1974–75 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County (2nd English title)
Relegated	Carlisle United Chelsea Luton Town
European Cup 1975–76	Derby County
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76	West Ham United (2nd FA Cup title) Wrexham (3rd Div)
UEFA Cup 1975–76	Aston Villa (2nd Div) Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle United), 21 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton – Chelsea 7–1 (15 Mar 1974)
Biggest away win	Burnley – Derby 2–5 (31 Mar 19775) Newcastle – Tottenham 2–5 (11 Jan 1975) Birmingham – Luton 0–4 (19 Apr 1975) Luton – Ipswich 0–4 (14 Sep 1974) 0–3: 7 matches
Highest scoring	Ipswich – Newcastle 5–4 (15 Mar 1975)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1974-75 season.

Overview

Derby County won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history that season. They made sure of it on April 19, with a 0-0 draw at Leicester City and the fact that their title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough. Carlisle United were relegated on April 19, despite winning 1-0 at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur sent the Cumbrians down. Chelsea were relegated after they only drew 1-1 at home against Everton where they had to better Luton Town's result but Luton also drew 1-1 at home, against Manchester City. Luton Town went down on April 28, after Tottenham beat Leeds United 4-2 at White Hart Lane.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	42	14	4	3	41	18	7	7	7	26	31	67	49	1.367	+ 18	53
2	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	44	17	6	6	9	16	22	60	39	1.538	+ 21	51
3	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	47	14	6	3	12	19	30	66	44	1.500	+ 22	51
4	Everton	42	10	9	2	33	19	6	9	6	23	23	56	42	1.333	+ 14	50
5	Stoke City	42	12	7	2	40	18	5	8	8	24	30	64	48	1.333	+ 16	49
6	Sheffield United	42	12	7	2	35	20	6	6	9	23	31	58	51	1.137	+ 7	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	11	7	3	33	14	7	5	9	21	26	54	40	1.350	+ 14	48
8	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	40	15	2	7	12	14	39	54	54	1.000	± 0	46
9	Leeds United	42	10	8	3	34	20	6	5	10	23	29	57	49	1.163	+ 8	45
10	Burnley	42	11	6	4	40	29	6	5	10	28	38	68	67	1.015	+ 1	45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	25	17	6	6	9	29	37	54	54	1.000	± 0	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	43	21	2	6	13	14	33	57	54	1.056	+ 3	39
13	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	38	22	3	7	11	20	37	58	59	0.983	– 1	39
14	Coventry City	42	8	9	4	31	27	4	6	11	20	35	51	62	0.823	– 11	39
15	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	39	23	3	5	13	20	49	59	72	0.819	– 13	39
16	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	31	16	3	5	13	16	33	47	49	0.959	– 2	37
17	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	34	28	4	5	12	19	33	53	61	0.869	– 8	37
18	Leicester City	42	8	7	6	25	17	4	5	12	21	43	46	60	0.767	– 14	36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	8	4	9	29	27	5	4	12	23	36	52	63	0.825	– 11	34
20	Luton Town	42	8	6	7	27	26	3	5	13	20	39	47	65	0.723	– 18	33
21	Chelsea	42	4	9	8	22	31	5	6	10	20	41	42	72	0.583	– 30	33
22	Carlisle United	42	8	2	11	22	21	4	3	14	21	38	43	59	0.729	– 16	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 1975–76
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Birmingham City !BIR	Burnley !BUR	Carlisle United !CRL	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0
Birmingham !Birmingham	3–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	3–4	3–1	1–4	4–0	0–3	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1
Burnley !Burnley	3–3	2–2		2–1	1–2	3–0	2–5	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–5	1–2
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	2–1	1–0	4–2		1–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–2		3–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–3		1–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Derby County !Derby County	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	4–1	1–1		0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	5–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0
Everton !Everton	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	5–4	2–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1		2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–2
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	5–2	1–0	2–1		2–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	5–2	1–1	2–0
Luton Town !Luton Town	2–0	1–3	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–0	1–2		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	5–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	5–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		2–2	2–2	2–2	2–5	2–0	0–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	3–2	1–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	0–2	0–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–2		2–2	2–1	2–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–3	0–2		2–1	3–0
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	6–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–1		5–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	0–1	4–2	2–0	7–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–1

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1974–1975

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	21
2	Brian Kidd	Arsenal	19
3	Frank Worthington	Leicester City	18
4	Kenny Hibbitt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17
5	Bob Latchford	Everton	16
=	Don Givens	Queens Park Rangers	16
=	Leighton James	Burnley	16
=	Alan Foggon	Middlesbrough	16

References

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

RSSSF

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