1975–76 FA Cup

1975–76 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Defending champions	West Ham United
Final positions
Champions	Southampton (1st title)
Runner-up	Manchester United
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 FA Cup was the 95th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The final saw 2nd tier Southampton beat Manchester United 1–0, with the only goal coming from Bobby Stokes in the 83rd minute of the game.

First round proper

Teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Division entered in this round plus Matlock Town, Scarborough, Wigan Athletic and Altrincham were given byes. The first round of games were played on 22 November 1975. Replays were played mainly on the 24th–26th, with second replays performed one or two weeks after.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Darlington	0–0	Chester	22 November 1975
Replay	Chester	2–0	Darlington	26 November 1975
2	Dartford	1–4	Bishop's Stortford	22 November 1975
3	Hartlepool	3–0	Stockport County	22 November 1975
4	Bury	4–2	Doncaster Rovers	22 November 1975
5	Grantham	2–2	Port Vale	22 November 1975
Replay	Port Vale	4–1	Grantham	24 November 1975
6	Preston North End	2–1	Scunthorpe United	22 November 1975
7	Sutton United	1–1	AFC Bournemouth	22 November 1975
Replay	AFC Bournemouth	1–0	Sutton United	26 November 1975
8	Watford	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	22 November 1975
9	Weymouth	0–2	Gillingham	22 November 1975
10	Yeovil Town	1–1	Millwall	22 November 1975
Replay	Millwall	2–2	Yeovil Town	25 November 1975
Replay	Yeovil Town	0–1	Millwall	3 December 1975
11	Marine	3–1	Barnsley	22 November 1975
12	Walsall	0–1	Huddersfield Town	22 November 1975
13	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Macclesfield Town	22 November 1975
14	Grimsby Town	1–3	Gateshead United	22 November 1975
15	Scarborough	2–0	Morecambe	22 November 1975
16	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0	Bedford Town	22 November 1975
Replay	Bedford Town	2–2	Wycombe Wanderers	24 November 1975
Replay	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Bedford Town	1 December 1975
17	Brentford	2–0	Northampton Town	22 November 1975
18	Rossendale United	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	22 November 1975
19	Bradford City	1–0	Chesterfield	22 November 1975
20	Crystal Palace	1–0	Walton & Hersham	22 November 1975
21	Spennymoor United	4–1	Southport	22 November 1975
22	Southend United	2–0	Swansea City	22 November 1975
23	Mansfield Town	1–1	Wrexham	22 November 1975
Replay	Wrexham	1–1	Mansfield Town	24 November 1975
Replay	Mansfield Town	2–1	Wrexham	8 December 1975
24	Cardiff City	6–2	Exeter City	22 November 1975
25	Halifax Town	3–1	Altrincham	22 November 1975
26	Newport County	2–2	Swindon Town	22 November 1975
Replay	Swindon Town	3–0	Newport County	25 November 1975
27	Workington	1–1	Rochdale	22 November 1975
Replay	Rochdale	2–1	Workington	25 November 1975
28	Hereford United	2–0	Torquay United	22 November 1975
29	Rotherham United	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	22 November 1975
30	Aldershot	4–3	Wealdstone	22 November 1975
31	Romford	0–1	Tooting & Mitcham United	22 November 1975
32	Wigan Athletic	4–1	Matlock Town	22 November 1975
33	Boston United	0–1	Lincoln City	22 November 1975
34	Peterborough United	4–1	Winsford United	22 November 1975
35	Colchester United	3–3	Dover	22 November 1975
Replay	Dover	4–1	Colchester United	26 November 1975
36	Nuneaton Borough	0–1	Wimbledon	22 November 1975
37	Hendon	1–0	Reading	22 November 1975
38	Leatherhead	2–0	Cambridge United	22 November 1975
39	AP Leamington	2–3	Stafford Rangers	22 November 1975
40	Coventry Sporting	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	22 November 1975

Second round proper

The second round of games were played on 13 December 1975. Replays took place on the 15th–17th or the 22nd.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	AFC Bournemouth	2–2	Hereford United	13 December 1975
Replay	Hereford United	2–0	AFC Bournemouth	17 December 1975
2	Bury	3–0	Spennymoor United	13 December 1975
3	Marine	1–1	Hartlepool	13 December 1975
Replay	Hartlepool	6–3	Marine	15 December 1975
4	Gillingham	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	13 December 1975
5	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Wigan Athletic	13 December 1975
6	Stafford Rangers	1–3	Halifax Town	13 December 1975
7	Scarborough	3–2	Preston North End	13 December 1975
8	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Chester	13 December 1975
9	Millwall	1–1	Crystal Palace	13 December 1975
Replay	Crystal Palace	2–1	Millwall	16 December 1975
10	Wimbledon	0–2	Brentford	13 December 1975
11	Southend United	4–1	Dover	13 December 1975
12	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Port Vale	13 December 1975
13	Mansfield Town	1–2	Lincoln City	13 December 1975
14	Cardiff City	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	13 December 1975
15	Rotherham United	0–3	Bradford City	13 December 1975
16	Aldershot	2–0	Bishop's Stortford	13 December 1975
17	Hendon	0–1	Swindon Town	13 December 1975
18	Leatherhead	0–0	Tooting & Mitcham United	13 December 1975
Replay	Tooting & Mitcham United	2–1	Leatherhead	22 December 1975
19	Coventry Sporting	0–4	Peterborough United	13 December 1975
20	Gateshead United	1–1	Rochdale	13 December 1975
Replay	Rochdale	3–1	Gateshead United	16 December 1975

Third round proper

Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were mainly played on 3 January 1976, with two matches played two days earlier on New Year's Day. Replays were mainly played midweek over 6–7 January or the week after but one occurred on the 24th instead. Holders West Ham United were eliminated by Liverpool.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Blackpool	1–0	Burnley	3 January 1976
2	Southampton	1–1	Aston Villa	3 January 1976
Replay	Aston Villa	1–2	Southampton	7 January 1976
3	Leicester City	3–0	Sheffield United	3 January 1976
4	Notts County	0–1	Leeds United	3 January 1976
5	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Peterborough United	1 January 1976
Replay	Peterborough United	1–0	Nottingham Forest	7 January 1976
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Arsenal	3 January 1976
7	Middlesbrough	0–0	Bury	3 January 1976
Replay	Bury	3–2	Middlesbrough	6 January 1976
8	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Carlisle United	3 January 1976
9	Sunderland	2–0	Oldham Athletic	3 January 1976
10	Derby County	2–1	Everton	3 January 1976
11	Luton Town	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	3 January 1976
12	Swindon Town	2–2	Tooting & Mitcham United	3 January 1976
Replay	Tooting & Mitcham United	2–1	Swindon Town	6 January 1976
13	Scarborough	1–2	Crystal Palace	3 January 1976
14	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Bradford City	3 January 1976
15	Ipswich Town	3–1	Halifax Town	3 January 1976
16	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Stoke City	3 January 1976
Replay	Stoke City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	24 January 1976
17	Manchester City	6–0	Hartlepool	3 January 1976
18	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Newcastle United	3 January 1976
Replay	Newcastle United	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	7 January 1976
19	Fulham	2–3	Huddersfield Town	3 January 1976
20	Brentford	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	3 January 1976
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Brentford	6 January 1976
21	Coventry City	2–1	Bristol City	3 January 1976
22	Portsmouth	1–1	Birmingham City	3 January 1976
Replay	Birmingham City	0–1	Portsmouth	6 January 1976
23	West Ham United	0–2	Liverpool	3 January 1976
24	Manchester United	2–1	Oxford United	3 January 1976
25	Norwich City	1–1	Rochdale	3 January 1976
Replay	Rochdale	0–0	Norwich City	6 January 1976
Replay	Norwich City	2–1	Rochdale	13 January 1976
26	Hull City	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	3 January 1976
Replay	Plymouth Argyle	1–4	Hull City	6 January 1976
27	Chelsea	1–1	Bristol Rovers	1 January 1976
Replay	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Chelsea	3 January 1976
28	Southend United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 January 1976
29	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 1976
30	York City	2–1	Hereford United	3 January 1976
31	Aldershot	1–2	Lincoln City	3 January 1976
32	Orient	0–1	Cardiff City	3 January 1976

Fourth round proper

The fourth round of games were mostly played on 28 January 1976, with three replays and a main tie on the 27th and 28th. One of the main ties was played on 2 February instead.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Southampton	3–1	Blackpool	24 January 1976
2	Leicester City	1–0	Bury	24 January 1976
3	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Lincoln City	24 January 1976
4	Sunderland	1–0	Hull City	2 February 1976
5	Derby County	1–0	Liverpool	24 January 1976
6	Ipswich Town	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24 January 1976
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Ipswich Town	27 January 1976
7	Coventry City	1–1	Newcastle United	24 January 1976
Replay	Newcastle United	5–0	Coventry City	28 January 1976
8	Manchester United	3–1	Peterborough United	24 January 1976
9	Norwich City	2–0	Luton Town	24 January 1976
10	Bradford City	3–1	Tooting & Mitcham United	24 January 1976
11	Southend United	2–1	Cardiff City	24 January 1976
12	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	24 January 1976
13	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Portsmouth	24 January 1976
Replay	Portsmouth	0–3	Charlton Athletic	27 January 1976
14	Leeds United	0–1	Crystal Palace	24 January 1976
15	York City	0–2	Chelsea	24 January 1976
16	Stoke City	1–0	Manchester City	28 January 1976

Fifth round proper

The fifth set of games took place (except for one game) on 14 February 1976. Three games went to a replay which were played on 17–18 February. The Norwich City–Bradford City match and a second replay of the Bolton Wanderers–Newcastle United match were played on 23 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Leicester City	1–2	Manchester United	14 February 1976
2	Bolton Wanderers	3–3	Newcastle United	14 February 1976
Replay	Newcastle United	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	18 February 1976
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Newcastle United	23 February 1976
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Charlton Athletic	14 February 1976
4	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Southampton	14 February 1976
Replay	Southampton	4–0	West Bromwich Albion	17 February 1976
5	Derby County	1–0	Southend United	14 February 1976
6	Norwich City	1–2	Bradford City	23 February 1976
7	Chelsea	2–3	Crystal Palace	14 February 1976
8	Stoke City	0–0	Sunderland	14 February 1976
Replay	Sunderland	2–1	Stoke City	17 February 1976

Sixth round proper

The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 6 March 1976. There was one replay on the 9th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Sunderland	0–1	Crystal Palace	6 March 1976
2	Derby County	4–2	Newcastle United	6 March 1976
3	Manchester United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6 March 1976
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Manchester United	9 March 1976
4	Bradford City	0–1	Southampton	6 March 1976

Semi finals

3 April 1976

Manchester United	2–0	Derby County
Hill 12', 83'	Report^{[dead link]}

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Referee: Jack Taylor, Wolverhampton

3 April 1976

Southampton	2–0	Crystal Palace
Gilchrist 74' Peach 80' (pen)	Report^{[dead link]}

Stamford Bridge, London

Referee: Pat Partridge, Stockton-on-Tees

Final

1 May 1976
15:00 BST

Southampton	1–0	Manchester United
Stokes 83'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Clive Thomas

Southampton

Man United

TV coverage

The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 & ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match of the Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. No games from Rounds 1 or 2 were shown. Highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV.

One Fifth Round tie that was picked to be shown by ITV was postponed This was Norwich City v Bradford City (Anglia & Yorkshire) This was due to a Flu Outbreak in the Bradford City camp

Third Round BBC West Ham United v Liverpool, Scarborough v Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers v Newcastle United, Newcastle United v Queens Park Rangers (Midweek replay), Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur (Saturday Replay).

ITV Derby County v Everton (ATV & Granada), Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City (LWT), Leicester City v Sheffield United (Yorkshire out of region) Other regions showed those three games.

Fourth Round BBC Coventry City v Newcastle United, Manchester United v Peterborough United.

ITV Derby County v Liverpool (ATV & Granada), Leeds United v Crystal Palace (Yorkshire), Norwich City v Luton Town (Anglia), Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth (LWT & Southern), Stoke City v Manchester City (Midweek All regions).

Fifth Round BBC Chelsea v Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers v Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic, Newcastle United v Bolton Wanderers (Midweek Both replays).

ITV Leicester City v Manchester United (ATV & Granada), Stoke City v Sunderland (Tyne-Tees Out of region), Derby County v Southend United (Anglia & LWT Out of Region).

Sixth Round BBC Derby County v Newcastle United, Bradford City v Southampton.

ITV Sunderland v Crystal Palace (Tyne-Tees & LWT), Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Granada & ATV), Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United (Midweek replay All regions).

Semi-Finals BBC Derby County v Manchester United.

ITV Crystal Palace v Southampton (All regions).

Final Manchester United v Southampton covered Live by BBC & ITV.

References

FA Cup Results Archive

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