1974-04-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Derby County	Highbury	26,017
Ball (p), George	Lineups
Leeds United	3	2	Ipswich Town	Elland Road	44,015
Lorimer, Bremner, Clarke	Lineups		Talbot, Hamilton
Leicester City	3	0	Chelsea	Filbert Street	22,628
Worthington 2, Glover	Lineups
Liverpool	0	0	Everton	Anfield Road	55,858
	Lineups
Manchester City	2	1	West Ham United	Maine Road	29,700
Bell, Booth	Lineups		Gould
Newcastle United	1	1	Birmingham City	St James' Park	34,066
Robson	Lineups		Francis
Norwich City	1	0	Burnley	Carrow Road	17,782
MacDougall (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Bramall Lane	17,933
Eddy (p)	Lineups		Givens
Southampton	1	1	Manchester United	The Dell	30,789	Largest home gate 1973-74
Channon	Lineups		McCalliog
Stoke City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Victoria Ground	20,189
Haslegrave	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Coventry City	Molineux	24,902
Cross OG	Lineups		Craven
Footnotes
Norwich City relegated

				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	41	12	8	1	38	18	11	6	3	27	13	2.097	60	W	W	D	D	W	1974-04-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Liverpool	39	18	2	0	34	10	4	9	6	15	17	1.815	55	D	W	D	D	L	1974-04-24	Arsenal	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	41	10	7	3	38	20	8	4	9	29	37	1.175	47	L	W	D	W	W	1974-04-27	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Derby County	41	12	7	1	38	16	4	7	10	12	26	1.19	46	L	W	W	L	L	1974-04-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Burnley	40	9	8	2	25	15	6	5	10	27	37	1	43	L	D	D	W	W	1974-04-22	Southampton	H
6	2	Stoke City	40	12	6	2	38	15	1	10	9	14	27	1.238	42	W	D	W	D	W	1974-04-27	Chelsea	A
7	-1	Queens Park Rangers	39	8	10	2	30	16	5	6	8	25	30	1.196	42	D	L	L	W	L	1974-04-23	Birmingham City	A
8	-1	Everton	40	11	7	1	28	11	4	5	12	21	34	1.089	42	D	L	W	L	D	1974-04-23	Manchester United	H
9	0	Leicester City	39	9	7	4	32	17	3	9	7	16	22	1.231	40	W	D	L	D	D	1974-04-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	10	6	4	29	18	2	9	9	19	29	1.021	39	D	W	D	W	D	1974-04-23	Leicester City	H
11	5	Arsenal	39	9	6	5	22	15	4	6	9	22	32	0.936	38	W	L	W	D	D	1974-04-24	Liverpool	A
12	0	Sheffield United	41	7	7	7	25	22	6	5	9	18	27	0.878	38	D	L	D	L	W	1974-04-27	Ipswich Town	A
13	4	Manchester City	41	10	7	4	25	17	3	5	12	13	29	0.826	38	W	L	D	L	L	1974-04-27	Manchester United	A
14	0	Newcastle United	40	9	6	5	28	19	4	5	11	20	26	1.067	37	D	D	D	L	L	1974-04-27	Burnley	A
15	-4	Chelsea	41	9	4	7	36	28	3	9	9	20	31	0.949	37	L	D	L	D	W	1974-04-27	Stoke City	H
16	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	39	8	3	8	24	26	4	10	6	17	23	0.837	37	L	D	W	D	L	1974-04-27	Leicester City	H
17	1	Coventry City	41	10	4	6	22	15	4	5	12	18	36	0.784	37	D	L	D	W	L	1974-04-27	Arsenal	H
18	-3	West Ham United	41	7	6	7	34	30	4	8	9	19	28	0.914	36	L	D	D	W	D	1974-04-27	Liverpool	H
19	0	Southampton	40	8	10	3	30	20	2	4	13	14	45	0.677	34	D	D	L	L	D	1974-04-22	Burnley	A
20	0	Birmingham City	40	8	7	4	24	20	2	6	13	22	43	0.73	33	D	D	D	L	D	1974-04-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	0	Manchester United	39	7	7	6	23	19	3	5	11	15	26	0.844	32	D	W	W	W	D	1974-04-23	Everton	A
22	0	Norwich City	40	6	9	6	25	27	1	6	12	11	30	0.632	29	W	D	D	L	L	1974-04-27	Birmingham City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Sunderland	Villa Park	17,321
McMahon	Lineups		McMahon OG, Watson
Blackpool	4	0	Carlisle United	Bloomfield Road	15,777
Dyson, Alcock 2, Suddick (p)	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	2	Preston North End	Burnden Park	17,273
	Lineups		Bird, Elwiss
Bristol City	0	2	Portsmouth	Ashton Gate	11,143
	Lineups		Davies, Stewart
Crystal Palace	0	2	Hull City	Selhurst Park	21,909
	Lineups		Greenwood, Hawley
Fulham	4	1	Swindon Town	Craven Cottage	7,080
Cutbush, Howe, Barrett, Busby	Lineups		Moore OG
Luton Town	3	0	Millwall	Kenilworth Road	15,740
Faulkner, Anderson, Hindson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ayresome Park	25,287
Hickton, Mills, Murdoch, Souness 3, Foggon 2	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Cardiff City	City Ground	11,138
Lyall, McKenzie	Lineups		Vincent
Orient	1	1	Notts County	Brisbane Road	11,711
Fairbrother	Lineups		Masson
Oxford United	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Manor Ground	9,492
Aylott	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	41	16	4	1	40	8	10	7	3	33	20	2.607	63	W	L	L	D	W	1974-04-27	Preston North End	A
2	0	Luton Town	40	12	5	3	39	21	7	6	7	21	25	1.304	49	W	L	D	D	W	1974-04-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Blackpool	41	11	5	5	35	17	6	8	6	21	21	1.474	47	W	W	W	L	L	1974-04-27	Sunderland	A
4	0	Orient	40	9	7	4	27	16	6	9	5	26	24	1.325	46	D	W	L	D	D	1974-04-27	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Carlisle United	40	12	5	3	38	17	6	4	10	20	31	1.208	45	L	W	W	L	L	1974-04-23	Oxford United	A
6	2	Nottingham Forest	40	12	6	3	40	19	2	9	8	14	21	1.35	43	W	D	L	L	D	1974-04-24	Aston Villa	A
7	2	Sunderland	40	10	6	4	30	14	7	3	10	22	26	1.3	43	W	L	L	W	D	1974-04-27	Blackpool	H
8	-2	West Bromwich Albion	41	8	8	4	27	23	6	7	8	20	21	1.068	43	L	D	W	L	D	1974-04-27	Luton Town	H
9	-2	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	5	4	30	17	3	7	10	14	22	1.128	42	L	W	D	D	D	1974-04-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	2	Fulham	41	11	4	6	26	20	5	6	9	13	21	0.951	42	W	W	L	L	D	1974-04-27	Hull City	A
11	-1	Millwall	41	10	5	5	28	16	4	8	9	23	35	1	41	L	D	W	W	D	1974-04-27	Oxford United	H
12	1	Hull City	41	8	9	3	23	15	4	8	9	21	32	0.936	41	W	L	D	W	L	1974-04-27	Fulham	H
13	-2	Notts County	41	7	6	7	28	34	7	7	7	25	25	0.898	41	D	D	D	L	D	1974-04-27	Bristol City	H
14	2	Portsmouth	41	9	8	3	26	14	5	4	12	19	46	0.75	40	W	L	W	D	D	1974-04-27	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-1	Aston Villa	39	7	9	4	30	20	5	5	9	14	21	1.073	38	L	L	L	D	D	1974-04-24	Nottingham Forest	H
16	-1	Bristol City	41	9	5	7	25	20	5	5	10	21	32	0.885	38	L	D	W	W	W	1974-04-27	Notts County	A
17	2	Oxford United	40	8	8	4	27	20	2	7	11	8	25	0.778	35	W	W	D	D	W	1974-04-23	Carlisle United	H
18	-1	Cardiff City	40	8	5	6	25	18	2	9	10	22	42	0.783	34	L	D	W	D	D	1974-04-27	Orient	H
19	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	41	8	6	6	32	24	3	5	13	18	39	0.794	33	L	W	D	D	L	1974-04-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	40	6	7	8	24	24	4	4	11	17	31	0.745	31	L	L	L	W	D	1974-04-27	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Preston North End	41	7	8	5	22	19	2	6	13	16	39	0.655	31	W	L	D	D	L	1974-04-27	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Swindon Town	41	6	7	7	22	26	1	4	16	14	45	0.507	25	L	W	W	D	L	1974-04-27	Crystal Palace	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Rochdale	Ewood Park	4,517
Hutchins, Martin 2	Lineups		Carrick
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	3	Tranmere Rovers	Goldstone Ground	9,609
Howell R (p)	Lineups		Veitch, Tynan, Crossley
Cambridge United	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Abbey Stadium	3,398
Batson, Watson	Lineups		Cave
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Watford	The Valley	4,086
Powell	Lineups		Farley, Scullion, Jennings
Grimsby Town	2	0	Port Vale	Blundell Park	6,443
Lumby, Boylen	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Aldershot	The Shay	1,552
	Lineups
Hereford United	2	1	Chesterfield	Edgar Street	7,109
Naylor (p), Redrobe	Lineups		Kabia
Oldham Athletic	6	0	Huddersfield Town	Boundary Park	16,466
Whittle (p), Blair 2, McVitie, Groves, Dolan OG	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Walsall	Gay Meadow	3,182
	Lineups
Wrexham	5	2	Plymouth Argyle	Racecourse Ground	4,104
Tinnion 3, Whittle, Ashcroft	Lineups		May OG, Davey
Footnotes
Bristol Rovers promoted
Oldham Athletic promoted

				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	45	15	5	2	36	14	7	11	5	28	18	2	60	D	W	L	D	L	1974-04-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	1	Oldham Athletic	42	13	6	3	50	21	12	4	4	31	21	1.929	60	W	W	W	W	D	1974-04-24	Grimsby Town	A
3	-1	York City	43	13	7	2	36	14	7	11	3	27	21	1.8	58	D	W	L	W	D	1974-04-27	Oldham Athletic	H
4	0	Chesterfield	45	14	6	2	31	14	7	8	8	24	26	1.375	56	L	W	L	W	W	1974-04-27	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	0	Wrexham	43	15	6	2	44	15	5	6	9	15	25	1.475	52	W	L	D	W	D	1974-04-24	Huddersfield Town	A
6	1	Watford	43	11	6	4	31	18	7	5	10	28	33	1.157	47	W	W	D	L	D	1974-04-24	Port Vale	H
7	1	Grimsby Town	42	13	5	3	44	18	3	9	9	16	24	1.429	46	W	L	D	W	W	1974-04-22	Southend United	A
8	2	Blackburn Rovers	43	13	4	4	36	17	5	6	11	24	39	1.071	46	W	D	D	D	D	1974-04-24	Aldershot	H
9	-3	AFC Bournemouth	44	11	4	6	24	21	5	10	8	29	35	0.946	46	L	L	D	D	D	1974-04-24	Halifax Town	H
10	-1	Aldershot	43	12	6	4	43	22	5	5	11	16	27	1.204	45	D	D	W	D	L	1974-04-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	0	Southend United	44	9	7	6	36	29	6	7	9	22	30	0.983	44	D	W	W	L	L	1974-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
12	6	Hereford United	45	10	5	8	31	25	4	10	8	21	29	0.963	43	W	D	D	D	D	1974-04-27	Walsall	A
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	44	12	5	4	32	14	3	8	12	19	39	0.962	43	L	L	D	L	L	1974-04-24	Wrexham	H
14	0	Halifax Town	42	7	11	3	20	14	5	8	8	23	34	0.896	43	D	D	D	D	L	1974-04-22	Rochdale	H
15	2	Walsall	44	10	6	5	34	18	5	6	12	20	29	1.149	42	D	L	W	L	L	1974-04-27	Hereford United	H
16	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	10	3	10	31	31	6	7	9	20	26	0.895	42	L	L	L	W	W	1974-04-27	Bristol Rovers	A
17	-2	Charlton Athletic	43	12	5	5	41	29	5	3	13	20	41	0.871	42	L	L	W	L	D	1974-04-27	Port Vale	A
18	-2	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	5	3	33	14	4	4	14	21	34	1.125	41	L	W	W	D	L	1974-04-27	Cambridge United	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	8	8	5	24	13	5	7	11	19	29	1.024	41	W	L	W	D	W	1974-04-22	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Port Vale	43	11	6	5	34	22	2	7	12	14	33	0.873	39	L	L	D	D	L	1974-04-24	Watford	A
21	0	Cambridge United	43	10	7	5	33	26	2	2	17	9	45	0.592	33	W	W	L	L	D	1974-04-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	7	7	9	24	24	2	4	16	15	38	0.629	29	D	D	D	W	W	1974-04-27	Chesterfield	A
23	0	Southport	45	4	14	5	19	20	2	2	18	15	59	0.43	28	D	L	L	L	D	1974-04-27	Huddersfield Town	A
24	0	Rochdale	44	1	11	10	23	37	1	5	16	14	55	0.402	20	L	D	D	D	L	1974-04-22	Halifax Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	0	Hartlepool	Oakwell	3,555
Millar, Manning	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Bradford City	Griffin Park	5,224
Poole, Simmons	Lineups
Colchester United	0	2	Gillingham	Layer Road	10,007	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Yeo 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue	1,640
	Lineups		Peat, Duffey
Lincoln City	1	1	Northampton Town	Sincil Bank	2,530
Oman OG	Lineups		Felton
Mansfield Town	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Field Mill	2,342
Bird, Foster C	Lineups		Roberts, Andrews
Peterborough United	1	0	Darlington	London Road	9,207	Peterborough United promoted
Hill	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Stockport County	Elm Park	4,011
Habbin	Lineups		Davidson
Swansea City	0	1	Bury	Vetch Field	1,821
	Lineups		Holt
Torquay United	2	2	Chester	Plainmoor	2,718
Tearse 2	Lineups		James 2 (1p)
Workington	0	2	Rotherham United	Borough Park	950
	Lineups		Phillips, Woodall
Footnotes
Gillingham promoted
Stockport County to apply for re-election
Workington to apply for re-election

				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	Peterborough United	42	18	4	0	45	8	6	7	7	22	24	2.094	59	W	D	W	W	W	1974-04-27	Hartlepool	A
2	-1	Colchester United	45	16	5	2	46	14	8	6	8	26	21	2.057	59	L	D	W	D	W	1974-04-27	Bradford City	A
3	0	Gillingham	43	14	5	2	48	16	9	7	6	37	29	1.889	58	W	W	D	D	W	1974-04-24	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Bury	44	17	3	2	46	14	5	8	9	28	34	1.542	55	W	W	W	D	L	1974-04-27	Newport County	H
5	0	Northampton Town	43	13	7	2	36	13	6	5	10	23	32	1.311	50	D	W	D	L	W	1974-04-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	Reading	44	10	9	3	34	13	5	9	8	21	24	1.486	48	D	D	D	W	D	1974-04-22	Chester	H
7	1	Chester	43	13	4	4	31	19	4	9	9	23	33	1.038	47	D	W	W	D	D	1974-04-22	Reading	A
8	-1	Bradford City	44	14	6	2	44	19	3	6	13	11	30	1.122	46	L	L	W	D	W	1974-04-22	Newport County	A
9	3	Lincoln City	44	10	8	5	40	30	6	4	11	22	33	0.984	44	D	L	D	W	W	1974-04-24	Gillingham	A
10	4	Barnsley	45	15	5	3	42	16	2	5	15	14	44	0.933	44	W	D	L	W	L	1974-04-27	Darlington	A
11	-2	Newport County	44	13	5	4	37	21	3	8	11	17	37	0.931	44	W	D	W	D	L	1974-04-22	Bradford City	H
12	-2	Hartlepool	44	11	4	7	29	15	5	7	10	18	30	1.044	43	L	D	L	L	D	1974-04-22	Stockport County	A
13	-2	Swansea City	45	11	6	6	28	15	5	5	12	17	29	1.023	43	L	L	D	W	D	1974-04-27	Exeter City	A
14	-1	Torquay United	44	11	7	4	36	21	2	10	10	14	32	0.943	43	D	D	D	L	W	1974-04-26	Stockport County	A
15	0	Mansfield Town	44	12	8	2	45	24	0	9	13	14	43	0.881	41	D	W	D	D	D	1974-04-27	Rotherham United	A
16	2	Brentford	45	9	7	7	31	20	3	9	10	17	29	0.98	40	W	D	D	L	D	1974-04-27	Gillingham	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	42	12	7	1	32	14	2	5	15	14	43	0.807	40	D	W	D	D	W	1974-04-22	Exeter City	A
18	-2	Exeter City	42	10	4	6	31	20	6	3	13	21	35	0.945	39	L	L	D	L	#	1974-04-22	Scunthorpe United	H
19	1	Rotherham United	43	8	9	4	28	20	5	3	14	23	36	0.911	38	W	L	D	D	L	1974-04-27	Mansfield Town	H
20	-1	Darlington	45	8	8	6	25	22	4	5	14	11	38	0.6	37	L	D	L	W	D	1974-04-27	Barnsley	H
21	1	Crewe Alexandra	44	10	5	7	26	29	3	4	15	15	41	0.586	35	W	L	D	L	L	1974-04-24	Workington	A
22	-1	Doncaster Rovers	43	9	7	6	30	21	2	4	15	14	53	0.595	33	L	W	D	L	W	1974-04-23	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Workington	44	10	7	5	33	26	0	5	17	9	48	0.568	32	L	L	D	L	L	1974-04-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	0	Stockport County	44	3	11	7	19	23	3	8	12	22	44	0.612	31	D	L	L	D	L	1974-04-22	Hartlepool	H