Season | 1975–76 |
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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)[1] |
Biggest home win | Arsenal 5–0 Coventry City (11 October 1975) Queens Park Rangers 5–0 Everton (11 October 1975) 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 → |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1975–76 season.
Overview
[edit]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 3–1 at Molineux. Had they lost, Queens Park Rangers would have been champions, having beaten Leeds United 2–0 at Loftus Road in their last game. Despite that, QPR still managed to 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 5–0 to Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley went down on 19 April after a 1–0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign after their 3–1 loss to Liverpool.
League standings
[edit]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
Results
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]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 |
Maps
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.