1974-12-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	1	Liverpool	St Andrew's	26,608
Taylor, Kendall (p), Hatton	Lineups		Toshack
Burnley	1	1	Middlesbrough	Turf Moor	17,637
Fletcher	Lineups		Armstrong
Chelsea	1	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	34,969
Hutchinson	Lineups		Gould
Everton	2	3	Carlisle United	Goodison Park	33,489
Latchford 2	Lineups		Laidlaw 2, O'Neill
Luton Town	1	0	Derby County	Kenilworth Road	12,862
Ryan Jim (p)	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	29,326
	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	0	Leeds United	St James' Park	34,054
Tudor, Kennedy, Howard	Lineups
Stoke City	0	2	Arsenal	Victoria Ground	23,292
	Lineups		Kidd 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	White Hart Lane	21,150
Duncan	Lineups		Bowles 2 (1p)

				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	Ipswich Town	23	9	2	0	24	3	4	0	8	9	15	1.833	28	W	W	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Luton Town	H
2	0	Everton	22	5	6	1	18	11	3	6	1	14	11	1.455	28	L	W	W	W	D	1974-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	2	Manchester City	23	10	2	0	22	6	1	4	6	7	21	1.074	28	D	D	W	L	W	1974-12-26	Liverpool	A
4	-1	Liverpool	22	7	2	2	21	10	4	3	4	9	9	1.579	27	L	W	D	D	D	1974-12-26	Manchester City	H
5	1	West Ham United	23	7	2	2	27	12	3	5	4	13	18	1.333	27	D	D	W	W	D	1974-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	1	Middlesbrough	23	5	4	2	21	12	5	3	4	14	15	1.296	27	D	W	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Sheffield United	H
7	-3	Stoke City	23	7	4	1	21	11	3	3	5	16	19	1.233	27	L	L	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Coventry City	A
8	0	Burnley	23	6	3	3	24	16	4	2	5	17	21	1.108	25	D	L	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Leeds United	A
9	4	Newcastle United	22	8	3	1	22	8	1	3	6	9	22	1.033	24	W	L	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Carlisle United	A
10	-1	Derby County	22	6	2	2	22	12	2	5	5	12	19	1.097	23	L	L	D	W	L	1974-12-26	Birmingham City	H
11	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	4	2	21	14	2	5	4	7	13	1.037	23	D	W	W	D	L	1974-12-26	Everton	H
12	-2	Sheffield United	22	7	3	2	19	13	2	2	6	11	21	0.882	23	W	L	L	L	D	1974-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
13	-2	Leeds United	23	7	2	2	20	8	2	2	8	11	20	1.107	22	L	W	L	W	W	1974-12-26	Burnley	H
14	0	Birmingham City	23	7	1	4	24	17	2	3	6	10	19	0.944	22	W	L	L	L	D	1974-12-26	Derby County	A
15	2	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	2	5	10	11	4	3	5	15	20	0.806	21	W	W	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Leicester City	H
16	-1	Coventry City	23	4	5	2	17	14	2	3	7	13	26	0.75	20	L	W	L	D	W	1974-12-26	Stoke City	H
17	2	Arsenal	22	4	4	2	16	7	3	1	8	10	20	0.963	19	W	D	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Chelsea	H
18	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	4	3	5	16	13	3	2	6	12	20	0.848	19	L	L	W	L	W	1974-12-26	West Ham United	A
19	-1	Chelsea	22	2	6	3	13	16	3	3	5	11	21	0.649	19	D	W	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Arsenal	A
20	1	Carlisle United	23	4	1	6	9	10	3	2	7	14	19	0.793	17	W	L	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Newcastle United	H
21	-1	Leicester City	22	3	3	5	10	10	2	3	6	10	21	0.645	16	L	D	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Luton Town	22	2	3	6	11	17	0	4	7	7	18	0.514	11	W	L	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Oxford United	Burnden Park	9,588
Greaves, Curran, Nicholson	Lineups		Bray
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Portsmouth	Eastville	9,262
	Lineups		Piper
Cardiff City	0	0	Notts County	Ninian Park	6,646
	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	6,328
Moore, Hazell	Lineups		Brown
Norwich City	3	2	Bristol City	Carrow Road	17,439
Suggett, Boyer 2	Lineups		Mann, Ritchie
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Blackpool	City Ground	8,480
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Sunderland	Boundary Park	14,787
	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Hull City	Brisbane Road	4,679
	Lineups
Southampton	0	0	Fulham	The Dell	13,560
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	29,614	Largest home gate 1974-75
Johnston, Mayo	Lineups
York City	0	1	Manchester United	Bootham Crescent	15,567	Largest home gate 1974-75
	Lineups		Pearson

				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	Manchester United	23	9	2	0	24	6	6	3	3	15	11	2.294	35	W	D	D	W	L	1974-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Sunderland	22	8	3	0	23	3	4	3	4	15	13	2.375	30	D	W	W	L	W	1974-12-26	York City	H
3	0	Norwich City	22	8	2	1	19	6	2	6	3	12	13	1.632	28	W	L	D	L	W	1974-12-26	Notts County	A
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	4	2	16	8	4	3	4	11	8	1.688	27	W	L	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Manchester United	A
5	3	Hull City	23	6	5	0	15	6	2	4	6	12	30	0.75	25	D	D	L	W	W	1974-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
6	-1	Oxford United	23	9	0	2	17	10	1	5	6	6	22	0.719	25	L	W	W	D	W	1974-12-26	Millwall	H
7	-1	Aston Villa	22	8	2	1	26	4	1	4	6	6	14	1.778	24	L	W	L	D	W	1974-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
8	-1	Bristol City	22	7	3	1	14	3	2	3	6	6	12	1.333	24	L	W	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Blackpool	23	6	3	2	17	10	2	5	5	6	8	1.278	24	D	W	W	L	W	1974-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
10	0	Notts County	23	6	5	0	24	12	1	4	7	5	20	0.906	23	D	W	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Norwich City	H
11	1	Fulham	23	6	2	3	19	9	1	6	5	5	10	1.263	22	D	W	D	D	W	1974-12-26	Orient	H
12	-1	Bristol Rovers	23	6	3	3	12	7	2	3	6	12	22	0.828	22	L	L	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Nottingham Forest	23	5	4	3	15	11	3	2	6	9	18	0.828	22	D	L	D	D	W	1974-12-26	Hull City	A
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	7	3	2	18	8	1	2	7	6	16	1	21	W	L	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	1	Orient	22	2	6	3	7	11	2	6	3	8	12	0.652	20	D	D	D	D	L	1974-12-26	Fulham	A
16	1	Southampton	21	4	5	1	14	10	2	2	7	13	20	0.9	19	D	D	W	D	L	1974-12-26	Portsmouth	A
17	-2	York City	23	5	3	4	15	11	2	2	7	11	22	0.788	19	L	L	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Sunderland	A
18	3	Portsmouth	23	3	6	2	10	8	2	2	8	8	22	0.6	18	W	W	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Southampton	H
19	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	5	3	3	16	13	0	4	6	6	14	0.815	17	D	D	L	L	D	1974-12-26	Blackpool	A
20	0	Cardiff City	22	4	4	4	14	13	1	3	6	7	18	0.677	17	D	L	D	D	D	1974-12-26	Bristol City	A
21	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	23	3	5	3	16	15	1	3	8	10	21	0.722	16	L	D	D	L	W	1974-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	Millwall	22	5	4	2	17	10	0	2	9	5	22	0.688	16	W	L	D	L	L	1974-12-26	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Goldstone Ground	9,894
Binney, Towner	Lineups		Rafferty 2
Gillingham	4	0	Chesterfield	Priestfield Stadium	5,425
Chadwick, Richardson 2, Feely	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Blundell Park	5,152
Barton	Lineups		Goldthorpe
Halifax Town	3	2	AFC Bournemouth	The Shay	1,523
McHale, Downes, Gwyther	Lineups		Payne, Downes OG
Hereford United	6	3	Blackburn Rovers	Edgar Street	7,288
McNeil 3 (1p), Kemp, Galley, Tyler	Lineups		Burgin, Beamish, Waddington (p)
Huddersfield Town	3	2	Walsall	Leeds Road	3,627
Gowling 3	Lineups		Buckley, Andrews
Preston North End	1	0	Port Vale	Deepdale	8,743
Bird	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Peterborough United	County Ground	9,023
	Lineups		Prophett OG
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Bury	Prenton Park	2,600
	Lineups
Wrexham	5	1	Watford	Racecourse Ground	4,318
Whittle 2, Smallman 2, Davies	Lineups		Joslyn

				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	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	3	0	17	6	3	3	5	13	17	1.304	28	L	L	D	D	W	1974-12-26	Preston North End	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	22	8	2	1	23	12	3	3	5	10	17	1.138	27	D	W	W	D	D	1974-12-26	Southend United	H
3	0	Swindon Town	23	9	2	2	22	11	1	5	4	13	21	1.094	27	L	L	W	W	D	1974-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	4	Peterborough United	22	6	3	1	12	6	5	2	5	10	17	0.957	27	W	W	L	L	W	1974-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
5	-1	Colchester United	23	7	4	2	24	11	2	4	4	13	17	1.321	26	D	W	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Peterborough United	H
6	3	Preston North End	23	9	1	2	23	10	2	3	6	13	18	1.286	26	W	D	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	-2	Port Vale	23	7	3	0	22	9	2	5	6	13	19	1.25	26	L	W	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
8	-2	Charlton Athletic	22	8	2	1	27	15	3	2	6	11	18	1.152	26	D	W	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Wrexham	A
9	-2	Plymouth Argyle	22	8	2	0	17	5	3	2	7	15	23	1.143	26	D	W	W	D	D	1974-12-26	Swindon Town	H
10	1	Hereford United	23	8	3	2	27	10	2	2	6	9	21	1.161	25	W	W	L	W	L	1974-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	1	Wrexham	22	6	4	1	25	11	2	4	5	13	17	1.357	24	W	D	L	D	D	1974-12-26	Walsall	A
12	-2	Southend United	22	7	3	2	21	9	2	2	6	7	13	1.273	23	L	W	D	W	D	1974-12-23	Aldershot	H
13	0	Watford	23	5	4	2	16	13	1	6	5	14	25	0.789	22	L	L	D	W	D	1974-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Walsall	22	6	2	2	19	6	1	4	7	14	24	1.1	20	L	L	L	L	W	1974-12-26	Wrexham	H
15	1	Gillingham	22	6	3	2	20	10	1	3	7	10	19	1.034	20	W	W	W	L	W	1974-12-26	Aldershot	A
16	-1	Bury	23	5	3	2	15	6	2	3	8	8	17	1	20	D	L	W	L	D	1974-12-26	Halifax Town	H
17	0	Halifax Town	22	6	4	2	20	13	0	4	6	7	21	0.794	20	W	L	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Bury	A
18	0	Grimsby Town	22	6	2	3	21	15	2	1	8	9	26	0.732	19	D	W	L	L	W	1974-12-26	Peterborough United	A
19	3	Huddersfield Town	22	5	3	3	17	14	2	1	8	6	23	0.622	18	W	L	L	D	L	1974-12-26	Chesterfield	A
20	-1	AFC Bournemouth	21	5	1	4	13	8	2	2	7	8	16	0.875	17	L	L	D	W	W	1974-12-26	Hereford United	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	5	1	17	13	1	0	10	6	23	0.639	17	D	W	L	L	D	1974-12-26	Watford	A
22	1	Tranmere Rovers	21	6	2	3	21	9	0	2	8	8	18	1.074	16	D	L	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Port Vale	A
23	-3	Chesterfield	22	4	4	3	17	14	2	0	9	13	25	0.769	16	L	L	L	W	L	1974-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
24	0	Aldershot	21	6	1	3	17	11	0	3	8	4	18	0.724	15	W	L	L	W	D	1974-12-23	Southend United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	5	1	Northampton Town	Oakwell	2,666
Brown, Peachey, Price, Yates, Millar	Lineups		Stratford
Bradford City	1	2	Southport	Valley Parade	2,998
Hutchins	Lineups		Taylor 2
Brentford	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park	4,364
Brown 2	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	1,650
Atkins	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Cambridge United	Belle Vue	1,677
	Lineups		Tully
Hartlepool	5	0	Rochdale	Victoria Park	1,991
Honour, McMahon 2, Moore 2	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	8,559
Hodgson	Lineups		Crawford
Reading	1	2	Swansea City	Elm Park	3,855
Murray	Lineups		Bevan, James
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Exeter City	Gay Meadow	3,097
O'Loughlin, Bates	Lineups		Bowker 2
Torquay United	0	1	Newport County	Plainmoor	2,259
	Lineups		White
Workington	0	0	Chester	Borough Park	1,455
	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	Mansfield Town	23	9	4	0	29	9	7	1	2	20	12	2.333	37	D	W	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	7	2	3	20	10	7	3	1	23	13	1.87	33	D	L	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Swansea City	A
3	0	Southport	23	7	2	2	17	8	4	6	2	13	19	1.111	30	L	W	D	L	D	1974-12-26	Workington	H
4	0	Lincoln City	20	8	3	0	28	7	3	3	3	16	14	2.095	28	W	D	W	W	W	1974-12-26	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Rotherham United	22	4	5	2	19	11	6	3	2	19	9	1.9	28	D	L	D	D	W	1974-12-26	Hartlepool United	H
6	0	Chester	23	10	1	0	27	2	2	3	7	6	16	1.833	28	D	W	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Bradford City	H
7	3	Newport County	21	6	1	2	19	12	6	2	4	16	15	1.296	27	W	W	W	D	D	1974-12-28	Mansfield Town	A
8	0	Exeter City	23	6	2	3	17	11	4	5	3	12	19	0.967	27	D	W	D	D	D	1974-12-26	Torquay United	H
9	-2	Bradford City	24	7	1	5	19	9	4	3	4	10	13	1.318	26	L	W	D	W	D	1974-12-26	Chester	A
10	-1	Northampton Town	22	7	1	2	26	8	3	4	5	18	24	1.375	25	L	D	W	D	W	1974-12-26	Lincoln City	H
11	0	Reading	22	6	2	3	21	12	4	2	5	13	14	1.308	24	L	L	D	W	D	1974-12-28	Stockport County	H
12	0	Torquay United	25	4	4	5	11	14	3	4	5	10	18	0.656	22	L	L	W	L	D	1974-12-26	Exeter City	A
13	1	Brentford	22	7	2	2	18	9	1	3	7	6	15	1	21	W	W	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Cambridge United	A
14	2	Hartlepool United	19	6	2	2	21	11	2	2	5	8	16	1.074	20	W	L	W	W	L	1974-12-26	Rotherham United	A
15	2	Cambridge United	23	5	4	3	22	13	1	4	6	3	15	0.893	20	W	L	D	D	D	1974-12-26	Brentford	H
16	-3	Rochdale	22	2	5	3	12	13	4	3	5	14	27	0.65	20	L	W	D	D	D	1974-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	2	Swansea City	24	4	4	3	17	18	4	0	9	12	27	0.644	20	W	D	W	L	L	1974-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	2	Barnsley	24	5	3	5	17	15	2	2	7	12	17	0.906	19	W	L	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Stockport County	A
19	2	Darlington	25	5	3	5	21	19	2	2	8	10	24	0.721	19	W	L	L	D	L	1974-12-26	Scunthorpe United	A
20	-5	Crewe Alexandra	24	4	4	3	9	7	2	3	8	6	16	0.652	19	L	D	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
21	-3	Stockport County	22	6	2	3	16	16	1	2	8	11	25	0.659	18	L	W	L	W	D	1974-12-26	Barnsley	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	4	4	4	17	16	1	1	9	10	27	0.628	15	L	W	L	L	L	1974-12-26	Rochdale	A
23	0	Scunthorpe United	22	2	4	5	11	16	0	4	7	7	23	0.462	12	L	L	L	D	D	1974-12-26	Darlington	H
24	0	Workington	23	2	2	7	7	15	2	2	8	6	23	0.342	12	D	D	D	L	L	1974-12-26	Southport	A