1973-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Coventry City	St Andrew's	33,423
Latchford R	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Liverpool	Turf Moor	24,000
Hankin, Fletcher	Lineups		Cormack
Chelsea	2	4	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	26,982
Britton, Hudson	Lineups		Best 2, Gould, Lampard
Everton	2	0	Manchester City	Goodison Park	36,007
Buckley, Hurst	Lineups
Leicester City	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	30,547
Worthington 2	Lineups		Sunderland, Richards
Manchester United	1	2	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	38,653
Macari	Lineups		Currie, Woodward
Newcastle United	0	1	Leeds United	St James' Park	55,638	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Madeley
Norwich City	1	2	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	29,637
MacDougall	Lineups		Johnson (p), Lambert
Southampton	1	1	Arsenal	The Dell	24,133
Gilchrist	Lineups		Ball
Stoke City	0	0	Derby County	Victoria Ground	24,045
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	White Hart Lane	30,762
	Lineups

				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	22	7	3	0	22	6	9	3	0	19	5	3.727	38	W	W	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Birmingham City	A
2	0	Liverpool	22	10	0	0	18	5	2	5	5	10	13	1.556	29	L	W	D	W	W	1973-12-29	Chelsea	A
3	0	Burnley	21	7	5	0	17	8	4	1	4	12	12	1.45	28	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	3	Everton	22	6	5	1	14	6	3	2	5	11	14	1.25	25	W	L	D	L	L	1973-12-29	Derby County	H
5	-1	Derby County	22	7	3	1	20	9	2	4	5	4	11	1.2	25	D	W	W	D	D	1973-12-29	Everton	A
6	2	Ipswich Town	21	6	2	2	17	11	4	3	4	17	20	1.097	25	W	W	L	L	W	1973-12-29	Manchester United	A
7	-1	Queens Park Rangers	22	3	7	0	17	11	4	3	5	16	17	1.179	24	D	W	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Stoke City	A
8	-3	Leicester City	22	5	4	2	15	9	3	4	4	13	15	1.167	24	D	W	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Arsenal	H
9	0	Southampton	22	6	4	1	20	9	2	4	5	9	21	0.967	24	D	L	W	D	W	1973-12-29	Coventry City	H
10	1	Arsenal	23	5	4	3	14	12	3	3	5	13	17	0.931	23	D	W	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Leicester City	A
11	-1	Newcastle United	21	6	1	4	16	12	3	3	4	14	13	1.2	22	L	L	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Sheffield United	H
12	1	Sheffield United	21	4	3	2	17	9	4	3	5	12	17	1.115	22	W	W	D	D	L	1973-12-29	Newcastle United	A
13	-1	Coventry City	23	7	1	4	15	10	2	3	6	9	18	0.857	22	L	L	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Southampton	A
14	0	Manchester City	21	6	1	2	14	8	2	3	7	9	16	0.958	20	L	W	W	L	L	1973-12-29	Norwich City	A
15	0	Chelsea	21	6	1	4	25	17	1	3	6	9	15	1.063	18	L	L	L	W	W	1973-12-29	Liverpool	H
16	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	4	3	3	12	11	2	3	7	15	23	0.794	18	D	W	W	L	D	1973-12-29	Burnley	A
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	22	4	1	6	11	17	2	5	4	10	15	0.656	18	D	L	L	W	L	1973-12-29	West Ham United	H
18	0	Stoke City	21	4	4	2	17	9	1	3	7	10	17	1.038	17	D	W	L	L	L	1973-12-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	1	Birmingham City	21	5	3	4	15	15	0	2	7	7	22	0.595	15	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-29	Leeds United	H
20	-1	Manchester United	21	4	4	4	13	12	0	2	7	5	15	0.667	14	L	L	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Ipswich Town	H
21	1	West Ham United	22	1	4	6	12	19	2	3	6	10	18	0.595	13	W	L	L	W	L	1973-12-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	-1	Norwich City	21	2	5	4	9	14	0	3	7	5	16	0.467	12	L	L	D	L	D	1973-12-29	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Blackpool	Burnden Park	18,150
Suddaby OG	Lineups		Ritson OG
Cardiff City	2	1	Swindon Town	Ninian Park	10,056
Farrington, Murray	Lineups		Syrett
Luton Town	1	1	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	15,259
Fraser OG	Lineups		Conway J
Middlesbrough	2	1	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	37,030	Largest home gate 1973-74
Foggon, Boam	Lineups		Tueart (p)
Millwall	1	1	Portsmouth	The Den, New Cross	9,815
Wood	Lineups		Davies
Notts County	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane	32,310	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Lyall (p)
Orient	3	0	Crystal Palace	Brisbane Road	20,611
Bullock, Fairbrother 2	Lineups
Oxford United	5	0	Bristol City	Manor Ground	7,493
Atkinson 2, Cassidy, Clarke C, Curran	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Carlisle United	Deepdale	11,446
	Lineups		Train
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Hull City	Hillsborough	15,373
Prudham	Lineups		Greenwood
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	43,029	Largest home & Div 2 gate 1973-74
Brown T 2	Lineups

				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	23	9	2	1	18	6	5	6	0	14	8	2.286	36	W	D	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Orient	23	6	3	3	18	9	4	6	1	20	14	1.652	29	W	D	L	W	L	1973-12-29	Fulham	H
3	0	Luton Town	22	7	3	1	23	12	4	3	4	11	16	1.214	28	D	L	W	W	W	1973-12-29	Bristol City	H
4	2	Nottingham Forest	22	7	2	1	21	6	2	6	4	9	11	1.765	26	W	W	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-1	Blackpool	23	6	2	3	18	8	4	4	4	14	15	1.391	26	D	W	D	W	L	1973-12-29	Millwall	A
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	4	2	16	10	3	4	4	10	13	1.13	26	W	D	L	W	W	1973-12-29	Swindon Town	H
7	3	Carlisle United	22	6	3	2	20	10	4	2	5	10	16	1.154	25	W	D	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Notts County	A
8	-3	Notts County	22	5	4	3	20	19	4	3	3	15	13	1.094	25	L	D	W	L	D	1973-12-29	Carlisle United	H
9	2	Hull City	23	6	5	0	15	4	1	5	6	10	20	1.042	24	D	D	L	W	D	1973-12-29	Preston North End	A
10	2	Fulham	23	6	3	2	11	7	2	5	5	9	15	0.909	24	D	W	W	D	D	1973-12-29	Orient	A
11	-3	Sunderland	22	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	6	13	13	1.474	23	L	D	L	W	L	1973-12-29	Cardiff City	A
12	2	Portsmouth	21	6	2	3	17	11	3	3	4	13	20	0.968	23	D	W	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	-4	Bristol City	23	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	6	11	17	0.926	23	L	D	W	L	D	1973-12-29	Luton Town	A
14	-1	Aston Villa	22	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	7	5	14	1.091	22	L	D	L	L	L	1973-12-29	Oxford United	A
15	0	Preston North End	23	5	5	2	18	14	1	4	6	8	20	0.765	20	L	L	D	L	W	1973-12-29	Hull City	H
16	0	Millwall	22	5	2	5	16	11	2	3	5	11	17	0.964	19	D	D	W	L	L	1973-12-29	Blackpool	H
17	0	Cardiff City	23	4	4	4	12	9	1	5	5	12	24	0.727	19	W	D	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Sunderland	H
18	1	Oxford United	22	4	5	2	17	11	1	2	8	5	18	0.759	17	W	L	D	L	W	1973-12-29	Aston Villa	H
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	22	6	2	3	13	9	1	1	9	6	17	0.731	17	D	L	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Portsmouth	H
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	4	4	16	14	1	1	8	5	16	0.7	15	D	D	L	D	L	1973-12-29	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Swindon Town	23	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	10	7	25	0.528	14	L	D	L	D	L	1973-12-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	23	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	7	6	20	0.487	12	L	D	D	L	W	1973-12-29	Middlesbrough	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Aldershot	Goldstone Ground	14,831
	Lineups		Joslyn
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	22,363	Largest home & D 3 gate 1973-74
Taylor, Warboys 2, Bannister	Lineups		Hore, Mariner
Chesterfield	1	0	Rochdale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,775
McHale	Lineups
Hereford United	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Edgar Street	10,909
	Lineups		Sainty, Boyer
Huddersfield Town	4	0	Halifax Town	Leeds Road	11,514	Largest home gate 1973-74
Lawson, Dolan, Gowling 2	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Boundary Park	10,130
Lochhead 2	Lineups		O'Mara, Field, Napier
Shrewsbury Town	3	2	Watford	Gay Meadow	3,875
Hughes, Durban 2	Lineups		Bond, Jennings
Southend United	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Roots Hall	8,888
Moody, Johnson T	Lineups
Southport	0	1	Port Vale	Haig Avenue	2,721
	Lineups		Williams
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Wrexham	Prenton Park	6,069
	Lineups		Smallman
Walsall	3	0	Cambridge United	Fellows Park	4,591
Buckley 2, Shinton	Lineups
York City	1	1	Grimsby Town	Bootham Crescent	5,890
Woodward (p)	Lineups		Lewis

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bristol Rovers	22	8	3	0	20	6	5	6	0	21	7	3.154	35	W	D	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	22	8	0	3	14	7	5	6	0	17	9	1.938	32	W	W	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Chesterfield	A
3	0	York City	21	6	5	0	17	5	3	6	1	11	9	2	29	D	D	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Chesterfield	22	7	2	2	16	9	3	5	3	7	8	1.353	27	W	W	D	W	D	1973-12-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	1	Wrexham	22	6	4	1	22	7	4	2	5	7	13	1.45	26	W	W	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Southport	A
6	1	Huddersfield Town	22	7	3	1	19	10	2	5	4	10	16	1.115	26	W	L	W	D	W	1973-12-29	Port Vale	H
7	1	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	1	2	19	6	4	2	5	17	22	1.286	25	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-29	York City	A
8	-3	Oldham Athletic	19	4	4	2	13	7	4	4	1	13	10	1.529	24	L	L	D	W	W	1973-12-29	Watford	H
9	0	Charlton Athletic	22	7	2	2	24	13	3	1	7	11	18	1.129	23	L	L	W	W	W	1973-12-29	Hereford United	A
10	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	4	4	2	12	5	3	3	5	11	12	1.353	21	L	L	W	D	D	1973-12-29	Rochdale	H
11	2	Grimsby Town	20	5	3	2	15	10	1	6	3	6	8	1.167	21	D	L	D	D	L	1973-12-29	Bristol Rovers	A
12	-1	Hereford United	22	4	3	4	13	11	2	6	3	11	15	0.923	21	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-29	Charlton Athletic	H
13	2	Southend United	22	6	2	3	22	15	1	5	5	4	15	0.867	21	W	D	L	D	W	1973-12-29	Halifax Town	H
14	-2	Halifax Town	20	4	4	1	10	6	3	3	5	9	19	0.76	21	L	W	L	W	D	1973-12-29	Southend United	A
15	2	Walsall	22	5	4	2	16	4	1	3	7	9	18	1.136	19	W	W	W	L	L	1973-12-29	Aldershot	H
16	2	Port Vale	22	5	3	3	16	11	1	4	6	7	16	0.852	19	W	L	D	L	L	1973-12-29	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-3	Watford	21	4	4	3	11	10	3	1	6	13	20	0.8	19	L	W	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Oldham Athletic	A
18	-2	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	3	2	17	9	2	1	7	12	18	1.074	18	L	L	L	W	D	1973-12-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	0	Aldershot	21	5	4	2	18	13	2	0	8	7	18	0.806	18	W	D	W	W	W	1973-12-29	Walsall	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	2	2	7	10	17	3	4	4	9	15	0.594	16	L	L	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	0	Cambridge United	20	5	3	2	16	11	0	1	9	3	18	0.655	14	L	D	L	L	W	1973-12-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	0	Southport	22	1	7	3	10	10	2	1	8	9	26	0.528	14	L	W	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Wrexham	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	3	2	6	11	15	1	2	8	7	20	0.514	12	W	W	L	L	L	1973-12-29	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Rochdale	20	0	6	4	12	18	1	1	8	4	23	0.39	9	L	D	L	L	L	1973-12-29	Tranmere Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	3	0	Darlington	Valley Parade	4,584
Ingram, Oates, Brown	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Newport County	Griffin Park	5,445
Graham	Lineups		Hill
Chester	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	3,485
James	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Peterborough United	Layer Road	7,960
Svarc	Lineups		Hall
Gillingham	3	1	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	11,313
Yeo 3	Lineups		Felton
Mansfield Town	4	3	Lincoln City	Field Mill	4,529
Eccles 2, Cooper OG, Peplow	Lineups		McNeil 3
Reading	1	2	Swansea City	Elm Park	5,838
Smee	Lineups		Screen 2
Rotherham United	2	1	Barnsley	Millmoor	6,047
Delgado, Wigg	Lineups		Mahoney
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Old Showground	5,775	Largest home gate 1973-74
Pilling, Barker	Lineups		Kitchen
Stockport County	3	2	Bury	Edgeley Park	3,058
Lawther, Garbett, Hoolickin OG	Lineups		Murray, Rudd (p)
Torquay United	0	0	Exeter City	Plainmoor	9,265	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups
Workington	0	2	Hartlepool	Borough Park	1,312
	Lineups		Moore, Gauden (p)

				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	0	Peterborough United	22	10	1	0	24	3	3	6	2	13	12	2.467	33	D	W	D	W	W	1973-12-29	Scunthorpe United	A
2	0	Colchester United	23	8	3	0	26	7	4	5	3	16	10	2.471	32	D	L	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Gillingham	23	8	2	1	32	10	5	4	3	19	12	2.318	32	W	W	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Swansea City	H
4	0	Torquay United	23	7	4	1	21	13	2	5	4	8	13	1.115	27	D	W	W	D	D	1973-12-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Newport County	23	8	1	2	19	8	2	5	5	10	19	1.074	26	D	W	L	W	W	1973-12-29	Chester	A
6	4	Mansfield Town	22	9	2	0	28	9	0	4	7	10	24	1.152	24	W	L	L	W	D	1973-12-29	Barnsley	H
7	-1	Lincoln City	22	6	4	1	20	12	3	2	6	12	16	1.143	24	L	D	L	W	W	1973-12-29	Stockport County	A
8	-1	Bury	22	9	0	2	27	9	0	5	6	8	16	1.4	23	L	W	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Bradford City	A
9	-1	Reading	21	4	4	2	12	7	3	5	3	7	8	1.267	23	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-29	Hartlepool	H
10	1	Exeter City	23	6	2	3	18	7	4	1	7	9	17	1.125	23	D	W	L	L	L	1974-01-01	Brentford	H
11	-2	Northampton Town	21	8	2	1	14	4	1	3	6	10	21	0.96	23	L	W	W	L	W	1973-12-29	Colchester United	A
12	0	Swansea City	22	6	2	3	15	7	3	2	6	9	16	1.043	22	W	L	W	W	D	1973-12-29	Gillingham	A
13	0	Bradford City	23	5	6	1	19	12	2	2	7	6	16	0.893	22	W	L	D	L	L	1973-12-29	Bury	H
14	0	Rotherham United	22	6	4	1	16	8	1	3	7	14	18	1.154	21	W	L	D	L	L	1973-12-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Scunthorpe United	21	7	4	0	21	9	1	1	8	7	23	0.875	21	W	L	W	D	W	1973-12-29	Peterborough United	H
16	3	Chester	21	5	2	4	15	15	2	3	5	10	18	0.758	19	W	D	D	L	L	1973-12-29	Newport County	H
17	3	Stockport County	23	2	7	3	13	15	2	4	5	13	24	0.667	19	W	L	L	D	D	1973-12-29	Lincoln City	H
18	-1	Brentford	23	4	4	4	16	10	2	2	7	10	20	0.867	18	D	L	D	D	L	1974-01-01	Exeter City	A
19	-3	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	3	2	17	15	1	1	9	9	21	0.722	18	L	W	W	L	L	1973-12-29	Rotherham United	A
20	-2	Barnsley	21	5	3	2	17	10	1	2	8	8	25	0.714	17	L	W	W	W	L	1973-12-29	Mansfield Town	A
21	0	Workington	22	4	5	2	9	8	0	4	7	5	22	0.467	17	L	L	W	D	W	1974-01-01	Bury	A
22	2	Hartlepool	22	4	2	5	11	12	1	4	6	8	16	0.679	16	W	W	L	L	D	1973-12-29	Reading	A
23	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	4	4	2	17	11	1	1	9	7	29	0.6	15	L	L	L	D	W	1973-12-29	Torquay United	A
24	-1	Darlington	22	3	5	3	11	11	1	2	8	4	22	0.455	15	L	W	D	D	L	1974-01-01	Reading	H