Football League Third Division 1974/75
Football League Third Division 1974/75 | |
master | Blackburn Rovers |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup Winner) |
Climbers | Blackburn Rovers Plymouth Argyle Charlton Athletic |
Relegated |
Bournemouth AFC Tranmere Rovers Watford FC Huddersfield Town |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,427 (ø 2.59 per game) |
Top scorer | Dixie McNeil ( Hereford United ) |
← Football League Third Division 1973/74 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1974/75 |
The Football League Third Division 1974/75 was the 48th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champions were the Blackburn Rovers and the Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic , who rank behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1975/76, the second division clubs FC Millwall , Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday ranked in the table below . The AFC Bournemouth , Tranmere Rovers , Watford FC and Huddersfield Town had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, in the following season 1975/76, the fourth division champions Mansfield Town and those placed behind Shrewsbury Town , Rotherham United and Chester FC took the vacant positions.
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 22nd | 16 | 8th | 68:45 | 1.51 | 60:32 |
2. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 79:58 | 1.36 | 59:33 |
3. | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 22nd | 11 | 13 | 76:61 | 1.25 | 55:37 |
4th | Swindon Town (A) | 46 | 21st | 11 | 14th | 64:58 | 1.10 | 53:39 |
5. | Crystal Palace (A) | 46 | 18th | 15th | 13 | 66:57 | 1.16 | 51:41 |
6th | Port Vale | 46 | 18th | 15th | 13 | 61:54 | 1.13 | 51:41 |
7th | Peterborough United (N) | 46 | 19th | 12 | 15th | 47:53 | 0.89 | 50:42 |
8th. | Walsall FC | 46 | 18th | 13 | 15th | 67:52 | 1.29 | 49:43 |
9. | Preston North End (A) | 46 | 19th | 11 | 16 | 63:56 | 1.13 | 49:43 |
10. | Gillingham FC (N) | 46 | 17th | 14th | 15th | 65:60 | 1.08 | 48:44 |
11. | Colchester United (N) | 46 | 17th | 13 | 16 | 70:63 | 1.11 | 47:45 |
12. | Hereford United | 46 | 16 | 14th | 16 | 64:66 | 0.97 | 46:46 |
13. | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 15th | 15th | 16 | 65:55 | 1.18 | 45:47 |
14th | Bury FC (N) | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18th | 53:50 | 1.06 | 44:48 |
15th | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18th | 62:66 | 0.94 | 44:48 |
16. | Grimsby Town | 46 | 15th | 13 | 18th | 55:64 | 0.86 | 43:49 |
17th | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 17th | 16 | 49:65 | 0.75 | 43:49 |
18th | Southend United | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17th | 46:51 | 0.90 | 42:50 |
19th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20th | 56:64 | 0.88 | 42:50 |
20th | FC Aldershot | 46 | 14th | 11 | 21st | 53:63 | 0.84 | 39:53 |
21st | Bournemouth AFC | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21st | 44:58 | 0.76 | 38:54 |
22nd | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14th | 9 | 23 | 55:57 | 0.96 | 37:55 |
23. | Watford FC | 46 | 10 | 17th | 19th | 52:75 | 0.69 | 37:55 |
24. | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25th | 47:76 | 0.62 | 32:60 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1973/74 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1973/74 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
- | ALD | BLA | BOU | BHA | BUY | CHA | CHF | COL | CRY | GIL | GRI | HAL | HER | HUD | PET | PLY | PVA | PNE | SEU | SWI | TRA | WHALE | WAT | WRE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC Aldershot | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
Bournemouth AFC | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 7 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | |
Bury FC | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | |
Charlton Athletic | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 3 | 4: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Chesterfield FC | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 4 | 3: 1 | |
Colchester United | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Crystal Palace | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 6: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
Gillingham FC | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Grimsby Town | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | |
Halifax Town | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Hereford United | 2-0 | 6: 3 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 5 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | |
Huddersfield Town | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | |
Peterborough United | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 3 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | |
Port Vale | 3: 1 | 1: 4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | |
Preston North End | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | |
Southend United | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | |
Swindon Town | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | |
Walsall FC | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
Watford FC | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | |
Wrexham AFC | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5: 1 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dixie McNeil | Hereford United | 31 |
2 | Peter Eastoe | Swindon Town | 26th |
3 | Bobby Svarc | Colchester United | 24 |
4th | Billy Rafferty | Plymouth Argyle | 23 |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 426