1973–74 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1973–74 season
Chairman	John W Smith
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	2nd
European Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	Champions
League Cup	5th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Keegan (12) All: Kevin Keegan (19)
Average home league attendance	42,427
Home colours Away colours
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Liverpool F.C. won the FA Cup in Bill Shankly's 14th and final season in charge. Announcing his retirement two months after winning 3-0 against Newcastle in the Final, Shankly was hailed by the fans as a hero, when heading into retirement. Kevin Keegan scored twice in the final, further confirming his status among the Liverpool faithful. However, the club's second place finished in the league saw them lose their defence of the league title to Leeds United.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Ray Clemence
• Frankie Lane

Defenders

• Roy Evans
• Emlyn Hughes
• Chris Lawler
• Alec Lindsay
• Larry Lloyd
• John McLaughlin
• Dave Rylands
• Tommy Smith
• Phil Thompson

Midfielders

• Ian Callaghan
• Peter Cormack
• Brian Hall
• Steve Heighway
• Hughie McAuley
• Peter Spiring
• Max Thompson
• Peter Thompson

Attackers

• Phil Boersma
• Derek Brownbill
• David Fairclough
• Kevin Keegan
• Kevin Kewley
• John Toshack
• Alan Waddle
• Jack Whitham

First Division

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	24	14	4	66	31	2.129	62
2	Liverpool	42	22	13	7	52	31	1.677	57
3	Derby County	42	17	14	11	52	42	1.238	48
4	Ipswich Town	42	18	11	13	67	58	1.155	47
5	Stoke City	42	15	16	11	54	42	1.286	46
6	Burnley	42	16	14	12	56	53	1.057	46
7	Everton	42	16	12	14	50	48	1.042	44
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	17	12	56	52	1.077	43
9	Leicester City	42	13	16	13	51	41	1.244	42
10	Arsenal	42	14	14	14	49	51	0.961	42
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	14	14	45	50	0.900	42
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	15	14	49	49	1.000	41
13	Sheffield United	42	14	12	16	44	49	0.898	40
14	Manchester City	42	14	12	16	39	46	0.848	40
15	Newcastle United	42	13	12	17	49	48	1.021	38
16	Coventry City	42	14	10	18	43	54	0.796	38
17	Chelsea	42	12	13	17	56	60	0.933	37
18	West Ham United	42	11	15	16	55	60	0.917	37
19	Birmingham City	42	12	13	17	52	64	0.813	37
20	Southampton	42	11	14	17	47	68	0.691	36
21	Manchester United	42	10	12	20	38	48	0.792	32
22	Norwich City	42	7	15	20	37	62	0.597	29

Results

First Division

Main article: 1973–74 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
25-Aug-73	Stoke City	H	1–0	Heighway  6'	52,935	Report	Report
28-Aug-73	Coventry City	A	0–1		29,305	Report	Report
01-Sep-73	Leicester City	A	1–1	Toshack  50'	29,347	Report	Report
04-Sep-73	Derby County	H	2–0	Thompson  35' Keegan  85 Pen'	45,237	Report	Report
08-Sep-73	Chelsea	H	1–0	Keegan  35'	47,016	Report	Report
12-Sep-73	Derby County	A	1–3	Boersma  26'	32,867	Report	Report
15-Sep-73	Birmingham City	A	1–1	Hall  85'	35,719	Report	Report
22-Sep-73	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2	Lawler  28', 90' Lindsay  76 Pen'	42,901	Report	Report
29-Sep-73	Manchester United	A	0–0		53,882	Report	Report
06-Oct-73	Newcastle United	H	2–1	Cormack  20' Lindsay  86 Pen'	45,612	Report	Report
13-Oct-73	Southampton	A	0–1		22,018	Report	Report
20-Oct-73	Leeds United	A	0–1		44,911	Report	Report
27-Oct-73	Sheffield United	H	1–0	Keegan  26'	40,641	Report	Report
03-Nov-73	Arsenal	A	2–0	Hughes  77' Toshack  85'	39,837	Report	Report
10-Nov-73	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	Heighway  22'	38,088	Report	Report
17-Nov-73	Ipswich Town	H	4–2	Keegan  27', 22 Pen', 90' Cormack  44'	37,420	Report	Report
24-Nov-73	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	Lloyd  26' Toshack  75'	26,254	Report	Report
01-Dec-73	West Ham United	H	1–0	Cormack  14'	34,857	Report	Report
08-Dec-73	Everton	A	1–0	Waddle  67'	56,098	Report	Report
15-Dec-73	Norwich City	A	1–1	Cormack  17'	20,628	Report	Report
22-Dec-73	Manchester United	H	2–0	Keegan  30 Pen' Heighway  65'	40,420	Report	Report
26-Dec-73	Burnley	A	1–2	Cormack  84'	24,404	Report	Report
29-Dec-73	Chelsea	A	1–0	Cormack  21'	32,901	Report	Report
01-Jan-74	Leicester City	H	1–1	Cormack  67'	39,110	Report	Report
12-Jan-74	Birmingham City	H	3–2	Keegan  15', 31' Thompson  69'	39,094	Report	Report
19-Jan-74	Stoke City	A	1–1	Smith  90'	32,789	Report	Report
02-Feb-74	Norwich City	H	1–0	Cormack  90'	31,742	Report	Report
05-Feb-74	Coventry City	H	2–1	Lindsay  28 Pen' Keegan  57'	21,656	Report	Report
23-Feb-74	Newcastle United	A	0–0		41,727	Report	Report
26-Feb-74	Southampton	H	1–0	Boersma  87'	27,015	Report	Report
02-Mar-74	Burnley	H	1–0	Toshack  89'	42,562	Report	Report
16-Mar-74	Leeds United	H	1–0	Heighway  82'	56,003	Report	Report
23-Mar-74	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	Hall  27'	35,867	Report	Report
06-Apr-74	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	Lindsay  7 Pen' Own Goal  29'	54,027	Report	Report
08-Apr-74	Sheffield United	A	0–1		31,089	Report	Report
12-Apr-74	Manchester City	A	1–1	Cormack  18'	43,284	Report	Report
13-Apr-74	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Hughes  62'	33,285	Report	Report
16-Apr-74	Manchester City	H	4–0	Hall  3', 12' Boersma  16' Keegan  35'	50,781	Report	Report
20-Apr-74	Everton	H	0–0		55,858	Report	Report
24-Apr-74	Arsenal	H	0–1		47,997	Report	Report
27-Apr-74	West Ham United	A	2–2	Toshack  58' Keegan  90'	36,160	Report	Report
08-May-74	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Heighway  67'	24,178	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
08-Oct-73	West Ham United	A	2–2	Cormack  34' Heighway  55'	25,823	Report	Report
29-Oct-73	West Ham United	H	1–0	Toshack  22'	26,002	Report	Report
21-Nov-73	Sunderland	H	2–0	Keegan  12' Toshack  47'	36,208	Report	Report
27-Nov-73	Hull City	A	0–0		19,748	Report	Report
04-Dec-73	Hull City	H	3–1	Callaghan  12', 19', 73'	17,120	Report	Report
19-Dec-73	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1		15,242	Report	Report

European Cup

Main article: 1973–74 European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
19-Sep-73	Jeunesse Esch	A	1–1	Hall  43'	7,000	Report	Report
03-Oct-73	Jeunesse Esch	H	2–0	Own Goal  47' Toshack  56'	28,714	Report	Report
24-Oct-73	FK Crvena Zvezda	A	1–2	Lawler  72'	30,000	Report	Report
06-Nov-73	FK Crvena Zvezda	H	1–2	Lawler  84'	41,774	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
05-Jan-74	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–2	Keegan  3', 57'	31,483	Report	Report
08-Jan-74	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–0	Heighway  15' Cormack  60'	22,499	Report	Report
26-Jan-74	Carlisle United	H	0–0		47,211	Report	Report
29-Jan-74	Carlisle United	A	2–0	Boersma  50' Toshack  81'	21,262	Report	Report
16-Feb-74	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	Hall  33' Keegan  55'	45,340	Report	Report
09-Mar-74	Bristol City	A	1–0	Toshack  48'	37,671	Report	Report
30-Mar-74	Leicester City	N	0–0		60,000	Report	Report
03-Apr-74	Leicester City	N	3–1	Hall  46' Keegan  62' Toshack  86'	55,619	Report	Report

Final

Main article: 1974 FA Cup Final

Liverpool v Newcastle United

4 May 1974 15:00 BST

Liverpool	3–0	Newcastle United
Keegan  57, 88' Heighway  74'	(Report) (Report)

Wembley, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Gordon Kew

Liverpool

Newcastle

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Tommy Smith LB 3 Alec Lindsay CB 4 Phil Thompson CM 5 Peter Cormack CB 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) CF 7 Kevin Keegan CM 8 Brian Hall LM 9 Steve Heighway CF 10 John Toshack RM 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute: DF 12 Chris Lawler Manager: Bill Shankly

GK 1 Iam McFaul RB 2 Frank Clark LB 3 Alan Kennedy CM 4 Terry McDermott CB 5 Pat Howard CB 6 Bobby Moncur (c) RW 7 Jimmy Smith  70' CM 8 Tommy Cassidy ST 9 Malcolm Macdonald ST 10 John Tudor LW 11 Terry Hibbitt Substitute: MF 12 Tommy Gibb  70' Manager: Joe Harvey

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One named substitute.

References

• LFC History.net – 1973–74 season
• Liverweb - 1973-74 Season