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1973–74 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 1973–74 season was Cambridge United's 4th season in the Football League.

Cambridge United
1973–74 season
ManagerEngland Bill Leivers
Football League Third Division21st
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerBrian Greenhalgh (10)

After gaining promotion to the Third Division last season, Cambridge struggled to adapt to the tougher challenge and were relegated back to the Fourth Division.

Final league table

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Main article: 1973–74 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 11 19 52 58 0.897 43
20 Port Vale 46 14 14 18 52 58 0.897 42
21 Cambridge United 46 13 9 24 48 81 0.593 35 Relegated
22 Shrewsbury Town 46 10 11 25 41 62 0.661 31
23 Southport 46 6 16 24 35 82 0.427 28
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division

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Main article: 1973–74 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 25 August 1973 Southport H 2 – 0 4,656 Ross, O'Donnell
2 1 September 1973 Huddersfield Town A 1 – 2 5,559 Lennard
3 8 September 1973 Shrewsbury Town H 2 – 1 4,553 Ross, Greenhalgh
4 10 September 1973 Port Vale A 1 – 2 5,829 Watson
5 14 September 1973 Southend United A 1 – 3 6,629 O'Donnell
6 19 September 1973 Watford H 3 – 2 5,090 Greenhalgh, Watson, Simmons
7 22 September 1973 Oldham Athletic H 1 – 1 5,620 Greenhalgh
8 29 September 1973 Bristol Rovers A 0 – 1 9,127
9 3 October 1973 Watford A 0 – 3 6,470
10 6 October 1973 York City H 0 – 0 4,447
11 13 October 1973 Hereford United A 0 – 0 8,522
12 20 October 1973 Blackburn Rovers A 0 – 2 6,327
13 24 October 1973 Port Vale H 4 – 2 3,612 Ferguson, Foote, Greenhalgh, Lennard
14 27 October 1973 Halifax Town H 0 – 1 4,630
15 3 November 1973 Grimsby Town A 0 – 1 7,186
16 10 November 1973 Charlton Athletic H 1 – 0 4,856 Greenhalgh
17 17 November 1973 Aldershot H 1 – 2 3,866 Ross
18 8 December 1973 Bournemouth A 0 – 1 8,582
19 22 December 1973 Bristol Rovers H 2 – 2 4,485 Greenhalgh (2)
20 26 December 1973 Walsall A 0 – 3 4,591
21 29 December 1973 Shrewsbury Town A 0 – 2 3,368
22 1 January 1974 Huddersfield Town H 2 – 2 5,667 Greenhalgh, Ross
23 12 January 1974 Southend United H 3 – 2 4,255 Greenhalgh, Ferguson, Lill
24 19 January 1974 Southport A 0 – 0 1,534
25 27 January 1974 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1 – 1 7,749 Simmons
26 2 February 1974 Chesterfield H 1 – 2 4,223 Ferguson
27 5 February 1974 Rochdale A 2 – 0 588 Simmons, Greenhalgh
28 17 February 1974 Hereford United H 2 – 0 5,728 Ferguson, Lennard
29 24 February 1974 York City A 0 – 2 7,387
30 3 March 1974 Walsall H 0 – 0 4,569
31 5 March 1974 Oldham Athletic A 1 – 6 9,428 Lennard
32 10 March 1974 Halifax Town A 1 – 0 2,455 Lennard
33 13 March 1974 Chesterfield A 0 – 3 3,287
34 16 March 1974 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 2 4,655
35 23 March 1974 Charlton Athletic A 0 – 2 3,702
36 27 March 1974 Tranmere Rovers H 1 – 0 3,975 Cassidy
37 30 March 1974 Grimsby Town H 0 – 1 3,658
38 3 April 1974 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1 – 4 9,833 Ross
39 6 April 1974 Rochdale H 3 – 3 2,704 Cassidy, Shinton (2)
40 12 April 1974 Wrexham A 1 – 2 4,591 Shinton
41 13 April 1974 Aldershot A 0 – 6 5,074
42 16 April 1974 Wrexham H 2 – 1 2,391 Shinton, Cassidy
43 20 April 1974 Bournemouth H 2 – 1 3,398 Watson, Batson
44 22 April 1974 Tranmere Rovers A 2 – 5 2,796 Lennard, Akers
45 27 April 1974 Plymouth Argyle A 1 – 4 5,078 Cassidy
46 1 May 1974 Plymouth Argyle H 3 – 1 1,979 Shinton, Akers (2)

FA Cup

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Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 24 November 1973 Gillingham H 3 – 2 4,831 Simmons (3)
R2 15 December 1973 Aldershot A 2 – 1 4,244 Simmons (2)
R3 6 January 1974 Oldham Athletic H 2 – 2 8,479 Eades, Wood (o.g.)
R3 Replay 8 January 1974 Oldham Athletic A 3 – 3 (aet) 10,250 Ferguson, Simmons, Watson
R3 2nd Replay 14 January 1974 Oldham Athletic N 1 – 2 3,563 Simmons

League Cup

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Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 29 August 1973 Aldershot A 1 – 1 4,147 Greenhalgh
R1 Replay 5 September 1973 Aldershot H 3 – 0 4,801 Ross, Lennard, Watson
R2 9 October 1973 Bury A 0 – 2 6,150

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF   Vic Akers 41(2) 3 5 0 3 0 49(2) 3
DF   Jack Bannister 6(2) 0 3 0 0 0 9(2) 0
DF   Brendon Batson 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
FW   Nigel Cassidy 9 4 0 0 0 0 9 4
DF   Terry Eades 41 0 5 1 3 0 49 1
MF   Mike Ferguson 39 4 5 1 3 0 47 5
MF   Chris Foote 8(2) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 8(3) 1
FW   Brian Greenhalgh 27 10 5 0 3 1 35 11
DF   Alan Guild 32(9) 0 2 0 2 0 36(9) 0
DF   Allan Harris 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MF   Dave Lennard 36 6 2 0 3 1 41 7
MF   David Lill 35(2) 1 2 0 2 0 39(2) 1
DF   Jon O'Donnell 35 2 5 0 3 0 43 2
DF   Graham Rathbone 22(1) 0 2 0 2 0 26(1) 0
MF   Bobby Ross 25(8) 5 4 0 3 1 32(8) 6
DF   Ray Seary 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0
FW   Bobby Shinton 13 5 0 0 0 0 13 5
FW   Dave Simmons 19(2) 3 5 7 1 0 25(2) 10
GK   Peter Vasper 46 0 5 0 3 0 54 0
MF   Graham Watson 44 3 5 1 2 1 51 5

References

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