1975–76 Football League First Division

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

Contents

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the ninth time in the club's history that season and the first under manager at the time Bob Paisley. They won the title on their last game of the season on the May 4, 1976 beating relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Molineux, knowing if they didn't win, Queens Park Rangers who beat Leeds United 2-0 at Loftus Road in their last game would be champions but unfortunately for them it did not occur. Despite that, QPR still managed to finish in their highest ever position of runners-up and qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Going down were Sheffield United, whose relegation was confirmed on March 27, 1976 after losing 5-0 to Tottenham Hotspur, Burnley then went down on April 19, 1976 after a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign losing 3-1 to Liverpool therefore handing Paisley's team the title at the expense of QPR and saving their Midlands rivals Birmingham City who drew 1-1 at Sheffield United.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 42 14 5 2 41 21 9 9 3 25 10 66 31 2.129 + 35 60
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 4 0 42 13 7 7 7 25 20 67 33 2.030 + 34 59
3 Manchester United 42 16 4 1 40 13 7 6 8 28 29 68 42 1.619 + 26 56
4 Derby County 42 15 3 3 45 30 6 8 7 30 28 75 58 1.293 + 17 53
5 Leeds United 42 13 3 5 37 19 8 6 7 28 27 65 46 1.413 + 19 51
6 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 4 36 23 5 8 8 18 25 54 48 1.125 + 6 46
7 Leicester City 42 9 9 3 29 24 4 10 7 19 27 48 51 0.941 – 3 45
8 Manchester City 42 14 5 2 46 18 2 6 13 18 28 64 46 1.391 + 18 43
9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 6 10 5 33 32 8 5 8 30 31 63 63 1.000 ± 0 43
10 Norwich City 42 10 5 6 33 26 6 5 10 25 32 58 58 1.000 ± 0 42
11 Everton 42 10 7 4 37 24 5 5 11 23 42 60 66 0.909 – 6 42
12 Stoke City 42 8 5 8 25 24 7 6 8 23 26 48 50 0.960 – 2 41
13 Middlesbrough 42 9 7 5 23 11 6 3 12 23 34 46 45 1.022 + 1 40
14 Coventry City 42 6 9 6 22 22 7 5 9 25 35 47 57 0.825 – 10 40
15 Newcastle United 42 11 4 6 51 26 4 5 12 20 36 71 62 1.145 + 9 39
16 Aston Villa 42 11 8 2 32 17 0 9 12 19 42 51 59 0.864 – 8 39
17 Arsenal 42 11 4 6 33 19 2 6 13 14 34 47 53 0.887 – 6 36
18 West Ham United 42 10 5 6 26 23 3 5 13 22 48 48 71 0.676 – 23 36
19 Birmingham City 42 11 5 5 36 26 2 2 17 21 49 57 75 0.760 – 18 33
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 7 6 8 27 25 3 4 14 24 43 51 68 0.750 – 17 30
21 Burnley 42 6 6 9 23 26 3 4 14 20 40 43 66 0.652 – 23 28
22 Sheffield United 42 4 7 10 19 32 2 3 16 14 50 33 82 0.402 – 49 22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away1 ARS AST BIR BUR COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MNC MNU MID NEW NOR QPR SHE STO 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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ted MacDougall Norwich City 23
2 John Duncan Tottenham Hotspur 20
3 Malcolm Macdonald Newcastle United 19
4 Trevor Francis Birmingham City 17
= John Richards Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
5 Charlie George Derby County 16
= John Toshack Liverpool 16
= Alan Gowling Newcastle United 16
= Duncan McKenzie Leeds United 16

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