Leicester City 1973-74 season

Leicester City 1973-74 season | FoxesHistory

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Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Outcome
Division One (old)	42	13	16	13	51	41	9th
FA Cup	8	4	2	2	11	6	Semi-final
League Cup	2	0	1	1	5	6	2nd round
Texaco Cup *	4	1	2	1	4	3	2nd round
All matches	56	18	21	17	71	56

All matches (56)

#	DATE	POS		RESULT	OPPOSITION	COMPETITION
1	25.08.1973	11	D	1 - 1	Ipswich Town (A)	Division One (old)
2	28.08.1973	10	D	1 - 1	Everton (A)	Division One (old)
3	01.09.1973	11	D	1 - 1	Liverpool (H)	Division One (old)
4	05.09.1973	7	W	1 - 0	Manchester United (H)	Division One (old)
5	08.09.1973	4	W	2 - 0	Arsenal (A)	Division One (old)
6	12.09.1973	3	W	2 - 1	Manchester United (A)	Division One (old)
7	15.09.1973	4	D	1 - 1	Manchester City (H)	Division One (old)
8	19.09.1973	-	D	1 - 1	Ayr United (A)	Texaco Cup 1 leg 1
9	22.09.1973	5	D	1 - 1	West Ham United (A)	Division One (old)
10	29.09.1973	6	L	0 - 2	Coventry City (H)	Division One (old)
11	03.10.1973	-	W	2 - 0	Ayr United (H)	Texaco Cup 1 leg 2
12	06.10.1973	7	D	1 - 1	Sheffield United (A)	Division One (old)
13	08.10.1973	-	D	3 - 3	Hull City (H)	League Cup 2
14	13.10.1973	8	D	2 - 2	Leeds United (H)	Division One (old)
15	20.10.1973	8	L	1 - 2	Derby County (A)	Division One (old)
16	24.10.1973	-	D	1 - 1	Dundee United (H)	Texaco Cup 2 leg 1
17	27.10.1973	11	L	0 - 1	Southampton (H)	Division One (old)
18	31.10.1973	-	L	2 - 3	Hull City (A)	League Cup 2 rep
19	03.11.1973	13	L	0 - 1	Norwich City (A)	Division One (old)
20	07.11.1973	-	L	0 - 1	Dundee United (A)	Texaco Cup 2 leg 2
21	10.11.1973	10	W	1 - 0	Newcastle United (H)	Division One (old)
22	17.11.1973	10	W	2 - 0	Burnley (H)	Division One (old)
23	24.11.1973	10	L	0 - 3	Birmingham City (A)	Division One (old)
24	01.12.1973	9	W	3 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur (H)	Division One (old)
25	08.12.1973	12	L	2 - 3	Chelsea (A)	Division One (old)
26	15.12.1973	10	W	2 - 0	Queens Park Rangers (H)	Division One (old)
27	22.12.1973	5	W	2 - 1	Coventry City (A)	Division One (old)
28	26.12.1973	8	D	2 - 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)	Division One (old)
29	29.12.1973	5	W	2 - 0	Arsenal (H)	Division One (old)
30	01.01.1974	4	D	1 - 1	Liverpool (A)	Division One (old)
31	05.01.1974	-	W	1 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur (H)	FA Cup 3
32	12.01.1974	7	L	0 - 2	Manchester City (A)	Division One (old)
33	19.01.1974	4	W	5 - 0	Ipswich Town (H)	Division One (old)
34	26.01.1974	-	D	1 - 1	Fulham (A)	FA Cup 4
35	30.01.1974	-	W	2 - 1	Fulham (H)	FA Cup 4 rep
36	02.02.1974	5	D	0 - 0	Queens Park Rangers (A)	Division One (old)
37	09.02.1974	7	L	0 - 1	West Ham United (H)	Division One (old)
38	16.02.1974	-	W	4 - 0	Luton Town (A)	FA Cup 5
39	23.02.1974	7	D	1 - 1	Sheffield United (H)	Division One (old)
40	26.02.1974	6	D	1 - 1	Leeds United (A)	Division One (old)
41	02.03.1974	6	W	2 - 1	Everton (H)	Division One (old)
42	09.03.1974	-	W	2 - 0	Queens Park Rangers (A)	FA Cup 6
43	16.03.1974	7	L	0 - 1	Derby County (H)	Division One (old)
44	18.03.1974	7	L	0 - 1	Southampton (A)	Division One (old)
45	23.03.1974	8	D	1 - 1	Newcastle United (A)	Division One (old)
46	30.03.1974	-	D	0 - 0	Liverpool (N)	FA Cup sf
47	03.04.1974	-	L	1 - 3	Liverpool (N)	FA Cup sf rep
48	06.04.1974	9	D	3 - 3	Birmingham City (H)	Division One (old)
49	13.04.1974	9	D	0 - 0	Burnley (A)	Division One (old)
50	15.04.1974	10	L	0 - 1	Stoke City (A)	Division One (old)
51	16.04.1974	9	D	1 - 1	Stoke City (H)	Division One (old)
52	20.04.1974	9	W	3 - 0	Chelsea (H)	Division One (old)
53	23.04.1974	10	L	0 - 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	Division One (old)
54	27.04.1974	11	L	0 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur (A)	Division One (old)
55	29.04.1974	8	W	3 - 0	Norwich City (H)	Division One (old)
56	09.05.1974	-	L	0 - 1	Burnley (H)	FA Cup Play-off

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	Leeds United	42	24	14	4	66	31	62
2	Liverpool	42	22	13	7	52	31	57
3	Derby County	42	17	14	11	52	42	48
4	Ipswich Town	42	18	11	13	67	58	47
5	Stoke City	42	15	16	11	54	42	46
6	Burnley	42	16	14	12	56	53	46
7	Everton	42	16	12	14	50	48	44
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	17	12	56	52	43
9	Leicester City	42	13	16	13	51	41	42
10	Arsenal	42	14	14	14	49	51	42
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	14	14	45	50	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	15	14	49	49	41
13	Sheffield United	42	14	12	16	44	49	40
14	Manchester City	42	14	12	16	39	46	40
15	Newcastle United	42	13	12	17	49	48	38
16	Coventry City	42	14	10	18	43	54	38
17	Chelsea	42	12	13	17	56	60	37
18	West Ham United	42	11	15	16	55	60	37
19	Birmingham City	42	12	13	17	52	64	37
20	Southampton	42	11	14	17	47	68	36
21	Manchester United	42	10	12	20	38	48	32
22	Norwich City	42	7	15	20	37	62	29

PLAYER		CLUB	FEE	DATE
Steve Earle		Fulham	£100,000	November 1973

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Carl Jayes	Peterborough United	On loan	August 1973
John Farrington	Cardiff City	Unknown	November 1973
Malcolm Manley	Portsmouth	£50,000	December 1973
Joe Jopling	Torquay United	On loan	January 1974
Joe Jopling	Aldershot	Unknown	March 1974

Squad (21)

NAME	APPS	GOALS
Alan Birchenall	39	2
Graham Cross	48	1
Steve Earle	32	8
John Farrington	1 (4)	-
Len Glover	44	12
Joe Jopling	- (1)	-
Pat Kruse	2	-
Malcolm Manley	1	-
Malcolm Munro	48	1
Malcolm Partridge	1	-
Dennis Rofe	51	-
Jon Sammels	50	1
Peter Shilton	51	-
Mike Stringfellow	20 (7)	4
David Tomlin	5	-
Joe Waters	10	3
Keith Weller	51	10
Steve Whitworth	49	-
Alan Woollett	7 (2)	-
Frank Worthington	51	24
Steve Yates	- (2)	-

Other Stats

Largest victories

5 - 0 19.01.1974 vs Ipswich Town	W
4 - 0 16.02.1974 vs Luton Town	W
3 - 0 29.04.1974 vs Norwich City	W
3 - 0 20.04.1974 vs Chelsea	W
3 - 0 01.12.1973 vs Tottenham Hotspur	W

Largest defeats

0 - 3 24.11.1973 vs Birmingham City	L
0 - 2 29.09.1973 vs Coventry City	L
0 - 2 12.01.1974 vs Manchester City	L
1 - 3 03.04.1974 vs Liverpool	L
1 - 2 20.10.1973 vs Derby County	L

Largest crowds

37,130 30.01.1974 vs Fulham	W
36,978 13.10.1973 vs Leeds United	D
30,547 26.12.1973 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	D
30,423 16.03.1974 vs Derby County	L
29,347 01.09.1973 vs Liverpool	D

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