1973–74 Football League

1 Overview
2 Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]
3 First Division
4 First Division Results
5 Second Division
6 Second Division Results
7 Third Division
8 Third Division Results
9 Fourth Division
10 Fourth Division Results
11 See also
12 References

Overview

The 1973–1974 season was the 74th completed season of The Football League.

First Division

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 surprisingly 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 in the last game of the season — ironically, 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.

Second 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.

Third Division

Promotion 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.

Fourth Division

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^[1] ^[2]

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.

Note: 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]

^ ^a ^b "England 1973–74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1973-74.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

First Division

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	1107 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mick Channon (Southampton), 21 ^[1]
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)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1973–1974 teams

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

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

Home \ Away¹	ARS	BIR	BUR	CHE	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	NEW	NOR	QPR	SHE	SOT	STO	TOT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–2
Birmingham City	3–1		2–2	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1
Burnley	2–1	2–1		1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
Chelsea	1–3	3–1	3–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	2–2
Coventry City	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Derby County	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–1	6–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Everton	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Ipswich Town	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0		0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	7–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0
Leeds United	3–1	3–0	1–4	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–2		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1
Leicester City	2–0	3–3	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–2		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Liverpool	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–1		4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0
Manchester City	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Manchester United	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	2–3	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0
Newcastle United	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2		0–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0
Norwich City	0–4	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–4	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–2		0–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–0	0–0
Sheffield United	5–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		4–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0
Southampton	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Stoke City	0–0	5–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	4–1		1–0	2–0	2–3
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	4–2	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1		2–0	1–3
West Ham United	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	0–0	4–3	3–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	0–2	0–1		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

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	1106 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duncan McKenzie (Nottingham Forest), 26 ^[1]
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)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1973–1974 teams

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

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	97	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

Home \ Away¹	AST	BLP	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CPA	FUL	HUL	LUT	MID	MIL	NOT	NTC	ORI	OXF	POR	PRE	SHW	SUN	SWI	WBA
Aston Villa		0–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Blackpool	2–1		0–2	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Bristol City	0–1	0–1	1–0		3–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Cardiff City	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–1
Carlisle United	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	5–1	0–1
Crystal Palace	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–3	0–1		0–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–0
Fulham	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–3		0–0	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	4–1	0–0
Hull City	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0		1–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0
Luton Town	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–3	4–2	2–1	3–4	2–1	0–2
Middlesbrough	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	8–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Millwall	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0
Nottingham Forest	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	5–1	3–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–4
Notts County	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	3–3	0–1		2–4	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–5	1–4	2–0	1–0
Orient	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
Oxford United	2–1	2–2	0–2	5–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1		3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Portsmouth	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Preston North End	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–4	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–0		0–1	2–1	3–1
Sunderland	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1		4–1	1–1
Swindon Town	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–4	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–2		1–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–4	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0

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	1362 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Jennings (Watford), 26 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1973–1974

Charlton Athletic

Watford

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

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

Home \ Away¹	ALD	BLB	BOU	B&H	BRO	CAM	CHA	CHS	GRI	HAL	HER	HUD	OLD	PLY	PVA	ROC	SHR	STD	SOU	TRA	WAL	WAT	WRE	YOR
Aldershot		4–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	6–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–2	3–3	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	2–2
Blackburn Rovers	1–2		4–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–2	4–0
Bournemouth	3–0	1–2		0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	3–0	0–2		2–8	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0
Bristol Rovers	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
Cambridge United	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	4–2	3–3	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–0
Charlton Athletic	2–0	4–3	0–0	0–4	1–1	2–0		3–3	2–1	5–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–4
Chesterfield	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–2
Grimsby Town	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1		4–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
Halifax Town	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–1
Hereford United	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–1		0–1	3–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Huddersfield Town	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0		2–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Oldham Athletic	2–0	2–3	4–2	0–1	1–1	6–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	6–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	6–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1
Plymouth Argyle	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2
Port Vale	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–2	3–0	2–1		3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2
Rochdale	2–2	1–2	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1		3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–3
Shrewsbury Town	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–2	2–0	1–3	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–2
Southend	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–2	2–1	5–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	3–3
Southport	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1
Tranmere	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Walsall	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1		2–2	3–0	0–0
Watford	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–2	1–3		2–0	1–1
Wrexham	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	5–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	5–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–0
York City	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0

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	1362 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Yeo (Gillingham), 31 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1973–1974

Brentford

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

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 1]}
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

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BRA	BRE	BRY	CHR	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	GIL	HAR	LIN	MAN	NPC	NOR	PET	REA	ROT	SCU	STP	SWA	TOR	WRK
Barnsley		2–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
Bradford City	3–0		1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–2
Brentford	5–1	2–0		1–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Bury	2–0	3–0	3–0		3–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1
Chester	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1		0–4	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–4	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Colchester United	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		3–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	4–0	2–5	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–8	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–0
Darlington	4–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–2
Exeter City	6–1	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2		2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–1
Gillingham	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	5–1	2–1		3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	7–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0
Hartlepool United	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–1		0–2	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Lincoln City	1–1	0–1	3–2	4–3	2–2	0–1	4–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–3	0–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0
Mansfield Town	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–2	2–0	4–3		2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Newport County	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	4–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–0		3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–0
Northampton Town	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Peterborough United	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0		2–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0
Reading	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0
Rotherham United	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1
Scunthorpe United	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	5–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	3–0		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Stockport County	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1		0–1	2–1	1–1
Swansea City	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	1–2	3–0		0–1	1–0
Torquay United	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–1		3–0
Workington	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	5–2	3–1	3–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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

The Football League seasons

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1973–74 in English football

« 1972–73 1974–75 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup · UEFA Cup (Final) · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Alf Ramsey • Home Championship • 1974 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Birmingham City · Burnley · Chelsea · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Queens Park Rangers · Sheffield United · Southampton · Stoke City · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol City · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Crystal Palace · Fulham · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Notts County · Oxford United · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Sheffield Wednesday · Sunderland · Swindon Town · West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot · Blackburn Rovers · Bournemouth · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Cambridge United · Charlton Athletic · Chesterfield · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Hereford United · Huddersfield Town · Oldham Athletic · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Rochdale · Shrewsbury Town · Southend United · Southport · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Watford · Wrexham · York City

Fourth Division	Barnsley · Bradford City · Brentford · Bury · Chester · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Lincoln City · Mansfield Town · Newport County · Northampton Town · Peterborough United · Reading · Rotherham United · Scunthorpe United · Stockport County · Swansea City · Torquay United · Workington

1973–74 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '73 '74 · England · Estonia '73 '74 · Faroe Islands '73 '74 · Finland '73 '74 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '73 '74 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '73 '74 · Lithuania '73 '74 · 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 '73 '74 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

1973–74 Football League

Contents

Overview

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Final league tables and results[1] [2]

First Division

First Division Results

Second Division

Second Division Results

Third Division

Third Division Results

Fourth Division

Fourth Division Results

See also

References

Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]