Football : Season Details : 1976

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in RED qualified for European football.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup;
CWC Cup Winners' Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup;
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Liverpool
60
4-14
 UEFA-W
2
 Queens Park Rangers
59
2-3
  
3
 Manchester United
56
6-1
 FAC-F
4
 Derby County
53
5-7
  
5
 Leeds United
51
5-12
  
6
 Ipswich Town
46
2-8
  
7
 Leicester City
45
6-5
  
8
 Manchester City
43
7-10
 LC-W
9
 Tottenham Hotspur
43
4-26
  
10
 Norwich City
42
2-1
  
11
 Everton
42
3-22
  
12
 Stoke City
41
5-13
  
13
 Middlesbrough
40
4-2
  
14
 Coventry City
40
1-9
  
15
 Newcastle United
39
3-11
 LC-F
16
 Aston Villa
39
4-1
  
17
 Arsenal
36
2-50
  
18
 West Ham United
36
2-18
 CWC-F
19
 Birmingham City
33
7-4
  
20
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
30
3-9
  
21
 Burnley
28
5-3
  
22
 Sheffield United
22
5-5
  

League Cup Final Manchester City 2 Newcastle United 1
FA Cup Final Southampton 1 Manchester United 0

History

Liverpool win a record 9th League Championship. In their final match they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 1 away, pipping Queens Park Rangers by a point and condeming Wolverhampton to relegation. They also win the UEFA Cup, repeating their Championship and European trophy double of 1973.

Southampton win the FA Cup as a Second Division club only three seasons after Sunderland.

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