Season | 1973β74 |
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Champions |
Leeds United 2nd English title |
Relegated |
Southampton Manchester United Norwich City |
European Cup | Leeds United |
European Cup Winners' Cup | Liverpool |
UEFA Cup |
Derby County Ipswich Town Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,107 (2.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Mick Channon (21 goals) [1] |
Biggest home win |
Ipswich Town 7β0
Southampton (2 February 1974) |
Biggest away win |
Norwich City 0β4
Arsenal (15 September 1973) |
Highest scoring |
Derby County 6β2
Southampton (22 September 1973) |
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Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1973-74 season.
Leeds United won the First Division title for the second time in their history. The title was confirmed on 24 April, after title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal.
Relegation was increased from two teams to three this season. Norwich City were relegated on 20 April, despite beating Burnley 1-0 at Carrow Road, Southampton's 1-1 draw with Manchester United sent the Canaries down. Manchester United went down on 27 April, after losing 1-0 at home to their fierce rivals Manchester City and Birmingham City's result going against them with a 2-1 win against relegated Norwich City at St Andrew's. Southampton were also relegated because of Birmingham City's result despite winning 3-0 at Everton.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leeds United (C) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 2.129 | 62 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Liverpool | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 1.677 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [a] |
3 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 1.238 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 58 | 1.155 | 47 | |
5 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 | 46 | |
6 | Burnley | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 56 | 53 | 1.057 | 46 | |
7 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 50 | 48 | 1.042 | 44 | |
8 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 43 | |
9 | Leicester City | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 42 | |
10 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 51 | 0.961 | 42 | |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 0.900 | 42 | |
12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [b] |
13 | Sheffield United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 40 | |
14 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 46 | 0.848 | 40 | |
15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | 38 | |
16 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 43 | 54 | 0.796 | 38 | |
17 | Chelsea | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 60 | 0.933 | 37 | |
18 | West Ham United | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | 37 | |
19 | Birmingham City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 37 | |
20 | Southampton (R) | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
21 | Manchester United (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 48 | 0.792 | 32 | |
22 | Norwich City (R) | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 62 | 0.597 | 29 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Everton | Tom Eggleston | End of caretaker spell | 28 May 1973 | Pre-season | Billy Bingham | 1 June 1974 |
Derby County | Brian Clough | Sacked [2] | 15 October 1973 | 3rd | Dave Mackay | 22 October 1973 |
Manchester City | Johnny Hart | Illness | 23 October 1973 | 10th | Ron Saunders | 22 November 1973 |
Southampton | Ted Bates | Became general manager | 17 November 1973 | 8th | Lawrie McMenemy | 22 November 1973 |
Norwich City | Ron Saunders | Signed by Manchester City | 22 November 1973 | 20th | John Bond | 27 November 1973 |
Sheffield United | John Harris | Retired | 5 December 1973 | 14th | Ken Furphy | 7 December 1973 |
Manchester City | Ron Saunders | Sacked | 12 April 1974 | 16th | Tony Book | 12 April 1974 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Mick Channon | Southampton | 21 |
2 | Frank Worthington | Leicester City | 20 |
3 | Kevin Hector | Derby County | 19 |
= | Stan Bowles | Queens Park Rangers | 19 |
5 | Bob Latchford | Birmingham City / Everton | 17 |
= | Martin Chivers | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 |
= | Alan Woodward | Sheffield United | 17 |
8 | Bryan Hamilton | Ipswich Town | 16 |