1973–74 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

February 2015 Brighton and Hove Albion 1973–74 Pat Saward (until 20 October 1973)Glen Wilson (until 27 October 1973)Brian Clough Mike Bamber Goldstone Ground Division Three 19th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Beamish (12) Beamish (12) _white_stripes _stripesonwhite _white_stripes _white hoops color 2158C7 2158C7 2158C7 FFFFFF 2266BB 000066 1972–73 1974–75 During the 1973–74 English football season, Brighton and Hove Albion competed in the Division Three, the FA Cup and the League Cup. Season summary In his second season as chairman Mike Bamber clinched the arrival of manager Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor to the team on 1 November.Brian Glanville https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/sep/21/guardianobituaries.football Obituary: Brian Clough The Guardian 21 September 2004 The move of the 1972 First Division Champion duo shocked the English mediahttps://magazine.brighton.co.uk/Home/Editorial/Bloody-Southerners-Brian-Clough-and-Peter-Taylors-Brighton-and-Hove-Odyssey/20_105_5091 magazine.brighton.co.uk Bloody Southerners: Brian Clough & Peter Taylor's Brighton & Hove Odyssey Mike Cobley 18 September 2018 18 August 2023 and put the Division Three club on the Football map.https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/brighton-and-hove-albion/recalling-brighton-and-hove-albions-pivotal-summers-and-wondering-what-brian-clough-could-have-done-for-us-4182153 sussexexpress.co Recalling Brighton and Hove Albion's pivotal summers – and wondering what Brian Clough could have done for us Ian Hart 14 June 2023 14 August 2023 According to several players, Clough was not very interested in managing the squad and he was rarely seen through weekdays at the facilities.https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/04/09/brian-clough-and-the-often-forgotten-spell-at-brighton/ thesefootballtimes.com Brian Clough and the 32-game spell at Brighton that helped shape his future success 9 April 2020 Steven Scragg 7 September 2023 Meanwhile, the team finished on 19th spot avoiding relegation, being early eliminated in League Cup by Charlton Athletic and lost the FA Cup first series against a non-League club.https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/new-book-sheds-light-brian-2077082 New book sheds light on Brian Clough's ill-fated spell in charge at Brighton Smart Andy 8 October 2018 Nottingham Post 20 September 2022 Squad yes yes ENG GK Peter Downsborough yes ENG GK Peter Grummitt yes ENG GK Brian Powney yes WAL DF Mick Brown yes ENG DF Paul Fuschillo yes ENG DF Norman Gall yes ENG DF Ken Goodeve yes ENG DF Ian Goodwin yes ENG DF Graham Howell yes ENG DF George Ley yes ENG DF Steve Piper yes ENG DF Harry Wilson yes SCO MF Johnny Boyle yes ENG MF Brian Bromley yes yes ENG MF Mick Conway yes ENG MF Pat Hilton yes ENG MF Ronnie Howell yes SCO MF Billy McEwan yes ENG MF Bert Murray yes WAL MF Peter O'Sullivan yes ENG MF Lammie Robertson yes ENG MF Eddie Spearritt yes ENG MF John Templeman yes ENG MF Tony Towner yes ENG MF Ronnie Welch yes ENG FW Kenny Beamish yes ENG FW Barry Bridges yes ENG FW Dave Busby Results Division Three 1973-74 Football League League table Third Division y B&HA Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A Result D/L/W/D/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/D/D/W/D/L/L/L/L/W/D/W/W/D/L/D/D/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/L/L/D Position 8/17/14/10/18/21/20/22/18/19/21/19/18/19/19/19/17/18/18/18/20/20/20/20/20/17/18/18/18/18/18/15/15/10/12/9/13/15/17/14/12/10/12/13/16/18 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Leader, Promoted to 1974–75 Second Division blue2 Promoted to 1974–75 Second Division red1 Relegation to 1974–75 Division Four complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/matches/season/1974/ September 2023 Matches Source:https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/matches/season/1974/ 1973 8 25 y 1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/rochdale-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-25-august-1973-133608/ Rochdale 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Darling 54 40 Bridges Spotland Stadium Rochdale 2665 D 1 September 1973 2 Brighton and Hove Albion AFC Bournemouth L 0–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 8 September 1973 3 Brighton & Hove Albion W 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Home Park Plymouth 10 September 1973 4 Brighton & Hove Albion D 1–1 Southport Haig Avenue Southport 15 September 1973 5 Brighton & Hove Albion Charlton Athletic L 1–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 19 September 1973 6 Brighton & Hove Albion Oldham Athletic L 1–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 22 September 1973 7 Brighton & Hove Albion D 0–0 Grimsby Town Blundell Park Cleethorpes 29 September 1973 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Watford F.C. L 0–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 2 October 1973 9 Brighton & Hove Albion W 1–0 Oldham Athletic Boundary Park Oldham 6 October 1973 10 Brighton and Hove Albion L 1–3 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park Blackburn 13 October 1973 11 Brighton and Hove Albion Halifax Town L 0–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 20 October 1973 12 Brighton & Hove Albion Shrewsbury Town W 2–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 24 October 1973 13 Brighton & Hove Albion Southport F.C. W 4–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 27 October 1973 14 Brighton & Hove Albion L 0–3 Hereford United Edgar Street Hereford 3 November 1973 15 Brighton and Hove Albion York City D 0–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 16,029 10 November 1973 16 Brighton & Hove Albion D 2–2 Huddersfield Town Leeds Road Huddersfield Terry Dolan 37Phil Summerill 54 62 Ken Beamish 78 Barry Bridges 6,057 13 November 1973 17 Brighton & Hove Albion W 0–1 Walsall Fellows Park Walsall Pat Hilton 5,116 17 November 1973 18 Brighton & Hove Albion Chesterfield F.C. D 0–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 14,186 GC Kew 1 December 1973 19 Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers L 2–8 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ronnie Howell Peter O'Sullivan , , , Alan Warboys , Bruce Bannister Gordon Fearnley 10,776 8 December 1973 20 Brighton & Hove Albion L 1–4 Tranmere Rovers Prenton Park Birkenhead Tommy Young 8 Bobby Tynan 16Ronnie Moore 56Paul Crossley 65 61 Lammie Robertson 4,458 22 December 1973 21 Brighton & Hove Albion L 0–1 Watford Vicarage Road Watford Billy Jennings 5,909 26 December 1973 22 Brighton & Hove Albion Aldershot F.C. L 0–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 28 Roger Joslyn 14,831 29 December 1973 23 Brighton & Hove Albion Plymouth Argyle W 1–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ken Beamish 11,197 1 January 1974 24 Brighton & Hove Albion D 0–0 Bournemouth Dean Court Bournemouth 17,079 12 January 1974 25 Brighton & Hove Albion W 0–4 Charlton Athletic The Valley London 48 pen57 64Ronnie Howell71 Peter O'Sullivan 7,646 20 January 1974 26 Brighton and Hove Albion Rochdale F.C. W 2–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ken Beamish Tony Towner Leo Skeete 18,900 27 January 1974 27 Brighton & Hove Albion D 1–1 Cambridge United Abbey Stadium Cambridge Dave Simmons 78 90 Mick Brown 7,749 2 February 1974 28 Port Vale 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion L Vale Park Stoke-on-Trent Brian Horton 5Ray Williams 34 53Ken Beamish 3,728 9 February 1974 29 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Grimsby Town F.C. D Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Barry Bridges 60 10 Jack Lewis 10,498 16 February 1974 30 Brighton & Hove Albion D 2–2 Halifax Town The Shay Halifax Terry Shanahan 18, 42John Templeman 68 65 pen Lammie Robertson 2,767 JB Goggins 23 February 1974 31 Brighton & Hove Albion Blackburn Rovers W 3–0 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ronnie Welch 25 penBarry Bridges 55, 77 12,102 27 February 1974 32 Brighton & Hove Albion Wrexham F.C. W 2–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ronnie Howell 24 pen Peter O'Sullivan 38 16 Geoff P Davies 7,524 3 March 1974 33 Brighton & Hove Albion W 0–1 Aldershot Recreation Ground Aldershot Ken Beamish 9,828 10 March 1974 34 Brighton & Hove Albion Hereford United W 2–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ken Beamish 64Steve Piper 88 6 Dudley Tyler 17,266 16 March 1974 35 Brighton & Hove Albion L 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Gay Meadow Shrewsbury Laurie Calloway 25 2,077 20 March 1974 36 Brighton & Hove Albion Port Vale F.C. W 2–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Barry Bridges Billy McEwan Dave Harris 9,365 23 March 1974 37 Brighton and Hove Albion Huddersfield Town L 1–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Billy McEwan 27 22, 51 Alan Gowling 12,444 25 March 1974 38 Brighton & Hove Albion L 1–0 Wrexham Racecourse Ground Wrexham David Smallman 11 5,925 30 March 1974 39 Brighton & Hove Albion L 0–3 York City Bootham Crescent York Phil Burrows 31Chris Jones 36, 71 7,493 3 April 1974 40 Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United W 4–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Barry Bridges 35Ronnie Welch 45Ronnie Howell 65 pen Billy McEwan 65 43 pen Bobby Ross 9,833 6 April 1974 41 Brighton & Hove Albion Walsall F.C. W 2–1 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Barry Bridges 10Lammie Robertson 61 11 Alan Buckley 10,588 12 April 1974 42 Brighton & Hove Albion W 0–2 Southend United Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 70,74 Ken Beamish 10,086 13 April 1974 43 Brighton & Hove Albion L 1–0 Chesterfield Saltergate Recreation Ground Chesterfield Andy Kowalski 13 6,971 A Porter 15 April 1974 44 Brighton & Hove Albion Southend United L 0–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 8 Peter Silvester 26 Chris Guthrie 12,975 DRG Nippard 20 April 1974 45 Brighton & Hove Albion Tranmere Rovers L 1–3 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Ronnie Howell 17 penBobby Tynan 43Tommy Veitch 89 15 Paul Crossley 9,609 27 April 1974 46 Brighton & Hove Albion D 1–1 Bristol Rovers Eastville Stadium Bristol Bruce Bannister 85 pen 19 Lammie Robertson 19,205 FA Cup 1973-74 FA Cup First round 24 November 1973 FA Cup (R1) Brighton and Hove Albion Walton & Hersham Walton & Hersham (Non League) D 0–0 28 November 1973 Replay Brighton and Hove Albion Walton & Hersham L 0–4 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove 25 Russell Perkins 82, 84, 90 Clive Foskett 9,657 League Cup 1973-74 Football League Cup 29 August 1973 League Cup Round 1 Brighton and Hove Albion Charlton Athletic L 1–2 Goldstone Ground Brighton and Hove Statistics Players statistics Division Three FA Cup League Cup ENG GK Powney 27 0 2 0 1 0 ENG DF Fuschillo 37 0 2 0 1 0 ENG DF Gall 37 0 2 0 1 0 ENG DF Piper 34 1 2 0 0 0 ENG DF Wilson 25 0 0 0 0 0 WAL MF O'Sullivan 46 4 2 0 1 0 ENG MF Howell 26+1 9 2 0 1 0 SCO MF Robertson 27+3 5 2 0 0+1 0 ENG MF Templeman 34 1 2 0 1 1 ENG FW Beamish 43+1 12 0 0 1 0 ENG FW Bridges 31+2 10 2 0 1 0 ENG GK Grummitt 16 0 0 0 0 0 ENG MF Spearritt 21+2 1 2 0 1 0 ENG MF Welch 21 2 0 0 0 0 ENG MF Towner 20+3 2 0+1 0 0 0 ENG DF Ley 16 0 2 0 1 0 ENG MF Hilton 15+2 1 2 0 0 0 SCO MF McEwan 15 3 0 0 0 0 SCO MF Boyle 10 0 0 0 0 0 ENG DF Howell 8+1 0 0 0 1 0 ENG DF Goodwin 6+2 0 0 0 0 0 WAL DF Brown 5+3 1 0 0 0 0 ENG DF Goodeve 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG GK Downsborough 3 0 0 0 0 0 ENG MF Bromley 2 0 0 0 1 0 ENG MF Conway 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG MF Murray 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG FW Busby 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 ENG GK Hillyard 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG GK Sherwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/players/season/1974/ References Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. seasons Brighton and Hove Albion