Season

1975-76

Manchester UnitedTommy Docherty

3rdleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.6
goal difference
1.6 scored · 1.1 conceded
53
Played
58%
Win rate

Season in brief

3rd of 22 in the First Division, down from 1st the year before. Home form carried the season — 76% of home matches won against 42% away. Lost the FA Cup final to Southampton. Lou Macari led the scoring with 16 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 87 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 23W 14D 5L · GD +3560
  2. 2Queens Park Rangers42P · 24W 11D 7L · GD +3459
  3. 3Manchester United42P · 23W 10D 9L · GD +2656
  4. 4Derby County42P · 21W 11D 10L · GD +1753
  5. 5Leeds United42P · 21W 9D 12L · GD +1951
  7. 21Burnley42P · 9W 10D 23L · GD -2328
  8. 22Sheffield United42P · 6W 10D 26L · GD -4922

Slice: the final First Division table for 1975-76, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

53 matches
16 Aug 1975 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–019 Aug 1975 @ Birmingham City: 2–023 Aug 1975 v Sheffield United: 5–127 Aug 1975 v Coventry City: 1–130 Aug 1975 @ Stoke City: 1–06 Sep 1975 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–210 Sep 1975 v Brentford: 2–113 Sep 1975 @ Queens Park Rangers: 0–120 Sep 1975 v Ipswich Town: 1–022 Sep 1975 @ Aston Villa: 2–124 Sep 1975 @ Derby County: 1–227 Sep 1975 @ Manchester City: 2–24 Oct 1975 v Leicester City: 0–08 Oct 1975 @ Aston Villa: 2–111 Oct 1975 @ Leeds United: 2–118 Oct 1975 v Arsenal: 3–125 Oct 1975 @ West Ham United: 1–21 Nov 1975 v Norwich City: 1–08 Nov 1975 @ Liverpool: 1–312 Nov 1975 @ Manchester City: 0–415 Nov 1975 v Aston Villa: 2–022 Nov 1975 @ Arsenal: 1–329 Nov 1975 v Newcastle United: 1–06 Dec 1975 @ Middlesbrough: 0–013 Dec 1975 @ Sheffield United: 4–120 Dec 1975 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–023 Dec 1975 @ Everton: 1–127 Dec 1975 v Burnley: 2–13 Jan 1976 v Oxford United: 2–110 Jan 1976 v Queens Park Rangers: 2–117 Jan 1976 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–124 Jan 1976 v Peterborough United: 3–131 Jan 1976 v Birmingham City: 3–17 Feb 1976 @ Coventry City: 1–114 Feb 1976 @ Leicester City: 2–118 Feb 1976 v Liverpool: 0–021 Feb 1976 @ Aston Villa: 1–225 Feb 1976 v Derby County: 1–128 Feb 1976 v West Ham United: 4–06 Mar 1976 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–19 Mar 1976 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 3–213 Mar 1976 v Leeds United: 3–216 Mar 1976 @ Norwich City: 1–120 Mar 1976 @ Newcastle United: 4–327 Mar 1976 v Middlesbrough: 3–03 Apr 1976 n Derby County: 2–010 Apr 1976 @ Ipswich Town: 0–317 Apr 1976 v Everton: 2–119 Apr 1976 @ Burnley: 1–021 Apr 1976 v Stoke City: 0–124 Apr 1976 @ Leicester City: 1–21 May 1976 n Southampton: 0–14 May 1976 v Manchester City: 2–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.