1975-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Highbury	39,021
Ball, Kidd	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	1	Stoke City	St Andrew's	37,166
Hatton	Lineups		Moores
Coventry City	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	21,125
Cross, Hutchison	Lineups		Duncan 2
Derby County	2	0	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	36,230	Largest home gate 1975-76
George (p), Powell	Lineups
Leeds United	4	0	Leicester City	Elland Road	45,139	Largest home gate 1975-76
Clarke, McKenzie 2, Lorimer	Lineups
Liverpool	1	0	Manchester City	Anfield Road	53,386
Cormack	Lineups
Manchester United	2	1	Burnley	Old Trafford	59,726
Macari, McIlroy	Lineups		Hankin
Middlesbrough	1	1	Everton	Ayresome Park	29,275
Maddren	Lineups		Latchford
Newcastle United	1	1	Sheffield United	St James' Park	31,762
Macdonald	Lineups		Woodward
Norwich City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Carrow Road	24,451
Peters	Lineups		Bell
West Ham United	1	2	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	33,052
Taylor T	Lineups		Lambert, Peddelty

				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	0	Liverpool	24	8	4	1	25	13	4	5	2	12	7	1.85	33	W	D	W	W	D	1976-01-10	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Manchester United	24	9	2	0	20	6	5	3	5	18	16	1.727	33	W	D	W	W	D	1976-01-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	1	Leeds United	23	9	1	2	26	9	5	3	3	16	13	1.909	32	W	W	W	L	W	1976-01-10	Stoke City	H
4	1	Derby County	24	11	0	1	27	17	2	6	4	10	13	1.233	32	W	L	W	D	L	1976-01-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	-2	Queens Park Rangers	24	9	4	0	20	5	1	6	4	11	13	1.722	30	L	W	L	D	D	1976-01-10	Manchester United	A
6	0	West Ham United	23	9	1	2	19	10	3	3	5	16	20	1.167	28	L	L	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Leicester City	H
7	0	Manchester City	24	7	5	1	24	8	2	4	5	14	15	1.652	27	L	L	D	W	D	1976-01-10	Middlesbrough	A
8	0	Stoke City	24	5	4	3	17	15	5	3	4	14	13	1.107	27	D	D	L	W	D	1976-01-10	Leeds United	A
9	0	Everton	24	5	5	1	22	13	4	4	5	19	28	1	27	D	D	W	W	D	1976-01-10	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	24	5	5	1	11	2	4	3	6	14	19	1.19	26	D	D	W	W	D	1976-01-10	Manchester City	H
11	0	Ipswich Town	24	6	4	2	18	12	2	6	4	9	11	1.174	26	W	W	D	W	D	1976-01-10	Liverpool	A
12	1	Newcastle United	24	6	4	1	28	10	3	1	9	12	23	1.212	23	D	W	D	L	W	1976-01-10	Everton	H
13	-1	Aston Villa	24	8	3	1	25	11	0	4	8	6	23	0.912	23	L	W	L	W	D	1976-01-10	Arsenal	A
14	1	Coventry City	24	3	5	4	12	14	4	3	5	14	20	0.765	22	D	W	L	L	L	1976-01-10	Sheffield United	H
15	-1	Leicester City	24	4	6	2	18	17	1	6	5	8	18	0.743	22	L	W	L	W	W	1976-01-10	West Ham United	A
16	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	3	6	3	16	20	2	5	5	16	19	0.821	21	D	L	L	L	D	1976-01-10	Derby County	A
17	1	Arsenal	24	6	2	4	21	13	1	4	7	8	18	0.935	20	W	L	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Aston Villa	H
18	-1	Norwich City	24	5	4	3	18	13	2	2	8	15	26	0.846	20	D	L	D	L	W	1976-01-10	Burnley	H
19	0	Birmingham City	24	6	3	3	21	17	1	1	10	14	31	0.729	18	D	W	W	L	W	1976-01-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Burnley	24	3	4	4	13	14	1	3	9	10	23	0.622	15	L	L	L	W	D	1976-01-10	Norwich City	A
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	3	4	6	12	15	1	2	8	12	23	0.632	14	D	L	L	L	L	1976-01-10	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Sheffield United	24	1	3	8	10	22	0	2	10	8	31	0.34	7	D	D	L	L	L	1976-01-10	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	4	Nottingham Forest	Ewood Park	10,724
Parkes	Lineups		Bowery 2, Robertson, Bowyer
Blackpool	0	0	York City	Bloomfield Road	7,939
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Sunderland	Burnden Park	42,680	Largest home gate 1975-76
Allardyce, Byrom	Lineups		Dunne OG
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Luton Town	Eastville	11,044
	Lineups		King
Chelsea	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	25,367
Britton, Swain	Lineups		Warman, Hales 2
Hull City	2	3	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	7,056
Hawley, Wood	Lineups		Green, Clarke, O'Neill
Notts County	5	1	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	14,706
Bradd 2, Scanlon 2, Sims	Lineups		Young
Oxford United	1	2	Southampton	Manor Ground	12,004	Largest home gate 1975-76
Tait	Lineups		Holmes, Stokes
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Fulham	Home Park	24,054
Randell, Johnson, Rafferty 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Bristol City	Fratton Park	14,315
	Lineups		Ritchie
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Orient	The Hawthorns	20,601
Mayo	Lineups		Possee

				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	24	12	1	0	30	6	3	2	6	9	15	1.857	33	L	W	L	W	L	1976-01-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	3	1	22	8	6	4	3	19	16	1.708	33	W	L	W	W	W	1976-01-17	Southampton	A
3	0	Bristol City	24	7	4	1	24	7	5	3	4	17	15	1.864	31	W	D	L	W	D	1976-01-10	Oxford United	A
4	0	Southampton	23	11	0	1	31	8	2	2	7	12	21	1.483	28	W	W	W	W	W	1976-01-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Notts County	24	7	4	1	18	5	4	2	6	12	17	1.364	28	W	L	W	L	W	1976-01-10	York City	H
6	3	Luton Town	24	7	3	2	20	10	4	2	6	14	15	1.36	27	W	W	W	W	W	1976-01-17	Portsmouth	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	4	6	1	12	8	5	3	5	12	16	1	27	D	W	L	L	W	1976-01-10	Sunderland	H
8	-2	Oldham Athletic	24	9	3	1	24	14	1	3	7	10	24	0.895	26	L	W	L	W	D	1976-01-10	Chelsea	A
9	-1	Fulham	23	5	4	3	18	10	4	3	4	12	15	1.2	25	L	W	D	L	D	1976-01-10	Bristol Rovers	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	24	4	5	3	13	11	3	6	3	12	12	1.087	25	L	L	W	D	L	1976-01-10	Fulham	H
11	3	Nottingham Forest	24	5	1	6	14	11	3	6	3	13	12	1.174	23	W	L	L	L	D	1976-01-10	Hull City	A
12	0	Orient	23	6	4	2	13	7	1	5	5	8	13	1.05	23	D	W	D	L	D	1976-01-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
13	-2	Chelsea	24	5	4	2	16	9	3	3	7	13	22	0.935	23	L	L	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Oldham Athletic	H
14	-1	Blackpool	24	4	5	3	13	15	4	2	6	9	12	0.815	23	D	L	D	W	W	1976-01-10	Charlton Athletic	H
15	0	Carlisle United	24	6	4	2	14	10	2	3	7	8	19	0.759	23	W	W	D	W	D	1976-01-10	Portsmouth	A
16	2	Plymouth Argyle	24	8	2	2	22	12	0	4	8	7	20	0.906	22	W	D	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Orient	H
17	2	Charlton Athletic	23	5	1	4	17	16	3	4	6	11	23	0.718	21	W	L	L	W	L	1976-01-10	Blackpool	A
18	-1	Hull City	24	5	3	5	17	14	3	1	7	9	18	0.813	20	L	L	L	L	W	1976-01-10	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-3	Blackburn Rovers	24	3	5	5	12	14	2	5	4	10	14	0.786	20	L	L	D	L	L	1976-01-17	Bristol City	A
20	0	Oxford United	24	3	3	6	12	16	2	3	7	11	19	0.657	16	L	L	D	L	W	1976-01-10	Bristol City	H
21	0	York City	24	4	1	6	13	19	1	4	8	6	20	0.487	15	D	W	W	D	L	1976-01-10	Notts County	A
22	0	Portsmouth	24	0	5	7	5	14	3	1	8	10	22	0.417	12	L	W	L	W	L	1976-01-10	Carlisle United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	13,997	Largest home gate 1975-76
Morrissey	Lineups
Cardiff City	5	2	Peterborough United	Ninian Park	16,073
Anderson, Dwyer 2, Evans 2	Lineups		Hughes, Gregory
Chester	3	0	Preston North End	Sealand Road	8,137	Largest home gate 1975-76
Pugh, McMahon OG, Owen	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Southend United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,670
Fern	Lineups		Foggo, Silvester
Colchester United	1	0	Grimsby Town	Layer Road	3,136
Foley	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Priestfield Stadium	9,294
Richardson	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	7,022
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	1	Bury	Vale Park	5,957
Cullerton, Bailey	Lineups		Rowland
Rotherham United	0	1	Halifax Town	Millmoor	7,619
	Lineups		Gwyther
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Mansfield Town	Hillsborough	15,430
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Hereford United	Gay Meadow	9,488	Largest home gate 1975-76
Durban 2	Lineups		Walker
Walsall	2	2	Wrexham	Fellows Park	9,028
Dennehy, Buckley	Lineups		Ashcroft, Whittle

				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	22	5	4	1	19	9	7	3	2	18	10	1.947	31	L	L	W	W	W	1975-12-30	Gillingham	H
2	0	Peterborough United	22	6	4	1	20	10	2	6	3	17	20	1.233	26	L	D	D	W	W	1976-01-10	Port Vale	A
3	4	Cardiff City	22	7	3	1	23	8	3	2	6	14	19	1.37	25	W	L	W	W	W	1976-01-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	-1	Hereford United	20	5	3	2	15	11	5	2	3	17	15	1.231	25	L	L	W	L	W	1976-01-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	1	Walsall	24	6	5	2	20	12	3	2	6	14	21	1.03	25	D	W	W	W	D	1976-01-06	Crystal Palace	A
6	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	8	0	2	25	8	3	2	6	13	17	1.52	24	L	L	W	L	W	1975-12-30	Aldershot	H
7	-2	Bury	22	6	3	2	16	5	2	5	4	10	15	1.3	24	L	D	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Aldershot	A
8	2	Port Vale	22	6	4	2	17	10	2	3	5	11	12	1.273	23	W	W	W	L	W	1976-01-03	Mansfield Town	A
9	5	Chester	22	6	4	2	17	10	2	3	5	7	19	0.828	23	W	D	W	D	D	1976-01-10	Mansfield Town	H
10	-2	Preston North End	21	5	2	2	15	10	3	4	5	11	15	1.04	22	L	D	L	D	D	1976-01-10	Millwall	A
11	4	Shrewsbury Town	21	7	0	4	21	16	2	4	4	10	14	1.033	22	W	L	W	L	L	1976-01-10	Grimsby Town	H
12	-1	Wrexham	22	6	3	1	14	7	3	1	8	12	20	0.963	22	D	D	W	D	W	1976-01-03	Millwall	H
13	-4	Rotherham United	22	5	3	3	16	13	3	3	5	9	15	0.893	22	L	L	W	W	D	1976-01-10	Southend United	H
14	-2	Millwall	22	6	4	1	15	10	1	4	6	11	21	0.839	22	D	D	W	L	L	1976-01-03	Wrexham	A
15	2	Aldershot	21	6	4	2	19	14	1	3	5	11	19	0.909	21	W	L	L	W	D	1975-12-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	2	Halifax Town	22	3	1	6	13	17	4	6	2	13	14	0.839	21	W	L	W	L	D	1976-01-10	Walsall	A
17	-4	Grimsby Town	22	8	3	0	23	10	1	0	10	11	33	0.791	21	L	W	L	L	D	1976-01-03	Chesterfield	H
18	1	Colchester United	23	5	3	3	9	7	2	4	6	10	20	0.704	21	W	L	L	D	W	1976-01-10	Crystal Palace	H
19	-3	Chesterfield	22	5	3	4	26	17	2	2	6	9	17	1.029	19	L	W	L	L	D	1976-01-03	Grimsby Town	A
20	1	Gillingham	21	5	5	2	19	13	0	4	5	7	16	0.897	19	W	D	D	L	D	1975-12-30	Crystal Palace	A
21	1	Southend United	20	5	2	3	23	16	2	2	6	12	18	1.029	18	W	W	L	W	L	1976-01-10	Rotherham United	A
22	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	6	1	18	12	0	4	7	8	17	0.897	18	D	D	D	L	D	1976-01-10	Hereford United	H
23	0	Swindon Town	22	5	1	4	19	13	1	2	9	6	26	0.641	15	D	W	L	L	W	1976-01-10	Gillingham	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	20	2	3	4	12	13	1	2	8	10	21	0.647	11	D	L	L	W	L	1976-01-03	Port Vale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Swansea City	Dean Court	6,714	Largest home gate 1975-76
Buttle, Ashworth	Lineups
Brentford	2	2	Reading	Griffin Park	10,612	Largest home gate 1975-76
Scales, Johnson	Lineups		Peters, Stuckey
Cambridge United	2	1	Torquay United	Abbey Stadium	2,921
Simmons, Horsfall	Lineups		Provan
Crewe Alexandra	1	3	Bradford City	Gresty Road	3,415
Bevan	Lineups		McGinley (p), Evans OG, Ingram
Lincoln City	2	1	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	12,074
Ellis (p), Cooper	Lineups		Butler M
Northampton Town	3	0	Newport County	County Ground	8,448
Phillips, Robertson, Hall	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Darlington	Spotland	1,659
Murty	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Old Showground	5,969
Davidson, Woodward	Lineups		Kitchen
Southport	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Haig Avenue	2,546
Galley	Lineups		Belfitt, Smith
Tranmere Rovers	5	0	Stockport County	Prenton Park	4,701
Peplow, Moore 4	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	5,055
Bond 2	Lineups
Workington	1	2	Hartlepool	Borough Park	2,553	Largest home gate 1975-76
Dawes	Lineups		McMahon, Moore

				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	0	Lincoln City	22	10	1	0	32	10	7	2	2	23	14	2.292	37	W	W	W	W	W	1976-01-10	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Northampton Town	23	10	1	0	24	7	6	3	3	12	10	2.118	36	W	L	W	D	W	1976-01-03	Reading	A
3	0	Reading	23	11	0	0	24	5	3	5	4	17	19	1.708	33	D	W	L	W	W	1976-01-03	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	11	1	0	38	5	2	3	6	13	23	1.821	30	W	L	W	L	D	1976-01-03	Newport County	A
5	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	8	2	2	20	7	3	3	3	9	7	2.071	27	W	W	W	D	W	1975-12-30	Torquay United	A
6	1	Huddersfield Town	22	5	2	3	11	8	6	3	3	15	13	1.238	27	W	W	L	L	W	1976-01-17	Cambridge United	H
7	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	3	2	20	10	1	6	3	14	15	1.36	25	L	D	W	L	W	1976-01-03	Swansea City	A
8	2	Hartlepool United	23	6	2	4	22	15	4	3	4	15	17	1.156	25	W	W	D	L	W	1976-01-10	Lincoln City	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	2	3	26	15	4	2	6	17	20	1.229	24	L	L	L	W	L	1976-01-10	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	-1	Newport County	22	6	4	0	20	8	3	2	7	16	28	1	24	L	D	L	W	L	1976-01-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	2	Brentford	22	8	2	1	24	9	1	3	7	10	23	1.063	23	D	D	W	W	L	1976-01-10	Torquay United	H
12	2	Cambridge United	23	4	5	3	16	14	4	2	5	11	13	1	23	W	L	D	D	D	1976-01-01	Stockport County	A
13	-2	Exeter City	24	5	4	2	14	7	3	3	7	12	20	0.963	23	L	D	L	D	W	1976-01-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	-2	Swansea City	22	8	3	0	23	8	0	3	8	6	20	1.036	22	L	W	L	W	L	1976-01-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Rochdale	22	5	4	2	16	12	3	2	6	7	13	0.92	22	W	L	D	L	D	1976-01-17	Bradford City	A
16	0	Torquay United	21	5	2	3	11	9	4	0	7	13	29	0.632	20	L	W	W	W	D	1975-12-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
17	2	Watford	23	7	2	2	17	11	1	1	10	8	26	0.676	19	W	L	W	D	L	1976-01-03	Torquay United	A
18	-1	Stockport County	23	4	4	5	13	13	2	3	5	7	21	0.588	19	L	W	D	D	L	1976-01-01	Cambridge United	H
19	1	Bradford City	22	4	3	4	16	13	2	3	6	12	19	0.875	18	W	D	L	W	L	1976-01-10	AFC Bournemouth	A
20	-2	Darlington	23	4	4	3	10	7	2	1	9	7	21	0.607	17	L	W	L	D	L	1976-01-03	Southport	H
21	0	Barnsley	22	4	5	2	15	11	0	3	8	4	14	0.76	16	L	W	D	L	L	1976-01-03	Scunthorpe United	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	23	4	1	6	12	13	1	2	9	5	19	0.531	13	W	D	D	L	L	1976-01-03	Barnsley	A
23	0	Workington	22	4	0	7	10	19	0	2	9	3	25	0.295	10	L	L	W	L	D	1976-01-09	Stockport County	H
24	0	Southport	22	0	3	9	12	25	1	0	9	5	17	0.405	5	L	L	L	W	L	1976-01-03	Darlington	A