1975–76 Football League 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 ^[1]
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 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1975-76 season.

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the ninth time in the club's history that season and the first under manager at the time Bob Paisley. They won the title on their last game of the season on the May 4, 1976 beating relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Molineux, knowing if they didn't win, Queens Park Rangers who beat Leeds United 2-0 at Loftus Road in their last game would be champions but unfortunately for them it did not occur. Despite that, QPR still managed to finish in their highest ever position of runners-up and qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Going down were Sheffield United, whose relegation was confirmed on March 27, 1976 after losing 5-0 to Tottenham Hotspur, Burnley then went down on April 19, 1976 after a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign losing 3-1 to Liverpool therefore handing Paisley's team the title at the expense of QPR and saving their Midlands rivals Birmingham City who drew 1-1 at Sheffield United.

League standings

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

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

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Burnley !BUR	Coventry City !COV	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1975–1976 teams

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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ted MacDougall	Norwich City	23
2	John Duncan	Tottenham Hotspur	20
3	Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	19
4	Trevor Francis	Birmingham City	17
=	John Richards	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17
5	Charlie George	Derby County	16
=	John Toshack	Liverpool	16
=	Alan Gowling	Newcastle United	16
=	Duncan McKenzie	Leeds United	16

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 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 First World War 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 Second World War 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

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

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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

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