1973–74 Football League 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)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1973-74 season.

Overview

Leeds United won the First Division title for the second time in their history. Leeds United's second First Division title was confirmed on April 24, after title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal. Norwich City were relegated on April 20, despite beating Burnley 1-0 at Carrow Road, Southampton's 1-1 draw with Manchester United sent the Canaries down. Manchester United went down on April 27, after losing 1-0 at home to their fierce rivals Manchester City and Birmingham City's result going against them with a 2-1 win against relegated Norwich City at St Andrew's. Southampton were also relegated because of Birmingham City's result despite winning 3-0 at Everton.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	12	8	1	38	18	12	6	3	28	13	66	31	2.129	+ 35	62
2	Liverpool	42	18	2	1	34	11	4	11	6	18	20	52	31	1.677	+ 21	57
3	Derby County	42	13	7	1	40	16	4	7	10	12	26	52	42	1.238	+ 10	48
4	Ipswich Town	42	10	7	4	38	21	8	4	9	29	37	67	58	1.155	+ 9	47
5	Stoke City	42	13	6	2	39	15	2	10	9	15	27	54	42	1.286	+ 12	46
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
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

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 ╲ Away^[1]	ARS	BIR	BUR	CHE	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOR	QPR	SHU	SOU	STK	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.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team locations

Locations of the Football League First Division 1973–1974 teams

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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mick Channon	Southampton	21
2	Frank Worthington	Leicester City	20
3	Kevin Hector	Derby County	19
=	Stan Bowles	Queens Park Rangers	19
4	Bob Latchford	Birmingham City / Everton	17
=	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	17
=	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	17
5	Bryan Hamilton	Ipswich Town	16

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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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

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