1974–75 Leicester City F.C. season

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

Leicester City
1974–75 season
ChairmanTom Bloor
ManagerJimmy Bloomfield
First Division18th
FA CupFifth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Worthington (18)
All: Worthington (19)
Average home league attendance23,765

Season summary

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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 did not 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Arsenal 42 13 11 18 47 49 0.959 37
17 Birmingham City 42 14 9 19 53 61 0.869 37
18 Leicester City 42 12 12 18 46 60 0.767 36
19 Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 8 21 52 63 0.825 34
20 Luton Town (R) 42 11 11 20 47 65 0.723 33 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

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Leicester City's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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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

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 1975 Oxford United H 3–1 21,643 Worthington, Earle (2)
R4 25 January 1975 Leatherhead H 3–2 32,090 Sammels, Earle, Weller
R5 15 February 1975 Arsenal H 0–0 43,841
R5R 19 February 1975 Arsenal A 1–1 (a.e.t.) 35,009 Birchenall
R5R2 24 February 1975 Arsenal A 0–1 (a.e.t.) 39,025

League Cup

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK   ENG Peter Shilton
- DF   ENG Steve Whitworth
- DF   ENG Dennis Rofe
- MF   ENG Jon Sammels
- DF   ENG Malcolm Munro
- DF   ENG Graham Cross
- MF   ENG Keith Weller
- FW   ENG Steve Earle
- FW   ENG Frank Worthington
- MF   ENG Alan Birchenall
- MF   ENG Len Glover
- DF   ENG Pat Kruse
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF   IRL Joe Waters
- DF   ENG Alan Woollett
- GK   ENG Mark Wallington
- FW   ENG Malcolm Partridge
- DF   ENG Steve Yates
- MF   ENG Mike Stringfellow
- GK   ENG Carl Jayes
- GK   ENG John Farmer
- FW   ENG Bob Lee
- MF   ENG David Tomlin
- DF   ENG Jeff Blockley
- FW   ENG Chris Garland

References

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  1. ^ "Leicester City results for the 1974-1975 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.