1974-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	2	Chelsea	Highbury	33,784
Ball (p)	Lineups		Garland 2
Carlisle United	1	2	Newcastle United	Brunton Park	20,675
Owen	Lineups		Tudor, Macdonald
Coventry City	2	0	Stoke City	Highfield Road	22,345
Cross, Hutchison	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	26,121
Rioch, Bourne	Lineups		Hatton
Ipswich Town	0	1	Luton Town	Portman Road	23,406
	Lineups		Futcher R
Leeds United	2	2	Burnley	Elland Road	34,724
Jordan, Lorimer	Lineups		James 2
Liverpool	4	1	Manchester City	Anfield Road	46,062
Hall 2, Toshack, Heighway	Lineups		Bell
Middlesbrough	1	0	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	31,879
Armstrong	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Leicester City	Loftus Road	17,311
Beck, Thomas, Givens, Westwood	Lineups		Lee 2
West Ham United	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	37,682
Robson	Lineups		Peters
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Everton	Molineux	33,120
Hibbitt (p), Kindon	Lineups

				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	3	Liverpool	23	8	2	2	25	11	4	3	4	9	9	1.7	29	W	L	W	D	D	1975-01-11	Derby County	A
2	4	Middlesbrough	24	6	4	2	22	12	5	3	4	14	15	1.333	29	W	D	W	W	W	1974-12-28	Everton	A
3	-2	Ipswich Town	24	9	2	1	24	4	4	0	8	9	15	1.737	28	L	W	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Birmingham City	A
4	-2	Everton	23	5	6	1	18	11	3	6	2	14	13	1.333	28	L	L	W	W	W	1974-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	West Ham United	24	7	3	2	28	13	3	5	4	13	18	1.323	28	D	D	D	W	W	1974-12-28	Stoke City	A
6	-3	Manchester City	24	10	2	0	22	6	1	4	7	8	25	0.968	28	L	D	D	W	L	1974-12-28	Derby County	H
7	0	Stoke City	24	7	4	1	21	11	3	3	6	16	21	1.156	27	L	L	L	W	W	1974-12-28	West Ham United	H
8	0	Burnley	24	6	3	3	24	16	4	3	5	19	23	1.103	26	D	D	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Carlisle United	H
9	0	Newcastle United	23	8	3	1	22	8	2	3	6	11	23	1.065	26	W	W	L	L	W	1975-01-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	0	Derby County	23	7	2	2	24	13	2	5	5	12	19	1.125	25	W	L	L	D	W	1974-12-28	Manchester City	A
11	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	4	2	23	14	2	5	4	7	13	1.111	25	W	D	W	W	D	1974-12-28	Luton Town	A
12	1	Leeds United	24	7	3	2	22	10	2	2	8	11	20	1.1	23	D	L	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Leicester City	A
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	24	5	2	5	14	13	4	3	5	15	20	0.879	23	W	W	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Chelsea	A
14	-2	Sheffield United	23	7	3	2	19	13	2	2	7	11	22	0.857	23	L	W	L	L	L	1974-12-28	Arsenal	H
15	-1	Birmingham City	24	7	1	4	24	17	2	3	7	11	21	0.921	22	L	W	L	L	L	1974-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
16	0	Coventry City	24	5	5	2	19	14	2	3	7	13	26	0.8	22	W	L	W	L	D	1974-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	2	Chelsea	23	2	6	3	13	16	4	3	5	13	22	0.684	21	W	D	W	W	L	1974-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	4	3	5	16	13	3	3	6	13	21	0.853	20	D	L	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Coventry City	H
19	-2	Arsenal	23	4	4	3	17	9	3	1	8	10	20	0.931	19	L	W	D	L	W	1974-12-28	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Carlisle United	24	4	1	7	10	12	3	2	7	14	19	0.774	17	L	W	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Burnley	A
21	0	Leicester City	23	3	3	5	10	10	2	3	7	12	25	0.629	16	L	L	D	L	L	1974-12-28	Leeds United	H
22	0	Luton Town	23	2	3	6	11	17	1	4	7	8	18	0.543	13	W	W	L	L	L	1974-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Villa Park	21,557
Graydon	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Bloomfield Road	12,491
Walsh	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	12,485
	Lineups
Fulham	0	0	Orient	Craven Cottage	9,600
	Lineups
Hull City	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Boothferry Park	12,278
Wagstaff	Lineups		Martin 2, Butlin
Manchester United	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	51,104
Daly, McIlroy	Lineups		Cantello
Notts County	1	1	Norwich City	Meadow Lane	13,977
Mann	Lineups		MacDougall
Oxford United	3	1	Millwall	Manor Ground	8,583
Aylott, Gough, Heron	Lineups		Hill
Portsmouth	1	2	Southampton	Fratton Park	19,534
Piper	Lineups		Osgood, Peach
Sheffield Wednesday	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Hillsborough	17,153
	Lineups		Lee, Curran
Sunderland	2	0	York City	Roker Park	35,367
Kerr 2	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	Manchester United	24	10	2	0	26	7	6	3	3	15	11	2.278	37	W	W	D	D	W	1974-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Sunderland	23	9	3	0	25	3	4	3	4	15	13	2.5	32	W	D	W	W	L	1974-12-28	Orient	A
3	0	Norwich City	23	8	2	1	19	6	2	7	3	13	14	1.6	29	D	W	L	D	L	1974-12-28	Oxford United	H
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	6	4	2	16	8	4	3	5	12	10	1.556	27	L	W	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Blackpool	H
5	1	Oxford United	24	10	0	2	20	11	1	5	6	6	22	0.788	27	W	L	W	W	D	1974-12-28	Norwich City	A
6	1	Aston Villa	23	9	2	1	27	4	1	4	6	6	14	1.833	26	W	L	W	L	D	1974-12-28	Cardiff City	A
7	2	Blackpool	24	7	3	2	18	10	2	5	5	6	8	1.333	26	W	D	W	W	L	1974-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	0	Bristol City	23	7	4	1	14	3	2	3	6	6	12	1.333	25	D	L	W	W	L	1974-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-4	Hull City	24	6	5	1	16	9	2	4	6	12	30	0.718	25	L	D	D	L	W	1974-12-28	York City	A
10	0	Notts County	24	6	6	0	25	13	1	4	7	5	20	0.909	24	D	D	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
11	2	Nottingham Forest	24	5	4	3	15	11	4	2	6	12	19	0.9	24	W	D	L	D	D	1974-12-28	Notts County	H
12	-1	Fulham	24	6	3	3	19	9	1	6	5	5	10	1.263	23	D	D	W	D	D	1974-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	1	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	3	2	18	8	2	2	7	8	16	1.083	23	W	W	L	L	L	1974-12-28	Fulham	H
14	-2	Bristol Rovers	24	6	3	3	12	7	2	3	7	12	23	0.8	22	L	L	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Bristol City	H
15	1	Southampton	22	4	5	1	14	10	3	2	7	15	21	0.935	21	W	D	D	W	D	1974-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	-1	Orient	23	2	6	3	7	11	2	7	3	8	12	0.652	21	D	D	D	D	D	1974-12-28	Sunderland	H
17	0	York City	24	5	3	4	15	11	2	2	8	11	24	0.743	19	L	L	L	L	W	1974-12-28	Hull City	H
18	2	Cardiff City	23	4	4	4	14	13	1	4	6	7	18	0.677	18	D	D	L	D	D	1974-12-28	Aston Villa	H
19	-1	Portsmouth	24	3	6	3	11	10	2	2	8	8	22	0.594	18	L	W	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Millwall	A
20	-1	Oldham Athletic	22	5	3	3	16	13	0	4	7	6	15	0.786	17	L	D	D	L	L	1974-12-28	Manchester United	H
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	3	5	4	16	17	1	3	8	10	21	0.684	16	L	L	D	D	L	1974-12-28	Southampton	A
22	0	Millwall	23	5	4	2	17	10	0	2	10	6	25	0.657	16	L	W	L	D	L	1974-12-28	Portsmouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Hereford United	Dean Court	5,803
O'Rourke, Buttle	Lineups		Parodi OG
Aldershot	2	1	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	4,195
Crosby, Bell	Lineups		Richardson OG
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Preston North End	Ewood Park	24,005	Largest home gate 1974-75
Martin 2 (1p), Parkes	Lineups
Bury	4	1	Halifax Town	Gigg Lane	6,260
Duffey 4	Lineups		Downes
Chesterfield	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,593
Moss, Shanahan (p), Wilson	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Southend United	Selhurst Park	21,652
Swindlehurst	Lineups		Silvester
Peterborough United	1	3	Grimsby Town	London Road	10,165
Turner (p)	Lineups		Oakes OG, Lumby, Hubbard
Plymouth Argyle	4	3	Swindon Town	Home Park	18,027
Delve, Rafferty (p), Mariner, Randell	Lineups		Moss 2, McLaughlin
Port Vale	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	6,196
Horton	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Wrexham	Fellows Park	4,345
Atthey, Wright	Lineups		Sutton
Watford	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road	6,639
Craker	Lineups		Binney

				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	23	9	3	0	20	6	3	3	5	13	17	1.435	30	W	L	L	D	D	1974-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
2	5	Port Vale	24	8	3	0	23	9	2	5	6	13	19	1.286	28	W	L	W	W	W	1974-12-28	Southend United	A
3	6	Plymouth Argyle	23	9	2	0	21	8	3	2	7	15	23	1.161	28	W	D	W	W	D	1974-12-28	Halifax Town	A
4	-2	Crystal Palace	23	8	3	1	24	13	3	3	5	10	17	1.133	28	D	D	W	W	D	1974-12-28	Gillingham	A
5	-2	Swindon Town	24	9	2	2	22	11	1	5	5	16	25	1.056	27	L	L	L	W	W	1974-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	-2	Peterborough United	23	6	3	2	13	9	5	2	5	10	17	0.885	27	L	W	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Colchester United	A
7	-2	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
8	-2	Preston North End	24	9	1	2	23	10	2	3	7	13	21	1.161	26	L	W	D	W	L	1974-12-28	Chesterfield	H
9	-1	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
10	2	Southend United	24	7	4	2	22	10	2	3	6	8	14	1.25	25	D	D	L	W	D	1974-12-28	Port Vale	H
11	-1	Hereford United	24	8	3	2	27	10	2	2	7	10	23	1.121	25	L	W	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Bury	H
12	-1	Wrexham	23	6	4	1	25	11	2	4	6	14	19	1.3	24	L	W	D	L	D	1974-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
13	0	Watford	24	5	5	2	17	14	1	6	5	14	25	0.795	23	D	L	L	D	W	1974-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	0	Walsall	23	7	2	2	21	7	1	4	7	14	24	1.129	22	W	L	L	L	L	1974-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
15	1	Bury	24	6	3	2	19	7	2	3	8	8	17	1.125	22	W	D	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Hereford United	A
16	2	Grimsby Town	23	6	2	3	21	15	3	1	8	12	27	0.786	21	W	D	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Walsall	H
17	-2	Gillingham	23	6	3	2	20	10	1	3	8	11	21	1	20	L	W	W	W	L	1974-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	23	6	4	2	20	13	0	4	7	8	25	0.737	20	L	W	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	1	AFC Bournemouth	22	6	1	4	15	9	2	2	7	8	16	0.92	19	W	L	L	D	W	1974-12-28	Swindon Town	A
20	3	Chesterfield	23	5	4	3	20	14	2	0	9	13	25	0.846	18	W	L	L	L	W	1974-12-28	Preston North End	A
21	3	Aldershot	23	7	1	3	19	12	0	4	8	5	19	0.774	18	W	D	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	5	1	17	13	1	1	10	7	24	0.649	18	D	D	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Aldershot	H
23	-4	Huddersfield Town	23	5	3	3	17	14	2	1	9	6	26	0.575	18	L	W	L	L	D	1974-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
24	-2	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	2	3	21	9	0	2	9	8	19	1.036	16	L	D	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Watford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	2	0	Brentford	Abbey Stadium	3,959
Watson, Lyon	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Bradford City	Sealand Road	8,372	Largest home gate 1974-75
Lennard	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	2,571
	Lineups		Bird, Hodgson
Exeter City	0	0	Torquay United	St James Park	7,271	Largest home gate 1974-75
	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	7,275	Largest home gate 1974-75
Stratford	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	1,077
Fielding, Hutchinson	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Hartlepool	Millmoor	5,784
Wigg	Lineups		McBurney, McMahon
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Darlington	Old Showground	2,266
Davidson	Lineups		Webb
Southport	2	2	Workington	Haig Avenue	2,245
Taylor, Betts	Lineups		Geidmintis, Kavanagh
Stockport County	0	3	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	2,389
	Lineups		Price 2, Yates
Swansea City	1	4	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	3,501	Largest home gate 1974-75
Williams	Lineups		O'Loughlin, Haywood 2, Bates

				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	24	9	4	0	29	9	8	1	2	22	12	2.429	39	W	D	W	W	W	1974-12-28	Newport County	H
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	7	2	3	20	10	8	3	1	27	14	1.958	35	W	D	L	W	W	1974-12-28	Cambridge United	H
3	0	Southport	24	7	3	2	19	10	4	6	2	13	19	1.103	31	D	L	W	D	L	1974-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	2	Chester	24	11	1	0	28	2	2	3	7	6	16	1.889	30	W	D	W	W	W	1974-12-28	Darlington	A
5	-1	Lincoln City	21	8	3	0	28	7	3	3	4	16	15	2	28	L	W	D	W	W	1974-12-28	Scunthorpe United	H
6	-1	Rotherham United	23	4	5	3	20	13	6	3	2	19	9	1.773	28	L	D	L	D	D	1975-01-11	Chester	A
7	1	Exeter City	24	6	3	3	17	11	4	5	3	12	19	0.967	28	D	D	W	D	D	1974-12-28	Brentford	A
8	2	Northampton Town	23	8	1	2	27	8	3	4	5	18	24	1.406	27	W	L	D	W	D	1975-01-01	Hartlepool United	A
9	-2	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
10	-1	Bradford City	25	7	1	5	19	9	4	3	5	10	14	1.261	26	L	L	W	D	W	1974-12-28	Rochdale	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	26	4	4	5	11	14	3	5	5	10	18	0.656	23	D	L	L	W	L	1974-12-28	Swansea City	H
13	1	Hartlepool United	20	6	2	2	21	11	3	2	5	10	17	1.107	22	W	W	L	W	W	1975-01-01	Northampton Town	H
14	1	Cambridge United	24	6	4	3	24	13	1	4	6	3	15	0.964	22	W	W	L	D	D	1974-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	1	Rochdale	23	3	5	3	14	13	4	3	5	14	27	0.7	22	W	L	W	D	D	1974-12-28	Bradford City	A
16	2	Barnsley	25	5	3	5	17	15	3	2	7	15	17	1	21	W	W	L	L	L	1975-01-04	Southport	H
17	-4	Brentford	23	7	2	2	18	9	1	3	8	6	17	0.923	21	L	W	W	W	L	1974-12-28	Exeter City	H
18	1	Darlington	26	5	3	5	21	19	2	3	8	11	25	0.727	20	D	W	L	L	D	1974-12-28	Chester	H
19	-2	Swansea City	25	4	4	4	18	22	4	0	9	12	27	0.612	20	L	W	D	W	L	1974-12-28	Torquay United	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	4	4	4	9	9	2	3	8	6	16	0.6	19	L	L	D	L	L	1974-12-28	Workington	A
21	0	Stockport County	23	6	2	4	16	19	1	2	8	11	25	0.614	18	L	L	W	L	W	1974-12-28	Reading	A
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	4	4	4	17	16	1	1	10	10	29	0.6	15	L	L	W	L	L	1974-12-28	Southport	H
23	0	Scunthorpe United	23	2	5	5	12	17	0	4	7	7	23	0.475	13	D	L	L	L	D	1974-12-28	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Workington	24	2	2	7	7	15	2	3	8	8	25	0.375	13	D	D	D	D	L	1974-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H