1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1975–76 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League Salford City 16 Salford Champions Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers St Helens 16 St. Helens Premiership Salford City 16 David Watkins 47 Salford City 16 Maurice Richards 37 Barrow 16 Barrow Rochdale Hornets 16 Rochdale Hornets Workington 16 Workington Town Leigh 16 Leigh Second Division Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Keighley 16 Keighley Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Swinton 16 Swinton Second Division Second Division Barrow 16 Barrow Champions 1974–75 Northern Rugby Football League season 1974–75 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season 1976–77 The 1975–76 Rugby Football League season was the 81st season of rugby league football. The Championship was won by Salford and the Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Widnes 20-5 in the final. The Rugby League Premiership Trophy winners were also St. Helens who beat Salford 15-2 in the final. Championship Salford won their sixth, and to date last, Championship. Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield and Swinton were demoted to the Second Division. TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Salford302217555350452Featherstone Rovers302127526348443Leeds302109571395424St. Helens3019110513315395Wigan301839514399396Widnes3018111448369377Wakefield Trinity3017013496410348Hull Kingston Rovers3017013446472349Castleford30161135893983310Warrington30152133814563211Bradford Northern30131164544502712Oldham30111183804902313Dewsbury30101192874842114Keighley3070232744681415Huddersfield3050253706571016Swinton3030272385816 Second Division Championship 2nd Division Champions were Barrow, and they, Rochdale Hornets, Workington Town and Leigh were promoted to the First Division.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=396 1975–76 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925050502/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=396 2009-09-25 live TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Barrow262033366213432Rochdale Hornets261934347200413Workington Town261844519228404Leigh261916571217395Hull261916577278396New Hunslet2615110371308317York2612113447394258Bramley2611114344370239Huyton26100162423732010Whitehaven2682162533471811Halifax2671183224601512Batley2661192284321313Blackpool Borough2661192244601314Doncaster2620241957264 Cups Challenge Cup 1975–76 Challenge Cup In the Challenge Cup final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982 St. Helens defeated Widnes 20-5. This was St Helens’ fifth Cup Final win in eight Final appearances.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 2009-04-03 dead The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was St. Helens fb, Geoff Pimblett.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 199 Premiership 1975–76 Rugby League Premiership In 1975–76 season the RFL introduced the Premiership Trophy competition. It was played at the end of the season with the top 8 in the league qualifying to play each other in a simple 1st versus 8th, 2nd versus 7th, 3rd versus 6th, and 4th versus 5th system. The final was played on a neutral venue. The competition was played until 1997 when it was scrapped. This was the second end of season Premiership Play-off Final and was played in front of a crowd of 18,082 at Station Road, Swinton between the number four seeds, St Helens, and the number one seeds, Salford.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 225 St Helens second-row forward, George Nicholls, was the winner of the Harry Sunderland Trophy as Man of the Match.Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996 Raymond Fletcher David Howes 1995 Headline Book Publishing London 0-7472-7817-2 231 Player's No.6 Trophy 1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy The 1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat Hull F.C. 19-13 in the final. County cups 1975–76 Lancashire Cup 1975–76 Yorkshire Cup Widnes beat Salford 16–7 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Hull Kingston Rovers 15–11 to win the Yorkshire Cup. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were St. Helens who beat Dewsbury 22-2 in the final. References Sources 1975–76 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1975 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons Category:1976 in English rugby league