Middlesbrough 1 Coventry City 0
Outcome: Won
Date: 8/21/1976
Manager: Jack Charlton
Attendance: 17694
Competition: Division One
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Tony McAndrew | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Terry Cooper | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Graeme Souness | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| Phil Boersma | |||
| David Mills |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |