1974–75 Football League

76th season of the Football League The Football League 1974–75 Derby County 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 season was the 76th completed season of The Football League. Dave Mackay guided Derby County to their second league title in four years having overcome strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in a title race which went right to the wire. There was disappointment at Bramall Lane after Sheffield United's title challenge ended in failure without even a UEFA Cup place, but this would be as good as it got for the Blades as a sharp decline soon set in and within a few seasons had pushed them into the Fourth Division. Carlisle United, in the First Division for the first time, topped the league three games into the season but were unable to maintain their good start and were eventually relegated in bottom place. Joining the Cumbrians in the drop zone were Luton Town and Chelsea. Brian Clough was named as Don Revie's successor at Leeds United but was dismissed after just 44 days in charge. He was replaced by Jimmy Armfield. Manchester United's directors kept faith in Tommy Docherty after their relegation to the Second Division, and he rewarded them with the Second Division championship to return immediately to the top flight. They were joined by Aston Villa (who also won the League Cup) and Norwich City. Docherty had built a new-look team containing players such as Jim Holton, Stuart Pearson and Brian Greenhoff. Meanwhile, FIFA finally lifted George Best's worldwide ban from football;1979-03-29 Ban on Best Is Lifted https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/29/archives/ban-on-best-is-lifted-hes-free-to-join-strikers.html The New York Times 14 en-US 0362-4331 however, Docherty was not prepared to give him another chance at Old Trafford and he joined Stockport County on a free transfer. Millwall, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday were the three unlucky clubs who were unable to escape the Second Division drop zone. In the space of a few years, Sheffield Wednesday had slumped to the Third Division having previously been a strong First Division side. Blackburn Rovers, Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic occupied the three promotion places in the Third Division. Going down were AFC Bournemouth, Tranmere Rovers, Watford and Huddersfield Town. This meant that Huddersfield would be playing Fourth Division football for the first time in their history, the first former English champions so to do. Watford, meanwhile, were enduring their last unsuccessful season for many years to come. Mansfield Town, Shrewsbury Town, Rotherham United and Chester occupied the four promotion places in the Fourth Division. Chester had finally managed promotion after 44 years of league membership, narrowly edging out Lincoln City on goal average. Scunthorpe United, who had narrowly missed out on top-division football during the 1960s, found themselves bottom of the league but retained their league status after being re-elected along with the three clubs placed above them. Final league tables and results The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1974-75.html England 1974–75 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125234218/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1974-75.html 25 January 2010 live and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election. First Division First Division 1974–75 Derby County2nd English title Luton TownChelseaCarlisle United European Cup Derby County European Cup Winners' Cup West Ham United UEFA Cup LiverpoolIpswich TownEverton Malcolm Macdonald(21 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 31 October 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 Chelsea(15 March 1975) Luton Town 1–4 Ipswich Town(14 September 1974)Newcastle United 2–5 Tottenham Hotspur(11 January 1975)Burnley 2–5 Derby County(31 March 1975)Birmingham City 1–4 Luton Town(19 April 1975)0–3: 7 matches Ipswich Town 5–4 Newcastle United(15 March 1975) 462 1213 1973–74 1975–76 A tight title race saw just five points separating the top seven sides, with Derby County finally winning the title in their first full season under the management of Dave Mackay. Liverpool finished runners-up under Bob Paisley, who had succeeded the legendary Bill Shankly at the start of the season. Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Sheffield United and newly promoted Middlesbrough completed the top seven. Despite the close nature of the final table; most pundits had dubbed Everton Champions elect going into the closing stages. The Merseysiders had lost just four games all season, topped the table and appeared to have a relatively trouble-free run-in mostly against teams in the bottom half of the table. The pressure of the title being theirs to lose appeared to get to the Toffeemen who inexplicably lost four of their last nine games, three of which, against Luton, Carlisle, who would ultimately be relegated, and Sheffield United in a game they had led 2-0 in at half time, ultimately costing them the title.Roberts Mark 22 May 2012 A strange season: 1974-75| ToffeeWeb | Fan Articles http://toffeeweb.com/season/11-12/comment/fan/21485.html toffeeweb.com Liverpool also came within a hair's breadth of the title, with a 1-0 loss at Middlesbrough in the penultimate game of the season proving their undoing.Liverpool football club match record: 1975 https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/matches/season/1975/ 11v11.com 15 December 2017 Leeds United began life without Don Revie in disastrous fashion, with Brian Clough being sacked after 44 days in charge, having won just one league game. His successor Jimmy Armfield dragged them up to ninth place in the final table and also took them to their first European Cup final, but they were on the losing side and a riot by their fans saw them banned from European competitions for three years. Arsenal finished a disappointing 16th in the league, one of their lowest finishes in more than half a century of unbroken First Division membership. Their North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur finished just one place and one point above the relegation zone. Luton Town's First Division comeback ended in relegation after just one season, while financial problems contributed to Chelsea's relegation and the end of their 12-year run in the First Division. Carlisle United had an incredible start to their first season in the First Division, topping the league after winning their first three games, but were eventually relegated in bottom place. main WDL World Football First Division DER, LIV, IPS, EVE, STK, SHU, MID, MCI, LEE, BUR, QPR, WOL, WHU, COV, NEW, ARS, BIR, LEI, TOT, LUT, CHE, CLU EC1R UC1R UC1R UC1R CWC1R REL REL REL complete 13 11 18 47 49 14 9 19 53 61 17 11 14 68 67 12 5 25 43 59 9 15 18 42 72 12 15 15 51 62 21 11 10 67 49 16 18 8 56 42 23 5 14 66 44 16 13 13 57 49 12 12 18 46 60 20 11 11 60 39 11 11 20 47 65 18 10 14 54 54 18 12 12 54 40 15 9 18 59 72 16 10 16 54 54 18 13 11 58 51 17 15 10 64 48 13 8 21 52 63 13 13 16 58 59 14 11 17 57 54 C R R R 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 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1974-75 FA Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BIR BUR CRL CHE COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV LUT MCI MID NEW QPR SHU STK TOT WHU WOL 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1974–1975 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Birmingham Burnley Carlisle United Chelsea Coventry Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Middlesbrough Manchester City Newcastle QPR Sheffield United Stoke Tottenham West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1974–75 Manchester United Manchester UnitedAston VillaNorwich City MillwallCardiff CitySheffield Wednesday UEFA Cup Aston Villa Brian Little(20 goals) Aston Villa 6–0 Hull City(26 April 1975) Oxford United 0–4 Southampton(25 September 1974)Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Aston Villa(23 April 1975) Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Manchester United(7 December 1974) 462 1036 1973–74 1975–76 Tommy Docherty responded to the loyalty of the Manchester United directors who kept faith in him after their first relegation in nearly 40 years by delivering an return to the First Division, as his young side were crowned champions of the Second Division. Aston Villa ended their eight-year absence from the top flight by finishing runners-up, being divisional top scorers and also lifting the League Cup, in the final of which they beat Norwich City, who finished third in the league and so clinched the final promotion place. Sunderland and Bristol City just missed out on promotion, while ninth placed Fulham partly compensated for a lack of a serious promotion challenge by reaching their first ever FA Cup final, although they lost to West Ham United. Nottingham Forest looked to build for a better future and end their spell of Second Division struggle by appointing Brian Clough as manager in January. Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history after a terrible season in which they managed only five league wins. They finished 14 points adrift of safety and went down along with Millwall and Cardiff City. main WDL Second Division MUN, AVL, NOR, SUN, BRC, WBA, BLP, HUL, FUL, BOL, OXF, ORI, SOU, NTC, YOR, NFO, POR, OLD, BRV, MIL, CAR, SHW PRO PROUC PRO REL REL REL complete 25 8 9 79 32 14 17 11 38 33 15 12 15 45 41 21 8 13 47 33 12 11 19 42 64 9 14 19 36 62 13 16 13 44 39 15 14 13 40 53 26 9 7 66 30 10 12 20 44 56 20 13 9 58 37 12 14 16 43 55 12 16 14 49 59 10 15 17 40 48 11 20 11 28 39 15 12 15 41 51 12 13 17 44 54 5 11 26 29 64 15 11 16 53 54 19 13 10 65 35 18 9 15 54 42 14 10 18 51 55 C, P P P R R R Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Fulham Hull City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division green1 UEFA Cup first round and promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1974–75 Football League Cup winners. Results main FBR grey AST BLP BOL BRI BRR CAR FUL HUL MUN MIL NWC NOT NTC OLD ORI OXF POR SHW SOU SUN WBA YOR Aston Villa 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 Blackpool 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 0–0 0–2 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 Bristol City 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 Bristol Rovers 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 Cardiff City 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 Fulham 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 Hull City 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 Manchester United 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 Millwall 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–4 2–2 1–3 Norwich City 1–4 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 Nottingham Forest 2–3 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 Notts County 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 Oldham Athletic 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–4 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 Orient 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 Oxford United 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–1 Portsmouth 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–4 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 Southampton 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 Sunderland 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 York City 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1974–1975 Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Fulham Orient Millwall England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1974–1975 teams England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Fulham Hull Orient Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Oxford Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City Third Division Third Division 1974–75 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn RoversPlymouth ArgyleCharlton Athletic BournemouthTranmere RoversWatfordHuddersfield Town Cup Winners' Cup Wrexham Dixie McNeil(31 goals) 552 1427 1973–74 1975–76 main WDL Third Division BLA, PLY, CHA, SWI, CRY, PVL, PET, WAL, PNE, GIL, COL, HER, WRE, BRY, CHF, GRI, HAL, SND, BHA, ALD, BOU, TRA, WAT, HUD PRO PRO PRO CWC1R REL REL REL REL complete 14 11 21 53 63 22 16 8 68 45 13 12 21 44 58 16 10 20 56 64 16 12 18 53 50 22 11 13 76 61 16 12 18 62 66 17 13 16 70 63 18 15 13 66 57 17 14 15 65 60 15 13 18 55 64 13 17 16 49 65 16 14 16 64 66 11 10 25 47 76 19 12 15 47 53 24 11 11 79 58 18 15 13 61 54 19 11 16 63 56 13 16 17 46 51 21 11 14 64 58 14 9 23 55 57 18 13 15 67 52 10 17 19 52 75 15 15 16 65 55 C, P P P R R R R Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Southend United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the Second Division yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division Results main FBR grey BOU ALD BLB B&HA BRY CHA CHF COL CRY GIL GRI HAL HER HUD PET PLY PTV PNE STD SWI TRA WAL WAT WRE AFC Bournemouth 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–7 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 Aldershot 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 Bury 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 Charlton Athletic 3–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–3 3–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 Chesterfield 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 4–4 3–1 Colchester United 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 Crystal Palace 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 6–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 Gillingham 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 Grimsby Town 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 Halifax Town 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 Hereford United 2–0 6–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–5 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 Huddersfield Town 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 Peterborough United 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 Port Vale 3–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 Preston North End 3–1 0–0 5–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 Southend United 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 Swindon Town 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 6–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 Walsall 3–0 1–3 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 5–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 Watford 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 Wrexham 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 5–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1974–1975 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Charlton Athletic Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1974–1975 England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 53.03 -2.98 right AFC Bournemouth Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Bury Charlton Chesterfield Colchester Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Peterborough Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Southend Swindon Tranmere Walsall Watford Wrexham Fourth Division Fourth Division 1974–75 Mansfield Town (1st title) Promoted ChesterRotherham UnitedShrewsbury Town Failed re-election None New club in the league Ray Clarke (Mansfield Town) (28 goals) 552 1407 1973–74 1975–76 main WDL Fourth Division PR 5 y 2 MAN Mansfield Town SHR Shrewsbury Town ROT Rotherham United CHE Chester LIN Lincoln City CAM Cambridge United REA Reading BRE Brentford EXE Exeter City BRA Bradford City SOU Southport NPC Newport County HAR Hartlepool TOR Torquay United BAR Barnsley NOR Northampton Town DON Doncaster Rovers CRE Crewe Alexandra ROC Rochdale STP Stockport County DAR Darlington SWA Swansea City WRK Workington SCU Scunthorpe United 28 12 6 90 40 26 10 10 80 43 22 15 9 71 41 23 11 12 64 38 21 15 10 79 48 20 14 12 62 44 21 10 15 63 47 18 13 15 53 45 19 11 16 60 63 17 13 16 56 51 15 17 14 56 56 19 9 18 68 75 16 11 19 52 62 14 14 18 46 61 15 11 20 62 65 15 11 20 67 73 14 12 20 65 79 11 18 17 34 47 13 13 20 59 75 12 14 20 43 70 13 10 23 54 67 15 6 25 46 73 10 11 25 36 66 7 15 24 41 78 CP P P P green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAR BRA BRE CAM CHE CRE DAR DON EXE HAR LIN MAN NPC NOR REA ROC ROT SCU SHR SOU STP SWA TOR WRK Barnsley 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 5–1 2–0 5–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 Bradford City 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 Brentford 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–4 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 Cambridge United 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 1–1 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 Chester 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 Darlington 0–0 0–3 2–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 3–3 3–0 2–2 4–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 Exeter City 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 Hartlepool 4–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 Lincoln City 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 5–0 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 Mansfield Town 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 5–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 7–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 Newport County 3–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–1 3–1 Northampton Town 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 Reading 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–0 Rochdale 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 Rotherham United 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 Scunthorpe United 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 7–4 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 Southport 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 Stockport County 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 Swansea City 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–2 1–0 1–4 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 Torquay United 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 Workington 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1974–1975 51.486 -0.31 right Brentford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1974–1975 England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 54.64 -3.55 right Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Cambridge Utd Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Exeter City Hartlepool Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Rotherham Scunthorpe & Lindsey Shrewsbury Southport Stockport Swansea City Torquay Workington Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1975.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 18, 2026 Division One No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Liverpool FC 45,966 55,853 35,151 2 Everton FC 40,021 57,190 31,882 3 Leeds United FC 34,822 50,084 25,832 4 Newcastle United FC 34,614 43,526 21,895 5 Manchester City FC 32,898 45,194 24,047 6 Birmingham City FC 30,854 36,513 24,240 7 West Ham United FC 29,872 40,256 20,977 8 Middlesbrough FC 28,605 39,500 21,478 9 Arsenal FC 28,315 43,762 16,540 10 Chelsea FC 27,396 39,461 11,048 11 Stoke City FC 27,339 46,023 20,526 12 Derby County FC 26,719 36,882 21,197 13 Tottenham Hotspur FC 26,458 50,998 12,813 14 Ipswich Town FC 24,924 31,642 20,193 15 Leicester City FC 23,765 38,143 16,636 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 23,405 34,875 15,187 17 Sheffield United FC 22,555 38,442 14,694 18 Queens Park Rangers FC 20,394 28,357 13,244 19 Burnley FC 19,641 32,111 14,644 20 Coventry City FC 19,100 25,460 15,217 21 Luton Town FC 17,396 23,096 10,464 22 Carlisle United FC 14,530 20,844 8,339 Division Two No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Manchester United 48,389 60,585 40,671 2 Sunderland AFC 29,931 45,976 24,000 3 Aston Villa FC 27,653 57,266 15,840 4 Norwich City FC 22,460 35,943 16,981 5 Southampton FC 15,910 21,866 11,491 6 Bristol City FC 14,061 28,953 9,300 7 Bolton Wanderers FC 13,800 38,152 8,199 8 Sheffield Wednesday FC 13,453 35,230 7,585 9 Nottingham Forest FC 13,000 25,013 7,957 10 Oldham Athletic FC 12,492 26,356 9,240 11 Portsmouth FC 12,474 25,608 7,412 12 West Bromwich Albion FC 12,424 29,614 7,812 13 Bristol Rovers FC 12,222 20,911 8,667 14 Notts County FC 10,927 20,303 7,227 15 Fulham FC 10,809 26,513 5,739 16 Blackpool FC 10,112 25,370 4,922 17 Cardiff City FC 9,143 22,344 5,648 18 York City FC 8,954 15,314 6,321 19 Millwall FC 8,583 17,540 4,963 20 Hull City AFC 8,573 23,287 5,203 21 Oxford United FC 8,261 15,959 5,772 22 Leyton Orient FC 7,605 17,772 4,352 Division Three No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Crystal Palace FC 17,274 24,271 12,835 2 Plymouth Argyle FC 14,060 28,744 5,175 3 Blackburn Rovers FC 12,651 24,007 5,858 4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 11,751 26,123 8,172 5 Charlton Athletic FC 10,444 26,104 4,527 6 Preston North End FC 9,568 18,042 5,819 7 Peterborough United FC 8,446 13,172 4,580 8 Swindon Town FC 8,280 12,094 5,130 9 Gillingham FC 7,331 14,565 4,824 10 Hereford United FC 7,230 11,488 4,807 11 Southend United FC 6,655 17,648 4,466 12 Watford FC 6,460 11,635 3,941 13 Walsall FC 6,268 10,251 2,927 14 AFC Bournemouth 5,988 10,307 4,116 15 Grimsby Town FC 5,962 9,250 4,501 16 Bury FC 5,527 11,963 3,428 17 Huddersfield Town AFC 5,428 8,122 2,455 18 Colchester United FC 4,937 7,790 3,202 19 Chesterfield FC 4,615 8,692 3,257 20 Aldershot Town FC 4,385 8,790 2,464 21 Wrexham AFC 4,376 8,226 2,463 22 Port Vale FC 4,346 9,135 2,704 23 Tranmere Rovers 2,803 6,534 1,264 24 Halifax Town AFC 2,681 8,689 1,241 Division Four No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Mansfield Town FC 7,204 14,392 3,109 2 Lincoln City FC 5,795 13,108 2,461 3 Rotherham United FC 5,488 11,669 2,738 4 Reading FC 5,386 9,787 3,855 5 Brentford FC 5,172 6,485 3,983 6 Chester City FC 4,745 8,583 2,625 7 Barnsley FC 4,646 7,810 2,666 8 Northampton Town FC 4,179 7,275 2,482 9 Shrewsbury Town FC 4,125 8,913 2,880 10 Exeter City FC 3,435 7,271 2,271 11 Bradford City AFC 3,191 4,970 1,697 12 Cambridge United FC 3,021 4,159 1,858 13 Doncaster Rovers FC 2,975 7,278 1,286 14 Torquay United FC 2,868 5,570 1,822 15 Newport County AFC 2,674 4,165 1,535 16 Crewe Alexandra FC 2,649 5,118 1,506 17 Hartlepool United FC 2,634 5,178 1,627 18 Scunthorpe United FC 2,239 6,044 1,440 19 Darlington FC 2,233 3,974 1,582 20 Stockport County FC 2,099 2,721 1,500 21 Swansea City AFC 2,070 3,501 1,428 22 Southport FC 1,737 2,657 924 23 Rochdale AFC 1,507 2,317 1,033 24 Workington AFC 1,481 2,113 1,102 See also 1974–75 in English football References 1974–75 League