Luton Town F.C. season 1974–75
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The 1974–75 season was the 89th season in the history of Luton Town Football Club
Luton Town F.C.
Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

. It was Luton Town's 55th consecutive season in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

, and their 58th overall. It was also the team's first season in the First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

 since 1959–60, and their sixth overall. The season saw Luton narrowly relegated
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 back to Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

.

This article covers the period from 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975.

Background

Following promotion
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 from the Fourth Division
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

 in 1966–67, Luton consolidated under first Allan Brown, then Alec Stock
Alec Stock
Alec William Alfred Stock was an English footballer and manager.-Career:Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St John and played as an inside-forward for Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and QPR before the Second World War and guested for several other clubs during the hostilities...

 before rising another division following a successful 1969–70 campaign in which Malcolm Macdonald
Malcolm Macdonald
Malcolm Ian Macdonald is a former English footballer nicknamed Supermac, famed for scoring goals for Luton Town, Newcastle United and Arsenal.-Football career:...

 scored 28 goals. Macdonald scored 31 during 1970–71 as Luton finished sixth in the Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

, and was sold to Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 at the end of the season to ease the club's financial worries. Harry Haslam replaced Stock in 1972, and along with him came the ambition to return to Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

 after a 12-year absence. Luton fans would have to wait two more years for Haslam to deliver the third promotion; in 1973–74 the team finished second in Division Two behind Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

, and ensured that for 1974–75 Luton would be a top division club once again.

July–September

After failing to progress past the group stage of the Texaco Cup
Texaco Cup
The Texaco Cup was an association football competition involving clubs from England, Ireland and Scotland that had not qualified for European competitions. Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971-72 due to political pressure, and in 1973-74 and 1974-75 competed in a separate Texaco Cup...

, Luton began the campaign badly. The first victory came in the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, as Luton beat Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....

 on 11 September; in the league, a series of losses and draws prevailed. On the 28th, Luton finally won a league match, beating Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

 3–1. This win lifted Luton out of the relegation places, and up to 17th in the division.

October–December

The team then went 11 matches without a victory, including a run of six straight defeats. Luton crashed out of the League Cup and by mid-December, they were bottom of the league and eight points away from safety. Starting with a 1–0 home win over Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

, Luton suddenly won three successive matches and reduced the gap to five points.

January–March

A draw with Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 meant that Luton came off the foot of the table, but it was followed by defeat in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 to Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

. A disappointing home loss at the hands of Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 sent Luton straight back to the bottom of the league, and put them six points behind 19th placed Chelsea. A draw at Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

, followed by a victory over Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 and another draw with Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

, saw Luton come within four points of survival. A 3–1 defeat at Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

 on 25 February resulted in no further ground being made up.

Two more straight defeats followed, and the gap remained four points. Luton then won three matches on the trot, against Carlisle, Leeds
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 and Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

, to be only two points behind Chelsea. The team were brought back down to earth sharply towards the end of March by a 5–0 annihilation at Derby County and a 5–2 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

 – these put Luton back down to 21st, though still only three points behind Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 in 19th.

April–May

Defeat at Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

 on 5 April sent Luton back to the bottom of the league and increased the gap to five points with only eight left to gain from Luton's final four matches. Luton managed a 2–1 home win over Everton, before beating Leicester 3–0 to be only one point away. A 4–1 victory at Birmingham put Luton level on points with Tottenham, with the North London team ahead on goal average. Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 would visit Luton on 26 April for their final match, while Tottenham would have to travel to Highbury
Arsenal Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006...

 to face their rivals Arsenal before entertaining Leeds United two days later. Luton could only draw with Manchester City, while Tottenham were defeated 1–0 at Arsenal; Luton therefore rose out of the relegation zone for the first time since October. However, Tottenham beat Leeds 4–2 on the 28th, and therefore leapfrogged Luton into 19th place. Thus, Luton were sentenced to Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 football in 1975–76.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersNotes
17 August 1974 Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

Home 1–2 21,216 Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

19 August 1974 West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

Away 0–2 23,182
24 August 1974 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

Away 1–1 21,478 Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

28 August 1974 West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

Home 0–0 16,931
31 August 1974 Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

Home 1–1 18,535 John Ryan
John Ryan (English footballer)
John Ryan is a former professional footballer who predominantly played as a full-back.Ryan had a professional career that lasted more than 20 years. He first joined Arsenal from non-league side Maidstone United in 1964, though he never played a first team game for Arsenal, instead playing in the...

7 September 1974 Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

Away 1–1 26,516 Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

14 September 1974 Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

Home 1–4 17,577 Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

21 September 1974 Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

Away 2–2 21,649 Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

, Shanks
Don Shanks
Donald L. "Don" Shanks is an American actor and stuntman, known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Nakoma, the Native American friend of the title character in the 1977 television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.-Biography:Shanks was born in...

24 September 1974 Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

Away 1–2 15,643 Jimmy Ryan (pen)
28 September 1974 Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

Home 3–1 12,987 Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

, Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

, Jimmy Ryan (pen)
5 October 1974 Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

Away 0–0 19,024
12 October 1974 Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

Home 1–3 15,097 Hindson
16 October 1974 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

Home 0–1 10,464
19 October 1974 Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

Away 0–1 30,649
26 October 1974 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

Home 1–1 22,420 Aston
2 November 1974 Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

Away 0–1 30,141
9 November 1974 Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

Home 0–1 12,670
16 November 1974 Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

Away 2–4 20,646 Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

, Garner
Alan Garner (footballer)
Alan Henry Garner is an English former professional footballer best known as a player for Watford.-Career:Starting out with his local team Millwall, Garner only made two league appearances before moving on to Luton Town in 1971. His time at Luton proved to be more productive, as Garner played 88...

30 November 1974 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

Home 2–3 11,816 Faulkner
John Faulkner (footballer)
John Faulkner is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender for Leeds United and Luton Town in the 1970s...

, Spiring
Peter Spiring
Peter Spiring is an English former footballer who played in the Football League playing as a Winger for Bristol City, Luton Town and Hereford United, and in the North American Soccer League for Washington Darts....

7 December 1974 Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

Away 0–2 19,009
14 December 1974 Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

Away 0–2 35,151
21 December 1974 Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

Home 1–0 12,862 Jimmy Ryan (pen)
26 December 1974 Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

Away 1–0 23,406 R. Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

28 December 1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

Home 3–2 19,642 R. Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

 (3)
11 January 1975 Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

Home 1–1 23,096 Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...

18 January 1975 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

Away 0–1 17,237
1 February 1975 Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

Away 1–1 17,270 Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

8 February 1975 Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

Home 1–0 18,019 R. Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

22 February 1975 Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

Home 0–0 19,894
25 February 1975 Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

Away 1–3 35,714 Aston
1 March 1975 Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

Away 1–2 19,583 Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

8 March 1975 Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

Home 1–3 14,423 Aston
15 March 1975 Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

Away 2–1 8,339 Aston, R. Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

22 March 1975 Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

Home 2–1 23,048 Aston, Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

25 March 1975 Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

Home 2–1 22,120 Jimmy Ryan (pen), R. Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

29 March 1975 Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

Away 0–5 24,619
31 March 1975 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

Away 2–5 22,689 Seasman, Jimmy Ryan
5 April 1975 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

Away 1–2 25,796 Alan West
Alan West (footballer)
Alan West is a retired English football central midfielder. He attended Greenfield Street boys secondary modern in Hyde, Cheshire.West began his career at Burnley, a product of the club's prolific youth system...

9 April 1975 Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

Home 2–1 13,437 Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

 (2)
12 April 1975 Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

Home 3–0 18,298 Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

, own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

, Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...

19 April 1975 Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

Away 4–1 28,755 Jimmy Ryan, Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

 (2), Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...

26 April 1975 Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

Home 1–1 20,768 Jimmy Ryan

FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersNotes
3rd Round 4 January 1975 Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

Home 0–1 17,543

Football League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersNotes
2nd Round 11 September 1974 Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....

Home 1–0 10,073 Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

3rd Round 8 October 1974 Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

Away 0–2 14,150

Texaco Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersNotes
Group stage 3 August 1974 Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

Home 1–1 unknown Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

Group stage 7 August 1974 West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

Away 2–1 unknown Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

, Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...

Group stage 10 August 1974 Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

Away 2–2 unknown Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

, Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...


League table

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GAvg
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 (C)
42 21 11 10 67 49 1.367 53 European Cup 1975–76
First round
2 Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

42 20 11 11 60 39 1.538 51 UEFA Cup 1975–76
First round
3 Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

42 23 5 14 66 44 1.500 51
4 Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

42 16 18 8 56 42 1.333 50
5 Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

42 17 15 10 64 48 1.333 49
6 Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

42 18 13 11 58 51 1.137 49
7 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

42 18 12 12 54 40 1.350 48
8 Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

42 18 10 14 54 54 1.000 46
9 Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

42 16 13 13 57 49 1.163 45
10 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

42 17 11 14 68 67 1.015 45
11 Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

42 16 10 16 54 54 1.000 42
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

42 14 11 17 57 54 1.056 39
13 West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

42 13 13 16 58 59 0.983 39 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76
First round
14 Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

42 12 15 15 51 62 0.823 39
15 Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

42 15 9 18 59 72 0.819 39
16 Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

42 13 11 18 47 49 0.959 37
17 Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

42 14 9 19 53 61 0.869 37
18 Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

42 12 12 18 46 60 0.767 36
19 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

42 13 8 21 52 63 0.825 34
20 Luton Town
Luton Town F.C.
Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

42 11 11 20 47 65 0.723 33 Relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 to
Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

21 Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

42 9 15 18 42 72 0.583 33
22 Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

42 12 5 25 43 59 0.729 29

Player details

Last match played on 26 April 1975.
Players arranged in order of starts (in all competitions), with the greater number of substitute appearances taking precedence in case of an equal number of started matches.

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Texaco Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF   Alan West
Alan West (footballer)
Alan West is a retired English football central midfielder. He attended Greenfield Street boys secondary modern in Hyde, Cheshire.West began his career at Burnley, a product of the club's prolific youth system...

42 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 48 1
MF   Peter Anderson
Peter Anderson (footballer born 1949)
Peter Thomas Anderson is a former English football midfielder and manager.Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on February 13, 1971 in a 1-0 victory over Watford F.C...

40 6 1 0 2 0 3 1 46 7
DF   John Ryan
John Ryan (English footballer)
John Ryan is a former professional footballer who predominantly played as a full-back.Ryan had a professional career that lasted more than 20 years. He first joined Arsenal from non-league side Maidstone United in 1964, though he never played a first team game for Arsenal, instead playing in the...

38 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 42 1
FW   Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband
Jimmy Husband is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.-Career:...

33 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 39 5
MF   Jimmy Ryan 30 (1) 7 1 0 1 0 3 0 35 (1) 7
FW   John Faulkner
John Faulkner (footballer)
John Faulkner is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender for Leeds United and Luton Town in the 1970s...

34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
MF   John Aston 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 33 (1) 5
GK   Keith Barber
Keith Barber (footballer)
Keith Barber is an English former professional footballer best known as a player for Luton Town.-Career:After a time with Dunstable Town, Barber was signed by his home-town club Luton Town in 1970. Playing in goal for seven years, he made 142 league appearances for Luton before moving to Swansea...

26 0 0 0 2 0 0 (1) 0 28 (1) 0
DF   Steve Buckley
Steve Buckley (footballer)
Steve Buckley is an English former footballer. His brother Alan Buckley and nephew Adam Buckley also played professionally....

24 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 0
MF   Gordon Hindson 17 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 23 0
DF   Bobby Thomson
Bobby Thomson (footballer born 1943)
Robert Anthony "Bobby" Thomson was an English professional footballer. He made 478 appearances in the Football League and won eight caps for England....

17 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21 0
FW   Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston is an English-born Australian former professional football player. His brother Alex was also a professional footballer.-Career:...

18 (3) 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 20 (3) 8
DF   Paul Futcher
Paul Futcher
Paul Futcher is a former professional footballer who had a distinguished career as defender in the English football league, for England under 21s and as manager of several non-league clubs. Futcher is also the father of fellow footballer Ben Futcher.-Playing career:Futcher was the defensive half...

19 0 1 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 20 (1) 0
GK   Brian Horn 16 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 20 0
DF   Don Shanks
Don Shanks
Donald L. "Don" Shanks is an American actor and stuntman, known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Nakoma, the Native American friend of the title character in the 1977 television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.-Biography:Shanks was born in...

15 (1) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 19 (1) 1
FW   Ron Futcher
Ron Futcher
Ronald Futcher is a former professional soccer centre-forward. He was the fourth highest career scorer of the North American Soccer League, and made over 400 appearances in total for nine different Football League clubs....

16 (1) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 (1) 7
DF   Steve Litt
Steve Litt
Steve Litt is a retired English football defender who played professionally in the Football League, North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League and coached in the Western Soccer Alliance.-Player:...

12 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16 0
DF   Alan Garner
Alan Garner (footballer)
Alan Henry Garner is an English former professional footballer best known as a player for Watford.-Career:Starting out with his local team Millwall, Garner only made two league appearances before moving on to Luton Town in 1971. His time at Luton proved to be more productive, as Garner played 88...

9 1 0 0 1 (1) 0 3 0 13 (1) 1
FW   Barry Butlin
Barry Butlin
Barry Desmond Butlin is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Luton Town and Nottingham Forest.-Playing career:...

9 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 13 5
MF   Brian Chambers
Brian Chambers (footballer)
Brian Mark Chambers , is an English footballer who played at midfield in the Football League.-External links:*...

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
FW   Peter Spiring
Peter Spiring
Peter Spiring is an English former footballer who played in the Football League playing as a Winger for Bristol City, Luton Town and Hereford United, and in the North American Soccer League for Washington Darts....

5 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 (2) 1
FW   Rodney Fern
Rodney Fern
Rodney Alan Fern is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Born in Burton upon Trent, Fern played as an amateur for Measham Imps before turning professional in 1967 with Leicester City. He also played for Luton Town, Chesterfield and Rotherham United before...

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF   John Seasman 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0
MF   Lil Fuccillo
Lil Fuccillo
Pasquale "Lil" Fuccillo is a former footballer and is currently chief scout for Swansea City .-Playing career:Fuccillo was born in Bedford to Italian parents and joined Luton Town from school. He established himself in the their starting line-up, and there was even talk of a call-up to the Italian...

0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
MF   Andy King 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
FW   Maitland Pollock
Maitland Pollock
Maitland Pollock is a Scottish former professional association footballer. He was born in Dumfries in 1952 and grew up in Lochmaben.Pollock was a winger who after serving as an apprentice started his senior career with Nottingham Forest in the era in the likes of Neil Martin...

0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

1 0 0 0 1
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