1974–75 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1974–75 season
Chairman	John W Smith
Manager	Bob Paisley
First Division	2nd
Cup Winners' Cup	2nd round
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: John Toshack (12); All: Steve Heighway (13)
Average home league attendance	45,966
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Liverpool F.C. had a trophyless first season under the guidance of Bob Paisley, who took over as manager following the retirement of Bill Shankly after nearly 15 years at the helm. They did finish second in the First Division behind champions Derby County, in a record-tight season that saw the top ten teams separated by less than ten points. A defeat in the penultimate round against newcomers Middlesbrough cost Liverpool a ninth league title.

It was during this season Liverpool Football Club only took 14 fans to Boleyn Ground stadium for a game against West Ham United (a game which ended 0–0). An article in the Liverpool Echo explained how Lawrenson's Coaches had to cancel coaches a few days before as they had received no bookings. 5 'specials' were put on by railway services, however only one left the station. When it arrived at London for the game only 14 fans left the train to meet the escort. There has often been a debate about why this happened, some blame it being a mid-week game, others talk about it being a protest against how the club were treating Bill Shankly and others claim that the fans were intimidated by the hooligans of West Ham United.

It did however beat the club record for biggest victory, eclipsing Strømsgodset from Norway by 11–0 in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Derby County	42	21	11	10	67	49	1.367	53
2	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	60	39	1.538	51
3	Ipswich Town	42	23	5	14	66	44	1.500	51
4	Everton	42	16	18	8	56	42	1.333	50
5	Stoke City	42	17	15	10	64	48	1.333	49
6	Sheffield United	42	18	13	11	58	51	1.137	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	18	12	12	54	40	1.350	48
8	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	54	54	1.000	46
9	Leeds United	42	16	13	13	57	49	1.163	45
10	Burnley	42	17	11	14	68	67	1.015	45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	54	1.000	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	11	17	57	54	1.056	39
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	58	59	0.983	39
14	Coventry City	42	12	15	15	51	62	0.823	39
15	Newcastle United	42	15	9	18	59	72	0.819	39
16	Arsenal	42	13	11	18	47	49	0.959	37
17	Birmingham City	42	14	9	19	53	61	0.869	37
18	Leicester City	42	12	12	18	46	60	0.767	36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	8	21	52	63	0.825	34
20	Luton Town	42	11	11	20	47	65	0.723	33
21	Chelsea	42	9	15	18	42	72	0.583	33
22	Carlisle United	42	12	5	25	43	59	0.729	29

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
17 Aug 74	Luton Town	A	2–1	Smith 21' Heighway 74'	21,062	Report	Report
20 Aug 74	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0		33,499	Report	Report
24 Aug 74	Leicester City	H	2–1	Lindsay 1 Pen', 65 Pen'	49,398	Report	Report
27 Aug 74	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	Heighway 51' Toshack 56'	42,449	Report	Report
31 Aug 74	Chelsea	A	3–0	Kennedy 22' Boersma 34', 76'	39,461	Report	Report
07 Sep 74	Tottenham Hotspur	H	5–2	Boersma 4', 9', 41' Hughes 71' Kennedy 87'	47,538	Report	Report
14 Sep 74	Manchester City	A	0–2		45,194	Report	Report
21 Sep 74	Stoke City	H	3–0	Own Goal 43' Boersma 45' Heighway 55'	51,423	Report	Report
24 Sep 74	Burnley	H	0–1		44,639	Report	Report
28 Sep 74	Sheffield United	A	0–1		29,443	Report	Report
05 Oct 74	Carlisle United	A	1–0	Kennedy 36'	20,844	Report	Report
12 Oct 74	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	Callaghan 57' Keegan 83'	52,590	Report	Report
19 Oct 74	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	Hall 6'	27,392	Report	Report
26 Oct 74	Leeds United	H	1–0	Heighway 73'	54,996	Report	Report
02 Nov 74	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		30,564	Report	Report
09 Nov 74	Arsenal	H	1–3	Kennedy 53'	43,850	Report	Report
16 Nov 74	Everton	A	0–0		56,797	Report	Report
23 Nov 74	West Ham United	H	1–1	Smith 12'	46,348	Report	Report
30 Nov 74	Coventry City	A	1–1	Keegan 48'	23,089	Report	Report
07 Dec 74	Derby County	H	2–2	Kennedy 18' Heighway 22'	41,058	Report	Report
14 Dec 74	Luton Town	H	2–0	Toshack 46' Heighway 85'	35,151	Report	Report
21 Dec 74	Birmingham City	A	1–3	Toshack 43'	23,608	Report	Report
26 Dec 74	Manchester City	H	4–1	Hall 22', 72' Toshack 25' Heighway 41'	46,062	Report	Report
11 Jan 75	Derby County	A	0–2		33,463	Report	Report
18 Jan 75	Coventry City	H	2–1	Heighway 35' Keegan 89'	43,668	Report	Report
01 Feb 75	Arsenal	A	0–2		43,028	Report	Report
08 Feb 75	Ipswich Town	H	5–2	Hall 6' Toshack 9', 65' Lindsay 42' Cormack 87'	47,421	Report	Report
12 Feb 75	Newcastle United	A	1–4	Hall 61'	38,115	Report	Report
19 Feb 75	West Ham United	A	0–0		40,256	Report	Report
22 Feb 75	Everton	H	0–0		55,853	Report	Report
01 Mar 75	Chelsea	H	2–2	Heighway 40' Cormack 89'	42,762	Report	Report
08 Mar 75	Burnley	A	1–1	McDermott 74'	31,812	Report	Report
15 Mar 75	Sheffield United	H	0–0		40,862	Report	Report
19 Mar 75	Leicester City	A	1–1	Toshack 35'	28,012	Report	Report
22 Mar 75	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	Keegan 46' Cormack 66'	34,331	Report	Report
25 Mar 75	Newcastle United	H	4–0	Keegan 7' Toshack 43', 70' McDermott 72'	41,147	Report	Report
29 Mar 75	Birmingham City	H	1–0	Keegan 64 Pen'	49,454	Report	Report
31 Mar 75	Stoke City	A	0–2		45,954	Report	Report
05 Apr 75	Leeds United	A	2–0	Keegan 41', 51'	34,971	Report	Report
12 Apr 75	Carlisle United	H	2–0	Toshack 64' Keegan 74'	46,073	Report	Report
19 Apr 75	Middlesbrough	A	0–1		34,027	Report	Report
26 Apr 75	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	Toshack 16', 85' Keegan 52 Pen'	42,546	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield

10 August 1974

15:00

Liverpool	1–1	Leeds United
Boersma 19'	Report Report Report	Cherry 70'
Penalties
Lindsay Hughes Hall Smith Cormack Callaghan	6–5	Lorimer Giles Gray Hunter Cherry Harvey

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Bob Matthewson

Liverpool

Leeds United



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Tommy Smith
LB	3	Alec Lindsay
CB	4	Phil Thompson
CM	5	Peter Cormack
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes
CF	7	Kevin Keegan	60'
CM	8	Brian Hall
LM	9	Steve Heighway
CF	10	Phil Boersma
RM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
GK	13	Peter McDonnell
DF	12	Brian Kettle
MF	14	John McLaughlin
DF	15	Max Thompson
MF	16	Peter Spiring
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	David Harvey
RB	2	Paul Reaney
LB	3	Trevor Cherry
CM	4	Billy Bremner	60'
CB	5	Gordon McQueen
CB	6	Norman Hunter
CM	7	Peter Lorimer
CF	8	Allan Clarke
CF	9	Joe Jordan
RM	10	John Giles
LM	11	Eddie Gray
Substitutes:
MF	12	Duncan McKenzie
Manager:
Brian Clough

FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
04 Jan 75	Stoke City	H	2–0	Heighway 78' Keegan 89'	32,363	Report	Report
25 Jan 75	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		38,200	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
10 Sep 74	Brentford	H	2–1	Kennedy 30' Boersma 44'	21,413	Report	Report
08 Oct 74	Bristol City	A	0–0		25,573	Report	Report
16 Oct 74	Bristol City	H	4–0	Heighway 38', 75' Kennedy 48', 82'	23,694	Report	Report
12 Nov 74	Middlesbrough	H	0–1		24,906	Report	Report

European Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
17 Sep 74	Strømsgodset	H	11–0	Lindsay 3' (p.) Boersma 13', 40' Thompson 30', 74' Heighway 42' Cormack 65' Hughes 76' Smith 85' Callaghan 87' Kennedy 88'	21,413	Report	Report
01 Oct 74	Strømsgodset	A	1–0	Kennedy 17'	25,573	Report	Report
23 Oct 74	Ferencváros	H	1–1	Kevin Keegan 36'	23,694	Report	Report
05 Nov 74	Ferencváros	A	0–0		24,906	Report	Report

References

v t e UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Seasons	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Finals	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Finals Records and statistics Top scorers Winning managers UEFA coefficient

v t e FA Charity / Community Shield
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