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
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	← 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Leeds United	42	21	9	12	65	46	1.413	51
6	Ipswich Town	42	16	14	12	54	48	1.125	46
7	Leicester City	42	13	19	10	48	51	0.941	45
8	Manchester City	42	16	11	15	64	46	1.391	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
9	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	63	63	1.000	43

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

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


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


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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Mark Wallington
-	DF	ENG	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	ENG	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	ENG	Jon Sammels
-	DF	ENG	Jeff Blockley
-	MF	ENG	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	ENG	Steve Kember
-	MF	SCO	Brian Alderson
-	FW	ENG	Bob Lee
-	FW	ENG	Chris Garland
-	MF	ENG	David Tomlin


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