1976–77 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1976–77 season
Chairman	John W Smith
Manager	Bob Paisley
First Division	Champions
European Cup	Winners
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Second round
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Keegan (12); All: Kevin Keegan (20)
Average home league attendance	47,284
Home colours	Away colours

Liverpool F.C. won their tenth Football League title after winning it for the second successive season, but lost out to Manchester United in the FA Cup Final, their defeat preventing them from becoming the first English club to win three major trophies in the same season.

However, four days after their defeat in the FA Cup Final the club won the European Cup for the first time, beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. In doing so they became the second English and the third British club to win the trophy.[1]

This was not only the final season, but the final game for Kevin Keegan before he moved to Hamburg for a British record transfer fee of £500,000.

One transfer that passed almost unnoticed as Liverpool were going for the treble, was the signing of Alan Hansen from Partick Thistle for £100,000.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	23	11	8	62	33	1.879	57	Qualified for European Cup
2	Manchester City	42	21	14	7	60	34	1.765	56	Qualified for UEFA Cup
3	Ipswich Town	42	22	8	12	66	39	1.692	52	Qualified for UEFA Cup
4	Aston Villa	42	22	7	13	76	50	1.520	51	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
5	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	64	49	1.306	49	Qualified for UEFA Cup

Source:
(C) League Champions.

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
21-Aug-76	Norwich City	H	1–0	Heighway 55'	49,753	Report	Report
24-Aug-76	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	Toshack 40'	30,334	Report	Report
28-Aug-76	Birmingham City	A	1–2	Johnson 75'	33,228	Report	Report
04-Sep-76	Coventry City	H	3–1	Keegan 56' Johnson 73' Toshack 80'	40,371	Report	Report
11-Sep-76	Derby County	A	3–2	Kennedy 6' Toshack 54' Keegan 80'	28,833	Report	Report
18-Sep-76	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Johnson 7' Heighway 30'	47,421	Report	Report
25-Sep-76	Newcastle United	A	0–1		33,204	Report	Report
02-Oct-76	Middlesbrough	H	0–0		45,107	Report	Report
16-Oct-76	Everton	H	3–1	Heighway 7' Neal 12' (Pen) Toshack 41'	55,141	Report	Report
23-Oct-76	Leeds United	A	1–1	Kennedy 72'	44,696	Report	Report
27-Oct-76	Leicester City	A	1–0	Toshack 12'	29,384	Report	Report
30-Oct-76	Aston Villa	H	3–0	Callaghan 76' McDermott 80' Keegan 86'	51,751	Report	Report
06-Nov-76	Sunderland	A	1–0	Fairclough 76'	39,956	Report	Report
09-Nov-76	Leicester City	H	5–1	Heighway 26' Toshack 32' Neal 70' (Pen) Jones 72' Keegan 82 Pen'	39,851	Report	Report
20-Nov-76	Arsenal	A	1–1	Kennedy 88'	45,016	Report	Report
27-Nov-76	Bristol City	H	2–1	Keegan 44' Jones 56'	44,323	Report	Report
04-Dec-76	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		35,082	Report	Report
11-Dec-76	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	Toshack 34' Keegan 84' Kennedy 85'	37,154	Report	Report
15-Dec-76	Aston Villa	A	1–5	Kennedy 41'	42,851	Report	Report
18-Dec-76	West Ham United	A	0–2		24,175	Report	Report
27-Dec-76	Stoke City	H	4–0	Thompson 5' Neal 62' (Pen) Keegan 67' Johnson 81'	50,371	Report	Report
29-Dec-76	Manchester City	A	1–1	Own Goal 89'	50,020	Report	Report
01-Jan-77	Sunderland	H	2–0	Kennedy 13' Thompson 69'	44,687	Report	Report
15-Jan-77	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Fairclough 84'	39,195	Report	Report
22-Jan-77	Norwich City	A	1–2	Neal 52' (Pen)	25,913	Report	Report
05-Feb-77	Birmingham City	H	4–1	Neal 37' (Pen) Toshack 42', 72' Heighway 79'	41,072	Report	Report
16-Feb-77	Manchester United	A	0–0		57,487	Report	Report
19-Feb-77	Derby County	H	3–1	Toshack 56' Jones 69' Keegan 84'	44,202	Report	Report
05-Mar-77	Newcastle United	H	1–0	Heighway 11'	45,553	Report	Report
09-Mar-77	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		32,098	Report	Report
12-Mar-77	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	Hughes 41'	29,000	Report	Report
22-Mar-77	Everton	A	0–0		56,562	Report	Report
02-Apr-77	Leeds United	H	3–1	Neal 36' (Pen) Fairclough 38' Heighway 61'	48,791	Report	Report
09-Apr-77	Manchester City	H	2–1	Keegan 43' Heighway 78'	55,283	Report	Report
11-Apr-77	Stoke City	A	0–0		29,905	Report	Report
16-Apr-77	Arsenal	H	2–0	Neal 20' Keegan 77'	48,174	Report	Report
30-Apr-77	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	Kennedy 70' Keegan 73'	56,044	Report	Report
03-May-77	Manchester United	H	1–0	Keegan 15'	53,046	Report	Report
07-May-77	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Case 68'	29,382	Report	Report
10-May-77	Coventry City	A	0–0		38,032	Report	Report
14-May-77	West Ham United	H	0–0		55,675	Report	Report
16-May-77	Bristol City	A	1–2	Johnson 30'	38,688	Report	Report

1976 FA Charity Shield

14 August 1976

15:00 BST

Liverpool	1–0	Southampton
Toshack 50'	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,500

Referee: John Homewood



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Joey Jones
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes
CF	7	Kevin Keegan
CM	8	Jimmy Case
CM	9	Steve Heighway
CF	10	John Toshack
RM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
CF		David Fairclough
DF		Alec Lindsay
MF		Terry McDermott
MF		Peter Cormack
GK		Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Ian Turner
DF	2	Peter Rodrigues
DF	3	David Peach
MF	4	Nick Holmes
DF	5	Mel Blyth
DF	6	Jim Steele
MF	7	Paul Gilchrist
FW	8	Mick Channon
FW	9	Peter Osgood
FW	10	Jim McCalliog
MF	11	Bobby Stokes
Substitutes:
MF		Hugh Fisher
Manager:
Lawrie McMenemy

Match rules

90 minutes, no extra time
Five named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
31-Aug-76	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Callaghan 27'	23,378	Report	Report
06-Sep-76	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1		22,662	Report	Report

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
08-Jan-77	Crystal Palace	H	0–0		44,730	Report	Report
11-Jan-77	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	Keegan 20' Heighway 66', 72'	42,664	Report	Report
29-Jan-77	Carlisle United	H	3–0	Keegan 17' Toshack 34' Heighway 69'	45,358	Report	Report
26-Feb-77	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	Keegan 21' Case 31' Neal 73' (Pen)	52,455	Report	Report
19-Mar-77	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	Fairclough 55' Keegan 62'	55,881	Report	Report
23-Apr-77	Everton	N	2–2	McDermott 10' Case 73'	52,637	Report	Report
27-Apr-77	Everton	N	3–0	Neal 31' (Pen) Case 88' Kennedy 89'	52,579	Report	Report

Final

21 May 1977

15:00 BST

Liverpool	1–2	Manchester United
Case 53'	Report Report	Pearson 51' J. Greenhoff 55'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 99,252

Referee: Bob Matthewson (Lancashire)

Liverpool

Manchester United



GK	1	Ray Clemence
DF	2	Phil Neal
DF	3	Joey Jones
DF	4	Tommy Smith
MF	5	Ray Kennedy
DF	6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
FW	7	Kevin Keegan
MF	8	Jimmy Case
MF	9	Steve Heighway
FW	10	David Johnson	64'
MF	11	Terry McDermott
Substitute:
MF	12	Ian Callaghan	64'
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Alex Stepney
DF	2	Jimmy Nicholl
DF	3	Arthur Albiston
MF	4	Sammy McIlroy
DF	5	Brian Greenhoff
DF	6	Martin Buchan (c)
MF	7	Steve Coppell
MF	8	Jimmy Greenhoff
FW	9	Stuart Pearson
FW	10	Lou Macari
MF	11	Gordon Hill	81'
Substitute:
MF	12	David McCreery	81'
Manager:
Tommy Docherty

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One named substitute.

European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
14-Sep-76	Crusaders	H	2–0	Neal 18' (Pen) Toshack 64'	22,442	Report	Report
28-Sep-76	Crusaders	A	5–0	Keegan 34' Johnson 81', 90' McDermott 84' Heighway 87'	10,500	Report	Report
20-Oct-76	Trabzonspor	A	0–1		25,000	Report	Report
03-Nov-76	Trabzonspor	H	3–0	Heighway 8' Johnson 10' Keegan 19'	42,275	Report	Report
02-Mar-77	AS Saint-Étienne	A	0–1		38,000	Report	Report
16-Mar-77	AS Saint-Étienne	H	3–1	Keegan 2' Kennedy 59' Fairclough 84'	55,043	Report	Report
06-Apr-77	FC Zürich	A	3–1	Neal 14', 67' (Pen) Heighway 48'	28,000	Report	Report
20-Apr-77	FC Zürich	H	3–0	Case 33', 79' Keegan 83'	50,611	Report	Report

Final

25 May 1977

20:15

Liverpool	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
McDermott 28' Smith 64' Neal 82' (pen.)	Report Report	Simonsen 52'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Liverpool

Borussia Mönchengladbach



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Joey Jones
CB	4	Tommy Smith
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF	7	Kevin Keegan
CM	8	Jimmy Case
CF	9	Steve Heighway
RM	10	Ian Callaghan
CM	11	Terry McDermott
Substitutes:
GK	12	Peter McDonnell
FW	13	David Fairclough
FW	14	David Johnson
MF	15	Alan Waddle
DF	16	Alec Lindsay
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Wolfgang Kneib
CB	2	Berti Vogts (c)
CB	3	Hans Klinkhammer
SW	4	Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp
RM	5	Rainer Bonhof
CM	6	Horst Wohlers		79'
CF	7	Allan Simonsen
LM	8	Herbert Wimmer		24'
CM	9	Uli Stielike	85'
DM	10	Winfried Schäfer
CF	11	Jupp Heynckes
Substitutes:
GK		Wolfgang Kleff
MF	15	Wilfried Hannes		79'
MF	12	Christian Kulik		24'
FW		Kalle Del'Haye
FW		Herbert Heidenreich
Manager:
Udo Lattek

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References

"Rome 1977: through the eyes of the 11 reds heroes". Liverpoolfc.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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[1] "Rome 1977: through the eyes of the 11 reds heroes". Liverpoolfc.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.