1976 FA Charity Shield

1976 FA Charity Shield
Liverpool Southampton
1 0
Date 14 August 1976
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee John Homewood (Sunbury)
Attendance 76,500

The 1976 FA Charity Shield was a football match played between Liverpool, as English First Division Champions in the 1975/76 season, and 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  50' Report
Attendance: 76,500
Referee: John Homewood
GK1England Ray Clemence
RB2England Phil Neal
LB3Wales Joey Jones
CB4England Phil Thompson
LM5England Ray Kennedy
CB6England Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF7England Kevin Keegan
CM8England Jimmy Case
CF9Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
CM10Wales John Toshack
RM11England Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
CFEngland David Fairclough
DFEngland Alec Lindsay
MFEngland Terry McDermott
MFScotland Peter Cormack
GKEngland Peter McDonnell
Manager:
England Bob Paisley
GK1England Ian Turner
DF2Wales Peter Rodrigues (c)
DF3England David Peach
MF4England Nick Holmes
DF5England Mel Blyth
DF6Scotland Jim Steele
MF7England Paul Gilchrist
FW8England Mick Channon
FW9England Peter Osgood
FW10Scotland Jim McCalliog
MF11England Bobby Stokes
Substitutes:
MFScotland Hugh Fisher
Manager:
England Lawrie McMenemy

Match rules

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

References

  1. ↑ The FA web site, FA Community Shield Past Winners
  2. ↑ Liverweb
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