1976 FA Charity Shield

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1976 FA Charity Shield
Date14 August 1976
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee John Homewood (Sunbury)
Attendance76,500
1975
1977

The 1976 FA Charity Shield was a football match played between Liverpool, as English First Division Champions in the 1975/76 season, and Second Division Southampton, as English FA Cup winners in 1976. [1]

The match was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on Saturday 14 August 1976, in front of a crowd of 76,500.

The match was won by Liverpool 1–0 through a goal scored by John Toshack in the 50th minute with a right-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area after the ball was headed down to him by Kevin Keegan. [2]

Match details

Liverpool 1–0 Southampton
Toshack Soccerball shade.svg 50' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,500
Referee: John Homewood
GK1 Flag of England.svg Ray Clemence
RB2 Flag of England.svg Phil Neal
LB3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Joey Jones
CB4 Flag of England.svg Phil Thompson
LM5 Flag of England.svg Ray Kennedy
CB6 Flag of England.svg Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF7 Flag of England.svg Kevin Keegan
CM8 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Case
CF9 Flag of Ireland.svg Steve Heighway
CM10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg John Toshack
RM11 Flag of England.svg Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
CF Flag of England.svg David Fairclough
DF Flag of England.svg Alec Lindsay
MF Flag of England.svg Terry McDermott
MF Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Cormack
GK Flag of England.svg Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Bob Paisley
GK1 Flag of England.svg Ian Turner
DF2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Peter Rodrigues (c)
DF3 Flag of England.svg David Peach
MF4 Flag of England.svg Nick Holmes
DF5 Flag of England.svg Mel Blyth Sub off.svg
DF6 Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Steele
MF7 Flag of England.svg Paul Gilchrist
FW8 Flag of England.svg Mick Channon
FW9 Flag of England.svg Peter Osgood
FW10 Flag of Scotland.svg Jim McCalliog
MF11 Flag of England.svg Bobby Stokes
Substitutes:
MF Flag of Scotland.svg Hugh Fisher Sub on.svg
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Lawrie McMenemy

Match rules

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

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References

  1. The FA web site, FA Community Shield Past Winners
  2. "Liverweb". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-10-19.