1974–75 Football League

The Football League

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

The 1974–1975 season was the 76th completed season of The Football League.

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 keep up their winning ways and were 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 left 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 them 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 like Jim Holton, Stuart Pearson and Brian Greenhoff. Meanwhile, FIFA finally lifted George Best's worldwide ban from football; however, Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty was not prepared to give him another chance at Old Trafford and he joined Stockport County F.C. 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 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 champion to do so) during the 1975 - 1976 season, just a few seasons earlier they had been in the First Division and 50 years earlier they had been one of the strongest sides in England. 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 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^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] 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 goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

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.

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 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.

Football League, First Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County (2nd English title)
Relegated	Carlisle United Chelsea Luton Town
European Cup 1975–76	Derby County
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76	West Ham United (2nd FA Cup title) Wrexham (3rd Div)
UEFA Cup 1975–76	Aston Villa (2nd Div) Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle United), 21 [3]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton – Chelsea 7–1 (15 March 1974)
Biggest away win	Burnley – Derby 2–5 (31 March 1975) Newcastle – Tottenham 2–5 (11 January 1975) Birmingham – Luton 0–4 (19 April 1975) Luton – Ipswich 0–4 (14 September 1974) 0–3: 7 matches
Highest scoring	Ipswich – Newcastle 5–4 (15 March 1975)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Derby County	42		14	4	3	41	18		7	7	7	26	31		67	49	1.367	+18		53	European Cup 1975–76 First round
2	Liverpool	42		14	5	2	44	17		6	6	9	16	22		60	39	1.538	+21		51	UEFA Cup 1975–76 First round
3	Ipswich Town	42		17	2	2	47	14		6	3	12	19	30		66	44	1.500	+22		51	UEFA Cup 1975–76 First round
4	Everton	42		10	9	2	33	19		6	9	6	23	23		56	42	1.333	+14		50	UEFA Cup 1975–76 First round
5	Stoke City	42		12	7	2	40	18		5	8	8	24	30		64	48	1.333	+16		49
6	Sheffield United	42		12	7	2	35	20		6	6	9	23	31		58	51	1.137	+7		49
7	Middlesbrough	42		11	7	3	33	14		7	5	9	21	26		54	40	1.350	+14		48
8	Manchester City	42		16	3	2	40	15		2	7	12	14	39		54	54	1.000	±0		46
9	Leeds United	42		10	8	3	34	20		6	5	10	23	29		57	49	1.163	+8		45
10	Burnley	42		11	6	4	40	29		6	5	10	28	38		68	67	1.015	+1		45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42		10	4	7	25	17		6	6	9	29	37		54	54	1.000	±0		42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		12	5	4	43	21		2	6	13	14	33		57	54	1.056	+3		39
13	West Ham United	42		10	6	5	38	22		3	7	11	20	37		58	59	0.983	–1		39	European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 First round
14	Coventry City	42		8	9	4	31	27		4	6	11	20	35		51	62	0.823	–11		39
15	Newcastle United	42		12	4	5	39	23		3	5	13	20	49		59	72	0.819	–13		39
16	Arsenal	42		10	6	5	31	16		3	5	13	16	33		47	49	0.959	–2		37
17	Birmingham City	42		10	4	7	34	28		4	5	12	19	33		53	61	0.869	–8		37
18	Leicester City	42		8	7	6	25	17		4	5	12	21	43		46	60	0.767	–14		36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42		8	4	9	29	27		5	4	12	23	36		52	63	0.825	–11		34
20	Luton Town	42		8	6	7	27	26		3	5	13	20	39		47	65	0.723	–18		33
21	Chelsea	42		4	9	8	22	31		5	6	10	20	41		42	72	0.583	–30		33
22	Carlisle United	42		8	2	11	22	21		4	3	14	21	38		43	59	0.729	–16		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

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1975–76
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division 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 City

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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

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

Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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

Second Division

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 ended their eight-year absence from the top flight by finishing runners-up, also lifting the League Cup, while Norwich City 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.

Football League, Second Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Manchester United (2nd title)
Promoted	Aston Villa, Norwich City
Relegated	Cardiff City, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1036 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Little (Aston Villa), 20 [3]
Biggest home win	Aston Villa –Hull 6–0 (26 April 1975)
Biggest away win	Oxford –Southampton 0–4 (25 September 1974) Sheffield Wednesday –Aston Villa 0–4 (23 April 1975)
Highest scoring	Sheffield Wednesday –Manchester United 4–4 (7 December 1974)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United	42		17	3	1	45	12		9	6	6	21	18		66	30	2.200	+36		61
2	Aston Villa	42		16	4	1	47	6		9	4	8	32	26		79	32	2.469	+47		58	UEFA Cup 1975–76 First round
3	Norwich City	42		14	3	4	34	17		6	10	5	24	20		58	37	1.568	+21		53
4	Sunderland	42		14	6	1	41	8		5	7	9	24	27		65	35	1.857	+30		51
5	Bristol City	42		14	5	2	31	10		7	3	11	16	23		47	33	1.424	+14		50
6	West Bromwich Albion	42		13	4	4	33	15		5	5	11	21	27		54	42	1.286	+12		45
7	Blackpool	42		12	6	3	31	17		2	11	8	7	16		38	33	1.152	+5		45
8	Hull City	42		12	8	1	25	10		3	6	12	15	43		40	53	0.755	–13		44
9	Fulham	42		9	8	4	29	17		4	8	9	15	22		44	39	1.128	+5		42
10	Bolton Wanderers	42		9	7	5	27	16		6	5	10	18	25		45	41	1.098	+4		42
11	Oxford United	42		14	3	4	30	19		1	9	11	11	32		41	51	0.804	–10		42
12	Orient	42		8	9	4	17	16		3	11	7	11	23		28	39	0.718	–11		42
13	Southampton	42		10	6	5	29	20		5	5	11	24	34		53	54	0.981	–1		41
14	Notts County	42		7	11	3	34	26		5	5	11	15	33		49	59	0.831	–10		40
15	York City	42		9	7	5	28	18		5	3	13	23	37		51	55	0.927	–4		38
16	Nottingham Forest	42		7	7	7	24	23		5	7	9	19	32		43	55	0.782	–12		38
17	Portsmouth	42		9	7	5	28	20		3	6	12	16	34		44	54	0.815	–10		37
18	Oldham Athletic	42		10	7	4	28	16		0	8	13	12	32		40	48	0.833	–8		35
19	Bristol Rovers	42		10	4	7	25	23		2	7	12	17	41		42	64	0.656	–22		35
20	Millwall	42		8	9	4	31	19		2	3	16	13	37		44	56	0.786	–12		32
21	Cardiff City	42		7	8	6	24	21		2	6	13	12	41		36	62	0.581	–26		32
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42		3	7	11	17	29		2	4	15	12	35		29	64	0.453	–35		21

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup, also promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away

AST

BLP

BOL

BRI

BRO

CAR

FUL

HUL

MUN

MIL

NOR

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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1974–1975 teams

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Orient

Millwall

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

Third Division

Football League, Third Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Blackburn Rovers (1st title)
Promoted	Charlton Athletic, Plymouth Argyle
Relegated	Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Watford
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1427 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie McNeil (Hereford United), 31 [3]
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Blackburn Rovers	46		15	7	1	40	16		7	9	7	28	29		68	45	1.511	+23		60
2	Plymouth Argyle	46		16	5	2	38	19		8	6	9	41	39		79	58	1.362	+21		59
3	Charlton Athletic	46		15	5	3	51	29		7	6	10	25	32		76	61	1.246	+15		55
4	Swindon Town	46		18	3	2	43	17		3	8	12	21	41		64	58	1.103	+6		53
5	Crystal Palace	46		14	8	1	48	22		4	7	12	18	35		66	57	1.158	+9		51
6	Port Vale	46		15	6	2	37	19		3	9	11	24	35		61	54	1.130	+7		51
7	Peterborough United	46		10	9	4	24	17		9	3	11	23	36		47	53	0.887	–6		50
8	Walsall	46		15	5	3	46	13		3	8	12	21	39		67	52	1.288	+15		49
9	Preston North End	46		16	5	2	42	19		3	6	14	21	37		63	56	1.125	+7		49
10	Gillingham	46		14	6	3	43	23		3	8	12	22	37		65	60	1.083	+5		48
11	Colchester United	46		13	7	3	45	22		4	6	13	25	41		70	63	1.111	+7		47
12	Hereford United	46		14	6	3	42	21		2	8	13	22	45		64	66	0.970	–2		46
13	Wrexham	46		10	8	5	41	23		5	7	11	24	32		65	55	1.182	+10		45	European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 First round
14	Bury	46		13	6	4	38	17		3	6	14	15	33		53	50	1.060	+3		44
15	Chesterfield	46		11	7	5	37	25		5	5	13	25	41		62	66	0.939	–4		44
16	Grimsby Town	46		12	8	3	35	19		3	5	15	20	45		55	64	0.859	–9		43
17	Halifax Town	46		11	10	2	33	20		2	7	14	16	45		49	65	0.754	–16		43
18	Southend United	46		11	9	3	32	17		2	7	14	14	34		46	51	0.902	–5		42
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		14	7	2	38	21		2	3	18	18	43		56	64	0.875	–8		42
20	Aldershot	46		13	5	5	40	21		1	6	16	13	42		53	63	0.841	–10		38
21	Bournemouth	46		9	6	8	27	25		4	6	13	17	33		44	58	0.759	–14		38
22	Tranmere Rovers	46		12	4	7	39	21		2	5	16	16	36		55	57	0.965	–3		37
23	Watford	46		9	7	7	30	31		1	10	12	22	44		52	75	0.693	–23		37
24	Huddersfield Town	46		9	6	8	32	29		2	4	17	15	47		47	76	0.618	–29		32

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away

ALD

BLB

BOU

BHA

BRY

CHA

CHF

COL

CRY

GIL

GRI

HAL

HER

HUD

PET

PLY

PTV

PNE

STD

SWI

TRA

WAL

WAT

WRE

Aldershot

1–1

1–2

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

2–0

1–0

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

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

Brighton & Hove Albion

2–0

0–1

2–1

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

2–1

1–2

1–0

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

3–1

2–1

2–3

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

0–2

1–2

0–0

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

0–0

2–0

1–0

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

3–0

1–0

4–1

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

0–0

1–1

1–0

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

2–0

1–2

0–0

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

1–0

1–1

3–2

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

2–0

6–3

0–1

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

1–2

2–2

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

1–1

1–0

3–0

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

2–1

1–0

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

3–1

1–4

0–0

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

3–1

0–0

5–2

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

1–1

2–2

0–0

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

3–2

2–0

2–1

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

2–0

1–1

0–1

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

3–0

1–3

2–0

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

1–1

0–0

1–0

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

4–0

1–1

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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division maps

Aldershot

Blackburn Rovers

Bournemouth

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1974–1975

Charlton Athletic

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London 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	1407 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Clarke (Mansfield Town), 28 [3][3]
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Mansfield Town	46		17	6	0	55	15		11	6	6	35	25		90	40	2.250	+50		68
2	Shrewsbury Town	46		16	3	4	46	18		10	7	6	34	25		80	43	1.860	+37		62
3	Rotherham United	46		13	7	3	40	19		9	8	6	31	22		71	41	1.732	+30		59
4	Chester	46		17	5	1	48	9		6	6	11	16	29		64	38	1.684	+26		57
5	Lincoln City	46		14	8	1	47	14		7	7	9	32	34		79	48	1.646	+31		57
6	Cambridge United	46		15	5	3	43	16		5	9	9	19	28		62	44	1.409	+18		54
7	Reading	46		13	6	4	38	20		8	4	11	25	27		63	47	1.340	+16		52
8	Brentford	46		15	6	2	38	14		3	7	13	15	31		53	45	1.178	+8		49
9	Exeter City	46		14	3	6	33	24		5	8	10	27	39		60	63	0.952	–3		49
10	Bradford City	46		10	5	8	32	21		7	8	8	24	30		56	51	1.098	+5		47
11	Southport	46		13	7	3	36	19		2	10	11	20	37		56	56	1.000	±0		47
12	Newport County	46		13	5	5	43	30		6	4	13	25	45		68	75	0.907	–7		47
13	Hartlepool	46		13	6	4	40	24		3	5	15	12	38		52	62	0.839	–10		43
14	Torquay United	46		10	7	6	30	25		4	7	12	16	36		46	61	0.754	–15		42
15	Barnsley	46		10	7	6	34	24		5	4	14	28	41		62	65	0.954	–3		41
16	Northampton Town	46		12	6	5	43	22		3	5	15	24	51		67	73	0.918	–6		41
17	Doncaster Rovers	46		10	9	4	41	29		4	3	16	24	50		65	79	0.823	–14		40
18	Crewe Alexandra	46		9	9	5	22	16		2	9	12	12	31		34	47	0.723	–13		40
19	Rochdale	46		9	9	5	35	22		4	4	15	24	53		59	75	0.787	–16		39
20	Stockport County	46		10	8	5	26	27		2	6	15	17	43		43	70	0.614	–27		38
21	Darlington	46		11	4	8	38	27		2	6	15	16	40		54	67	0.806	–13		36
22	Swansea City	46		9	4	10	25	31		6	2	15	21	42		46	73	0.630	–27		36
23	Workington	46		7	5	11	23	29		3	6	14	13	37		36	66	0.545	–30		31
24	Scunthorpe United	46		7	8	8	27	29		0	7	16	14	49		41	78	0.526	–37		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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away

BAR

BRA

BRE

CAM

CHR

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 United

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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth Division maps

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

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1974–1975

Brentford

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

See also

• 1974–75 in English football

References

1. "England 1974–75". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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