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1974–75 Football League First Division

1974–75 season of Football League First Division

Field	Value
competition	Football League First Division
season	[1974–75](1974-75-football-league)
winners	Derby County
2nd English title
relegated	Luton Town
Chelsea
Carlisle United
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1975-76-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Derby County
continentalcup2	[European Cup Winners' Cup](1975-76-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	West Ham United
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1975-76-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Liverpool
Ipswich Town
Everton
league topscorer	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)
matches	462
total goals	1213
prevseason	[1973–74](1973-74-football-league-first-division)
nextseason	[1975–76](1975-76-football-league-first-division)

2nd English title Chelsea Carlisle United Ipswich Town Everton (21 goals) (15 March 1975) (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 (15 March 1975) 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

Results

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Liverpool	SCO Bill Shankly	Retired	12 July 1974	Pre-season	ENG Bob Paisley	12 July 1974
Coventry City	ENG Joe Mercer	14 July 1974	ENG Gordon Milne	14 July 1974
Leeds United	ENG Don Revie	Signed by England	15 July 1974	ENG Brian Clough	30 July 1974
West Ham United	ENG Ron Greenwood	Became general manager	16 August 1974	ENG John Lyall	16 August 1974
Tottenham Hotspur	ENG Bill Nicholson	Resigned	29 August 1974	22nd	NIR Terry Neill	1 September 1974
Leeds United	ENG Brian Clough	Sacked	12 September 1974	19th	ENG Jimmy Armfield	4 October 1974
Queens Park Rangers	ENG Gordon Jago	27 September 1974	21st	ENG Dave Sexton	16 October 1974
Chelsea	ENG Dave Sexton	3 October 1974	18th	ENG Ron Suart	3 October 1974
Chelsea	ENG Ron Suart	Resigned	16 April 1975	20th	SCO 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

Arsenal Chelsea Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	ENG Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	21
2	ENG Brian Kidd	Arsenal	19
3	ENG Frank Worthington	Leicester City	18
4	ENG Kenny Hibbitt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17
5	ENG Bob Latchford	Everton	16
=	IRE Don Givens	Queens Park Rangers	16
=	WAL Leighton James	Burnley	16
=	ENG Alan Foggon	Middlesbrough	16

References

RSSSF

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References

"English League Leading Goalscorers".

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