1974-03-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Liverpool	0	0	Leicester City	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	60,000
		Lineups
D 1	Newcastle United	2	0	Burnley	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000
	Macdonald 2	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Sheffield United	St Andrew's	27,877
Hatton	Lineups
Chelsea	1	3	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	29,602
Garner	Lineups		Daly, McIlroy, Morgan
Ipswich Town	3	0	Coventry City	Portman Road	17,404
Johnson, Talbot 2	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	25,236
Lee	Lineups		Kindon
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Derby County	Loftus Road	19,795
	Lineups
Stoke City	0	0	Arsenal	Victoria Ground	18,532
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	2	Everton	White Hart Lane	19,839
	Lineups		Connolly, Latchford R
West Ham United	3	1	Leeds United	Upton Park	38,416	Largest home gate 1973-74
Best, Brooking, Robson	Lineups		Clarke

				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	36	10	7	1	33	16	10	5	3	25	13	2	52	L	L	L	W	D	1974-04-06	Derby County	H
2	0	Liverpool	33	16	1	0	28	9	4	7	5	13	14	1.783	48	W	W	W	W	D	1974-04-06	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Derby County	36	10	7	1	33	15	4	7	7	12	18	1.364	42	D	W	W	D	D	1974-04-06	Leeds United	A
4	1	Ipswich Town	36	9	6	3	36	19	6	4	8	23	33	1.135	40	W	L	D	W	L	1974-04-06	Manchester City	A
5	-1	Queens Park Rangers	34	7	10	1	27	15	5	5	6	23	26	1.22	39	D	W	D	W	W	1974-04-06	Liverpool	A
6	0	Everton	35	10	7	1	24	10	4	3	10	19	28	1.132	38	W	D	L	W	L	1974-04-02	Manchester City	A
7	0	Burnley	33	8	7	2	23	14	5	3	8	20	26	1.075	36	W	W	L	L	L	1974-04-03	Manchester United	A
8	0	Leicester City	34	8	5	4	25	13	3	8	6	16	21	1.206	35	D	L	L	W	D	1974-04-06	Birmingham City	H
9	2	Manchester City	35	9	5	3	20	11	3	5	10	13	22	1	34	D	W	L	L	D	1974-04-02	Everton	H
10	-1	Sheffield United	35	6	6	5	23	18	6	4	8	17	23	0.976	34	L	W	W	L	L	1974-04-06	Coventry City	H
11	-1	Chelsea	36	9	3	6	35	25	2	8	8	18	27	1.019	33	L	D	W	W	D	1974-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	3	Arsenal	35	8	5	5	20	15	3	6	8	18	28	0.884	33	D	W	D	W	L	1974-04-06	West Ham United	H
13	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	34	7	3	7	20	23	4	8	5	16	21	0.818	33	L	W	D	L	D	1974-04-03	Chelsea	H
14	-1	Coventry City	37	10	3	6	22	15	3	4	11	16	34	0.776	33	L	L	W	W	L	1974-04-06	Sheffield United	A
15	-1	Newcastle United	33	8	4	4	24	15	4	4	9	18	22	1.135	32	L	D	L	D	D	1974-04-03	Stoke City	A
16	0	Stoke City	34	8	6	2	30	14	1	8	9	13	26	1.075	32	D	L	W	L	D	1974-04-03	Newcastle United	H
17	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	8	4	4	20	15	2	8	9	19	29	0.886	32	D	L	D	W	D	1974-04-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	1	West Ham United	36	6	5	7	30	29	4	6	8	17	25	0.87	31	W	L	L	D	W	1974-04-06	Arsenal	A
19	-1	Southampton	35	8	7	3	28	18	2	4	11	12	38	0.714	31	L	W	L	D	L	1974-04-06	Chelsea	H
20	0	Birmingham City	35	8	5	4	22	18	2	4	12	17	37	0.709	29	W	W	L	W	L	1974-04-06	Leicester City	A
21	0	Norwich City	35	5	8	5	23	24	1	5	11	10	26	0.66	25	W	W	D	D	D	1974-04-06	Manchester United	H
22	0	Manchester United	34	5	6	6	16	16	2	4	11	12	25	0.683	24	W	L	L	D	W	1974-04-03	Burnley	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	0	1	Fulham	Ashton Gate	10,946
	Lineups		Mullery
Carlisle United	5	1	Swindon Town	Brunton Park	6,544
Clarke F 4 (1p), Laidlaw	Lineups		Syrett
Luton Town	0	1	Middlesbrough	Kenilworth Road	19,812
	Lineups		Mills
Millwall	0	0	Notts County	The Den, New Cross	5,906
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Crystal Palace	City Ground	16,340
Lyall (p)	Lineups		Possee, Rogers
Oxford United	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Manor Ground	6,273
	Lineups		Whatmore, Byrom
Portsmouth	0	0	Blackpool	Fratton Park	9,693
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Orient	Deepdale	7,650
	Lineups		Downing
Sunderland	1	0	Hull City	Roker Park	20,418
Hughes (p)	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Cardiff City	The Hawthorns	11,528
Murray OG, Shaw	Lineups		Vincent 2 (1p)
Footnotes
Middlesbrough champions

				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	36	14	3	1	28	8	10	7	1	30	15	2.522	58	W	W	W	W	W	1974-04-06	Notts County	H
2	0	Luton Town	35	10	5	2	32	18	7	4	7	18	22	1.25	43	L	L	W	W	L	1974-04-06	Preston North End	H
3	0	Blackpool	36	9	5	4	28	14	5	8	5	20	20	1.412	41	D	W	D	L	L	1974-04-06	Hull City	H
4	2	Carlisle United	35	10	5	3	35	16	6	4	7	19	23	1.385	41	W	D	W	L	W	1974-04-06	Bristol City	A
5	0	Orient	35	8	5	4	23	13	6	8	4	26	23	1.361	41	W	L	L	D	D	1974-04-06	Millwall	H
6	-2	Nottingham Forest	35	11	4	3	35	15	2	9	6	13	18	1.455	39	L	W	L	W	D	1974-04-06	Sunderland	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	7	7	4	25	22	6	6	6	20	19	1.098	39	D	L	L	L	D	1974-04-06	Fulham	A
8	1	Sunderland	35	9	6	3	27	11	6	2	9	18	22	1.364	38	W	W	W	L	W	1974-04-06	Nottingham Forest	A
9	-1	Notts County	37	7	4	7	27	33	7	6	6	24	20	0.962	38	D	W	W	L	D	1974-04-06	Middlesbrough	A
10	2	Bolton Wanderers	35	11	3	3	27	13	3	5	10	14	22	1.171	36	W	W	L	D	W	1974-04-02	Fulham	H
11	3	Fulham	35	10	3	5	21	16	4	5	8	11	18	0.941	36	W	W	L	L	L	1974-04-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-2	Hull City	37	8	8	2	22	13	2	8	9	17	31	0.886	36	L	D	W	L	L	1974-04-06	Blackpool	A
13	0	Millwall	36	8	5	5	24	14	4	6	8	21	30	1.023	35	D	W	W	L	D	1974-04-06	Orient	A
14	-3	Aston Villa	33	7	8	2	28	16	4	4	8	8	16	1.125	34	W	W	W	L	D	1974-04-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	0	Portsmouth	36	8	7	3	23	14	4	3	11	16	44	0.672	34	D	L	L	W	W	1974-04-06	Crystal Palace	A
16	0	Bristol City	36	7	5	6	22	18	4	4	10	18	30	0.833	31	L	L	D	L	D	1974-04-06	Carlisle United	H
17	1	Cardiff City	36	7	5	6	22	16	2	7	9	19	38	0.759	30	D	L	L	W	D	1974-04-06	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	7	5	5	27	18	3	4	11	18	30	0.938	29	W	W	W	L	L	1974-04-01	Aston Villa	H
19	2	Crystal Palace	35	6	6	6	24	20	3	4	10	12	27	0.766	28	W	W	L	W	D	1974-04-06	Portsmouth	H
20	-1	Oxford United	35	6	7	4	24	19	1	6	11	7	25	0.705	27	L	L	D	D	D	1974-04-06	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	-1	Preston North End	36	7	6	5	22	19	1	6	11	12	34	0.642	27	L	L	L	L	D	1974-04-06	Luton Town	A
22	0	Swindon Town	37	5	7	7	21	26	0	3	15	11	40	0.485	20	L	L	D	L	D	1974-04-06	Aston Villa	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Watford	Recreation Ground	5,596
Howarth	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	1	Grimsby Town	Abbey Stadium	3,658
	Lineups		Lewis
Chesterfield	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	11,559	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups
Hereford United	3	0	Southport	Edgar Street	6,186
Hinch, Brown 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Southend United	Leeds Road	4,453
	Lineups		Moody
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Home Park	5,799
Machin, Johnson	Lineups		Endean
Rochdale	1	1	Port Vale	Spotland	982
Horne	Lineups		Mountford
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Gay Meadow	2,326
	Lineups		Blair, Bailey
Walsall	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Fellows Park	3,752
	Lineups		Mitchell
Wrexham	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Racecourse Ground	5,397
Ashcroft 2, Smallman, Whittle	Lineups
York City	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bootham Crescent	7,252
Burrows, Jones 2	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	39	13	5	1	32	11	7	9	4	28	17	2.143	54	D	W	L	W	L	1974-04-02	Aldershot	H
2	0	York City	37	12	6	1	33	11	6	9	3	25	20	1.871	51	W	W	D	W	L	1974-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	1	Oldham Athletic	36	10	5	3	33	18	10	4	4	27	20	1.579	49	W	L	D	W	L	1974-04-02	Grimsby Town	H
4	-1	Chesterfield	39	12	5	2	27	12	6	8	6	20	21	1.424	49	D	D	W	W	W	1974-04-03	Wrexham	H
5	0	Wrexham	37	13	5	2	37	12	5	4	8	12	21	1.485	45	W	W	D	L	W	1974-04-03	Chesterfield	A
6	0	AFC Bournemouth	38	11	2	6	23	20	5	8	6	26	29	1	42	L	L	L	D	D	1974-04-01	Southend United	A
7	0	Huddersfield Town	38	11	4	3	30	13	3	8	9	18	28	1.171	40	L	L	W	W	D	1974-04-02	Charlton Athletic	H
8	0	Watford	37	11	5	4	31	18	5	3	9	21	28	1.13	40	L	W	W	L	D	1974-04-02	Walsall	A
9	3	Aldershot	38	11	6	4	37	22	5	2	10	13	23	1.111	40	W	D	W	W	W	1974-04-02	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	36	12	2	4	31	14	5	3	10	21	33	1.106	39	L	W	W	W	L	1974-04-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	11	4	4	38	25	5	3	10	20	33	1	39	L	W	W	D	D	1974-04-02	Huddersfield Town	A
12	-1	Walsall	38	9	5	4	29	14	5	5	10	19	26	1.2	38	L	D	W	D	W	1974-04-02	Watford	H
13	1	Southend United	38	9	5	4	33	22	4	7	9	18	29	1	38	W	L	D	W	W	1974-04-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	3	Grimsby Town	35	10	5	3	34	18	2	8	7	11	17	1.286	37	W	W	D	L	L	1974-04-02	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Port Vale	38	11	5	4	32	19	2	6	10	13	27	0.978	37	D	D	L	L	D	1974-04-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	-3	Halifax Town	35	7	8	2	18	11	5	5	8	20	31	0.905	37	W	W	D	L	L	1974-04-01	Southport	A
17	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	3	8	24	24	5	7	8	18	25	0.857	36	L	L	L	W	L	1974-04-03	Cambridge United	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	36	10	5	3	30	14	4	2	12	18	25	1.231	35	W	L	L	L	W	1974-04-03	York City	A
19	0	Hereford United	39	8	3	8	26	22	4	8	8	20	28	0.92	35	W	W	D	L	L	1974-04-03	Rochdale	H
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	5	7	5	17	12	4	6	10	14	25	0.838	31	W	L	L	D	D	1974-04-01	Port Vale	H
21	0	Cambridge United	37	8	6	5	26	21	2	2	14	7	33	0.611	28	L	W	L	L	L	1974-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Southport	38	3	11	4	14	14	2	2	16	14	50	0.438	23	L	L	W	L	D	1974-04-01	Halifax Town	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	5	5	9	17	23	1	3	16	13	37	0.5	20	L	L	L	D	W	1974-04-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
24	0	Rochdale	39	1	9	10	21	35	1	4	14	9	47	0.366	17	D	L	L	D	L	1974-04-03	Hereford United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	1	Torquay United	Valley Parade	2,818
Ham, Gilliver	Lineups		Sandercock K
Bury	2	0	Barnsley	Gigg Lane	4,420
Hamstead, Spence	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	1,326
Sinclair 2, Cattrell	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Peterborough United	St James Park	3,592
Wingate	Lineups		Walker, Cozens
Gillingham	0	1	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	7,140
	Lineups		Chappell
Mansfield Town	1	1	Brentford	Field Mill	1,909
Lathan	Lineups		Graham
Newport County	0	1	Lincoln City	Somerton Park	1,908
	Lineups		Ward
Rotherham United	3	2	Chester	Millmoor	1,945
Phillips 2, Woodall	Lineups		Owen, James
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Stockport County	Old Showground	1,900
Davidson, Collier	Lineups		Collier
Swansea City	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	1,855
	Lineups
Workington	1	4	Colchester United	Borough Park	1,112
Heslop	Lineups		Thomas, Moore, Svarc, Wood OG

				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	40	14	4	1	40	10	8	5	8	26	21	2.129	53	W	W	W	D	L	1974-04-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Gillingham	38	12	4	2	43	14	8	6	6	32	26	1.875	50	L	L	W	W	L	1974-04-03	Peterborough United	H
3	0	Peterborough United	36	15	4	0	37	8	5	6	6	21	23	1.871	50	W	W	D	L	W	1974-04-03	Gillingham	A
4	0	Bury	38	16	2	2	43	13	2	8	8	19	29	1.476	46	W	D	D	D	W	1974-04-01	Mansfield Town	A
5	1	Reading	38	9	7	2	28	10	5	7	8	19	22	1.469	42	W	L	D	W	D	1974-04-03	Northampton Town	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	37	13	6	1	35	11	3	4	10	16	30	1.244	42	D	W	L	D	W	1974-04-03	Reading	A
7	0	Bradford City	39	12	6	2	38	17	3	5	11	11	26	1.14	41	W	L	D	W	L	1974-04-03	Newport County	H
8	0	Hartlepool	38	11	4	5	28	12	4	5	9	15	27	1.103	39	W	W	W	W	L	1974-04-03	Torquay United	A
9	1	Swansea City	39	11	4	5	27	13	4	5	10	15	26	1.077	39	D	D	D	L	L	1974-04-03	Workington	A
10	-1	Barnsley	39	14	4	2	40	14	1	5	13	12	38	1	39	L	W	W	L	L	1974-04-03	Chester	A
11	0	Exeter City	38	10	4	4	31	16	6	2	12	21	34	1.04	38	L	W	L	D	D	1974-04-02	Scunthorpe United	A
12	3	Lincoln City	38	9	6	5	32	23	5	4	9	21	29	1.019	38	W	L	D	W	L	1974-04-02	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Torquay United	38	10	5	3	30	16	2	9	9	14	28	1	38	L	L	L	W	L	1974-04-03	Hartlepool	H
14	-1	Chester	37	11	3	4	26	17	3	7	9	19	30	0.957	38	L	D	W	W	L	1974-04-03	Barnsley	H
15	-1	Newport County	39	12	4	4	35	20	2	7	10	15	33	0.943	38	L	W	L	W	L	1974-04-03	Bradford City	A
16	0	Mansfield Town	38	11	6	1	40	20	0	7	13	12	41	0.852	35	D	D	L	D	D	1974-04-01	Bury	H
17	0	Brentford	39	7	5	7	26	20	3	8	9	16	27	0.894	33	D	D	D	W	D	1974-04-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	1	Rotherham United	37	7	7	4	24	18	4	3	12	21	30	0.938	32	W	L	W	L	D	1974-04-02	Lincoln City	H
19	1	Scunthorpe United	36	11	6	1	29	14	1	2	15	9	39	0.717	32	W	D	L	W	W	1974-04-02	Exeter City	H
20	-2	Crewe Alexandra	38	10	5	5	26	26	2	3	13	12	33	0.644	32	L	W	L	L	L	1974-04-01	Brentford	A
21	1	Darlington	39	8	7	5	24	20	2	4	13	7	35	0.564	31	W	L	L	L	D	1974-04-01	Stockport County	A
22	-1	Stockport County	39	3	11	5	18	20	3	6	11	20	41	0.623	29	L	L	L	W	W	1974-04-01	Darlington	H
23	1	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	7	5	27	19	2	3	13	10	44	0.587	28	D	D	W	W	L	1974-04-02	Colchester United	A
24	-1	Workington	37	9	5	3	28	19	0	5	15	7	43	0.565	28	L	L	D	W	L	1974-04-03	Swansea City	H