Season 1975-76

The 1975–1976 season was the 76th completed season of The Football League.

Liverpool won their first major trophy under Bob Paisley by narrowly winning the league title after heated competition from Queens Park Rangers. They also lifted the UEFA Cup for the second time in their history. Dave Sexton's QPR side failed to win their first-ever league title but still managed to finish in their highest ever position of runners-up and qualify for the UEFA Cup. Following QPR into Europe were Tommy Docherty's promising young Manchester United side, David Mackay's defending champions Derby County and Jimmy Armfield's Leeds United.

Going down were Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley and Sheffield United.

Bertie Mee, 57, retired after ten years as manager of Arsenal. The highlights of his career had been the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and the Double win 1971, but Arsenal had fallen behind the best in recent seasons and Mee handed over the reins to Terry Neill.

Three years after winning the FA Cup, Bob Stokoe's Sunderland finally won promotion to the top flight as Second Division champions. Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion occupied the two other promotion places. Oxford United, York City and Portsmouth went down to the Third Division.

The division's biggest headline hitters were Southampton, who finished sixth in the league but surprised the footballing world by overcoming Manchester United to win the FA Cup.

Hereford United won the Third Division title to reach the Second Division just four years after joining the league. Also going up to the Second Division were Cardiff City and Millwall. Aldershot, Colchester United, Southend United and Halifax Town were relegated to the Fourth Division. Narrowly avoiding the drop were Sheffield Wednesday, who a decade ago were one of the most feared sides in England and during the interwar years had won the league championship and the FA Cup.

32-year-old Graham Taylor achieved the first success of his managerial career by winning the Fourth Division title for Lincoln City. He was linked with several job vacancies in the First and Second Divisions but surprised everyone by taking over at Elton John's Watford, who were still in the Fourth Division. It was to be the start of a long and successful association with the Hornets for Taylor. Joining Lincoln in the Third Division were Northampton Town, Reading and Tranmere Rovers. 1975–76 had finally brought something positive after a decade of trauma for Northampton Town, which had been them slump from the First Division to the Fourth Division.

This year, the Football League voted in favour of the bottom four clubs in the Fourth Division and there were no departures or arrivals in the league for 1976–77.

Source: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Season 1975-76 matches (grid view)

	Liverpool		2:0	3:1	1:1	2:0	3:3	1:0	1:0	3:2	1:3	1:0	5:3	0:2	1:1	2:0	3:0	2:2	2:2	3:1	2:0	2:0	1:0
	Queens Park Rangers	2:0		1:0	1:1	2:0	3:1	1:0	1:0	0:0	2:0	5:0	3:2	4:2	4:1	1:0	1:1	2:1	1:1	2:1	4:2	1:0	1:0
	Manchester United	0:0	2:1		1:1	3:2	1:0	0:0	2:0	3:2	1:0	2:1	0:1	3:0	1:1	1:0	2:0	3:1	4:0	3:1	1:0	2:1	5:1
	Derby County	1:1	1:5	2:1		3:2	1:0	2:2	1:0	2:3	3:1	1:3	1:1	3:2	2:0	3:2	2:0	2:0	2:1	4:2	3:2	3:0	3:2
	Leeds United	0:3	2:1	1:2	1:1		1:0	4:0	2:1	1:1	0:3	5:2	2:0	0:2	2:0	3:0	1:0	3:0	1:1	3:0	3:0	2:1	0:1
	Ipswich Town	2:0	1:1	3:0	2:6	2:1		1:1	2:1	1:2	2:0	1:0	1:1	0:3	1:1	0:3	3:0	2:0	4:0	4:2	3:0	0:0	1:1
	Leicester City	1:1	0:1	2:1	2:1	2:1	0:0		1:0	2:3	0:0	1:0	1:1	0:0	0:3	1:0	2:2	2:1	3:3	3:3	2:0	3:2	1:1
	Manchester City	0:3	0:0	2:2	4:3	0:1	1:1	1:1		2:1	3:0	3:0	1:0	4:0	4:2	4:0	2:1	3:1	3:0	2:0	3:2	0:0	4:0
	Tottenham Hotspur	0:4	0:3	1:1	2:3	0:0	1:1	1:1	2:2		2:2	2:2	1:1	1:0	4:1	0:3	5:2	0:0	1:1	1:3	2:1	2:1	5:0
	Norwich City	0:1	3:2	1:1	0:0	1:1	1:0	2:0	2:2	3:1		4:2	0:1	0:1	0:3	1:2	5:3	3:1	1:0	1:0	1:1	3:1	1:3
	Everton	0:0	0:2	1:1	2:0	1:3	3:3	1:1	1:1	1:0	1:1		2:1	3:1	1:4	3:0	2:1	0:0	2:0	5:2	3:0	2:3	3:0
	Stoke City	1:1	0:1	0:1	1:0	3:2	0:1	1:2	0:0	1:2	0:2	3:2		1:0	0:1	1:1	1:1	2:1	1:2	1:0	2:2	4:1	2:1
	Middlesbrough	0:1	0:0	0:0	0:2	0:0	2:0	0:1	1:0	1:0	0:1	1:1	3:0		2:0	3:3	0:0	0:1	3:0	2:0	1:0	1:1	3:0
	Coventry City	0:0	1:1	1:1	1:1	0:1	0:0	0:2	2:0	2:2	1:0	1:2	0:3	0:1		1:1	1:1	1:1	2:0	3:2	3:1	1:2	1:0
	Newcastle United	1:2	1:2	3:4	4:3	2:3	1:1	3:0	2:1	2:2	5:2	5:0	0:1	1:1	4:0		3:0	2:0	2:1	4:0	5:1	0:1	1:1
	Aston Villa	0:0	0:2	2:1	1:0	1:2	0:0	1:1	1:0	1:1	3:2	3:1	0:0	2:1	1:0	1:1		2:0	4:1	2:1	1:1	1:1	5:1
	Arsenal	1:0	2:0	3:1	0:1	1:2	1:2	1:1	2:3	0:2	2:1	2:2	0:1	2:1	5:0	0:0	0:0		6:1	1:0	2:1	1:0	1:0
	West Ham United	0:4	1:0	2:1	1:2	1:1	1:2	1:1	1:0	1:0	0:1	0:1	3:1	2:1	1:1	2:1	2:2	1:0		1:2	0:0	3:2	2:0
	Birmingham City	0:1	1:1	0:2	2:1	2:2	3:0	2:1	2:1	3:1	1:1	0:1	1:1	2:1	1:1	3:2	3:2	3:1	1:5		0:1	4:0	2:0
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1:3	2:2	0:2	0:0	1:1	1:0	2:2	0:4	0:1	1:0	1:2	2:1	1:2	0:1	5:0	0:0	0:0	0:1	2:0		3:2	5:1
	Burnley	0:0	1:0	0:1	1:2	0:1	0:1	1:0	0:0	1:2	4:4	1:1	0:1	4:1	1:3	0:1	2:2	0:0	2:0	1:0	1:5		3:1
	Sheffield United	0:0	0:0	1:4	1:1	0:2	1:2	1:2	2:2	1:2	0:1	0:0	0:2	1:1	0:1	1:0	2:1	1:3	3:2	1:1	1:4	2:1

Season matches ordered by date

1.		Liverpool
2.		Queens Park Rangers
3.		Manchester United
4.		Derby County
5.		Leeds United
6.		Ipswich Town
7.		Leicester City
8.		Manchester City
9.		Tottenham Hotspur
10.		Norwich City
11.		Everton
12.		Stoke City
13.		Middlesbrough
14.		Coventry City
15.		Newcastle United
16.		Aston Villa
17.		Arsenal
18.		West Ham United
19.		Birmingham City
20.		Wolverhampton Wanderers
21.		Burnley
22.		Sheffield United

Full standing - Home, Away, Total

			Home						Away						Total
#	Club		T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P
1.		Liverpool	21	14	5	2	41:21	0	21	9	9	3	25:10	0	42	23	14	5	66:31	60
2.		Queens Park Rangers	21	17	4	0	42:13	0	21	7	7	7	25:20	0	42	24	11	7	67:33	59
3.		Manchester United	21	16	4	1	40:13	0	21	7	6	8	28:29	0	42	23	10	9	68:42	56
4.		Derby County	21	15	3	3	45:30	0	21	6	8	7	30:28	0	42	21	11	10	75:58	53
5.		Leeds United	21	13	3	5	37:19	0	21	8	6	7	28:27	0	42	21	9	12	65:46	51
6.		Ipswich Town	21	11	6	4	36:23	0	21	5	8	8	18:25	0	42	16	14	12	54:48	46
7.		Leicester City	21	9	9	3	29:24	0	21	4	10	7	19:27	0	42	13	19	10	48:51	45
8.		Manchester City	21	14	5	2	46:18	0	21	2	6	13	18:28	0	42	16	11	15	64:46	43
9.		Tottenham Hotspur	21	6	10	5	33:32	0	21	8	5	8	30:31	0	42	14	15	13	63:63	43
10.		Norwich City	21	10	5	6	33:26	0	21	6	5	10	25:32	0	42	16	10	16	58:58	42
11.		Everton	21	10	7	4	37:24	0	21	5	5	11	23:42	0	42	15	12	15	60:66	42
12.		Stoke City	21	8	5	8	25:24	0	21	7	6	8	23:26	0	42	15	11	16	48:50	41
13.		Middlesbrough	21	9	7	5	23:11	0	21	6	3	12	23:34	0	42	15	10	17	46:45	40
14.		Coventry City	21	6	9	6	22:22	0	21	7	5	9	25:35	0	42	13	14	15	47:57	40
15.		Newcastle United	21	11	4	6	51:26	0	21	4	5	12	20:36	0	42	15	9	18	71:62	39
16.		Aston Villa	21	11	8	2	32:17	0	21	0	9	12	19:42	0	42	11	17	14	51:59	39
17.		Arsenal	21	11	4	6	33:19	0	21	2	6	13	14:34	0	42	13	10	19	47:53	36
18.		West Ham United	21	10	5	6	26:23	0	21	3	5	13	22:48	0	42	13	10	19	48:71	36
19.		Birmingham City	21	11	5	5	36:26	0	21	2	2	17	21:49	0	42	13	7	22	57:75	33
20.		Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	7	6	8	27:25	0	21	3	4	14	24:43	0	42	10	10	22	51:68	30
21.		Burnley	21	6	6	9	23:26	0	21	3	4	14	20:40	0	42	9	10	23	43:66	28
22.		Sheffield United	21	4	7	10	19:32	0	21	2	3	16	14:50	0	42	6	10	26	33:82	22