1974–75 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1974–75
Champions	Derby County 2nd English title
Relegated	Luton Town Chelsea Carlisle United
European Cup	Derby County
European Cup Winners' Cup	West Ham United
UEFA Cup	Liverpool Ipswich Town Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Malcolm Macdonald (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 Chelsea (15 March 1975)
Biggest away win	Luton Town 1–4 Ipswich Town (14 September 1974) Newcastle United 2–5 Tottenham Hotspur (11 January 1975) Burnley 2–5 Derby County (31 March 1975) Birmingham City 1–4 Luton Town (19 April 1975) 0–3: 7 matches
Highest scoring	Ipswich Town 5–4 Newcastle United (15 March 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 19 April, 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 19 April, 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 28 April, after Tottenham beat Leeds United 4-2 at White Hart Lane.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derby County (C)	42	21	11	10	67	49	1.367	53	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	60	39	1.538	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Ipswich Town	42	23	5	14	66	44	1.500	51
4	Everton	42	16	18	8	56	42	1.333	50
5	Stoke City	42	17	15	10	64	48	1.333	49
6	Sheffield United	42	18	13	11	58	51	1.137	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	18	12	12	54	40	1.350	48
8	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	54	54	1.000	46
9	Leeds United	42	16	13	13	57	49	1.163	45
10	Burnley	42	17	11	14	68	67	1.015	45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	54	1.000	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	11	17	57	54	1.056	39
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	58	59	0.983	39	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
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
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	8	21	52	63	0.825	34
20	Luton Town (R)	42	11	11	20	47	65	0.723	33	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Chelsea (R)	42	9	15	18	42	72	0.583	33
22	Carlisle United (R)	42	12	5	25	43	59	0.729	29

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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	5–1	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	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–0	1–3	1–0	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	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	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	2–2
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	2–2	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		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

Arsenal

Birmingham

Burnley

Carlisle United

Chelsea

Coventry

Derby County

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Manchester City

Newcastle

QPR

Sheffield United

Stoke

Tottenham

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1974–1975 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

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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

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