Football League Second Division 1975/76
Football League Second Division 1975/76 | |
master | Sunderland AFC |
Cup winners | Southampton FC |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
Southampton FC |
Climbers | Sunderland AFC, Bristol City , West Bromwich Albion |
Relegated |
Oxford United , York City , Portsmouth FC |
Teams | 22nd |
Games | 462 |
Gates | 1,106 (ø 2.39 per game) |
Top scorer | Derek Hales ( Charlton Athletic ) |
← Football League Second Division 1974/75 | |
^ Football League First Division 1975/76 |
The Football League Second Division 1975/76 was the 73rd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 16, 1975 and ended on April 28, 1976.
Second division champions were the AFC Sunderland and in addition, the second and third placed Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion rose to the Football League First Division . The three first division clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers , Burnley FC and Sheffield United, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1976/77 . From the Second Division in the Football League Third Division dismount had to Oxford United , York City and Portsmouth . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winner Hereford United and Cardiff City and FC Millwall, who ranked behind them, took the vacant positions in the following season 1976/77 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 24 | 8th | 10 | 67:36 | 1.86 | 56:28 |
2. | Bristol City | 42 | 19th | 15th | 8th | 59:35 | 1.69 | 53:31 |
3. | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 20th | 13 | 9 | 50:33 | 1.52 | 53:31 |
4th | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20th | 12 | 10 | 64:38 | 1.68 | 52:32 |
5. | Notts County | 42 | 19th | 11 | 12 | 60:41 | 1.46 | 49:35 |
6th | Southampton FC | 42 | 21st | 7th | 14th | 66:50 | 1.32 | 49:35 |
7th | Luton Town (A) | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 61:51 | 1.20 | 48:36 |
8th. | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 55:40 | 1.38 | 46:38 |
9. | Charlton Athletic (N) | 42 | 15th | 12 | 15th | 61:72 | 0.85 | 42:42 |
10. | Blackpool FC | 42 | 14th | 14th | 14th | 40:49 | 0.82 | 42:42 |
11. | Chelsea FC (A) | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14th | 53:54 | 0.98 | 40:44 |
12. | Fulham FC | 42 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 45:47 | 0.96 | 40:44 |
13. | FC Orient | 42 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 37:39 | 0.95 | 40:44 |
14th | Hull City | 42 | 14th | 11 | 17th | 45:49 | 0.92 | 39:45 |
15th | Blackburn Rovers (N) | 42 | 12 | 14th | 16 | 45:50 | 0.90 | 38:46 |
16. | Plymouth Argyle (N) | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 48:54 | 0.89 | 38:46 |
17th | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 57:68 | 0.84 | 38:46 |
18th | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15th | 38:50 | 0.76 | 38:46 |
19th | Carlisle United (A) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 45:59 | 0.76 | 37:47 |
20th | Oxford United | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20th | 39:59 | 0.66 | 33:51 |
21st | York city | 42 | 10 | 8th | 24 | 39:71 | 0.55 | 28:56 |
22nd | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 9 | 7th | 26th | 32:61 | 0.52 | 25:59 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1974/75 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1974/75 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1975/76 | BLA | BLP | BOL | BRC | BRR | CAU | CHA | CHE | FUL | HUL | LUT | NOF | NOC | OLD | ORI | OXF | PLY | POR | SOT | SUN | WBA | YOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackburn Rovers | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | |
Blackpool FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | |
Bristol City | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | |
Bristol Rovers | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Carlisle United | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Charlton Athletic | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Chelsea FC | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
Fulham FC | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | |
Hull City | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Luton Town | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 3 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | |
Notts County | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | |
Oldham Athletic | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 5: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | |
FC Orient | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
Oxford United | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Portsmouth FC | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Southampton FC | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | |
Sunderland AFC | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | |
York city | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 4 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Derek Hales | Charlton Athletic | 28 |
Web links
- England 1975-76 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1975/76 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .