1974–75 York City F.C. season

York City F.C.

1974–75 season
Chairman	Bob Strachan
Manager	Tom Johnston (until 11 January 1975) Clive Baker (caretaker, from 11 January 1975 until 15 February 1975) Wilf McGuinness (from 15 February 1975)
Ground	Bootham Crescent
Football League Second Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round (eliminated by Arsenal)
League Cup	First round (eliminated by Huddersfield Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Seal (17) All: Jimmy Seal (18)
Highest home attendance	15,362 vs Arsenal, FA Cup, 7 January 1975
Lowest home attendance	5,570 vs Huddersfield Town, League Cup, 21 August 1974
Average home league attendance	8,828
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was the fifty-third season of competitive association football and forty-sixth season in the Football League played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. They finished in fifteenth position in the twenty-two-team 1974–75 Football League Second Division. They entered the 1974–75 FA Cup in the third round and lost to Arsenal, and entered the 1974–75 League Cup in the first round and lost to Huddersfield Town.

Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Graeme Crawford, defender Chris Topping and midfielder Ian Holmes played in all forty-five first-team matches over the season. Jimmy Seal finished as leading goalscorer with eighteen goals, of which seventeen came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup.

Match details

Football League Second Division

Football League Second Division match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 1974	11th	Aston Villa	H	D	1–1	Lyons	9,396
24 August 1974	19th	Oxford United	A	L	1–3	Jones	6,249
27 August 1974	10th	Cardiff City	H	W	1–0	Jones	6,321
31 August 1974	12th	Notts County	H	D	2–2	Seal (2)	6,558
7 September 1974	9th	Fulham	A	W	2–0	Jones (2)	7,628
14 September 1974	10th	Sunderland	H	L	0–1		14,974
17 September 1974	7th	Oxford United	H	D	1–1	Holmes pen.	7,020
21 September 1974	8th	Blackpool	A	D	1–1	Seal	7,927
24 September 1974	9th	Bristol City	A	D	0–0		11,867
28 September 1974	6th	Portsmouth	H	W	3–0	Seal, Holmes, Wann	6,771
5 October 1974	9th	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–2		11,707
12 October 1974	7th	Bristol Rovers	H	W	3–0	Seal (2), Hinch	6,470
16 October 1974	7th	Cardiff City	A	L	2–3	Holmes (2, 2 pens.)	5,887
19 October 1974	5th	Oldham Athletic	A	W	3–2	Lyons, Holmes, Seal	12,141
26 October 1974	7th	Bolton Wanderers	H	L	1–3	Holmes pen.	9,581
1 November 1974	7th	Orient	H	L	0–1		8,538
9 November 1974	15th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	0–3		12,495
16 November 1974	13th	Millwall	H	W	2–1	Jones, Seal	6,391
23 November 1974	14th	Nottingham Forest	A	L	1–2	Jones	10,471
30 November 1974	14th	Norwich City	H	W	1–0	Seal	7,887
7 December 1974	14th	Southampton	A	L	1–2	Seal	13,500
14 December 1974	15th	Aston Villa	A	L	0–4		15,840
21 December 1974	17th	Manchester United	H	L	0–1		15,314
26 December 1974	17th	Sunderland	A	L	0–2		35,367
28 December 1974	17th	Hull City	H	W	3–0	Holmes (2, 2 pens.), Swallow	10,619
10 January 1975	15th	Southampton	H	D	1–1	Topping	9,562
18 January 1975	15th	Norwich City	A	W	3–2	Seal, Jones (2)	23,382
31 January 1975	13th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	3–0	Lyons (2), Butler	10,552
8 February 1975	16th	Orient	A	L	0–1		6,454
14 February 1975	14th	Nottingham Forest	H	D	1–1	Seal	7,666
22 February 1975	14th	Millwall	A	W	3–1	Jones (2), Cave	9,018
1 March 1975	16th	Notts County	A	L	1–2	Seal	8,835
8 March 1975	13th	Bristol City	H	W	1–0	Pollard	7,251
15 March 1975	14th	Portsmouth	A	L	0–1		9,906
22 March 1975	15th	Fulham	H	W	3–2	Jones (2), Holmes pen.	7,495
29 March 1975	15th	Manchester United	A	L	1–2	Seal	46,802
31 March 1975	16th	Hull City	A	L	0–2		10,095
1 April 1975	16th	Blackpool	H	D	0–0		8,744
5 April 1975	15th	Bolton Wanderers	A	D	1–1	Seal	7,876
12 April 1975	17th	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	1–3	Seal	8,181
19 April 1975	15th	Bristol Rovers	A	W	3–1	Topping, Swallow, Seal	11,841
26 April 1975	15th	Oldham Athletic	H	D	0–0		10,101

League table (part)

Final Football League Second Division (part)

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
13th	Southampton	42	15	11	16	53	54	0.98	41
14th	Notts County	42	12	16	14	49	59	0.83	40
15th	York City	42	14	10	18	51	55	0.93	38
16th	Nottingham Forest	42	12	14	16	43	55	0.78	38
17th	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	44	54	0.81	37
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Source	[1]

FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	4 January 1975	Arsenal	A	D	1–1	Seal	27,029
Third round replay	7 January 1975	Arsenal	H	L	1–3 a.e.t.	Lyons	15,362

League Cup

League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	21 August 1974	Huddersfield Town	H	L	0–2		5,570

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with York.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players having played at least one first-team match

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	SCO	Graeme Crawford	42	0	2	0	1	0	45	0
DF	ENG	Cliff Calvert	21 (2)	0	2	0	0	0	23 (2)	0
DF	ENG	Mick Coop *	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	ENG	Gordon Hunter	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
DF	ENG	Alan Ogden	7	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
DF	SCO	Peter Oliver	34	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	35 (1)	0
DF	ENG	Ian Robb	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	ENG	John Stone	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
DF	ENG	Barry Swallow	37	2	2	0	1	0	40	2
DF	ENG	Chris Topping	42	2	2	0	1	0	45	2
MF	ENG	Ian Butler	24	1	2	0	1	0	27	1
MF	ENG	Micky Cave	39	1	0	0	1	0	40	1
MF	ENG	Ian Holmes	42	9	2	0	1	0	45	9
MF	ENG	Barry Lyons	30 (5)	4	2	1	1	0	33 (5)	5
MF	ENG	Brian Pollard	11 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	11 (1)	1
MF	ENG	Phil Taylor	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	ENG	Dennis Wann	10 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	1
MF	SCO	John Woodward	12 (5)	0	2	0	0	0	14 (5)	0
FW	ENG	Jimmy Hinch	9 (7)	1	0	0	1	0	10 (7)	1
FW	ENG	Chris Jones	36 (1)	12	2	0	0	0	38 (1)	12
FW	ENG	John Peachey	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Jimmy Seal	41	17	2	1	1	0	44	18

See also

• List of York City F.C. seasons

References

General

• Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
• Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
• Source for match dates, league positions and results: "York City 1974–1975: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
• Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 342–433.
• Source for player details: Jarred; Windross. Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. pp. 19–115.

Specific

1. "York City 1974–1975: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.