1974–75 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1974–75 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Brian Kidd (19); All: ; Brian Kidd (23)
Highest home attendance	56,742 West Ham United (8 March 1975)
Lowest home attendance	16,540 Newcastle United (18 March 1975)
Average home league attendance	28,315

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	Coventry City	42	12	15	15	51	62	0.823	39
15	Newcastle United	42	15	9	18	59	72	0.819	39
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1974	Leicester City	A	1–0	26,448	Kidd
20 August 1974	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	31,027
24 August 1974	Manchester City	H	4–0	27,143	Kidd (2), Radford (2)
27 August 1974	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	28,036
31 August 1974	Everton	A	1–2	42,438	Kidd
7 September 1974	Burnley	H	0–1	23,586
14 September 1974	Chelsea	A	0–0	34,596
21 September 1974	Luton Town	H	2–2	21,649	Kidd (2)
28 September 1974	Birmingham City	A	1–3	25,584	George
5 October 1974	Leeds United	A	0–2	32,784
12 October 1974	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	26,690	Kidd, Radford
16 October 1974	Manchester City	A	1–2	26,658	Radford
19 October 1974	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	36,194
26 October 1974	West Ham United	H	3–0	41,004	Brady, Kidd, Radford
2 November 1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	27,572
9 November 1974	Liverpool	A	3–1	43,850	Ball (2), Brady
16 November 1974	Derby County	H	3–1	32,286	Ball (2; 1 pen.), Kidd
23 November 1974	Coventry City	A	0–3	15,669
30 November 1974	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	25,283	Ball (pen.), Brady
7 December 1974	Carlisle United	A	1–2	12,926	Kidd
14 December 1974	Leicester City	H	0–0	20,849
21 December 1974	Stoke City	A	2–0	23,292	Kidd (2)
26 December 1974	Chelsea	H	1–2	33,784	Ball (pen.)
28 December 1974	Sheffield United	A	1–1	19,967	George
11 January 1975	Carlisle United	H	2–1	21,538	Cropley, Radford
18 January 1975	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	26,996
1 February 1975	Liverpool	H	2–0	43,028	Ball (2; 1 pen.)
8 February 1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	19,807
22 February 1975	Derby County	A	1–2	24,002	Radford
1 March 1975	Everton	H	0–2	32,216
15 March 1975	Birmingham City	H	1–1	17,845	Kidd
18 March 1975	Newcastle United	H	3–0	16,540	Ball (pen.), Kidd, Rostron
22 March 1975	Burnley	A	3–3	17,539	Hornsby (2), Rostron
25 March 1975	Luton Town	A	0–2	22,120
29 March 1975	Stoke City	H	1–1	26,852	Kelly
31 March 1975	Sheffield United	H	1–0	24,338	Kidd
8 April 1975	Coventry City	H	2–0	17,291	Kidd (2)
12 April 1975	Leeds United	H	1–2	36,619	Kidd
19 April 1975	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	24,362
23 April 1975	Newcastle United	A	1–3	21,895	Hornsby
26 April 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	43,762	Kidd
28 April 1975	West Ham United	A	0–1	30,195

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1975	York City	H	1–1	27,029	Kelly
R3 R	7 January 1975	York City	A	3–1	15,362	Kidd (3)
R4	25 January 1975	Coventry City	A	1–1	31,165	Ball
R4 R	29 January 1975	Coventry City	H	3–0	30,867	Armstrong, Matthews (2)
R5	15 February 1975	Leicester City	H	0–0	43,841
R5 R	19 February 1975	Leicester City	A	1–1	35,009	Radford
R5 2R	24 February 1975	Leicester City	A	1–0 (aet)	39,025	Radford
R6	8 March 1975	West Ham United	H	0–2	56,742

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	10 September 1974	Leicester City	H	1–1	20,788	Kidd
R2R	18 September 1974	Leicester City	A	1–2	17,303	Brady

Squad

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	Jimmy Rimmer
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	ENG	Bob McNab
-	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
-	DF	IRL	Terry Mancini
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	MF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	ENG	Alan Ball
-	MF	IRL	Liam Brady
-	FW	ENG	Brian Kidd
-	FW	ENG	John Radford


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong
-	MF	ENG	John Matthews
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	MF	ENG	Brian Hornsby
-	FW	ENG	Charlie George
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	DF	ENG	Jeff Blockley
-	DF	ENG	Wilf Rostron
-	DF	ENG	Richie Powling
-	GK	ENG	Geoff Barnett
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Ross
-	FW	IRL	Frank Stapleton
-	MF	ENG	David Price

References

"Arsenal results for the 1974-1975 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

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[1] "Arsenal results for the 1974-1975 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

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