1973–74 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1973–74 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second Round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

During the 1973–74 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	17	12	56	52	1.077	43
9	Leicester City	42	13	16	13	51	41	1.244	42
10	Arsenal	42	14	14	14	49	51	0.961	42
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	14	14	45	50	0.900	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	15	14	49	49	1.000	41	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
25 August 1973	Manchester United	H	3–0	51,501
28 August 1973	Leeds United	H	1–2	47,529
1 September 1973	Newcastle United	A	1–1	30,665
4 September 1973	Sheffield United	A	0–5	27,839
8 September 1973	Leicester City	H	0–2	28,558
11 September 1973	Sheffield United	H	1–0	29,434
15 September 1973	Norwich City	A	4–0	29,378
22 September 1973	Stoke City	H	2–1	30,968
29 September 1973	Everton	A	0–1	31,359
6 October 1973	Birmingham City	H	1–0	23,915
13 October 1973	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	41,855
20 October 1973	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	28,344
27 October 1973	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–2	29,115
3 November 1973	Liverpool	H	0–2	39,857
10 November 1973	Manchester City	A	2–1	31,041
17 November 1973	Chelsea	H	0–0	38,977
24 November 1973	West Ham United	A	3–1	28,287
1 December 1973	Coventry City	H	2–2	22,380
4 December 1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	13,751
8 December 1973	Derby County	A	1–1	25,161
15 December 1973	Burnley	A	1–2	13,200
22 December 1973	Everton	H	1–0	19,886
26 December 1973	Southampton	A	1–1	24,133
29 December 1973	Leicester City	A	0–2	25,860
1 January 1974	Newcastle United	H	0–1	29,558
12 January 1974	Norwich City	H	2–0	22,084
19 January 1974	Manchester United	A	1–1	38,869
2 February 1974	Burnley	H	1–1	20,789
5 February 1974	Leeds United	A	1–3	26,778
16 February 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	38,892
23 February 1974	Birmingham City	A	1–3	29,822
2 March 1974	Southampton	H	1–0	19,210
16 March 1974	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	22,297
23 March 1974	Manchester City	H	2–0	25,319
30 March 1974	Stoke City	A	0–0	18,532
6 April 1974	West Ham United	H	0–0	37,868
13 April 1974	Chelsea	A	3–1	29,152
15 April 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	25,881
20 April 1974	Derby County	H	2–0	26,017
24 April 1974	Liverpool	A	0–1	47,997
27 April 1974	Coventry City	A	3–3	19,945
30 April 1974	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–1	40,396

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	5 January 1974	Norwich City	A	1–0	21,500
R4	26 January 1974	Aston Villa	H	1–1	41,682
R4 R	30 January 1974	Aston Villa	A	0–2	47,821

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	2 October 1973	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	20,337

Squad[]

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Jimmy Rimmer
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	IRL	David O'Leary
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	MF	IRL	Liam Brady
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Ross
-	MF	ENG	Alan Hudson
-	FW	IRL	Frank Stapleton
-	FW	ENG	Malcolm Macdonald
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Alan Ball
-	DF	ENG	Pat Howard
-	MF	ENG	John Matthews
-	DF	SCO	Willie Young
-	DF	ENG	Richie Powling
-	DF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	ENG	David Price
-	DF	ENG	Wilf Rostron
-	MF	ENG	Graham Rix
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	FW	ENG	John Radford

References[]

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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