1975–76 Football League

The Football League
Season	1975–76
Champions	Liverpool
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–1976 season was the 77th 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 seen 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.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Liverpool (9th English title)
Relegated	Burnley Sheffield United Wolverhampton Wanderers
European Cup 1976–77	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77	Southampton (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2010 only FA Cup title) Cardiff City (3rd Div) (Welsh Cup winners)
UEFA Cup 1976–77	Derby County Manchester City Manchester United Queens Park Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1230 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted MacDougall (Norwich City), 23 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Arsenal – West Ham 6–1 (20 Mar 1976) Arsenal – Coventry 5–0 (11 Oct 1975) QPR – Everton 5–0 (11 Oct 1975) Tottenham – Sheffield United 5–0 (27 Mar 1976) Wolverhampton –Newcastle 5–0 (10 Apr 1976)
Biggest away win	Ipswich – Derby 2–6 (24 Apr 1976) Birmingham – West Ham 1–5 (1 Nov 1975) Burnley – Wolverhampton 1–5 (15 Nov 1975) Derby – QPR 1–5 (23 Apr 1976)
Highest scoring	Norwich City – Aston Villa 5–3 (23 Apr 1976)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	41	21	9	9	3	25	10	66	31	2.129	+35	60	European Cup 1976–77 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	4	0	42	13	7	7	7	25	20	67	33	2.030	+34	59	UEFA Cup 1976–77 First round
3	Manchester United	42	16	4	1	40	13	7	6	8	28	29	68	42	1.619	+26	56	UEFA Cup 1976–77 First round
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	30	6	8	7	30	28	75	58	1.293	+17	53	UEFA Cup 1976–77 First round
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	UEFA Cup 1976–77 First round
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

↑ Liverpool were also winner's of this year's UEFA cup.

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

First Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ARS	AST	BIR	BUR	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NOR	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

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

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1975–1976 teams

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

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Sunderland (1st title)
Promoted	Bristol City, West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Oxford United, Portsmouth, York City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1106 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Hales (Charlton Athletic), 28 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Bolton –Charlton 5–0 (4 Oct 1975)
Biggest away win	Charlton –Luton 1–5 (3 Dec 1975) Charlton –Bolton 0–4 (24 Apr 1975)
Highest scoring	Blackpool –Southampton 4–3 (20 Sept 1975)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Sunderland	42	19	2	0	48	10	5	6	10	19	26	67	36	1.861	+31	56
2	Bristol City	42	11	7	3	34	14	8	8	5	25	21	59	35	1.686	+24	53
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	9	2	29	12	10	4	7	21	21	50	33	1.515	+17	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	36	14	8	7	6	28	24	64	38	1.684	+26	52
5	Notts County	42	11	6	4	33	13	8	5	8	27	28	60	41	1.463	+19	49
6	Southampton	42	18	2	1	49	16	3	5	13	17	34	66	50	1.320	+16	49	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 First round
7	Luton Town	42	13	6	2	38	15	6	4	11	23	36	61	51	1.196	+10	48
8	Nottingham Forest	42	13	1	7	34	18	4	11	6	21	22	55	40	1.375	+15	46
9	Charlton Athletic	42	11	5	5	40	34	4	7	10	21	38	61	72	0.847	–11	42
10	Blackpool	42	9	9	3	26	22	5	5	11	14	27	40	49	0.816	–9	42
11	Chelsea	42	7	9	5	25	20	5	7	9	28	34	53	54	0.981	–1	40
12	Fulham	42	9	8	4	27	14	4	6	11	18	33	45	47	0.957	–2	40
13	Orient	42	10	6	5	21	12	3	8	10	16	27	37	39	0.949	–2	40
14	Hull City	42	9	5	7	29	23	5	6	10	16	26	45	49	0.918	–4	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	8	6	7	27	22	4	8	9	18	28	45	50	0.900	–5	38
16	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	13	12	34	48	54	0.889	–6	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	11	8	2	37	24	2	4	15	20	44	57	68	0.838	–11	38
18	Bristol Rovers	42	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	10	18	35	38	50	0.760	–12	38
19	Carlisle United	42	9	8	4	29	22	3	5	13	16	37	45	59	0.763	–14	37
20	Oxford United	42	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	13	16	34	39	59	0.661	–20	33
21	York City	42	8	3	10	28	34	2	5	14	11	37	39	71	0.549	–32	28
22	Portsmouth	42	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	15	17	38	32	61	0.525	–29	25

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	BRO	CRL	CHA	CHE	FUL	HUL	LUT	NOT	NTC	OLD	ORI	OXF	PLY	POR	SOU	SUN	WBA	YOR
Blackburn Rovers		0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–4	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–0
Blackpool	1–1		1–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	1–0	0–1	0–0
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Bristol City	1–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	4–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Carlisle United	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	4–2		1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0
Charlton Athletic	2–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	3–0	4–2		1–1	3–2	1–0	1–5	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2
Chelsea	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–3		0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
Fulham	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–0
Hull City	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	1–2		1–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–1
Luton Town	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0
Nottingham Forest	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	4–3	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–0
Notts County	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0		5–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0
Oldham Athletic	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		1–1	1–1	3–2	5–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0
Orient	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Oxford United	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1		2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–2	1–2	2–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	2–1		3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Portsmouth	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0		0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1
Southampton	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0		4–0	3–0	2–0
Sunderland	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0		2–0	1–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0		2–2
York City	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	0–1

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1975–1976 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1975–1976

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Hereford United (1st title)
Promoted	Cardiff City, Millwall
Relegated	Aldershot, Colchester United, Halifax Town, Southend United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1440 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie McNeil (Hereford United), 35 ^[3]
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Hereford United	46	14	6	3	45	24	12	5	6	41	31	86	55	1.564	+31	63
2	Cardiff City	46	14	7	2	38	13	8	6	9	31	35	69	48	1.438	+21	57	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 First round
3	Millwall	46	16	6	1	35	14	4	10	9	19	29	54	43	1.256	+11	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	18	3	2	58	15	4	6	13	20	38	78	53	1.472	+25	53
5	Crystal Palace	46	7	12	4	30	20	11	5	7	31	26	61	46	1.326	+15	53
6	Wrexham	46	13	6	4	38	21	7	6	10	28	34	66	55	1.200	+11	52
7	Walsall	46	11	8	4	43	22	7	6	10	31	39	74	61	1.213	+13	50
8	Preston North End	46	15	4	4	45	23	4	6	13	17	34	62	57	1.088	+5	48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	2	7	36	25	5	8	10	25	34	61	59	1.034	+2	48
10	Peterborough United	46	12	7	4	37	23	3	11	9	26	40	63	63	1.000	±0	48
11	Mansfield Town	46	8	11	4	31	22	8	4	11	27	30	58	52	1.115	+6	47
12	Port Vale	46	10	10	3	33	21	5	6	12	22	33	55	54	1.019	+1	46
13	Bury	46	11	7	5	33	16	3	9	11	18	30	51	46	1.109	+5	44
14	Chesterfield	46	11	5	7	45	30	6	4	13	24	39	69	69	1.000	±0	43
15	Gillingham	46	10	8	5	38	27	2	11	10	20	41	58	68	0.853	–10	43
16	Rotherham United	46	11	6	6	35	22	4	6	13	19	43	54	65	0.831	–11	42
17	Chester	46	13	7	3	34	19	2	5	16	9	43	43	62	0.694	–19	42
18	Grimsby Town	46	13	7	3	39	21	2	3	18	23	53	62	74	0.838	–12	40
19	Swindon Town	46	11	4	8	42	31	5	4	14	20	44	62	75	0.827	–13	40
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	6	5	34	25	0	10	13	14	34	48	59	0.814	–11	40
21	Aldershot	46	10	8	5	34	26	3	5	15	25	49	59	75	0.787	–16	39
22	Colchester United	46	9	6	8	25	27	3	8	12	16	38	41	65	0.631	–24	38
23	Southend United	46	9	7	7	40	31	3	6	14	25	44	65	75	0.867	–10	37
24	Halifax Town	46	6	5	12	22	32	5	8	10	19	29	41	61	0.672	–20	35

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup, also promoted
	Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ALD	BHA	BRY	CAR	CHE	CHF	COL	CRY	GIL	GRI	HAL	HER	MAN	MIL	PET	PTV	PNE	ROT	SHW	SHR	STD	SWI	WAL	WRE
Aldershot		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–1		2–1	0–1	6–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–2
Bury	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1
Cardiff City	1–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	4–3	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–0
Chester	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–3
Chesterfield	5–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1		6–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–1
Colchester United	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–3		0–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–2
Crystal Palace	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–2		0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	1–1
Gillingham	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2		3–0	1–1	3–4	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–3	1–1
Grimsby Town	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–1		2–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–2
Halifax Town	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	5–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1		0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1
Hereford United	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	5–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2		1–0	0–0	2–4	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–0
Mansfield Town	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–0
Millwall	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Peterborough United	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–0
Port Vale	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1
Preston North End	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–4	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–0		3–2	4–2	0–2	5–1	4–2	3–1	0–1
Rotherham United	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–1
Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Shrewsbury Town	5–3	1–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0		3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Southend	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	5–2	4–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–3		3–0	2–2	2–1
Swindon Town	6–3	3–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0		5–1	2–2
Walsall	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–1		2–2
Wrexham	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–3

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1975–1976

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1975–1976

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Lincoln City (1st title)
Promoted	Northampton Town, Reading, Tranmere Rovers
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1442 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers), 34 ^[3]
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln City	46	21	2	0	71	15	11	8	4	40	24	111	39	2.846	+72	74
2	Northampton Town	46	18	5	0	62	20	11	5	7	25	20	87	40	2.175	+37	68
3	Reading	46	19	3	1	42	9	5	9	9	28	42	70	51	1.373	+19	60
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	19	3	1	42	9	5	9	9	28	42	89	55	1.618	+34	58
5	Huddersfield Town	46	11	6	6	28	17	10	8	5	28	24	56	41	1.366	+15	56
6	Bournemouth	46	15	5	3	39	16	5	7	11	18	32	57	48	1.188	+9	52
7	Exeter City	46	13	7	3	37	17	5	7	11	19	30	56	47	1.191	+9	50
8	Watford	46	16	4	3	38	18	6	2	15	24	44	62	62	1.000	±0	50
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	31	24	6	8	9	24	39	55	63	0.873	–8	50
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	6	7	42	31	9	5	9	33	38	75	69	1.087	+6	49
11	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	51	21	2	7	14	15	36	66	57	1.158	+9	47
12	Barnsley	46	12	8	3	34	16	2	8	13	18	32	52	48	1.083	+4	44
13	Cambridge United	46	7	10	6	36	28	7	5	11	22	34	58	62	0.935	–4	43
14	Hartlepool	46	10	6	7	37	29	6	4	13	25	49	62	78	0.795	–16	42
15	Rochdale	46	7	11	5	27	23	5	7	11	13	31	40	54	0.741	–14	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	7	6	36	21	3	8	12	22	36	58	57	1.018	+1	41
17	Bradford City	46	9	7	7	35	26	3	10	10	28	39	63	65	0.969	–2	41
18	Brentford	46	12	7	4	37	18	2	6	15	19	42	56	60	0.933	–4	41
19	Scunthorpe United	46	11	3	9	31	24	3	7	13	19	35	50	59	0.847	–9	38
20	Darlington	46	11	7	5	30	14	3	3	17	18	43	48	57	0.842	–9	38
21	Stockport County	46	8	7	8	23	23	5	5	13	20	53	43	76	0.566	–33	38
22	Newport County	46	8	7	8	35	33	5	2	16	22	57	57	90	0.633	–33	35
23	Southport	46	6	6	11	27	31	2	4	17	14	46	41	77	0.532	–36	26
24	Workington	46	5	4	14	19	43	2	3	18	11	44	30	87	0.345	–57	21

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	BAR	BOU	BRA	BRE	CAM	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	HAR	HUD	LIN	NPC	NOR	REA	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	SWA	TOR	TRA	WAT	WRK
Barnsley		2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	3–1	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Bournemouth	1–1		2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–1	1–0
Bradford City	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–4	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–5	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Brentford	1–0	1–2	2–2		0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–0
Cambridge United	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1		1–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–3	4–1	4–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–3	4–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	6–0	1–0	2–2	0–0
Darlington	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0		2–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Doncaster Rovers	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	3–2		0–0	3–0	4–1	2–4	5–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–1	5–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0
Exeter City	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0		3–1	4–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	5–4	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–0
Hartlepool United	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–1		1–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	2–4	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2
Huddersfield Town	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–0
Lincoln City	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	3–0	0–0		4–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	4–0	4–2	2–2	5–1	4–1
Newport County	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–3	0–1	1–2	3–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–5	0–2	2–3
Northampton Town	5–0	6–0	4–2	3–1	4–2	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	3–0		4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–1
Reading	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–0	1–0
Rochdale	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–3	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–1
Scunthorpe United	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–3		1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–0
Southport	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	2–1
Stockport County	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0		3–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	4–1
Swansea City	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–0		3–0	1–1	4–2	1–0
Torquay United	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–2		2–1	1–0	1–0
Tranmere	1–0	2–0	3–3	5–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	7–1		3–0	6–0
Watford	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2		2–0
Workington	1–7	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–3

Fourth Division maps

Bradford City

Huddersfield

Newport County

Swansea City

Workington

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1975–1976

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1975–1976

References

↑ "England 1975–76". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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FA competitions

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Football League (First Division
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Lower leagues

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Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Burnley Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion West Ham United York City

Third Division	Aldershot Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

1975–76 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Estonia '75 '76 Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Latvia '75 '76 Lithuania '75 '76 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '75 '76 Spain Sweden '75 '76 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1975–76 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

See also

References