Season 1974-75

The 1974–1975 season was the 75th 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.

Source: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Season 1974-75 matches (grid view)

	Derby County		2:0	2:0	0:1	1:2	2:0	2:3	2:1	0:0	3:2	5:2	1:0	1:0	1:1	2:2	2:1	2:1	1:0	3:1	5:0	4:1	0:0
	Liverpool	2:2		5:2	0:0	3:0	0:0	2:0	4:1	1:0	0:1	3:1	2:0	1:1	2:1	4:0	1:3	1:0	2:1	5:2	2:0	2:2	2:0
	Ipswich Town	3:0	1:0		1:0	3:1	0:1	2:0	1:1	0:0	2:0	2:1	2:0	4:1	4:0	5:4	3:0	3:2	2:1	4:0	0:1	2:0	3:1
	Everton	0:0	0:0	1:1		2:1	2:3	1:1	2:0	3:2	1:1	2:1	0:0	1:1	1:0	1:1	2:1	4:1	3:0	1:0	3:1	1:1	2:3
	Stoke City	1:1	2:0	1:2	1:1		3:2	1:1	4:0	3:0	2:0	1:0	2:2	2:1	2:0	0:0	0:2	0:0	1:0	2:2	4:2	3:0	5:2
	Sheffield United	1:2	1:0	3:1	2:2	2:0		1:0	1:1	1:1	2:2	1:1	1:0	3:2	1:0	2:1	1:1	3:2	4:0	0:1	1:1	2:1	2:1
	Middlesbrough	1:1	1:0	3:0	2:0	2:0	1:0		3:0	0:1	2:0	1:3	2:1	0:0	4:4	0:0	0:0	3:0	3:0	3:0	1:1	1:1	0:2
	Manchester City	1:2	2:0	1:1	2:1	1:0	3:2	2:1		2:1	2:0	1:0	0:0	4:0	1:0	5:1	2:1	3:1	4:1	1:0	1:0	1:1	1:2
	Leeds United	0:1	0:2	2:1	0:0	3:1	5:1	2:2	2:2		2:2	0:1	2:0	2:1	0:0	1:1	2:0	1:0	2:2	2:1	1:1	2:0	3:1
	Burnley	2:5	1:1	1:0	1:1	0:0	2:1	1:1	2:1	2:1		3:0	1:2	3:5	3:0	4:1	3:3	2:2	2:0	3:2	1:0	1:2	2:1
	Queens Park Rangers	4:1	0:1	1:0	2:2	0:1	1:0	0:0	2:0	1:1	0:1		2:0	0:2	2:0	1:2	0:0	0:1	4:2	0:1	2:1	1:0	2:1
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0:1	0:0	2:1	2:0	2:2	1:1	2:0	1:0	1:1	4:2	1:2		3:1	2:0	4:2	1:0	0:1	1:1	2:3	5:2	7:1	2:0
	West Ham United	2:2	0:0	1:0	2:3	2:2	1:2	3:0	0:0	2:1	2:1	2:2	5:2		1:2	0:1	1:0	3:0	6:2	1:1	2:0	0:1	2:0
	Coventry City	1:1	1:1	3:1	1:1	2:0	2:2	0:2	2:2	1:3	0:3	1:1	2:1	1:1		2:0	3:0	1:0	2:2	1:1	2:1	1:3	2:1
	Newcastle United	0:2	4:1	1:0	0:1	2:2	2:2	2:1	2:1	3:0	3:0	2:2	0:0	2:0	3:2		3:1	1:2	0:1	2:5	1:0	5:0	1:0
	Arsenal	3:1	2:0	0:1	0:2	1:1	1:0	2:0	4:0	1:2	0:1	2:2	0:0	3:0	2:0	3:0		1:1	0:0	1:0	2:2	1:2	2:1
	Birmingham City	3:2	3:1	0:1	0:3	0:3	0:0	0:3	4:0	1:0	1:1	4:1	1:1	1:1	1:2	3:0	3:1		3:4	1:0	1:4	2:0	2:0
	Leicester City	0:0	1:1	0:1	0:2	1:1	3:0	1:0	1:0	0:2	1:0	3:1	3:2	3:0	0:1	4:0	0:1	1:1		1:2	0:0	1:1	1:1
	Tottenham Hotspur	2:0	0:2	0:1	1:1	0:2	1:3	1:2	1:2	4:2	2:3	1:2	3:0	2:1	1:1	3:0	2:0	0:0	0:3		2:1	2:0	1:1
	Luton Town	1:0	1:2	1:4	2:1	0:0	0:1	0:1	1:1	2:1	2:3	1:1	3:2	0:0	1:3	1:0	2:0	1:3	3:0	1:1		1:1	3:1
	Chelsea	1:2	0:3	0:0	1:1	3:3	1:1	1:2	0:1	0:2	3:3	0:3	0:1	1:1	3:3	3:2	0:0	2:1	0:0	1:0	2:0		0:2
	Carlisle United	3:0	0:1	2:1	3:0	0:2	0:1	0:1	0:0	1:2	4:2	1:2	1:0	0:1	0:0	1:2	2:1	1:0	0:1	1:0	1:2	1:2

Season matches ordered by date

1.		Derby County
2.		Liverpool
3.		Ipswich Town
4.		Everton
5.		Stoke City
6.		Sheffield United
7.		Middlesbrough
8.		Manchester City
9.		Leeds United
10.		Burnley
11.		Queens Park Rangers
12.		Wolverhampton Wanderers
13.		West Ham United
14.		Coventry City
15.		Newcastle United
16.		Arsenal
17.		Birmingham City
18.		Leicester City
19.		Tottenham Hotspur
20.		Luton Town
21.		Chelsea
22.		Carlisle United

Full standing - Home, Away, Total

			Home						Away						Total
#	Club		T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P
1.		Derby County	21	14	4	3	41:18	0	21	7	7	7	26:31	0	42	21	11	10	67:49	53
2.		Liverpool	21	14	5	2	44:17	0	21	6	6	9	16:22	0	42	20	11	11	60:39	51
3.		Ipswich Town	21	17	2	2	47:14	0	21	6	3	12	19:30	0	42	23	5	14	66:44	51
4.		Everton	21	10	9	2	33:19	0	21	6	9	6	23:23	0	42	16	18	8	56:42	50
5.		Stoke City	21	12	7	2	40:18	0	21	5	8	8	24:30	0	42	17	15	10	64:48	49
6.		Sheffield United	21	12	7	2	35:20	0	21	6	6	9	23:31	0	42	18	13	11	58:51	49
7.		Middlesbrough	21	11	7	3	33:14	0	21	7	5	9	21:26	0	42	18	12	12	54:40	48
8.		Manchester City	21	16	3	2	40:15	0	21	2	7	12	14:39	0	42	18	10	14	54:54	46
9.		Leeds United	21	10	8	3	34:20	0	21	6	5	10	23:29	0	42	16	13	13	57:49	45
10.		Burnley	21	11	6	4	40:29	0	21	6	5	10	28:38	0	42	17	11	14	68:67	45
11.		Queens Park Rangers	21	10	4	7	25:17	0	21	6	6	9	29:37	0	42	16	10	16	54:54	42
12.		Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	12	5	4	43:21	0	21	2	6	13	14:33	0	42	14	11	17	57:54	39
13.		West Ham United	21	10	6	5	38:22	0	21	3	7	11	20:37	0	42	13	13	16	58:59	39
14.		Coventry City	21	8	9	4	31:27	0	21	4	6	11	20:35	0	42	12	15	15	51:62	39
15.		Newcastle United	21	12	4	5	39:23	0	21	3	5	13	20:49	0	42	15	9	18	59:72	39
16.		Arsenal	21	10	6	5	31:16	0	21	3	5	13	16:33	0	42	13	11	18	47:49	37
17.		Birmingham City	21	10	4	7	34:28	0	21	4	5	12	19:33	0	42	14	9	19	53:61	37
18.		Leicester City	21	8	7	6	25:17	0	21	4	5	12	21:43	0	42	12	12	18	46:60	36
19.		Tottenham Hotspur	21	8	4	9	29:27	0	21	5	4	12	23:36	0	42	13	8	21	52:63	34
20.		Luton Town	21	8	6	7	27:26	0	21	3	5	13	20:39	0	42	11	11	20	47:65	33
21.		Chelsea	21	4	9	8	22:31	0	21	5	6	10	20:41	0	42	9	15	18	42:72	33
22.		Carlisle United	21	8	2	11	22:21	0	21	4	3	14	21:38	0	42	12	5	25	43:59	29