1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

The 1975–76 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the eleventh occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.

St. Helens won the trophy by beating Dewsbury by the score of 22-2

The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. The attendance was 3,858, and the receipts were £1,747

This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at twenty-two.

The format was again changed slightly, in that the preliminary round as well as the remainder of the tournament was played on a knock-out basis.

The preliminary round now involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers taking part in the competition proper to just sixteen.

Involved 6 matches and 12 clubs

Involved 4 matches and the same 8 Clubs in reverse fixtures (the other two matches were on a single leg basis)

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

1 * Dewsbury, who joined the competition in season 1973–74, win their first game in the competition

2 * This match was televised

3 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-1991 and 1991-92 and the RUGBYLEAGUEprojects gives the attendance as 3,858 but theofficial St. Helens archives give it as 3,850

4 * Knowsley Road was the home of St Helens R.F.C. from 1890 until its closure in 2010. The final capacity was 17,500 although the record attendance was 35,695 set on 26 December 1949 for a league game between St Helens and Wigan.

• 1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season

• 1975 Lancashire Cup

• 1975 Yorkshire Cup

• BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

• Rugby league county cups

• Saints Heritage Society

• 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

• Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897

• Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97

• The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org

• Huddersfield R L Heritage