1976–77 England Hockey League
1975–76 (previous) (next) 1977–78

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
BournvilleSouthgate1-2
Furness AthleticHavant2-1
Furness AthleticSouthgate2-1
BournvilleHavant2-1
SouthgateHavant5-1
Furness AthleticBournville2-6
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1Southgate3201844
2Bournville3201954
3Furness Athletic3201684
4Havant3003390

Group B

Team 1 Team 2 Score
HightownBedfordshire Eagles0-1
Indian GymkhanaSheffield5-2
Bedfordshire EaglesSheffield2-1
HightownIndian Gymkhana3-2
Bedfordshire EaglesIndian Gymkhana3-0
HightownSheffield6-2
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1Bedfordshire Eagles3300616
2Hightown3201954
3Indian Gymkhana3102782
3Sheffield30035130
= Qualified for final

Final

Team 1 Team 2 Score
SouthgateBedfordshire Eagles2-1

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 AlbansIsca1-1 (4-2 p)
SloughMarlborough4-1
BeckenhamLiverpool Sefton2-0
NottinghamRAF Strike Command1-0 aet

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
St AlbansBeckenham1-2
SloughNottingham0-0 Slough pens

Final

(Held at Slough Hockey Club on 1 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
SloughBeckenham1-0

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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