1974–75 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County (2nd English title)
Relegated	Carlisle United ; Chelsea ; Luton Town
1975–76 European Cup	Derby County
FA Cup winners; 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup	West Ham United (2nd FA Cup title); Wrexham (3rd Div)
1975–76 UEFA Cup	Aston Villa (2nd Div); Everton; Ipswich Town ; Liverpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Macdonald (Newcastle United), 21
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers – Chelsea 7–1 (15 Mar 1975)
Biggest away win	Burnley – Derby County 2–5 (31 Mar 1975); Newcastle United – Tottenham Hotspur 2–5 (11 Jan 1975); Birmingham City – Luton Town 0–4 (19 Apr 1975); Luton Town – Ipswich Town 0–4 (14 Sep 1974); 0–3: 7 matches
Highest scoring	Ipswich Town – Newcastle United 5–4 (15 Mar 1975)
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1974–75 season.

Overview[]

Derby County won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history that season. They made sure of it on April 19, with a 0-0 draw at Leicester City and the fact that their title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at Middlesbrough. Carlisle United were relegated on April 19, despite winning 1-0 at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur sent the Cumbrians down. Chelsea were relegated after they only drew 1-1 at home against Everton where they had to better Luton Town's result but Luton also drew 1-1 at home, against Manchester City. Luton Town went down on April 28, after Tottenham beat Leeds United 4-2 at White Hart Lane.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derby County (C)	42	14	4	3	41	18	7	7	7	26	31	1.367	53	Qualified for 1975–76 European Cup
2	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	44	17	6	6	9	16	22	1.538	51	Qualified for UEFA Cup
3	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	47	14	6	3	12	19	30	1.500	51
4	Everton	42	10	9	2	33	19	6	9	6	23	23	1.333	50
5	Stoke City	42	12	7	2	40	18	5	8	8	24	30	1.333	49
6	Sheffield United	42	12	7	2	35	20	6	6	9	23	31	1.137	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	11	7	3	33	14	7	5	9	21	26	1.350	48
8	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	40	15	2	7	12	14	39	1.000	46
9	Leeds United	42	10	8	3	34	20	6	5	10	23	29	1.163	45
10	Burnley	42	11	6	4	40	29	6	5	10	28	38	1.015	45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	25	17	6	6	9	29	37	1.000	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	43	21	2	6	13	14	33	1.056	39
13	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	38	22	3	7	11	20	37	0.983	39	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
14	Coventry City	42	8	9	4	31	27	4	6	11	20	35	0.823	39
15	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	39	23	3	5	13	20	49	0.819	39
16	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	31	16	3	5	13	16	33	0.959	37
17	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	34	28	4	5	12	19	33	0.869	37
18	Leicester City	42	8	7	6	25	17	4	5	12	21	43	0.767	36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	8	4	9	29	27	5	4	12	23	36	0.825	34
20	Luton Town	42	8	6	7	27	26	3	5	13	20	39	0.723	33	Relegated
21	Chelsea	42	4	9	8	22	31	5	6	10	20	41	0.583	33
22	Carlisle United	42	8	2	11	22	21	4	3	14	21	38	0.729	29

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) League Champions

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		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		3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–3		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		4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		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
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		2–3	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Liverpool	Bill Shankly	Retired	12 July 1974	Pre-season	Bob Paisley	12 July 1974
Coventry City	Joe Mercer	Retired	14 July 1974		Gordon Milne	14 July 1974
Leeds United	Don Revie	Signed by England	15 July 1974		Brian Clough	30 July 1974
West Ham United	Ron Greenwood	Became general manager	16 August 1974		John Lyall	16 August 1974
Tottenham Hotspur	Bill Nicholson	Resigned	29 August 1974	22nd	Terry Neill	1 September 1974
Leeds United	Brian Clough	Sacked	12 September 1974	19th	Jimmy Armfield	4 October 1974
Queens Park Rangers	Gordon Jago		27 September 1974	21st	Dave Sexton	16 October 1974
Chelsea	Dave Sexton		3 October 1974	18th	Ron Suart	3 October 1974
Chelsea	Ron Suart	Resigned	16 April 1975	20th	Eddie McCreadie	16 April 1975

Team locations[]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams

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

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	21
2	Brian Kidd	Arsenal	19
3	Frank Worthington	Leicester City	18
4	Kenny Hibbitt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17
5	Bob Latchford	Everton	16
=	Don Givens	Queens Park Rangers	16
=	Leighton James	Burnley	16
=	Alan Foggon	Middlesbrough	16

References[]

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

RSSSF

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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