1975–76 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1975–76 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second Round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

During the 1975–76 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Newcastle United	42	15	9	18	71	62	1.145	39
16	Aston Villa	42	11	17	14	51	59	0.864	39
17	Arsenal	42	13	10	19	47	53	0.887	36
18	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	48	71	0.676	36
19	Birmingham City	42	13	7	22	57	75	0.760	33

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1975	Burnley	A	0–0
19 August 1975	Sheffield United	A	3–1		Rice, Kidd, Brady
23 August 1975	Stoke City	H	0–1
26 August 1975	Norwich City	H	2–1		Kelly, Ball
30 August 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0
6 September 1975	Leicester City	H	1–1		Stapleton
13 September 1975	Aston Villa	A	0–2
20 September 1975	Everton	H	2–2		Stapleton, Kidd
27 September 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0
4 October 1975	Manchester City	H	2–3		Ball, Cropley
11 October 1975	Coventry City	H	5–0		Ball, Cropley (2), Kidd (2)
18 October 1975	Manchester United	A	1–3		Kelly
25 October 1975	Middlesbrough	H	2–1		Cropley, Hornsby
1 November 1975	Newcastle United	A	0–2
8 November 1975	Derby County	H	0–1
15 November 1975	Birmingham City	A	1–3		Ball
22 November 1975	Manchester United	H	3–1		Ball, Armstrong, Greenhoff o.g.
29 November 1975	West Ham United	A	0–1
2 December 1975	Liverpool	A	2–2	47,751	Ball, Kidd
6 December 1975	Leeds United	H	1–2		Brady
13 December 1975	Stoke City	A	1–2		Armstrong
20 December 1975	Burnley	H	1–0		Radford
26 December 1975	Ipswich Town	A	0–2
27 December 1975	Queen's Park Rangers	H	2–0		Ball, Kidd
10 January 1976	Aston Villa	H	0–0
17 January 1976	Leicester City	A	1–2		Ross
31 January 1976	Sheffield United	H	1–0		Brady
7 February 1976	Norwich City	A	1–3		Kidd
18 February 1976	Derby County	A	0–2
21 February 1976	Birmingham City	H	1–0		Brady
24 February 1976	Liverpool	H	1–0		Radford
28 February 1976	Middlesbrough	A	1–0		Radford
13 March 1976	Coventry City	A	1–1		Powling
16 March 1976	Newcastle United	H	0–0
20 March 1976	West Ham United	H	6–1		Armstrong, Ball (2), Kidd (3)
27 March 1976	Leeds United	A	0–3
3 April 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2
10 April 1976	Everton	A	0–0
13 April 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1		Cropley, Mancini
17 April 1976	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	26,659	Stapleton
19 April 1976	Queen's Park Rangers	A	1–2		Kidd
24 April 1976	Manchester City	A	1–3		Armstrong

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	9 September 1975	Everton	A	2–2		Cropley, Stapleton
R2R	23 September 1975	Everton	H	0–1

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Jimmy Rimmer
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	EIR	David O'Leary
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	MF	EIR	Liam Brady
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Ross
-	MF	ENG	Alan Hudson
-	FW	EIR	Frank Stapleton
-	FW	ENG	Malcolm Macdonald
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Alan Ball
-	DF	ENG	Pat Howard
-	MF	ENG	John Matthews
-	DF	SCO	Willie Young
-	DF	ENG	Richie Powling
-	DF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	ENG	David Price
-	DF	ENG	Wilf Rostron
-	MF	ENG	Graham Rix
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	FW	ENG	John Radford

References

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