1975–76 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season1975–76
ChampionsDundalk (4th title)

Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1975–76 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.[1]

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dundalk (C) 26 15 10 1 54 26 +28 40 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Finn Harps 26 15 6 5 57 35 +22 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Waterford 26 13 8 5 54 37 +17 34
4 Bohemians 26 10 12 4 44 25 +19 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Cork Hibernians[a] 26 11 9 6 37 24 +13 31
6 Drogheda United 26 11 6 9 42 45 −3 28
7 Athlone Town 26 12 4 10 40 49 −9 28
8 Cork Celtic 26 11 5 10 41 34 +7 27
9 Shelbourne 26 7 7 12 42 44 −2 21
10 Sligo Rovers 26 6 8 12 32 49 −17 20
11 St Patrick's Athletic 26 7 5 14 31 53 −22 19
12 Home Farm 26 4 9 13 35 54 −19 17
13 Limerick 26 6 4 16 37 49 −12 16
14 Shamrock Rovers 26 4 7 15 27 49 −22 15
Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Cork Hibernians resigned from the league at the end of the season.

Albert Rovers were elected to the league for next season.

Results

Home \ Away ATH BOH CCF CHF DRO DUN FHA HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP WAT
Athlone Town — 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–2 4–2 5–5 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
Bohemians 2–0 — 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 6–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 6–0 2–0
Cork Celtic 1–2 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–4
Cork Hibernians 5–0 1–2 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1
Drogheda United 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2
Dundalk 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 — 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–2 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–1
Finn Harps 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 7–0 0–2 — 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 6–1 1–0 1–1
Home Farm 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–5 4–2 1–2 2–4
Limerick 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–4 1–4 1–3 0–1 — 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1
Shamrock Rovers 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–4 0–2 0–1 3–3
Shelbourne 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–4 2–2
Sligo Rovers 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–1
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–3 1–3 0–5 1–0 1–3 1–4 — 0–2
Waterford 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 7–2 0–1 3–2 4–2 4–1 3–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brendan Bradley Finn Harps 29
2 Turlough O'Connor Bohemians 16
3 Mick Leech Waterford 15
3 Bobby Tambling Cork Celtic 15
5 Mick Leonard Sligo Rovers 14
6 Peter Conway St Patrick's Athletic 13
6 Frank Devlin Home Farm 13
8 Paul Martin Athlone Town 12
9 Damien Byrne Drogheda United 11
9 Terry Flanagan Dundalk 11
9 Mick Lawlor Shelbourne 11

References

  1. ^ "Historical tables". League of Ireland. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
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