1974–75 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1974–75 season, Leicester could not improve on last season's 9th place, finishing 9 places lower. Goalkeeper Peter Shilton refused to sign a new contract and followed his mentor Gordon Banks by signing for Stoke City at a record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000 in November and resulted in Mark Wallington starting the season in goal. From early November to late February, the Foxes didn't register a league win in 13 games which saw them slip to bottom of the table and heading for relegation but again their FA Cup progress gave them a boost in their league form. As the season drew to a close, Chris Garland improved their strike force by scoring 8 goals in 10 matches, which was enough to save the Foxes from the drop in 18th and 3 points clear of relegation.

Final league table

Main article: 1974–75 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	42	14	4	3	41	18	7	7	7	26	31	67	49	1.367	+ 18	53
2	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	44	17	6	6	9	16	22	60	39	1.538	+ 21	51
3	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	47	14	6	3	12	19	30	66	44	1.500	+ 22	51
4	Everton	42	10	9	2	33	19	6	9	6	23	23	56	42	1.333	+ 14	50
5	Stoke City	42	12	7	2	40	18	5	8	8	24	30	64	48	1.333	+ 16	49
6	Sheffield United	42	12	7	2	35	20	6	6	9	23	31	58	51	1.137	+ 7	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	11	7	3	33	14	7	5	9	21	26	54	40	1.350	+ 14	48
8	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	40	15	2	7	12	14	39	54	54	1.000	± 0	46
9	Leeds United	42	10	8	3	34	20	6	5	10	23	29	57	49	1.163	+ 8	45
10	Burnley	42	11	6	4	40	29	6	5	10	28	38	68	67	1.015	+ 1	45
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	25	17	6	6	9	29	37	54	54	1.000	± 0	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	43	21	2	6	13	14	33	57	54	1.056	+ 3	39
13	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	38	22	3	7	11	20	37	58	59	0.983	– 1	39
14	Coventry City	42	8	9	4	31	27	4	6	11	20	35	51	62	0.823	– 11	39
15	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	39	23	3	5	13	20	49	59	72	0.819	– 13	39
16	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	31	16	3	5	13	16	33	47	49	0.959	– 2	37
17	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	34	28	4	5	12	19	33	53	61	0.869	– 8	37
18	Leicester City	42	8	7	6	25	17	4	5	12	21	43	46	60	0.767	– 14	36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	8	4	9	29	27	5	4	12	23	36	52	63	0.825	– 11	34
20	Luton Town	42	8	6	7	27	26	3	5	13	20	39	47	65	0.723	– 18	33
21	Chelsea	42	4	9	8	22	31	5	6	10	20	41	42	72	0.583	– 30	33
22	Carlisle United	42	8	2	11	22	21	4	3	14	21	38	43	59	0.729	– 16	29

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 1975–76
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1974	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,448
20 August 1974	Birmingham City	A	4–3	27,961	Weller, Worthington (2), Earle
24 August 1974	Liverpool	A	1–2	49,398	Weller
27 August 1974	Birmingham City	H	1–1	24,018	Worthington
31 August 1974	Carlisle United	H	1–1	20,658	Worthington (pen)
7 September 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	20,564	Glover
14 September 1974	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	19,763	Worthington (2), Glover
21 September 1974	West Ham United	A	2–6	21,377	Worthington (2, 1 pen)
28 September 1974	Coventry City	H	0–1	21,354
5 October 1974	Luton Town	H	0–0	19,024
12 October 1974	Derby County	A	0–1	24,753
19 October 1974	Sheffield United	H	3–0	18,433	Worthington (2), Glover
26 October 1974	Newcastle United	A	1–0	34,988	Earle
2 November 1974	Burnley	H	1–0	19,981	Sammels
9 November 1974	Chelsea	A	0–0	23,915
16 November 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	23,244	Earle
23 November 1974	Manchester City	A	1–4	31,628	Birchenall
30 November 1974	Stoke City	A	0–1	29,793
7 December 1974	Everton	H	0–2	21,451
10 December 1974	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	22,699
14 December 1974	Arsenal	A	0–0	20,849
20 December 1974	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	16,636
26 December 1974	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–4	17,311	Lee (2)
28 December 1974	Leeds United	H	0–2	29,699
11 January 1975	Everton	A	0–3	31,985
18 January 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	21,736	Glover
1 February 1975	Chelsea	H	1–1	23,759	Weller
8 February 1975	Burnley	A	0–2	16,352
22 February 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–0	20,937	Stringfellow, Worthington, Sammels
1 March 1975	Carlisle United	A	1–0	12,676	Worthington
8 March 1975	Manchester City	H	1–0	23,059	Lee
15 March 1975	Coventry City	A	2–2	23,139	Worthington, Lee
19 March 1975	Liverpool	H	1–1	28,012	Worthington
22 March 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	25,070	Garland (3)
29 March 1975	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	28,745	Worthington
31 March 1975	Leeds United	A	2–2	29,898	Lee, Garland
1 April 1975	West Ham United	H	3–0	30,408	Worthington (pen), Garland (2)
5 April 1975	Newcastle United	H	4–0	23,638	Garland (2), Lee, Worthington
9 April 1975	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	24,531	Worthington
12 April 1975	Luton Town	A	0–3	18,298
19 April 1975	Derby County	H	0–0	38,143
26 April 1975	Sheffield United	A	0–4	28,947

FA Cup

Main article: 1974-75 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1974	Oxford United	H	3–1	21,643	Worthington, Earle (2)
R4	25 January 1974	Leatherhead	A	3–2	32,090	Sammels, Earle, Weller
R5	15 February 1974	Arsenal	H	0–0	43,841
R5R	19 February 1974	Arsenal	A	1–1 (a.e.t.)	35,009	Birchenall
R5R2	24 February 1974	Arsenal	A	0–1 (a.e.t.)	39,025

League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	10 September 1974	Arsenal	A	1–1	20,788	Birchenall
R2R	18 September 1974	Arsenal	H	2–1	17,303	Munro, Glover
R3	8 October 1974	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	23,901

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Peter Shilton
-	DF	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	Jon Sammels
-	DF	Malcolm Munro
-	DF	Graham Cross
-	MF	Keith Weller
-	FW	Steve Earle
-	FW	Frank Worthington
-	MF	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	Len Glover
-	DF	Pat Kruse

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Joe Waters
-	DF	Alan Woollett
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	FW	Malcolm Partridge
-	DF	Steve Yates
-	MF	Mike Stringfellow
-	GK	Carl Jayes
-	GK	John Farmer
-	FW	Bob Lee
-	MF	David Tomlin
-	DF	Jeff Blockley
-	FW	Chris Garland

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1974-1975/results

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