1975–76 League of Ireland

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League of Ireland
Season1975–76
ChampionsDundalk

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1975–76 season.

Overview[]

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

Final classification[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundalk F.C. 26 15 10 1 54 26 +28 40
2 Finn Harps F.C. 26 15 6 5 57 35 +22 36
3 Waterford F.C. 26 13 8 5 54 37 +17 34
4 Bohemian F.C. 26 10 12 4 44 25 +19 32
5 Cork Hibernians F.C.[a] 26 11 9 6 37 24 +13 31
6 Drogheda United F.C. 26 11 6 9 42 45 −3 28
7 Athlone Town A.F.C. 26 12 4 10 40 49 −9 28
8 Cork Celtic F.C. 26 11 5 10 41 34 +7 27
9 Shelbourne F.C. 26 7 7 12 42 44 −2 21
10 Sligo Rovers F.C. 26 6 8 12 32 49 −17 20
11 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 26 7 5 14 31 53 −22 19
12 Home Farm F.C. 26 4 9 13 35 54 −19 17
13 Limerick F.C. 26 6 4 16 37 49 −12 16
14 Shamrock Rovers F.C. 26 4 7 15 27 49 −22 15
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Notes:
  1. ^ Cork Hibernians reigned 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:[citation needed]
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 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
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