1973–74_West_Ham_United_F.C._season

1973–74 West Ham United F.C. season

1973–74 West Ham United F.C. season

1973–74 season of West Ham United


In the 1973–74 season West Ham United played in the First Division for the sixteenth consecutive season.

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Season summary

They made a poor start to the season, failing to win any of their first eleven League matches, and were bottom of the table at Christmas after losing at home to Stoke City. However, they rallied in the second half of the season and a draw with Liverpool in their last fixture left them in 18th place, just one point ahead of relegated Southampton.[1]

West Ham were knocked out of the FA Cup in a third round replay by Third Division Hereford United. Hereford's team included Dudley Tyler, who had re-signed for them after leaving West Ham earlier in the season. West Ham had been within two minutes of defeat at home, before a solo goal by Pat Holland took the tie to a replay at Edgar Street, where Hereford came from behind to win 2–1.[1]

West Ham's captain Bobby Moore, who had been dropped the previous autumn, played his last match for the first team in the first FA Cup match against Hereford before moving to Fulham.[2] The 1973–74 season was also Ron Greenwood's last full season as West Ham's manager.[1]

League table

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Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Football League First Division

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FA Cup

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League Cup

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References

  1. Helliar, John (2009). West Ham United: The Elite Era (4th ed.). Bodmin & King's Lynn: MPG Books Group. ISBN 978-1-905328-68-0.
  2. "Year By Year: West Ham United". whufc.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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