1974–75 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1974–75 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Dave Sexton (until October); Ron Suart (until April 1975); Eddie McCreadie
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	21st
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Hutchinson (7); All: Ian Hutchinson (9)
Highest home attendance	39,461 vs Liverpool; (31 August 1974)
Lowest home attendance	13,322 vs Newport County; (11 September 1974)
Average home league attendance	27,380
Biggest win	4–2 v Newport County; (11 September 1974)
Biggest defeat	1–7 v Wolverhampton Wanderers; (15 March 1975)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-first competitive season. Following a poor start to the season, manager Dave Sexton was sacked in October 1974 and replaced by his assistant Ron Suart. Suart in turn was succeeded by former Chelsea left-back Eddie McCreadie in April 1975. The club were relegated at the end of the season, bringing to an end a 12-year spell in the top-flight.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Leicester City	42	12	12	18	46	60	0.767	36
19	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	8	21	52	63	0.825	34
20	Luton Town (R)	42	11	11	20	47	65	0.723	33	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Chelsea (R)	42	9	15	18	42	72	0.583	33
22	Carlisle United (R)	42	12	5	25	43	59	0.729	29

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

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1974–75 season at stamford-bridge.com

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