1976–77 in English field hockey

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1976–77 England Hockey League
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The 1976–77 English Hockey League season took place from September 1976 until May 1977.

The Men's Cup was won by Slough.[1]

The Men's National Inter League Championship brought together the winners of their respective regional leagues. The championship (held in September 1977) was won by Southgate.[2]

As from the 1980-81 season the National Inter League Championship would be held in the spring of the same season instead of the Autumn of the following season.

Men's Courage National Inter League Championship[]

(Held at Aston University Grounds, Birmingham, September 10–11)

Group A[]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Southgate 1-2
Havant 2-1
Southgate 2-1
Havant 2-1
Southgate Havant 5-1
2-6
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Southgate 3 2 0 1 8 4 4
2 3 2 0 1 9 5 4
3 3 2 0 1 6 8 4
4 Havant 3 0 0 3 3 9 0

Group B[]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Hightown 0-1
Sheffield 5-2
Sheffield 2-1
Hightown 3-2
3-0
Hightown Sheffield 6-2
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 3 3 0 0 6 1 6
2 Hightown 3 2 0 1 9 5 4
3 3 1 0 2 7 8 2
3 Sheffield 3 0 0 3 5 13 0
= Qualified for final

Final[]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Southgate 2-1

Southgate
David Owen, Nigel Woolven, Howard Manton, A Wallace, Geoffrey Hitchens, Raj Rawal, David Whitaker, Bernie Cotton, Peter Hazell, Alistair McGinn, James Neale
Bedfordshire Eagles
R Tatman, M Blake, H Dharml, M Kavanagh, Brajinder Daved, P Goodyear, P Ellis, M Ganesh, T Sharma, Benawra Singh, G Player


Men's Cup (Benson & Hedges National Clubs Championship)[]

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
St Albans Isca 1-1 (4-2 p)
Slough 4-1
Beckenham 2-0
Nottingham 1-0 aet

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Team 2 Score
St Albans Beckenham 1-2
Slough Nottingham 0-0 Slough pens

Final[]

(Held at Slough Hockey Club on 1 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Beckenham 1-0

Slough
Ian Taylor, John Brindley, Mike Parris, Andy Churcher, John Allen, John Murdock, Sutinder Singh Khehar, Pami Saini, Stuart Collins, Balwant Saini, D S Earl (Partington sub)
Beckenham
S Port, B N Mills, R Fell, M B Swayne, B J Green, I Westwood, C Rule, A Matheson (P Taylor sub), J Armour (A Page sub), I S McIntosh, P Anderson

References[]

  1. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 2 May 1977". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 12 Sept. 1977". The Times Digital Archive.
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