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1975–76 Football League Second Division

The Football League
Season 1975–76
Champions Liverpool
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 1,230 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Ted MacDougall (Norwich City), 23
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)
Football League
Second Division
Season 1975–76
Champions Sunderland (1st title)
Promoted Bristol City,
West Bromwich Albion
Relegated Oxford United,
Portsmouth,
York City
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,106 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Derek Hales (Charlton Athletic), 28
Biggest home win Bolton –Charlton 5–0 (4 Oct 1975)
Biggest away win Charlton –Luton 1–5 (3 Dec 1975)
Charlton –Bolton 0–4 (24 Apr 1975)
Highest scoring Blackpool –Southampton 4–3 (20 Sept 1975)
Football League
Third Division
Season 1975–76
Champions Hereford United (1st title)
Promoted Cardiff City,
Millwall
Relegated Aldershot,
Colchester United,
Halifax Town,
Southend United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,440 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Dixie McNeil (Hereford United), 35
Football League
Fourth Division
Season 1975–76
Champions Lincoln City (1st title)
Promoted Northampton Town,
Reading,
Tranmere Rovers
Failed re-election None
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,442 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers), 34

The 19751976 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, David 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.


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