# 1973–74 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

During the 1973–74 English football season, Brighton and Hove Albion competed in the Division Three, the FA Cup and the League Cup.

## Season summary

In his second season as chairman Mike Bamber clinched the arrival of manager Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor to the team on 1 November. The move of the 1972 First Division Champion duo shocked the English media and put the Division Three club on the Football map. According to several players, Clough was not very interested in managing the squad and he was rarely seen through weekdays at the facilities.
Meanwhile, the team finished on 19th spot avoiding relegation, being early eliminated in League Cup by Charlton Athletic and lost the FA Cup first series against a non-League club.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Peter Downsborough |
| — | GK | ENG | Peter Grummitt |
| — | GK | ENG | Brian Powney |
| — | DF | WAL | Mick Brown |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Fuschillo |
| — | DF | ENG | Norman Gall |
| — | DF | ENG | Ken Goodeve |
| — | DF | ENG | Ian Goodwin |
| — | DF | ENG | Graham Howell |
| — | DF | ENG | George Ley |
| — | DF | ENG | Steve Piper |
| — | DF | ENG | Harry Wilson |
| — | MF | SCO | Johnny Boyle |
| — | MF | ENG | Brian Bromley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Mick Conway |
| — | MF | ENG | Pat Hilton |
| — | MF | ENG | Ronnie Howell |
| — | MF | SCO | Billy McEwan |
| — | MF | ENG | Bert Murray |
| — | MF | WAL | Peter O'Sullivan |
| — | MF | ENG | Lammie Robertson |
| — | MF | ENG | Eddie Spearritt |
| — | MF | ENG | John Templeman |
| — | MF | ENG | Tony Towner |
| — | MF | ENG | Ronnie Welch |
| — | FW | ENG | Kenny Beamish |
| — | FW | ENG | Barry Bridges |
| — | FW | ENG | Dave Busby |

## Results
### Division Three
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 59 | 54 | 1.093 | 44 | |
| 18 | Hereford United | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 57 | 0.930 | 43 | |
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 43 | |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 42 | |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 48 | 81 | 0.593 | 35 | Relegated |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18 |

#### Matches

* Source:https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/matches/season/1974/

### League Cup
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division Three | Division Three | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Powney | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Fuschillo | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Gall | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Piper | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Wilson | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | O'Sullivan | 49 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Howell | 30 | 9 | 26+1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Robertson | 33 | 5 | 27+3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Templeman | 37 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Beamish | 45 | 12 | 43+1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bridges | 36 | 10 | 31+2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Grummitt | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Spearritt | 26 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Welch | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Towner | 24 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Ley | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Hilton | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | McEwan | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Boyle | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Howell | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Goodwin | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Brown | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Goodeve | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Downsborough | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Bromley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Conway | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Murray | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Busby | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Hillyard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Sherwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/players/season/1974/