1976 FA Charity Shield

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]

1976 FA Charity Shield
Date14 August 1976
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJohn Homewood (Sunbury)
Attendance76,500
1975
1977

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

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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

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