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The 1976 Football League Cup Final took place between Manchester City and Newcastle United on 28 February 1976 at Wembley Stadium. It was the sixteenth final and the tenth Football League Cup final to be played at Wembley. Manchester City won the match 2–1 to win the competition for the second time.
The 1975–76 Football League Cup was the 16th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 18 August 1975 and ended with the final at Wembley on 28 February 1976. This was the first season in which the First Round was played over two legs.
The 1976–77 Football League Cup was the 17th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.The competition started on 14 August 1976 and ended with the final going to a second replay on 13 April 1977.
League Cup winners receive £100,000 prize money (awarded by the Football League) with the runners-up receiving £50,000, considered relatively insignificant to top-flight teams, compared to the £2 million prize money of the FA Cup, which is in turn eclipsed by the Premier League's television money (awarded on final league position) and ...
The 1976–77 season was the 78th completed season of The Football League. As of this season, goal difference (GD in league tables) was used to separate the clubs finishing level on points. The earlier system, used from the season 1894–95 until the 1975–76 had been the so-called goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more ...
The winner of the final receives the eponymous EFL Cup. The EFL Cup is a knockout cup competition in English football organised by and named after the English Football League (EFL). [1] The competition was established in 1960 and is considered to be the second-most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. [2]
28 April 1976: Liverpool recover from 2–0 down to beat Club Bruges 3–2 in the first leg of the UEFA Cup final at Anfield. [10] 1 May 1976: Southampton cause a major shock by beating Manchester United 1–0 in the FA Cup final thanks to a second-half goal from Bobby Stokes. [11]
The 2026–27 UEFA Champions League will be the 72nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 35th season since it was rebranded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.