1974–75 Cambridge United F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was Cambridge United's fifth season in the Football League.

Cambridge United

1974–75 season
Manager	Bill Leivers Ron Atkinson
Football League Fourth Division	6th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Bobby Shinton (15)
Home colours

Final league table

Main article: 1974–75 Football League § Fourth Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Chester (P)	46	23	11	12	64	38	1.684	57	Promotion to the Third Division
5	Lincoln City	46	21	15	10	79	48	1.646	57
6	Cambridge United	46	20	14	12	62	44	1.409	54
7	Reading	46	21	10	15	63	47	1.340	52
8	Brentford	46	18	13	15	53	45	1.178	49

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted

Results

Football League Fourth Division

Main article: 1974–75 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	17 August 1974	Reading	A	0–2	5,117
2	23 August 1974	Workington	H	3–0	2,816	Lill (2), Shinton
3	31 August 1974	Torquay United	A	0–1	2,832
4	3 September 1974	Chester	H	3–0	2,736	Shinton (2), Howell
5	6 September 1974	Bradford City	H	0–1	3,586
6	14 September 1974	Brentford	A	0–1	5,313
7	17 September 1974	Barnsley	A	1–1	6,002	Shinton
8	21 September 1974	Lincoln City	H	5–0	2,825	Shinton, Tully, Cassidy (2), Ellis (o.g.)
9	24 September 1974	Mansfield Town	H	2–2	3,627	Tully, Lyon
10	28 September 1974	Darlington	A	0–6	2,304
11	1 October 1974	Hartlepool United	H	3–2	2,774	Howell, D Smith
12	4 October 1974	Southport	H	1–0	2,518	Cassidy
13	12 October 1974	Scunthorpe United	A	0–2	2,167
14	15 October 1974	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–2	2,661
15	18 October 1974	Exeter City	H	1–1	1,858	D Smith
16	23 October 1974	Chester	A	1–1	3,790	Cassidy
17	26 October 1974	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	2,436
18	1 November 1974	Northampton Town	H	3–4	3,589	Baston, Shinton (2)
19	9 November 1974	Rochdale	A	0–0	1,116
20	16 November 1974	Newport County	H	1–1	2,827	Cassidy
21	30 November 1974	Rotherham United	H	0–0	2,881
22	6 December 1974	Stockport County	A	0–1	1,843
23	21 December 1974	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–0	1,677	Tully
24	26 December 1974	Brentford	H	2–0	3,959	Lyon, Watson
25	28 December 1974	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–1	4,570
26	11 January 1975	Stockport County	H	1–0	3,001	Tully
27	14 January 1975	Barnsley	H	2–0	2,906	Baston, Cassidy
28	18 January 1975	Rotherham United	A	0–0	4,131
29	1 February 1975	Rochdale	H	1–1	3,118	Tully
30	8 February 1975	Northampton Town	A	2–1	4,126	Horsfall (2)
31	15 February 1975	Swansea City	H	2–0	3,004	Tully, Watson
32	22 February 1975	Newport County	A	2–1	3,219	Horsfall, O'Donnell
33	28 February 1975	Torquay United	H	3–1	3,181	Horsfall (2), Baston
34	4 March 1975	Swansea City	A	1–2	1,520	O'Donnell
35	7 March 1975	Mansfield Town	A	1–2	9,174	O'Donnell
36	14 March 1975	Darlington	H	1–0	2,173	Shinton
37	18 March 1975	Reading	H	1–0	2,871	O'Donnell
38	22 March 1975	Bradford City	A	1–1	2,837	Baston
39	28 March 1975	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–1	4,159	Shinton (2), Eades, P Smith
40	31 March 1975	Lincoln City	A	0–0	8,292
41	4 April 1975	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	3,054	Horsfall, Watson
42	7 April 1975	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	1,627	Shinton
43	11 April 1975	Southport	H	2–2	1,025	Shinton, Tully
44	19 April 1975	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	3,728	O'Donnell, Cassidy
45	23 April 1975	Workington	A	2–1	1,208	Shinton (2)
46	26 April 1975	Exeter City	A	4–1	2,924	Shinton, Horsfall, Bond (o.g.), Munks (o.g.)

FA Cup

Main article: 1974–75 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	23 November 1974	Hitchin Town	A	0–0	4,222
R1 Replay	26 November 1974	Hitchin Town	H	3–0	2,827	Cassidy (2), Shinton
R2	14 December 1974	Hereford United	H	2–0	3,850	Watson (2)
R3	4 January 1975	Mansfield Town	A	0–1	10,486

League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	21 August 1974	Southend United	A	0–2	5,868

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Vic Akers	4(5)	0	0	0	0	0	4(5)	0
DF	Brendon Batson	34(1)	4	4	0	1	0	39(1)	4
FW	Nigel Cassidy	34	7	4	2	1	0	40	9
DF	Terry Eades	39	1	4	0	1	0	44	1
DF	Steve Fallon	6(2)	0	0	0	0	0	6(2)	0
FW	Carl Gilder	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	Mel Green	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Tommy Horsfall	18(2)	7	0	0	0	0	18(2)	7
DF	Graham Howell	39	2	3	0	1	0	43	2
MF	Dave Lennard	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0
MF	David Lill	32(1)	2	4	0	1	0	37(1)	2
DF	Dave Lyon	42	2	4	0	1	0	47	2
DF	Jon O'Donnell	31	5	3	0	1	0	35	5
DF	Ray Seary	33	0	4	0	1	0	38	0
FW	Bobby Shinton	41	15	4	1	1	0	46	16
FW	Dave Smith	15(2)	3	1(1)	0	0	0	16(3)	3
GK	Graham Smith	45	0	4	0	1	0	50	0
MF	Paul Smith	15(2)	1	0	0	0	0	15(2)	1
MF	Kevin Tully	35(3)	7	1(1)	0	0	0	36(4)	7
GK	Phil Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Graham Watson	36(2)	3	4	2	1	0	41(2)	5

References

• Cambridge 1974–75 at statto.com
• Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive