1974-02-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Arsenal	St Andrew's	29,822
Gallagher, Hatton, Francis	Lineups		Kennedy
Burnley	1	1	West Ham United	Turf Moor	18,258
Nulty	Lineups		Paddon
Chelsea	3	3	Queens Park Rangers	Stamford Bridge	34,264
Garner 2, Cooke	Lineups		Bowles 2, Givens
Everton	1	0	Coventry City	Goodison Park	34,762
Hurst	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	24,107
Worthington	Lineups		Salmons
Manchester United	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	39,260
	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	0	Liverpool	St James' Park	45,192
	Lineups
Norwich City	2	4	Derby County	Carrow Road	25,175
Howard, Stringer	Lineups		Bourne 2, Davies, Hector
Southampton	0	2	Manchester City	The Dell	19,234
	Lineups		Law, Marsh
Stoke City	3	2	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	39,598	Largest home gate 1973-74
Pejic, Hudson, Smith	Lineups		Bremner, Clarke
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Ipswich Town	White Hart Lane	26,289
Pratt	Lineups		Whymark

				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	30	9	5	0	29	10	10	5	1	24	9	2.789	48	L	W	W	D	D	1974-02-26	Leicester City	H
2	0	Liverpool	29	13	1	0	25	9	3	7	5	12	14	1.609	40	D	W	W	D	W	1974-02-26	Southampton	H
3	0	Derby County	30	9	5	1	29	13	3	5	7	10	17	1.3	34	W	D	L	W	D	1974-03-02	Stoke City	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	29	8	3	3	29	15	5	4	6	19	28	1.116	33	D	W	L	W	L	1974-02-26	Chelsea	H
5	1	Everton	30	9	6	1	19	8	3	3	8	15	23	1.097	33	W	L	W	D	D	1974-03-02	Leicester City	A
6	-1	Burnley	28	7	7	2	20	13	4	3	5	15	19	1.094	32	D	L	D	L	L	1974-02-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	0	Leicester City	29	7	5	3	23	11	3	6	5	14	18	1.276	31	D	L	D	W	L	1974-02-26	Leeds United	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	5	8	1	22	13	4	5	6	22	26	1.128	31	D	L	D	D	W	1974-02-27	Burnley	H
9	0	Newcastle United	29	8	3	4	23	14	4	3	7	16	18	1.219	30	D	W	L	L	D	1974-03-02	Leeds United	A
10	2	Manchester City	29	8	3	2	17	8	3	5	8	13	19	1.111	30	W	L	W	D	D	1974-03-09	Leeds United	A
11	-1	Sheffield United	30	5	6	3	22	14	5	4	7	16	22	1.056	30	D	D	L	W	D	1974-03-02	Manchester United	H
12	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	7	2	6	20	21	3	8	4	14	18	0.872	30	D	W	W	D	W	1974-03-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	4	Stoke City	29	7	5	2	26	13	1	7	7	12	19	1.188	28	W	D	D	W	D	1974-03-02	Derby County	A
14	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	7	4	3	17	13	2	6	9	18	28	0.854	28	D	W	L	L	D	1974-03-09	Ipswich Town	H
15	-2	Southampton	29	7	6	2	26	15	2	4	8	11	32	0.787	28	L	W	L	D	L	1974-02-26	Liverpool	A
16	-1	Arsenal	31	6	5	5	17	15	3	4	8	16	26	0.805	27	L	L	L	D	D	1974-03-02	Southampton	H
17	-1	Coventry City	31	8	3	4	19	13	2	4	10	13	29	0.762	27	L	L	L	W	L	1974-02-26	Norwich City	H
18	0	Chelsea	29	7	3	5	30	22	2	5	7	14	20	1.048	26	D	W	D	L	D	1974-02-26	Ipswich Town	A
19	0	West Ham United	31	4	5	6	22	25	4	5	7	16	23	0.792	26	D	W	W	W	D	1974-03-02	Chelsea	H
20	0	Birmingham City	29	6	5	4	20	18	0	4	10	12	31	0.653	21	W	L	L	D	D	1974-03-02	Coventry City	A
21	0	Manchester United	29	5	6	5	16	15	0	3	10	8	23	0.632	19	D	D	L	L	D	1974-03-02	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Norwich City	29	3	7	5	15	21	1	3	10	9	24	0.533	18	L	W	W	L	D	1974-02-26	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Carlisle United	Burnden Park	16,960
Byrom, Jones G (p)	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	1	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	12,184
	Lineups		Graydon
Luton Town	2	1	Crystal Palace	Kenilworth Road	14,287
Ryan J (p), Butlin	Lineups		Possee
Middlesbrough	2	1	Swindon Town	Ayresome Park	23,194
Hickton, Foggon	Lineups		Compton
Millwall	0	0	Nottingham Forest	The Den, New Cross	8,833
	Lineups
Notts County	0	3	Blackpool	Meadow Lane	11,092
	Lineups		Dyson 2, Burns
Orient	1	1	Hull City	Brisbane Road	9,830
Heppolette	Lineups		Pearson
Oxford United	3	0	Portsmouth	Manor Ground	8,006
Aylott, Curran, Gough	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Fulham	Deepdale	9,545
	Lineups		Slough
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Sunderland	Hillsborough	17,186
	Lineups		Halom
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	18,928
Wile, Astle	Lineups		Hunt, Tainton

				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	30	12	3	1	25	7	6	7	1	19	15	2	46	W	W	D	L	W	1974-03-02	Sunderland	A
2	0	Orient	29	8	4	3	22	11	5	7	2	23	18	1.552	37	D	L	W	D	W	1974-02-26	Nottingham Forest	A
3	0	Blackpool	31	8	4	3	23	10	5	7	4	20	18	1.536	37	W	W	D	W	D	1974-03-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	0	Luton Town	29	9	5	1	29	16	5	4	5	12	18	1.206	37	W	D	W	D	D	1974-02-26	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Carlisle United	28	8	4	2	27	12	5	3	6	15	20	1.313	33	L	W	D	D	W	1974-02-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	7	6	2	21	13	4	5	5	15	16	1.241	33	D	D	D	W	L	1974-02-25	Carlisle United	A
7	1	Nottingham Forest	29	8	3	2	28	12	2	9	5	13	16	1.464	32	D	L	W	D	L	1974-02-26	Orient	H
8	-1	Notts County	32	6	4	6	25	28	6	4	6	22	20	0.979	32	L	W	L	W	D	1974-03-03	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Hull City	31	7	7	1	18	8	1	8	7	13	25	0.939	31	D	L	W	D	D	1974-03-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Sunderland	29	6	6	2	22	9	5	2	8	16	19	1.357	30	W	W	W	L	D	1974-03-02	Middlesbrough	H
11	1	Fulham	29	8	3	3	17	9	3	5	7	10	17	1.038	30	W	W	W	L	L	1974-03-05	Luton Town	H
12	-1	Millwall	30	7	4	5	22	13	3	5	6	15	22	1.057	29	D	W	L	W	W	1974-02-26	Bristol City	A
13	1	Bolton Wanderers	29	10	2	3	25	12	1	4	9	8	19	1.065	28	W	W	D	W	D	1974-02-27	Aston Villa	A
14	-1	Portsmouth	29	7	5	3	20	13	3	3	8	13	34	0.702	28	L	D	L	D	L	1974-03-02	Millwall	H
15	3	Aston Villa	28	5	7	1	20	10	3	4	8	7	16	1.038	27	W	L	D	D	D	1974-02-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	0	Bristol City	30	6	4	4	17	14	4	3	9	15	25	0.821	27	D	L	W	L	D	1974-02-26	Millwall	H
17	-2	Cardiff City	31	6	5	5	19	13	2	5	8	16	30	0.814	26	L	L	L	W	D	1974-03-02	Swindon Town	A
18	-1	Preston North End	31	7	6	3	22	16	1	5	9	10	27	0.744	26	L	L	W	L	D	1974-03-02	Carlisle United	A
19	1	Oxford United	30	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	10	6	23	0.744	24	W	L	L	L	D	1974-03-02	Bristol City	A
20	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	6	5	5	22	18	1	4	10	11	27	0.733	23	L	D	L	W	L	1974-03-02	Hull City	A
21	0	Crystal Palace	30	4	5	6	18	19	2	4	9	10	25	0.636	21	L	W	W	W	D	1974-03-03	Orient	H
22	0	Swindon Town	31	5	6	4	19	19	0	2	14	9	34	0.528	18	L	L	L	D	D	1974-02-26	Luton Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Goldstone Ground	12,120
Welch (p), Bridges 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Watford	Eastville	14,069
Warboys	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Halifax Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,538
McHale	Lineups		Pugh
Hereford United	2	1	Port Vale	Edgar Street	6,566
Owen, Radford	Lineups		Woodward
Huddersfield Town	5	0	Rochdale	Leeds Road	5,679
Lawson 2, Gowling 2, Summerill	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Aldershot	Boundary Park	9,145
Whittle (p), Groves	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	1,993
	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Grimsby Town	Fellows Park	4,071
Buckley 2, Taylor	Lineups		Hubbard

				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	30	10	4	0	25	7	6	8	2	26	14	2.429	44	W	L	L	W	W	1974-03-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	2	Chesterfield	31	10	4	2	23	12	4	6	5	12	14	1.346	38	D	L	W	W	W	1974-03-02	Rochdale	A
3	-1	AFC Bournemouth	30	10	1	5	17	13	5	7	2	19	15	1.286	38	W	D	L	L	L	1974-02-24	Southport	A
4	-1	York City	28	8	6	1	22	9	4	7	2	16	13	1.727	37	L	D	W	L	D	1974-02-24	Cambridge United	H
5	0	Oldham Athletic	27	6	4	3	18	12	8	4	2	23	15	1.519	36	W	W	W	W	W	1974-03-02	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	0	Wrexham	28	9	4	2	28	10	5	2	6	9	16	1.423	34	W	W	L	L	W	1974-02-24	Southend United	A
7	3	Huddersfield Town	31	10	3	2	29	12	2	7	7	15	24	1.222	34	W	D	L	W	L	1974-03-02	Halifax Town	A
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	2	3	26	10	4	3	8	18	28	1.158	33	L	D	W	L	W	1974-03-02	Oldham Athletic	H
9	-1	Watford	31	8	4	4	21	17	5	3	7	21	25	1	33	L	W	D	W	L	1974-03-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	-1	Grimsby Town	29	9	4	2	30	14	1	8	5	10	15	1.379	32	L	W	D	W	W	1974-03-02	York City	H
11	3	Walsall	31	8	4	3	25	11	4	3	9	15	23	1.176	31	W	W	L	L	W	1974-03-03	Cambridge United	A
12	-1	Charlton Athletic	30	8	4	4	30	23	5	1	8	16	23	1	31	L	L	D	W	W	1974-02-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Halifax Town	28	5	7	1	16	10	5	4	6	16	24	0.941	31	D	D	W	D	L	1974-03-02	Huddersfield Town	H
14	-2	Port Vale	31	9	4	3	27	15	2	4	9	9	22	0.973	30	L	W	L	W	W	1974-03-02	Southport	H
15	1	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	5	2	25	12	4	2	9	17	20	1.313	29	D	W	D	W	D	1974-03-02	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-1	Aldershot	31	8	5	3	29	19	3	2	10	10	23	0.929	29	L	D	D	W	L	1974-03-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	0	Southend United	30	7	3	4	25	18	2	7	7	13	24	0.905	28	D	W	D	W	D	1974-02-24	Wrexham	H
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	5	3	7	17	19	4	7	5	17	20	0.872	28	W	D	D	L	D	1974-02-27	Wrexham	H
19	0	Hereford United	30	6	3	6	19	17	3	6	6	14	21	0.868	27	W	L	L	L	W	1974-02-26	Rochdale	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	30	4	6	4	14	10	3	4	9	13	24	0.794	24	D	D	L	L	L	1974-02-24	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Cambridge United	28	7	5	3	25	18	1	2	10	5	20	0.789	23	W	W	L	D	D	1974-02-24	York City	A
22	1	Shrewsbury Town	32	4	4	8	13	18	1	3	12	13	32	0.52	17	D	L	D	D	L	1974-03-02	Watford	A
23	-1	Southport	30	1	9	4	11	13	2	2	12	13	39	0.462	17	L	L	D	D	L	1974-02-24	AFC Bournemouth	H
24	0	Rochdale	30	1	6	8	17	29	1	2	12	8	38	0.373	12	L	L	L	L	L	1974-02-26	Hereford United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	3	0	Barnsley	Valley Parade	5,716
Ham, Ingram (p), Oates	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Lincoln City	Griffin Park	4,171
Cross, Salvage	Lineups		McNeil
Gillingham	2	1	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium	7,994
Yeo, Wilks	Lineups		Bowker
Rotherham United	0	1	Darlington	Millmoor	2,331
	Lineups		Swift OG
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Swansea City	Old Showground	2,395
	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	0	Colchester United	33	13	3	0	38	8	6	5	6	21	17	2.36	46	W	L	W	L	L	1974-03-02	Peterborough United	A
2	0	Gillingham	32	11	4	1	42	13	7	5	4	30	21	2.118	45	W	L	W	W	W	1974-03-03	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Peterborough United	28	12	3	0	29	6	3	6	4	15	16	2	39	W	D	L	D	W	1974-02-24	Workington	A
4	0	Bury	30	14	0	2	38	12	2	5	7	14	22	1.529	37	W	W	W	W	W	1974-02-24	Chester	A
5	0	Northampton Town	30	11	4	1	24	7	3	3	8	14	25	1.188	35	W	W	D	D	W	1974-02-24	Torquay United	A
6	2	Swansea City	32	10	2	4	25	10	4	4	8	12	20	1.233	34	D	W	L	L	W	1974-03-03	Reading	H
7	3	Bradford City	31	9	6	1	31	14	3	4	8	10	22	1.139	34	W	L	W	W	W	1974-03-03	Darlington	A
8	-2	Torquay United	32	8	5	2	25	15	2	9	6	10	19	1.029	34	D	D	D	D	L	1974-02-24	Northampton Town	H
9	-2	Newport County	32	10	3	3	29	18	2	7	7	14	27	0.956	34	W	D	D	W	D	1974-02-24	Mansfield Town	A
10	-1	Reading	30	6	6	2	20	10	4	6	6	15	17	1.296	32	W	W	L	D	D	1974-02-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	0	Lincoln City	32	9	4	3	29	18	3	4	9	17	29	0.979	32	L	L	L	L	W	1974-03-03	Mansfield Town	H
12	0	Chester	29	8	2	4	20	15	3	6	6	14	22	0.919	30	W	W	D	D	W	1974-02-24	Bury	H
13	0	Exeter City	30	8	2	3	22	9	5	1	11	13	26	1	29	L	L	L	L	W	1974-03-02	Torquay United	H
14	0	Barnsley	31	9	4	2	31	13	1	5	10	12	34	0.915	29	L	W	D	W	D	1974-02-24	Darlington	H
15	0	Hartlepool	32	8	4	5	21	12	2	5	8	11	24	0.889	29	L	W	L	W	D	1974-03-03	Workington	H
16	0	Mansfield Town	29	10	3	1	33	14	0	4	11	10	34	0.896	27	L	L	L	W	L	1974-02-24	Newport County	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	31	8	5	3	20	17	2	2	11	12	28	0.711	27	D	W	W	D	L	1974-02-24	Stockport County	A
18	2	Darlington	32	6	7	4	19	16	2	3	10	7	28	0.591	26	W	W	L	W	D	1974-02-24	Barnsley	A
19	-1	Rotherham United	30	6	6	3	19	13	2	3	10	19	27	0.95	25	L	D	W	L	L	1974-03-03	Barnsley	A
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	29	8	6	1	25	13	1	1	12	8	34	0.702	25	D	L	L	L	D	1974-03-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	2	Brentford	32	5	4	7	20	17	3	4	9	13	24	0.805	24	W	L	L	D	D	1974-03-02	Newport County	A
22	-1	Stockport County	32	2	10	4	16	19	2	5	9	16	36	0.582	23	L	D	L	D	D	1974-02-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	-1	Workington	30	7	5	2	20	13	0	4	12	6	33	0.565	23	L	W	L	L	W	1974-02-24	Peterborough United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	5	5	5	24	19	1	2	11	8	35	0.593	19	L	L	L	W	D	1974-02-24	Reading	A