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1974–75 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United
season	1974–75
chairman	Louis Edwards
manager	Tommy Docherty
league	Second Division
league result	1st (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third Round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer
Stuart Pearson (17)
season topscorer
Lou Macari (18)
Stuart Pearson (18)
highest attendance	60,585 vs Sunderland (30 November 1974)
lowest attendance	21,616 vs Charlton Athletic (11 September 1974)
average attendance	47,781
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prevseason	1973–74
nextseason	1975–76

Stuart Pearson (17) Lou Macari (18) Stuart Pearson (18) The 1974–75 season was Manchester United's 73rd season in the Football League, and their first as a Second Division team since 1937–38, following relegation from the First Division at the end of the previous season.

The board of directors had kept faith in manager Tommy Docherty despite United's relegation, and he delivered an instant return to the First Division by guiding United to the Second Division title. Despite being a second division side, their average home attendance of 47,781 was still the highest in the country that season.

Second Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 1974	Orient	A	2–0	Morgan, Houston	17,772
24 August 1974	Millwall	H	4–0	Daly (3; 2 pen.), Pearson	44,756
28 August 1974	Portsmouth	H	2–1	Daly (pen.), McIlroy	42,547
31 August 1974	Cardiff City	A	1–0	Daly (pen.)	22,344
7 September 1974	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	Greenhoff, McIlroy	40,671
14 September 1974	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	Pearson	28,666
16 September 1974	Millwall	A	1–0	Daly (pen.)	16,988
21 September 1974	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	Greenhoff, Prince (o.g.)	42,948
25 September 1974	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–0	Macari, Houston, McAllister (o.g.)	47,084
28 September 1974	Norwich City	A	0–2		24,586
5 October 1974	Fulham	A	2–1	Pearson (2)	25,513
12 October 1974	Notts County	H	1–0	McIlroy	46,565
15 October 1974	Portsmouth	A	0–0		25,608
19 October 1974	Blackpool	A	3–0	Forsyth, Macari, McCalliog	25,370
26 October 1974	Southampton	H	1–0	Pearson	48,724
2 November 1974	Oxford United	H	4–0	Pearson (3), Macari	41,909
9 November 1974	Bristol City	A	0–1		28,104
16 November 1974	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Daly (2; 1 pen.)	55,615
23 November 1974	Hull City	A	0–2		23,287
30 November 1974	Sunderland	H	3–2	Pearson, Morgan, McIlroy	60,585
7 December 1974	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4–4	Houston, Macari (2), Pearson	35,230
14 December 1974	Orient	H	0–0		41,200
21 December 1974	York City	A	1–0	Pearson	15,314
26 December 1974	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	McIlroy, Daly (pen.)	51,104
28 December 1974	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1		26,356
11 January 1975	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	McCalliog (2; 1 pen.)	45,662
18 January 1975	Sunderland	A	0–0		45,976
1 February 1975	Bristol City	H	0–1		47,118
8 February 1975	Oxford United	A	0–1		15,959
15 February 1975	Hull City	H	2–0	Houston, Pearson	44,712
22 February 1975	Aston Villa	A	0–2		40,353
1 March 1975	Cardiff City	H	4–0	Houston, Pearson, McIlroy, Macari	43,601
8 March 1975	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	Pearson	38,152
15 March 1975	Norwich City	H	1–1	Pearson	56,202
22 March 1975	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	Daly	21,893
28 March 1975	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	Macari	19,337
29 March 1975	York City	H	2–1	Morgan, Macari	46,802
31 March 1975	Oldham Athletic	H	3–2	McIlroy, Macari, Coppell	56,618
5 April 1975	Southampton	A	1–0	Macari	21,866
12 April 1975	Fulham	H	1–0	Daly	52,971
19 April 1975	Notts County	A	2–2	Houston, Greenhoff	17,832
26 April 1975	Blackpool	H	4–0	Pearson (2), Macari, Greenhoff	58,769

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
4 January 1975	Round 3	Walsall	H	0–0		43,353
7 January 1975	Round 3
Replay	Walsall	A	2–3 (aet)	Daly (pen.), McIlroy	18,105

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 September 1974	Round 2	Charlton Athletic	H	5–1	Macari (2), McIlroy, Houston, Bowman (o.g.)	21,616
9 October 1974	Round 3	Manchester City	H	1–0	Daly (pen.)	55,159
13 November 1974	Round 4	Burnley	H	3–2	Macari (2), Morgan	46,275
4 December 1974	Round 5	Middlesbrough	A	0–0		36,005
18 December 1974	Round 5
Replay	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	Pearson, McIlroy, Macari	49,501
15 January 1975	Semi-Final
First leg	Norwich City	H	2–2	Macari (2)	58,010
22 January 1975	Semi-Final
Second leg	Norwich City	A	0–1		31,621

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	IRL Paddy Roche	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	ENG Alex Stepney	40	0	2	0	7	0	49	0
DF	SCO Arthur Albiston	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
DF	SCO Martin Buchan	41	0	2	0	7	0	50	0
DF	SCO Alex Forsyth	39	1	0	0	6	0	45	1
DF	ENG Brian Greenhoff	39(2)	4	2	0	6	0	47(2)	4
DF	SCO Jim Holton	14	0	0	0	3	0	17	0
DF	SCO Stewart Houston	40	6	2	0	6	1	48	7
DF	ENG Steve James	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
DF	NIR Jimmy Nicholl	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	ENG Arnie Sidebottom	12	0	2	0	2	0	16	0
DF	ENG Tony Young	7(8)	0	2	0	1(4)	0	10(12)	0
MF	ENG Steve Coppell	9(1)	1	0	0	0	0	9(1)	1
MF	IRL Gerry Daly	36(1)	11	2	1	7	1	45(1)	13
MF	SCO George Graham	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
MF	IRL Mick Martin	7(1)	0	0	0	1	0	8(1)	0
MF	SCO Jim McCalliog	20	3	1	0	5(1)	0	26(1)	3
MF	NIR David McCreery	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
MF	NIR Sammy McIlroy	41(1)	7	2	1	7	2	50(1)	10
FW	ENG Tommy Baldwin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	WAL Ron Davies	0(8)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0(10)	0
FW	SCO Lou Macari	36(2)	11	2	0	6(1)	7	44(3)	18
FW	SCO Willie Morgan	32(2)	3	1	0	6(1)	1	39(3)	4
FW	ENG Stuart Pearson	30(1)	17	2	0	4	1	36(1)	18
–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	1	–	3

References

"Manchester United Season 1974/75". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
"Managers – Tommy Docherty". About ManUtd.

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