Season 1974-1975 Details

The prestigious post of England manager was vacant in the summer of 1974, and the logical choice to fill it was Don Revie, who, after much thought as to whether to remain at Elland Road and attempt to fulfil his one unfulfilled ambition there - winning the European Cup - decided instead to make the difficult break and take charge of the England team. Leeds United then proceeded to astound many when they appointed as Revie's successor Brian Clough, who had often been among United's fiercest critics in the past, and immediately the club was thrown into a turmoil with rumours flying around daily about transfers in and out of the club, as well as unrest among the players and back-room staff. After only 44 extremely eventful days Clough was sacked, and left the club near the bottom of the First Division table, with spirit at a low ebb, the opinions of the supporters split forcibly down the middle, and almost £400,000 worse off financially as a result of transfer fee outlays and a golden handshake!

Read more about the 1974-1975 season in the Twelve at The Top (1974-1975) section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1974-1975 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Division One		42	16	13	13	57	49	8	45	9
FA Cup		8	3	4	1	9	5	4	-	QF
League Cup		5	2	2	1	6	7	-1	-	R4
Europe		9	6	1	2	17	8	9	-	EU (RU)
Other		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	-	CS (RU)
TOTAL		65	27	21	17	90	70	20	-	-

Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
Brian Clough	Liverpool (N) - 10/08/1974	10/08/1974	8	1	4	3	12.50%
Maurice Lindley	Burnley (A) - 14/09/1974	14/09/1974	6	2	1	3	33.33%
Jimmy Armfield	Arsenal (H) - 05/10/1974	05/10/1974	51	24	16	11	47.06%

	Honours	Manager
	Charity Shield Runners-up	Brian Clough
	European Cup Runners-up	Jimmy Armfield

Division One		Venue	Date	Score
Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	17/08/1974	0 : 3	L
Queens Park Rangers	H	Elland Road	21/08/1974	0 : 1	L
Birmingham City	H	Elland Road	24/08/1974	1 : 0	W
Queens Park Rangers	A	Loftus Road	27/08/1974	1 : 1	D
Manchester City	A	Maine Road	31/08/1974	1 : 2	L
Luton Town	H	Elland Road	07/09/1974	1 : 1	D
Burnley	A	Turf Moor	14/09/1974	1 : 2	L
Sheffield United	H	Elland Road	21/09/1974	5 : 1	W
Everton	A	Goodison Park	28/09/1974	2 : 3	L
Arsenal	H	Elland Road	05/10/1974	2 : 0	W
Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	12/10/1974	0 : 0	D
Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	15/10/1974	0 : 1	L
Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	19/10/1974	2 : 0	W
Liverpool	A	Anfield	26/10/1974	0 : 1	L
Derby County	H	Elland Road	02/11/1974	0 : 1	L
Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	09/11/1974	3 : 1	W
Middlesbrough	H	Elland Road	16/11/1974	2 : 2	D
Carlisle United	A	Brunton Park	23/11/1974	2 : 1	W
Chelsea	H	Elland Road	30/11/1974	2 : 0	W
Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	04/12/1974	2 : 1	W
West Ham United	A	Upton Park	07/12/1974	1 : 2	L
Stoke City	H	Elland Road	14/12/1974	3 : 1	W
Newcastle United	A	St James Park	21/12/1974	0 : 3	L
Burnley	H	Elland Road	26/12/1974	2 : 2	D
Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	28/12/1974	2 : 0	W
West Ham United	H	Elland Road	11/01/1975	2 : 1	W
Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	18/01/1975	2 : 0	W
Coventry City	H	Elland Road	01/02/1975	0 : 0	D
Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	08/02/1975	0 : 0	D
Middlesbrough	A	Ayersome Park	22/02/1975	1 : 0	W
Carlisle United	H	Elland Road	25/02/1975	3 : 1	W
Manchester City	H	Elland Road	01/03/1975	2 : 2	D
Everton	H	Elland Road	15/03/1975	0 : 0	D
Luton Town	A	Kenilworth Road	22/03/1975	1 : 2	L
Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	29/03/1975	1 : 1	D
Leicester City	H	Elland Road	31/03/1975	2 : 2	D
Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	01/04/1975	1 : 1	D
Liverpool	H	Elland Road	05/04/1975	0 : 2	L
Arsenal	A	Highbury	12/04/1975	2 : 1	W
Ipswich Town	H	Elland Road	19/04/1975	2 : 1	W
Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	26/04/1975	1 : 1	D
Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	28/04/1975	2 : 4	L

FA Cup		Venue	Date	Score
Cardiff City FA Cup 3rd Round	H	Elland Road	04/01/1975	4 : 1	W
Wimbledon FA Cup 4th Round	H	Elland Road	25/01/1975	0 : 0	D
Wimbledon FA Cup 4th Round Replay	A	Selhurst Park	10/02/1975	1 : 0	W
Derby County FA Cup 5th Round	A	Baseball Ground	18/02/1975	1 : 0	W
Ipswich Town FA Cup Quarter Final	A	Portman Road	08/03/1975	0 : 0	D
Ipswich Town FA Cup Quarter Final Replay	H	Elland Road	11/03/1975	1 : 1	D
Ipswich Town FA Cup Quarter Final 2nd Replay	A	Filbert Street	25/03/1975	0 : 0	D
Ipswich Town FA Cup Quarter Final 3rd Replay	A	Filbert Street	27/03/1975	2 : 3	L

League Cup		Venue	Date	Score
Huddersfield Town League Cup 2nd Round	A	Leeds Road	10/09/1974	1 : 1	D
Huddersfield Town League Cup 2nd Round Replay	H	Elland Road	24/09/1974	1 : 1	D
Huddersfield Town League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Replay	H	Elland Road	07/10/1974	2 : 1	W
Bury League Cup 3rd Round	A	Gigg Lane	09/10/1974	2 : 1	W
Chester City League Cup 4th Round	A	Sealand Road	13/11/1974	0 : 3	L

Europe		Venue	Date	Score
FC Zurich European Cup 1st Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	18/09/1974	4 : 1	W
FC Zurich European Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg	A	Letzigrund Stadium	02/10/1974	1 : 2	L
Ujpest FC European Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	A	Nep Stadium	23/10/1974	2 : 1	W
Ujpest FC European Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	06/11/1974	3 : 0	W
Anderlecht European Cup 3rd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	05/03/1975	3 : 0	W
Anderlecht European Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg	A	Parc Astrid Stadium	19/03/1975	1 : 0	W
Barcelona European Cup Semi Final 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	09/04/1975	2 : 1	W
Barcelona European Cup Semi Final 2nd Lg	A	Nou Camp	23/04/1975	1 : 1	D
Bayern Munich European Cup Final	N	Parc De Prince	28/05/1975	0 : 2	L

	Other		Venue	Date		Score
	Liverpool Charity Shield	N	Wembley	10/08/1974		1 : 1 (5 : 6 p)	D

	Division One Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Derby County	42	53	18	21	11	10	67	49
2		Liverpool	42	51	21	20	11	11	60	39
3		Ipswich Town	42	51	22	23	5	14	66	44
4		Everton	42	50	14	16	18	8	56	42
5		Stoke City	42	49	16	17	15	10	64	48
6		Sheffield United	42	49	7	18	13	11	58	51
7		Middlesbrough	42	48	14	18	12	12	54	40
8		Manchester City	42	46	0	18	10	14	54	54
9		Leeds United	42	45	8	16	13	13	57	49
10		Burnley	42	45	1	17	11	14	68	67
11		Queens Park Rangers	42	42	0	16	10	16	54	54
12		Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	39	3	14	11	17	57	54
13		West Ham United	42	39	-1	13	13	16	58	59
14		Coventry City	42	39	-11	12	15	15	51	62
15		Newcastle United	42	39	-13	15	9	18	59	72
16		Arsenal	42	37	-2	13	11	18	47	49
17		Birmingham City	42	37	-8	14	9	19	53	61
18		Leicester City	42	36	-14	12	12	18	46	60
19		Tottenham Hotspur	42	34	-11	13	8	21	52	63
20		Luton Town	42	33	-18	11	11	20	47	65
21		Chelsea	42	33	-30	9	15	18	42	72
22		Carlisle United	42	29	-16	12	5	25	43	59

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