1975–76 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1975–76 season

Chairman

Manager

1st

Champions

4th Round

3rd Round

Top goalscorer

League: John Toshack (16)
All: John Toshack (23)

Average home league attendance

41,670

Home colours

Away colours

← 1974–75

1976–77 →

Liverpool F.C. won its ninth Football League title and second UEFA Cup, which were the first trophies won under manager Bob Paisley, in his second season as manager.

Paisley saw his team clinch the league title narrowly ahead of contenders Queens Park Rangers. In a climax to the season, Liverpool needed to either win or secure a low-scoring draw against relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers. With 14 minutes left for play and despite constant pressure in the second half, the Reds trailed to a Steve Kindon strike for Wolves. The title was slipping away from Liverpool but three late goals from Kevin Keegan, John Toshack and Ray Kennedy in front of away support ensured Liverpool's ninth title and Bob Paisley's first trophy.

In the UEFA Cup, Liverpool overcame Barcelona in the semi-finals, to set up a final with FC Bruges. Liverpool won the first leg 3–2 on 28 April after being two-nil down in the first half. Three weeks later, a 1–1 draw in Olympiastadion, Brugge, saw them lift the cup for the second time.

The emergence of Phil Neal, Phil Thompson and Ray Kennedy in the Liverpool side saw them make their England debuts in the Welsh FA Centenary International against Wales on 24 March 1976.^[1] Also in the England side were Ray Clemence and, captaining England for the first time, Kevin Keegan, and those five would go on to play for England for many years to come.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division Table

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

Results

First Division

Main article: 1975–76 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
16-Aug-75	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		27,113	Report	Report
19-Aug-75	West Ham United	H	2–2	Callaghan 24' Toshack 81'	40,564	Report	Report
23-Aug-75	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2	Keegan 54 Pen' Case 68' Heighway 72'	42,729	Report	Report
26-Aug-75	Leeds United	A	3–0	Kennedy 26' Callaghan 84', 88'	36,186	Report	Report
30-Aug-75	Leicester City	A	1–1	Keegan 50'	25,008	Report	Report
06-Sep-75	Sheffield United	H	1–0	Kennedy 78'	37,340	Report	Report
13-Sep-75	Ipswich Town	A	0–2		28,132	Report	Report
20-Sep-75	Aston Villa	H	3–0	Toshack 62' Keegan 77' Case 86'	42,779	Report	Report
27-Sep-75	Everton	A	0–0		55,570	Report	Report
04-Oct-75	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	Hall 60' Case 86'	36,391	Report	Report
11-Oct-75	Birmingham City	H	3–1	Toshack 13', 59', 86'	36,532	Report	Report
18-Oct-75	Coventry City	A	0–0		20,695	Report	Report
25-Oct-75	Derby County	H	1–1	Toshack 27'	46,324	Report	Report
01-Nov-75	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	McDermott 71'	30,952	Report	Report
08-Nov-75	Manchester United	H	3–1	Heighway 12' Toshack 46' Keegan 78'	49,136	Report	Report
15-Nov-75	Newcastle United	A	2–1	Hall 41' R. Kennedy 88'	39,686	Report	Report
22-Nov-75	Coventry City	H	1–1	Toshack 28'	36,929	Report	Report
29-Nov-75	Norwich City	H	1–3	Hughes 87'	34,780	Report	Report
02-Dec-75	Arsenal	H	2–2	Neal 23 Pen', 59 Pen'	27,447	Report	Report
06-Dec-75	Burnley	A	0–0		18,426	Report	Report
13-Dec-75	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4–0	Keegan 43' Case 54' Neal 74' Heighway 86'	29,891	Report	Report
20-Dec-75	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	Toshack 22' Neal 75 Pen'	39,182	Report	Report
26-Dec-75	Stoke City	A	1–1	Toshack 8'	32,092	Report	Report
27-Dec-75	Manchester City	H	1–0	Cormack 61'	53,386	Report	Report
10-Jan-76	Ipswich Town	H	3–3	Keegan 13', 33' Case 78'	40,547	Report	Report
17-Jan-76	Sheffield United	A	0–0		31,255	Report	Report
31-Jan-76	West Ham United	A	4–0	Toshack 63', 75', 81' Keegan 88'	26,741	Report	Report
07-Feb-76	Leeds United	H	2–0	Keegan 40' Toshack 71'	54,525	Report	Report
18-Feb-76	Manchester United	A	0–0		59,709	Report	Report
21-Feb-76	Newcastle United	H	2–0	Keegan 26' Case 51'	43,404	Report	Report
24-Feb-76	Arsenal	A	0–1		36,127	Report	Report
28-Feb-76	Derby County	A	1–1	Kennedy 86'	32,800	Report	Report
06-Mar-76	Middlesbrough	H	0–2		41,391	Report	Report
13-Mar-76	Birmingham City	A	1–0	Neal 83 Pen'	31,397	Report	Report
20-Mar-76	Norwich City	A	1–0	Fairclough 59'	29,013	Report	Report
27-Mar-76	Burnley	H	2–0	Fairclough 39', 61'	36,708	Report	Report
03-Apr-76	Everton	H	1–0	Fairclough 88'	54,632	Report	Report
06-Apr-76	Leicester City	H	1–0	Keegan 58'	36,290	Report	Report
10-Apr-76	Aston Villa	A	0–0		44,250	Report	Report
17-Apr-76	Stoke City	H	5–3	Neal 37 Pen' Toshack 43' Kennedy 51' Hughes 73' Fairclough 78'	44,069	Report	Report
19-Apr-76	Manchester City	A	3–0	Heighway 73' Fairclough 88', 89'	50,439	Report	Report
04-May-76	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–1	Keegan 76' Toshack 85' Kennedy 89'	48,900	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1975–76 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
10-Sep-75	York City	A	1–0	Lindsay 88 Pen'	9.421	Report	Report
07-Oct-75	Burnley	H	1–1	Case 81'	24,607	Report	Report
14-Oct-75	Burnley	A	0–1		19,857	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1975–76 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
03-Jan-76	West Ham United	A	2–0	Keegan 37' Toshack 82'	32,363	Report	Report
24-Jan-76	Derby County	A	0–1		38,200	Report	Report

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1975–76 UEFA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
17-Sep-75	Hibernian	A	0–1		19,219	Report	Report
30-Sep-75	Hibernian	H	3–1	Toshack 21', 53', 64'	29,963	Report	Report
22-Oct-75	Real Sociedad	A	3–1	Heighway 20' Callaghan 61' Thompson 82'	16,256	Report	Report
04-Nov-75	Real Sociedad	H	6–0	Toshack 14' Kennedy 30', 75' Fairclough 72' Heighway 77' Neal 79'	23,796	Report	Report
26-Nov-75	Śląsk Wrocław	A	2–1	Kennedy 61' Toshack 75'	40,000	Report	Report
10-Dec-75	Śląsk Wrocław	H	3–0	Case 22', 30', 46'	17,886	Report	Report
03-Mar-76	Dynamo Dresden	A	0–0		32,182	Report	Report
17-Mar-76	Dynamo Dresden	H	2–1	Case 24' Keegan 47'	39,300	Report	Report
30-Mar-76	Barcelona	A	1–0	Toshack 13'	70,000	Report	Report
14-Apr-76	Barcelona	H	1–1	Thompson 50'	55,104	Report	Report

Final

Main article: 1976 UEFA Cup Final

First Leg

Liverpool v Club Brugge

28 April 1976
19:30 BST

Liverpool	3–2	Club Brugge
Kennedy 59' Case 61' Keegan 65 Pen'	Report Report	Lambert 5' Cools 15'

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 50,188
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Germany)

Liverpool

Club Brugge



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Tommy Smith
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
ST	7	Kevin Keegan
ST	8	David Fairclough
RM	9	Steve Heighway
ST	10	John Toshack	46'
CM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
MF	12	Jimmy Case	46'
GK	13	Peter McDonnell
DF	14	Joey Jones
MF	15	Brian Hall
MF	16	Terry McDermott
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Birger Jensen
RB	2	Fons Bastijns (c)
CB	3	Eddie Krieger
CB	4	Georges Leekens
LB	5	Jos Volders
MF	6	Julien Cools
MF	7	René Vandereycken
MF	8	Daniël de Cubber
FW	9	Roger van Gool
FW	10	Raoul Lambert
FW	11	Ulrik le Fevre
Substitutes:
GK	12	Hugo Pieters
RB	13	Norbert De Naeghel
MF	14	Dirk Sanders
FW	15	Konrad Holenstein
FW	16	Dirk Hinderyckx
Manager:
Ernst Happel

Second Leg

Club Brugge v Liverpool

19 May 1976
21:00 CEST

Club Brugge	1–1	Liverpool
Lambert 11 Pen'	Report Report	Keegan 15'

Olympiastadion, Brugge
Attendance: 29,423
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Club Bruges

Liverpool



GK	1	Birger Jensen
RB	2	Fons Bastijns (c)
CB	3	Eddie Krieger
CB	4	Georges Leekens
LB	5	Jos Volders
MF	6	Julien Cools
MF	7	René Vandereycken
MF	8	Daniël de Cubber	68'
FW	9	Roger van Gool
FW	10	Raoul Lambert	75'
FW	11	Ulrik le Fevre
Substitutes:
GK	12	Hugo Pieters
RB	13	Norbert De Naeghel
FW	14	Dirk Hinderyckx	68'
MF	15	Dirk Sanders	75'
Manager:
Ernst Happel



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Tommy Smith
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
ST	7	Kevin Keegan
CM	8	Jimmy Case
RM	9	Steve Heighway
ST	10	John Toshack	62'
CM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
FW	12	David Fairclough	62'
GK	13	Peter McDonnell
DF	14	Joey Jones
MF	15	Brian Hall
MF	16	Terry McDermott
Manager:
Bob Paisley

References

↑ http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=497

Liverpool Football Club

Honours Managers Seasons Records and Statistics Reserves & Academy Current season

History	1892–1959 1959–85 1985–present Europe Founding Fathers of Merseyside Football

Home stadium	Anfield Stanley Park (proposed)

Training ground	Melwood

Players	100+ appearances 25–99 appearances 1–24 appearances

Rivalries	League record by opponent Merseyside derby Manchester United rivalry

Tragedies	Heysel disaster Hillsborough disaster

Supporters	Reclaim The Kop Respect 4 All Spirit of Shankly

Media	LFC TV Well Red magazine Being: Liverpool

Films	Fifteen Minutes That Shook the World One Night in Istanbul Will

Songs	You'll Never Walk Alone The Fields of Anfield Road Ring of Fire Anfield Rap

Related articles	2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualification A.F.C. Liverpool The Boot Room Fenway Sports Group Liverpool L.F.C. Player of the Season Spice Boys Spion Kop Superleague Formula team 1915 British football betting scandal

Book Category WikiProject

Liverpool F.C. seasons

1892–93
1893–94
1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Liverpool F.C. matches

FA Cup Finals	1914 1950 1965 1971 1974 1977 1986 1988 1989 1992 1996 2001 2006 2012

League Cup Finals	1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1995 2001 2003 2005 2012 2016

FA Community Shields	1922 1964 1965 1966 1971 1974 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1989 1990 1992 2001 2002 2006

UEFA Champions League Finals	1977 1978 1981 1984 1985 2005 2007

European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1966

UEFA Cup Finals	1973 1976 2001

UEFA Super Cups	1977 1978 ~~1981~~ 1984 2001 2005

Intercontinental Cups	~~1978~~ 1981 1984

FIFA Club World Championship Final	2005

Other matches	Ajax 5–1 Liverpool (1966) 1983–84 European Cup semi-final 1986 English Super Cup Final Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (1989) Liverpool 9–0 Crystal Palace (1989) Liverpool 4–3 Newcastle (1996)

1975–76 in English football

« 1974–75

1976–77 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

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

UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League

UEFA Cup (1971–2009)

Seasons

1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09

Finals

Two-legged	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Single-legged	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

UEFA Europa League (2009–present)

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, October 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.