# 1975–76 League of Ireland

Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1975–76 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundalk (C) | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 40 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Finn Harps | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Waterford | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 34 | |
| 4 | Bohemians | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Cork Hibernians | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 31 | |
| 6 | Drogheda United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Athlone Town | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 28 | |
| 8 | Cork Celtic | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 27 | |
| 9 | Shelbourne | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 20 | |
| 11 | St Patrick's Athletic | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 19 | |
| 12 | Home Farm | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 17 | |
| 13 | Limerick | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 16 | |
| 14 | Shamrock Rovers | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 15 | |
* ↑ Cork Hibernians resigned from the league at the end of the season.
Albert Rovers were elected to the league for next season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | CCF | CHF | DRO | DUN | FHA | HOM | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | WAT |
| Athlone Town | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Bohemians | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Cork Celtic | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| Cork Hibernians | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Drogheda United | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Dundalk | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Finn Harps | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Home Farm | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Limerick | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Shelbourne | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Sligo Rovers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 |
| Waterford | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Brendan Bradley | Finn Harps | 29 |
| 2 | Turlough O'Connor | Bohemians | 16 |
| 3 | Mick Leech | Waterford | 15 |
| 3 | Bobby Tambling | Cork Celtic | 15 |
| 5 | Mick Leonard | Sligo Rovers | 14 |
| 6 | Peter Conway | St Patrick's Athletic | 13 |
| 6 | Frank Devlin | Home Farm | 13 |
| 8 | Paul Martin | Athlone Town | 12 |
| 9 | Damien Byrne | Drogheda United | 11 |
| 9 | Terry Flanagan | Dundalk | 11 |
| 9 | Mick Lawlor | Shelbourne | 11 |