During the 1974–75 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary In the 1974–75 season, Leicester could not improve on last season's 9th place, finishing 9 places lower. Goalkeeper Peter Shilton refused to sign a new contract and followed his mentor Gordon Banks by signing for Stoke City at a record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000 in November and resulted in Mark Wallington starting the season in goal. From early November to late February, the Foxes did not register a league win in 13 games which saw them slip to bottom of the table and heading for relegation but again their FA Cup progress gave them a boost in their league form. As the season drew to a close, Chris Garland improved their strike force by scoring 8 goals in 10 matches, which was enough to save the Foxes from the drop in 18th and 3 points clear of relegation.

Final league table

Results Leicester City's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1974 ArsenalH0–126,448 20 August 1974 Birmingham CityA4–327,961Weller, Worthington (2), Earle 24 August 1974 LiverpoolA1–249,398Weller 27 August 1974 Birmingham CityH1–124,018Worthington 31 August 1974 Carlisle UnitedH1–120,658Worthington (pen) 7 September 1974 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–120,564Glover 14 September 1974 Queens Park RangersH3–119,763Worthington (2), Glover 21 September 1974 West Ham UnitedA2–621,377Worthington (2, 1 pen) 28 September 1974 Coventry CityH0–121,354 5 October 1974 Luton TownH0–019,024 12 October 1974 Derby CountyA0–124,753 19 October 1974 Sheffield UnitedH3–018,433Worthington (2), Glover 26 October 1974 Newcastle UnitedA1–034,988Earle 2 November 1974 BurnleyH1–019,981Sammels 9 November 1974 ChelseaA0–023,915 16 November 1974 Tottenham HotspurH1–223,244Earle 23 November 1974 Manchester CityA1–431,628Birchenall 30 November 1974 Stoke CityA0–129,793 7 December 1974 EvertonH0–221,451 10 December 1974 MiddlesbroughA0–322,699 14 December 1974 ArsenalA0–020,849 20 December 1974 Ipswich TownH0–116,636 26 December 1974 Queens Park RangersA2–417,311Lee (2) 28 December 1974 Leeds UnitedH0–229,699 11 January 1975 EvertonA0–331,985 18 January 1975 Stoke CityH1–121,736Glover 1 February 1975 ChelseaH1–123,759Weller 8 February 1975 BurnleyA0–216,352 22 February 1975 Tottenham HotspurA3–020,937Stringfellow, Worthington, Sammels 1 March 1975 Carlisle UnitedA1–012,676Worthington 8 March 1975 Manchester CityH1–023,059Lee 15 March 1975 Coventry CityA2–223,139Worthington, Lee 19 March 1975 LiverpoolH1–128,012Worthington 22 March 1975 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–225,070Garland (3) 29 March 1975 Ipswich TownA1–228,745Worthington 31 March 1975 Leeds UnitedA2–229,898Lee, Garland 1 April 1975 West Ham UnitedH3–030,408Worthington (pen), Garland (2) 5 April 1975 Newcastle UnitedH4–023,638Garland (2), Lee, Worthington 9 April 1975 MiddlesbroughH1–024,531Worthington 12 April 1975 Luton TownA0–318,298 19 April 1975 Derby CountyH0–038,143 26 April 1975 Sheffield UnitedA0–428,947

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1975 Oxford UnitedH3–121,643Worthington, Earle (2)R425 January 1975 LeatherheadH3–232,090Sammels, Earle, WellerR515 February 1975 ArsenalH0–043,841R5R19 February 1975 ArsenalA1–1 35,009BirchenallR5R224 February 1975 ArsenalA0–1 39,025

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR210 September 1974 ArsenalA1–120,788BirchenallR2R18 September 1974 ArsenalH2–117,303Munro, GloverR38 October 1974 MiddlesbroughA0–123,901

Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1975

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