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54th Athenian League season Football league season

Athenian League
Season	1976–77
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Athenian League season was the 54th in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 33 teams.

Division One

Football league season

Athenian League
Division One
Season	1976–77
Champions	Leyton-Wingate
Promoted	8 clubs to Isthmian League Division Two
Relegated	None

The division featured two new teams, promoted from last season's Division Two:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leyton-Wingate (C)	34	22	6	6	65	26	2.500	50
2	Letchworth Garden City (P)	34	21	7	6	66	33	2.000	49	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
3	Addlestone	34	19	10	5	58	24	2.417	48	Transferred to Southern League Division One South
4	Lewes (P)	34	18	8	8	63	43	1.465	44	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
5	Cheshunt (P)	34	18	8	8	57	39	1.462	44
6	Epping Town (P)	34	17	8	9	54	37	1.459	42
7	Alton Town	34	14	10	10	46	39	1.179	38
8	Rainham Town (P)	34	12	13	9	63	56	1.125	37	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
9	Egham Town (P)	34	14	7	13	46	45	1.022	35
10	Epsom & Ewell (P)	34	12	9	13	46	42	1.095	33
11	Redhill	34	12	9	13	43	43	1.000	33
12	Haringey Borough	34	11	8	15	42	47	0.894	30
13	Worthing (P)	34	9	9	16	47	59	0.797	27	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
14	Hounslow	34	10	7	17	37	56	0.661	27	Transferred to Southern League Division One South
15	Erith & Belvedere	34	4	14	16	27	44	0.614	22
16	Grays Athletic	34	6	10	18	38	63	0.603	22
17	Marlow	34	5	8	21	42	90	0.467	18
18	Ruislip Manor	34	4	5	25	33	87	0.379	13

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Football league season

Athenian League
Division Two
Season	1976–77
Champions	Farnborough Town
Promoted	8 clubs to Isthmian League Division Two 7 clubs to Athenian League
Relegated	None

The division joined four new teams:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Farnborough Town (C, P)	28	19	5	4	65	33	1.970	43	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
2	Tring Town (P)	28	16	8	4	49	30	1.633	40
3	Molesey (P)	28	12	10	6	50	35	1.429	34
4	Hemel Hempstead (P)	28	14	5	9	48	29	1.655	33
5	Chalfont St.Peter (P)	28	13	7	8	41	28	1.464	33	Promotion to Athenian League
6	Harefield United (P)	28	8	13	7	45	35	1.286	29
7	Uxbridge (P)	28	11	7	10	32	25	1.280	29
8	Feltham (P)	28	11	7	10	34	40	0.850	29	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
9	Edgware (P)	28	11	5	12	29	36	0.806	25	Promotion to Athenian League
10	Eastbourne United (P)	28	8	7	13	41	42	0.976	23	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
11	Kingsbury Town (P)	28	9	5	14	28	38	0.737	23	Promotion to Athenian League
12	Camberley Town (P)	28	6	11	11	25	34	0.735	23	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
13	Windsor & Eton (P)	28	5	11	12	34	42	0.810	21	Promotion to Athenian League
14	Willesden (P)	28	6	7	15	23	49	0.469	19	Founder members of Isthmian League new Division Two
15	Chertsey Town (P)	28	3	8	17	22	70	0.314	14	Promotion to Athenian League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

v t e Athenian League
Seasons	1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
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Seasons

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
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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