Season

1974-75

Manchester UnitedTommy Docherty

1stleague finish

Champions of the Second Division

+0.8
goal difference
1.6 scored · 0.8 conceded
51
Played
59%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the Second Division — the club's 9th league title on record. Home form carried the season — 78% of home matches won against 38% away. Stuart Pearson led the scoring with 18 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 82 United scored).

The Second Division table

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

  1. 1Manchester United42P · 26W 9D 7L · GD +3661
  2. 2Aston Villa42P · 25W 8D 9L · GD +4758
  3. 3Norwich City42P · 20W 13D 9L · GD +2153
  5. 21Cardiff City42P · 9W 14D 19L · GD -2632
  6. 22Sheffield Wednesday42P · 5W 11D 26L · GD -3521

Slice: the final Second Division table for 1974-75, 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 head marks the promotion places — exact counts varied by era.

The season, match by match

51 matches
17 Aug 1974 @ Leyton Orient: 2–024 Aug 1974 v Millwall: 4–028 Aug 1974 v Portsmouth: 2–131 Aug 1974 @ Cardiff City: 1–07 Sep 1974 v Nottingham Forest: 2–211 Sep 1974 v Charlton Athletic: 5–114 Sep 1974 @ West Bromwich Albion: 1–116 Sep 1974 @ Millwall: 1–021 Sep 1974 v Bristol Rovers: 2–025 Sep 1974 v Bolton Wanderers: 3–028 Sep 1974 @ Norwich City: 0–25 Oct 1974 @ Fulham: 2–19 Oct 1974 v Manchester City: 1–012 Oct 1974 v Notts County: 1–015 Oct 1974 @ Portsmouth: 0–019 Oct 1974 @ Blackpool: 3–026 Oct 1974 v Southampton: 1–02 Nov 1974 v Oxford United: 4–09 Nov 1974 @ Bristol City: 0–113 Nov 1974 v Burnley: 3–216 Nov 1974 v Aston Villa: 2–123 Nov 1974 @ Hull City: 0–230 Nov 1974 v Sunderland: 3–24 Dec 1974 @ Middlesbrough: 0–07 Dec 1974 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 4–414 Dec 1974 v Leyton Orient: 0–018 Dec 1974 v Middlesbrough: 3–021 Dec 1974 @ York City: 1–026 Dec 1974 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–128 Dec 1974 @ Oldham Athletic: 0–14 Jan 1975 v Walsall: 0–07 Jan 1975 @ Walsall: 2–311 Jan 1975 v Sheffield Wednesday: 2–015 Jan 1975 v Norwich City: 2–218 Jan 1975 @ Sunderland: 0–022 Jan 1975 @ Norwich City: 0–11 Feb 1975 v Bristol City: 0–18 Feb 1975 @ Oxford United: 0–115 Feb 1975 v Hull City: 2–022 Feb 1975 @ Aston Villa: 0–21 Mar 1975 v Cardiff City: 4–08 Mar 1975 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–015 Mar 1975 v Norwich City: 1–122 Mar 1975 @ Nottingham Forest: 1–028 Mar 1975 @ Bristol Rovers: 1–129 Mar 1975 v York City: 2–131 Mar 1975 v Oldham Athletic: 3–25 Apr 1975 @ Southampton: 1–012 Apr 1975 v Fulham: 1–019 Apr 1975 @ Notts County: 2–226 Apr 1975 v Blackpool: 4–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.