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1st Division
Villa Park | 10 April 1976 at15:00UK local time
Aston Villa
0
-
0
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.89)
1
Ray Clemence
2
Tommy Smith
3
Phil Neal
4
Phil Thompson
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Emlyn Hughes
(c)
7
Kevin Keegan
8
Jimmy Case
9
Steve Heighway
10
John Toshack
11
Ian Callaghan
Substitutes
12
David Fairclough
Substitutions
John Toshack
replaced by
David Fairclough
81′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.46)
John Burridge
John Gidman
John Robson
Leighton Phillips
Chris Nicholl
Dennis Mortimer
Ray Graydon
Bobby McDonald
Andy Gray
Steve Hunt
Francis Carrodus
Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Ron Saunders
Referee:
Lowe M
Attendance:
44,250
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3271
League game number:
2863
Liverpool league position:
2nd
Aston Villa league position:
18th
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16 Aug 1975 - Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Liverpool
19 Aug 1975 - Liverpool 2-2 West Ham United
23 Aug 1975 - Liverpool 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur
26 Aug 1975 - Leeds United 3-0 Liverpool
30 Aug 1975 - Leicester City 1-1 Liverpool
06 Sep 1975 - Liverpool 1-0 Sheffield United
10 Sep 1975 - York City 1-0 Liverpool
13 Sep 1975 - Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool
17 Sep 1975 - Hibernian 0-1 Liverpool
20 Sep 1975 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
27 Sep 1975 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
30 Sep 1975 - Liverpool 3-1 Hibernian
04 Oct 1975 - Liverpool 2-0 Wolves
07 Oct 1975 - Liverpool 1-1 Burnley
11 Oct 1975 - Liverpool 3-1 Birmingham City
14 Oct 1975 - Burnley 0-1 Liverpool
18 Oct 1975 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
22 Oct 1975 - Real Sociedad 3-1 Liverpool
25 Oct 1975 - Liverpool 1-1 Derby County
01 Nov 1975 - Middlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool
04 Nov 1975 - Liverpool 6-0 Real Sociedad
08 Nov 1975 - Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United
15 Nov 1975 - Newcastle United 2-1 Liverpool
22 Nov 1975 - Liverpool 1-1 Coventry City
26 Nov 1975 - Slask Wroclaw 2-1 Liverpool
29 Nov 1975 - Liverpool 1-3 Norwich City
02 Dec 1975 - Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
06 Dec 1975 - Burnley 0-0 Liverpool
10 Dec 1975 - Liverpool 3-0 Slask Wroclaw
13 Dec 1975 - Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Liverpool
20 Dec 1975 - Liverpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
26 Dec 1975 - Stoke City 1-1 Liverpool
27 Dec 1975 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
03 Jan 1976 - West Ham United 2-0 Liverpool
10 Jan 1976 - Liverpool 3-3 Ipswich Town
17 Jan 1976 - Sheffield United 0-0 Liverpool
24 Jan 1976 - Derby County 0-1 Liverpool
31 Jan 1976 - West Ham United 4-0 Liverpool
07 Feb 1976 - Liverpool 2-0 Leeds United
18 Feb 1976 - Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
21 Feb 1976 - Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
24 Feb 1976 - Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
28 Feb 1976 - Derby County 1-1 Liverpool
03 Mar 1976 - Dynamo Dresden 0-0 Liverpool
06 Mar 1976 - Liverpool 0-2 Middlesbrough
13 Mar 1976 - Birmingham City 1-0 Liverpool
17 Mar 1976 - Liverpool 2-1 Dynamo Dresden
20 Mar 1976 - Norwich City 1-0 Liverpool
27 Mar 1976 - Liverpool 2-0 Burnley
30 Mar 1976 - Barcelona 1-0 Liverpool
03 Apr 1976 - Liverpool 1-0 Everton
06 Apr 1976 - Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
10 Apr 1976 - Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
14 Apr 1976 - Liverpool 1-1 Barcelona
17 Apr 1976 - Liverpool 5-3 Stoke City
19 Apr 1976 - Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool
28 Apr 1976 - Liverpool 3-2 Club Brugge
04 May 1976 - Wolves 3-1 Liverpool
19 May 1976 - Club Brugge 1-1 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
QPR
39
22
11
6
61
29
+32
55
2
Liverpool
39
20
14
5
55
27
+28
54
3
Man Utd
37
20
10
7
62
38
+24
50
4
Derby Co
38
20
10
8
66
50
+16
50
5
Leeds U
38
20
9
9
62
40
+22
49
6
Ipswich T
38
14
14
10
46
38
+8
42
7
Man City
37
15
11
11
59
36
+23
41
8
Tottenham H
39
13
15
11
58
56
+2
41
9
Leicester C
39
11
18
10
42
47
-5
40
10
Norwich C
39
14
10
15
53
55
-2
38
11
Middlesbrough
39
14
10
15
41
40
+1
38
12
Stoke C
38
13
11
14
43
43
+0
37
13
Everton
38
12
12
14
51
62
-11
36
14
Newcastle U
38
13
9
16
66
59
+7
35
15
West Ham U
39
13
9
17
46
63
-17
35
16
Coventry C
38
11
13
14
39
50
-11
35
17
Arsenal
38
12
10
16
42
45
-3
34
18
Aston Villa
38
9
15
14
45
55
-10
33
19
Wolves
38
9
10
19
47
60
-13
28
20
Birmingham C
38
11
6
21
50
72
-22
28
21
Burnley
39
8
10
21
41
62
-21
26
22
Sheffield U
38
4
9
25
30
78
-48
17
