1973–74 Football League First Division

1973–74 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1973–74 Leeds United2nd English title SouthamptonManchester UnitedNorwich City European Cup Leeds United European Cup Winners' Cup Liverpool UEFA Cup Derby CountyIpswich TownStoke CityWolverhampton Wanderers Mick Channon(21 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Ipswich Town 7–0 Southampton(2 February 1974) Norwich City 0–4 Arsenal(15 September 1973) Derby County 6–2 Southampton(22 September 1973) 462 1107 1972–73 1974–75 Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1973–74 season. Overview Leeds United won the First Division title under the management of Don Revie for the second time in their history. The title was confirmed on 24 April, after title challengers Liverpool lost 1–0 at home to Arsenal. Relegation was increased from two teams to three this season. Norwich City were relegated on 20 April, 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 27 April, 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 main WDL World Football LEE, LIV, DER, IPS, STK, BUR, EVE, QPR, LEI, ARS, TOT, WOL, SHU, MCI, NEW, COV, CHE, WHU, BIR, SOU, MUN, NOR EC1R CWC1R UC1R UC1R UC1R UC1RFLC REL REL REL complete 14 14 14 49 51 12 13 17 52 64 16 14 12 56 53 12 13 17 56 60 14 10 18 43 54 17 14 11 52 42 16 12 14 50 48 18 11 13 67 58 24 14 4 66 31 13 16 13 51 41 22 13 7 52 31 14 12 16 39 46 10 12 20 38 48 13 12 17 49 48 7 15 20 37 62 13 17 12 56 52 14 12 16 44 49 11 14 17 47 68 15 16 11 54 42 14 14 14 45 50 11 15 16 55 60 13 15 14 49 49 C R R R 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 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 Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1973-74 FA Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Wolverhampton Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1973-74 Football League Cup winners. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BIR BUR CHE COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NWC 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Everton ENG Tom Eggleston End of caretaker spell 28 May 1973 Pre-season NIR Billy Bingham 1 June 1974 Derby County ENG Brian Clough SackedClough and assistant manager Peter Taylor submitted their resignations, without actually intending to leave the club, in protest of chairman Sam Longson's transfer policies. Longson nonetheless accepted the resignations, effectively dismissing them. 15 October 1973 3rd SCO Dave Mackay 22 October 1973 Manchester City ENG Johnny Hart Illness 23 October 1973 10th ENG Ron Saunders 22 November 1973 Southampton ENG Ted Bates Became general manager 17 November 1973 8th ENG Lawrie McMenemy 22 November 1973 Norwich City ENG Ron Saunders Signed by Manchester City 22 November 1973 20th ENG John Bond 27 November 1973 Sheffield United SCO John Harris Retired 5 December 1973 14th ENG Ken Furphy 7 December 1973 Manchester City ENG Ron Saunders Sacked 12 April 1974 16th ENG Tony Book 12 April 1974 Team locations England left 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1973–1974 teams England 51.56 -0.10 left England 52.48 -1.89 left England 53.79 -2.25 left England 51.50 -0.19 left England 52.41 -1.51 left England 52.92 -1.476 left England 53.47 -2.97 left England 52.06 1.14 left England 53.78 -1.57 left England 52.62 -1.14 left England 53.53 -2.99 left England 53.47 -2.18 left England 53.47 -2.30 left England 54.98 -1.62 left England 52.63 1.30 left England 51.54 -0.26 left England 53.37 -1.47 left England 50.91 -1.39 left England 53.00 -2.18 left England 51.63 -0.063 left England 51.54 0.040 left England 52.59 -2.13 left Arsenal Birmingham Burnley Chelsea Coventry Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Norwich City QPR Sheffield United Southampton Stoke Tottenham West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1973–1974 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 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ENG Mick Channon Southampton 21 2ENG Frank Worthington Leicester City 20 3ENG Kevin Hector Derby County 19 =ENG Stan Bowles Queens Park Rangers 19 5ENG Bob Latchford Birmingham City / Everton 17 =ENG Martin Chivers Tottenham Hotspur 17 =ENG Alan Woodward Sheffield United 17 8NIR Bryan Hamilton Ipswich Town 16 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1973–74 Football League Category:1973–74 in English football leagues lt:Anglijos futbolo varžybos 1973–1974 m. hu:1973–1974-es angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) ru:Футбольная лига Англии 1973-1974