1975–76 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1975–76 season
Chairman	Walter Needham
Manager	Jimmy Bloomfield
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee (11) All: Lee (15)
Average home league attendance	22,049
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

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

Season summary

The 1975–76 season started very poorly for the Foxes as they went on a 15 game winless run that saw them languishing in the relegation places but after a 3-2 home win over Burnley in November which ended that run, matters picked up healthily which saw Leicester finish in a satisfying and comfortable 7th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1975–76 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Liverpool	42		14	5	2	41	21		9	9	3	25	10		66	31	2.129	+ 35		60
2	Queens Park Rangers	42		17	4	0	42	13		7	7	7	25	20		67	33	2.030	+ 34		59
3	Manchester United	42		16	4	1	40	13		7	6	8	28	29		68	42	1.619	+ 26		56
4	Derby County	42		15	3	3	45	30		6	8	7	30	28		75	58	1.293	+ 17		53
5	Leeds United	42		13	3	5	37	19		8	6	7	28	27		65	46	1.413	+ 19		51
6	Ipswich Town	42		11	6	4	36	23		5	8	8	18	25		54	48	1.125	+ 6		46
7	Leicester City	42		9	9	3	29	24		4	10	7	19	27		48	51	0.941	– 3		45
8	Manchester City	42		14	5	2	46	18		2	6	13	18	28		64	46	1.391	+ 18		43
9	Tottenham Hotspur	42		6	10	5	33	32		8	5	8	30	31		63	63	1.000	± 0		43
10	Norwich City	42		10	5	6	33	26		6	5	10	25	32		58	58	1.000	± 0		42
11	Everton	42		10	7	4	37	24		5	5	11	23	42		60	66	0.909	– 6		42
12	Stoke City	42		8	5	8	25	24		7	6	8	23	26		48	50	0.960	– 2		41
13	Middlesbrough	42		9	7	5	23	11		6	3	12	23	34		46	45	1.022	+ 1		40
14	Coventry City	42		6	9	6	22	22		7	5	9	25	35		47	57	0.825	– 10		40
15	Newcastle United	42		11	4	6	51	26		4	5	12	20	36		71	62	1.145	+ 9		39
16	Aston Villa	42		11	8	2	32	17		0	9	12	19	42		51	59	0.864	– 8		39
17	Arsenal	42		11	4	6	33	19		2	6	13	14	34		47	53	0.887	– 6		36
18	West Ham United	42		10	5	6	26	23		3	5	13	22	48		48	71	0.676	– 23		36
19	Birmingham City	42		11	5	5	36	26		2	2	17	21	49		57	75	0.760	– 18		33
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		7	6	8	27	25		3	4	14	24	43		51	68	0.750	– 17		30
21	Burnley	42		6	6	9	23	26		3	4	14	20	40		43	66	0.652	– 23		28
22	Sheffield United	42		4	7	10	19	32		2	3	16	14	50		33	82	0.402	– 49		22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1975	Birmingham City	H	3–3	25,547	Sammels (pen), Alderson, Roberts (own goal)
20 August 1975	Manchester City	A	1–1	28,557	Lee
23 August 1975	Newcastle United	A	0–3	36,084
27 August 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	22,878	Garland
30 August 1975	Liverpool	H	1–1	25,008	Weller
6 September 1975	Arsenal	A	1–1	22,005	Sammels
13 September 1975	West Ham United	H	3–3	21,413	Worthington, Sammels (2)
20 September 1975	Norwich City	A	0–2	22,266
23 September 1975	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	19,292
27 September 1975	Coventry City	H	0–3	20,411
4 October 1975	Manchester United	A	0–0	47,878
11 October 1975	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	19,095
18 October 1975	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	23,418	Lee
25 October 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	22,088	Weller (2)
1 November 1975	Everton	A	1–1	24,930	Lee
8 November 1975	Burnley	H	3–2	18,344	Weller, Kember, Garland
15 November 1975	Sheffield United	A	2–1	20,165	Alderson, Rofe
22 November 1975	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	20,115
29 November 1975	Aston Villa	A	1–1	36,388	Worthington
6 December 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	20,012	Weller, Worthington
13 December 1975	Newcastle United	H	1–0	18,130	Weller
20 December 1975	Birmingham City	A	1–2	21,890	Lee
26 December 1975	Derby County	H	2–1	17,311	Lee (2)
27 December 1975	Leeds United	A	0–4	45,139
10 January 1976	West Ham United	A	1–1	24,615	Lee
17 January 1976	Arsenal	H	2–1	21,331	Alderson, Lee
31 January 1976	Manchester City	H	1–0	21,723	Lee
7 February 1976	Stoke City	A	2–1	21,001	Worthington, Lee
17 February 1976	Burnley	A	0–1	13,542
21 February 1976	Sheffield United	H	1–1	18,698	Blockley
25 February 1976	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	24,340
28 February 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	21,427	Kember
6 March 1976	Everton	H	1–0	18,490	Worthington
13 March 1976	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	17,634	Boam (own goal)
20 March 1976	Aston Villa	H	2–2	24,663	Nicholl (2 own goals)
27 March 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	18,113	Sammels (pen), Worthington
3 April 1976	Coventry City	A	2–0	18,135	Weller, Lee
6 April 1976	Liverpool	A	0–1	36,290
10 April 1976	Norwich City	H	0–0	19,856
17 April 1976	Derby County	A	2–2	30,085	Alderson, Garland
20 April 1976	Leeds United	H	2–1	24,240	Worthington (2)
24 April 1976	Manchester United	H	2–1	31,053	Lee, Garland

FA Cup

Main article: 1975-76 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1976	Sheffield United	H	3–0	24,052	Garland (3)
R4	24 January 1976	Bury	H	1–0	27,331	Lee
R5	14 February 1976	Manchester United	H	1–2	34,000	Lee

League Cup

Main article: 1975–76 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	9 September 1975	Portsmouth	A	1–1	10,629	Garland
R2R	17 September 1975	Portsmouth	H	1–0 (a.e.t.)	11,055	Sammels
R3	8 October 1975	Lincoln City	H	2–1	17,060	Weller, Sammels (pen)
R4	11 November 1975	Burnley	A	0–2	15,113

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 2	2 August 1975	Hull City	A	1–1	3,524	Sammels
Group 2	6 August 1975	Mansfield Town	A	0–2	6,496
Group 2	9 August 1975	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	8,219	Lee (2)

Squad

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

No. Position Player - GK Mark Wallington - DF Steve Whitworth - DF Dennis Rofe - MF Jon Sammels - DF Jeff Blockley - MF Alan Birchenall - MF Steve Kember - MF Brian Alderson - FW Bob Lee - FW Chris Garland - MF David Tomlin

No. Position Player - FW Steve Earle - DF Steve Sims - DF Graham Cross - MF Keith Weller - FW Frank Worthington - DF Alan Woollett - DF Steve Yates - MF Len Glover - GK Gary Plumley - GK Carl Jayes