1974-12-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	1	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's	30,266
	Lineups		Osborne
Burnley	2	1	Carlisle United	Turf Moor	19,729
Collins, James	Lineups		Martin
Chelsea	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	Stamford Bridge	38,917
	Lineups		Givens 2, Francis
Everton	1	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	41,105
Latchford	Lineups		Maddren
Leicester City	0	2	Leeds United	Filbert Street	29,699
	Lineups		Gray F, McKenzie
Luton Town	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	19,642
Futcher R 3	Lineups		Munro, Powell
Manchester City	1	2	Derby County	Maine Road	40,188
Bell	Lineups		Lee, Newton
Sheffield United	1	1	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	19,967
Field	Lineups		George
Stoke City	2	1	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	33,498
Salmons (p), Hurst	Lineups		Holland
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	20,307
Smith OG	Lineups		Stein

				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	2	Ipswich Town	25	9	2	1	24	4	5	0	8	10	15	1.789	30	W	L	W	W	L	1975-01-11	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	25	6	4	2	22	12	5	4	4	15	16	1.321	30	D	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Ipswich Town	A
3	-2	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
4	0	Everton	24	5	7	1	19	12	3	6	2	14	13	1.32	29	D	L	L	W	W	1975-01-11	Leicester City	H
5	2	Stoke City	25	8	4	1	23	12	3	3	6	16	21	1.182	29	W	L	L	L	W	1975-01-11	Birmingham City	H
6	-1	West Ham United	25	7	3	2	28	13	3	5	5	14	20	1.273	28	L	D	D	D	W	1975-01-11	Leeds United	A
7	1	Burnley	25	7	3	3	26	17	4	3	5	19	23	1.125	28	W	D	D	L	W	1975-01-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	-2	Manchester City	25	10	2	1	23	8	1	4	7	8	25	0.939	28	L	L	D	D	W	1975-01-11	Sheffield United	A
9	1	Derby County	24	7	2	2	24	13	3	5	5	14	20	1.152	27	W	W	L	L	D	1975-01-11	Liverpool	H
10	-1	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
11	1	Leeds United	25	7	3	2	22	10	3	2	8	13	20	1.167	25	W	D	L	W	L	1975-01-11	West Ham United	H
12	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	6	4	2	23	14	2	5	5	9	16	1.067	25	L	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Coventry City	A
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	5	2	5	14	13	5	3	5	18	20	0.97	25	W	W	W	W	L	1975-01-11	Burnley	H
14	0	Sheffield United	24	7	4	2	20	14	2	2	7	11	22	0.861	24	D	L	W	L	L	1975-01-11	Manchester City	H
15	1	Coventry City	25	5	5	2	19	14	2	4	7	14	27	0.805	23	D	W	L	W	L	1975-01-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-1	Birmingham City	25	7	1	5	24	18	2	3	7	11	21	0.897	22	L	L	W	L	L	1975-01-11	Stoke City	A
17	1	Tottenham Hotspur	25	4	4	5	17	14	3	3	6	13	21	0.857	21	D	D	L	L	W	1975-01-11	Newcastle United	A
18	-1	Chelsea	24	2	6	4	13	19	4	3	5	13	22	0.634	21	L	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Luton Town	A
19	0	Arsenal	24	4	4	3	17	9	3	2	8	11	21	0.933	20	D	L	W	D	L	1975-01-11	Carlisle United	H
20	0	Carlisle United	25	4	1	7	10	12	3	2	8	15	21	0.758	17	L	L	W	L	W	1975-01-11	Arsenal	A
21	0	Leicester City	24	3	3	6	10	12	2	3	7	12	25	0.595	16	L	L	L	D	L	1975-01-11	Everton	A
22	0	Luton Town	24	3	3	6	14	19	1	4	7	8	18	0.595	15	W	W	W	L	L	1975-01-11	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Fulham	Burnden Park	4,703
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	4	Bristol City	Eastville	20,933	Largest home gate 1974-75
Fearnley	Lineups		Fear 2, Mann, Tainton
Cardiff City	3	1	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	11,040
Showers, Buchanan, Whitham	Lineups		Hamilton
Millwall	0	0	Portsmouth	The Den, New Cross	8,208
	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Oxford United	Carrow Road	23,617
Boyer	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Notts County	City Ground	25,013	Largest home gate 1974-75
	Lineups		Bradd, Carter
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Manchester United	Boundary Park	26,356	Largest home gate 1974-75
Whittle (p)	Lineups
Orient	1	1	Sunderland	Brisbane Road	10,029
Downing	Lineups		Hughes
Southampton	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	15,243
	Lineups		Potts
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Blackpool	The Hawthorns	14,839
Johnston, Mayo	Lineups
York City	3	0	Hull City	Bootham Crescent	10,857
Holmes 2 (2p), Swallow	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	25	10	2	0	26	7	6	3	4	15	12	2.158	37	L	W	W	D	D	1975-01-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Sunderland	24	9	3	0	25	3	4	4	4	16	14	2.412	33	D	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Norwich City	24	9	2	1	20	6	2	7	3	13	14	1.65	31	W	D	W	L	D	1975-01-11	Cardiff City	A
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	7	4	2	18	8	4	3	5	12	10	1.667	29	W	L	W	L	W	1975-01-18	Oldham Athletic	A
5	3	Bristol City	24	7	4	1	14	3	3	3	6	10	13	1.5	27	W	D	L	W	W	1975-01-11	Aston Villa	A
6	-1	Oxford United	25	10	0	2	20	11	1	5	7	6	23	0.765	27	L	W	L	W	W	1975-01-11	Hull City	A
7	-1	Aston Villa	24	9	2	1	27	4	1	4	7	7	17	1.619	26	L	W	L	W	L	1975-01-11	Bristol City	H
8	-1	Blackpool	25	7	3	2	18	10	2	5	6	6	10	1.2	26	L	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Notts County	A
9	1	Notts County	25	6	6	0	25	13	2	4	7	7	20	0.97	26	W	D	D	W	L	1975-01-11	Blackpool	H
10	-1	Hull City	25	6	5	1	16	9	2	4	7	12	33	0.667	25	L	L	D	D	L	1975-01-11	Oxford United	H
11	1	Fulham	25	6	3	3	19	9	1	7	5	5	10	1.263	24	D	D	D	W	D	1975-01-11	Nottingham Forest	H
12	1	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	4	2	18	8	2	2	7	8	16	1.083	24	D	W	W	L	L	1975-01-18	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-2	Nottingham Forest	25	5	4	4	15	13	4	2	6	12	19	0.844	24	L	W	D	L	D	1975-01-11	Fulham	A
14	0	Bristol Rovers	25	6	3	4	13	11	2	3	7	12	23	0.735	22	L	L	L	L	W	1975-01-11	Oldham Athletic	H
15	1	Orient	24	2	7	3	8	12	2	7	3	8	12	0.667	22	D	D	D	D	D	1975-01-11	Millwall	H
16	-1	Southampton	23	4	5	2	14	11	3	2	7	15	21	0.906	21	L	W	D	D	W	1975-01-10	York City	A
17	0	York City	25	6	3	4	18	11	2	2	8	11	24	0.829	21	W	L	L	L	L	1975-01-10	Southampton	H
18	0	Cardiff City	24	5	4	4	17	14	1	4	6	7	18	0.75	20	W	D	D	L	D	1975-01-11	Norwich City	H
19	1	Oldham Athletic	23	6	3	3	17	13	0	4	7	6	15	0.821	19	W	L	D	D	L	1975-01-11	Bristol Rovers	A
20	-1	Portsmouth	25	3	6	3	11	10	2	3	8	8	22	0.594	19	D	L	W	W	L	1975-01-11	Sunderland	H
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	3	5	4	16	17	2	3	8	11	21	0.711	18	W	L	L	D	D	1975-01-11	Manchester United	A
22	0	Millwall	24	5	5	2	17	10	0	2	10	6	25	0.657	17	D	L	W	L	D	1975-01-11	Orient	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Aldershot	Goldstone Ground	12,685
Towner, Mellor	Lineups
Colchester United	4	1	Peterborough United	Layer Road	7,790	Largest home gate 1974-75
Froggatt, Dominey, Cook, Bradley OG	Lineups		Turner
Gillingham	3	1	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Stadium	14,565	Largest home gate 1974-75
Shipperley, Richardson, Gauden	Lineups		Wiltshire OG
Grimsby Town	0	0	Walsall	Blundell Park	6,051
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Shay	2,063
Blair	Lineups		McAuley
Hereford United	1	1	Bury	Edgar Street	8,170
McNeil (p)	Lineups		Spence
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	8,122	Largest home gate 1974-75
O'Neil	Lineups		Beamish, Dolan OG
Preston North End	2	1	Chesterfield	Deepdale	9,258
Darling OG, Charlton	Lineups		Darling
Southend United	1	3	Port Vale	Roots Hall	6,535
Elliott	Lineups		Williams, Chadwick, Horton (p)
Swindon Town	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	10,129
Moss (p), Eastoe	Lineups		Hague
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Watford	Prenton Park	2,497
Tynan, Veitch	Lineups		Jenkins, Goodeve
Wrexham	0	3	Charlton Athletic	Racecourse Ground	5,840
	Lineups		Peacock 2, Powell

				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	24	9	3	0	20	6	4	3	5	15	18	1.458	32	W	W	L	L	D	1975-01-11	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Port Vale	25	8	3	0	23	9	3	5	6	16	20	1.345	30	W	W	L	W	W	1975-01-11	Bury	A
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	9	2	0	21	8	3	3	7	16	24	1.156	29	D	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	AFC Bournemouth	A
4	1	Swindon Town	25	10	2	2	24	12	1	5	5	16	25	1.081	29	W	L	L	L	W	1975-01-11	Hereford United	H
5	2	Colchester United	24	8	4	2	28	12	2	4	4	13	17	1.414	28	W	D	W	L	W	1975-01-01	Charlton Athletic	A
6	3	Charlton Athletic	23	8	2	1	27	15	4	2	6	14	18	1.242	28	W	D	W	L	W	1975-01-01	Colchester United	H
7	1	Preston North End	25	10	1	2	25	11	2	3	7	13	21	1.188	28	W	L	W	D	W	1975-01-11	Wrexham	H
8	-4	Crystal Palace	24	8	3	1	24	13	3	3	6	11	20	1.061	28	L	D	D	W	W	1975-01-04	Hereford United	H
9	-3	Peterborough United	24	6	3	2	13	9	5	2	6	11	21	0.8	27	L	L	W	W	L	1975-01-11	Walsall	H
10	1	Hereford United	25	8	4	2	28	11	2	2	7	10	23	1.118	26	D	L	W	W	L	1975-01-04	Crystal Palace	A
11	-1	Southend United	25	7	4	3	23	13	2	3	6	8	14	1.148	25	L	D	D	L	W	1975-01-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	0	Wrexham	24	6	4	2	25	14	2	4	6	14	19	1.182	24	L	L	W	D	L	1975-01-04	Charlton Athletic	A
13	0	Watford	25	5	5	2	17	14	1	7	5	16	27	0.805	24	D	D	L	L	D	1975-01-04	Grimsby Town	H
14	0	Walsall	24	7	2	2	21	7	1	5	7	14	24	1.129	23	D	W	L	L	L	1975-01-11	Peterborough United	A
15	0	Bury	25	6	3	2	19	7	2	4	8	9	18	1.12	23	D	W	D	L	W	1975-01-11	Port Vale	H
16	1	Gillingham	24	7	3	2	23	11	1	3	8	11	21	1.063	22	W	L	W	W	W	1975-01-11	Huddersfield Town	H
17	-1	Grimsby Town	24	6	3	3	21	15	3	1	8	12	27	0.786	22	D	W	D	W	L	1975-01-04	Watford	A
18	0	Halifax Town	24	6	5	2	21	14	0	4	7	8	25	0.744	21	D	L	W	L	W	1975-01-11	Grimsby Town	H
19	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	6	5	1	19	13	1	1	10	7	24	0.703	20	W	D	D	W	L	1975-01-11	Southend United	A
20	-1	AFC Bournemouth	23	6	1	4	15	9	2	2	8	9	18	0.889	19	L	W	L	L	D	1975-01-04	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-1	Chesterfield	24	5	4	3	20	14	2	0	10	14	27	0.829	18	L	W	L	L	L	1975-01-11	Aldershot	H
22	-1	Aldershot	24	7	1	3	19	12	0	4	9	5	21	0.727	18	L	W	D	W	L	1975-01-04	Colchester United	A
23	0	Huddersfield Town	24	5	3	4	18	16	2	1	9	6	26	0.571	18	L	L	W	L	L	1975-01-04	AFC Bournemouth	A
24	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	3	3	23	11	0	2	9	8	19	1.033	17	D	L	D	L	W	1975-01-10	Colchester United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Rochdale	Valley Parade	3,250
Cooke	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Exeter City	Griffin Park	5,608
Simmons, Johnson	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Chester	Feethams Ground	2,690
Webb	Lineups		Lennard
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Southport	Belle Vue	1,356
Chappell	Lineups		Taylor
Lincoln City	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	7,883
Ellis	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	0	Newport County	Field Mill	7,920
Eccles 2, Clarke	Lineups
Reading	1	3	Stockport County	Elm Park	3,941
Friday (p)	Lineups		Griffiths 2, Lloyd
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Cambridge United	Gay Meadow	4,570
O'Loughlin	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Swansea City	Plainmoor	2,589
	Lineups
Workington	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	1,708
Deacy, Skillen, Helliwell	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	25	10	4	0	32	9	8	1	2	22	12	2.571	41	W	W	D	W	W	1975-01-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	25	8	2	3	21	10	8	3	1	27	14	2	37	W	W	D	L	W	1975-01-04	Chester	A
3	0	Southport	25	7	3	2	19	10	4	7	2	14	20	1.1	32	D	D	L	W	D	1975-01-04	Barnsley	A
4	0	Chester	25	11	1	0	28	2	2	4	7	7	17	1.842	31	D	W	D	W	W	1975-01-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	0	Lincoln City	22	9	3	0	29	7	3	3	4	16	15	2.045	30	W	L	W	D	W	1975-01-11	Reading	A
6	1	Exeter City	25	6	3	3	17	11	5	5	3	12	21	0.906	30	W	D	D	W	D	1975-01-04	Hartlepool United	H
7	-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
8	2	Bradford City	26	8	1	5	20	9	4	3	5	10	14	1.304	28	W	L	L	W	D	1975-01-04	Newport County	A
9	-1	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
10	-1	Newport County	22	6	1	2	19	12	6	2	5	16	18	1.167	27	L	W	W	W	D	1975-01-04	Bradford City	H
11	0	Reading	23	6	2	4	22	15	4	2	5	13	14	1.207	24	L	L	L	D	W	1975-01-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	0	Torquay United	27	4	5	5	11	14	3	5	5	10	18	0.656	24	D	D	L	L	W	1975-01-03	Stockport County	A
13	4	Brentford	24	8	2	2	20	9	1	3	8	6	17	1	23	W	L	W	W	W	1975-01-04	Northampton Town	A
14	-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
15	-1	Cambridge United	25	6	4	3	24	13	1	4	7	3	16	0.931	22	L	W	W	L	D	1975-01-11	Stockport County	H
16	-1	Rochdale	24	3	5	3	14	13	4	3	6	14	28	0.683	22	L	W	L	W	D	1975-01-04	Darlington	H
17	-1	Barnsley	25	5	3	5	17	15	3	2	7	15	17	1	21	W	W	L	L	L	1975-01-04	Southport	H
18	0	Darlington	27	5	4	5	22	20	2	3	8	11	25	0.733	21	D	D	W	L	L	1975-01-04	Rochdale	A
19	0	Swansea City	26	4	4	4	18	22	4	1	9	12	27	0.612	21	D	L	W	D	W	1975-01-04	Workington	H
20	1	Stockport County	24	6	2	4	16	19	2	2	8	14	26	0.667	20	W	L	L	W	L	1975-01-03	Torquay United	H
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	26	4	4	4	9	9	2	3	9	6	19	0.536	19	L	L	L	D	L	1975-01-04	Reading	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	4	5	4	18	17	1	1	10	10	29	0.609	16	D	L	L	W	L	1975-01-04	Scunthorpe United	A
23	1	Workington	25	3	2	7	10	15	2	3	8	8	25	0.45	15	W	D	D	D	D	1975-01-04	Swansea City	A
24	-1	Scunthorpe United	24	2	5	5	12	17	0	4	8	7	24	0.463	13	L	D	L	L	L	1975-01-04	Doncaster Rovers	H