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P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. Liverpool 42 16 0 5 60 18 10 5 6 32 27 57
2. Manchester United 42 15 3 3 54 19 8 4 9 36 43 53
3. Everton 42 14 4 3 53 26 7 6 8 31 38 52
4. Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 3 5 54 31 9 4 8 43 50 51
5. Chelsea 42 12 3 6 36 24 8 7 6 36 32 50
6. Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 3 3 50 24 4 8 9 34 43 49
7. Blackburn Rovers 42 10 4 7 44 28 8 6 7 45 37 46
8. Arsenal 42 10 7 4 56 37 7 4 10 34 45 45
9. Burnley 42 14 3 4 46 23 3 7 11 25 41 44
10. West Bromwich Albion 42 9 6 6 43 35 7 5 9 27 26 43
11. Leicester City 42 9 4 8 33 27 7 7 7 28 31 43
12. Sheffield United 42 10 6 5 35 22 6 5 10 26 42 43
13. Nottingham Forest 42 9 5 7 34 24 7 4 10 30 44 41
14. West Ham United 42 8 7 6 45 38 6 5 10 24 36 40
15. Fulham 42 11 8 2 45 23 2 5 14 13 42 39
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 6 9 6 36 34 6 6 9 34 46 39
17. Stoke City 42 9 6 6 49 33 5 4 12 28 45 38
18. Blackpool 42 8 6 7 26 29 5 3 13 26 44 35
19. Aston Villa 42 8 6 7 35 29 3 6 12 27 42 34
20. Birmingham City 42 7 7 7 33 32 4 0 17 21 60 29
21. Bolton Wanderers 42 6 5 10 30 35 4 3 14 18 45 28
22. Ipswich Town 42 9 3 9 38 45 0 4 17 18 76 25
Date Opponents Result Posn Attendance Scorers
1. Sat 24 Aug MANCHESTER UNITED....... 3-3 10 32,177 Eddie Holliday, Tom McAnearney
John Quinn
2. Wed 28 Aug Fulham.................. 0-2 19 20,873
3. Sat 31 Aug Burnley................. 1-3 21 20,374 Derek Wilkinson
4. Wed 4 Sep FULHAM.................. 3-0 13 22,045 John Fantham 2, David Layne
5. Sat 7 Sep IPSWICH TOWN............ 3-1 10 19,127 John Fantham, David Layne
Tom McAnearney
6. Wed 11 Sep Leicester City.......... 0-2 15 27,296
7. Sat 14 Sep Sheffield United........ 1-1 15 35,276 Alan Finney
8. Sat 21 Sep Everton................. 2-3 17 48,894 John Fantham, Tom McAnearney
9. Sat 28 Sep BIRMINGHAM CITY......... 2-1 14 18,903 John Fantham, Eddie Holliday
10. Wed 2 Oct LEICESTER CITY.......... 1-2 17 21,420 John Quinn
11. Sat 5 Oct West Bromwich Albion.... 3-1 13 23,000 David Layne 2, Eddie Holliday
12. Wed 9 Oct Liverpool............... 1-3 13 46,107 Eddie Holliday
13. Sat 12 Oct WEST HAM UNITED......... 3-0 12 23,503 Colin Dobson, Eddie Holliday
Mark Pearson
14. Sat 19 Oct Chelsea................. 2-1 11 31,948 Alan Finney 2
15. Sat 26 Oct ASTON VILLA............. 1-0 11 20,616 Mark Pearson
16. Sat 2 Nov Blackburn Rovers........ 1-1 12 17,780 Derek Wilkinson
17. Sat 9 Nov NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 3-1 10 23,231 Colin Dobson 2, Derek Wilkinson
18. Sat 16 Nov Stoke City.............. 4-4 10 30,695 David Layne 2, Mark Pearson 2
19. Sat 23 Nov WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS. 5-0 9 22,650 Colin Dobson 2, Alan Finney 2
David Layne
20. Sat 30 Nov Tottenham Hotspur....... 1-1 8 39,498 Peter Johnson
21. Sat 7 Dec BLACKPOOL............... 1-0 6 20,397 Eddie Holliday
22. Sat 14 Dec Manchester United....... 1-3 9 35,139 David Layne
23. Sat 21 Dec BURNLEY................. 3-1 7 19,390 Colin Dobson, David Layne
Tom McAnearney
24. Thu 26 Dec BOLTON WANDERERS........ 3-0 4 31,301 Colin Dobson 2, Mark Pearson
25. Sat 28 Dec Bolton Wanderers........ 0-3 6 12,205
26. Sat 11 Jan Ipswich Town............ 4-1 5 15,230 David Layne 3, Colin Dobson
27. Sat 18 Jan SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 3-0 4 42,898 Derek Wilkinson 2, David Layne
28. Sat 1 Feb EVERTON................. 0-3 5 29,950
29. Sat 8 Feb Birmingham City......... 2-1 4 15,460 John Fantham, David Layne
30. Sat 15 Feb WEST BROMWICH ALBION.... 2-2 4 19,048 John Fantham, David Layne
31. Sat 22 Feb West Ham United......... 3-4 7 24,578 Colin Dobson, John Fantham
Alan Finney
32. Sat 29 Feb CHELSEA................. 3-2 6 19,416 Alan Finney, David Layne
Tom McAnearney
33. Wed 4 Mar LIVERPOOL............... 2-2 5 23,703 Eddie Holliday, Mark Pearson
34. Sat 7 Mar Aston Villa............. 2-2 6 13,972 David Layne 2
35. Sat 21 Mar Nottingham Forest....... 2-3 6 17,692 David Layne 2
36. Tue 24 Mar Arsenal................. 1-1 6 24,364 David Layne
37. Sat 28 Mar BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 5-2 6 20,000 David Layne 2, John Fantham
Robin Hardy, Eddie Holliday
38. Mon 30 Mar ARSENAL................. 0-4 7 26,433
39. Sat 4 Apr Wolverhampton Wanderers. 1-1 6 14,900 John Fantham
40. Wed 8 Apr STOKE CITY.............. 2-0 6 17,487 Colin Dobson, John Fantham
41. Mon 13 Apr TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR....... 2-0 5 31,377 Derek Wilkinson 2
42. Sat 18 Apr Blackpool............... 2-2 6 12,905 John Fantham, Derek Wilkinson
Rnd Date Opponents Result Attendance Scorers 3 Sat 4 Jan Newport County.......... 2-3 12,342 Alan Finney, Eddie Holliday
Rnd Date Opponents Result Scorers
1L1 Wed 25 Sep FC Utrecht.............. 4-1 Eddie Holliday, David Layne, John Quinn
Own Goal
1L2 Tue 15 Oct FC UTRECHT.............. 4-1 David Layne 3, Colin Dobson
Wednesday won 8-2 on aggregate
2L1 Wed 6 Nov 1.FC Köln............... 2-3 Mark Pearson 2
2L2 Wed 27 Nov 1.FC KÖLN............... 1-2 David Layne
1 FC Köln won 5-3 on aggregate
LEAGUE FA CUP EUROPE TOTAL
Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Don Megson 42 0 1 0 4 0 47 0
Gerry Young 42 0 1 0 4 0 47 0
Peter Swan 39 0 1 0 4 0 44 0
Alan Finney 36 7 1 1 4 0 41 8
Colin Dobson 36 11 1 0 2 1 39 12
David Layne 35 23 1 0 3 5 39 28
Tom McAnearney 34 5 1 0 3 0 38 5
Brian Hill 29 0 1 0 3 0 33 0
Ron Springett 29 0 0 0 4 0 33 0
Mark Pearson 28 6 1 0 2 2 31 8
Eddie Holliday 22 8 1 1 4 1 27 10
John Fantham 19 12 0 0 1 0 20 12
Derek Wilkinson 18 8 0 0 1 0 19 8
John Quinn 13 2 0 0 3 1 16 3
Roy McLaren 13 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
Peter Johnson 10 1 0 0 1 0 11 1
Robin Hardy 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
Keith Ellis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Vic Mobley 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
John Hickton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Frank Noble 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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