Football League Second Division 1973/74

Football League Second Division 1973/74
master	Middlesbrough FC
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Middlesbrough FC, Luton Town , Carlisle United
Relegated	Crystal Palace , Preston North End , Swindon Town
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,106  (ø 2.39 per game)
Top scorer	Duncan McKenzie ( Nottingham Forest )
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The Football League Second Division 1973/74 was the 71st season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1973 and ended on May 3, 1974.

Second division champions were Middlesbrough FC and the second and third placed Luton Town and Carlisle United also rose to the Football League First Division . In the following second division season 1974/75, the three first division clubs FC Southampton , Manchester United and Norwich City, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams . Crystal Palace , Preston North End and Swindon Town had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winner Oldham Athletic and the Bristol Rovers and York City behind them took the free positions in the following season 1974/75 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Middlesbrough FC	42	27	11	4th	077:300	2.57	65:19
2.	Luton Town	42	19th	12	11	064:510	1.25	50:34
3.	Carlisle United	42	20th	9	13	061:480	1.27	49:35
4th	FC Orient	42	15th	18th	9	055:420	1.31	48:36
5.	Blackpool FC	42	17th	13	12	057:400	1.43	47:37
6th	Sunderland AFC (P)	42	19th	9	14th	058:440	1.32	47:37
7th	Nottingham Forest	42	15th	15th	12	057:430	1.33	45:39
8th.	West Bromwich Albion (A)	42	14th	16	12	048:450	1.07	44:40
9.	Hull City	42	13	17th	12	046:470	0.98	43:41
10.	Notts County (N)	42	15th	13	14th	055:600	0.92	43:41
11.	Bolton Wanderers (N)	42	15th	12	15th	044:400	1.10	42:42
12.	Millwall FC	42	14th	14th	14th	051:510	1.00	42:42
13.	Fulham FC	42	16	10	16	039:430	0.91	42:42
14th	Aston Villa	42	13	15th	14th	048:450	1.07	41:43
15th	Portsmouth FC	42	14th	12	16	045:620	0.73	40:44
16.	Bristol City	42	14th	10	18th	047:540	0.87	38:46
17th	Cardiff City	42	10	16	16	049:620	0.79	36:48
18th	Oxford United	42	10	16	16	035:460	0.76	36:48
19th	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19th	051:630	0.81	35:49
20th	Crystal Palace (A)	42	11	12	19th	043:560	0.77	34:50
21st	Preston North End 1	42	9	14th	19th	040:620	0.65	31:53
22nd	Swindon Town	42	7th	11	24	036:720	0.50	25:59

¹ A bonus point was deducted from Preston North End due to the use of an ineligible player.

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1974/75

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1974/75

Participation in the 1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1972/73
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1972/73

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1973/74	AST	BLP	BOL	BRC	CAR	CAU	CRY	FUL	HUL	LUT	MID	Mil	NOF	NOC	ORI	OXF	POR	PNE	SHW	SUN	SWI	WBA
Aston Villa		0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	5-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3
Blackpool FC	2: 1		0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	4-0	1-0	2-0	1: 2	3-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	5-0	3-0	0-0	0: 2	2-0	2: 3
Bolton Wanderers	1: 2	1: 1		2: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	4-0	0: 2	4: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1
Bristol City	0: 1	0: 1	1-0		3: 2	2-0	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1: 3	1: 1	5: 2	1-0	2: 2	0: 2	0-0	0: 2	0-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1
Cardiff City	0: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1		2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	0-0	3: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	5-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	0: 1
Carlisle United	2-0	2: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 1		1-0	3-0	4-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3-0	3-0	2: 1	0: 2	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	5: 1	0: 1
Crystal Palace	0-0	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	3: 3	0: 1		0: 2	0: 2	1: 2	2: 3	1: 1	0: 1	1: 4	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	3-0	4: 2	1-0
Fulham FC	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 3		0-0	2: 1	0: 4	2-0	2-0	2-0	0: 3	3: 1	2-0	0-0	4: 1	0: 2	4: 1	0-0
Hull City	1: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2-0		1: 3	1: 3	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	4: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	0-0
Luton Town	1-0	3-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	6: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2		0: 1	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	3: 3	4: 2	2: 1	3: 4	2: 1	0: 2
Middlesbrough FC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	0: 2	1-0	2: 1		2: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	3-0	8-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0
Millwall FC	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	1-0	3-0	0: 1	0: 1		0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	5: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0
Nottingham Forest	1: 2	2-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	3-0	0-0	4-0	5: 1	3-0		0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 4
Notts County	2-0	0: 3	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 3	1: 3	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3: 3	0: 1		2: 4	0-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 5	1: 4	2-0	1-0
FC Orient	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1		1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0
Oxford United	2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	5-0	4: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 1		3-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0
Portsmouth FC	2-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	3-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 1		3-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1
Preston North End	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	2: 4	2-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	2: 1		0-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1
Sheffield Wednesday	2: 4	0-0	1-0	3: 1	5-0	1-0	4-0	0: 3	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2	1-0		0: 1	2: 1	3: 1
Sunderland AFC	2-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	4-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	3-0	2: 1	3: 1		4: 1	1: 1
Swindon Town	1-0	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0-0	1: 4	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	3: 1	0: 2		1-0
West Bromwich Albion	2-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	0: 4	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	2-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Duncan McKenzie	Nottingham Forest	26th

Web links

• England 1973-74. (RSSSF)

Individual evidence

1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1973/74 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .