1973–74 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
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| 1973–74 season | |||
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| Chairman | Sidney A. Wale | ||
| Manager |  Bill Nicholson | ||
| Stadium | White Hart Lane | ||
| First Division | 11th | ||
| FA Cup | Third round | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| UEFA Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Martin Chivers (17) All: Martin Chivers (23) | ||
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In the 1973–74 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Football League First Division finishing in 11 place. Tottenham were eliminated in the early rounds of the League and FA Cups but reached the final of the UEFA Cup, to which they lost to Feyenoord.
Season summary
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Squad
[edit]- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competition
[edit]League
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 40 |
- ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1973-74 Football League Cup winners.
League Cup
[edit]| 8 October 1973 Second round | Queens Park Rangers | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | London |
Givens  |
Report | Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 23,353 |
FA Cup
[edit]| 5 January 1974 Third round | Leicester City | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester |
| Earle |
Report | Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 28,280 |
UEFA Cup
[edit]First round
[edit]| 19 September 1973 First leg | Grasshoppers  | 1–5 | Tottenham Hotspur | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Noventa 44' |
Report | Chivers 5' (72) Evans 31' Gilzean 80' (85) |
Stadium: Hardturm Attendance: 11200 |
| 3 October 1973 Second leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 (9–2 agg.) | Grasshoppers | Tottenham, London |
| Lador og' (73) Peters 79' (88) England 84' |
Report | Elsener 24' |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 18105 |
Second round
[edit]| 24 October 1973 First leg | Aberdeen  | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Hermiston 87' |
Report | Coates 15' |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 30000 |
| 7 November 1973 Second leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 (5–2 agg.) | Aberdeen | Tottenham, London |
| Peters 13' Neighbour 37' McGrath 80' (89) |
Report | Jarvie 54' |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 21785 |
Third round
[edit]| 28 November 1973 First leg | Dinamo Tbilisi  | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | Tbilisi, Soviet Union |
| Asatiani 71' |
Report | Coates 25' |
Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 45000 |
| 12 December 1973 First leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 5–1 (6–2 agg.) | Dinamo Tbilisi | Tottenham, London |
| McGrath 29' Chivers 52' (77) Peters 61' (80) |
Report | Ebralidze 55' |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 18602 |
Quarter-final
[edit]| 6 March 1974 First leg | 1. FC Köln  | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | Cologne, Germany |
| Müller 54' |
Report | McGrath 18' Peters 75' |
Stadium: Stadion Köln Attendance: 28000 |
| 20 March 1974 Second leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 (5–1 agg.) | 1. FC Köln | Tottenham, London |
| Chivers 11' Coates 15' Peters 49' |
Report | Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 40968 |
Semi-final
[edit]| 10 April 1974 First leg | Lokomotive Leipzig | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leipzig, Germany |
| Löwe 55' |
Report | Peters 15' Coates 27' |
Stadium: RB Arena Attendance: 74000 |
| 24 April 1974 Second leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 (4–1 agg.) | Lokomotive Leipzig | Tottenham, London |
| McGrath 57' Chivers 87' |
Report | Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 41280 |
Final
[edit]| 21 May 1974 First leg | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 |  Feyenoord | Tottenham, London |
| England 39' van Daele 64' (o.g.) |
Report | van Hanegem 43' de Jong 85' |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 46,281 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) |
| 29 May 1974 Second leg | Feyenoord | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Rijsbergen 43' Ressel 84' |
Report | Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion, Attendance: 59,317 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) |
Appearances
[edit]League Statistics source:[2][1]
| Pos. | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| GK | Barry Daines
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| GK | Terry Lee
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GK |  Pat Jennings
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36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| DF | Phil Beal
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41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| DF | Mike Dillon
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13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 15+4 | 1 | ||
| DF | Ray Evans
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40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 3 | ||
| DF | Cyril Knowles
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20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| DF | Terry Naylor
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27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 36+2 | 0 | ||
| DF | Keith Osgood
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0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF |  Mike England
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33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 47 | 2 | ||
| DF |  Joe Kinnear
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3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| MF | Ralph Coates
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36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 7 | ||
| MF | Phil Holder
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5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 | ||
| MF | Steve Perryman
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39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| MF | Martin Peters
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35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 14 | ||
| MF | John Pratt
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35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 4 | ||
| MF | Jimmy Neighbour
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11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | ||
| MF | Neil McNab
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0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MF | Chris McGrath
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22+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 5 | 29+4 | 10 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| FW | Martin Chivers
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39+1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 23 | ||
| FW | Alan Gilzean
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21+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 26+5 | 5 | ||
Notes
[edit]- Additional information added from the Official Tottenham Hotspur Handbook 2018–19.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "All Tottenham Hotspur football club players: 1974". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. p. 272. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.