1973–74 Football League First Division
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Overview
Leeds UnitedLeeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
won the First Division title for the second time in their history. Leeds United's second First Division title was confirmed on April 24, after title challengers Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
were relegated on April 20, despite beating Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
1-0 at Carrow Road
Carrow Road
Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, England, and is the home of Norwich City Football Club. The stadium is located toward the easterly end of the city, not far from Norwich railway station and the River Wensum....
, Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
's 1-1 draw with Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
sent the Canaries down. Manchester United went down on April 27, after losing 1-0 at home to their fierce rivals Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
and Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
'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
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 66 | 31 | 2.129 | + 35 | 62 | ||||
| 2 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 52 | 31 | 1.677 | + 21 | 57 | ||||
| 3 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 52 | 42 | 1.238 | + 10 | 48 | ||||
| 4 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 67 | 58 | 1.155 | + 9 | 47 | ||||
| 5 | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 | + 12 | 46 | ||||
| 6 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
42 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 56 | 53 | 1.057 | + 3 | 46 | ||||
| 7 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 50 | 48 | 1.042 | + 2 | 44 | ||||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
42 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | + 4 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | + 10 | 42 | ||||
| 10 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 49 | 51 | 0.961 | – 2 | 42 | ||||
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 50 | 0.900 | – 5 | 42 | ||||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | ± 0 | 41 | ||||
| 13 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | – 5 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 0.848 | – 7 | 40 | ||||
| 15 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | + 1 | 38 | ||||
| 16 | Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 0.796 | – 11 | 38 | ||||
| 17 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 56 | 60 | 0.933 | – 4 | 37 | ||||
| 18 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | – 5 | 37 | ||||
| 19 | Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | – 12 | 37 | ||||
| 20 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
42 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | – 21 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 0.792 | – 10 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 62 | 0.597 | – 25 | 29 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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| League Champions, qualified for European Cup | |
| FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup | |
| Qualified for UEFA Cup | |
| League Cup 1973–74 Football League Cup The Football League Cup 1973–74 was the 14th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition by defeating Manchester City 2–1 in the final on 2 March 1974... winners, qualified for UEFA Cup |
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| Relegated |
First Division Results
Top Scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Mick ChannonMick Channon Michael Roger "Mick" Channon is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a striker with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.-Southampton:... |
Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
21 |
| 2 | Frank Worthington Frank Worthington Frank Stewart Worthington is a former English footballer. Frank was born into a footballing family in Shelf near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Both of his parents had played the game and his two older brothers, Dave and Bob, became professional footballers, both began their careers with... |
Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
20 |
| 3 | Kevin Hector Kevin Hector Kevin James Hector is an English former footballer who scored 268 goals from 662 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue and Derby County. His 486 League appearances for Derby County is a club record... |
Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
19 |
| = | Stan Bowles Stan Bowles Stanley Bowles was a leading English footballer who gained a reputation as one of the game's greatest mavericks. He was a cousin of Paul Bowles.-Career:... |
Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
19 |
| 4 | Bob Latchford Bob Latchford Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford is an English former association footballer who played as a centre forward. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League, playing for Birmingham City, Everton, Swansea and Coventry City in the First Division, and won 12 full caps for England.Latchford was... |
Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... / Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
17 |
| = | Martin Chivers Martin Chivers Martin Harcourt Chivers is a retired English professional footballer from the 1960s and 1970s.-Southampton:... |
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
17 |
| = | Alan Woodward Alan Woodward Alan Woodward was a professional footballer who played in the position of outside right for Sheffield United over a 16 year period between 1962-1978.... |
Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
17 |
| 5 |  Bryan HamiltonBryan Hamilton Bryan Hamilton is a Northern Irish former professional football player and manager. He gained 50 caps for Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1980, and later managed the national team for four years. He is currently Technical Director at Antigua Barracuda F.C.-Playing career:Born in Belfast,... |
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
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