Coventry City 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 9/17/1977
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 13910
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Highfield Road
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| David Mills | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Mills | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| John Mahoney | |||
| Graeme Souness | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Alan Ramage | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Jim Platt |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |