1975–76 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Liverpool (9th English title)
Relegated	Burnley ; Sheffield United ; Wolverhampton Wanderers
1976–77 European Cup	Liverpool
FA Cup winners; 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup	Southampton (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2019 only FA Cup title); Cardiff City (3rd Div) (Welsh Cup winners)
1976–77 UEFA Cup	Derby County ; Manchester City; Manchester United; Queens Park Rangers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,230 (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 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 not won, 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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	14	5	2	41	21	9	9	3	25	10	2.129	60	Qualified for European Cup
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	4	0	42	13	7	7	7	25	20	2.030	59	Qualified for UEFA Cup
3	Manchester United	42	16	4	1	40	13	7	6	8	28	29	1.619	56
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	30	6	8	7	30	28	1.293	53
5	Leeds United	42	13	3	5	37	19	8	6	7	28	27	1.413	51
6	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	4	36	23	5	8	8	18	25	1.125	46
7	Leicester City	42	9	9	3	29	24	4	10	7	19	27	0.941	45
8	Manchester City	42	14	5	2	46	18	2	6	13	18	28	1.391	43	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
9	Tottenham Hotspur	42	6	10	5	33	32	8	5	8	30	31	1.000	43
10	Norwich City	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	5	10	25	32	1.000	42
11	Everton	42	10	7	4	37	24	5	5	11	23	42	0.909	42
12	Stoke City	42	8	5	8	25	24	7	6	8	23	26	0.960	41
13	Middlesbrough	42	9	7	5	23	11	6	3	12	23	34	1.022	40
14	Coventry City	42	6	9	6	22	22	7	5	9	25	35	0.825	40
15	Newcastle United	42	11	4	6	51	26	4	5	12	20	36	1.145	39
16	Aston Villa	42	11	8	2	32	17	0	9	12	19	42	0.864	39
17	Arsenal	42	11	4	6	33	19	2	6	13	14	34	0.887	36
18	West Ham United	42	10	5	6	26	23	3	5	13	22	48	0.676	36
19	Birmingham City	42	11	5	5	36	26	2	2	17	21	49	0.760	33
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	6	8	27	25	3	4	14	24	43	0.750	30	Relegated
21	Burnley	42	6	6	9	23	26	3	4	14	20	40	0.652	28
22	Sheffield United	42	4	7	10	19	32	2	3	16	14	50	0.402	22

Source:
(C) League Champions.

Note: Southampton of the Second Division won the FA Cup and qualified for the European Cup-Winners Cup.

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

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

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References

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

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[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.