1976–77 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1976–77 season
Chairman	John W Smith
Manager	Bob Paisley
First Division	Champions
European Cup	Winners
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Second round
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Keegan (12) All: Kevin Keegan (20)
Average home league attendance	47,284
Home colours Away colours

The 1976–77 season was Liverpool Football Club's 85th season in existence and their 15th consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool won their tenth Football League title after winning it for the second successive season, but lost out to Manchester United in the FA Cup final, their defeat preventing them from becoming the first English club to win three major trophies in the same season.

However, four days after their defeat in the FA Cup final, the club won the European Cup for the first time, beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. In doing so, they became the second English and the third British club to win the trophy.

This was not only the final season, but the final game for Kevin Keegan before he moved to Hamburg for a British record transfer fee of £500,000.

One transfer that passed almost unnoticed as Liverpool were going for the treble, was the signing of Alan Hansen from Partick Thistle for £100,000.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Ray Clemence
• Peter McDonnell

Defenders

• Emlyn Hughes
• Joey Jones
• Brian Kettle
• Alec Lindsay
• Phil Neal
• Tommy Smith
• Phil Thompson

Midfielders

• Ian Callaghan
• Jimmy Case
• Steve Heighway
• Sammy Lee
• Ray Kennedy
• Terry McDermott
• Peter Cormack

Attackers

• David Fairclough
• Kevin Keegan
• Kevin Kewley
• John Toshack
• Alan Waddle
• David Johnson

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		FA Cup		Charity Sheild		League Cup		European Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	ENG	Ian Callaghan	48	2	32+1	1	4+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	1	7+0	0
	MF	ENG	Jimmy Case	42	7	24+3	1	7+0	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	6+0	2
	GK	ENG	Ray Clemence	62	0	42+0	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	9+0	0
	FW	ENG	David Fairclough	30	5	12+8	3	4+1	1	0+0	0	0+2	0	1+2	1
	MF	IRL	Steve Heighway	58	14	39+0	8	7+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	0	9+0	3
	DF	ENG	Emlyn Hughes	62	1	42+0	1	8+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	9+0	0
	FW	ENG	David Johnson	37	8	19+7	5	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	4+1	3
	DF	WAL	Joey Jones	59	3	39+0	3	8+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	9+0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Keegan	57	20	38+0	12	8+0	4	1+0	0	2+0	0	8+0	4
	MF	ENG	Ray Kennedy	61	9	41+0	7	8+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	9+0	1
	DF	ENG	Brian Kettle	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Alec Lindsay	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Terry McDermott	38	4	25+1	1	5+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	2
	DF	ENG	Phil Neal	61	13	42+0	7	8+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	8+0	4
	DF	ENG	Tommy Smith	28	1	16+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	7+1	1
	DF	ENG	Phil Thompson	36	2	26+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	WAL	John Toshack	30	13	22+0	10	2+0	1	1+0	1	1+0	0	4+0	1
	FW	ENG	Alan Waddle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

First Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	23	11	8	62	33	+29	57	Qualification for the European Cup second round
2	Manchester City	42	21	14	7	60	34	+26	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Ipswich Town	42	22	8	12	66	39	+27	52
4	Aston Villa	42	22	7	13	76	50	+26	51
5	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	64	49	+15	49

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

Main article: 1976–77 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
21-Aug-76	Norwich City	H	1–0	Heighway 55'	49,753	Report	Report
24-Aug-76	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	Toshack 40'	30,334	Report	Report
28-Aug-76	Birmingham City	A	1–2	Johnson 75'	33,228	Report	Report
04-Sep-76	Coventry City	H	3–1	Keegan 56' Johnson 73' Toshack 80'	40,371	Report	Report
11-Sep-76	Derby County	A	3–2	Kennedy 6' Toshack 54' Keegan 80'	28,833	Report	Report
18-Sep-76	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Johnson 7' Heighway 30'	47,421	Report	Report
25-Sep-76	Newcastle United	A	0–1		33,204	Report	Report
02-Oct-76	Middlesbrough	H	0–0		45,107	Report	Report
16-Oct-76	Everton	H	3–1	Heighway 7' Neal 12' (Pen) Toshack 41'	55,141	Report	Report
23-Oct-76	Leeds United	A	1–1	Kennedy 72'	44,696	Report	Report
27-Oct-76	Leicester City	A	1–0	Toshack 12'	29,384	Report	Report
30-Oct-76	Aston Villa	H	3–0	Callaghan 76' McDermott 80' Keegan 86'	51,751	Report	Report
06-Nov-76	Sunderland	A	1–0	Fairclough 76'	39,956	Report	Report
09-Nov-76	Leicester City	H	5–1	Heighway 26' Toshack 32' Neal 70' (Pen) Jones 72' Keegan 82 Pen'	39,851	Report	Report
20-Nov-76	Arsenal	A	1–1	Kennedy 88'	45,016	Report	Report
27-Nov-76	Bristol City	H	2–1	Keegan 44' Jones 56'	44,323	Report	Report
04-Dec-76	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		35,082	Report	Report
11-Dec-76	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	Toshack 34' Keegan 84' Kennedy 85'	37,154	Report	Report
15-Dec-76	Aston Villa	A	1–5	Kennedy 41'	42,851	Report	Report
18-Dec-76	West Ham United	A	0–2		24,175	Report	Report
27-Dec-76	Stoke City	H	4–0	Thompson 5' Neal 62' (Pen) Keegan 67' Johnson 81'	50,371	Report	Report
29-Dec-76	Manchester City	A	1–1	Own Goal 89'	50,020	Report	Report
01-Jan-77	Sunderland	H	2–0	Kennedy 13' Thompson 69'	44,687	Report	Report
15-Jan-77	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Fairclough 84'	39,195	Report	Report
22-Jan-77	Norwich City	A	1–2	Neal 52' (Pen)	25,913	Report	Report
05-Feb-77	Birmingham City	H	4–1	Neal 37' (Pen) Toshack 42', 72' Heighway 79'	41,072	Report	Report
16-Feb-77	Manchester United	A	0–0		57,487	Report	Report
19-Feb-77	Derby County	H	3–1	Toshack 56' Jones 69' Keegan 84'	44,202	Report	Report
05-Mar-77	Newcastle United	H	1–0	Heighway 11'	45,553	Report	Report
09-Mar-77	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		32,098	Report	Report
12-Mar-77	Middlesbrough	A	1–0	Hughes 41'	29,000	Report	Report
22-Mar-77	Everton	A	0–0		56,562	Report	Report
02-Apr-77	Leeds United	H	3–1	Neal 36' (Pen) Fairclough 38' Heighway 61'	48,791	Report	Report
09-Apr-77	Manchester City	H	2–1	Keegan 43' Heighway 78'	55,283	Report	Report
11-Apr-77	Stoke City	A	0–0		29,905	Report	Report
16-Apr-77	Arsenal	H	2–0	Neal 20' Keegan 77'	48,174	Report	Report
30-Apr-77	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	Kennedy 70' Keegan 73'	56,044	Report	Report
03-May-77	Manchester United	H	1–0	Keegan 15'	53,046	Report	Report
07-May-77	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Case 68'	29,382	Report	Report
10-May-77	Coventry City	A	0–0		38,032	Report	Report
14-May-77	West Ham United	H	0–0		55,675	Report	Report
16-May-77	Bristol City	A	1–2	Johnson 30'	38,688	Report	Report

1976 FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1976 FA Charity Shield

14 August 1976

15:00 BST

Liverpool	1–0	Southampton
Toshack 50'	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,500

Referee: John Homewood

Liverpool

Southampton

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Joey Jones CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes CF 7 Kevin Keegan CM 8 Jimmy Case CM 9 Steve Heighway CF 10 John Toshack RM 11 Ian Callaghan Substitutes: CF David Fairclough DF Alec Lindsay MF Terry McDermott MF Peter Cormack GK Peter McDonnell Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Ian Turner DF 2 Peter Rodrigues DF 3 David Peach MF 4 Nick Holmes DF 5 Mel Blyth DF 6 Jim Steele MF 7 Paul Gilchrist FW 8 Mick Channon FW 9 Peter Osgood FW 10 Jim McCalliog MF 11 Bobby Stokes Substitutes: MF Hugh Fisher Manager: Lawrie McMenemy

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Football League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
31-Aug-76	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Callaghan 27'	23,378	Report	Report
06-Sep-76	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1		22,662	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
08-Jan-77	Crystal Palace	H	0–0		44,730	Report	Report
11-Jan-77	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	Keegan 20' Heighway 66', 72'	42,664	Report	Report
29-Jan-77	Carlisle United	H	3–0	Keegan 17' Toshack 34' Heighway 69'	45,358	Report	Report
26-Feb-77	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	Keegan 21' Case 31' Neal 73' (Pen)	52,455	Report	Report
19-Mar-77	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	Fairclough 55' Keegan 62'	55,881	Report	Report
23-Apr-77	Everton	N	2–2	McDermott 10' Case 73'	52,637	Report	Report
27-Apr-77	Everton	N	3–0	Neal 31' (Pen) Case 88' Kennedy 89'	52,579	Report	Report

Final

Main article: 1977 FA Cup Final

21 May 1977

15:00 BST

Liverpool	1–2	Manchester United
Case 53'	Report Report	Pearson 51' J. Greenhoff 55'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 99,252

Referee: Bob Matthewson (Lancashire)

Liverpool

Manchester United

GK 1 Ray Clemence DF 2 Phil Neal DF 3 Joey Jones DF 4 Tommy Smith MF 5 Ray Kennedy DF 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) FW 7 Kevin Keegan MF 8 Jimmy Case MF 9 Steve Heighway FW 10 David Johnson  64' MF 11 Terry McDermott Substitute: MF 12 Ian Callaghan  64' Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Alex Stepney DF 2 Jimmy Nicholl DF 3 Arthur Albiston MF 4 Sammy McIlroy DF 5 Brian Greenhoff DF 6 Martin Buchan (c) MF 7 Steve Coppell MF 8 Jimmy Greenhoff FW 9 Stuart Pearson FW 10 Lou Macari MF 11 Gordon Hill  81' Substitute: MF 12 David McCreery  81' Manager: Tommy Docherty

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One named substitute.

European Cup

Main article: 1976–77 European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
14-Sep-76	Crusaders	H	2–0	Neal 18' (Pen) Toshack 64'	22,442	Report	Report
28-Sep-76	Crusaders	A	5–0	Keegan 34' Johnson 81', 90' McDermott 84' Heighway 87'	10,500	Report	Report
20-Oct-76	Trabzonspor	A	0–1		25,000	Report	Report
03-Nov-76	Trabzonspor	H	3–0	Heighway 8' Johnson 10' Keegan 19'	42,275	Report	Report
02-Mar-77	AS Saint-Étienne	A	0–1		38,000	Report	Report
16-Mar-77	AS Saint-Étienne	H	3–1	Keegan 2' Kennedy 59' Fairclough 84'	55,043	Report	Report
06-Apr-77	FC Zürich	A	3–1	Neal 14', 67' (Pen) Heighway 48'	28,000	Report	Report
20-Apr-77	FC Zürich	H	3–0	Case 33', 79' Keegan 83'	50,611	Report	Report

Final

Main article: 1977 European Cup Final

25 May 1977

20:15

Liverpool	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
McDermott 28' Smith 64' Neal 82' (pen.)	Report Report	Simonsen 52'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Liverpool

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Joey Jones CB 4 Tommy Smith LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) CF 7 Kevin Keegan CM 8 Jimmy Case CF 9 Steve Heighway RM 10 Ian Callaghan CM 11 Terry McDermott Substitutes: GK 12 Peter McDonnell FW 13 David Fairclough FW 14 David Johnson MF 15 Alan Waddle DF 16 Alec Lindsay Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Wolfgang Kneib CB 2 Berti Vogts (c) CB 3 Hans Klinkhammer SW 4 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp RM 5 Rainer Bonhof CM 6 Horst Wohlers  79' CF 7 Allan Simonsen LM 8 Herbert Wimmer  24' CM 9 Uli Stielike  85' DM 10 Winfried Schäfer CF 11 Jupp Heynckes Substitutes: GK Wolfgang Kleff MF 15 Wilfried Hannes  79' MF 12 Christian Kulik  24' FW Kalle Del'Haye FW Herbert Heidenreich Manager: Udo Lattek

References

• LFC History.net – 1976–77 season
• Liverweb - 1976-77 Season