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1973–74 season of Football League First Division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1973-74 season.
Season | 1973–74 |
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Champions | Leeds United 2nd English title |
Relegated | Southampton Manchester United Norwich City |
European Cup | Leeds United |
European Cup Winners' Cup | Liverpool |
UEFA Cup | Derby County Ipswich Town Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,107 (2.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mick Channon (21 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Ipswich Town 7–0 Southampton (2 February 1974) |
Biggest away win | Norwich City 0–4 Arsenal (15 September 1973) |
Highest scoring | Derby County 6–2 Southampton (22 September 1973) |
← 1972–73 1974–75 → |
Leeds United won the First Division title 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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leeds United (C) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 2.129 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Liverpool | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 1.677 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 1.238 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 58 | 1.155 | 47 | |
5 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 | 46 | |
6 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 53 | 1.057 | 46 | |
7 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 50 | 48 | 1.042 | 44 | |
8 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 43 | |
9 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 42 | |
10 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 51 | 0.961 | 42 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 0.900 | 42 | |
12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2] |
13 | Sheffield United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 40 | |
14 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 46 | 0.848 | 40 | |
15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | 38 | |
16 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 54 | 0.796 | 38 | |
17 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 60 | 0.933 | 37 | |
18 | West Ham United | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | 37 | |
19 | Birmingham City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 37 | |
20 | Southampton (R) | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
21 | Manchester United (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 48 | 0.792 | 32 | |
22 | Norwich City (R) | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 62 | 0.597 | 29 |
Home \ Away | ARS | BIR | BUR | CHE | COV | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | NEW | NWC | QPR | SHU | SOU | STK | TOT | WHU | WOL |
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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 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Everton | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 28 May 1973 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 June 1974 |
Derby County | ![]() |
Sacked[2] | 15 October 1973 | 3rd | ![]() |
22 October 1973 |
Manchester City | ![]() |
Illness | 23 October 1973 | 10th | ![]() |
22 November 1973 |
Southampton | ![]() |
Became general manager | 17 November 1973 | 8th | ![]() |
22 November 1973 |
Norwich City | ![]() |
Signed by Manchester City | 22 November 1973 | 20th | ![]() |
27 November 1973 |
Sheffield United | ![]() |
Retired | 5 December 1973 | 14th | ![]() |
7 December 1973 |
Manchester City | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 April 1974 | 16th | ![]() |
12 April 1974 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Southampton | 21 |
2 | ![]() | Leicester City | 20 |
3 | ![]() | Derby County | 19 |
= | ![]() | Queens Park Rangers | 19 |
5 | ![]() | Birmingham City / Everton | 17 |
= | ![]() | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 |
= | ![]() | Sheffield United | 17 |
8 | ![]() | Ipswich Town | 16 |
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