1975–76 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1975–76 season
Chairman England Sir William Dugdale, Bt[1][2]
Manager England Ron Saunders
Stadium Villa Park
First Division 16th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
← 1974–75 1976–77 →
Second City Derby
33--24--24
← 1969–70 1976-77 →

The 1975–76 English football season was Aston Villa's 76th in the Football League and their first season in the top division for eight years.[3]

In October 1975, at the age of 19, Andy Gray moved south to newly promoted Villa for £110,000.[4]

10 April 1976: Liverpool draw 0–0 against Aston Villa.[5] In the Second City derby both teams won their home match.[6]

Dave Richardson joined Aston Villa in 1976 as Youth Development Officer.

UEFA Cup

Having won the League Cup in the previous season, Villa qualified for Europe for the first time.

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R  Belgium Royal Antwerp 0–1 1–4

League table

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 1230 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Ted MacDougall (Norwich City), 23 [7]
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)

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 at the time Bob Paisley. They won the title on their last game of the season on the May 4, 1976 beating relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Molineux, knowing if they didn't win, Queens Park Rangers who beat Leeds United 2-0 at Loftus Road in their last game would be champions but unfortunately for them it did not occur. Despite that, QPR still managed to finish in their highest ever position of runners-up and qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Going down were Sheffield United, whose relegation was confirmed on March 27, 1976 after losing 5-0 to Tottenham Hotspur, Burnley then went down on April 19, 1976 after a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers went down on the final day of the campaign losing 3-1 to Liverpool therefore handing Paisley's team the title at the expense of QPR and saving their Midlands rivals Birmingham City who drew 1-1 at Sheffield United.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 42 14 5 2 41 21 9 9 3 25 10 66 31 2.129 + 35 60
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 4 0 42 13 7 7 7 25 20 67 33 2.030 + 34 59
3 Manchester United 42 16 4 1 40 13 7 6 8 28 29 68 42 1.619 + 26 56
4 Derby County 42 15 3 3 45 30 6 8 7 30 28 75 58 1.293 + 17 53
5 Leeds United 42 13 3 5 37 19 8 6 7 28 27 65 46 1.413 + 19 51
6 Ipswich Town 42 11 6 4 36 23 5 8 8 18 25 54 48 1.125 + 6 46
7 Leicester City 42 9 9 3 29 24 4 10 7 19 27 48 51 0.941 – 3 45
8 Manchester City 42 14 5 2 46 18 2 6 13 18 28 64 46 1.391 + 18 43
9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 6 10 5 33 32 8 5 8 30 31 63 63 1.000 ± 0 43
10 Norwich City 42 10 5 6 33 26 6 5 10 25 32 58 58 1.000 ± 0 42
11 Everton 42 10 7 4 37 24 5 5 11 23 42 60 66 0.909 – 6 42
12 Stoke City 42 8 5 8 25 24 7 6 8 23 26 48 50 0.960 – 2 41
13 Middlesbrough 42 9 7 5 23 11 6 3 12 23 34 46 45 1.022 + 1 40
14 Coventry City 42 6 9 6 22 22 7 5 9 25 35 47 57 0.825 – 10 40
15 Newcastle United 42 11 4 6 51 26 4 5 12 20 36 71 62 1.145 + 9 39
16 Aston Villa 42 11 8 2 32 17 0 9 12 19 42 51 59 0.864 – 8 39
17 Arsenal 42 11 4 6 33 19 2 6 13 14 34 47 53 0.887 – 6 36
18 West Ham United 42 10 5 6 26 23 3 5 13 22 48 48 71 0.676 – 23 36
19 Birmingham City 42 11 5 5 36 26 2 2 17 21 49 57 75 0.760 – 18 33
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 7 6 8 27 25 3 4 14 24 43 51 68 0.750 – 17 30
21 Burnley 42 6 6 9 23 26 3 4 14 20 40 43 66 0.652 – 23 28
22 Sheffield United 42 4 7 10 19 32 2 3 16 14 50 33 82 0.402 – 49 22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away ARS AST BIR BUR COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOR 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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division Maps

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 Scotland Ted MacDougall Norwich City 23
2 Scotland John Duncan Tottenham Hotspur 20
3 England Malcolm Macdonald Newcastle United 19
4 England Trevor Francis Birmingham City 17
= England John Richards Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
5 England Charlie George Derby County 16
= Wales John Toshack Liverpool 16
= England Alan Gowling Newcastle United 16
= England Duncan McKenzie Leeds United 16

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First team squad

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