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First team 1975-76 - Football League : Division Four

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Home Matches   Away Matches   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A W D L F A
0-3 0-2   1 Lincoln City   46   21 2 0 71 15   11 8 4 40 24   2.85   74
1-3 0-4   2 Northampton Town   46   18 5 0 62 20   11 5 7 25 20   2.18   68
1-1 0-5   3 Reading   46   19 3 1 42 9   5 9 9 28 42   1.37   60
0-2 0-5   4 Tranmere Rovers   46   18 3 2 61 16   6 7 10 28 39   1.62   58
0-1 2-2   5 Huddersfield Town   46   11 6 6 28 17   10 8 5 28 24   1.37   56
0-0 0-2   6 AFC Bournemouth   46   15 5 3 39 16   5 7 11 18 32   1.19   52
2-1 0-2   7 Exeter City   46   13 7 3 37 17   5 7 11 19 30   1.19   50
2-2 1-1   8 Watford   46   16 4 3 38 18   6 2 15 24 44   1.00   50
1-0 1-4   9 Torquay United   46   12 6 5 31 24   6 8 9 24 39   0.87   50
1-2 1-3   10 Doncaster Rovers   46   10 6 7 42 31   9 5 9 33 38   1.09   49
3-2 0-5   11 Swansea City [wal]   46   14 8 1 51 21   2 7 14 15 36   1.16   47
1-1 2-2   12 Barnsley   46   12 8 3 34 16   2 8 13 18 32   1.08   44
0-1 1-0   13 Cambridge United   46   7 10 6 36 28   7 5 11 22 34   0.94   43
2-0 0-3   14 Hartlepool   46   10 6 7 37 29   6 4 13 25 49   0.79   42
0-1 3-2   15 Rochdale   46   7 11 5 27 23   5 7 11 13 31   0.74   42
0-0 1-3   16 Crewe Alexandra   46   10 7 6 36 21   3 8 12 22 36   1.02   41
2-1 2-1   17 Bradford City   46   9 7 7 35 26   3 10 10 28 39   0.97   41
2-0 1-2   18 Brentford   46   12 7 4 37 18   2 6 15 19 42   0.93   41
0-0 0-0   19 Scunthorpe United   46   11 3 9 31 24   3 7 13 19 35   0.85   38
0-0 1-0   20 Darlington   46   11 7 5 30 14   3 3 17 18 43   0.84   38
x x   21 Stockport County   46   8 7 8 23 23   5 5 13 20 53   0.57   38
0-1 2-2   22 Newport County [wal]   46   8 7 8 35 33   5 2 16 22 57   0.63   35
1-0 0-2   23 Southport   46   6 6 11 27 31   2 4 17 14 46   0.53   26
4-1 2-1   24 Workington   46   5 4 14 19 43   2 3 18 11 44   0.34   21
     

Football League election results.
42 Stockport Co, 41 Newport Co, 38 Southport, 21 Workington, 18 Yeovil T, 14 Kettering T, 6 Wigan Ath, 3 Chelmsford C and Wimbledon, 2 Nuneaton Bor and Telford U, 1 Gainsborough Tr and Scarborough.
No change.

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Sat 9 Aug A Macclesfield T FR 0-1  
Mon 11 Aug A Wigan Ath FR 3-1 Fogarty 2, Buckley
Sat 16 Aug H Crewe Alex LG 0-0  
Wed 20 Aug A Southport FL 1-3 Lester
Fri 22 Aug H Northampton T LG 1-3 Lawther
Mon 25 Aug H Southport FL 1-2 Massey 1p
Sat 30 Aug H Workington LG 4-1 McNab, Massey, Hollis, Davies
Sat 6 Sep A Cambridge U LG 1-0 Howell G og
Fri 12 Sep H AFC Bournemouth LG 0-0  
Wed 17 Sep A Bramhall FR 1-2 Turner
Sat 20 Sep A Brentford LG 1-2 Lester
Mon 22 Sep H Darlington LG 0-0  
Fri 26 Sep H Rochdale LG 0-1  
Sat 4 Oct A Watford LG 1-1 Hollis
Fri 10 Oct H Doncaster Rov LG 1-2 Hollis
Mon 13 Oct H Manchester C FR 0-5  
Sat 18 Oct A Bradford C LG 2-1 Bradley, Massey 1p
Wed 22 Oct A Hartlepool LG 0-3  
Fri 24 Oct H Torquay U LG 1-0 Massey
Fri 31 Oct A Exeter C LG 0-2  
Mon 3 Nov H Newport Co LG 0-1  
Sat 8 Nov H Huddersfield T LG 0-1  
Mon 10 Nov H Stoke C FR 1-1 Best
Sat 15 Nov A Barnsley LG 2-2 Hollis 2
Mon 17 Nov H Crewe Alex CM 2-1 Turner, Massey
Sat 22 Nov A Hartlepool FA 0-3  
Fri 28 Nov H Swansea C LG 3-2 Bradley, Best, Potter og
Sat 6 Dec A Reading LG 0-5  
Fri 12 Dec H Watford LG 2-2 Lawther, Best
Sat 20 Dec A Scunthorpe U LG 0-0  
Fri 26 Dec H Southport LG 1-0 Hollis
Sat 27 Dec A Tranmere Rov LG 0-5  
Thu 1 Jan H Cambridge U LG 0-1  
Fri 9 Jan A Workington LG 2-1 Davies, Cross
Fri 16 Jan H Brentford LG 2-0 Sutcliffe, Hollis
Sat 24 Jan A AFC Bournemouth LG 0-2  
Fri 30 Jan H Hartlepool LG 2-0 Davids, Hughes
Sat 7 Feb A Newport Co LG 2-2 Davies, Hughes
Sat 14 Feb A Huddersfield T LG 2-2 Davies, Massey
Fri 20 Feb H Barnsley LG 1-1 Massey 1p
Mon 23 Feb A Darlington LG 1-0 Fogarty 1p
Sat 28 Feb A Torquay U LG 1-4 Bradley
Fri 5 Mar H Exeter C LG 2-1 Davies, Hollis
Sat 13 Mar A Doncaster Rov LG 1-3 McNeill
Mon 15 Mar H Bradford C LG 2-1 Cross, Dixey
Fri 19 Mar A Swansea C LG 0-5  
Fri 26 Mar H Reading LG 1-1 Hughes
Mon 29 Mar H Scunthorpe U LG 0-0  
Sat 3 Apr A Crewe Alex LG 1-3 Davies 1p
Mon 5 Apr A Rochdale LG 3-2 Hardman, Bradley, Davies
Mon 12 Apr H Lincoln C LG 0-3  
Fri 16 Apr A Lincoln C LG 0-2  
Sat 17 Apr A Southport LG 0-2  
Mon 19 Apr H Tranmere Rov LG 0-2  
Fri 23 Apr A Northampton T LG 0-4  

First Team 1975-76 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  LG FA FL CM FR
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
George Best 3   2 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   1
Kenny Blair 7   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Lee Bradley 39 1 4 1   0 0   0 1   0 1 1 0
John Brown 15   0 0   0 2   0 0   0 2   0
Ian Buckley 36 1 0 1   0 1   0 0   0 4   1
Bobby Charlton 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Peter Clarke 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Tony Coleman 6 1 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 2   0
John Coyne 3 1 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Mike Cross 27   2 1   0 2   0 1   0 3 1 0
Neil Davids 5   1 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Wyn Davies 28 2 7 0   0 2   0 1   0 3   0
Steve Deere 6   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Richard Dixey 14   1 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
John Duddy 6   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
John Flanagan 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0 1 0
Ken Fogarty 44   1 1   0 2   0 1   0 4   2
Colin Hardman 6 2 1 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Mick Hollis 22 3 8 1   0 1 1 0 1   0 1 1 0
John Holsgrove 9   0 1   0 2   0 1   0 5   0
Paul Hopkinson 30   0 1   0 0   0 0   0 1 1 0
John Hughes 11 1 3 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Ian Lawther 14   2 1   0 2   0 1   0 1 1 0
Mick Lester 8 1 1 0   0 2   1 0   0 0   0
Steve Massey 30 5 5 1   0 1   1 1   1 3   0
Jim McCann 4 1 0 0   0 0   0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Jimmy McNab 13   1 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Alan McNeill 32 1 1 1   0 1   0 1   0 2   0
Peter Olinyk 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0 1 0
Johnny Price 21 5 0 0   0 2   0 0   0 3 1 0
Ian Seddon 4   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Graham Smith 44   0 0   0 2   0 0   0 3   0
Peter Sutcliffe 10 2 1 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
John Taylor 1   0 0   0 0   0 1   0 0   0
Mark Turner 7   0 1   0 0   0 1   1 2   1
John Vernon 1 1 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 1 1 0