1973–74 Football League

Football League, Second Division
Season	1973–74
Champions	Middlesbrough (3rd title)
Promoted	Carlisle United,; Luton Town
Relegated	Crystal Palace,; Preston North End,; Swindon Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,106 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duncan McKenzie (Nottingham Forest), 26
Biggest home win	Middlesbrough –Sheffield Wednesday 8–0 (20 Apr 1974)
Biggest away win	Notts County –Sheffield Wednesday 1–5 (9 Mar 1974); Fulham –Middlesbrough 0–4 (9 Mar 1974); West Brom –Middlesbrough 0–4 (16 mar 1974)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough –Sheffield Wednesday 8–0 (20 Apr 1974)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Football League, First Division
Season	1973–74
Champions	Leeds United (2nd English title)
Relegated	Manchester United,; Norwich City,; Southampton
European Cup 1974–75	Leeds United
FA Cup winners; European Cup Winners' Cup 1974–75	Liverpool (2nd FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1974–75	Derby County ; Ipswich Town,; Stoke City,; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,107 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mick Channon (Southampton), 21
Biggest home win	Ipswich – Southampton 7–0 (2 Feb 1974)
Biggest away win	Norwich – Arsenal 0–4 (15 Sep 1973)
Highest scoring	Derby – Southampton 6–2 (22 Sep 1973)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The Football League
Season	1973–74
Champions	Leeds United
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–1974 season was the 75th completed season of The Football League.

Don Revie marked his last season as Leeds United's manager by guiding them to league championship glory, before taking over from Sir Alf Ramsey as the England national football team manager, with England having failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. Revie's conquering side had a two-horse race with Liverpool all season but won in the end, taking the title for the second time in their history by five points. Newly promoted Burnley adapted well to life back in the top flight, finishing in sixth place.

Manchester United were relegated from the First Division just six years after winning the European Cup at the end of a traumatic season. Their 36-year stay at the top was finally ended by a 1-0 home defeat against Manchester City. Former United striker Denis Law scored City's winning goal. But Birmingham City's win on that same afternoon would have sent United down even if they had beaten City. Despite this the board kept faith in manager Tommy Docherty as the man to regain the club's top flight place.

Joining United in the Second Division were Norwich City and Southampton. This was the first season in which the League introduced three relegation places from the top division.

Former Leeds player Jack Charlton had a fine debut in management by guiding Middlesbrough to the Second Division title and a place in the First Division. Second in the table were Luton Town, who finished 15 points behind the runaway champions. Third-placed Carlisle United, managed by Alan Ashman (who won the FA Cup with West Bromwich Albion in 1968), gained a place in the First Division for the first, and so far only, time in their history, completing a rapid rise from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Crystal Palace, Preston North End and Swindon Town were all relegated.

Promotion from the Third Division was secured by champions Oldham Athletic, Bristol Rovers and York City, which at the time represented York's highest ever League finish. Cambridge United, Shrewsbury Town, Southport and Rochdale were all relegated.

Peterborough United won Division Four and were promoted along with Gillingham, Colchester United and Bury. The league's re-election system voted in favour of the bottom four league clubs and there were no departures or arrivals in the league in 1974.

Final league tables and results

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.^[2]

First Division

It was a successful final season at the First Division's two leading clubs for their long-serving and highly successful managers who had both transformed their clubs on and off the field during lengthy reigns lasting more than a decade. Don Revie guided Leeds United to the title before calling time of 13 years as manager at Elland Road to take charge of the England national football team. Bill Shankly announced his retirement as Liverpool manager after 15 years after they finished second in the league and triumphed 3-0 over Newcastle United in the final of the FA Cup.

Despite the controversial resignation of manager Brian Clough in October, Derby County finished third after their former player Dave Mackay returned to the Baseball Ground as Clough's successor. Ipswich Town continued to thrive among the First Division's leading company by finishing fourth in their fifth campaign under Bobby Robson. Stoke City enjoyed another strong season, finishing fifth, with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton keeping opposition strikers at bay after his predecessor Gordon Banks retired due to an eye injury suffered in a car crash. Burnley enjoyed a strong return to the First Division after two seasons away by finishing sixth.

Manchester United's 36-year spell in the First Division ended in relegation, while their cross city rivals finished 14th and were beaten in the Football League Cup final by Wolves. Southampton's eight-year spell in the First Division ended in relegation despite 21 goals from the division's top scorer Mick Channon, and a change of manager from Ted Bates to Lawrie McMenemy before Christmas. Norwich City's second season among the elite ended in relegation.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	42	12	8	1	38	18	12	6	3	28	13	66	31	2.129	+35	62	European Cup 1974–75 First round
2	Liverpool	42	18	2	1	34	11	4	11	6	18	20	52	31	1.677	+21	57	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974–75 First round
3	Derby County	42	13	7	1	40	16	4	7	10	12	26	52	42	1.238	+10	48	UEFA Cup 1974–75 First round
4	Ipswich Town	42	10	7	4	38	21	8	4	9	29	37	67	58	1.155	+9	47	UEFA Cup 1974–75 First round
5	Stoke City	42	13	6	2	39	15	2	10	9	15	27	54	42	1.286	+12	46	UEFA Cup 1974–75 First round
6	Burnley	42	10	9	2	29	16	6	5	10	27	37	56	53	1.057	+3	46
7	Everton	42	12	7	2	29	14	4	5	12	21	34	50	48	1.042	+2	44
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	10	3	30	17	5	7	9	26	35	56	52	1.077	+4	43
9	Leicester City	42	10	7	4	35	17	3	9	9	16	24	51	41	1.244	+10	42
10	Arsenal	42	9	7	5	23	16	5	7	9	26	35	49	51	0.961	–2	42
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	4	8	26	27	5	10	6	19	23	45	50	0.900	–5	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	30	18	2	9	10	19	31	49	49	1.000	±0	41	UEFA Cup 1974–75 First round ^{[nb 1]}
13	Sheffield United	42	7	7	7	25	22	7	5	9	19	27	44	49	0.898	–5	40
14	Manchester City	42	10	7	4	25	17	4	5	12	14	29	39	46	0.848	–7	40
15	Newcastle United	42	9	6	6	28	21	4	6	11	21	27	49	48	1.021	+1	38
16	Coventry City	42	10	5	6	25	18	4	5	12	18	36	43	54	0.796	–11	38
17	Chelsea	42	9	4	8	36	29	3	9	9	20	31	56	60	0.933	–4	37
18	West Ham United	42	7	7	7	36	32	4	8	9	19	28	55	60	0.917	–5	37
19	Birmingham City	42	10	7	4	30	21	2	6	13	22	43	52	64	0.813	–12	37
20	Southampton	42	8	10	3	30	20	3	4	14	17	48	47	68	0.691	–21	36
21	Manchester United	42	7	7	7	23	20	3	5	13	15	28	38	48	0.792	–10	32
22	Norwich City	42	6	9	6	25	27	1	6	14	12	35	37	62	0.597	–25	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Wolverhampton Wanderers were winners of this season's League Cup.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division results

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First Division maps

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1973–1974 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1973–1974

Second Division

Jack Charlton made a superb start to his managerial career by guiding Middlesbrough to the Second Division title - and a place in the First Division - by a margin of 15 points above runners-up Luton Town, who ended their 14-year exile from the elite despite financial difficulties. The final promotion place was snatched by Carlisle United, who reached the First Division for the first time in their history. Orient missed out on promotion by a single point. Other teams who just missed out on promotion included Nottingham Forest, Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion.

Crystal Palace were relegated for a second successive season, while Preston North End went down in their first season under the management of the legendary Bobby Charlton, who then re-registered himself as a player in his efforts to reverse the decline of the once great Lancashire club. Swindon Town went down in bottom place after five seasons in the Second Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Middlesbrough	42	16	4	1	40	8	11	7	3	37	22	77	30	2.567	+47	65
2	Luton Town	42	12	5	4	42	25	7	7	7	22	26	64	51	1.255	+13	50
3	Carlisle United	42	13	5	3	40	17	7	4	10	21	31	61	48	1.271	+13	49
4	Orient	42	9	8	4	28	17	6	10	5	27	25	55	42	1.310	+13	48
5	Blackpool	42	11	5	5	35	17	6	8	7	22	23	57	40	1.425	+17	47
6	Sunderland	42	11	6	4	32	15	8	3	10	26	29	58	44	1.318	+14	47
7	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	40	19	3	9	9	17	24	57	43	1.326	+14	45
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	9	4	28	24	6	7	8	20	21	48	45	1.067	+3	44
9	Hull City	42	9	9	3	25	15	4	8	9	21	32	46	47	0.979	–1	43
10	Notts County	42	8	6	7	30	35	7	7	7	25	25	55	60	0.917	–5	43
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	30	17	3	7	11	14	23	44	40	1.100	+4	42
12	Millwall	42	10	6	5	28	16	4	8	9	23	35	51	51	1.000	±0	42
13	Fulham	42	11	4	6	26	20	5	6	10	13	23	39	43	0.907	–4	42
14	Aston Villa	42	8	9	4	33	21	5	6	10	15	24	48	45	1.067	+3	41
15	Portsmouth	42	9	8	4	26	16	5	4	12	19	46	45	62	0.726	–17	40
16	Bristol City	42	9	5	7	25	20	5	5	11	22	34	47	54	0.870	–7	38
17	Cardiff City	42	8	7	6	27	20	2	9	10	22	42	49	62	0.790	–13	36	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974–75 First round
18	Oxford United	42	8	8	5	27	21	2	8	11	8	25	35	46	0.761	–11	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	6	6	33	24	3	5	13	18	39	51	63	0.810	–12	35
20	Crystal Palace	42	6	7	8	24	24	5	5	11	19	32	43	56	0.768	–13	34
21	Preston North End	42	7	8	6	24	23	2	6	13	16	39	40	62	0.645	–22	31	^{[nb 1]}
22	Swindon Town	42	6	7	8	22	27	1	4	16	14	45	36	72	0.500	–36	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division results

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Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1973–1974 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1973–1974

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1973–74
Champions	Oldham Athletic (1st title)
Promoted	Bristol Rovers, York City
Relegated	Cambridge United, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town, Southport
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,362 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Jennings (Watford), 26 ^[3]
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oldham Athletic	46	13	6	4	50	23	12	6	5	33	24	83	47	1.766	+36	62
2	Bristol Rovers	46	15	6	2	37	15	7	11	5	28	18	65	33	1.970	+32	61
3	York City	46	13	8	2	37	15	8	11	4	30	23	67	38	1.763	+29	61
4	Wrexham	46	15	6	2	44	15	7	6	10	19	28	63	43	1.465	+20	56
5	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	31	16	7	8	8	24	26	55	42	1.310	+13	56
6	Grimsby Town	46	14	6	3	48	21	4	9	10	19	29	67	50	1.340	+17	51
7	Watford	46	12	6	5	34	21	7	6	10	30	35	64	56	1.143	+8	50
8	Aldershot	46	13	6	4	47	22	6	5	12	18	30	65	52	1.250	+13	49
9	Halifax Town	46	9	11	3	23	15	5	10	8	25	36	48	51	0.941	–3	49
10	Huddersfield Town	46	14	5	4	37	16	3	8	12	19	39	56	55	1.018	+1	47
11	Bournemouth	46	11	5	7	25	23	5	10	8	29	35	54	58	0.931	–4	47
12	Southend United	46	10	7	6	40	30	6	7	10	22	32	62	62	1.000	±0	46
13	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	4	6	38	21	5	6	12	24	43	62	64	0.969	–2	46
14	Charlton Athletic	46	13	5	5	43	29	6	3	14	23	44	66	73	0.904	–7	46
15	Walsall	46	11	7	5	37	19	5	6	12	20	29	57	48	1.188	+9	45
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	31	15	5	7	11	19	29	50	44	1.136	+6	45
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	6	4	37	17	4	4	15	22	37	59	54	1.093	+5	44
18	Hereford United	46	10	5	8	31	25	4	10	9	22	32	53	57	0.930	–4	43
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	3	10	31	31	6	8	9	21	27	52	58	0.897	–4	43
20	Port Vale	46	12	6	5	37	23	2	8	13	15	35	52	58	0.897	–4	42
21	Cambridge United	46	11	7	5	36	27	2	2	19	12	54	48	81	0.593	–23	35
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	7	9	24	24	3	4	16	17	38	41	62	0.661	–21	31
23	Southport	46	4	14	5	19	20	2	2	19	16	62	35	82	0.427	–47	28
24	Rochdale	46	1	12	10	24	38	1	5	17	14	56	38	94	0.404	–56	21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division results

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Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1973–1974

Charlton Athletic

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1973–1974

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1973–74
Champions	Peterborough United (2nd title)
Promoted	Bury, Colchester United, Gillingham
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,362 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Yeo (Gillingham), 31 ^[3]
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Peterborough United	46	19	4	0	49	10	8	7	8	26	28	75	38	1.974	+37	65
2	Gillingham	46	16	5	2	51	16	9	7	7	39	33	90	49	1.837	+41	62
3	Colchester United	46	16	5	2	46	14	8	7	8	27	22	73	36	2.028	+37	60
4	Bury	46	18	3	2	51	14	6	8	9	30	35	81	49	1.653	+32	59
5	Northampton Town	46	14	7	2	39	14	6	6	11	24	34	63	48	1.313	+15	53
6	Reading	46	11	9	3	37	13	5	10	8	21	24	58	37	1.568	+21	51
7	Chester	46	13	6	4	31	19	4	9	10	23	36	54	55	0.982	–1	49
8	Bradford City	46	14	7	2	45	20	3	7	13	13	32	58	52	1.115	+6	48
9	Newport County	46	13	6	4	39	23	3	8	12	17	42	56	65	0.862	–9	45	^{[nb 1]}
10	Exeter City	45	12	5	6	37	20	6	3	13	21	35	58	55	1.055	+3	44	^{[nb 2]}
11	Hartlepool	46	11	4	8	29	16	5	8	10	19	31	48	47	1.021	+1	44
12	Lincoln City	46	10	8	5	40	30	6	4	13	23	37	63	67	0.940	–4	44
13	Barnsley	46	15	5	3	42	16	2	5	16	16	48	58	64	0.906	–6	44
14	Swansea City	46	11	6	6	28	15	5	5	13	17	31	45	46	0.978	–1	43
15	Rotherham United	46	10	9	4	33	22	5	4	14	23	36	56	58	0.966	–2	43
16	Torquay United	46	11	7	5	37	23	2	10	11	15	34	52	57	0.912	–5	43
17	Mansfield Town	46	13	8	2	47	24	0	9	14	15	45	62	69	0.899	–7	43
18	Scunthorpe United	45	12	7	3	33	17	2	5	16	14	47	47	64	0.734	–17	42	^{[nb 2]}
19	Brentford	46	9	7	7	31	20	3	9	11	17	30	48	50	0.960	–2	40
20	Darlington	46	9	8	6	29	24	4	5	14	11	38	40	62	0.645	–22	39
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	28	30	3	5	15	15	41	43	71	0.606	–28	38
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	7	6	32	22	2	4	17	15	58	47	80	0.588	–33	35
23	Workington	46	10	8	5	33	26	1	5	17	10	48	43	74	0.581	–31	35
24	Stockport County	46	4	12	7	22	25	3	8	12	22	44	44	69	0.638	–25	34

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Newport County had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
^ Scunthorpe United v. Exeter was never played; Exeter failed to turn up and Scunthorpe were awarded the points.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Fourth Division results

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Scunthorpe United v Exeter City was never played; Exeter failed to turn up and Scunthorpe were awarded two points.

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1973–1974

External links

Season 1973-74 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups

References

^ "England 1973–74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[4] Wolverhampton Wanderers were winners of this season's League Cup.

[5] Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

[6] Newport County had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

[7] Scunthorpe United v. Exeter was never played; Exeter failed to turn up and Scunthorpe were awarded the points.

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[Rothmans-2] Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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v t e 1973–74 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '73 '74 England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '73 '74 Spain Sweden '73 '74 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '73 '74 Finland '73 '74 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '73 '74 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '73 '74 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia '73 '74
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '73 '74

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

See also

External links

References