Club: | Manchester City |
Season: | 1975–76 |
Manager: | Tony Book |
Stadium: | Maine Road |
League: | First Division |
League Result: | 8th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fourth Round |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Winners |
Cup3: | Anglo-Scottish Cup |
Cup3 Result: | Group Stage |
League Topscorer: | Dennis Tueart(14) |
Season Topscorer: | Dennis Tueart(24) |
Highest Attendance: | 50,439 vs Liverpool 19 April 1976 |
Lowest Attendance: | 26,536 vs Nottingham Forest 8 October 1975 |
Average Attendance: | 34,284 (4th in highest in league) |
Prevseason: | 1974–75 |
Nextseason: | 1976–77 |
The 1975–76 season was Manchester City's 74th season of competitive football and 56th season in the top division of English football.[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. The club won the Football League Cup, their first major trophy in 6 years. The final is best remembered for Dennis Tueart’s famous overhead kick early in the second half, which proved to be the winning goal in the end. It was a final that most City fans held onto however, because the club wouldn’t win another trophy for 35 years.
See main article: 1975–76 Football League.
Win | Draw | Loss |
Norwich City | Home | 3-2 | Bell, Tueart 2 | 29,103 | ||
Leicester City | Home | 1-1 | Birchenhall (og) | 28,556 | ||
Coventry City | Away | 0–2 | — | 21,097 | ||
Aston Villa | Away | 0-1 | - | 35,212 | ||
Newcastle United | Home | 4-0 | Tueart 2, Royle 2 | 31,875 | ||
West Ham United | Away | 0–1 | - | 29,792 | ||
Middlesbrough | Home | 4-0 | Royle, Marsh 2, Tueart | 30,353 | ||
Derby County | Away | 0-1 | - | 23,250 | ||
Stoke City | Home | 1-0 | Marsh | 28,975 | ||
Manchester United | Home | 2-2 | Royle, Nicholl (og) | 46,931 | ||
Arsenal | Away | 3-2 | Hartford, Royle, Marsh | 24,928 | ||
Burnley | Home | 0–0 | — | 35,003 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | Away | 2-2 | Watson, Bell | 30,502 | ||
Ipswich Town | Home | 1-1 | Bell | 30,664 | ||
Sheffield United | Away | 2-2 | Barnes, Booth | 24,670 | ||
Birmingham City | Home | 2–0 | Bell 2 | 28,329 | ||
Everton | Away | 1-1 | Booth | 32,077 | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 2-1 | Tueart, Oakes | 31,456 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Away | 4-0 | Hartford 2, Barnes, Tueart | 20,867 | ||
Queens Park Rangers | Home | 0-0 | - | 36,066 | ||
Coventry City | Home | 4-2 | Oakes, Barnes, Booth, Tueart | 27,256 | ||
Norwich City | Away | 2-2 | Tueart, Royle | 19,692 | ||
Leeds United | Home | 0-1 | - | 48,077 | ||
Liverpool | Away | 0–1 | - | 53,386 | ||
Middlesbrough | Away | 0–1 | Royle | 23,000 | ||
West Ham United | Home | 3-0 | Royle 2, Oakes | 32,147 | ||
Leicester City | Away | 0–1 | - | 21,723 | ||
Aston Villa | Home | 2-1 | Booth, Hartford | 32,332 | ||
Birmingham City | Away | 1-2 | Hartford | 22,445 | ||
Everton | Home | 3-0 | Hartford, Tueart, Royle | 33,148 | ||
Sheffield United | Home | 4-0 | Hartford 2, Tueart, Royle | 33,510 | ||
Burnley | Away | 0–0 | - | 24,278 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Home | 3-2 | Keegan, Tueart, Royle | 32,761 | ||
Queens Park Rangers | Away | 0-1 | - | 29,883 | ||
Stoke City | Away | 0-0 | - | 18,798 | ||
Ipswich Town | Away | 1-2 | Keegan | 21,290 | ||
Derby County | Home | 4–3 | Tueart 2 Royle, Power | 42,061 | ||
Newcastle United | Away | 1-2 | Royle | 21,095 | ||
Leeds United | Away | 1-2 | Bell | 33,514 | ||
Liverpool | Home | 0–3 | - | 50,439 | ||
Arsenal | Home | 3-1 | Booth (2), Hartford | 31,003 | ||
Manchester United | Away | 0-2 | - | 59,528 |
See main article: 1975-76 FA Cup.
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | ResultF – A | Scorers | Attendance | |
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3 January 1976 | 3rd Round | Hartlepool United | H | Maine Road | 6 – 0 | Oakes, Tueart (2), Booth (2), Hartford | 26,863 | |
28 January 1976 | 4th Round | Stoke City | A | Victoria Ground | 0 - 1 | 38,072 |
See main article: 1975-76 Football League Cup.
See main article: 1976 Football League Cup final.