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

The 1975–76 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, Dave 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 before were one of the most feared sides in England and during the interwar years had won the league championship and the FA Cup.

The 32-year-old Graham Taylor achieved the first success of his managerial career by winning the Fourth Division title with 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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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 1975-76 season was the last season that the goal average system was used.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Main article: 1975–76 Football League First Division Football league season

Football League First Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Liverpool 9th English title
Relegated	Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley Sheffield United
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 5–0 Coventry City (11 October 1975) Queens Park Rangers 5–0 Everton (11 October 1975) Newcastle United 5–0 Everton (10 January 1976) Arsenal 6–1 West Ham United (20 March 1976) Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Sheffield United (27 March 1976) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Newcastle United (10 April 1976)
Biggest away win	Birmingham City 1–5 West Ham United (1 November 1975) Burnley 1–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers (15 November 1975) Derby County 1–5 Queens Park Rangers (23 April 1976) Ipswich Town 2–6 Derby County (24 April 1976)
Highest scoring	Norwich City 5–3 Aston Villa (23 April 1976)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Liverpool won their first silverware under Bob Paisley by lifting their second UEFA Cup, and winning the league title. They won eight of their last nine matches and finished one point ahead of QPR, who achieved the highest finish of their history. Manchester United's revival under Tommy Docherty continued as they finished third in the league and reached their first cup final of the 1970s, where they took on Second Division underdogs Southampton in the FA Cup Final but surprisingly lost 1-0. Defending champions Derby County surrendered their title crown but managed a decent fourth-place finish in the league. Leeds United completed the top five but were denied a place in the UEFA Cup as they were still banned from Europe following the antics of their fans at the 1975 European Cup Final. Manchester City triumphed over Newcastle United in the final of the League Cup to win their first major trophy for six years.

FA Cup holders West Ham United finished 18th in the league but did enjoy a good run in Europe, finishing runners-up in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Arsenal endured another disappointing season as they finished 17th.

Sheffield United, who had finished sixth a year earlier, went down in bottom place after winning just six league games all season. They were joined by Burnley and Wolves.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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.

Maps

Arsenal Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1975–1976

Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Burnley Coventry Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Middlesbrough Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Norwich City QPR Sheffield United Stoke Tottenham West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division 1975–1976 teams

Second Division

Football league season

Second Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland Bristol City West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Oxford United York City Portsmouth
Cup Winners' Cup	Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,106 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Hales (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Bolton Wanderers 5–0 Charlton Athletic (4 October 1975)
Biggest away win	Charlton Athletic 1–5 Luton Town (3 December 1975) Charlton Athletic 0–4 Bolton Wanderers (24 April 1976)
Highest scoring	Blackpool 4–3 Southampton (20 September 1975)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Three years after making history as the first postwar FA Cup winners from outside the top flight, Sunderland finally made their way back to the First Division after six years away by winning the Second Division title. Runners-up Bristol City achieved promotion after 65 years away from the First Division, finishing level on points with West Bromwich Albion.

Bolton Wanderers missed out on promotion by a single point, while Southampton compensated for a failed promotion bid by winning the FA Cup at the expense of Manchester United - the first major trophy of their history.

Nottingham Forest progressed to eighth place in their first full season under the management of Brian Clough, while Chelsea's first season at this level for more than a decade produced a disappointing 11th-place finish, with financial problems still blighting the club.

Portsmouth, York City and Oxford United went down to the Third Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	42	24	8	10	67	36	1.861	56	Promotion to the First Division
2	Bristol City (P)	42	19	15	8	59	35	1.686	53
3	West Bromwich Albion (P)	42	20	13	9	50	33	1.515	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	12	10	64	38	1.684	52
5	Notts County	42	19	11	12	60	41	1.463	49
6	Southampton	42	21	7	14	66	50	1.320	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Luton Town	42	19	10	13	61	51	1.196	48
8	Nottingham Forest	42	17	12	13	55	40	1.375	46
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	61	72	0.847	42
10	Blackpool	42	14	14	14	40	49	0.816	42
11	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	53	54	0.981	40
12	Fulham	42	13	14	15	45	47	0.957	40
13	Leyton Orient	42	13	14	15	37	39	0.949	40
14	Hull City	42	14	11	17	45	49	0.918	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	14	16	45	50	0.900	38
16	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	12	17	48	54	0.889	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	13	12	17	57	68	0.838	38
18	Bristol Rovers	42	11	16	15	38	50	0.760	38
19	Carlisle United	42	12	13	17	45	59	0.763	37
20	Oxford United (R)	42	11	11	20	39	59	0.661	33	Relegation to the Third Division
21	York City (R)	42	10	8	24	39	71	0.549	28
22	Portsmouth (R)	42	9	7	26	32	61	0.525	25

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Southampton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1975–76 FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	BRR	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

Maps

Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Orient class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1975–1976

Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Chelsea Fulham Hull Orient Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Oxford Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland York City West Bromwich Albion class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division 1975–1976 teams

Third Division

Football league season

Third Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Hereford United
Promoted	Hereford United Cardiff City Millwall
Relegated	Aldershot Colchester United Southend United Halifax Town
Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,440 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie McNeil (35 goals)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford United (C, P)	46	26	11	9	86	55	1.564	63	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	22	13	11	69	48	1.438	57	Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division
3	Millwall (P)	46	20	16	10	54	43	1.256	56	Promotion to the Second Division
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	22	9	15	78	53	1.472	53
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	61	46	1.326	53
6	Wrexham	46	20	12	14	66	55	1.200	52
7	Walsall	46	18	14	14	74	61	1.213	50
8	Preston North End	46	19	10	17	62	57	1.088	48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	19	10	17	61	59	1.034	48
10	Peterborough United	46	15	18	13	63	63	1.000	48
11	Mansfield Town	46	16	15	15	58	52	1.115	47
12	Port Vale	46	15	16	15	55	54	1.019	46
13	Bury	46	14	16	16	51	46	1.109	44
14	Chesterfield	46	17	9	20	69	69	1.000	43
15	Gillingham	46	12	19	15	58	68	0.853	43
16	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	54	65	0.831	42
17	Chester	46	15	12	19	43	62	0.694	42
18	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	62	74	0.838	40
19	Swindon Town	46	16	8	22	62	75	0.827	40
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	16	18	48	59	0.814	40
21	Aldershot (R)	46	13	13	20	59	75	0.787	39	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Colchester United (R)	46	12	14	20	41	65	0.631	38
23	Southend United (R)	46	12	13	21	65	75	0.867	37
24	Halifax Town (R)	46	11	13	22	41	61	0.672	35

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&HA	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 United	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

Maps

Crystal Palace Millwall class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1975–1976

Aldershot Brighton & Hove Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Southend Swindon Walsall Wrexham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1975–1976

Fourth Division

Football league season

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	1,442 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers), 34
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	46	21	2	0	71	15	11	8	4	40	24	2.846	74	Division Champions, promoted
2	Northampton Town	46	18	5	0	62	20	11	5	7	25	20	2.175	68	Promoted
3	Reading	46	19	3	1	42	9	5	9	9	28	42	1.373	60
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	18	3	2	61	16	6	7	10	28	39	1.618	58
5	Huddersfield Town	46	11	6	6	28	17	10	8	5	28	24	1.366	56
6	AFC Bournemouth	46	15	5	3	39	16	5	7	11	18	32	1.188	52
7	Exeter City	46	13	7	3	37	17	5	7	11	19	30	1.191	50
8	Watford	46	16	4	3	38	18	6	2	15	24	44	1.000	50
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	31	24	6	8	9	24	39	0.873	50
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	6	7	42	31	9	5	9	33	38	1.087	49
11	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	51	21	2	7	14	15	36	1.158	47
12	Barnsley	46	12	8	3	34	16	2	8	13	18	32	1.083	44
13	Cambridge United	46	7	10	6	36	28	7	5	11	22	34	0.935	43
14	Hartlepool	46	10	6	7	37	29	6	4	13	25	49	0.795	42
15	Rochdale	46	7	11	5	27	23	5	7	11	13	31	0.741	42
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	7	6	36	21	3	8	12	22	36	1.018	41
17	Bradford City	46	9	7	7	35	26	3	10	10	28	39	0.969	41
18	Brentford	46	12	7	4	37	18	2	6	15	19	42	0.933	41
19	Scunthorpe United	46	11	3	9	31	24	3	7	13	19	35	0.847	38
20	Darlington	46	11	7	5	30	14	3	3	17	18	43	0.842	38
21	Stockport County	46	8	7	8	23	23	5	5	13	20	53	0.566	38	Re-elected
22	Newport County	46	8	7	8	35	33	5	2	16	22	57	0.633	35
23	Southport	46	6	6	11	27	31	2	4	17	14	46	0.532	26
24	Workington	46	5	4	14	19	43	2	3	18	11	44	0.345	21

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	BAR	BRA	BRE	CAM	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	HAR	HUD	LIN	NPC	NOR	REA	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	SWA	TOR	TRA	WAT	WRK
AFC 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
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
Bradford City	0–1	2–1		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	1–2	1–0	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	0–1	1–1	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	1–0	1–1	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	1–1	2–2	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	1–0	2–0	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	1–1	1–0	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	0–0	1–2	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	1–0	2–1	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	3–1	1–0	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	6–0	5–0	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	2–1	0–0	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	2–2	0–0	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	2–0	1–0	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	0–2	0–0	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	0–0	1–1	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	1–1	3–1	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	2–1	2–0	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 Rovers	2–0	1–0	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	1–1	1–0	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	1–3	1–7	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

Maps

Brentford class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1975–1976

Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge Utd Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Exeter City Hartlepool Huddersfield Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey Southport Stockport Swansea City Torquay Tranmere Watford Workington class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1975–1976

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Manchester United	21	54,750
2	Liverpool FC	21	41,623
3	Aston Villa	21	38,874
4	Manchester City	21	34,280
5	Newcastle United	21	33,060
6	Leeds United	21	31,511
7	Derby County	21	28,350
8	Birmingham City	21	28,003
9	Tottenham Hotspur	21	27,836
10	West Ham United	21	27,417
11	Everton FC	21	27,115
12	Arsenal FC	21	26,945
13	Ipswich Town	21	25,366
14	Queens Park Rangers	21	23,850
15	Sheffield United	21	23,549
16	Middlesbrough FC	21	23,223
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	22,951
18	Norwich City	21	22,760
19	Stoke City	21	22,314
20	Leicester City	21	22,049
21	Coventry City	21	19,370
22	Burnley FC	21	18,120

References

"England 1975–76". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
"Liverpool football club match record: 1976". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1976.htm

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

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League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

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

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy 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) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '75 '76

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Final league tables and results

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division

Results

Maps

Fourth Division

Results

Maps

Attendances

See also

References