The City Ground

SEASON: 1975-76

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This Season: 1975-76
Next Season: 1976-77

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Peterborough United (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Manchester City (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Bowyer (16 goals)

TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1975-76

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sunderland	42	24	8	10	67	36	19	2	0	48	10	5	6	10	19	26	1.86111	56	Promoted as Champions	2-1	0-3
2	Bristol City	42	19	15	8	59	35	11	7	3	34	14	8	8	5	25	21	1.68571	53	Promoted	1-0	2-0
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	13	9	50	33	10	9	2	29	12	10	4	7	21	21	1.51515	53	Promoted	0-2	0-2
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	12	10	64	38	12	5	4	36	14	8	7	6	28	24	1.68421	52		1-2	0-0
5	Notts County	42	19	11	12	60	41	11	6	4	33	13	8	5	8	27	28	1.46341	49		0-1	0-0
6	Southampton	42	21	7	14	66	50	18	2	1	49	16	3	5	13	17	34	1.32000	49		3-1	3-0
7	Luton Town	42	19	10	13	61	51	13	6	2	38	15	6	4	11	23	36	1.19608	48		0-0	1-1
8	Nottingham Forest	42	17	12	13	55	40	13	1	7	34	18	4	11	6	21	22	1.37500	46
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	61	72	11	5	5	40	34	4	7	10	21	38	.84722	42		1-2	2-2
10	Blackpool	42	14	14	14	40	49	9	9	3	26	22	5	5	11	14	27	.81633	42		3-0	1-1
11	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	53	54	7	9	5	25	20	5	7	9	28	34	.98148	40		1-3	0-0
12	Fulham	42	13	14	15	45	47	9	8	4	27	14	4	6	11	18	33	.95745	40		1-0	0-0
13	Leyton Orient	42	13	14	15	37	39	10	6	5	21	12	3	8	10	16	27	.94872	40		1-0	1-1
14	Hull City	42	14	11	17	45	49	9	5	7	29	23	5	6	10	16	26	.91837	39		1-2	0-1
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	14	16	45	50	8	6	7	27	22	4	8	9	18	28	.90000	38		1-0	4-1
16	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	12	17	48	54	13	4	4	36	20	0	8	13	12	34	.88889	38		2-0	0-1
17	Oldham Athletic	42	13	12	17	57	68	11	8	2	37	24	2	4	15	20	44	.83824	38		4-3	0-0
18	Bristol Rovers	42	11	16	15	38	50	7	9	5	20	15	4	7	10	18	35	.76000	38		3-0	2-4
19	Carlisle United	42	12	13	17	45	59	9	8	4	29	22	3	5	13	16	37	.76271	37		4-0	1-1
20	Oxford United	42	11	11	20	39	59	7	7	7	23	25	4	4	13	16	34	.66102	33	Relegated	4-0	1-0
21	York City	42	10	8	24	39	71	8	3	10	28	34	2	5	14	11	37	.54930	28	Relegated	1-0	2-3
22	Portsmouth	42	9	7	26	32	61	4	6	11	15	23	5	1	15	17	38	.52459	25	Relegated	0-1	1-1

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 48
Competitive Goals:: 64
Goals per game:: 1.3
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 46 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 54.8%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	7 times	4 times	4 times	1 time
Conceded	15 times	7 times	4 times	1 time
Won By	10 times	3 times	4 times	3 times
Lost By	10 times	4 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Sunderland (0-3)
2		2	1	1	-	-	2	0	2	Bristol City (2-0)
3	3	3	4	2	1	1	3	3	5	Bristol City (1-0), Sunderland (2-1), Bolton Wanderers (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
4	1	4	2	-	1	1	0	1	1	Notts County (0-1), Fulham (0-0)
5		5	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Bolton Wanderers (1-2)
6	10	6	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Southampton (3-1)
7	3	7	4	-	3	1	1	2	3	Chelsea (0-0), Hull City (1-2), Oldham Athletic (0-0), Notts County (0-0)
8	39	8	3	1	1	1	5	6	3	West Bromwich Albion (0-2), Luton Town (1-1), Oldham Athletic (4-3)
9	14	9	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Southampton (3-0), Fulham (1-0)
10	18	10	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Luton Town (0-0)
11	38	11	2	1	-	1	5	4	2	Bristol Rovers (2-4), Blackpool (3-0)
12	36	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	23	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	16	14	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Leyton Orient (1-0)
15	24	15	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	Leyton Orient (1-1), Chelsea (1-3)
16	9	16	4	1	2	1	8	6	4	Charlton Athletic (1-2), Blackburn Rovers (4-1), Charlton Athletic (2-2), Carlisle United (1-1)
17	8	17	3	2	1	-	5	1	5	Oxford United (1-0), Blackpool (1-1), Bristol Rovers (3-0)
18		18	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	Hull City (0-1), Blackburn Rovers (1-0)
19	7	19	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Portsmouth (1-1), Plymouth Argyle (0-1)
20	7	20	2	2	-	-	8	0	4	Carlisle United (4-0), Oxford United (4-0)
21		21	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	York City (1-0)
22		22	2	-	-	2	2	4	0	Portsmouth (0-1), York City (2-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Plymouth Argyle (2-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 19,757 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,582 (Blackpool)
Average League Attendance:: 12,809
Highest Cup Attendance:: 31,525 (Peterborough United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,977 (Rotherham United)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 21
Yellow Cards:: 14
Red Cards:: 1 (Sammy Chapman)
Own goals (for):: 3 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 5
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 2
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 16, 1975	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-0	Win	13,083	3	Horswill (31 OG), O'Hare (85)
2	Sat Aug 23, 1975	Portsmouth	A	1-1	Draw	10,655	7	Bowyer (14)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1975	Notts County	H	0-1	Loss	19,757	12
4	Sat Sep 06, 1975	Chelsea	A	0-0	Draw	21,023	12
5	Sat Sep 13, 1975	Hull City	H	1-2	Loss	12,191	14	Robertson (13 pen)
6	Sat Sep 20, 1975	Oxford United	A	1-0	Win	5,068	12	Lyall (88)
7	Wed Sep 24, 1975	Charlton Athletic	H	1-2	Loss	10,688	15	Robertson (89)
8	Sat Sep 27, 1975	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	Loss	10,775	17	Lyall (83)
9	Sat Oct 04, 1975	Bristol Rovers	A	2-4	Loss	7,689	19	Robertson (68), Bowyer (84)
10	Sat Oct 11, 1975	Fulham	A	0-0	Draw	10,149	20
11	Sat Oct 18, 1975	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	12,677	16	O'Neill (21), O'Hare (37), Cottam (53)
12	Tue Oct 21, 1975	Luton Town	H	0-0	Draw	12,290	14
13	Sat Oct 25, 1975	Oldham Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	11,324	15
14	Sat Nov 01, 1975	Carlisle United	H	4-0	Win	11,894	11	Butlin (20), O'Hare (30, 80), Curran (84 pen)
15	Tue Nov 04, 1975	Blackpool	A	1-1	Draw	5,851	11	O'Neill (35)
16	Sat Nov 08, 1975	Sunderland	A	0-3	Loss	21,227	13
17	Sat Nov 15, 1975	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	11,583	12	Butlin (5)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1975	Southampton	A	3-0	Win	14,245	10	Bowyer (65, 76), Richardson (83)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1975	York City	H	1-0	Win	13,108	10	Butlin (37)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1975	Leyton Orient	A	1-1	Draw	5,629	9	Bowyer (65)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1975	Portsmouth	H	0-1	Loss	11,343	11
22	Sat Dec 20, 1975	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Loss	10,545	13
23	Fri Dec 26, 1975	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	19,393	14
24	Sat Dec 27, 1975	Blackburn Rovers	A	4-1	Win	10,724	11	Bowery (13, 90), Robertson (31), Bowyer (76)
25	Sat Jan 10, 1976	Hull City	A	0-1	Loss	6,465	13
26	Sat Jan 17, 1976	Chelsea	H	1-3	Loss	14,172	15	Bowyer (12)
27	Sat Jan 31, 1976	Luton Town	A	1-1	Draw	8,503	16	Curran (67)
28	Sat Feb 07, 1976	Blackpool	H	3-0	Win	8,582	11	Curran (55), Butlin (56), Bowyer (77)
29	Sat Feb 21, 1976	Bristol City	A	2-0	Win	15,302	12	Curran (17), O'Hare (49)
30	Tue Feb 24, 1976	Charlton Athletic	A	2-2	Draw	10,655	12	Bowyer (70), McCann (74)
31	Sat Feb 28, 1976	Oldham Athletic	H	4-3	Win	11,509	9	Butlin (?, 6), O'Neill (39, 64)
32	Sat Mar 06, 1976	Carlisle United	A	1-1	Draw	7,153	11	Mick Barry (14 OG)
33	Sat Mar 13, 1976	Fulham	H	1-0	Win	11,445	8	O'Hare (66)
34	Wed Mar 17, 1976	Sunderland	H	2-1	Win	16,995	8	Bowyer (3), O'Hare (29)
35	Sat Mar 20, 1976	York City	A	2-3	Loss	5,571	8	Downing (? OG), O'Hare (78)
36	Sat Mar 27, 1976	Leyton Orient	H	1-0	Win	11,127	8	Bowyer (12)
37	Sat Apr 03, 1976	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-0	Draw	21,464	8
38	Sat Apr 10, 1976	Oxford United	H	4-0	Win	11,259	6	Butlin (75), O'Neill (77), Curran (81 pen), Robertson (89)
39	Tue Apr 13, 1976	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	29,279	6
40	Sat Apr 17, 1976	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	Loss	26,580	8
41	Tue Apr 20, 1976	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	13,006	8	Butlin (52)
42	Sat Apr 24, 1976	Bristol Rovers	H	3-0	Win	12,127	8	O'Hare (61), Bowyer (63, 74)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu Jan 01, 1976	Peterborough United	3			H	0-0	Draw	31,525
Wed Jan 07, 1976	Peterborough United	3	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	17,866

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 19, 1975	Rotherham United	1	1	A	2-1	Win	4,912	Chapman (13), McGovern (20)
Wed Aug 27, 1975	Rotherham United	1	2	H	5-1	Win	7,977	Lyall (16 pen, 67 pen), Richardson (43, 80), Bowyer (76)
Wed Sep 10, 1975	Plymouth Argyle	2		H	1-0	Win	8,978	Bowyer (85)
Wed Oct 08, 1975	Manchester City	3		A	1-2	Loss	26,536	Bowyer (67)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Jan 23, 1976	Mansfield Town	Semi	H	2-1	Win	4,901	Richardson (59), Bowyer (82)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 29, 1975	TSV Geingen	Germany	A	2-0	Win	-	Lyall (? pen), Anderson (?)
Thu Jul 31, 1975	SV Kaufbeuren	Germany	A	1-1	Draw	-	Richardson (?)
Fri Aug 01, 1975	BC Aichach	Germany	A	1-0	Draw	-	McCann (35)
Sun Aug 03, 1975	Ingoldstadt	Germany	A	9-0	Win	-	Woodcock (?, ?), McIntosh (?), Lyall (?, ?), O'Hare (?, ?), Butlin (?, ?)
Tue Aug 05, 1975	Stuttgart Kickers	Germany	A	0-1	Loss	-
Sat Aug 09, 1975	Ballymena	Ireland	A	3-0	Win	-	Bowyer (13, 35), Chapman (27)
Mon Aug 11, 1975	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	A	3-2	Win	-	Bowyer (27, 36, 40)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 17, 1975	Hartlepool United	England	A	0-0	Draw	1,398
Tue Dec 09, 1975	Qatar XI	Qatar	A	1-1	Draw	3,000	Richardson (?)
Mon Feb 02, 1976	Corby Town	England	A	2-1	Win	800	O'Hare (32), O'Neill (46)
Tue Apr 06, 1976	Louth United	England	A	6-0	Win	934	Curran (10, 85), O'Hare (33), Butlin (64), Bowyer (78), McCann (84)
Fri Apr 30, 1976	CD Serverense	Spain	A	10-0	Win	300	Butlin (?, ?, ?, ?), Bowyer (?, ?, ?), Barrett (?), Curran (? pen), Middleton (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Apr 26, 1976	Don Revie's All-Stars	England	H	3-2	Win	11,429	McKenzie (16, 30), Barrett (40)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Brian Clough
Tue Jul 29, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	TSV Geingen				A	2-0	-	Lyall (? pen), Anderson (?)
Thu Jul 31, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	SV Kaufbeuren				A	1-1	-	Richardson (?)
Fri Aug 01, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	BC Aichach				A	1-0	-	McCann (35)
Sun Aug 03, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	Ingoldstadt				A	9-0	-	Woodcock (?, ?), McIntosh (?), Lyall (?, ?), O'Hare (?, ?), Butlin (?, ?)
Tue Aug 05, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	Stuttgart Kickers				A	0-1	-
Sat Aug 09, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	Ballymena				A	3-0	-	Bowyer (13, 35), Chapman (27)
Mon Aug 11, 1975	Pre-Season Friendly	Coleraine				A	3-2	-	Bowyer (27, 36, 40)
Sat Aug 16, 1975	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle				H	2-0	13,083	Horswill (31 OG), O'Hare (85)
Tue Aug 19, 1975	League Cup	Rotherham United	1	1		A	2-1	4,912	Chapman (13), McGovern (20)
Sat Aug 23, 1975	League Tier 2	Portsmouth				A	1-1	10,655	Bowyer (14)
Wed Aug 27, 1975	League Cup	Rotherham United	1	2		H	5-1	7,977	Lyall (16 pen, 67 pen), Richardson (43, 80), Bowyer (76)
Sat Aug 30, 1975	League Tier 2	Notts County				H	0-1	19,757
Sat Sep 06, 1975	League Tier 2	Chelsea				A	0-0	21,023
Wed Sep 10, 1975	League Cup	Plymouth Argyle	2			H	1-0	8,978	Bowyer (85)
Sat Sep 13, 1975	League Tier 2	Hull City				H	1-2	12,191	Robertson (13 pen)
Sat Sep 20, 1975	League Tier 2	Oxford United				A	1-0	5,068	Lyall (88)
Wed Sep 24, 1975	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic				H	1-2	10,688	Robertson (89)
Sat Sep 27, 1975	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers				H	1-2	10,775	Lyall (83)
Sat Oct 04, 1975	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers				A	2-4	7,689	Robertson (68), Bowyer (84)
Wed Oct 08, 1975	League Cup	Manchester City	3			A	1-2	26,536	Bowyer (67)
Sat Oct 11, 1975	League Tier 2	Fulham				A	0-0	10,149
Sat Oct 18, 1975	League Tier 2	Southampton				H	3-1	12,677	O'Neill (21), O'Hare (37), Cottam (53)
Tue Oct 21, 1975	League Tier 2	Luton Town				H	0-0	12,290
Sat Oct 25, 1975	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic				A	0-0	11,324
Sat Nov 01, 1975	League Tier 2	Carlisle United				H	4-0	11,894	Butlin (20), O'Hare (30, 80), Curran (84 pen)
Tue Nov 04, 1975	League Tier 2	Blackpool				A	1-1	5,851	O'Neill (35)
Sat Nov 08, 1975	League Tier 2	Sunderland				A	0-3	21,227
Sat Nov 15, 1975	League Tier 2	Bristol City				H	1-0	11,583	Butlin (5)
Mon Nov 17, 1975	Friendly	Hartlepool United				A	0-0	1,398
Sat Nov 22, 1975	League Tier 2	Southampton				A	3-0	14,245	Bowyer (65, 76), Richardson (83)
Sat Nov 29, 1975	League Tier 2	York City				H	1-0	13,108	Butlin (37)
Sat Dec 06, 1975	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient				A	1-1	5,629	Bowyer (65)
Tue Dec 09, 1975	Friendly	Qatar XI				A	1-1	3,000	Richardson (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1975	League Tier 2	Portsmouth				H	0-1	11,343
Sat Dec 20, 1975	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle				A	0-1	10,545
Fri Dec 26, 1975	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion				H	0-2	19,393
Sat Dec 27, 1975	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers				A	4-1	10,724	Bowery (13, 90), Robertson (31), Bowyer (76)
Thu Jan 01, 1976	FA Cup	Peterborough United	3			H	0-0	31,525
Wed Jan 07, 1976	FA Cup	Peterborough United	3		1	A	0-1	17,866
Sat Jan 10, 1976	League Tier 2	Hull City				A	0-1	6,465
Sat Jan 17, 1976	League Tier 2	Chelsea				H	1-3	14,172	Bowyer (12)
Fri Jan 23, 1976	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Semi			H	2-1	4,901	Richardson (59), Bowyer (82)
Sat Jan 31, 1976	League Tier 2	Luton Town				A	1-1	8,503	Curran (67)
Mon Feb 02, 1976	Friendly	Corby Town				A	2-1	800	O'Hare (32), O'Neill (46)
Sat Feb 07, 1976	League Tier 2	Blackpool				H	3-0	8,582	Curran (55), Butlin (56), Bowyer (77)
Sat Feb 21, 1976	League Tier 2	Bristol City				A	2-0	15,302	Curran (17), O'Hare (49)
Tue Feb 24, 1976	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic				A	2-2	10,655	Bowyer (70), McCann (74)
Sat Feb 28, 1976	League Tier 2	Oldham Athletic				H	4-3	11,509	Butlin (?, 6), O'Neill (39, 64)
Sat Mar 06, 1976	League Tier 2	Carlisle United				A	1-1	7,153	Mick Barry (14 OG)
Sat Mar 13, 1976	League Tier 2	Fulham				H	1-0	11,445	O'Hare (66)
Wed Mar 17, 1976	League Tier 2	Sunderland				H	2-1	16,995	Bowyer (3), O'Hare (29)
Sat Mar 20, 1976	League Tier 2	York City				A	2-3	5,571	Downing (? OG), O'Hare (78)
Sat Mar 27, 1976	League Tier 2	Leyton Orient				H	1-0	11,127	Bowyer (12)
Sat Apr 03, 1976	League Tier 2	Bolton Wanderers				A	0-0	21,464
Tue Apr 06, 1976	Friendly	Louth United				A	6-0	934	Curran (10, 85), O'Hare (33), Butlin (64), Bowyer (78), McCann (84)
Sat Apr 10, 1976	League Tier 2	Oxford United				H	4-0	11,259	Butlin (75), O'Neill (77), Curran (81 pen), Robertson (89)
Tue Apr 13, 1976	League Tier 2	Notts County				A	0-0	29,279
Sat Apr 17, 1976	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion				A	0-2	26,580
Tue Apr 20, 1976	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers				H	1-0	13,006	Butlin (52)
Sat Apr 24, 1976	League Tier 2	Bristol Rovers				H	3-0	12,127	O'Hare (61), Bowyer (63, 74)
Mon Apr 26, 1976	Testimonial	Don Revie's All-Stars				H	3-2	11,429	McKenzie (16, 30), Barrett (40)
Fri Apr 30, 1976	Friendly	CD Serverense				A	10-0	300	Butlin (?, ?, ?, ?), Bowyer (?, ?, ?), Barrett (?), Curran (? pen), Middleton (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £42,000				Out (4) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
October 1975	David Sunley	Loan In			George Lyall	Sold
	Glynn Saunders	Bought			Jimmy McCann	Sold
Jul 29, 1975	Frank Clark	Bought		Dec 09, 1975	John Cottam	Sold
Aug 30, 1975	Terry Curran	Bought	£42,000	1976	Jim McIntosh	Sold
Mar 13, 1976	Colin Barrett	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		John Middleton	England	23	9	7	7				1
GK		Peter Wells	England	25	11	6	8
GK		John Powell	England
Defenders
D		Bryn Gunn	England	14	4	3	7
D		Colin Barrett	England	10	6	2	2		1
D		Frank Clark	England	48	20	13	15		4
D		Glynn Saunders	England
D		Viv Anderson	England	24	10	7	7				1
Midfielders
M		David Sunley Loan In	England	1		1								On loan from Sheffield Wednesday
M		George Lyall	Scotland	9	4	2	3	4				2
M		Ian Bowyer	England	46	20	12	14	16	1
M		John Cottam	England	9	2	4	3	1
M		John McGovern	Scotland	47	20	13	14	1
M		Liam O'Kane	N. Ireland	11	5	3	3				2
M		Martin O'Neill	N. Ireland	32	15	9	8	5				1
M		Paul Richardson	England	29	10	6	13	3	3		1	1
M		Terry Curran	England	33	12	10	11	5	1		4
M		Gary Mills	England
Forwards
F		Barry Butlin	England	34	15	10	9	8			2
F		Bert Bowery	England	3	1	1	1	2
F		Jim McIntosh	Scotland	4	1	1	2				1	1
F		Jimmy McCann	Scotland	5	2	2	1	1				4
F		John O'Hare	Scotland	46	20	13	13	9				1
F		John Robertson	Scotland	45	19	11	15	5	1		1	3
F		Sammy Chapman	England	43	18	10	15	1	3	1
F		Tony Woodcock	England
F		Duncan McKenzie	England
F		Joe Baker	England

		John Mee

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
16	Ian Bowyer	46
9	John O'Hare	46
8	Barry Butlin	34
5	John Robertson	45
5	Martin O'Neill	32
5	Terry Curran	33
4	George Lyall	9
3	Own Goals	48
3	Paul Richardson	29
2	Bert Bowery	3
1	Jimmy McCann	5
1	John Cottam	9
1	John McGovern	47
1	Sammy Chapman	43

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Blackburn Rovers	Sat Dec 27, 1975	Away	4-1	Tue Apr 20, 1976	Home	1-0
Bristol City	Sat Nov 15, 1975	Home	1-0	Sat Feb 21, 1976	Away	2-0
Oxford United	Sat Sep 20, 1975	Away	1-0	Sat Apr 10, 1976	Home	4-0
Southampton	Sat Oct 18, 1975	Home	3-1	Sat Nov 22, 1975	Away	3-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Hull City	Sat Sep 13, 1975	Home	1-2	Sat Jan 10, 1976	Away	0-1
West Bromwich Albion	Fri Dec 26, 1975	Home	0-2	Sat Apr 17, 1976	Away	0-2