1974–75 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1974–75 season
Chairman	Tom Bloor
Manager	Jimmy Bloomfield
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Worthington (18); All: Worthington (19)
Average home league attendance	23,765
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

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

Season summary[]

In the 1974–75 season, Leicester could not improve on last season's 9th place, finishing 9 places lower. Goalkeeper Peter Shilton refused to sign a new contract and followed his mentor Gordon Banks by signing for Stoke City at a record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000 in November and resulted in Mark Wallington starting the season in goal. From early November to late February, the Foxes didn't register a league win in 13 games which saw them slip to bottom of the table and heading for relegation but again their FA Cup progress gave them a boost in their league form. As the season drew to a close, Chris Garland improved their strike force by scoring 8 goals in 10 matches, which was enough to save the Foxes from the drop in 18th and 3 points clear of relegation.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	8	21	52	63	0.825	34
20	Luton Town	42	11	11	20	47	65	0.723	33	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1974	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,448
20 August 1974	Birmingham City	A	4–3	27,961	Weller, Worthington (2), Earle
24 August 1974	Liverpool	A	1–2	49,398	Weller
27 August 1974	Birmingham City	H	1–1	24,018	Worthington
31 August 1974	Carlisle United	H	1–1	20,658	Worthington (pen)
7 September 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	20,564	Glover
14 September 1974	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	19,763	Worthington (2), Glover
21 September 1974	West Ham United	A	2–6	21,377	Worthington (2, 1 pen)
28 September 1974	Coventry City	H	0–1	21,354
5 October 1974	Luton Town	H	0–0	19,024
12 October 1974	Derby County	A	0–1	24,753
19 October 1974	Sheffield United	H	3–0	18,433	Worthington (2), Glover
26 October 1974	Newcastle United	A	1–0	34,988	Earle
2 November 1974	Burnley	H	1–0	19,981	Sammels
9 November 1974	Chelsea	A	0–0	23,915
16 November 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	23,244	Earle
23 November 1974	Manchester City	A	1–4	31,628	Birchenall
30 November 1974	Stoke City	A	0–1	29,793
7 December 1974	Everton	H	0–2	21,451
10 December 1974	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	22,699
14 December 1974	Arsenal	A	0–0	20,849
20 December 1974	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	16,636
26 December 1974	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–4	17,311	Lee (2)
28 December 1974	Leeds United	H	0–2	29,699
11 January 1975	Everton	A	0–3	31,985
18 January 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	21,736	Glover
1 February 1975	Chelsea	H	1–1	23,759	Weller
8 February 1975	Burnley	A	0–2	16,352
22 February 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–0	20,937	Stringfellow, Worthington, Sammels
1 March 1975	Carlisle United	A	1–0	12,676	Worthington
8 March 1975	Manchester City	H	1–0	23,059	Lee
15 March 1975	Coventry City	A	2–2	23,139	Worthington, Lee
19 March 1975	Liverpool	H	1–1	28,012	Worthington
22 March 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	25,070	Garland (3)
29 March 1975	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	28,745	Worthington
31 March 1975	Leeds United	A	2–2	29,898	Lee, Garland
1 April 1975	West Ham United	H	3–0	30,408	Worthington (pen), Garland (2)
5 April 1975	Newcastle United	H	4–0	23,638	Garland (2), Lee, Worthington
9 April 1975	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	24,531	Worthington
12 April 1975	Luton Town	A	0–3	18,298
19 April 1975	Derby County	H	0–0	38,143
26 April 1975	Sheffield United	A	0–4	28,947

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1975	Oxford United	H	3–1	21,643	Worthington, Earle (2)
R4	25 January 1975	Leatherhead	A	3–2	32,090	Sammels, Earle, Weller
R5	15 February 1975	Arsenal	H	0–0	43,841
R5R	19 February 1975	Arsenal	A	1–1 (a.e.t.)	35,009	Birchenall
R5R2	24 February 1975	Arsenal	A	0–1 (a.e.t.)	39,025

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	10 September 1974	Arsenal	A	1–1	20,788	Birchenall
R2R	18 September 1974	Arsenal	H	2–1	17,303	Munro, Glover
R3	8 October 1974	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	23,901

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	Peter Shilton
-	DF	ENG	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	ENG	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	ENG	Jon Sammels
-	DF	ENG	Malcolm Munro
-	DF	ENG	Graham Cross
-	MF	ENG	Keith Weller
-	FW	ENG	Steve Earle
-	FW	ENG	Frank Worthington
-	MF	ENG	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	ENG	Len Glover
-	DF	ENG	Pat Kruse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	IRL	Joe Waters
-	DF	ENG	Alan Woollett
-	GK	ENG	Mark Wallington
-	FW	ENG	Malcolm Partridge
-	DF	ENG	Steve Yates
-	MF	ENG	Mike Stringfellow
-	GK	ENG	Carl Jayes
-	GK	ENG	John Farmer
-	FW	ENG	Bob Lee
-	MF	ENG	David Tomlin
-	DF	ENG	Jeff Blockley
-	FW	ENG	Chris Garland

References[]

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