Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| hawthorn | 13.19 (97) | st kilda | 18.14 (122) | princes park | 14072 | 19 june 1976 |
| geelong | 23.17 (155) | south melbourne | 6.15 (51) | kardinia park | 17731 | 19 june 1976 |
| fitzroy | 22.14 (146) | richmond | 13.12 (90) | junction oval | 12644 | 19 june 1976 |
| essendon | 12.17 (89) | footscray | 12.7 (79) | windy hill | 18863 | 19 june 1976 |
| collingwood | 12.10 (82) | carlton | 8.8 (56) | victoria park | 28537 | 19 june 1976 |
| north melbourne | 22.14 (146) | melbourne | 8.13 (61) | vfl park | 20529 | 19 june 1976 |
Title:
1976 vfl season
Statement:
essendon played as the away team against south melbourne
Answer:
refuted