1974-04-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Norwich City	St Andrew's	44,182
Hatton, Burns	Lineups		Stringer
Burnley	1	1	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	17,145
Fletcher	Lineups		Macdonald
Chelsea	0	1	Stoke City	Stamford Bridge	17,150
	Lineups		Hudson
Coventry City	3	3	Arsenal	Highfield Road	19,945
Alderson, Stein, Cross	Lineups		Rice, Kennedy, Radford
Derby County	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	26,571
Powell, Hector	Lineups
Everton	0	3	Southampton	Goodison Park	30,509
	Lineups		Channon, Osgood, O'Neil
Ipswich Town	0	1	Sheffield United	Portman Road	22,391
	Lineups		Woodward
Manchester United	0	1	Manchester City	Old Trafford	56,996	*
	Lineups		Law
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Leeds United	Loftus Road	35,353	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Clarke
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	20,110
Chivers	Lineups
West Ham United	2	2	Liverpool	Upton Park	36,160
Brooking, Lampard	Lineups		Toshack, Keegan
Notes
*Match abandoned after 82 minutes when Manchester United fans invade pitch in attempt to get the match annulled
Footnotes
Manchester United & Southampton 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	42	12	8	1	38	18	12	6	3	28	13	2.129	62	W	W	W	D	D	End of Season
2	0	Liverpool	41	18	2	1	34	11	4	10	6	17	19	1.7	56	D	L	D	W	D	1974-05-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	1	Derby County	42	13	7	1	40	16	4	7	10	12	26	1.238	48	W	L	W	W	L	End of Season
4	-1	Ipswich Town	42	10	7	4	38	21	8	4	9	29	37	1.155	47	L	L	W	D	W	End of Season
5	0	Burnley	42	10	9	2	29	16	6	5	10	27	37	1.057	46	D	W	L	D	D	End of Season
6	1	Stoke City	41	12	6	2	38	15	2	10	9	15	27	1.262	44	W	W	D	W	D	1974-04-29	Manchester United	H
7	-1	Everton	42	12	7	2	29	14	4	5	12	21	34	1.042	44	L	W	D	L	W	End of Season
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	8	10	3	30	17	5	6	9	25	34	1.078	42	L	L	D	L	L	1974-04-30	Arsenal	A
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	6	4	30	18	2	9	10	19	31	1	41	L	W	D	W	D	End of Season
10	1	Arsenal	41	9	6	5	22	15	5	7	9	26	35	0.96	41	D	W	W	L	W	1974-04-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	-1	Leicester City	41	9	7	4	32	17	3	9	9	16	24	1.171	40	L	L	W	D	L	1974-04-29	Norwich City	H
12	0	Sheffield United	42	7	7	7	25	22	7	5	9	19	27	0.898	40	W	D	L	D	L	End of Season
13	3	Tottenham Hotspur	40	9	3	8	25	26	4	10	6	17	23	0.857	39	W	L	D	W	D	1974-05-08	Liverpool	H
14	0	Newcastle United	41	9	6	5	28	19	4	6	11	21	27	1.065	38	D	D	D	D	L	1974-05-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	-2	Manchester City	41	10	7	4	25	17	3	5	12	13	29	0.826	38	W	L	D	L	L	TBA	Manchester United	A
16	1	Coventry City	42	10	5	6	25	18	4	5	12	18	36	0.796	38	D	D	L	D	W	End of Season
17	-2	Chelsea	42	9	4	8	36	29	3	9	9	20	31	0.933	37	L	L	D	L	D	End of Season
18	0	West Ham United	42	7	7	7	36	32	4	8	9	19	28	0.917	37	D	L	D	D	W	End of Season
19	0	Birmingham City	42	10	7	4	30	21	2	6	13	22	43	0.813	37	W	W	D	D	D	End of Season
20	0	Southampton	42	8	10	3	30	20	3	4	14	17	48	0.691	36	W	L	D	D	L	End of Season
21	0	Manchester United	40	7	7	6	23	19	3	5	12	15	27	0.826	32	L	D	W	W	W	1974-04-29	Stoke City	A
22	0	Norwich City	41	6	9	6	25	27	1	6	13	12	32	0.627	29	L	W	D	D	L	1974-04-29	Leicester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	1	1	Orient	Ninian Park	11,613
Reece	Lineups		Bullock
Carlisle United	2	0	Aston Villa	Brunton Park	12,494
Laidlaw, Clarke F	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Fulham	Boothferry Park	5,731
Pearson, Lord	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Oxford United	The Den, New Cross	6,296
	Lineups
Notts County	2	1	Bristol City	Meadow Lane	6,991
Rodgers OG, Bradd	Lineups		Gillies
Portsmouth	0	2	Nottingham Forest	Fratton Park	11,765
	Lineups		McKenzie 2
Preston North End	2	4	Middlesbrough	Deepdale	16,177
Elwiss 2	Lineups		Brine 2, Foggon, Hickton
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough	23,264	Largest home gate 1973-74
Knighton	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Blackpool	Roker Park	22,331
Towers, Kerr	Lineups		Burns
Swindon Town	0	1	Crystal Palace	County Ground	11,964
	Lineups		Taylor P
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	13,164
Brown T (p)	Lineups		Butlin
Footnotes
Preston North End relegated
Luton Town promoted

				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	42	16	4	1	40	8	11	7	3	37	22	2.567	65	W	W	L	L	D	End of Season
2	0	Luton Town	41	12	5	3	39	21	7	7	7	22	26	1.298	50	D	W	L	D	D	1974-05-01	Sunderland	H
3	1	Carlisle United	42	13	5	3	40	17	7	4	10	21	31	1.271	49	W	W	L	W	W	End of Season
4	-1	Blackpool	42	11	5	5	35	17	6	8	7	22	23	1.425	47	L	W	W	W	L	End of Season
5	0	Orient	41	9	7	4	27	16	6	10	5	27	25	1.317	47	D	D	W	L	D	1974-05-03	Aston Villa	H
6	1	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	40	19	3	9	9	17	24	1.326	45	W	L	W	D	L	End of Season
7	-1	Sunderland	41	11	6	4	32	15	7	3	10	22	26	1.317	45	W	W	L	L	W	1974-05-01	Luton Town	A
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	9	4	28	24	6	7	8	20	21	1.067	44	D	L	D	W	L	End of Season
9	3	Hull City	42	9	9	3	25	15	4	8	9	21	32	0.979	43	W	W	L	D	W	End of Season
10	3	Notts County	42	8	6	7	30	35	7	7	7	25	25	0.917	43	W	D	D	D	L	End of Season
11	-2	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	30	17	3	7	11	14	23	1.1	42	L	L	W	D	D	End of Season
12	-1	Millwall	42	10	6	5	28	16	4	8	9	23	35	1	42	D	L	D	W	W	End of Season
13	-3	Fulham	42	11	4	6	26	20	5	6	10	13	23	0.907	42	L	W	W	L	L	End of Season
14	0	Aston Villa	41	8	9	4	33	21	5	5	10	14	23	1.068	40	L	W	L	L	L	1974-05-03	Orient	A
15	0	Portsmouth	42	9	8	4	26	16	5	4	12	19	46	0.726	40	L	W	L	W	D	End of Season
16	0	Bristol City	42	9	5	7	25	20	5	5	11	22	34	0.87	38	L	L	D	W	W	End of Season
17	0	Oxford United	42	8	8	5	27	21	2	8	11	8	25	0.761	36	D	L	W	W	D	End of Season
18	1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	6	6	33	24	3	5	13	18	39	0.81	35	W	L	W	D	D	End of Season
19	-1	Cardiff City	41	8	6	6	26	19	2	9	10	22	42	0.787	35	D	L	D	W	D	1974-04-30	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	41	6	7	8	24	24	5	4	11	18	31	0.764	33	W	L	L	L	W	1974-04-30	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Preston North End	42	7	8	6	24	23	2	6	13	16	39	0.645	31	L	W	L	D	D	End of Season
22	0	Swindon Town	42	6	7	8	22	27	1	4	16	14	45	0.5	25	L	L	W	W	D	End of Season

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Wrexham	Dean Court	5,589
	Lineups		Payne OG
Aldershot	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Recreation Ground	5,047
Walton, Brown, Howarth 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eastville	19,137
Bannister (p)	Lineups		Robertson
Chesterfield	0	2	Shrewsbury Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,637
	Lineups		Kearney, Morris
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Southport	Leeds Road	3,320
Summerill, Lawson, Gowling	Lineups		Russell
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Cambridge United	Home Park	5,078
Burrows 2, Darke, Randell	Lineups		Cassidy
Port Vale	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Vale Park	2,556
Woodward 2, Ridley	Lineups		Powell
Rochdale	1	1	Halifax Town	Spotland	1,320
Skeete	Lineups		Smith D
Walsall	3	1	Hereford United	Fellows Park	4,168
Buckley, Taylor 2	Lineups		Hinch
Watford	1	2	Grimsby Town	Vicarage Road	7,002
Jennings	Lineups		Lewis, Hickman
York City	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Bootham Crescent	15,829	Largest home gate 1973-74
Jones	Lineups		Whittle
Footnotes
York City 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	46	15	6	2	37	15	7	11	5	28	18	1.97	61	D	D	W	L	D	End of Season
2	0	Oldham Athletic	44	13	6	3	50	21	12	5	5	33	24	1.844	61	D	L	W	W	W	1974-04-30	Charlton Athletic	H
3	0	York City	44	13	8	2	37	15	7	11	3	27	21	1.778	59	D	D	W	L	W	1974-04-30	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	31	16	7	8	8	24	26	1.31	56	L	L	W	L	W	End of Season
5	0	Wrexham	45	15	6	2	44	15	6	6	10	17	27	1.452	54	W	L	W	L	D	1974-05-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	1	Grimsby Town	45	14	5	3	46	19	4	9	10	19	29	1.354	50	W	W	L	W	L	1974-04-29	Watford	H
7	1	Aldershot	45	13	6	4	47	22	6	5	11	18	28	1.3	49	W	W	D	D	W	1974-05-03	Charlton Athletic	A
8	-2	Watford	45	12	6	5	34	21	7	5	10	28	33	1.148	49	L	W	W	W	D	1974-04-29	Grimsby Town	A
9	5	Huddersfield Town	46	14	5	4	37	16	3	8	12	19	39	1.018	47	W	W	L	L	D	End of Season
10	-1	AFC Bournemouth	46	11	5	7	25	23	5	10	8	29	35	0.931	47	L	D	L	L	D	End of Season
11	1	Halifax Town	45	8	11	3	21	14	5	10	8	25	36	0.92	47	D	D	W	D	D	1974-04-30	York City	H
12	-1	Southend United	46	10	7	6	40	30	6	7	10	22	32	1	46	L	W	D	W	W	End of Season
13	-3	Blackburn Rovers	45	13	4	5	37	19	5	6	12	24	43	0.984	46	L	L	W	D	D	1974-05-01	Wrexham	H
14	-1	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	31	15	5	7	11	19	29	1.136	45	W	W	W	L	W	End of Season
15	1	Walsall	45	11	6	5	37	19	5	6	12	20	29	1.188	44	W	D	L	W	L	1974-04-30	Port Vale	H
16	3	Plymouth Argyle	43	13	5	3	37	15	4	4	14	21	34	1.184	43	W	L	W	W	D	1974-05-01	Cambridge United	A
17	-2	Hereford United	46	10	5	8	31	25	4	10	9	22	32	0.93	43	L	W	D	D	D	End of Season
18	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	3	10	31	31	6	8	9	21	27	0.897	43	D	L	L	L	W	End of Season
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	44	12	5	5	41	29	5	3	14	21	44	0.849	42	L	L	L	W	L	1974-04-30	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Port Vale	45	12	6	5	37	23	2	7	13	15	35	0.897	41	W	L	L	L	D	1974-04-30	Walsall	A
21	0	Cambridge United	45	10	7	5	33	26	2	2	19	12	54	0.563	33	L	L	W	W	L	1974-05-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	46	7	7	9	24	24	3	4	16	17	38	0.661	31	W	D	D	D	W	End of Season
23	0	Southport	46	4	14	5	19	20	2	2	19	16	62	0.427	28	L	D	L	L	L	End of Season
24	0	Rochdale	46	1	12	10	24	38	1	5	17	14	56	0.404	21	D	L	L	D	D	End of Season

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Colchester United	Valley Parade	3,702
Fretwell (p)	Lineups		Moore
Bury	5	0	Newport County	Gigg Lane	6,111
Murray, Rudd, Hamstead, Hoolickin, Kennedy	Lineups
Chester	0	0	Reading	Sealand Road	2,229
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	1,372
Purdie 2	Lineups		Worsdale
Darlington	4	2	Barnsley	Feethams Ground	2,563
Cattrell, Atkins, Barker, Sinclair	Lineups		Chambers, Brown
Exeter City	2	0	Swansea City	St James Park	2,915
Binney, Bowker	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium	9,319
Hill	Lineups
Hartlepool	0	1	Peterborough United	Victoria Park	2,283
	Lineups		Robson
Northampton Town	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	County Ground	3,137
Buchanan, Best, Felton	Lineups		Brookes
Rotherham United	2	1	Mansfield Town	Millmoor	2,329
Phillips, Woodall	Lineups		Laverick
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Workington	Old Showground	2,054
	Lineups		Heslop
Footnotes
Crewe Alexandra to apply for re-election
Doncaster Rovers 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	0	Gillingham	45	16	5	2	51	16	9	7	6	37	29	1.956	62	W	W	W	W	D	1974-05-01	Peterborough United	A
2	0	Peterborough United	43	18	4	0	45	8	7	7	7	23	24	2.125	61	W	W	D	W	W	1974-05-01	Gillingham	H
3	0	Colchester United	46	16	5	2	46	14	8	7	8	27	22	2.028	60	D	L	D	W	D	End of Season
4	0	Bury	45	18	3	2	51	14	5	8	9	28	34	1.646	57	W	W	W	W	D	1974-04-30	Scunthorpe United	A
5	1	Northampton Town	45	14	7	2	39	14	6	5	11	24	34	1.313	52	W	L	D	W	D	1974-05-01	Chester	A
6	-1	Reading	46	11	9	3	37	13	5	10	8	21	24	1.568	51	D	W	D	D	D	End of Season
7	0	Bradford City	46	14	7	2	45	20	3	7	13	13	32	1.115	48	D	D	L	L	W	End of Season
8	0	Chester	45	13	5	4	31	19	4	9	10	23	36	0.982	48	D	L	D	W	W	1974-05-01	Northampton Town	H
9	0	Newport County	46	13	6	4	39	23	3	8	12	17	42	0.862	45	L	D	W	D	W	End of Season
10	0	Hartlepool	46	11	4	8	29	16	5	8	10	19	31	1.021	44	L	D	L	D	L	End of Season
11	0	Lincoln City	46	10	8	5	40	30	6	4	13	23	37	0.94	44	L	L	D	L	D	End of Season
12	0	Barnsley	46	15	5	3	42	16	2	5	16	16	48	0.906	44	L	W	D	L	W	End of Season
13	3	Exeter City	44	12	4	6	37	20	6	3	13	21	35	1.055	43	W	W	L	L	D	1974-04-30	Rotherham United	H
14	-1	Swansea City	46	11	6	6	28	15	5	5	13	17	31	0.978	43	L	L	L	D	W	End of Season
15	-1	Torquay United	45	11	7	4	36	21	2	10	11	15	34	0.927	43	L	D	D	D	L	1974-05-07	Peterborough United	H
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	44	12	7	2	32	15	2	5	16	14	47	0.742	42	L	L	D	W	D	1974-04-30	Bury	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	45	12	8	2	45	24	0	9	14	15	45	0.87	41	L	D	W	D	D	1974-04-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	0	Brentford	46	9	7	7	31	20	3	9	11	17	30	0.96	40	L	W	D	D	L	End of Season
19	0	Rotherham United	44	9	9	4	30	21	5	3	14	23	36	0.93	40	W	W	L	D	D	1974-04-30	Exeter City	A
20	0	Darlington	46	9	8	6	29	24	4	5	14	11	38	0.645	39	W	L	D	L	W	End of Season
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	28	30	3	5	15	15	41	0.606	38	W	D	W	L	D	End of Season
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	10	7	6	32	22	2	4	16	15	56	0.603	35	L	W	L	W	D	1974-04-29	Mansfield Town	A
23	1	Workington	46	10	8	5	33	26	1	5	17	10	48	0.581	35	W	D	L	L	D	End of Season
24	-1	Stockport County	46	4	12	7	22	25	3	8	12	22	44	0.638	34	W	D	D	L	L	End of Season