1976 FA Charity Shield

1976 FA Charity Shield
Liverpool Southampton
1 0
Date14 August 1976
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJohn Homewood (Sunbury)
Attendance76,500

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

Liverpool1–0Southampton
Toshack 50' Report
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 (c)
CF 7 Kevin Keegan
CM 8 Jimmy Case
CF 9 Steve Heighway
CM 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 (c)
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

References

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