1974–75 Football League

The 1974–75 season was the 76th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Dave Mackay guided Derby County to their second league title in four years having overcome strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in a title race which went right to the wire. There was disappointment at Bramall Lane after Sheffield United's title challenge ended in a failure without even a UEFA Cup place, but this would be as good as it got for the Blades as a sharp decline soon set in and within a few seasons had pushed them into the Fourth Division.

Carlisle United, in the First Division for the first time, topped the league three games into the season but were unable to maintain their good start and were eventually relegated in bottom place. Joining the Cumbrians in the drop zone were Luton Town and Chelsea.

Brian Clough was named as Don Revie's successor at Leeds United but was dismissed after just 44 days in charge. He was replaced by Jimmy Armfield.

Manchester United's directors kept faith in Tommy Docherty after their relegation to the Second Division, and he rewarded them with the Second Division championship to return immediately to the top flight. They were joined by Aston Villa (who also won the League Cup) and Norwich City. Docherty had built a new-look team containing players such as Jim Holton, Stuart Pearson and Brian Greenhoff. Meanwhile, FIFA finally lifted George Best's worldwide ban from football [1]; however, Docherty was not prepared to give him another chance at Old Trafford and he joined Stockport County on a free transfer.

Millwall, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday were the three unlucky clubs who were unable to escape the Second Division drop zone. In the space of a few years, Sheffield Wednesday had slumped to the Third Division having previously been a strong First Division side.

Blackburn Rovers, Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic occupied the three promotion places in the Third Division.

Going down were AFC Bournemouth, Tranmere Rovers, Watford and Huddersfield Town. This meant that Huddersfield would be playing Fourth Division football for the first time in their history, the first former English champions so to do. Watford, meanwhile, were enduring their last unsuccessful season for many years to come.

Mansfield Town, Shrewsbury Town, Rotherham United and Chester occupied the four promotion places in the Fourth Division. Chester had finally managed promotion after 44 years of league membership, narrowly edging out Lincoln City on goal average.

Scunthorpe United, who had narrowly missed out on top-division football during the 1960s, found themselves bottom of the league but retained their league status after being re-elected along with the three clubs placed above them.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

First Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County 2nd English title
Relegated	Luton Town Chelsea Carlisle United
European Cup	Derby County
European Cup Winners' Cup	West Ham United
UEFA Cup	Liverpool Ipswich Town Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Macdonald (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 Chelsea (15 March 1975)
Biggest away win	Luton 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 scoring	Ipswich Town 5–4 Newcastle United (15 March 1975)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

A tight title race saw just five points separating the top seven sides, with Derby County finally winning the title in their first full season under the management of Dave Mackay. Liverpool finished runners-up under Bob Paisley, who had succeeded the legendary Bill Shankly at the start of the season. Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Sheffield United and newly promoted Middlesbrough completed the top seven.

Despite the close nature of the final table; most pundits had dubbed Everton Champions elect going into the closing stages. The Merseysiders had lost just four games all season, topped the table and appeared to have a relatively trouble-free run-in mostly against teams in the bottom half of the table. The pressure of the title being theirs to lose appeared to get to the Toffeemen who inexplicably lost four of their last nine games, three of which, against Luton, Carlisle, who would ultimately be relegated, and Sheffield United in a game they had led 2-0 in at half time, ultimately costing them the title. Liverpool also came within a hair's breadth of the title, with a 1-0 loss at Middlesbrough in the penultimate game of the season proving their undoing.

Leeds United began life without Don Revie in disastrous fashion, with Brian Clough being sacked after 44 days in charge, having won just one league game. His successor Jimmy Armfield dragged them up to ninth place in the final table and also took them to their first European Cup final, but they were on the losing side and a riot by their fans saw them banned from European competitions for three years. Arsenal finished a disappointing 16th in the league, one of their lowest finishes in more than half a century of unbroken First Division membership. Their North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur finished just one place and one point above the relegation zone. Luton Town's First Division comeback ended in relegation after just one season, while financial problems contributed to Chelsea's relegation and the end of their 12-year run in the First Division. Carlisle United had an incredible start to their first season in the First Division, topping the league after winning their first three games, but were eventually relegated in bottom place.

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
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:

Results

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	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.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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

Arsenal

Birmingham

Burnley

Carlisle United

Chelsea

Coventry

Derby County

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Manchester City

Newcastle

QPR

Sheffield United

Stoke

Tottenham

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Manchester United
Promoted	Manchester United Aston Villa Norwich City
Relegated	Millwall Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday
UEFA Cup	Aston Villa
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,036 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Little (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Aston Villa 6–0 Hull City (26 April 1975)
Biggest away win	Oxford United 0–4 Southampton (25 September 1974) Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Aston Villa (23 April 1975)
Highest scoring	Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 Manchester United (7 December 1974)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Tommy Docherty rewarded the loyalty of the Manchester United directors who kept faith in him after their first relegation in nearly 40 years by delivering an instant return to the First Division as his exciting young side were crowned champions of the Second Division. Aston Villa – with arguably an even more exciting side – ended their eight-year absence from the top flight by finishing runners-up, being divisional top scorers and also lifting the League Cup, in the final of which they beat Norwich City, who finished third in the league and so clinched the final promotion place.

Sunderland and Bristol City just missed out on promotion, while ninth placed Fulham partly compensated for a lack of a serious promotion challenge by reaching their first ever FA Cup final, although they lost to West Ham United. Nottingham Forest looked to build for a better future and end their spell of Second Division struggle by appointing Brian Clough as manager in January.

Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history after a terrible season in which they managed only five league wins. They finished 14 points adrift of safety and went down along with Millwall and Cardiff City.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C, P)	42	26	9	7	66	30	2.200	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Aston Villa (P)	42	25	8	9	79	32	2.469	58	UEFA Cup first round and promotion to the First Division
3	Norwich City (P)	42	20	13	9	58	37	1.568	53	Promotion to the First Division
4	Sunderland	42	19	13	10	65	35	1.857	51
5	Bristol City	42	21	8	13	47	33	1.424	50
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	54	42	1.286	45
7	Blackpool	42	14	17	11	38	33	1.152	45
8	Hull City	42	15	14	13	40	53	0.755	44
9	Fulham	42	13	16	13	44	39	1.128	42
10	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	12	15	45	41	1.098	42
11	Oxford United	42	15	12	15	41	51	0.804	42
12	Orient	42	11	20	11	28	39	0.718	42
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	53	54	0.981	41
14	Notts County	42	12	16	14	49	59	0.831	40
15	York City	42	14	10	18	51	55	0.927	38
16	Nottingham Forest	42	12	14	16	43	55	0.782	38
17	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	44	54	0.815	37
18	Oldham Athletic	42	10	15	17	40	48	0.833	35
19	Bristol Rovers	42	12	11	19	42	64	0.656	35
20	Millwall (R)	42	10	12	20	44	56	0.786	32	Relegation to the Third Division
21	Cardiff City (R)	42	9	14	19	36	62	0.581	32
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	5	11	26	29	64	0.453	21

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLP	BOL	BRI	BRR	CAR	FUL	HUL	MUN	MIL	NWC	NOT	NTC	OLD	ORI	OXF	POR	SHW	SOU	SUN	WBA	YOR
Aston Villa		1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	6–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–0
Blackpool	0–3		2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	0–0		0–2	5–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1
Bristol City	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Bristol Rovers	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–4		1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3
Cardiff City	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2		0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–2
Fulham	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0		1–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	0–2
Hull City	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0
Manchester United	2–1	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0		4–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1
Millwall	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–4	2–2	1–3
Norwich City	1–4	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–3
Nottingham Forest	2–3	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–3		0–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Notts County	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Oldham Athletic	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–4	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3
Orient	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0
Oxford United	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–1	3–1
Portsmouth	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	4–2	1–3	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	0–4	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–4	0–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2		0–1	0–2	0–0	3–0
Southampton	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–1
Sunderland	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	3–1		3–0	2–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–3	1–0		2–0
York City	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–3

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.

Maps

Fulham

Orient

Millwall

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

Aston Villa

Blackpool

Bolton

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Fulham

Hull

Orient

Manchester United

Millwall

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Oxford

Portsmouth

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

York City

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1974–1975 teams

Third Division

Third Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Blackburn Rovers
Promoted	Blackburn Rovers Plymouth Argyle Charlton Athletic
Relegated	Bournemouth Tranmere Rovers Watford Huddersfield Town
Cup Winners' Cup	Wrexham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,427 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie McNeil (31 goals)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C, P)	46	22	16	8	68	45	1.511	60	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Plymouth Argyle (P)	46	24	11	11	79	58	1.362	59
3	Charlton Athletic (P)	46	22	11	13	76	61	1.246	55
4	Swindon Town	46	21	11	14	64	58	1.103	53
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	15	13	66	57	1.158	51
6	Port Vale	46	18	15	13	61	54	1.130	51
7	Peterborough United	46	19	12	15	47	53	0.887	50
8	Walsall	46	18	13	15	67	52	1.288	49
9	Preston North End	46	19	11	16	63	56	1.125	49
10	Gillingham	46	17	14	15	65	60	1.083	48
11	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	70	63	1.111	47
12	Hereford United	46	16	14	16	64	66	0.970	46
13	Wrexham	46	15	15	16	65	55	1.182	45	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
14	Bury	46	16	12	18	53	50	1.060	44
15	Chesterfield	46	16	12	18	62	66	0.939	44
16	Grimsby Town	46	15	13	18	55	64	0.859	43
17	Halifax Town	46	13	17	16	49	65	0.754	43
18	Southend United	46	13	16	17	46	51	0.902	42
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	10	20	56	64	0.875	42
20	Aldershot	46	14	11	21	53	63	0.841	39
21	Bournemouth (R)	46	13	12	21	44	58	0.759	38	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Tranmere Rovers (R)	46	14	9	23	55	57	0.965	37
23	Watford (R)	46	10	17	19	52	75	0.693	37
24	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	11	10	25	47	76	0.618	32

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	ALD	BLB	B&HA	BRY	CHA	CHF	COL	CRY	GIL	GRI	HAL	HER	HUD	PET	PLY	PTV	PNE	STD	SWI	TRA	WAL	WAT	WRE
AFC Bournemouth		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–7	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–2
Aldershot	1–2		1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	5–0	4–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	2–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–3
Bury	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Charlton Athletic	2–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–3	3–3	4–2	4–1	1–1
Chesterfield	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–4	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	4–4	3–1
Colchester United	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–2		1–1	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Crystal Palace	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–4	2–1		4–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	6–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Gillingham	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	4–0	2–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	2–1
Grimsby Town	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–0
Halifax Town	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Hereford United	0–1	2–0	6–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	1–5	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0
Huddersfield Town	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1		1–2	0–2	3–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0
Peterborough United	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–3
Port Vale	0–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–3	2–0		2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0
Preston North End	5–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–4	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1
Southend United	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1		2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
Swindon Town	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0		0–0	3–0	2–2	2–1
Tranmere Rovers	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0		3–0	2–2	0–1
Walsall	2–0	3–0	1–3	6–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	5–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	2–1
Watford	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–3		1–2
Wrexham	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	5–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	5–1

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.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Watford

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

AFC Bournemouth

Aldershot

Blackburn Rovers

Brighton & Hove

Bury

Charlton

Chesterfield

Colchester

Crystal Palace

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hereford United

Huddersfield

Peterborough

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Preston North End

Southend

Swindon

Tranmere

Walsall

Watford

Wrexham

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Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1974–1975

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Mansfield Town (1st title)
Promoted	Chester, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,407 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Clarke (Mansfield Town), 28
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mansfield Town (C, P)	46	17	6	0	55	15	11	6	6	35	25	2.250	68	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	16	3	4	46	18	10	7	6	34	25	1.860	62	Promoted to the Third Division
3	Rotherham United (P)	46	13	7	3	40	19	9	8	6	31	22	1.732	59
4	Chester (P)	46	17	5	1	48	9	6	6	11	16	29	1.684	57
5	Lincoln City	46	14	8	1	47	14	7	7	9	32	34	1.646	57
6	Cambridge United	46	15	5	3	43	16	5	9	9	19	28	1.409	54
7	Reading	46	13	6	4	38	20	8	4	11	25	27	1.340	52
8	Brentford	46	15	6	2	38	14	3	7	13	15	31	1.178	49
9	Exeter City	46	14	3	6	33	24	5	8	10	27	39	0.952	49
10	Bradford City	46	10	5	8	32	21	7	8	8	24	30	1.098	47
11	Southport	46	13	7	3	36	19	2	10	11	20	37	1.000	47
12	Newport County	46	13	5	5	43	30	6	4	13	25	45	0.907	47
13	Hartlepool	46	13	6	4	40	24	3	5	15	12	38	0.839	43
14	Torquay United	46	10	7	6	30	25	4	7	12	16	36	0.754	42
15	Barnsley	46	10	7	6	34	24	5	4	14	28	41	0.954	41
16	Northampton Town	46	12	6	5	43	22	3	5	15	24	51	0.918	41
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	10	9	4	41	29	4	3	16	24	50	0.823	40
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	9	5	22	16	2	9	12	12	31	0.723	40
19	Rochdale	46	9	9	5	35	22	4	4	15	24	53	0.787	39
20	Stockport County	46	10	8	5	26	27	2	6	15	17	43	0.614	38
21	Darlington	46	11	4	8	38	27	2	6	15	16	40	0.806	36	Re-elected
22	Swansea City	46	9	4	10	25	31	6	2	15	21	42	0.630	36
23	Workington	46	7	5	11	23	29	3	6	14	13	37	0.545	31
24	Scunthorpe United	46	7	8	8	27	29	0	7	16	14	49	0.526	29

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRA	BRE	CAM	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	HAR	LIN	MAN	NPC	NOR	REA	ROC	ROT	SCU	SHR	SOU	STP	SWA	TOR	WRK
Barnsley		2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	5–1	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
Bradford City	2–0		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–1
Brentford	3–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–4	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–2
Cambridge United	2–0	0–1	2–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–2	1–1	3–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–0
Chester	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0
Darlington	0–0	0–3	2–1	6–0	1–1	1–0		4–1	2–0	1–2	1–4	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–2	2–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–3		3–3	3–0	2–2	4–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–0
Exeter City	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1		1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Hartlepool	4–3	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3		2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	5–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–0
Lincoln City	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	5–0	2–0		0–0	5–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–0
Mansfield Town	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	5–2	3–2	2–0	3–1		3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	7–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0
Newport County	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–1	3–1
Northampton Town	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–2		0–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–0
Reading	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–2		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	3–0
Rochdale	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–2	0–2		1–2	4–2	0–0	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Rotherham United	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1		3–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Scunthorpe United	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–3		1–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
Shrewsbury Town	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	7–4	2–2	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	5–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Southport	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2
Stockport County	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	0–3	0–0		2–1	0–0	1–3
Swansea City	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	2–2	1–0		0–1	0–1
Torquay United	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–0		2–1
Workington	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1

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.

Maps

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

Barnsley

Bradford City

Brentford

Cambridge Utd

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Hartlepool

Lincoln City

Mansfield Town

Newport County

Northampton Town

Reading

Rochdale

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Shrewsbury

Southport

Stockport

Swansea City

Torquay

Workington

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Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1974–1975

See also

• 1974–75 in English football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

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