1974–75 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1974–75 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Brian Kidd (19); All: ; Brian Kidd (23)
Highest home attendance	56,742 West Ham United (8 March 1975)
Lowest home attendance	16,540 Newcastle United (18 March 1975)
Average home league attendance	28,315
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

During the 1974–75 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

League standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	Coventry City	42	12	15	15	51	62	0.823	39
15	Newcastle United	42	15	9	18	59	72	0.819	39
16	Arsenal	42	13	11	18	47	49	0.959	37
17	Birmingham City	42	14	9	19	53	61	0.869	37
18	Leicester City	42	12	12	18	46	60	0.767	36

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1974	Leicester City	A	1–0	26,448	Kidd
20 August 1974	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	31,027
24 August 1974	Manchester City	H	4–0	27,143	Kidd (2), Radford (2)
27 August 1974	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	28,036
31 August 1974	Everton	A	1–2	42,438	Kidd
7 September 1974	Burnley	H	0–1	23,586
14 September 1974	Chelsea	A	0–0	34,596
21 September 1974	Luton Town	H	2–2	21,649	Kidd (2)
28 September 1974	Birmingham City	A	1–3	25,584	George
5 October 1974	Leeds United	A	0–2	32,784
12 October 1974	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	26,690	Kidd, Radford
16 October 1974	Manchester City	A	1–2	26,658	Radford
19 October 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	36,194
26 October 1974	West Ham United	H	3–0	41,004	Brady, Kidd, Radford
2 November 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	27,572
9 November 1974	Liverpool	A	3–1	43,850	Ball (2), Brady
16 November 1974	Derby County	H	3–1	32,286	Ball (2; 1 pen.), Kidd
23 November 1974	Coventry City	A	0–3	15,669
30 November 1974	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	25,283	Ball (pen.), Brady
7 December 1974	Carlisle United	A	1–2	12,926	Kidd
14 December 1974	Leicester City	H	0–0	20,849
21 December 1974	Stoke City	A	2–0	23,292	Kidd (2)
26 December 1974	Chelsea	H	1–2	33,784	Ball (pen.)
28 December 1974	Sheffield United	A	1–1	19,967	George
11 January 1975	Carlisle United	H	2–1	21,538	Cropley, Radford
18 January 1975	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	26,996
1 February 1975	Liverpool	H	2–0	43,028	Ball (2; 1 pen.)
8 February 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	19,807
22 February 1975	Derby County	A	1–2	24,002	Radford
1 March 1975	Everton	H	0–2	32,216
15 March 1975	Birmingham City	H	1–1	17,845	Kidd
18 March 1975	Newcastle United	H	3–0	16,540	Ball (pen.), Kidd, Rostron
22 March 1975	Burnley	A	3–3	17,539	Hornsby (2), Rostron
25 March 1975	Luton Town	A	0–2	22,120
29 March 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	26,852	Kelly
31 March 1975	Sheffield United	H	1–0	24,338	Kidd
8 April 1975	Coventry City	H	2–0	17,291	Kidd (2)
12 April 1975	Leeds United	H	1–2	36,619	Kidd
19 April 1975	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	24,362
23 April 1975	Newcastle United	A	1–3	21,895	Hornsby
26 April 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	43,762	Kidd
28 April 1975	West Ham United	A	0–1	30,195

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1975	York City	H	1–1	27,029	Kelly
R3 R	7 January 1975	York City	A	3–1	15,362	Kidd (3)
R4	25 January 1975	Coventry City	A	1–1	31,165	Ball
R4 R	29 January 1975	Coventry City	H	3–0	30,867	Armstrong, Matthews (2)
R5	15 February 1975	Leicester City	H	0–0	43,841
R5 R	19 February 1975	Leicester City	A	1–1	35,009	Radford
R5 2R	24 February 1975	Leicester City	A	1–0 (aet)	39,025	Radford
R6	8 March 1975	West Ham United	H	0–2	56,742

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	10 September 1974	Leicester City	H	1–1	20,788	Kidd
R2R	18 September 1974	Leicester City	A	1–2	17,303	Brady

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
-	GK	ENG	Geoff Barnett
-	DF	ENG	Jeff Blockley
-	DF	IRL	Terry Mancini
-	DF	ENG	Bob McNab
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	DF	ENG	Richie Powling
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	ENG	Wilf Rostron
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Alan Ball
-	MF	IRL	Liam Brady
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	MF	ENG	Brian Hornsby
-	MF	ENG	John Matthews
-	MF	ENG	David Price
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Ross
-	MF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	FW	ENG	Charlie George
-	FW	ENG	Brian Kidd
-	FW	ENG	John Radford
-	FW	IRL	Frank Stapleton

References[]

^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1974-1975/results

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1974-1975/results

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