1973-12-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Leeds United	St Andrew's	50,451	Largest home gate 1973-74
Latchford R	Lineups		Jordan
Burnley	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	20,196
Fletcher	Lineups		Powell
Chelsea	0	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	32,901
	Lineups		Cormack
Everton	2	1	Derby County	Goodison Park	37,429
Buckley, Royle (p)	Lineups		Hector
Leicester City	2	0	Arsenal	Filbert Street	25,860
Worthington, Earle	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford	36,365
Macari, McIlroy	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Sheffield United	St James' Park	27,943
Tudor	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Manchester City	Carrow Road	23,978
MacDougall	Lineups		Law
Southampton	1	1	Coventry City	The Dell	18,345
Channon	Lineups		Craven
Stoke City	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Victoria Ground	18,910
Mahoney, Pejic, Ritchie, Greenhoff	Lineups		Leach
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	33,176
Pratt, Chivers	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	23	7	3	0	22	6	9	4	0	20	6	3.5	39	D	W	W	W	W	1974-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Liverpool	23	10	0	0	18	5	3	5	5	11	13	1.611	31	W	L	W	D	W	1974-01-01	Leicester City	H
3	0	Burnley	22	7	6	0	18	9	4	1	4	12	12	1.429	29	D	W	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Coventry City	A
4	0	Everton	23	7	5	1	16	7	3	2	5	11	14	1.286	27	W	W	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Ipswich Town	A
5	3	Leicester City	23	6	4	2	17	9	3	4	4	13	15	1.25	26	W	D	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Liverpool	A
6	-1	Derby County	23	7	3	1	20	9	2	4	6	5	13	1.136	25	L	D	W	W	D	1974-01-01	Birmingham City	H
7	-1	Ipswich Town	22	6	2	2	17	11	4	3	5	17	22	1.03	25	L	W	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Everton	H
8	1	Southampton	23	6	5	1	21	10	2	4	5	9	21	0.968	25	D	D	L	W	D	1974-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	2	Newcastle United	22	7	1	4	17	12	3	3	4	14	13	1.24	24	W	L	L	L	L	1974-01-01	Arsenal	A
10	-3	Queens Park Rangers	23	3	7	0	17	11	4	3	6	17	21	1.063	24	L	D	W	L	D	1974-01-01	Manchester United	H
11	-1	Arsenal	24	5	4	3	14	12	3	3	6	13	19	0.871	23	L	D	W	L	D	1974-01-01	Newcastle United	H
12	1	Coventry City	24	7	1	4	15	10	2	4	6	10	19	0.862	23	D	L	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Burnley	H
13	-1	Sheffield United	22	4	3	2	17	9	4	3	6	12	18	1.074	22	L	W	W	D	D	1974-01-01	Chelsea	H
14	0	Manchester City	22	6	1	2	14	8	2	4	7	10	17	0.96	21	D	L	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Stoke City	H
15	2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	5	1	6	13	17	2	5	4	10	15	0.719	20	W	D	L	L	W	1974-01-01	Leeds United	A
16	2	Stoke City	22	5	4	2	21	10	1	3	7	10	17	1.148	19	W	D	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Manchester City	A
17	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	4	3	3	12	11	2	4	7	16	24	0.8	19	D	D	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Southampton	H
18	-3	Chelsea	22	6	1	5	25	18	1	3	6	9	15	1.03	18	L	L	L	L	W	1974-01-01	Sheffield United	A
19	1	Manchester United	22	5	4	4	15	12	0	2	7	5	15	0.741	16	W	L	L	L	D	1974-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-1	Birmingham City	22	5	4	4	16	16	0	2	7	7	22	0.605	16	D	W	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Derby County	A
21	0	West Ham United	23	1	4	6	12	19	2	3	7	10	20	0.564	13	L	W	L	L	W	1974-01-01	Norwich City	H
22	0	Norwich City	22	2	6	4	10	15	0	3	7	5	16	0.484	13	D	L	L	D	L	1974-01-01	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	13,969
Jones G (p), Byrom, Whatmore 2	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	1	Sunderland	Ninian Park	14,979
Farrington 3, Anderson	Lineups		Halom
Luton Town	1	0	Bristol City	Kenilworth Road	11,398
Anderson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Crystal Palace	Ayresome Park	26,115
Foggon, Armstrong	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Blackpool	The Den, New Cross	8,891
Wood, Clark	Lineups		Burns, Dyson
Notts County	0	3	Carlisle United	Meadow Lane	10,209
	Lineups		Laidlaw 2, McVay OG
Orient	1	0	Fulham	Brisbane Road	14,666
Roffey	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Aston Villa	Manor Ground	10,149
Atkinson, Cassidy	Lineups		Graydon
Preston North End	2	0	Hull City	Deepdale	10,050
Holden 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	16,332
Craig T	Lineups		McKenzie
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Swindon Town	The Hawthorns	14,969
Merrick, Johnston	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	24	10	2	1	20	6	5	6	0	14	8	2.429	38	W	W	D	W	W	1974-01-12	Aston Villa	A
2	0	Orient	24	7	3	3	19	9	4	6	1	20	14	1.696	31	W	W	D	L	W	1974-01-01	Bristol City	A
3	0	Luton Town	23	8	3	1	24	12	4	3	4	11	16	1.25	30	W	D	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Carlisle United	A
4	2	West Bromwich Albion	24	7	4	2	18	10	3	4	4	10	13	1.217	28	W	W	D	L	W	1974-01-01	Crystal Palace	A
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	23	7	2	1	21	6	2	7	4	10	12	1.722	27	D	W	W	L	D	1974-01-01	Oxford United	H
6	-1	Blackpool	24	6	2	3	18	8	4	5	4	16	17	1.36	27	D	D	W	D	W	1974-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	0	Carlisle United	23	6	3	2	20	10	5	2	5	13	16	1.269	27	W	W	D	W	L	1974-01-01	Luton Town	H
8	0	Notts County	23	5	4	4	20	22	4	3	3	15	13	1	25	L	L	D	W	L	1974-01-01	Sunderland	A
9	0	Hull City	24	6	5	0	15	4	1	5	7	10	22	0.962	24	L	D	D	L	W	1974-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Fulham	24	6	3	2	11	7	2	5	6	9	16	0.87	24	L	D	W	W	D	1974-01-12	Cardiff City	H
11	0	Sunderland	23	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	7	14	17	1.261	23	L	L	D	L	W	1974-01-01	Notts County	H
12	1	Bristol City	24	5	3	3	14	10	4	2	7	11	18	0.893	23	L	L	D	W	L	1974-01-01	Orient	H
13	-1	Portsmouth	22	6	2	3	17	11	3	3	5	13	24	0.857	23	L	D	W	W	W	1974-01-01	Cardiff City	H
14	0	Aston Villa	23	5	5	0	19	8	2	3	8	6	16	1.042	22	L	L	D	L	L	1974-01-01	Millwall	H
15	0	Preston North End	24	6	5	2	20	14	1	4	6	8	20	0.824	22	W	L	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Swindon Town	A
16	1	Cardiff City	24	5	4	4	16	10	1	5	5	12	24	0.824	21	W	W	D	L	L	1974-01-01	Portsmouth	A
17	-1	Millwall	23	5	3	5	18	13	2	3	5	11	17	0.967	20	D	D	D	W	L	1974-01-01	Aston Villa	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	2	3	17	9	1	1	9	6	17	0.885	19	W	D	L	W	L	1974-01-01	Hull City	A
19	-1	Oxford United	23	5	5	2	19	12	1	2	8	5	18	0.8	19	W	W	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	5	4	17	15	1	1	8	5	16	0.71	16	D	D	D	L	D	1974-01-01	Blackpool	A
21	0	Swindon Town	24	4	4	3	12	11	0	2	11	7	27	0.5	14	L	L	D	L	D	1974-01-01	Preston North End	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	24	1	4	6	13	19	1	4	8	6	22	0.463	12	L	L	D	D	L	1974-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Goldstone Ground	11,197
Beamish	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Grimsby Town	Eastville	14,317
Wiggington OG	Lineups		Lewis
Chesterfield	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,996
Bellamy, McHale	Lineups		Redknapp
Hereford United	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Edgar Street	7,752
Naylor (p), Jones	Lineups		Jones OG, Flanagan, Horsfield
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Port Vale	Leeds Road	7,702
Lawson 2, Gowling	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	3	Watford	Boundary Park	7,153
	Lineups		Morrissey 3 (1p)
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Cambridge United	Gay Meadow	3,369
Tarbuck, Durban	Lineups
Southend United	1	2	Halifax Town	Roots Hall	6,561
Guthrie	Lineups		Shanahan 2
Southport	0	2	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	2,680
	Lineups		Whittle, Tinnion
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Rochdale	Prenton Park	2,766
Crossley	Lineups		Downes (p)
Walsall	3	2	Aldershot	Fellows Park	4,330
Andrews 2, Shinton	Lineups		Walker (p), Howarth
York City	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bootham Crescent	6,479
Pollard	Lineups

				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	23	8	4	0	21	7	5	6	0	21	7	3	36	D	W	D	W	W	1974-01-01	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	23	8	0	3	14	7	5	6	1	18	11	1.778	32	L	W	W	W	W	1974-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	York City	22	7	5	0	18	5	3	6	1	11	9	2.071	31	W	D	D	W	W	1974-01-05	Rochdale	H
4	0	Chesterfield	23	8	2	2	18	10	3	5	3	7	8	1.389	29	W	W	W	D	W	1974-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
5	0	Wrexham	23	6	4	1	22	7	5	2	5	9	13	1.55	28	W	W	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	23	8	3	1	22	10	2	5	4	10	16	1.231	28	W	W	L	W	D	1974-01-01	Cambridge United	A
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	7	1	2	19	6	4	2	6	17	23	1.241	25	L	W	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Hereford United	H
8	1	Charlton Athletic	23	7	2	2	24	13	4	1	7	14	20	1.152	25	W	L	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Bristol Rovers	H
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	4	4	3	13	10	4	4	1	13	10	1.3	24	L	L	L	D	W	1974-01-01	Port Vale	A
10	4	Halifax Town	21	4	4	1	10	6	4	3	5	11	20	0.808	23	W	L	W	L	W	1974-01-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	22	4	5	2	13	6	3	3	5	11	12	1.333	22	D	L	L	W	D	1974-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-1	Grimsby Town	21	5	3	2	15	10	1	7	3	7	9	1.158	22	D	D	L	D	D	1974-01-01	Chesterfield	H
13	2	Walsall	23	6	4	2	19	6	1	3	7	9	18	1.167	21	W	W	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Rochdale	A
14	3	Watford	22	4	4	3	11	10	4	1	6	16	20	0.9	21	W	L	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Southend United	H
15	-3	Hereford United	23	4	3	5	15	14	2	6	3	11	15	0.897	21	L	L	L	D	W	1974-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-3	Southend United	23	6	2	4	23	17	1	5	5	4	15	0.844	21	L	W	D	L	D	1974-01-01	Watford	A
17	-1	Port Vale	23	5	3	3	16	11	1	4	7	7	19	0.767	19	L	W	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	3	2	17	9	2	1	8	12	19	1.036	18	L	L	L	L	W	1974-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Aldershot	22	5	4	2	18	13	2	0	9	9	21	0.794	18	L	W	D	W	W	1974-01-01	Southport	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	3	2	7	11	17	3	4	4	9	15	0.625	18	W	L	L	L	L	1974-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	Cambridge United	21	5	3	2	16	11	0	1	10	3	20	0.613	14	L	L	D	L	L	1974-01-01	Huddersfield Town	H
22	1	Shrewsbury Town	23	4	2	6	13	15	1	2	8	7	20	0.571	14	W	W	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Wrexham	A
23	-1	Southport	23	1	7	4	10	12	2	1	8	9	26	0.5	14	L	L	W	L	D	1974-01-01	Aldershot	A
24	0	Rochdale	21	0	6	4	12	18	1	2	8	5	24	0.405	10	D	L	D	L	L	1974-01-01	Walsall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	4	2	Bury	Valley Parade	4,617
Ingram 2, Ham, Baker	Lineups		Murray, Williams
Chester	3	0	Newport County	Sealand Road	2,661
Owen 2, James	Lineups
Colchester United	1	0	Northampton Town	Layer Road	5,042
Dyson (p)	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Swansea City	Priestfield Stadium	9,960
Jacks	Lineups		Screen
Mansfield Town	2	2	Barnsley	Field Mill	4,239
Peplow, Walker	Lineups		Lea 2
Reading	1	1	Hartlepool	Elm Park	4,663
Chappell	Lineups		Gauden
Rotherham United	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Millmoor	3,410
Wigg	Lineups		Rowlands
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Peterborough United	Old Showground	5,238
Collier, Keeley	Lineups		Murray
Stockport County	2	2	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	2,246
Lawther, Garbett	Lineups		McNeil, Graham
Torquay United	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Plainmoor	3,487
Fairbrother, Sandercock P (p), Morrall	Lineups

				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	24	9	3	0	27	7	4	5	3	16	10	2.529	34	W	D	L	W	L	1974-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	1	Gillingham	24	8	3	1	33	11	5	4	3	19	12	2.261	33	D	W	W	W	W	1974-01-01	Newport County	A
3	-2	Peterborough United	23	10	1	0	24	3	3	6	3	14	14	2.235	33	L	D	W	D	W	1974-01-01	Stockport County	H
4	0	Torquay United	24	8	4	1	24	13	2	5	4	8	13	1.231	29	W	D	W	W	D	1974-01-01	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Newport County	24	8	1	2	19	8	2	5	6	10	22	0.967	26	L	D	W	L	W	1974-01-01	Gillingham	H
6	0	Mansfield Town	23	9	3	0	30	11	0	4	7	10	24	1.143	25	D	W	L	L	W	1974-01-01	Northampton Town	A
7	0	Lincoln City	23	6	4	1	20	12	3	3	6	14	18	1.133	25	D	L	D	L	W	1974-01-01	Torquay United	H
8	1	Reading	22	4	5	2	13	8	3	5	3	7	8	1.25	24	D	L	L	D	W	1974-01-01	Darlington	A
9	4	Bradford City	24	6	6	1	23	14	2	2	7	6	16	0.967	24	W	W	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	-2	Bury	23	9	0	2	27	9	0	5	7	10	20	1.276	23	L	L	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Workington	H
11	-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
12	0	Swansea City	23	6	2	3	15	7	3	3	6	10	17	1.042	23	D	W	L	W	W	1974-01-01	Rotherham United	H
13	-2	Northampton Town	22	8	2	1	14	4	1	3	7	10	22	0.923	23	L	L	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
14	1	Scunthorpe United	22	8	4	0	23	10	1	1	8	7	23	0.909	23	W	W	L	W	D	1974-01-01	Barnsley	A
15	-1	Rotherham United	23	6	5	1	17	9	1	3	7	14	18	1.148	22	D	W	L	D	L	1974-01-01	Swansea City	A
16	0	Chester	22	6	2	4	18	15	2	3	5	10	18	0.848	21	W	W	D	D	L	1974-01-01	Hartlepool	A
17	0	Stockport County	24	2	8	3	15	17	2	4	5	13	24	0.683	20	D	W	L	L	D	1974-01-01	Peterborough United	A
18	1	Crewe Alexandra	23	6	3	2	17	15	1	2	9	10	22	0.73	19	D	L	W	W	L	1974-01-01	Colchester United	H
19	-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
20	0	Barnsley	22	5	3	2	17	10	1	3	8	10	27	0.73	18	D	L	W	W	W	1974-01-01	Scunthorpe United	H
21	1	Hartlepool	23	4	2	5	11	12	1	5	6	9	17	0.69	17	D	W	W	L	L	1974-01-01	Chester	H
22	-1	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
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	4	4	2	17	11	1	1	10	7	32	0.558	15	L	L	L	L	D	1974-01-01	Bradford City	H
24	0	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