Football League Second Division 1975/76

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Football League Second Division 1975/76
Football League logo until 1988
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  10 067:360 1.86 56:28
 2. Bristol City  42  19th  15th  8th 059:350 1.69 53:31
 3. West Bromwich Albion  42  20th  13  9 050:330 1.52 53:31
 4th Bolton Wanderers  42  20th  12  10 064:380 1.68 52:32
 5. Notts County  42  19th  11  12 060:410 1.46 49:35
 6th Southampton FC  42  21st  7th  14th 066:500 1.32 49:35
 7th Luton Town (A)  42  19th  10  13 061:510 1.20 48:36
 8th. Nottingham Forest  42  17th  12  13 055:400 1.38 46:38
 9. Charlton Athletic (N)  42  15th  12  15th 061:720 0.85 42:42
10. Blackpool FC  42  14th  14th  14th 040:490 0.82 42:42
11. Chelsea FC (A)  42  12  16  14th 053:540 0.98 40:44
12. Fulham FC  42  13  14th  15th 045:470 0.96 40:44
13. FC Orient  42  13  14th  15th 037:390 0.95 40:44
14th Hull City  42  14th  11  17th 045:490 0.92 39:45
15th Blackburn Rovers (N)  42  12  14th  16 045:500 0.90 38:46
16. Plymouth Argyle (N)  42  13  12  17th 048:540 0.89 38:46
17th Oldham Athletic  42  13  12  17th 057:680 0.84 38:46
18th Bristol Rovers  42  11  16  15th 038:500 0.76 38:46
19th Carlisle United (A)  42  12  13  17th 045:590 0.76 37:47
20th Oxford United  42  11  11  20th 039:590 0.66 33:51
21st York city  42  10  8th  24 039:710 0.55 28:56
22nd Portsmouth FC  42  9  7th  26th 032:610 0.52 25:59
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1976/77
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1976/77
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1973/74 as an English cup winner
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
  • (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 EnglandEngland Derek Hales Charlton Athletic 28

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. 1975/76 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .