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]
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| Date | 14 August 1976 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | John Homewood (Sunbury) | ||||||
| Attendance | 76,500 | ||||||
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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]
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Match rules
- 90 minutes, no extra time
- Five named substitutes
- Maximum of three substitutions
- ^ The FA web site, FA Community Shield Past Winners
- ^ "Liverweb". Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2009.