1973–74 West Ham United F.C. season

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West Ham United
1973–74 season
ChairmanReg Pratt
ManagerRon Greenwood
StadiumBoleyn Ground
First Division18th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Bonds (13)
All: Clyde Best, Bonds (13)
Highest home attendance38,416 (vs Leeds United, 30 March 1974)
Lowest home attendance16,513 (vs Stoke City, 22 December 1973)
Average home league attendance28,388

In the 1973–74 season West Ham United played in the First Division for the sixteenth consecutive season.

Season summary[]

They made a poor start to the season, failing to win any of their first eleven League matches, and were bottom of the table at Christmas after losing at home to Stoke City. However, they rallied in the second half of the season and a draw with Liverpool in their last fixture left them in 18th place, just one point ahead of relegated Southampton.[1]

West Ham were knocked out of the FA Cup in a third round replay by Third Division Hereford United. Hereford's team included Dudley Tyler, who had re-signed for them after leaving West Ham earlier in the season. West Ham had been within two minutes of defeat at home, before a solo goal by Pat Holland took the tie to a replay at Edgar Street, where Hereford came from behind to win 2–1.[1]

West Ham's captain Bobby Moore, who had been dropped the previous autumn, played his last match for the first team in the first FA Cup match against Hereford before moving to Fulham.[2] The 1973–74 season was also Ron Greenwood's last full season as West Ham's manager.[1]

League table[]

Main article: 1973–74 Football League § First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Coventry City 42 14 10 18 43 54 0.796 38
17 Chelsea 42 12 13 17 56 60 0.933 37
18 West Ham United 42 11 15 16 55 60 0.917 37
19 Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 64 0.813 37
20 Southampton 42 11 14 17 47 68 0.691 36 Relegated
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Football League First Division[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
25 August 1973 Newcastle United H 1–2 28,169 Robson
27 August 1973 Ipswich Town H 3–3 23,335 Bonds, Brooking, Best
1 September 1973 Norwich City A 2–2 25,706 Best, Robson
4 September 1973 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 28,360
8 September 1973 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 30,888
10 September 1973 Queens Park Rangers H 2–3 26,042 Robson, Bonds (pen)
15 September 1973 Manchester United A 1–3 44,757 Bonds (pen)
22 September 1973 Leicester City H 1–1 23,567 Robson
29 September 1973 Stoke City A 0–2 16,395
6 October 1973 Burnley H 0–1 23,604
13 October 1973 Everton A 0–1 34,708
20 October 1973 Coventry City A 1–0 21,097 McDowell
27 October 1973 Derby County H 0–0 31,237
3 November 1973 Leeds United A 1–4 36,869 MacDougall
10 November 1973 Sheffield United H 2–2 21,243 Bonds, Brooking
17 November 1973 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–0 19,587
24 November 1973 Arsenal H 1–3 28,287 Bonds
1 December 1973 Liverpool A 0–1 34,857
8 December 1973 Manchester City H 2–1 20,790 Brooking, Doyle (o.g.)
15 December 1973 Birmingham City A 1–3 23,787 Gould
22 December 1973 Stoke City H 0–2 16,513
26 December 1973 Chelsea A 4–2 26,982 Lampard, Gould, Best (2)
29 December 1973 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 33,172
1 January 1974 Norwich City H 4–2 32,259 Gould, Paddon (2), Brooking
12 January 1974 Manchester United H 2–1 34,147 Bonds, Holland
19 January 1974 Newcastle United A 1–1 27,216 Holland
2 February 1974 Birmingham City H 0–0 27,948
5 February 1974 Ipswich Town A 3–1 25,747 Mills (o.g.), McDowell, Best
9 February 1974 Leicester City A 1–0 27,032 Best
16 February 1974 Everton H 4–3 29,347 Paddon, Best (2), Bonds
23 February 1974 Burnley A 1–1 18,216 Paddon
2 March 1974 Chelsea H 3–0 34,043 Bonds (3)
9 March 1974 Derby County A 1–1 24,684 Bonds
16 March 1974 Coventry City H 2–3 26,502 Bonds (2; 1 pen)
23 March 1974 Sheffield United A 0–1 19,467
30 March 1974 Leeds United H 3–1 38,416 Best, Robson, Brooking
6 April 1974 Arsenal A 0–0 37,868
12 April 1974 Southampton H 4–1 24,163 Robson (2), Best (2)
13 April 1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 29,488
15 April 1974 Southampton A 1–1 26,515 Best
20 April 1974 Manchester City A 1–2 29,700 Gould
27 April 1974 Liverpool H 2–2 36,160 Lampard, Brooking

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1974 Hereford United H 1–1 23,087 Holland
R3 replay 8 January 1974 Hereford United A 1–2 17,423 Best

League Cup[]

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 8 October 1973 Liverpool H 2–2 25,840 MacDougall, Robson
R2 replay 29 October 1973 Liverpool A 0–1 26,002

Players[]

Player Pos Lge Apps Lge Gls FAC Apps FAC Gls LC Apps LC Gls Date Signed Previous Club
England Mervyn Day GK 33 2 2 1973 Academy
Scotland Bobby Ferguson GK 9 1967 Kilmarnock
England Clive Charles DF 1 1970 Academy
England Keith Coleman DF 31 (2) 1 2 1973 Sunderland
England Frank Lampard DF 42 2 2 2 1967 Academy
England Kevin Lock DF 9 (2) 2 1971 Academy
England John McDowell DF 33 2 1 2 1969 Academy
England Mick McGiven DF 21 2 1974 Sunderland
England Bobby Moore DF 22 1 1 1958 Academy
England Tommy Taylor DF 40 2 2 1970 Orient
England Billy Bonds MF 40 13 2 1 1967 Charlton Athletic
England Trevor Brooking MF 38 6 2 1967 Academy
England Pat Holland MF 20 (3) 2 1 (1) 1 0 (2) 1969 Academy
Northern Ireland Bertie Lutton MF 4 (2) 1 1973 Brighton & Hove Albion
England Graham Paddon MF 24 4 2 1973 Norwich City
England Dudley Tyler MF 8 1 1972 Hereford United
England Alan Wooler MF 1 (1) 1 1973 Reading
England Johnny Ayris FW 5 1 1970 Academy
Bermuda Clyde Best FW 34 12 2 1 2 1969 Academy
United States Ade Coker FW 0 (1) 1 1971 Academy
England Bobby Gould FW 11 (1) 4 1 1973 Bristol City
Scotland Ted MacDougall FW 14 1 1 1 1973 Manchester United
England Pop Robson FW 22 7 1 1 1971 Newcastle United

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Helliar, John (2009). West Ham United: The Elite Era (4th ed.). Bodmin & King's Lynn: MPG Books Group. ISBN 978-1-905328-68-0.
  2. ^ "Year By Year: West Ham United". whufc.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.


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