1975–76 Football League

77th season of the Football League September 2026 The Football League 1975–76 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. Their points tally is an English record under the 2 points for a win system for any of the top 4 divisions. 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 websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1975-76.html England 1975–76 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 24 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125013701/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1975-76.html 25 January 2010 live and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 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 1975–76 Football League First Division Football League First Division 1975–76 Liverpool9th English title Wolverhampton WanderersBurnleySheffield United European Cup Liverpool UEFA Cup Queens Park RangersManchester UnitedDerby CountyManchester City Ted MacDougall(23 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 31 October 2010 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) 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) Norwich City 5–3 Aston Villa(23 April 1976) 462 1230 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 matchesLiverpool football club match record: 1976 https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/matches/season/1976/ 11v11.com 15 December 2017 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. Results Results The match on 20 March 1976 between Leicester City and Aston Villa ended 2-2. Aston Villa defender Chris Nicholl scored all four goals - two for Villa and two own goals.Ward Andrew Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football 2010 Portico London 1907554084 106-107 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1975–1976 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1975–1976 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right 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 Second Division Second Division 1975–76 Sunderland SunderlandBristol CityWest Bromwich Albion Oxford UnitedYork CityPortsmouth Cup Winners' Cup Southampton Derek Hales(28 goals) Bolton Wanderers 5–0 Charlton Athletic(4 October 1975) Charlton Athletic 1–5 Luton Town(3 December 1975)Charlton Athletic 0–4 Bolton Wanderers(24 April 1976) Blackpool 4–3 Southampton(20 September 1975) 462 1106 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. main WDL Second Division SUN, BRC, WBA, BOL, NTC, SOU, LUT, NFO, CHA, BLP, CHE, FUL, ORI, HUL, BLA, PLY, OLD, BRV, CLU, OXF, YOR, POR PRO PRO PRO CWC1R REL REL REL complete 12 14 16 45 50 14 14 14 40 49 20 12 10 64 38 19 15 8 59 35 11 16 15 38 50 12 13 17 45 59 15 12 15 61 72 12 16 14 53 54 13 14 15 45 47 14 11 17 45 49 19 10 13 61 51 17 12 13 55 40 19 11 12 60 41 13 12 17 57 68 13 14 15 37 39 11 11 20 39 59 13 12 17 48 54 9 7 26 32 61 21 7 14 66 50 24 8 10 67 36 20 13 9 50 33 10 8 24 39 71 C, P P P R R R 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 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round Southampton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1975–76 FA Cup winners. red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1975–1976 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Orient England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1975–1976 teams England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 53.96 -1.08 right 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 Third Division Third Division 1975–76 Hereford United Hereford UnitedCardiff CityMillwall AldershotColchester UnitedSouthend UnitedHalifax Town Cup Winners' Cup Cardiff City Dixie McNeil(35 goals) 552 1440 1974–75 1976–77 main WDL Third Division HER, CAR, MIL, BHA, CRY, WRE, WAL, PNE, SHR, PET, MAN, PVL, BRY, CHF, GIL, ROT, CHE, GRI, SWI, SHW, ALD, COL, SND, HAL PRO PROCWCPR PRO REL REL REL REL complete 13 13 20 59 75 22 9 15 78 53 14 16 16 51 46 22 13 11 69 48 15 12 19 43 62 17 9 20 69 69 12 14 20 41 65 18 17 11 61 46 12 19 15 58 68 15 10 21 62 74 11 13 22 41 61 26 11 9 86 55 16 15 15 58 52 20 16 10 54 43 15 18 13 63 63 15 16 15 55 54 19 10 17 62 57 15 12 19 54 65 12 16 18 48 59 19 10 17 61 59 12 13 21 65 75 16 8 22 62 75 18 14 14 74 61 20 12 14 66 55 C, P P P R R R R 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 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the Second Division green1 Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1975–1976 Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Crystal Palace Millwall England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1975–1976 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.03 -2.98 right 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 Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1975–76 Lincoln City (1st title) Promoted Northampton TownReadingTranmere Rovers Failed re-election None New club in the league Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers), 34 552 1442 1974–75 1976–77 main WDL P 5 Fourth Division 2 y LIN Lincoln City NOR Northampton Town REA Reading TRA Tranmere Rovers HUD Huddersfield Town BOU Bournemouth EXE Exeter City WAT Watford TOR Torquay United DON Doncaster Rovers SWA Swansea City BAR Barnsley CAM Cambridge United HAR Hartlepool ROC Rochdale CRE Crewe Alexandra BRA Bradford City BRE Brentford SCU Scunthorpe United DAR Darlington STP Stockport County NPC Newport County SOU Southport WRK Workington 32 10 4 111 39 29 10 7 87 40 24 12 10 70 51 24 10 12 89 55 21 14 11 56 41 20 12 14 57 48 18 14 14 56 47 22 6 18 62 62 18 14 14 55 63 19 11 16 75 69 16 15 15 66 57 14 16 16 52 48 14 15 17 58 62 16 10 20 62 78 12 18 16 40 54 13 15 18 58 57 12 17 17 63 65 14 13 19 56 60 14 10 22 50 59 14 10 22 48 57 13 12 21 43 76 13 9 24 57 90 8 10 28 41 77 7 7 32 30 87 CP P P P green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete Results main FBR grey 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 2–1 0–1 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 1–0 1–2 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 1–1 0–1 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 1–1 1–0 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 2–2 1–1 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 2–0 1–0 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 1–0 1–1 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 1–2 0–0 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 2–1 1–0 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 1–0 3–1 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 5–0 6–0 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 0–0 2–1 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 0–0 2–2 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 1–0 2–0 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 0–0 0–2 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 1–1 0–0 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 3–1 1–1 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 2–0 2–1 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 1–0 2–0 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 1–0 1–1 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 1–7 1–3 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1975–1976 51.486 -0.31 Brentford right England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1975–1976 England 53.55 -1.48 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 54.64 -3.55 right 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 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1976.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 24 July 2026 Division One { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 54,750 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 41,623 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 38,874 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 34,280 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 21 33,060 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds United 21 31,511 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 21 28,350 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 28,003 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 27,836 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 27,417 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 27,115 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 26,945 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ipswich Town 21 25,366 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Queens Park Rangers 21 23,850 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 23,549 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 23,223 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 22,951 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Norwich City 21 22,760 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 22,314 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 22,049 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Coventry City 21 19,370 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 21 18,120 - } Division Two { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 31,250 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 19,390 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea 21 18,957 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 17,648 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 17,226 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol City 21 16,204 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Plymouth Argyle 21 14,800 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 12,805 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 21 12,414 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Charlton Athletic 21 11,629 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Luton Town 21 10,587 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 10,489 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Portsmouth FC 21 10,472 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 21 10,456 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol Rovers 21 10,022 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham 21 9,741 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 21 8,307 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Carlisle United 21 8,279 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Hull City 21 6,901 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oxford United 21 6,736 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leyton Orient 21 6,386 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count York City 21 5,413 - } See also 1975-76 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1975–76 League