1973–74 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1973–74 season
ChairmanReg Pratt
ManagerRon Greenwood
StadiumBoleyn Ground
First Division18th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Billy Bonds (13)
All: Clyde Best, Bonds (13)
Highest home attendance38,416 (vs Leeds United, 30 March 1974)
Lowest home attendance16,513 (vs Stoke City, 22 December 1973)
Average home league attendance28,388

Season summary

In the 1973–74 season West Ham United played in the First Division for the sixteenth consecutive season. 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
Main article: 1973–74 Football League § First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Coventry City 42 14 10 18 43 54 0.796 38
17 Chelsea 42 12 13 17 56 60 0.933 37
18 West Ham United 42 11 15 16 55 60 0.917 37
19 Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 64 0.813 37
20 Southampton 42 11 14 17 47 68 0.691 36 Relegated
Source:

Results

Football League First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
25 August 1973Newcastle UnitedH1–228,169Robson
27 August 1973Ipswich TownH3–323,335Bonds, Brooking, Best
1 September 1973Norwich CityA2–225,706Best, Robson
4 September 1973Queens Park RangersA0–028,360
8 September 1973Tottenham HotspurH0–130,888
10 September 1973Queens Park RangersH2–326,042Robson, Bonds (pen)
15 September 1973Manchester UnitedA1–344,757Bonds (pen)
22 September 1973Leicester CityH1–123,567Robson
29 September 1973Stoke CityA0–216,395
6 October 1973BurnleyH0–123,604
13 October 1973EvertonA0–134,708
20 October 1973Coventry CityA1–021,097McDowell
27 October 1973Derby CountyH0–031,237
3 November 1973Leeds UnitedA1–436,869MacDougall
10 November 1973Sheffield UnitedH2–221,243Bonds, Brooking
17 November 1973Wolverhampton WanderersA0–019,587
24 November 1973ArsenalH1–328,287Bonds
1 December 1973LiverpoolA0–134,857
8 December 1973Manchester CityH2–120,790Brooking, Doyle (o.g.)
15 December 1973Birmingham CityA1–323,787Gould
22 December 1973Stoke CityH0–216,513
26 December 1973ChelseaA4–226,982Lampard, Gould, Best (2)
29 December 1973Tottenham HotspurA0–233,172
1 January 1974Norwich CityH4–232,259Gould, Paddon (2), Brooking
12 January 1974Manchester UnitedH2–134,147Bonds, Holland
19 January 1974Newcastle UnitedA1–127,216Holland
2 February 1974Birmingham CityH0–027,948
5 February 1974Ipswich TownA3–125,747Mills (o.g.), McDowell, Best
9 February 1974Leicester CityA1–027,032Best
16 February 1974EvertonH4–329,347Paddon, Best (2), Bonds
23 February 1974BurnleyA1–118,216Paddon
2 March 1974ChelseaH3–034,043Bonds (3)
9 March 1974Derby CountyA1–124,684Bonds
16 March 1974Coventry CityH2–326,502Bonds (2; 1 pen)
23 March 1974Sheffield UnitedA0–119,467
30 March 1974Leeds UnitedH3–138,416Best, Robson, Brooking
6 April 1974ArsenalA0–037,868
12 April 1974SouthamptonH4–124,163Robson (2), Best (2)
13 April 1974Wolverhampton WanderersH0–029,488
15 April 1974SouthamptonA1–126,515Best
20 April 1974Manchester CityA1–229,700Gould
27 April 1974LiverpoolH2–236,160Lampard, Brooking

FA Cup
Main article: 1973–74 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 1974Hereford UnitedH1–123,087Holland
R3 replay8 January 1974Hereford UnitedA1–217,423Best

League Cup
Main article: 1973–74 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R28 October 1973LiverpoolH2–225,840MacDougall, Robson
R2 replay29 October 1973LiverpoolA0–126,002

Players
Player Pos Lge Apps Lge Gls FAC Apps FAC Gls LC Apps LC Gls Date Signed Previous Club
Mervyn Day GK 33 2 2 1973 Academy
Bobby Ferguson GK 9 1967 Kilmarnock
Clive Charles DF 1 1970 Academy
Keith Coleman DF 31 (2) 1 2 1973 Sunderland
Frank Lampard DF 42 2 2 2 1967 Academy
Kevin Lock DF 9 (2) 2 1971 Academy
John McDowell DF 33 2 1 2 1969 Academy
Mick McGiven DF 21 2 1974 Sunderland
Bobby Moore DF 22 1 1 1958 Academy
Tommy Taylor DF 40 2 2 1970 Orient
Billy Bonds MF 40 13 2 1 1967 Charlton Athletic
Trevor Brooking MF 38 6 2 1967 Academy
Pat Holland MF 20 (3) 2 1 (1) 1 0 (2) 1969 Academy
Bertie Lutton MF 4 (2) 1 1973 Brighton & Hove Albion
Graham Paddon MF 24 4 2 1973 Norwich City
Dudley Tyler MF 8 1 1972 Hereford United
Alan Wooler MF 1 (1) 1 1973 Reading
Johnny Ayris FW 5 1 1970 Academy
Clyde Best FW 34 12 2 1 2 1969 Academy
Ade Coker FW 0 (1) 1 1971 Academy
Bobby Gould FW 11 (1) 4 1 1973 Bristol City
Ted MacDougall FW 14 1 1 1 1973 Manchester United
Pop Robson FW 22 7 1 1 1971 Newcastle United

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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