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For the actual article, see 1973–74 Manchester City F.C. season.

Manchester City F.C.

1973–74 season
Manager	Johnny Hart (until 22 October 1973) Tony Book (Caretaker 'til 22 November 1973) Ron Saunders (until 12 April 1974) Tony Book
Football League First Division	14th0000000000000000000
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Runners-up
Charity Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: [[]] ( goals) All: [[]] ( goals)
Highest home attendance	0,000 vs [[]] (26 March 1966)
Lowest home attendance	0,000 vs [[]] (8 September 1965)

The 1973–74 season was Manchester City F.C.'s eighty-second season of league football, and eighth consecutive season in the Football League First Division. This season is also considered to be the ninth season of the glory era of Manchester City, which started at the appointment of the managerial partnership of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison in 1965.

This season is also well-known for the final game of the season, played against rivals Manchester United. With United struggling, a loss at Old Trafford looked set to relegate them, and indeed this proved so when former United legend Denis Law scored with a back-heel for the only goal of the game. Results elsewhere eventually would show that United would have been relegated with a draw also, but for the irony of their legendary player defeating them, the goal is reknowned by City fans as the back-heel which relegated United.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Pos	Team	0P0	0W0	0D0	0L0	0F0	0A0	GA	Pts	Notes
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	15	14	49	49	1.000	41	UEFA Cup 1974–75 First round
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

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	22	15	5	76	44	+32	59	14	7	0	40	14	+26	8	8	5	36	30	+6

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1965	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1 – 1	Murray	17,982
25 August 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	? (o.g.) (2)	25,572
28 August 1965	Bristol City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Brand, ? (o.g.)	19,349
30 August 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	4 – 2	Doyle, Crossan, Murray, ? (o.g.)	22,799
4 September 1965	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	3 – 3	Young (2), Murray	29,403
8 September 1965	Norwich City	H	Maine Road	Abandoned at half-time due to flooding 1 – 1	Young	13,235
11 September 1965	Carlisle United	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Pardoe (2)	22,891
15 September 1965	Norwich City	A	Carrow Road	3 – 3	Pardoe (2), Crossan	16,381
18 September 1965	Cardiff City	A	Ninian Park	3 – 4	Murray, Pardoe, Gray	11,520
25 September 1965	Derby County	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Murray	20,834
2 October 1965	Southampton	A	The Dell	1 – 0	Young	21,504
9 October 1965	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	0 – 0		31,876
16 October 1965	Crystal Palace	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Pardoe (2), Young	24,765
23 October 1965	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	3 – 0	Young (2), Brand	25,117
27 October 1965	Norwich City	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		34,091
30 October 1965	Charlton Athletic	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		23,102
6 November 1965	Plymouth Argyle	A	Home Park	0 – 1		15,954
13 November 1965	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Murray (2), Pardoe	22,106
20 November 1965	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	0 – 1		22,968
27 November 1965	Ipswich Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Crossan (2)	19,416
4 December 1965	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 – 3	Summerbee	10,442
11 December 1965	Leyton Orient	H	Maine Road	5 – 0	Young (3), Summerbee, Crossan	16,202
18 December 1965	Crystal Palace	A	Selhurst Park	2 – 0	Doyle (2)	12,847
1 January 1966	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Doyle, Crossan	47,171
8 January 1966	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	2 – 2	Doyle, Summerbee	17,352
12 January 1966	Rotherham United	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Doyle (2), Crossan	25,526
15 January 1966	Preston North End	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		26,668
29 January 1966	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Summerbee (2), Young	25,278
5 February 1966	Bristol City	A	Ashton Gate	1 – 1	Young	25,273
19 February 1966	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Crossan	40,190
26 February 1966	Carlisle United	A	Brunton Park	2 – 1	Summerbee, Pardoe	9,000
12 March 1966	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Connor, Young	29,642
19 March 1966	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	2 – 1	Bell, Young	22,533
2 April 1966	Plymouth Argyle	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Crossan	24,087
8 April 1966	Bury	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Summerbee	43,104
12 April 1966	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	1 – 2	Summerbee	21,437
16 April 1966	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Kennedy, Sear, Crossan, Connor	29,459
23 April 1966	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	1 – 1	Crossan	15,995
30 April 1966	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Bell, Young, Crossan	28,409
4 May 1966	Rotherham United	A	Millmoor	1 – 0	Bell	11,376
7 May 1966	Leyton Orient	A	Brisbane Road	2 – 2	Bell, ? (o.g.)	6,109
13 May 1966	Charlton Athletic	A	The Valley	3 – 2	Oakes, Crossan, Connor	13,687
18 May 1966	Southampton	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		34,653

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
22 January 1966	Third round	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	1 – 1	Crossan	23,937
24 January 1966	Third round replay	Blackpool	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Summerbee, Doyle, Crossan	52,661
12 February 1966	Fourth round	Grimsby Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Summerbee, ? (o.g.)	37,918
5 March 1966	Fifth round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Young (2)	56,787
9 March 1966	Fifth round replay	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	1 – 0	Young	41,872
26 March 1966	Sixth round	Everton	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		63,034
29 March 1966	Sixth round replay	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 0		60,349
4 April 1966	Sixth round second replay	Everton	N	Molineux	0 – 2		27,948

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
22 September 1965	Second round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Murray, Pardoe, ? (o.g.)	13,246
13 October 1965	Third round	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Crossan, Pardoe	18,213

Charity Shield

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
22 September 1965	Second round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Murray, Pardoe, ? (o.g.)	13,246

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Harry Dowd	38 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	47 (0)	0
GK	Alan Ogley	04 (0)	0	0	0	1	0	05 (0)	0
DF	Dave Bacuzzi	15 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	15 (1)	0
DF	David Connor	29 (1)	4	8	0	0	0	37 (1)	4
DF	Mike Doyle	19 (1)	7	7	1	0	0	26 (1)	8
DF	George Heslop	34 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	43 (0)	0
DF	Glyn Pardoe	41 (1)	9	8	0	2	2	51 (1)	11
DF	Cliff Sear	19 (0)	1	3	0	2	0	24 (0)	1
MF	Colin Bell	11 (0)	4	0	0	0	0	11 (0)	4
MF	Roy Cheetham	12 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	15 (3)	0
MF	Stan Horne	15 (0)	0	5	0	1	0	21 (0)	0
MF	Bobby Kennedy	35 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	45 (0)	1
MF	Alan Oakes	41 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	51 (0)	1
FW	Ralph Brand	17 (0)	2	0	0	1	0	18 (0)	2
FW	Johnny Crossan	40 (0)	12	8	2	1	1	49 (0)	15
FW	Matt Gray	03 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	04 (3)	1
FW	Jimmy Murray	11 (0)	7	0	0	1	1	12 (0)	8
FW	Mike Summerbee	42 (0)	8	8	2	2	0	52 (0)	10
FW	Alf Wood	01 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	02 (1)	0
FW	Neil Young	35 (0)	14	7	3	2	0	44 (0)	17
--	Vic Gomersall	01 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	01 (0)	0

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
Neil Young	17
Johnny Crossan	15
Glyn Pardoe	11
Mike Summerbee	10
Mike Doyle	8
Jimmy Murray
Colin Bell	4
David Connor
Ralph Brand	2
Matt Gray	1
Bobby Kennedy
Alan Oakes
Cliff Sear

League

Scorer	Goals
Neil Young	14
Johnny Crossan	12
Glyn Pardoe	9
Mike Summerbee	8
Mike Doyle	7
Jimmy Murray
Colin Bell	4
David Connor
Ralph Brand	2
Matt Gray	1
Bobby Kennedy
Alan Oakes
Cliff Sear

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Neil Young	3
Johnny Crossan	2
Mike Summerbee
Mike Doyle	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Glyn Pardoe	2
Johnny Crossan	1
Jimmy Murray

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site