Season

1973-74

Manchester UnitedTommy Docherty

21stleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

−0.2
goal difference
0.9 scored · 1.1 conceded
45
Played
24%
Win rate

Season in brief

21st of 22 in the First Division, down from 18th the year before. Sammy McIlroy led the scoring with 6 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 39 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Leeds United42P · 24W 14D 4L · GD +3562
  3. 19Birmingham City42P · 12W 13D 17L · GD -1237
  4. 20Southampton42P · 11W 14D 17L · GD -2136
  5. 21Manchester United42P · 10W 12D 20L · GD -1032
  6. 22Norwich City42P · 7W 15D 20L · GD -2529

Slice: the final First Division table for 1973-74, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

45 matches
25 Aug 1973 @ Arsenal: 0–329 Aug 1973 v Stoke City: 1–01 Sep 1973 v Queens Park Rangers: 2–15 Sep 1973 @ Leicester City: 0–18 Sep 1973 @ Ipswich Town: 1–212 Sep 1973 v Leicester City: 1–215 Sep 1973 v West Ham United: 3–122 Sep 1973 @ Leeds United: 0–029 Sep 1973 v Liverpool: 0–06 Oct 1973 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–28 Oct 1973 v Middlesbrough: 0–113 Oct 1973 v Derby County: 0–120 Oct 1973 v Birmingham City: 1–027 Oct 1973 @ Burnley: 0–03 Nov 1973 v Chelsea: 2–210 Nov 1973 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–217 Nov 1973 @ Newcastle United: 2–324 Nov 1973 v Norwich City: 0–08 Dec 1973 v Southampton: 0–015 Dec 1973 v Coventry City: 2–322 Dec 1973 @ Liverpool: 0–226 Dec 1973 v Sheffield United: 1–229 Dec 1973 v Ipswich Town: 2–01 Jan 1974 @ Queens Park Rangers: 0–35 Jan 1974 v Plymouth Argyle: 1–012 Jan 1974 @ West Ham United: 1–219 Jan 1974 v Arsenal: 1–126 Jan 1974 v Ipswich Town: 0–12 Feb 1974 @ Coventry City: 0–19 Feb 1974 v Leeds United: 0–216 Feb 1974 @ Derby County: 2–223 Feb 1974 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–02 Mar 1974 @ Sheffield United: 1–013 Mar 1974 @ Manchester City: 0–016 Mar 1974 @ Birmingham City: 0–123 Mar 1974 v Tottenham Hotspur: 0–130 Mar 1974 @ Chelsea: 3–13 Apr 1974 v Burnley: 3–36 Apr 1974 @ Norwich City: 2–013 Apr 1974 v Newcastle United: 1–015 Apr 1974 v Everton: 3–020 Apr 1974 @ Southampton: 1–123 Apr 1974 @ Everton: 0–127 Apr 1974 v Manchester City: 0–129 Apr 1974 @ Stoke City: 0–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.