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.^[2]

Match details

Liverpool v Southampton

14 August 1976 15:00 BST

Liverpool	1–0	Southampton
Toshack  50'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,500 Referee: John Homewood

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Joey Jones CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes 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 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