1975–76 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1975-76 season.

Football League First Division
Season1975–76
ChampionsLiverpool (9th English title)
RelegatedBurnley
Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1976–77 European CupLiverpool
FA Cup winners
1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup		Southampton (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2019 only FA Cup title)
Cardiff City (3rd Div) (Welsh Cup winners)
1976–77 UEFA CupDerby County
Manchester City
Manchester United
Queens Park Rangers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,230 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerTed MacDougall (Norwich City), 23 [1]
Biggest home winArsenal – West Ham United 6–1 (20 Mar 1976)
Arsenal – Coventry City 5–0 (11 Oct 1975)
Queens Park Rangers – Everton 5–0 (11 Oct 1975)
Tottenham Hotspur – Sheffield United 5–0 (27 Mar 1976)
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Newcastle United 5–0 (10 Apr 1976)
Biggest away winIpswich Town – Derby County 2–6 (24 Apr 1976)
Birmingham City – West Ham United 1–5 (1 Nov 1975)
Burnley – Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–5 (15 Nov 1975)
Derby County – Queens Park Rangers 1–5 (23 Apr 1976)
Highest scoringNorwich City – Aston Villa 5–3 (23 Apr 1976)

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the ninth time in the club's history that season and the first under manager Bob Paisley. They won the title on their last game of the season on 4 May, 1976, beating relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Molineux. Had they not won, Queens Park Rangers would have been champions, having beaten Leeds United 2-0 at Loftus Road in their last game. Despite that, QPR still managed to finish in their highest ever position of runners-up and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Sheffield United's relegation was confirmed on 27 March after losing 5-0 to Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley went down on 19 April after a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign after their 3-1 loss to Liverpool.

League standings
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 14 5 2 41 21 9 9 3 25 10 2.129 60 Qualified for European Cup
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 4 0 42 13 7 7 7 25 20 2.030 59 Qualified for UEFA Cup
3 Manchester United 42 16 4 1 40 13 7 6 8 28 29 1.619 56
4 Derby County 42 15 3 3 45 30 6 8 7 30 28 1.293 53
5 Leeds United 42 13 3 5 37 19 8 6 7 28 27 1.413 51
6 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 4 36 23 5 8 8 18 25 1.125 46
7 Leicester City 42 9 9 3 29 24 4 10 7 19 27 0.941 45
8 Manchester City 42 14 5 2 46 18 2 6 13 18 28 1.391 43 League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 6 10 5 33 32 8 5 8 30 31 1.000 43
10 Norwich City 42 10 5 6 33 26 6 5 10 25 32 1.000 42
11 Everton 42 10 7 4 37 24 5 5 11 23 42 0.909 42
12 Stoke City 42 8 5 8 25 24 7 6 8 23 26 0.960 41
13 Middlesbrough 42 9 7 5 23 11 6 3 12 23 34 1.022 40
14 Coventry City 42 6 9 6 22 22 7 5 9 25 35 0.825 40
15 Newcastle United 42 11 4 6 51 26 4 5 12 20 36 1.145 39
16 Aston Villa 42 11 8 2 32 17 0 9 12 19 42 0.864 39
17 Arsenal 42 11 4 6 33 19 2 6 13 14 34 0.887 36
18 West Ham United 42 10 5 6 26 23 3 5 13 22 48 0.676 36
19 Birmingham City 42 11 5 5 36 26 2 2 17 21 49 0.760 33
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 7 6 8 27 25 3 4 14 24 43 0.750 30 Relegated
21 Burnley 42 6 6 9 23 26 3 4 14 20 40 0.652 28
22 Sheffield United 42 4 7 10 19 32 2 3 16 14 50 0.402 22
Source:
(C) League Champions

Note: Southampton of the Second Division won the FA Cup and qualified for the European Cup-Winners Cup.

Results
Home \ Away ARS AST BIR BUR COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NWC QPR SHU STK TOT WHU WOL
Arsenal 0–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 6–1 2–1
Aston Villa 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–1
Birmingham City 3–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–5 0–1
Burnley 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 4–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–5
Coventry City 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 3–1
Derby County 2–0 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 1–5 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–2
Everton 0–0 2–1 5–2 2–3 1–4 2–0 3–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
Ipswich Town 2–0 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–6 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 3–0
Leeds United 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 4–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0
Leicester City 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–0
Liverpool 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 5–3 3–2 2–2 2–0
Manchester City 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–2 4–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 4–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–2
Manchester United 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–0
Middlesbrough 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Newcastle United 2–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 4–3 5–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–4 1–1 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 5–1
Norwich City 3–1 5–3 1–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–2
Sheffield United 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–4
Stoke City 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 5–2 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–3 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
West Ham United 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–4 0–2 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–1 0–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Newcastle United Joe Harvey Sacked 11 June 1975 Pre-season Gordon Lee 17 June 1975
Birmingham City Freddie Goodwin Resigned 18 September 1975 21st Willie Bell 18 September 1975
Sheffield United Ken Furphy Sacked 6 October 1975 22nd Jimmy Sirrel 8 October 1975
Burnley Jimmy Adamson Resigned 6 January 1976 20th Joe Brown 6 January 1976
Wolverhampton Wanderers Bill McGarry Sacked 1 May 1976 20th Sammy Chung 1 May 1976


Maps
Locations of the Football League First Division 1975–1976 teams
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1975–1976

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ted MacDougall Norwich City 23
2 John DuncanTottenham Hotspur20
3 Malcolm MacdonaldNewcastle United19
4 Trevor FrancisBirmingham City17
= John RichardsWolverhampton Wanderers17
5 Charlie GeorgeDerby County16
= John ToshackLiverpool16
= Alan GowlingNewcastle United16
= Duncan McKenzieLeeds United16

References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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