	0–1	Burnley	12 January 1977
4	Liverpool	0–0	Crystal Palace	8 January 1977
Replay	Crystal Palace	2–3	Liverpool	11 January 1977
5	Southampton	1–1	Chelsea	8 January 1977
Replay	Chelsea	0–3	Southampton	12 January 1977
6	Leicester City	0–1	Aston Villa	8 January 1977
7	Notts County	0–1	Arsenal	8 January 1977
8	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Bristol Rovers	8 January 1977
Replay	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	11 January 1977
Replay	Nottingham Forest	6–0	Bristol Rovers	18 January 1977
9	Northwich Victoria	3–2	Watford	8 January 1977
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Rotherham United	8 January 1977
11	Sunderland	2–2	Wrexham	8 January 1977
Replay	Wrexham	1–0	Sunderland	12 January 1977
12	Everton	2–0	Stoke City	8 January 1977
13	Sheffield United	0–0	Newcastle United	8 January 1977
Replay	Newcastle United	3–1	Sheffield United	24 January 1977
14	Ipswich Town	4–1	Bristol City	8 January 1977
15	Manchester City	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	8 January 1977
Replay	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Manchester City	11 January 1977
16	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	8 January 1977
17	Fulham	3–3	Swindon Town	8 January 1977
Replay	Swindon Town	5–0	Fulham	11 January 1977
18	Coventry City	1–0	Millwall	8 January 1977
19	West Ham United	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	8 January 1977
20	Manchester United	1–0	Walsall	8 January 1977
21	Hull City	1–1	Port Vale	8 January 1977
Replay	Port Vale	3–1	Hull City	10 January 1977
22	Carlisle United	5–1	Matlock Town	8 January 1977
23	Oldham Athletic	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	8 January 1977
24	Wimbledon	0–0	Middlesbrough	8 January 1977
Replay	Middlesbrough	1–0	Wimbledon	11 January 1977
25	Southend United	0–4	Chester	8 January 1977
26	Cardiff City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	8 January 1977
27	Halifax Town	0–1	Luton Town	8 January 1977
28	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	8 January 1977
Replay	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Charlton Athletic	12 January 1977
29	Leeds United	5–2	Norwich City	8 January 1977
30	Hereford United	1–0	Reading	8 January 1977
31	Kettering Town	2–3	Colchester United	8 January 1977
32	Birmingham City	1–0	Portsmouth	8 January 1977

Fourth round proper

The fourth round of games were played on 29 January 1977. Four games required a replay, played midweek on 1st–2 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Chester	1–0	Luton Town	29 January 1977
2	Liverpool	3–0	Carlisle United	29 January 1977
3	Nottingham Forest	3–3	Southampton	29 January 1977
Replay	Southampton	2–1	Nottingham Forest	1 February 1977
4	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Orient	29 January 1977
5	Aston Villa	3–0	West Ham United	29 January 1977
6	Northwich Victoria	1–3	Oldham Athletic	29 January 1977
7	Middlesbrough	4–0	Hereford United	29 January 1977
8	Swindon Town	2–2	Everton	29 January 1977
Replay	Everton	2–1	Swindon Town	1 February 1977
9	Ipswich Town	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29 January 1977
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Ipswich Town	2 February 1977
10	Newcastle United	1–3	Manchester City	29 January 1977
11	Manchester United	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	29 January 1977
12	Cardiff City	3–2	Wrexham	29 January 1977
13	Port Vale	2–1	Burnley	29 January 1977
14	Arsenal	3–1	Coventry City	29 January 1977
15	Colchester United	1–1	Derby County	29 January 1977
Replay	Derby County	1–0	Colchester United	2 February 1977
16	Birmingham City	1–2	Leeds United	29 January 1977

Fifth round proper

The fifth set of games took place on 26 February 1977. One game went to a replay which was played on 8 March.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	3–1	Oldham Athletic	26 February 1977
2	Southampton	2–2	Manchester United	26 February 1977
Replay	Manchester United	2–1	Southampton	8 March 1977
3	Aston Villa	3–0	Port Vale	26 February 1977
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Chester	26 February 1977
5	Middlesbrough	4–1	Arsenal	26 February 1977
6	Derby County	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	26 February 1977
7	Cardiff City	1–2	Everton	26 February 1977
8	Leeds United	1–0	Manchester City	26 February 1977

Sixth round proper

The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 19 March 1977. There were no replays.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	2–0	Middlesbrough	19 March 1977
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Leeds United	19 March 1977
3	Everton	2–0	Derby County	19 March 1977
4	Manchester United	2–1	Aston Villa	19 March 1977

Semi finals

Semi Final 1

Liverpool v Everton

23 April 1977

Liverpool	2 – 2	Everton
McDermott 10' Case 73'	Report	McKenzie 34' Rioch 83'

Maine Road, Manchester
Referee: Clive Thomas, Treorchy

Manchester United v Leeds United

23 April 1977

Manchester United	2 – 1	Leeds United
J. Greenhoff 7' Coppell 15'	Report	Clarke 70' (pen)

Hillsborough, Sheffield
Referee: T. Reynolds, Wiltshire

Replay

Everton v Liverpool

27 April 1977

Everton	0 – 3	Liverpool
	Report	Neal 30' (pen) Case Kennedy

Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 52,579
Referee: Clive Thomas, Treorchy

Final

Main article: 1977 FA Cup Final

Manchester United v Liverpool

21 May 1977
15:00 BST

Manchester United	2 – 1	Liverpool
Pearson 51' J. Greenhoff 55'		Case 53'

Wembley, London
Attendance: 99,252
Referee: Robert Matthewson

Manchester United

Liverpool

References

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