1973–74 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal

1974–75 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: All:
Home colours Away colours
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

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

Final league table

Main article: 1975–76 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Liverpool	42		14	5	2	41	21		9	9	3	25	10		66	31	2.129	+35		60
2	Queens Park Rangers	42		17	4	0	42	13		7	7	7	25	20		67	33	2.030	+34		59
3	Manchester United	42		16	4	1	40	13		7	6	8	28	29		68	42	1.619	+26		56
4	Derby County	42		15	3	3	45	30		6	8	7	30	28		75	58	1.293	+17		53
5	Leeds United	42		13	3	5	37	19		8	6	7	28	27		65	46	1.413	+19		51
6	Ipswich Town	42		11	6	4	36	23		5	8	8	18	25		54	48	1.125	+6		46
7	Leicester City	42		9	9	3	29	24		4	10	7	19	27		48	51	0.941	–3		45
8	Manchester City	42		14	5	2	46	18		2	6	13	18	28		64	46	1.391	+18		43
9	Tottenham Hotspur	42		6	10	5	33	32		8	5	8	30	31		63	63	1.000	0		43
10	Norwich City	42		10	5	6	33	26		6	5	10	25	32		58	58	1.000	0		42
11	Everton	42		10	7	4	37	24		5	5	11	23	42		60	66	0.909	–6		42
12	Stoke City	42		8	5	8	25	24		7	6	8	23	26		48	50	0.960	–2		41
13	Middlesbrough	42		9	7	5	23	11		6	3	12	23	34		46	45	1.022	+1		40
14	Coventry City	42		6	9	6	22	22		7	5	9	25	35		47	57	0.825	–10		40
15	Newcastle United	42		11	4	6	51	26		4	5	12	20	36		71	62	1.145	+9		39
16	Aston Villa	42		11	8	2	32	17		0	9	12	19	42		51	59	0.864	–8		39
17	Arsenal	42		11	4	6	33	19		2	6	13	14	34		47	53	0.887	–6		36
18	West Ham United	42		10	5	6	26	23		3	5	13	22	48		48	71	0.676	–23		36
19	Birmingham City	42		11	5	5	36	26		2	2	17	21	49		57	75	0.760	–18		33
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		7	6	8	27	25		3	4	14	24	43		51	68	0.750	–17		30
21	Burnley	42		6	6	9	23	26		3	4	14	20	40		43	66	0.652	–23		28
22	Sheffield United	42		4	7	10	19	32		2	3	16	14	50		33	82	0.402	–49		22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Arsenal's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	21,038
25 August 1973	Manchester United	H	3–0
28 August 1973	Leeds United	H	1–2
1 September 1973	Newcastle United	A	1–1
4 September 1973	Sheffield United	A	0–5
8 September 1973	Leicester City	HWolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2
11 September 1973	Sheffield United	H	1–0
15 September 1973	Norwich City	A	4–0
22 September 1973	Stoke City	H	2–1
29 September 1973	Everton	A	0–1
6 October 1973	Birmingham City	H]	1–0
13 October 1973	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2
20 October 1973	Ipswich Town	H	1–1
27 October 1973	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–2
3 November 1973	Liverpool	H	0–2
10 November 1973	Manchester City	A	2–1
17 November 1973	Chelsea	H	0–0
24 November 1973	West Ham United	A	3–1
1 December 1973	Coventry City	H	2–2
4 December 1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	47,751
8 December 1973	Derby County	A	1–1
15 December 1973	[[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]	A	1–2
22 December 1973	Everton	H	1–0
26 December 1973	Southampton	A	1–1
29 December 1973	Leicester City	A	0–2
1 January 1974	Newcastle United	H	0–1
12 January 1974	Norwich City	H	2–0
19 January 1974	Manchester United	A	1–1
7 February 1976	Norwich City	A	1–3
18 February 1976	Derby County	A	0–2
21 February 1976	Birmingham City	H	1–0
24 February 1976	Liverpool	H	1–0
28 February 1976	Middlesbrough	A	1–0
13 March 1976	Coventry City	A	1–1
16 March 1976	Newcastle United	H	0–0
20 March 1976	West Ham United	H	6–1
27 March 1976	Leeds United	A	0–3
3 April 1976	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2
10 April 1976	Everton	A	0–0
13 April 1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1
17 April 1976	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	26,659
19 April 1976	Queen's Park Rangers	A	1–2
24 April 1976	Manchester City	A	1–3

FA Cup

Main article: 1973-74 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1974	Norwich City	A	1–0
R4	26 January 1974	Aston Villa	H	1–1
R4 R	30 January 1974	Aston Villa	A	0–2

League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	2 October 1973	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	20,337

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Jimmy Rimmer - DF Pat Rice - DF David O'Leary - DF Peter Simpson - DF Sammy Nelson - MF Liam Brady - MF Trevor Ross - MF Alan Hudson - FW Frank Stapleton - FW Malcolm Macdonald - MF George Armstrong

No. Position Player - MF Alan Ball - DF Pat Howard - MF John Matthews - DF Willie Young - DF Richie Powling - DF Peter Storey - MF David Price - DF Wilf Rostron - MF Graham Rix - MF Alex Cropley - FW John Radford