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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1975–76

Liverpool completed the 1975–76 Division 1 campaign in 1st, taking 60 points from 42 matches. The record comprised 23 wins, 14 draws and 5 defeats, with 66 goals scored and 31 conceded for a goal difference of +35.

CompetitionDivision 1
League finish1st
ManagerBob Paisley
Leading scorerJohn Toshack (23 goals)

League record

42Played
23Won
14Drawn
5Lost
66Goals for
31Goals against
60Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 54.8% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 37 of 42. The side averaged 1.57 goals scored and 0.74 conceded per match; the resulting +35 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1974–75, the recorded league position improved by 1 place, while goal difference moved from +21 to +35.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

The campaign belongs to the Boot Room era under Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan, when Liverpool repeatedly competed for domestic and European honours.

Cup and scoring picture

The season produced silverware in the Other European competition. John Toshack led the season scoring record with 23 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.