Neill oversaw significant turnover in the side throughout the season, seeing the exodus of players such as Alan Ball and John Radford.

In the 1976–77 season, former Tottenham boss Terry Neill was recruited by the Arsenal board to replace Bertie Mee in the summer.

[1] However, when Macdonald went through a poor run of form, Arsenal followed, finding 8 defeats in 11 league games picking up just 3 points out of the possible 22.

[1] Arsenal penetrated deeper into the League Cup, beating Carlisle United before taking their tie with Blackpool to a second replay before triumphing.

John Radford, having lost his place to Stapleton, left to West Ham in December after 14 years at the club, playing 383 league games.

Neill also moved Eddie Kelly to QPR, Alex Cropley (£135,000 to Aston Villa), and Terry Mancini (Aldershot).

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