1973-12-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
D 3	Aldershot	1	2	Cambridge United	D 3	Recreation Ground	4,244
	Howarth	Lineups		Simmons 2
WMR	Alvechurch	6	1	King's Lynn	SL	Lye Meadow	2,017
	Lawrenson 2, Palmer, Edwards 2, Lyne (p)	Lineups		Lindsay
D 4	Barnsley	1	1	Bradford City	D 4	Oakwell	6,660
	Butler	Lineups		Ingram
D 3	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Altrincham	NPL	Ewood Park	8,564
		Lineups
NPL	Boston United	1	0	Hitchin Town	IsL	York Street	3,400
	Conde	Lineups
D 4	Chester	3	2	Huddersfield Town	D 3	Sealand Road	3,298
	Owen, James, Draper	Lineups		Saunders, Gowling
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	D 3	Belle Vue	2,444
	Kitchen, Woods, Elwiss	Lineups
SL	Grantham	1	1	Rochdale	D 3	London Road	3,224
	Benskin	Lineups		Brogden
D 3	Grimsby Town	1	1	Blyth Spartans	NL	Blundell Park	5,724
	Hickman	Lineups		Slane
D 3	Halifax Town	0	1	Oldham Athletic	D 3	The Shay	4,687
		Lineups		McVitie
D 3	Hereford United	3	0	Walton & Hersham	IsL	Edgar Street	10,431
	Hinch, Tyler, Jones	Lineups
D 4	Mansfield Town	1	1	Scunthorpe United	D 4	Field Mill	4,511
	Eccles	Lineups		Houghton
SL	Merthyr Tydfil	0	3	Hendon	IsL	Penydarren Park	3,190
		Lineups		Baker, Phillips, Somers
D 4	Northampton Town	1	2	Bristol Rovers	D 3	County Ground	6,181
	Buchanan	Lineups		Warboys, Fearnley
D 3	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Walsall	D 3	Home Park	7,322
	Mariner	Lineups
D 3	Port Vale	2	1	Scarborough	NPL	Vale Park	3,521
	Harris, Woodward	Lineups		Lee
D 3	Southend United	2	0	Reading	D 4	Roots Hall	6,032
	Brace, Johnson T	Lineups
D 3	Watford	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	D 3	Vicarage Road	5,844
		Lineups		Cave
D 3	Wrexham	3	0	Rotherham United	D 4	Racecourse Ground	4,144
	Davies 2, Wilkinson OG	Lineups
IsL	Wycombe Wanderers	1	3	Peterborough United	D 4	Loakes Park	13,000
	Pritchard	Lineups		Cozens 2, Hall

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	West Ham United	St Andrew's	23,767
Burns 2, Hatton	Lineups		Gould
Burnley	2	1	Arsenal	Turf Moor	13,169
Waldron, Hankin	Lineups		Radford
Chelsea	1	2	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	40,768	Largest home gate 1973-74
Osgood	Lineups		Jordan, Jones
Everton	1	1	Sheffield United	Goodison Park	21,747
Clements	Lineups		Colquhoun
Leicester City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Filbert Street	17,614
Worthington, Glover	Lineups
Manchester United	2	3	Coventry City	Old Trafford	28,589
Best, Morgan	Lineups		Stein, Alderson, Cross
Newcastle United	0	2	Derby County	St James' Park	19,470
	Lineups		Davies, Hinton
Norwich City	1	1	Liverpool	Carrow Road	20,628
Cheesley	Lineups		Cormack
Southampton	2	0	Ipswich Town	The Dell	14,663
Channon, Gilchrist	Lineups
Stoke City	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	13,843
Smith, Robertson	Lineups		Munro, Hibbitt, Richards
Tottenham Hotspur	0	2	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	17,066
	Lineups		Bell, Booth

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Leeds United	20	6	3	0	21	6	8	3	0	18	5	3.545	34	W	W	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Norwich City	H
2	0	Liverpool	20	9	0	0	16	5	2	5	4	9	11	1.563	27	D	W	W	D	W	1973-12-22	Manchester United	H
3	0	Burnley	19	6	5	0	15	7	4	1	3	12	10	1.588	26	W	W	W	L	D	1973-12-22	Manchester City	A
4	1	Everton	20	5	5	1	12	6	3	2	4	11	13	1.211	23	D	L	L	D	W	1973-12-22	Arsenal	A
5	3	Southampton	20	6	3	1	19	8	2	4	4	7	17	1.04	23	W	D	W	L	D	1973-12-22	Sheffield United	A
6	-2	Newcastle United	19	6	1	3	16	11	3	3	3	12	10	1.333	22	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	2	Derby County	20	6	3	1	18	9	2	3	5	4	11	1.1	22	W	D	D	L	L	1973-12-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	3	Coventry City	21	7	1	3	14	8	2	3	5	9	17	0.92	22	W	W	D	W	L	1973-12-22	Leicester City	H
9	-3	Queens Park Rangers	20	2	7	0	14	9	4	2	5	16	17	1.154	21	L	D	D	D	L	1973-12-22	Newcastle United	H
10	2	Leicester City	20	5	3	2	13	7	2	4	4	11	14	1.143	21	W	L	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Coventry City	A
11	-4	Ipswich Town	19	5	2	2	14	11	3	3	4	15	19	0.967	21	L	L	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Birmingham City	H
12	-2	Arsenal	21	4	4	3	13	12	3	2	5	12	16	0.893	20	L	D	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Everton	H
13	0	Chelsea	19	6	1	3	23	13	1	3	5	9	13	1.231	18	L	W	W	D	W	1973-12-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	0	Sheffield United	19	3	3	2	13	7	3	3	5	10	16	1	18	D	D	L	W	D	1973-12-22	Southampton	H
15	1	Manchester City	19	5	1	2	12	8	2	3	6	9	14	0.955	18	W	L	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Burnley	H
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	4	0	6	11	17	2	5	3	10	13	0.7	17	L	W	L	L	D	1973-12-22	Derby County	A
17	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	3	3	10	11	2	2	7	13	21	0.719	15	W	L	D	W	D	1973-12-22	Chelsea	H
18	-1	Stoke City	19	4	3	2	17	9	0	3	7	8	17	0.962	14	L	L	L	W	W	1973-12-22	West Ham United	A
19	-1	Manchester United	19	4	4	3	12	10	0	2	6	5	13	0.739	14	L	D	D	L	L	1973-12-22	Liverpool	A
20	1	Birmingham City	19	4	3	4	14	15	0	2	6	7	19	0.618	13	W	W	W	L	D	1973-12-22	Ipswich Town	A
21	1	Norwich City	19	2	5	3	8	12	0	3	6	5	15	0.481	12	D	L	D	L	L	1973-12-22	Leeds United	A
22	-2	West Ham United	20	1	4	5	12	17	1	3	6	6	16	0.545	11	L	W	L	L	D	1973-12-22	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Swindon Town	Burnden Park	8,846
Byrom, Whatmore	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	1	Bristol City	Ninian Park	9,368
	Lineups		Gillies
Luton Town	1	0	Aston Villa	Kenilworth Road	10,020
Anderson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Ayresome Park	16,764
Boam	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Sunderland	The Den, New Cross	7,570
Wood, Hill	Lineups		Horswill
Notts County	3	2	Hull City	Meadow Lane	8,574
Stubbs, Nixon, Masson (p)	Lineups		Wagstaff, Kaye
Orient	0	1	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	7,645
	Lineups		Martin
Oxford United	2	2	Blackpool	Manor Ground	5,001
Curran 2 (1p)	Lineups		Alcock, Hatton
Preston North End	1	1	Crystal Palace	Deepdale	9,121
Sadler	Lineups		Whittle
Sheffield Wednesday	0	3	Fulham	Hillsborough	7,925
	Lineups		Conway J, Barrett, Busby
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	11,498
Cantello	Lineups		Piper, Davies

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Middlesbrough	21	8	2	1	16	5	5	5	0	13	7	2.417	33	W	W	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Bristol City	A
2	1	Luton Town	20	7	2	1	22	11	4	3	3	11	13	1.375	27	W	W	W	L	D	1973-12-22	Blackpool	A
3	-1	Orient	21	5	3	3	15	9	4	5	1	18	12	1.571	26	L	W	L	W	W	1973-12-22	Swindon Town	A
4	4	Notts County	20	5	4	2	20	18	4	2	3	14	12	1.133	24	W	L	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Aston Villa	A
5	2	Blackpool	21	5	2	3	15	8	4	3	4	13	14	1.273	23	D	W	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Luton Town	H
6	-2	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	4	2	14	10	3	3	4	9	12	1.045	23	L	W	W	W	L	1973-12-22	Sunderland	A
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	20	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	4	8	11	1.733	22	L	D	D	W	W	1973-12-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	-2	Sunderland	20	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	5	12	11	1.625	22	L	W	L	W	D	1973-12-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	2	Bristol City	21	5	2	3	13	9	4	2	5	11	12	1.143	22	W	L	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Middlesbrough	H
10	2	Carlisle United	20	6	2	2	19	9	3	2	5	9	16	1.12	22	W	L	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Millwall	H
11	-2	Hull City	21	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	6	9	19	1.045	22	L	W	D	W	D	1973-12-22	Cardiff City	H
12	-2	Aston Villa	20	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	6	5	12	1.211	21	L	L	L	D	L	1973-12-22	Notts County	H
13	0	Preston North End	21	5	5	1	18	13	1	4	5	8	17	0.867	21	D	L	W	D	D	1973-12-22	Portsmouth	A
14	0	Fulham	21	5	3	2	8	6	2	4	5	8	14	0.8	21	W	D	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Oxford United	H
15	0	Portsmouth	19	5	2	3	14	11	3	2	4	12	19	0.867	20	W	W	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Preston North End	H
16	1	Millwall	20	5	1	5	15	10	2	2	5	10	16	0.962	17	W	L	L	D	W	1973-12-22	Carlisle United	A
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	1	3	12	8	1	1	8	4	14	0.727	16	W	L	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-2	Cardiff City	21	3	4	4	10	8	1	4	5	11	23	0.677	16	L	L	D	W	W	1973-12-22	Hull City	A
19	0	Oxford United	20	3	5	2	12	11	1	2	7	4	15	0.615	15	D	L	W	D	L	1973-12-22	Fulham	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	4	3	4	15	13	1	0	8	5	16	0.69	13	L	D	L	L	L	1973-12-22	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Swindon Town	21	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	9	6	23	0.5	13	L	D	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Orient	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	21	1	3	6	13	19	1	4	6	6	17	0.528	11	D	L	W	D	D	1973-12-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	0	Darlington	Griffin Park	3,166
	Lineups
Stockport County	0	3	Colchester United	Edgeley Park	1,472
	Lineups		Svarc, Foley 2
Torquay United	3	2	Newport County	Plainmoor	2,505
Fairbrother, Rowles, Myers	Lineups		Aizlewood, Jarman
Workington	3	1	Exeter City	Borough Park	693
Skillen, Martin (p), Goodfellow	Lineups		Parker

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Colchester United	21	8	2	0	25	6	4	5	2	16	9	2.733	31	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-22	Exeter City	A
2	-1	Peterborough United	20	9	1	0	22	3	3	5	2	12	11	2.429	30	D	W	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Reading	H
3	0	Gillingham	21	7	2	1	29	9	4	4	3	17	11	2.3	28	W	W	D	W	W	1973-12-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	4	Torquay United	21	7	3	1	21	13	1	5	4	7	13	1.077	24	W	D	D	D	L	1973-12-22	Swansea City	A
5	-1	Reading	19	4	4	1	11	5	3	5	2	7	6	1.636	23	D	W	L	L	L	1973-12-22	Peterborough United	A
6	-1	Lincoln City	20	6	3	1	18	10	3	2	5	9	12	1.227	23	L	W	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Chester	H
7	-1	Newport County	21	7	1	2	16	7	2	4	5	9	18	1	23	L	W	W	W	W	1973-12-22	Stockport County	H
8	-1	Mansfield Town	20	8	2	0	24	6	0	4	6	10	23	1.172	22	L	W	D	L	D	1973-12-22	Darlington	A
9	0	Bury	20	8	0	2	24	8	0	5	5	6	13	1.429	21	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-22	Rotherham United	H
10	0	Northampton Town	19	7	2	1	13	4	1	3	5	9	18	1	21	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-22	Workington	H
11	0	Exeter City	21	5	2	3	17	7	4	0	7	9	17	1.083	20	L	L	L	L	L	1973-12-22	Colchester United	H
12	0	Swansea City	20	6	2	2	15	6	2	2	6	7	15	1.048	20	W	W	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Torquay United	H
13	0	Bradford City	21	4	6	1	16	12	2	2	6	6	15	0.815	20	D	L	L	W	W	1973-12-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	0	Rotherham United	20	5	4	1	14	7	1	3	6	13	15	1.227	19	D	L	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Bury	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	19	6	4	0	19	8	1	1	7	7	20	0.929	19	W	D	W	W	L	1973-12-22	Hartlepool	A
16	1	Brentford	21	4	3	4	15	9	2	2	6	9	18	0.889	17	D	D	L	W	D	1973-12-22	Barnsley	A
17	-1	Stockport County	21	1	7	3	10	13	2	4	4	12	21	0.647	17	L	D	D	L	D	1973-12-22	Newport County	A
18	4	Workington	20	4	5	1	9	6	0	4	6	5	21	0.519	17	W	D	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Northampton Town	A
19	-1	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	3	2	16	15	1	1	8	9	20	0.714	16	W	L	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Bradford City	H
20	-1	Chester	19	4	2	4	14	15	2	2	5	8	16	0.71	16	D	L	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Lincoln City	A
21	-1	Barnsley	19	4	3	2	15	9	1	2	7	7	23	0.688	15	W	W	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Brentford	H
22	-1	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	4	1	16	9	1	1	8	6	27	0.611	15	L	D	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Gillingham	H
23	1	Darlington	20	2	5	3	10	11	1	2	7	4	19	0.467	13	D	D	L	D	L	1973-12-22	Mansfield Town	H
24	-1	Hartlepool	20	3	2	5	8	12	0	4	6	6	16	0.5	12	L	L	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Scunthorpe United	H