1976 FA Charity Shield
# 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.

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.

## Match details

| Liverpool | Southampton |
| - | - |

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 ||||

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
