Manchester United Data

Manchester United 1975-1976

56
Points ยท Division One 1975-1976
3rd in the Division One after 42 matches

Manchester United finished 3rd in the Division One with 56 points from 42 games in 1975-1976, scoring 85 goals in all competitions. They won 30, drew 11 and lost 11 of their 52 games in all competitions under Tommy Docherty.

Stats
30
Won
11
Drawn
11
Lost
Form
W
L
L
L
W

Season at a Glance

85
Goals Scored
55
Conceded
52
Played

How this season compares

of 123 seasons
1.94
Points per game
31st-best of 123 full seasons
1.63
Goals per game
76th-best of 123 full seasons
1.06
Conceded per game
47th-best of 123 full seasons
58%
Win rate
28th-best of 123 full seasons

In the Division One, United ranked 3rd of 22 for goals scored (+0.29 per game vs the league average) and 3rd for fewest conceded. That was 2 places lower than 1974-1975 (-5 points).

Cup Runs

Top Scorers

All Results

52 matches
August 1975 4W ยท 1D ยท 0L
W
Wolverhampton Wanderers A
D1 Macari 2
2โ€“0
16 Aug 32,348 1-0-0 W1
W
Birmingham City A
D1 McIlroy 2
2โ€“0
19 Aug 33,177 2-0-0 W2
W
Sheffield United H
D1 Pearson 2, Badger (og), Daly, McIlroy
5โ€“1
23 Aug 55,949 3-0-0 W3
D
Coventry City H
D1 Pearson
1โ€“1
27 Aug 52,169 3-1-0 D1
W
Stoke City A
D1 Dodd (og)
1โ€“0
30 Aug 33,092 4-1-0 W1
September 1975 3W ยท 1D ยท 2L
W
Tottenham Hotspur H
D1 Pratt (og), Daly 2 (pen)
3โ€“2
6 Sep 51,641 5-1-0 W2
W
Brentford H
LC Macari, McIlroy
2โ€“1
10 Sep 26,286 6-1-0 W3
L
Queens Park Rangers A
D1
0โ€“1
13 Sep 29,237 6-1-1 L1
W
Ipswich Town H
D1 Houston
1โ€“0
20 Sep 50,513 7-1-1 W1
L
Derby County A
D1 Daly
1โ€“2
24 Sep 33,187 7-1-2 L1
D
Manchester City A
D1 McCreery, Macari
2โ€“2
27 Sep 46,931 7-2-2 D1
October 1975 3W ยท 1D ยท 1L
D
Leicester City H
D1
0โ€“0
4 Oct 47,878 7-3-2 D2
W
Aston Villa A
LC Macari, Coppell
2โ€“1
8 Oct 41,447 8-3-2 W1
W
Leeds United A
D1 McIlroy 2
2โ€“1
11 Oct 40,264 9-3-2 W2
W
Arsenal H
D1 Coppell 2, Pearson
3โ€“1
18 Oct 53,885 10-3-2 W3
L
West Ham United A
D1 Macari
1โ€“2
25 Oct 38,528 10-3-3 L1
November 1975 3W ยท 0D ยท 3L
W
Norwich City H
D1 Pearson
1โ€“0
1 Nov 50,587 11-3-3 W1
L
Liverpool A
D1 Coppell
1โ€“3
8 Nov 49,136 11-3-4 L1
L
Manchester City A
LC
0โ€“4
12 Nov 50,182 11-3-5 L2
W
Aston Villa H
D1 Coppell, McIlroy
2โ€“0
15 Nov 51,682 12-3-5 W1
L
Arsenal A
D1 Pearson
1โ€“3
22 Nov 40,102 12-3-6 L1
W
Newcastle United H
D1 Daly
1โ€“0
29 Nov 52,624 13-3-6 W1
December 1975 3W ยท 2D ยท 0L
D
Middlesbrough A
D1
0โ€“0
6 Dec 32,454 13-4-6 D1
W
Sheffield United A
D1 Pearson 2, Hill, Macari
4โ€“1
13 Dec 31,741 14-4-6 W1
W
Wolverhampton Wanderers H
D1 Hill
1โ€“0
20 Dec 44,269 15-4-6 W2
D
Everton A
D1 Macari
1โ€“1
23 Dec 41,732 15-5-6 D1
W
Burnley H
D1 McIlroy, Macari
2โ€“1
27 Dec 59,726 16-5-6 W1
January 1976 4W ยท 1D ยท 0L
W
Oxford United H
FAC Daly 2 (2 pen)
2โ€“1
3 Jan 41,082 17-5-6 W2
W
Queens Park Rangers H
D1 Hill, McIlroy
2โ€“1
10 Jan 58,312 18-5-6 W3
D
Tottenham Hotspur A
D1 Hill
1โ€“1
17 Jan 49,189 18-6-6 D1
W
Peterborough United H
FAC Forsyth, McIlroy, Hill
3โ€“1
24 Jan 56,352 19-6-6 W1
W
Birmingham City H
D1 Forsyth, Macari, McIlroy
3โ€“1
31 Jan 50,724 20-6-6 W2
February 1976 2W ยท 3D ยท 1L
D
Coventry City A
D1 Macari
1โ€“1
7 Feb 33,922 20-7-6 D1
W
Leicester City A
FAC Macari, Daly
2โ€“1
14 Feb 34,000 21-7-6 W1
D
Liverpool H
D1
0โ€“0
18 Feb 59,709 21-8-6 D1
L
Aston Villa A
D1 Macari
1โ€“2
21 Feb 50,094 21-8-7 L1
D
Derby County H
D1 Pearson
1โ€“1
25 Feb 59,632 21-9-7 D1
W
West Ham United H
D1 Forsyth, Macari, McCreery, Pearson
4โ€“0
28 Feb 57,220 22-9-7 W1
March 1976 4W ยท 2D ยท 0L
D
Wolverhampton Wanderers H
FAC Daly
1โ€“1
6 Mar 59,433 22-10-7 D1
W
Wolverhampton Wanderers A
FAC Replay Pearson, Greenhoff, McIlroy
3โ€“2
9 Mar 44,373 23-10-7 W1
W
Leeds United H
D1 Houston, Pearson, Daly
3โ€“2
13 Mar 59,429 24-10-7 W2
D
Norwich City A
D1 Hill
1โ€“1
16 Mar 27,787 24-11-7 D1
W
Newcastle United A
D1 Pearson 2, Bird (og), Howard (og)
4โ€“3
20 Mar 45,043 25-11-7 W1
W
Middlesbrough H
D1 Daly (pen), McCreery, Hill
3โ€“0
27 Mar 58,527 26-11-7 W2
April 1976 3W ยท 0D ยท 3L
W
Derby County N
FAC Hill 2
2โ€“0
3 Apr 55,000 27-11-7 W3
L
Ipswich Town A
D1
0โ€“3
10 Apr 34,886 27-11-8 L1
W
Everton H
D1 Kenyon (og), McCreery
2โ€“1
17 Apr 61,879 28-11-8 W1
W
Burnley A
D1 Macari
1โ€“0
19 Apr 27,418 29-11-8 W2
L
Stoke City H
D1
0โ€“1
21 Apr 53,879 29-11-9 L1
L
Leicester City A
D1 Coyne
1โ€“2
24 Apr 31,053 29-11-10 L2
May 1976 1W ยท 0D ยท 1L
L
Southampton N
FAC
0โ€“1
1 May 99,115 29-11-11 L3
W
Manchester City H
D1 Hill, McIlroy
2โ€“0
4 May 59,517 30-11-11 W1

Home & Away

Venue PWDL GFGAGDWin%CSAvg Att
Home 251951 4817+31 76%10 53,316
Away 251069 3537-2 40%5 38,053
Neutral 2101 21+1 50%1 77,058

Home crowds averaged 53,316, away 38,053. Their biggest crowd was 99,115 v Southampton, the smallest 26,286 v Brentford.

Season Records

5โ€“1
Biggest win
v Sheffield United ยท 23 Aug 1975
0โ€“4
Heaviest defeat
v Manchester City ยท 12 Nov 1975
3
Longest win streak
14
Longest unbeaten run
3
Longest winless run
16
Clean sheets
8
Failed to score
2โ€“1
Most common score
8 times

United completed the league double over Birmingham City, Burnley, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

When Goals Were Scored

Scored Conceded
14
8
1-15
7
9
16-30
12
11
31-45
23
10
46-60
15
5
61-75
14
12
76+

United's average goal came in the 50', the average one conceded in the 46'. They scored 10 from the 81st minute on and conceded 9. Penalties: 4 scored, 0 conceded. Own goals: 6 for, 2 against.

Min Scorer Opponent Comp Before Date
73' Lou Macari @ Wolverhampton Wanderers D1 0โ€“0 16 Aug 1975
79' Lou Macari @ Wolverhampton Wanderers D1 1โ€“0 16 Aug 1975
47' Sammy McIlroy @ Birmingham City D1 0โ€“0 19 Aug 1975
82' Sammy McIlroy @ Birmingham City D1 1โ€“0 19 Aug 1975
11' Stuart Pearson vs Sheffield United D1 0โ€“0 23 Aug 1975
38' Len Badger OG vs Sheffield United D1 1โ€“0 23 Aug 1975
40' Stuart Pearson vs Sheffield United D1 2โ€“0 23 Aug 1975
64' Gerry Daly vs Sheffield United D1 3โ€“1 23 Aug 1975
84' Sammy McIlroy vs Sheffield United D1 4โ€“1 23 Aug 1975
23' Stuart Pearson vs Coventry City D1 0โ€“0 27 Aug 1975
15' Alan Dodd OG @ Stoke City D1 0โ€“0 30 Aug 1975
26' John Pratt OG vs Tottenham Hotspur D1 0โ€“1 6 Sep 1975
45' Gerry Daly vs Tottenham Hotspur D1 1โ€“1 6 Sep 1975
47' Gerry Daly pen vs Tottenham Hotspur D1 2โ€“1 6 Sep 1975
53' Lou Macari vs Brentford LC 0โ€“1 10 Sep 1975
74' Sammy McIlroy vs Brentford LC 1โ€“1 10 Sep 1975
28' Stewart Houston vs Ipswich Town D1 0โ€“0 20 Sep 1975
82' Gerry Daly @ Derby County D1 0โ€“1 24 Sep 1975
29' David McCreery @ Manchester City D1 0โ€“1 27 Sep 1975
31' Lou Macari @ Manchester City D1 1โ€“1 27 Sep 1975
63' Lou Macari @ Aston Villa LC 0โ€“0 8 Oct 1975
73' Steve Coppell @ Aston Villa LC 1โ€“0 8 Oct 1975
30' Sammy McIlroy @ Leeds United D1 0โ€“0 11 Oct 1975
55' Sammy McIlroy @ Leeds United D1 1โ€“0 11 Oct 1975
35' Steve Coppell vs Arsenal D1 0โ€“0 18 Oct 1975
48' Stuart Pearson vs Arsenal D1 1โ€“1 18 Oct 1975
68' Steve Coppell vs Arsenal D1 2โ€“1 18 Oct 1975
55' Lou Macari @ West Ham United D1 0โ€“1 25 Oct 1975
79' Stuart Pearson vs Norwich City D1 0โ€“0 1 Nov 1975
52' Steve Coppell @ Liverpool D1 0โ€“2 8 Nov 1975
15' Steve Coppell vs Aston Villa D1 0โ€“0 15 Nov 1975
55' Sammy McIlroy vs Aston Villa D1 1โ€“0 15 Nov 1975
58' Stuart Pearson @ Arsenal D1 0โ€“2 22 Nov 1975
68' Gerry Daly vs Newcastle United D1 0โ€“0 29 Nov 1975
3' Stuart Pearson @ Sheffield United D1 0โ€“0 13 Dec 1975
31' Gordon Hill @ Sheffield United D1 1โ€“0 13 Dec 1975
74' Stuart Pearson @ Sheffield United D1 2โ€“1 13 Dec 1975
87' Lou Macari @ Sheffield United D1 3โ€“1 13 Dec 1975
90' Gordon Hill vs Wolverhampton Wanderers D1 0โ€“0 20 Dec 1975
26' Lou Macari @ Everton D1 0โ€“0 23 Dec 1975
51' Sammy McIlroy vs Burnley D1 0โ€“1 27 Dec 1975
80' Lou Macari vs Burnley D1 1โ€“1 27 Dec 1975
46' Gerry Daly pen vs Oxford United FAC 0โ€“1 3 Jan 1976
54' Gerry Daly pen vs Oxford United FAC 1โ€“1 3 Jan 1976
15' Gordon Hill vs Queens Park Rangers D1 0โ€“1 10 Jan 1976
57' Sammy McIlroy vs Queens Park Rangers D1 1โ€“1 10 Jan 1976
4' Gordon Hill @ Tottenham Hotspur D1 0โ€“0 17 Jan 1976
8' Alex Forsyth vs Peterborough United FAC 0โ€“0 24 Jan 1976
11' Sammy McIlroy vs Peterborough United FAC 1โ€“0 24 Jan 1976
73' Gordon Hill vs Peterborough United FAC 2โ€“1 24 Jan 1976
36' Alex Forsyth vs Birmingham City D1 0โ€“0 31 Jan 1976
43' Lou Macari vs Birmingham City D1 1โ€“0 31 Jan 1976
88' Sammy McIlroy vs Birmingham City D1 2โ€“1 31 Jan 1976
82' Lou Macari @ Coventry City D1 0โ€“1 7 Feb 1976
8' Lou Macari @ Leicester City FAC 0โ€“0 14 Feb 1976
33' Gerry Daly @ Leicester City FAC 1โ€“0 14 Feb 1976
44' Lou Macari @ Aston Villa D1 0โ€“1 21 Feb 1976
27' Stuart Pearson vs Derby County D1 0โ€“0 25 Feb 1976
49' Alex Forsyth vs West Ham United D1 0โ€“0 28 Feb 1976
56' Lou Macari vs West Ham United D1 1โ€“0 28 Feb 1976
76' David McCreery vs West Ham United D1 2โ€“0 28 Feb 1976
88' Stuart Pearson vs West Ham United D1 3โ€“0 28 Feb 1976
66' Gerry Daly vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FAC 0โ€“1 6 Mar 1976
35' Stuart Pearson @ Wolverhampton Wanderers FAC 0โ€“2 9 Mar 1976
74' Brian Greenhoff @ Wolverhampton Wanderers FAC 1โ€“2 9 Mar 1976
96' Sammy McIlroy @ Wolverhampton Wanderers FAC 2โ€“2 9 Mar 1976
3' Stewart Houston vs Leeds United D1 0โ€“0 13 Mar 1976
42' Stuart Pearson vs Leeds United D1 1โ€“0 13 Mar 1976
61' Gerry Daly vs Leeds United D1 2โ€“0 13 Mar 1976
9' Gordon Hill @ Norwich City D1 0โ€“0 16 Mar 1976
12' Stuart Pearson @ Newcastle United D1 0โ€“0 20 Mar 1976
15' John Bird OG @ Newcastle United D1 1โ€“0 20 Mar 1976
49' Pat Howard OG @ Newcastle United D1 2โ€“3 20 Mar 1976
58' Stuart Pearson @ Newcastle United D1 3โ€“3 20 Mar 1976
60' Gerry Daly pen vs Middlesbrough D1 0โ€“0 27 Mar 1976
65' David McCreery vs Middlesbrough D1 1โ€“0 27 Mar 1976
70' Gordon Hill vs Middlesbrough D1 2โ€“0 27 Mar 1976
12' Gordon Hill v Derby County FAC 0โ€“0 3 Apr 1976
84' Gordon Hill v Derby County FAC 1โ€“0 3 Apr 1976
56' Roger Kenyon OG vs Everton D1 0โ€“1 17 Apr 1976
69' David McCreery vs Everton D1 1โ€“1 17 Apr 1976
57' Lou Macari @ Burnley D1 0โ€“0 19 Apr 1976
57' Peter Coyne @ Leicester City D1 0โ€“2 24 Apr 1976
48' Gordon Hill vs Manchester City D1 0โ€“0 4 May 1976
52' Sammy McIlroy vs Manchester City D1 1โ€“0 4 May 1976

Squad

20 players
Player LeagueFA CupLeague Cup Total
Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
Stewart Houston 42 2 7 โ€“ 3 โ€“ 52 2
Martin Buchan 42 โ€“ 7 โ€“ 3 โ€“ 52 โ€“
Sammy McIlroy 41 10 7 2 3 1 51 13
Gerry Daly 41 7 7 4 3 โ€“ 51 11
Brian Greenhoff 40 โ€“ 7 1 3 โ€“ 50 1
Stuart Pearson 39 13 7 1 3 โ€“ 49 14
Steve Coppell 39 4 7 โ€“ 3 1 49 5
Alex Stepney 38 โ€“ 7 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 47 โ€“
Lou Macari 36 12 6 1 3 2 45 15
Alex Forsyth 28 2 7 1 โ€“ โ€“ 35 3
Gordon Hill 26 7 7 3 โ€“ โ€“ 33 10
David McCreery 28 (16) 4 3 (2) โ€“ 1 (1) โ€“ 32 (19) 4
Jimmy Nicholl 20 (5) โ€“ 2 (2) โ€“ 3 โ€“ 25 (7) โ€“
Thomas Jackson 17 (1) โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 3 โ€“ 20 (1) โ€“
Paddy Roche 4 โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 1 โ€“ 5 โ€“
Arthur Albiston 3 (1) โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 3 (1) โ€“
Peter Coyne 2 (1) 1 โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 2 (1) 1
Anthony Grimshaw 1 (1) โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 1 (1) โ€“ 2 (2) โ€“
James Kelly 1 (1) โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 1 (1) โ€“
Tony Young 1 (1) โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ โ€“ 1 (1) โ€“

Division One Table

# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 42 23 14 5 66 31 +35 60
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 24 11 7 67 33 +34 59
3 Manchester United 42 23 10 9 68 42 +26 56
4 Derby County 42 21 11 10 75 58 +17 53
5 Leeds United 42 21 9 12 65 46 +19 51
6 Ipswich Town 42 16 14 12 54 48 +6 46
7 Leicester City 42 13 19 10 48 51 -3 45
8 Manchester City 42 16 11 15 64 46 +18 43
9 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 15 13 63 63 0 43
10 Norwich City 42 16 10 16 58 58 0 42
11 Everton 42 15 12 15 60 66 -6 42
12 Stoke City 42 15 11 16 48 50 -2 41
13 Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 46 45 +1 40
14 Coventry City 42 13 14 15 47 57 -10 40
15 Newcastle United 42 15 9 18 71 62 +9 39
16 Aston Villa 42 11 17 14 51 59 -8 39
17 Arsenal 42 13 10 19 47 53 -6 36
18 West Ham United 42 13 10 19 48 71 -23 36
19 Birmingham City 42 13 7 22 57 75 -18 33
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 10 10 22 51 68 -17 30
21 Burnley 42 9 10 23 43 66 -23 28
22 Sheffield United 42 6 10 26 33 82 -49 22

Points Progression

Division One

Transfers

11 moves
In
  • Gordon Hill Left Winger
    from Millwallโ‚ฌ100k
  • Steve Coppell Right Midfield
    from TranmereUndisclosed
  • Steve Paterson Centre-Back
    from Nairn CountyUndisclosed
  • Tommy Jackson Central Midfield
    from Nott'm ForestUndisclosed
Out
  • Arnold Sidebottom Centre-Back
    to HuddersfieldUndisclosed
  • Mick Martin Central Midfield
    to West BromUndisclosed
  • Paul Bielby Left Winger
    to HartlepoolUndisclosed
  • Ron Davies Centre-Forward
    to LA AztecsFree
  • Steve James Centre-Back
    to York CityUndisclosed
  • Tony Young Right-Back
    to CharltonUndisclosed
  • Willie Morgan Right Winger
    to BurnleyUndisclosed

Debuts & Farewells

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