1974–75 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Manchester United 1974–75 Louis Edwards Tommy Docherty Second Division 1st (promoted) FA Cup Third Round League Cup Semi-finals Stuart Pearson (17) Lou Macari (18)Stuart Pearson (18) 60,585 vs Sunderland (30 November 1974) 21,616 vs Charlton Athletic (11 September 1974) 47,781 _whiteborder _white_collar _whiteborder _redtopwhitestripe E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 _borderred _collar_red _borderred FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _whiteborder _white_collar _whiteborder 0000C0 0000C0 0000C0 0000C0 0000C0 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 season was Manchester United's 73rd season in the Football League,http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1975.html Manchester United Season 1974/75 21 December 2011 StretfordEnd.co.uk and their first as a Second Division team since 1937–38, following relegation from the First Division at the end of the previous season. The board of directors had kept faith in manager Tommy Docherty despite United's relegation, and he delivered an instant return to the First Division by guiding United to the Second Division title.Managers – Tommy Docherty http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-managers/tommy-docherty.html AboutManUtd.com About ManUtd 9 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108012817/http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-managers/tommy-docherty.html 8 November 2011 dead dmy-all Despite being a second division side, their average home attendance of 47,781 was still the highest in the country that season. To date, this is the last United season spent outside of English football's top flight. Second Division 1974–75 Football League#Second Division DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance17 August 1974OrientA2–0Morgan, Houston17,77224 August 1974MillwallH4–0Daly (3; 2 pen.), Pearson44,75628 August 1974PortsmouthH2–1Daly (pen.), McIlroy42,54731 August 1974Cardiff CityA1–0Daly (pen.)22,3447 September 1974Nottingham ForestH2–2Greenhoff, McIlroy40,67114 September 1974West Bromwich AlbionA1–1Pearson28,66616 September 1974MillwallA1–0Daly (pen.)16,98821 September 1974Bristol RoversH2–0Greenhoff, Prince (o.g.)42,94825 September 1974Bolton WanderersH3–0Macari, Houston, McAllister (o.g.)47,08428 September 1974Norwich CityA0–224,5865 October 1974FulhamA2–1Pearson (2)25,51312 October 1974Notts CountyH1–0McIlroy46,56515 October 1974PortsmouthA0–025,60819 October 1974BlackpoolA3–0Forsyth, Macari, McCalliog25,37026 October 1974SouthamptonH1–0Pearson48,7242 November 1974Oxford UnitedH4–0Pearson (3), Macari41,9099 November 1974Bristol CityA0–128,10416 November 1974Aston VillaH2–1Daly (2; 1 pen.)55,61523 November 1974Hull CityA0–223,28730 November 1974SunderlandH3–2Pearson, Morgan, McIlroy60,5857 December 1974Sheffield WednesdayA4–4Houston, Macari (2), Pearson35,23014 December 1974OrientH0–041,20021 December 1974York CityA1–0Pearson15,31426 December 1974West Bromwich AlbionH2–1McIlroy, Daly (pen.)51,10428 December 1974Oldham AthleticA0–126,35611 January 1975Sheffield WednesdayH2–0McCalliog (2; 1 pen.)45,66218 January 1975SunderlandA0–045,9761 February 1975Bristol CityH0–147,1188 February 1975Oxford UnitedA0–115,95915 February 1975Hull CityH2–0Houston, Pearson44,71222 February 1975Aston VillaA0–240,3531 March 1975Cardiff CityH4–0Houston, Pearson, McIlroy, Macari43,6018 March 1975Bolton WanderersA1–0Pearson38,15215 March 1975Norwich CityH1–1Pearson56,20222 March 1975Nottingham ForestA1–0Daly21,89328 March 1975Bristol RoversA1–1Macari19,33729 March 1975York CityH2–1Morgan, Macari46,80231 March 1975Oldham AthleticH3–2McIlroy, Macari, Coppell56,6185 April 1975SouthamptonA1–0Macari21,86612 April 1975FulhamH1–0Daly52,97119 April 1975Notts CountyA2–2Houston, Greenhoff17,83226 April 1975BlackpoolH4–0Pearson (2), Macari, Greenhoff58,769 Second Division MUN y FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance4 January 1975Round 3WalsallH0–043,3537 January 1975Round 3ReplayWalsallA2–3 (aet)Daly (pen.), McIlroy18,105 League Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance11 September 1974Round 2Charlton AthleticH5–1Macari (2), McIlroy, Houston, Bowman (o.g.)21,6169 October 1974Round 3Manchester CityH1–0Daly (pen.)55,15913 November 1974Round 4BurnleyH3–2Macari (2), Morgan46,2754 December 1974Round 5MiddlesbroughA0–036,00518 December 1974Round 5ReplayMiddlesbroughH3–0Pearson, McIlroy, Macari49,50115 January 1975Semi-FinalFirst legNorwich CityH2–2Macari (2)58,01022 January 1975Semi-FinalSecond legNorwich CityA0–131,621 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKIRL Paddy Roche20000020GKENG Alex Stepney4002070490DFSCO Arthur Albiston20001030DFSCO Martin Buchan4102070500DFSCO Alex Forsyth3910060451DFENG Brian Greenhoff39(2)4206047(2)4DFSCO Jim Holton1400030170DFSCO Stewart Houston4062061487DFENG Steve James1300020150DFNIR Jimmy Nicholl0(1)000000(1)0DFENG Arnie Sidebottom1202020160DFENG Tony Young7(8)0201(4)010(12)0MFENG Steve Coppell9(1)100009(1)1MFIRL Gerry Daly36(1)11217145(1)13MFSCO George Graham0(1)000000(1)0MFIRL Mick Martin7(1)000108(1)0MFSCO Jim McCalliog203105(1)026(1)3MFNIR David McCreery0(2)000000(2)0MFNIR Sammy McIlroy41(1)7217250(1)10FWENG Tommy Baldwin20000020FWWAL Ron Davies0(8)00(2)0000(10)0FWSCO Lou Macari36(2)11206(1)744(3)18FWSCO Willie Morgan32(2)3106(1)139(3)4FWENG Stuart Pearson30(1)17204136(1)18–Own goals–2–0–1–3 References Category:Manchester United F.C. seasons Manchester United