1974–75 York City F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was the fifty-third season of competitive association football and forty-sixth season in the Football League played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. They finished in fifteenth position in the twenty-two-team 1974–75 Football League Second Division. They entered the 1974–75 FA Cup in the third round and lost to Arsenal, and entered the 1974–75 League Cup in the first round and lost to Huddersfield Town.

Twenty-two players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Graeme Crawford, defender Chris Topping and midfielder Ian Holmes played in all forty-five first-team matches over the season. Jimmy Seal finished as leading goalscorer with eighteen goals, of which seventeen came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup.

Match details

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Second Division

Football League Second Division match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
000000001974-08-17-000017 August 1974	11th	Aston Villa	H	D	1–1	Lyons	9,396
000000001974-08-24-000024 August 1974	19th	Oxford United	A	L	1–3	Jones	6,249
000000001974-08-27-000027 August 1974	10th	Cardiff City	H	W	1–0	Jones	6,321
000000001974-08-31-000031 August 1974	12th	Notts County	H	D	2–2	Seal (2)	6,558
000000001974-09-07-00007 September 1974	9th	Fulham	A	W	2–0	Jones (2)	7,628
000000001974-09-14-000014 September 1974	10th	Sunderland	H	L	0–1		14,974
000000001974-09-17-000017 September 1974	7th	Oxford United	H	D	1–1	Holmes pen.	7,020
000000001974-09-21-000021 September 1974	8th	Blackpool	A	D	1–1	Seal	7,927
000000001974-09-24-000024 September 1974	9th	Bristol City	A	D	0–0		11,867
000000001974-09-28-000028 September 1974	6th	Portsmouth	H	W	3–0	Seal, Holmes, Wann	6,771
000000001974-10-05-00005 October 1974	9th	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	0–2		11,707
000000001974-10-12-000012 October 1974	7th	Bristol Rovers	H	W	3–0	Seal (2), Hinch	6,470
000000001974-10-16-000016 October 1974	7th	Cardiff City	A	L	2–3	Holmes (2, 2 pens.)	5,887
000000001974-10-19-000019 October 1974	5th	Oldham Athletic	A	W	3–2	Lyons, Holmes, Seal	12,141
000000001974-10-26-000026 October 1974	7th	Bolton Wanderers	H	L	1–3	Holmes pen.	9,581
000000001974-11-01-00001 November 1974	7th	Orient	H	L	0–1		8,538
000000001974-11-09-00009 November 1974	15th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	0–3		12,495
000000001974-11-16-000016 November 1974	13th	Millwall	H	W	2–1	Jones, Seal	6,391
000000001974-11-23-000023 November 1974	14th	Nottingham Forest	A	L	1–2	Jones	10,471
000000001974-11-30-000030 November 1974	14th	Norwich City	H	W	1–0	Seal	7,887
000000001974-12-07-00007 December 1974	14th	Southampton	A	L	1–2	Seal	13,500
000000001974-12-14-000014 December 1974	15th	Aston Villa	A	L	0–4		15,840
000000001974-12-21-000021 December 1974	17th	Manchester United	H	L	0–1		15,314
000000001974-12-26-000026 December 1974	17th	Sunderland	A	L	0–2		35,367
000000001974-12-28-000028 December 1974	17th	Hull City	H	W	3–0	Holmes (2, 2 pens.), Swallow	10,619
000000001975-01-10-000010 January 1975	15th	Southampton	H	D	1–1	Topping	9,562
000000001975-01-18-000018 January 1975	15th	Norwich City	A	W	3–2	Seal, Jones (2)	23,382
000000001975-01-31-000031 January 1975	13th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	3–0	Lyons (2), Butler	10,552
000000001975-02-08-00008 February 1975	16th	Orient	A	L	0–1		6,454
000000001975-02-14-000014 February 1975	14th	Nottingham Forest	H	D	1–1	Seal	7,666
000000001975-02-22-000022 February 1975	14th	Millwall	A	W	3–1	Jones (2), Cave	9,018
000000001975-03-01-00001 March 1975	16th	Notts County	A	L	1–2	Seal	8,835
000000001975-03-08-00008 March 1975	13th	Bristol City	H	W	1–0	Pollard	7,251
000000001975-03-15-000015 March 1975	14th	Portsmouth	A	L	0–1		9,906
000000001975-03-22-000022 March 1975	15th	Fulham	H	W	3–2	Jones (2), Holmes pen.	7,495
000000001975-03-29-000029 March 1975	15th	Manchester United	A	L	1–2	Seal	46,802
000000001975-03-31-000031 March 1975	16th	Hull City	A	L	0–2		10,095
000000001975-04-01-00001 April 1975	16th	Blackpool	H	D	0–0		8,744
000000001975-04-05-00005 April 1975	15th	Bolton Wanderers	A	D	1–1	Seal	7,876
000000001975-04-12-000012 April 1975	17th	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	1–3	Seal	8,181
000000001975-04-19-000019 April 1975	15th	Bristol Rovers	A	W	3–1	Topping, Swallow, Seal	11,841
000000001975-04-26-000026 April 1975	15th	Oldham Athletic	H	D	0–0		10,101

League table (part)

Final Football League Second Division (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
13th	Southampton	42	15	11	16	53	54	0.98	41
14th	Notts County	42	12	16	14	49	59	0.83	40
15th	York City	42	14	10	18	51	55	0.93	38
16th	Nottingham Forest	42	12	14	16	43	55	0.78	38
17th	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	44	54	0.81	37
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Source	^[1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1974–75 FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	000000001975-01-04-00004 January 1975	Arsenal	A	D	1–1	Seal	27,029
Third round replay	000000001975-01-07-00007 January 1975	Arsenal	H	L	1–3 a.e.t.	Lyons	15,362

League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup

League Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	000000001974-08-21-000021 August 1974	Huddersfield Town	H	L	0–2		5,570

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with York.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players having played at least one first-team match
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	SCO	Graeme Crawford	42	0	2	0	1	0	45	0
DF	ENG	Cliff Calvert	21 (2)	0	2	0	0	0	23 (2)	0
DF	ENG	~~Mick Coop~~ *	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	ENG	Gordon Hunter	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
DF	ENG	Alan Ogden	7	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
DF	SCO	Peter Oliver	34	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	35 (1)	0
DF	ENG	Ian Robb	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	ENG	John Stone	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
DF	ENG	Barry Swallow	37	2	2	0	1	0	40	2
DF	ENG	Chris Topping	42	2	2	0	1	0	45	2
MF	ENG	Ian Butler	24	1	2	0	1	0	27	1
MF	ENG	Micky Cave	39	1	0	0	1	0	40	1
MF	ENG	Ian Holmes	42	9	2	0	1	0	45	9
MF	ENG	Barry Lyons	30 (5)	4	2	1	1	0	33 (5)	5
MF	ENG	Brian Pollard	11 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	11 (1)	1
MF	ENG	Phil Taylor	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	ENG	Dennis Wann	10 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	1
MF	SCO	John Woodward	12 (5)	0	2	0	0	0	14 (5)	0
FW	ENG	Jimmy Hinch	9 (7)	1	0	0	1	0	10 (7)	1
FW	ENG	Chris Jones	36 (1)	12	2	0	0	0	38 (1)	12
FW	ENG	~~John Peachey~~	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Jimmy Seal	41	17	2	1	1	0	44	18

References

General

Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
Source for match dates, league positions and results: "York City 1974–1975: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 342–433.
Source for player details: Jarred; Windross. Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. pp. 19–115.

Specific

↑ "York City 1974–1975: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.

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FA competitions

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Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Burnley Carlisle United Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City

Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Southend United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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