1974–75 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1974–75 season.

Football League First Division
Season1974–75
ChampionsDerby County
2nd English title
RelegatedLuton Town
Chelsea
Carlisle United
European CupDerby County
European Cup Winners' CupWest Ham United
UEFA CupLiverpool
Ipswich Town
Everton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerMalcolm Macdonald
(21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winWolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 Chelsea
(15 March 1975)
Biggest away winLuton Town 1–4 Ipswich Town
(14 September 1974)
Newcastle United 2–5 Tottenham Hotspur
(11 January 1975)
Burnley 2–5 Derby County
(31 March 1975)
Birmingham City 1–4 Luton Town
(19 April 1975)
0–3: 7 matches
Highest scoringIpswich Town 5–4 Newcastle United
(15 March 1975)

Overview

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Derby County won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history that season. They made sure of it on 19 April, with a 0-0 draw at Leicester City and the fact that their title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough. Carlisle United were relegated on 19 April, despite winning 1-0 at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur sent the Cumbrians down. Chelsea were relegated after they only drew 1-1 at home against Everton where they had to better Luton Town's result but Luton also drew 1-1 at home, against Manchester City. Luton Town went down on 28 April, after Tottenham beat Leeds United 4-2 at White Hart Lane.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Derby County (C) 42 21 11 10 67 49 1.367 53 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Liverpool 42 20 11 11 60 39 1.538 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ipswich Town 42 23 5 14 66 44 1.500 51
4 Everton 42 16 18 8 56 42 1.333 50
5 Stoke City 42 17 15 10 64 48 1.333 49
6 Sheffield United 42 18 13 11 58 51 1.137 49
7 Middlesbrough 42 18 12 12 54 40 1.350 48
8 Manchester City 42 18 10 14 54 54 1.000 46
9 Leeds United 42 16 13 13 57 49 1.163 45
10 Burnley 42 17 11 14 68 67 1.015 45
11 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 10 16 54 54 1.000 42
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 11 17 57 54 1.056 39
13 West Ham United 42 13 13 16 58 59 0.983 39 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
14 Coventry City 42 12 15 15 51 62 0.823 39
15 Newcastle United 42 15 9 18 59 72 0.819 39
16 Arsenal 42 13 11 18 47 49 0.959 37
17 Birmingham City 42 14 9 19 53 61 0.869 37
18 Leicester City 42 12 12 18 46 60 0.767 36
19 Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 8 21 52 63 0.825 34
20 Luton Town (R) 42 11 11 20 47 65 0.723 33 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Chelsea (R) 42 9 15 18 42 72 0.583 33
22 Carlisle United (R) 42 12 5 25 43 59 0.729 29
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ West Ham United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1974-75 FA Cup winners.

Results

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Home \ Away ARS BIR BUR CRL CHE COV DER EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV LUT MCI MID NEW QPR SHU STK TOT WHU WOL
Arsenal 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Birmingham City 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–4 3–1 1–4 4–0 0–3 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1
Burnley 3–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–5 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–5 1–2
Carlisle United 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Chelsea 0–0 2–1 3–3 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–1
Coventry City 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Derby County 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 5–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0
Everton 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Ipswich Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–4 2–1 0–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–0
Leeds United 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Leicester City 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2
Liverpool 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–2 1–1 2–0
Luton Town 2–0 1–3 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2
Manchester City 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0
Middlesbrough 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 4–4 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1
Newcastle United 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–5 2–0 0–0
Queens Park Rangers 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0
Sheffield United 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–0
Stoke City 0–2 0–0 2–0 5–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–1 3–0
West Ham United 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 6–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 5–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 7–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Liverpool   Bill Shankly Retired 12 July 1974 Pre-season   Bob Paisley 12 July 1974
Coventry City   Joe Mercer 14 July 1974   Gordon Milne 14 July 1974
Leeds United   Don Revie Signed by England 15 July 1974   Brian Clough 30 July 1974
West Ham United   Ron Greenwood Became general manager 16 August 1974   John Lyall 16 August 1974
Tottenham Hotspur   Bill Nicholson Resigned 29 August 1974 22nd   Terry Neill 1 September 1974
Leeds United   Brian Clough Sacked 12 September 1974 19th   Jimmy Armfield 4 October 1974
Queens Park Rangers   Gordon Jago 27 September 1974 21st   Dave Sexton 16 October 1974
Chelsea   Dave Sexton 3 October 1974 18th   Ron Suart 3 October 1974
Chelsea   Ron Suart Resigned 16 April 1975 20th   Eddie McCreadie 16 April 1975

Team locations

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1974–1975

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Malcolm Macdonald Newcastle United 21
2   Brian Kidd Arsenal 19
3   Frank Worthington Leicester City 18
4   Kenny Hibbitt Wolverhampton Wanderers 17
5   Bob Latchford Everton 16
=   Don Givens Queens Park Rangers 16
=   Leighton James Burnley 16
=   Alan Foggon Middlesbrough 16

References

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  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.