Jump to content

1975–76 Aston Villa F.C. season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JorgeLaArdilla (talk | contribs) at 22:59, 20 November 2020 (1975–76 in English football|). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Aston Villa
1975–76 season
ChairmanEngland Sir William Dugdale, Bt[1][2]
ManagerEngland Ron Saunders
StadiumVilla Park
First Division16th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round

The 1975–76 English football season was Aston Villa's 76th in the Football League and their first season in the top division for eight years.[3]

10 April 1976: Liverpool draw 0–0 against Aston Villa.[4]

UEFA Cup

Having won the League Cup in the previous season, Villa qualified for Europe for the first time.

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R  Belgium Royal Antwerp 0–1 1–4

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 23 14 5 66 31 2.129 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 24 11 7 67 33 2.030 59 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Manchester United 42 23 10 9 68 42 1.619 56
4 Derby County 42 21 11 10 75 58 1.293 53
5 Leeds United 42 21 9 12 65 46 1.413 51
6 Ipswich Town 42 16 14 12 54 48 1.125 46
7 Leicester City 42 13 19 10 48 51 0.941 45
8 Manchester City 42 16 11 15 64 46 1.391 43 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 15 13 63 63 1.000 43
10 Norwich City 42 16 10 16 58 58 1.000 42
11 Everton 42 15 12 15 60 66 0.909 42
12 Stoke City 42 15 11 16 48 50 0.960 41
13 Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 46 45 1.022 40
14 Coventry City 42 13 14 15 47 57 0.825 40
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
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 10 10 22 51 68 0.750 30 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Burnley (R) 42 9 10 23 43 66 0.652 28
22 Sheffield United (R) 42 6 10 26 33 82 0.402 22
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First team squad

References

  1. ^ Christopher Dyer, Dugdale, Sir William Stratford, second baronet, (1922–2014) ODNB, 15 February 2018
  2. ^ https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/former-villa-chairman-bill-dugdale-3921173
  3. ^ Football, 5 June 5 1975, The Times, Issue: 59414
  4. ^ Smailes, Gordon (2000). The Breedon Book of Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 136. ISBN 1859832148.
Flag of EnglandSoccer icon

This article about an English association football club season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1975–76_Aston_Villa_F.C._season&oldid=989770953"