1974-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Newcastle United	Highbury	29,258
	Lineups		Hibbitt
Coventry City	1	1	Burnley	Highfield Road	24,876
Cross	Lineups		Nulty
Derby County	1	1	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	31,189
Bourne	Lineups		Hatton
Ipswich Town	3	0	Everton	Portman Road	23,444
Hamilton 2, Woods	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road	46,565
Jones	Lineups		McGrath
Liverpool	1	1	Leicester City	Anfield Road	39,110
Cormack	Lineups		Weller
Manchester City	0	0	Stoke City	Maine Road	35,009
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Manchester United	Loftus Road	32,339
Bowles 2, Givens	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	2	Chelsea	Bramall Lane	32,575
Woodward	Lineups		Hollins, Kember
West Ham United	4	2	Norwich City	Upton Park	32,259
Paddon 2, Brooking, Gould	Lineups		MacDougall 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Southampton	Molineux	26,354
Wagstaffe, Richards	Lineups		Stokes

				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	24	7	4	0	23	7	9	4	0	20	6	3.308	40	D	D	W	W	W	1974-01-12	Southampton	H
2	0	Liverpool	24	10	1	0	19	6	3	5	5	11	13	1.579	32	D	W	L	W	D	1974-01-12	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Burnley	23	7	6	0	18	9	4	2	4	13	13	1.409	30	D	D	W	L	W	1974-01-12	Derby County	A
4	1	Leicester City	24	6	4	2	17	9	3	5	4	14	16	1.24	27	D	W	D	W	W	1974-01-12	Manchester City	A
5	-1	Everton	24	7	5	1	16	7	3	2	6	11	17	1.125	27	L	W	W	L	D	1974-01-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	1	Ipswich Town	23	7	2	2	20	11	4	3	5	17	22	1.121	27	W	L	W	W	L	1974-01-12	Stoke City	H
7	2	Newcastle United	23	7	1	4	17	12	4	3	4	15	13	1.28	26	W	W	L	L	L	1974-01-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	2	Queens Park Rangers	24	4	7	0	20	11	4	3	6	17	21	1.156	26	W	L	D	W	L	1974-01-12	Everton	H
9	-3	Derby County	24	7	4	1	21	10	2	4	6	5	13	1.13	26	D	L	D	W	W	1974-01-12	Burnley	H
10	-2	Southampton	24	6	5	1	21	10	2	4	6	10	23	0.939	25	L	D	D	L	W	1974-01-12	Leeds United	A
11	1	Coventry City	25	7	2	4	16	11	2	4	6	10	19	0.867	24	D	D	L	L	W	1974-01-12	Chelsea	H
12	-1	Arsenal	25	5	4	4	14	13	3	3	6	13	19	0.844	23	L	L	D	W	L	1974-01-12	Norwich City	H
13	0	Sheffield United	23	4	3	3	18	11	4	3	6	12	18	1.034	22	L	L	W	W	D	1974-01-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	0	Manchester City	23	6	2	2	14	8	2	4	7	10	17	0.96	22	D	D	L	W	W	1974-01-12	Leicester City	H
15	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	5	3	3	14	12	2	4	7	16	24	0.833	21	W	D	D	W	W	1974-01-12	Newcastle United	H
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	5	1	6	13	17	2	6	4	11	16	0.727	21	D	W	D	L	L	1974-01-12	Sheffield United	A
17	-1	Stoke City	23	5	4	2	21	10	1	4	7	10	17	1.148	20	D	W	D	W	L	1974-01-12	Ipswich Town	A
18	0	Chelsea	23	6	1	5	25	18	2	3	6	11	16	1.059	20	W	L	L	L	L	1974-01-12	Coventry City	A
19	1	Birmingham City	23	5	4	4	16	16	0	3	7	8	23	0.615	17	D	D	W	L	W	1974-01-12	Liverpool	A
20	-1	Manchester United	23	5	4	4	15	12	0	2	8	5	18	0.667	16	L	W	L	L	L	1974-01-12	West Ham United	A
21	0	West Ham United	24	2	4	6	16	21	2	3	7	10	20	0.634	15	W	L	W	L	L	1974-01-12	Manchester United	H
22	0	Norwich City	23	2	6	4	10	15	0	3	8	7	20	0.486	13	L	D	L	L	D	1974-01-12	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	0	Millwall	Villa Park	20,905
	Lineups
Blackpool	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road	11,362
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	2	Orient	Ashton Gate	19,126
	Lineups		Walley, Downing
Carlisle United	2	0	Luton Town	Brunton Park	9,245
Green, Martin	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Selhurst Park	23,823
Rogers	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Boothferry Park	12,210
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Oxford United	City Ground	15,079
Bowyer	Lineups		Clark D
Portsmouth	1	0	Cardiff City	Fratton Park	20,062	Largest home gate 1973-74
Kellard	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Notts County	Roker Park	22,578
Halom	Lineups		Masson 2
Swindon Town	3	1	Preston North End	County Ground	8,299
Eastoe, Butler, Moss	Lineups		Williams

				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	25	7	3	3	19	9	5	6	1	22	14	1.783	33	W	W	W	D	L	1974-01-12	Blackpool	A
3	0	Luton Town	24	8	3	1	24	12	4	3	5	11	18	1.167	30	L	W	D	L	W	1974-01-12	Portsmouth	A
4	3	Carlisle United	24	7	3	2	22	10	5	2	5	13	16	1.346	29	W	W	W	D	W	1974-01-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	24	7	3	1	22	7	2	7	4	10	12	1.684	28	D	D	W	W	L	1974-01-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Blackpool	25	6	3	3	18	8	4	5	4	16	17	1.36	28	D	D	D	W	D	1974-01-12	Orient	H
7	-3	West Bromwich Albion	25	7	4	2	18	10	3	4	5	10	14	1.167	28	L	W	W	D	L	1974-01-12	Nottingham Forest	A
8	0	Notts County	24	5	4	4	20	22	5	3	3	17	14	1.028	27	W	L	L	D	W	1974-01-20	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Hull City	25	6	6	0	15	4	1	5	7	10	22	0.962	25	D	L	D	D	L	1974-01-12	Millwall	H
10	3	Portsmouth	23	7	2	3	18	11	3	3	5	13	24	0.886	25	W	L	D	W	W	1974-01-12	Luton Town	H
11	-1	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
12	-1	Sunderland	24	4	5	2	16	8	4	2	7	14	17	1.2	23	L	L	L	D	L	1974-01-12	Oxford United	H
13	1	Aston Villa	24	5	6	0	19	8	2	3	8	6	16	1.042	23	D	L	L	D	L	1974-01-12	Middlesbrough	H
14	-2	Bristol City	25	5	3	4	14	12	4	2	7	11	18	0.833	23	L	L	L	D	W	1974-01-12	Preston North End	H
15	0	Preston North End	25	6	5	2	20	14	1	4	7	9	23	0.784	22	L	W	L	L	D	1974-01-12	Bristol City	A
16	1	Millwall	24	5	3	5	18	13	2	4	5	11	17	0.967	21	D	D	D	D	W	1974-01-12	Hull City	A
17	-1	Cardiff City	25	5	4	4	16	10	1	5	6	12	25	0.8	21	L	W	W	D	L	1974-01-12	Fulham	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	2	3	17	9	1	2	9	6	17	0.885	20	D	W	D	L	W	1974-01-12	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Oxford United	24	5	5	2	19	12	1	3	8	6	19	0.806	20	D	W	W	L	D	1974-01-12	Sunderland	A
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	4	5	4	17	15	1	2	8	5	16	0.71	17	D	D	D	D	L	1974-01-12	Carlisle United	A
21	0	Swindon Town	25	5	4	3	15	12	0	2	11	7	27	0.564	16	W	L	L	D	L	1974-01-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	25	2	4	6	14	19	1	4	8	6	22	0.488	14	W	L	L	D	D	1974-01-12	Bolton Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	17,079	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups
Aldershot	4	0	Southport	Recreation Ground	5,754
Richardson, Brown 2, Brodie	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Hereford United	Ewood Park	9,720
Hutchins	Lineups		Tavener, Rudge
Cambridge United	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Abbey Stadium	5,667
Greenhalgh, Ross (p)	Lineups		Chapman, Hoy
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Bristol Rovers	The Valley	11,414	Largest home gate 1973-74
Curtis (p)	Lineups		Rudge
Grimsby Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	9,485
Lewis	Lineups		Large
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Home Park	13,004
Sullivan (p), Machin	Lineups
Port Vale	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Vale Park	4,300
Woodward 2, Williams	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Walsall	Spotland	2,117
	Lineups		Hanvey OG
Watford	1	0	Southend United	Vicarage Road	8,195
Jennings	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	9,572
Whittle, Tinnion, Davies	Lineups		Durban

				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	24	8	4	0	21	7	5	7	0	22	8	2.867	37	D	D	W	D	W	1974-01-12	Halifax Town	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	24	8	1	3	14	7	5	6	1	18	11	1.778	33	D	L	W	W	W	1974-01-12	Walsall	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	1	Wrexham	24	7	4	1	25	8	5	2	5	9	13	1.619	30	W	W	W	W	W	1974-01-12	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Chesterfield	24	8	2	2	18	10	3	6	3	8	9	1.368	30	D	W	W	W	D	1974-01-05	Aldershot	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	24	8	3	1	22	10	2	6	4	12	18	1.214	29	D	W	W	L	W	1974-01-12	Aldershot	A
7	1	Charlton Athletic	24	7	3	2	25	14	4	1	7	14	20	1.147	26	D	W	L	L	W	1974-01-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	1	3	20	8	4	2	6	17	23	1.194	25	L	L	W	L	W	1974-01-12	Chesterfield	H
9	0	Oldham Athletic	21	4	4	3	13	10	4	4	2	13	13	1.13	24	L	L	L	L	D	1974-01-12	Wrexham	A
10	3	Walsall	24	6	4	2	19	6	2	3	7	10	18	1.208	23	W	W	W	W	W	1974-01-12	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	1	Grimsby Town	22	5	4	2	16	11	1	7	3	7	9	1.15	23	D	D	D	L	D	1974-01-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	3	Hereford United	24	4	3	5	15	14	3	6	3	13	16	0.933	23	W	L	L	L	D	1974-01-12	Watford	A
13	1	Watford	23	5	4	3	12	10	4	1	6	16	20	0.933	23	W	W	L	W	L	1974-01-05	Southport	A
14	-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
15	-4	Tranmere Rovers	23	4	5	2	13	6	3	3	6	11	14	1.2	22	L	D	L	L	W	1974-01-12	Grimsby Town	A
16	1	Port Vale	24	6	3	3	19	11	1	4	7	7	19	0.867	21	W	L	W	L	D	1974-01-12	York City	H
17	-1	Southend United	24	6	2	4	23	17	1	5	6	4	16	0.818	21	L	L	W	D	L	1974-01-12	Cambridge United	A
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	3	2	19	9	2	1	8	12	19	1.107	20	W	L	L	L	L	1974-01-12	Southport	H
19	0	Aldershot	23	6	4	2	22	13	2	0	9	9	21	0.912	20	W	L	W	D	W	1974-01-05	Chesterfield	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	3	2	7	11	17	3	5	4	9	15	0.625	19	D	W	L	L	L	1974-01-12	Charlton Athletic	A
21	0	Cambridge United	22	5	4	2	18	13	0	1	10	3	20	0.636	15	D	L	L	D	L	1974-01-12	Southend United	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	4	2	6	13	15	1	2	9	8	23	0.553	14	L	W	W	W	L	1974-01-05	Halifax Town	H
23	0	Southport	24	1	7	4	10	12	2	1	9	9	30	0.452	14	L	L	L	W	L	1974-01-05	Watford	H
24	0	Rochdale	22	0	6	5	12	19	1	2	8	5	24	0.395	10	L	D	L	D	L	1974-01-05	York City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	5	0	Scunthorpe United	Oakwell	6,158
Butler 3, Mahoney, Brown	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Workington	Gigg Lane	3,533
Holt, Murray, Spence	Lineups		Skillen
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Colchester United	Gresty Road	2,383
Riley	Lineups		Svarc, Foley
Darlington	2	1	Reading	Feethams Ground	2,379
Burluraux, Cattrell	Lineups		Hetzke
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Bradford City	Belle Vue	3,480
Murray, Elwiss	Lineups		Ham 2
Exeter City	2	1	Brentford	St James Park	5,754
Binney (p), Morrin	Lineups		Salvage
Hartlepool	0	0	Chester	Victoria Park	3,104
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Torquay United	Sincil Bank	5,139
Worsdale, Harding 2	Lineups
Newport County	3	3	Gillingham	Somerton Park	5,888	Largest home gate 1973-74
Brown, Hill, Summerhayes	Lineups		Jacks, Wilks, Peach
Northampton Town	2	0	Mansfield Town	County Ground	6,231
Neal (p), Krzywicki	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	2	Stockport County	London Road	8,272
Hall, Cozens, Jones	Lineups		Hollis, Lawther
Swansea City	4	2	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	4,961
James, Bruton 2 (2p), Screen	Lineups		Crawford, Gilbert

				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	Colchester United	25	9	3	0	27	7	5	5	3	18	11	2.5	36	W	W	D	L	W	1974-01-05	Lincoln City	H
2	1	Peterborough United	24	11	1	0	27	5	3	6	3	14	14	2.158	35	W	L	D	W	D	1974-01-12	Bradford City	H
3	-1	Gillingham	25	8	3	1	33	11	5	5	3	22	15	2.115	34	D	D	W	W	W	1974-01-05	Barnsley	H
4	0	Torquay United	25	8	4	1	24	13	2	5	5	8	16	1.103	29	L	W	D	W	W	1974-01-05	Darlington	H
5	2	Lincoln City	24	7	4	1	23	12	3	3	6	14	18	1.233	27	W	D	L	D	L	1974-01-05	Colchester United	A
6	-1	Newport County	25	8	2	2	22	11	2	5	6	10	22	0.97	27	D	L	D	W	L	1974-01-05	Workington	A
7	3	Bury	24	10	0	2	30	10	0	5	7	10	20	1.333	25	W	L	L	W	L	1974-01-12	Reading	H
8	3	Exeter City	24	7	2	3	20	8	4	1	7	9	17	1.16	25	W	D	W	L	L	1974-01-05	Stockport County	A
9	3	Swansea City	24	7	2	3	19	9	3	3	6	10	17	1.115	25	W	D	W	L	W	1974-01-05	Brentford	A
10	-4	Mansfield Town	24	9	3	0	30	11	0	4	8	10	26	1.081	25	L	D	W	L	L	1974-01-12	Swansea City	A
11	2	Northampton Town	23	9	2	1	16	4	1	3	7	10	22	1	25	W	L	L	W	W	1974-01-05	Hartlepool	A
12	-3	Bradford City	25	6	6	1	23	14	2	3	7	8	18	0.969	25	D	W	W	L	D	1974-01-12	Peterborough United	A
13	-5	Reading	23	4	5	2	13	8	3	5	4	8	10	1.167	24	L	D	L	L	D	1974-01-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	0	Scunthorpe United	23	8	4	0	23	10	1	1	9	7	28	0.789	23	L	W	W	L	W	1974-01-12	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	0	Rotherham United	24	6	5	1	17	9	1	3	8	16	22	1.065	22	L	D	W	L	D	1974-01-12	Hartlepool	A
16	0	Chester	23	6	2	4	18	15	2	4	5	10	18	0.848	22	D	W	W	D	D	1974-01-12	Exeter City	A
17	3	Barnsley	23	6	3	2	22	10	1	3	8	10	27	0.865	20	W	D	L	W	W	1974-01-05	Gillingham	A
18	-1	Stockport County	25	2	8	3	15	17	2	4	6	15	27	0.682	20	L	D	W	L	L	1974-01-05	Exeter City	H
19	-1	Crewe Alexandra	24	6	3	3	18	17	1	2	9	10	22	0.718	19	L	D	L	W	W	1974-01-05	Reading	A
20	-1	Brentford	24	4	4	4	16	10	2	2	8	11	22	0.844	18	L	D	L	D	D	1974-01-05	Swansea City	H
21	0	Hartlepool	24	4	3	5	11	12	1	5	6	9	17	0.69	18	D	D	W	W	L	1974-01-05	Northampton Town	H
22	2	Darlington	23	4	5	3	13	12	1	2	8	4	22	0.5	17	W	L	W	D	D	1974-01-05	Torquay United	A
23	-1	Workington	23	4	5	2	9	8	0	4	8	6	25	0.455	17	L	L	L	W	D	1974-01-05	Newport County	H
24	-1	Doncaster Rovers	23	4	5	2	19	13	1	1	10	7	32	0.578	16	D	L	L	L	L	1974-01-12	Brentford	H