1975-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	4	1	West Ham United	Villa Park	51,300
Deehan 2, Hamilton, Gray	Lineups		Jennings
Burnley	0	1	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	22,736
	Lineups		Craig T (p)
Ipswich Town	2	0	Arsenal	Portman Road	28,476
Hunter, Woods	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Derby County	Filbert Street	26,870
Lee, Worthington	Lineups		James
Manchester City	0	1	Leeds United	Maine Road	48,077
	Lineups		Madeley
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Norwich City	Loftus Road	21,774
Masson, Bowles	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	28,593
Garner	Lineups		Foggon
Stoke City	1	1	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	32,092
Salmons	Lineups		Toshack
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane	21,651
Chivers (p)	Lineups		Francis 2, Withe
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Coventry City	Molineux	21,224
	Lineups		Craven

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Liverpool	23	7	4	1	24	13	4	5	2	12	7	1.8	31	D	W	W	D	D	1975-12-27	Manchester City	H
2	-1	Manchester United	23	8	2	0	18	5	5	3	5	18	16	1.714	31	D	W	W	D	W	1975-12-27	Burnley	H
3	1	Queens Park Rangers	23	9	4	0	20	5	1	6	3	11	11	1.938	30	W	L	D	D	W	1975-12-27	Arsenal	A
4	1	Leeds United	22	8	1	2	22	9	5	3	3	16	13	1.727	30	W	W	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Leicester City	H
5	-2	Derby County	23	10	0	1	25	17	2	6	4	10	13	1.167	30	L	W	D	L	W	1975-12-27	Aston Villa	H
6	0	West Ham United	22	9	1	1	18	8	3	3	5	16	20	1.214	28	L	W	L	L	W	1975-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
7	0	Manchester City	23	7	5	1	24	8	2	4	4	14	14	1.727	27	L	D	W	D	W	1975-12-27	Liverpool	A
8	1	Stoke City	23	5	4	3	17	15	5	2	4	13	12	1.111	26	D	L	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Birmingham City	A
9	-1	Everton	23	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	5	18	27	1	26	D	W	W	D	D	1975-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	23	5	4	1	10	1	4	3	6	14	19	1.2	25	D	W	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Everton	H
11	0	Ipswich Town	23	6	4	2	18	12	1	6	4	7	10	1.136	24	W	D	W	D	D	1975-12-27	West Ham United	A
12	0	Aston Villa	23	8	3	1	25	11	0	4	7	6	21	0.969	23	W	L	W	D	D	1975-12-27	Derby County	A
13	0	Newcastle United	23	6	3	1	27	9	3	1	9	12	23	1.219	22	W	D	L	W	L	1975-12-27	Sheffield United	H
14	1	Leicester City	23	4	6	2	18	17	1	6	4	8	14	0.839	22	W	L	W	W	D	1975-12-27	Leeds United	A
15	2	Coventry City	23	3	4	4	10	12	4	3	5	14	20	0.75	21	W	L	L	L	W	1975-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	3	6	3	16	20	2	4	5	14	17	0.811	20	L	L	L	D	W	1975-12-27	Coventry City	A
17	-1	Norwich City	23	5	3	3	17	12	2	2	8	15	26	0.842	19	L	D	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Arsenal	23	5	2	4	19	13	1	4	7	8	18	0.871	18	L	W	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	0	Birmingham City	23	6	2	3	20	16	1	1	10	14	31	0.723	17	W	W	L	W	L	1975-12-27	Stoke City	H
20	0	Burnley	23	3	4	4	13	14	1	3	8	9	21	0.629	15	L	L	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Manchester United	A
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	3	4	6	12	15	1	1	8	11	22	0.622	13	L	L	L	L	L	1975-12-27	Norwich City	A
22	0	Sheffield United	23	1	3	8	10	22	0	1	10	7	30	0.327	6	D	L	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	21,471
Collier, Merrick	Lineups		Mariner 2
Carlisle United	1	0	Blackpool	Brunton Park	11,532
Train	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Portsmouth	The Valley	10,422
Flanagan	Lineups		Piper, Graham, Roberts
Fulham	3	2	Notts County	Craven Cottage	11,887
Mitchell 2, Slough	Lineups		Vinter, Scanlon
Luton Town	3	2	Oxford United	Kenilworth Road	13,111
Futcher R 2, King	Lineups		Jeffrey, Shuker
Nottingham Forest	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	19,393
	Lineups		Giles, Johnston
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Boundary Park	25,137	Largest home gate 1975-76
Shaw 2	Lineups		Whatmore
Orient	3	1	Chelsea	Brisbane Road	15,509	Largest home gate 1975-76
Possee, Bennett, Cunningham	Lineups		Maybank
Southampton	3	0	Bristol Rovers	The Dell	19,556
Channon, Stokes, Holmes	Lineups
Sunderland	3	1	Hull City	Roker Park	35,210
Holden, Finney, Henderson	Lineups		Hawley
York City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Bootham Crescent	7,295
Holmes (p), Hosker	Lineups		Svarc

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sunderland	23	12	1	0	30	6	3	2	5	8	13	2	33	W	L	W	L	W	1975-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	6	3	1	20	7	6	4	3	19	16	1.696	31	L	W	W	W	L	1975-12-27	Sunderland	H
3	0	Bristol City	23	7	4	1	24	7	4	3	4	16	15	1.818	29	D	L	W	D	W	1975-12-27	Portsmouth	A
4	2	Southampton	22	11	0	1	31	8	1	2	7	10	20	1.464	26	W	W	W	W	L	1975-12-27	Oxford United	A
5	-1	Notts County	23	6	4	1	13	4	4	2	6	12	17	1.19	26	L	W	L	W	L	1975-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H
6	1	Oldham Athletic	23	9	3	1	24	14	1	3	6	9	19	1	26	W	L	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Notts County	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	5	1	11	7	5	3	5	12	16	1	26	W	L	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Orient	H
8	1	Fulham	22	5	4	3	18	10	4	3	3	12	11	1.429	25	W	D	L	D	L	1975-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	1	Luton Town	23	7	3	2	20	10	3	2	6	13	15	1.32	25	W	W	W	W	W	1975-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-5	Bristol Rovers	23	4	5	2	13	10	3	6	3	12	12	1.136	25	L	W	D	L	L	1975-12-27	Luton Town	H
11	0	Chelsea	23	5	4	1	14	6	3	3	7	13	22	0.964	23	L	W	L	L	W	1975-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
12	2	Orient	22	6	4	2	13	7	1	4	5	7	12	1.053	22	W	D	L	D	L	1975-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	-1	Blackpool	23	4	4	3	13	15	4	2	6	9	12	0.815	22	L	D	W	W	W	1975-12-27	York City	H
14	-1	Nottingham Forest	23	5	1	6	14	11	2	6	3	9	11	1.045	21	L	L	L	D	W	1975-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	4	Carlisle United	23	6	4	2	14	10	1	3	7	5	17	0.704	21	W	D	W	D	W	1975-12-27	Hull City	A
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	3	5	4	11	10	2	5	4	10	14	0.875	20	L	D	L	L	W	1975-12-27	Nottingham Forest	H
17	-1	Hull City	23	5	3	4	15	11	3	1	7	9	18	0.828	20	L	L	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Carlisle United	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	2	2	18	12	0	4	8	7	20	0.781	20	D	W	L	L	L	1975-12-27	Fulham	H
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	22	5	1	4	17	16	2	4	6	8	21	0.676	19	L	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Chelsea	A
20	0	Oxford United	23	3	3	5	11	14	2	3	7	11	19	0.667	16	L	D	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Southampton	H
21	0	York City	23	4	1	6	13	19	1	3	8	6	20	0.487	14	W	W	D	L	L	1975-12-27	Blackpool	A
22	0	Portsmouth	23	0	5	6	5	13	3	1	8	10	22	0.429	12	W	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Bristol City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Gigg Lane	9,657
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	1	Rotherham United	Blundell Park	6,919
Partridge, Boylen, Lewis, Oldridge	Lineups		Finney
Halifax Town	1	3	Port Vale	The Shay	2,959
Bell	Lineups		Cullerton 2, Brownbill
Hereford United	1	3	Walsall	Edgar Street	10,891
Davey	Lineups		Evans, Buckley 2
Mansfield Town	0	1	Chesterfield	Field Mill	8,607
	Lineups		Shanahan (p)
Peterborough United	1	1	Millwall	London Road	10,653
Cozens	Lineups		Lee
Southend United	2	0	Colchester United	Roots Hall	6,267
Brace 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	0	Cardiff City	County Ground	10,202
Anderson, Eastoe, Burrows, Dixon	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Chester	Racecourse Ground	10,486	Largest home gate 1975-76
Lyons	Lineups		Lennard

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Crystal Palace	21	5	4	1	19	9	7	3	1	18	9	2.056	31	L	W	W	W	D	1975-12-27	Aldershot	A
2	1	Peterborough United	21	6	4	1	20	10	2	6	2	15	15	1.4	26	D	D	W	W	W	1975-12-27	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Hereford United	19	5	3	2	15	11	5	2	2	16	13	1.292	25	L	W	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	8	0	2	25	8	3	2	5	13	16	1.583	24	L	W	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Gillingham	A
5	1	Bury	21	6	3	2	16	5	2	5	3	9	13	1.389	24	D	W	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Port Vale	A
6	3	Walsall	23	6	4	2	18	10	3	2	6	14	21	1.032	24	W	W	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Wrexham	H
7	-2	Cardiff City	21	6	3	1	18	6	3	2	6	14	19	1.28	23	L	W	W	W	W	1975-12-27	Peterborough United	H
8	-1	Preston North End	20	5	2	2	15	10	3	4	4	11	12	1.182	22	D	L	D	D	W	1975-12-27	Chester	A
9	-1	Rotherham United	21	5	3	2	16	12	3	3	5	9	15	0.926	22	L	W	W	D	W	1975-12-27	Halifax Town	H
10	4	Port Vale	21	5	4	2	15	9	2	3	5	11	12	1.238	21	W	W	L	W	L	1975-12-27	Bury	H
11	0	Wrexham	21	6	3	1	14	7	3	0	8	10	18	0.96	21	D	W	D	W	D	1975-12-27	Walsall	A
12	0	Millwall	21	6	3	1	15	10	1	4	6	11	21	0.839	21	D	W	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Swindon Town	H
13	4	Grimsby Town	21	8	3	0	23	10	1	0	9	11	32	0.81	21	W	L	L	D	W	1975-12-27	Colchester United	A
14	-1	Chester	21	5	4	2	14	10	2	3	5	7	19	0.724	21	D	W	D	D	W	1975-12-27	Preston North End	H
15	-5	Shrewsbury Town	20	6	0	4	19	15	2	4	4	10	14	1	20	L	W	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Hereford United	H
16	3	Chesterfield	21	5	3	3	25	15	2	2	6	9	17	1.063	19	W	L	L	D	L	1975-12-27	Southend United	H
17	-2	Aldershot	20	5	4	2	18	14	1	3	5	11	19	0.879	19	L	L	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
18	-2	Halifax Town	21	3	1	6	13	17	3	6	2	12	14	0.806	19	L	W	L	D	L	1975-12-27	Rotherham United	A
19	-1	Colchester United	22	4	3	3	8	7	2	4	6	10	20	0.667	19	L	L	D	W	W	1975-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
20	1	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	5	1	18	12	0	4	7	8	17	0.897	17	D	D	L	D	D	1975-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
21	-1	Gillingham	20	4	5	2	18	13	0	4	5	7	16	0.862	17	D	D	L	D	D	1975-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Southend United	19	5	2	3	23	16	1	2	6	10	17	1	16	W	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Chesterfield	A
23	0	Swindon Town	21	5	1	4	19	13	1	1	9	6	26	0.641	14	W	L	L	W	L	1975-12-27	Millwall	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	19	2	3	4	12	13	1	1	8	10	21	0.647	10	L	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Rochdale	Oakwell	3,486
Brown, Millar	Lineups		Mountford
Bradford City	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Valley Parade	3,465
	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Workington	Feethams Ground	2,128
Young	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	4	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	14,353	Largest home gate 1975-76
Kitchen, Miller	Lineups		Freeman 2, Ward 2
Exeter City	0	0	Brentford	St James Park	4,912
	Lineups
Hartlepool	3	0	Northampton Town	Victoria Park	5,077	Largest home gate 1975-76
Smith D 2, McMahon	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Leeds Road	6,672
Belfitt	Lineups
Newport County	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Somerton Park	3,788
Woodruff, Parsons	Lineups		Nelson, Humphreys
Reading	1	0	Cambridge United	Elm Park	7,996
Hiron	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Southport	Edgeley Park	6,321
Hollis	Lineups
Swansea City	4	2	Watford	Vetch Field	4,091
Joslyn OG, Garner OG, Leitch, Curtis	Lineups		Horsfield, How

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Lincoln City	21	9	1	0	30	9	7	2	2	23	14	2.304	35	W	W	W	W	W	1975-12-27	Barnsley	H
2	-1	Northampton Town	22	9	1	0	21	7	6	3	3	12	10	1.941	34	L	W	D	W	D	1975-12-27	Newport County	H
3	0	Reading	22	11	0	0	24	5	3	4	4	15	17	1.773	32	W	L	W	W	W	1975-12-27	Brentford	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	22	10	1	0	33	5	2	3	6	13	23	1.643	28	L	W	L	D	W	1975-12-27	Stockport County	H
5	0	AFC Bournemouth	20	7	2	2	18	7	3	3	3	9	7	1.929	25	W	W	D	W	D	1975-12-27	Swansea City	H
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	3	1	19	7	1	6	3	14	15	1.5	25	D	W	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Bradford City	H
7	1	Huddersfield Town	21	5	2	3	11	8	5	3	3	13	12	1.2	25	W	L	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Southport	A
8	-1	Doncaster Rovers	22	6	2	3	26	15	4	2	5	16	18	1.273	24	L	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
9	0	Newport County	21	6	4	0	20	8	3	2	6	16	25	1.091	24	D	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Northampton Town	A
10	2	Hartlepool United	22	6	2	4	22	15	3	3	4	13	16	1.129	23	W	D	L	W	W	1975-12-27	Workington	A
11	-1	Exeter City	23	5	4	2	14	7	3	3	6	12	18	1.04	23	D	L	D	W	W	1975-12-27	Watford	A
12	2	Swansea City	21	8	3	0	23	8	0	3	7	6	18	1.115	22	W	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	-2	Brentford	21	8	1	1	22	7	1	3	7	10	23	1.067	22	D	W	W	L	W	1975-12-27	Reading	H
14	-1	Cambridge United	22	3	5	3	14	13	4	2	5	11	13	0.962	21	L	D	D	D	W	1975-12-27	Torquay United	H
15	0	Rochdale	21	4	4	2	15	12	3	2	6	7	13	0.88	20	L	D	L	D	D	1975-12-27	Darlington	H
16	0	Torquay United	20	5	2	3	11	9	4	0	6	12	27	0.639	20	W	W	W	D	L	1975-12-27	Cambridge United	A
17	0	Stockport County	22	4	4	5	13	13	2	3	4	7	16	0.69	19	W	D	D	L	W	1975-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	2	Darlington	22	4	4	3	10	7	2	1	8	7	20	0.63	17	W	L	D	L	L	1975-12-27	Rochdale	A
19	-1	Watford	22	6	2	2	15	11	1	1	10	8	26	0.622	17	L	W	D	L	L	1975-12-27	Exeter City	H
20	-1	Bradford City	21	4	3	4	16	13	1	3	6	9	18	0.806	16	D	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	0	Barnsley	21	4	5	2	15	11	0	3	7	3	12	0.783	16	W	D	L	L	D	1975-12-27	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	22	3	1	6	10	12	1	2	9	5	19	0.484	11	D	D	L	L	L	1975-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
23	0	Workington	21	4	0	6	9	17	0	2	9	3	25	0.286	10	L	W	L	D	L	1975-12-27	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Southport	21	0	3	8	11	23	1	0	9	5	17	0.4	5	L	L	W	L	L	1975-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H