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Season | 1975β76 |
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Champions | Liverpool 9th title |
Relegated | Burnley Sheffield United Wolverhampton Wanderers |
European Cup | Liverpool |
UEFA Cup | Queens Park Rangers Manchester United Derby County Manchester City |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,230 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ted MacDougall (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | Arsenal 5β0 Coventry City (11 October 1975) Queens Park Rangers 5β0 Everton (11 October 1975) Arsenal 6β1 West Ham United (20 March 1976) Tottenham Hotspur 5β0 Sheffield United (27 March 1976) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5β0 Newcastle United (10 April 1976) |
Biggest away win | Birmingham City 1β5 West Ham United (1 November 1975) Burnley 1β5 Wolverhampton Wanderers (15 November 1975) Derby County 1β5 Queens Park Rangers (23 April 1976) Ipswich Town 2β6 Derby County (24 April 1976) |
Highest scoring | Norwich City 5β3 Aston Villa (23 April 1976) |
β 1974β75 1976β77 β |
Statistics of Football League First Division in theββ1975β76 season.
Overviewβ»
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 3β1 at Molineux. Had they lost, Queens Park Rangers would have been champions, having beaten Leeds United 2β0 at Loftus Road in their last game. Despite that, QPR still managedββto 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 5β0 to Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley went down on 19 April after a 1β0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign after their 3β1 loss to Liverpool.
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 66 | 31 | 2.129 | 60 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 33 | 2.030 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Manchester United | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 42 | 1.619 | 56 | |
4 | Derby County | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 75 | 58 | 1.293 | 53 | |
5 | Leeds United | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 1.413 | 51 | |
6 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 1.125 | 46 | |
7 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 48 | 51 | 0.941 | 45 | |
8 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 46 | 1.391 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 63 | 1.000 | 43 | |
10 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 58 | 1.000 | 42 | |
11 | Everton | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 66 | 0.909 | 42 | |
12 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 50 | 0.960 | 41 | |
13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 45 | 1.022 | 40 | |
14 | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 57 | 0.825 | 40 | |
15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 39 | |
16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 39 | |
17 | Arsenal | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 53 | 0.887 | 36 | |
18 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 71 | 0.676 | 36 | |
19 | Birmingham City | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 57 | 75 | 0.760 | 33 | |
20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
21 | Burnley (R) | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 0.652 | 28 | |
22 | Sheffield United (R) | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 82 | 0.402 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BUR | COV | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NWC | QPR | SHU | STK | TOT | WHU | WOL |
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Arsenal | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 6β1 | 2β1 | |
Aston Villa | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 0β2 | 5β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 1β1 | |
Birmingham City | 3β1 | 3β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β5 | 0β1 | |
Burnley | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 4β4 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β5 | |
Coventry City | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | |
Derby County | 2β0 | 2β0 | 4β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 1β5 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 3β2 | |
Everton | 0β0 | 2β1 | 5β2 | 2β3 | 1β4 | 2β0 | 3β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | |
Ipswich Town | 2β0 | 3β0 | 4β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β6 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 4β0 | 3β0 | |
Leeds United | 3β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 5β2 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | |
Leicester City | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β3 | 3β2 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 3β3 | 2β0 | |
Liverpool | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β3 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 5β3 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | |
Manchester City | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 4β3 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | |
Manchester United | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 5β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 4β0 | 1β0 | |
Middlesbrough | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β3 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | |
Newcastle United | 2β0 | 3β0 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 4β0 | 4β3 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 3β4 | 1β1 | 5β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 5β1 | |
Norwich City | 3β1 | 5β3 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 5β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 4β2 | |
Sheffield United | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 1β4 | |
Stoke City | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0β0 | 5β2 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | |
West Ham United | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 5β0 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Managerial changesβ»
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Newcastle United | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 June 1975 | Pre-season | ![]() |
17 June 1975 |
Birmingham City | ![]() |
Resigned | 18 September 1975 | 21st | ![]() |
18 September 1975 |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 October 1975 | 22nd | ![]() |
8 October 1975 |
Burnley | ![]() |
Resigned | 6 January 1976 | 20th | ![]() |
6 January 1976 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 May 1976 | 20th | ![]() |
1 May 1976 |
Mapsβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Norwich City | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
Newcastle United | 19 |
4 | ![]() |
Birmingham City | 17 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 |
5 | ![]() |
Derby County | 16 |
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Liverpool | 16 |
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Newcastle United | 16 |
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Leeds United | 16 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.