1974-03-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Manchester United	St Andrew's	37,768
Gallagher	Lineups
Burnley	3	1	Everton	Turf Moor	19,365
Waldron, Nulty, James	Lineups		Latchford R
Chelsea	1	0	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	24,207
Hutchinson	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	2	Arsenal	Portman Road	22,275
Whymark, Hamilton	Lineups		Kennedy, Simpson
Leicester City	0	1	Derby County	Filbert Street	30,423
	Lineups		McFarland
Liverpool	1	0	Leeds United	Anfield Road	56,003	Largest home gate 1973-74
Heighway	Lineups
Manchester City	0	1	Sheffield United	Maine Road	26,220
	Lineups		Salmons
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loftus Road	21,209
	Lineups
Stoke City	4	1	Southampton	Victoria Ground	20,415
Hurst, Ritchie 3	Lineups		OG
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Norwich City	White Hart Lane	18,476
	Lineups
West Ham United	2	3	Coventry City	Upton Park	26,502
Bonds 2	Lineups		Cross, Alderson, Carr

				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	34	10	7	0	32	12	10	5	2	24	10	2.545	52	L	W	D	D	L	1974-03-23	Burnley	H
2	0	Liverpool	32	16	1	0	28	9	3	7	5	12	14	1.739	46	W	W	W	D	W	1974-03-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Derby County	34	9	7	1	31	15	4	6	7	12	18	1.303	39	W	D	D	D	W	1974-03-23	Ipswich Town	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	34	8	6	3	33	19	6	4	7	23	31	1.12	38	D	W	L	D	D	1974-03-23	Derby County	A
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	32	7	9	1	27	15	4	5	6	22	26	1.195	36	D	W	W	D	L	1974-03-23	Coventry City	A
6	0	Everton	33	10	6	1	23	9	3	3	10	17	28	1.081	35	L	W	L	W	L	1974-03-23	Chelsea	H
7	0	Leicester City	32	8	5	4	25	13	3	7	5	15	19	1.25	34	L	W	D	D	L	1974-03-18	Southampton	A
8	0	Burnley	32	8	7	2	23	14	4	3	8	16	25	1	34	W	L	L	L	D	1974-03-23	Leeds United	A
9	2	Coventry City	35	10	3	5	22	14	3	4	10	16	31	0.844	33	W	W	L	W	L	1974-03-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	2	Chelsea	34	9	3	5	34	22	2	7	8	17	26	1.063	32	W	W	D	L	D	1974-03-23	Everton	A
11	2	Sheffield United	33	5	6	5	22	18	6	4	7	17	22	0.975	32	W	L	L	D	D	1974-03-23	West Ham United	H
12	4	Stoke City	32	8	5	2	30	14	1	8	8	13	22	1.194	31	W	L	D	W	D	1974-03-23	Norwich City	A
13	-4	Newcastle United	31	8	3	4	23	14	4	4	8	17	20	1.176	31	L	D	D	W	L	1974-03-23	Leicester City	H
14	-4	Manchester City	32	8	4	3	17	9	3	5	9	13	20	1.034	31	L	D	L	W	L	1974-03-23	Arsenal	A
15	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	8	4	3	20	14	2	7	9	18	28	0.905	31	D	W	D	W	L	1974-03-23	Liverpool	H
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	7	3	6	20	21	3	8	5	15	21	0.833	31	D	L	D	W	W	1974-03-23	Manchester United	A
17	1	Arsenal	33	7	5	5	18	15	3	5	8	18	28	0.837	30	D	W	L	L	L	1974-03-23	Manchester City	H
18	-1	West Ham United	34	5	5	7	27	28	4	6	7	17	24	0.846	29	L	D	W	D	W	1974-03-23	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Southampton	33	7	7	2	27	16	2	4	11	12	38	0.722	29	L	D	L	L	L	1974-03-18	Leicester City	H
20	0	Birmingham City	32	7	5	4	21	18	1	4	11	14	35	0.66	25	W	L	W	W	L	1974-03-20	Norwich City	A
21	0	Manchester United	32	5	6	5	16	15	1	4	11	9	24	0.641	22	L	D	W	D	D	1974-03-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Norwich City	33	3	8	5	17	23	1	5	11	10	26	0.551	21	D	D	D	L	L	1974-03-20	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	0	1	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate	12,759
	Lineups		Morgan
Carlisle United	1	0	Crystal Palace	Brunton Park	6,964
Clarke F	Lineups
Luton Town	3	1	Orient	Kenilworth Road	17,045
Husband 3	Lineups		Hoadley
Millwall	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Den, New Cross	6,419
Wood, Smethurst	Lineups		Byrom
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Blackpool	City Ground	15,724
McKenzie 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Hull City	Fratton Park	9,838
Marinello 2, Davies	Lineups		Pearson
Preston North End	0	2	Notts County	Deepdale	8,907
	Lineups		Stubbs, Bradd
Sheffield Wednesday	5	0	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	13,841
Joicey 2, Craig T, Potts, Thompson	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Fulham	Roker Park	20,730
Longhorn	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	4	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	24,178
	Lineups		Foggon, Hickton 2 (1p), Souness

				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	33	13	3	1	27	8	8	7	1	25	15	2.261	52	W	W	W	W	W	1974-03-19	Fulham	A
2	0	Luton Town	33	10	5	1	32	17	7	4	6	18	21	1.316	43	W	W	L	W	W	1974-03-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	0	Orient	33	8	5	3	23	12	5	8	4	25	23	1.371	39	L	D	D	L	D	1974-03-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	2	Carlisle United	33	9	5	3	30	15	6	3	7	18	22	1.297	38	W	L	W	D	L	1974-03-23	Hull City	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	33	7	6	3	21	17	6	6	5	20	18	1.171	38	L	D	W	W	D	1974-03-19	Hull City	H
6	1	Nottingham Forest	32	10	4	2	32	13	2	9	5	13	16	1.552	37	W	D	W	D	L	1974-03-23	Fulham	A
7	-2	Blackpool	33	8	4	4	23	12	5	7	5	20	20	1.344	37	L	L	W	W	D	1974-03-19	Bristol City	H
8	1	Notts County	35	6	4	7	26	33	7	5	6	24	20	0.943	35	W	L	D	L	W	1974-03-23	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	1	Sunderland	33	8	6	3	26	11	5	2	9	16	22	1.273	34	W	L	W	L	W	1974-03-23	Swindon Town	A
10	-2	Hull City	34	8	7	2	21	12	1	8	8	14	28	0.875	33	L	L	W	D	L	1974-03-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	2	Portsmouth	33	8	6	3	23	14	4	3	9	15	38	0.731	33	W	W	L	D	L	1974-03-23	Aston Villa	A
12	-1	Bolton Wanderers	33	10	3	3	26	13	2	5	10	12	22	1.086	32	L	D	W	D	W	1974-03-23	Luton Town	H
13	1	Aston Villa	32	6	8	2	24	15	4	4	8	8	16	1.032	32	W	W	L	D	W	1974-03-23	Portsmouth	H
14	1	Millwall	34	8	4	5	24	14	3	6	8	18	29	0.977	32	W	L	D	L	D	1974-03-23	Cardiff City	A
15	-3	Fulham	32	9	3	4	19	12	3	5	8	10	18	0.967	32	L	L	W	W	W	1974-03-19	Middlesbrough	H
16	0	Bristol City	33	7	5	5	22	17	4	3	9	15	25	0.881	30	L	D	W	D	L	1974-03-19	Blackpool	A
17	0	Cardiff City	34	7	5	5	21	13	2	6	9	17	36	0.776	29	L	W	D	L	L	1974-03-23	Millwall	H
18	2	Sheffield Wednesday	34	7	5	5	27	18	2	4	11	17	30	0.917	27	W	W	L	L	D	1974-03-23	Orient	A
19	-1	Preston North End	34	7	6	4	22	18	1	6	10	12	31	0.694	27	L	L	D	L	L	1974-03-23	Blackpool	A
20	-1	Oxford United	32	6	6	3	23	16	1	6	10	7	24	0.75	26	D	D	W	L	L	1974-03-17	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Crystal Palace	33	5	6	6	21	19	2	4	10	10	26	0.689	24	L	W	D	L	W	1974-03-23	Bristol City	H
22	0	Swindon Town	34	5	7	6	21	24	0	2	14	9	34	0.517	19	L	D	L	L	L	1974-03-17	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	2	Port Vale	Dean Court	7,968
Sainty, Greenhalgh	Lineups		Powell OG, Harris
Aldershot	1	0	Grimsby Town	Recreation Ground	4,005
Bell	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Abbey Stadium	4,655
	Lineups		Parkes, Martin
Chesterfield	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,749
Kowalski	Lineups
Hereford United	1	2	Southend United	Edgar Street	7,138
Rudge	Lineups		Moody, Silvester
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Leeds Road	4,702
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Watford	Home Park	7,336
Hore, Reed	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Spotland	850
Grummett	Lineups		Powell
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	2,077
Calloway	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	4,672
Sutton, Griffiths	Lineups		Smith D
York City	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Bootham Crescent	11,066
Jones, Holmes (p)	Lineups		Stephens

				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	35	12	5	0	31	9	6	8	4	27	17	2.231	49	L	W	W	D	L	1974-03-19	Wrexham	H
2	0	York City	34	11	6	1	30	11	5	8	3	19	16	1.815	46	W	L	D	W	W	1974-03-24	Southend United	A
3	1	Chesterfield	36	12	4	2	27	12	5	7	6	16	18	1.433	45	W	W	D	L	W	1974-03-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	-1	Oldham Athletic	32	9	4	3	28	15	9	4	3	24	16	1.677	44	L	W	W	W	W	1974-03-19	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	0	AFC Bournemouth	35	11	2	5	22	17	5	8	4	21	21	1.132	42	D	D	L	W	L	1974-03-19	Oldham Athletic	A
6	0	Wrexham	33	11	5	2	32	12	5	3	7	11	19	1.387	40	W	W	D	L	D	1974-03-19	Bristol Rovers	A
7	1	Huddersfield Town	34	10	4	2	29	12	2	8	8	16	26	1.184	36	D	L	D	W	D	1974-03-20	Grimsby Town	H
8	-1	Watford	34	9	5	4	23	18	5	3	8	21	27	0.978	36	L	D	W	L	W	1974-03-23	Rochdale	H
9	2	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	2	4	26	11	5	3	9	20	31	1.095	35	W	L	L	L	D	1974-03-23	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	-1	Port Vale	34	11	4	3	31	17	2	5	9	11	24	1.024	35	D	W	W	L	W	1974-03-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	1	Charlton Athletic	33	9	4	4	32	24	5	2	9	17	26	0.98	34	D	W	L	L	L	1974-03-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	7	3	7	21	21	5	7	6	18	21	0.929	34	L	W	W	W	W	1974-03-20	Port Vale	H
13	3	Plymouth Argyle	32	9	5	2	28	12	4	2	10	18	22	1.353	33	W	L	W	D	W	1974-03-18	Southend United	A
14	3	Aldershot	34	10	5	4	34	20	3	2	10	10	23	1.023	33	W	W	L	L	D	1974-03-20	Hereford United	A
15	3	Southend United	34	8	4	4	28	19	3	7	8	16	27	0.957	33	W	W	L	D	D	1974-03-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	-3	Grimsby Town	31	9	4	3	31	16	1	8	6	10	16	1.281	32	L	L	L	W	D	1974-03-20	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-3	Walsall	33	8	4	3	25	11	4	4	10	16	25	1.139	32	L	D	W	W	L	1974-03-17	Southport	H
18	-3	Halifax Town	32	5	8	2	16	11	5	4	8	18	29	0.85	32	L	L	L	D	D	1974-03-19	Walsall	A
19	0	Hereford United	35	7	3	7	23	20	3	7	8	18	27	0.872	30	L	W	L	L	D	1974-03-20	Aldershot	H
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	5	7	4	16	10	3	6	9	13	24	0.853	29	D	D	D	W	D	1974-03-23	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Cambridge United	34	7	6	4	25	20	2	2	13	7	31	0.627	26	L	L	W	L	D	1974-03-23	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Southport	34	2	11	4	13	14	2	2	13	14	41	0.491	21	D	D	L	W	L	1974-03-17	Walsall	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	5	4	8	14	18	1	3	14	13	35	0.509	19	W	L	L	D	L	1974-03-19	Charlton Athletic	H
24	0	Rochdale	36	1	8	9	20	33	1	4	13	9	43	0.382	16	D	L	D	D	L	1974-03-23	Watford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Exeter City	1	1	Northampton Town	St James Park	4,052
Binney	Lineups		Felton
Mansfield Town	1	1	Reading	Field Mill	2,183
Eccles	Lineups		Carnaby
Rotherham United	1	1	Brentford	Millmoor	2,259
Finney	Lineups		Metchick
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Colchester United	Old Showground	2,293
Keeley	Lineups
Swansea City	0	2	Peterborough United	Vetch Field	2,536
	Lineups		Robson, Murray

				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	36	13	3	1	38	9	6	5	8	21	20	2.034	46	L	L	L	W	L	1974-03-19	Bury	H
2	0	Gillingham	34	11	4	1	42	13	7	6	5	30	23	2	46	L	D	W	L	W	1974-03-17	Chester	H
3	0	Peterborough United	32	14	3	0	33	6	4	6	5	18	20	1.962	45	W	W	W	L	W	1974-03-20	Chester	A
4	0	Bury	33	14	1	2	39	13	2	6	8	16	26	1.41	39	L	D	D	W	W	1974-03-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	0	Northampton Town	34	12	5	1	27	8	3	4	9	15	27	1.2	39	D	W	D	L	W	1974-03-18	Brentford	A
6	0	Torquay United	35	10	5	2	30	15	2	9	7	12	23	1.105	38	W	L	W	D	D	1974-03-17	Workington	A
7	0	Reading	34	8	6	2	27	10	4	7	7	17	20	1.467	37	D	W	L	W	W	1974-03-20	Barnsley	H
8	0	Swansea City	35	11	2	5	27	13	4	4	9	12	21	1.147	36	L	L	W	D	W	1974-03-20	Bradford City	A
9	0	Bradford City	34	10	6	1	33	14	3	4	10	11	25	1.128	36	L	W	L	W	L	1974-03-17	Stockport County	H
10	2	Exeter City	34	9	4	3	28	13	6	1	11	18	28	1.122	35	D	W	D	W	L	1974-03-18	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Barnsley	34	12	4	2	34	13	1	5	10	12	34	0.979	35	W	W	W	L	W	1974-03-17	Newport County	A
12	-1	Newport County	35	10	4	3	30	19	2	7	9	15	31	0.9	35	L	D	L	W	D	1974-03-17	Barnsley	H
13	0	Lincoln City	34	9	5	4	30	20	3	4	9	17	29	0.959	33	L	D	L	L	L	1974-03-17	Darlington	A
14	0	Hartlepool	35	9	4	5	24	12	3	5	9	12	26	0.947	33	W	L	W	L	W	1974-03-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	0	Chester	32	9	3	4	22	16	3	6	7	14	23	0.923	33	W	L	D	W	W	1974-03-17	Gillingham	A
16	0	Mansfield Town	34	11	4	1	36	16	0	6	12	12	40	0.857	32	D	L	D	D	W	1974-03-18	Exeter City	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	9	5	4	23	22	2	3	11	12	28	0.7	30	L	W	D	D	W	1974-03-17	Bury	A
18	0	Darlington	35	7	7	4	21	17	2	4	11	7	29	0.609	29	D	W	L	W	W	1974-03-17	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Rotherham United	33	6	7	3	20	14	3	3	11	20	28	0.952	28	D	W	L	L	D	1974-03-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	0	Brentford	35	6	4	7	22	18	3	6	9	15	26	0.841	28	D	W	D	W	L	1974-03-18	Northampton Town	H
21	1	Scunthorpe United	32	9	6	1	26	13	1	1	14	9	37	0.7	27	W	L	L	D	L	1974-03-19	Darlington	H
22	-1	Stockport County	35	3	11	4	18	19	2	6	9	17	37	0.625	27	W	D	D	L	D	1974-03-17	Bradford City	A
23	0	Workington	33	8	5	2	24	14	0	4	14	6	38	0.577	25	L	L	W	L	W	1974-03-17	Torquay United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	32	6	6	5	25	19	1	2	12	8	40	0.559	22	D	W	L	L	L	1974-03-17	Hartlepool	A