1974–75 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1974–75 season
Chairman	Tom Bloor
Manager	Jimmy Bloomfield
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Worthington (18) All: Worthington (19)
Average home league attendance	23,765
Home colours

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

Season summary

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

Main article: 1974–75 Football League First Division

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

Leicester City's score comes first

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 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

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

[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