# 1973–74 League of Ireland

Below are the statistics of League of Ireland in the 1973/1974 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Cork Celtic won the championship.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cork Celtic (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Bohemian F.C. | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Cork Hibernians F.C. | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 38 | |
| 4 | Finn Harps F.C. | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Waterford F.C. | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 29 | |
| 6 | Dundalk F.C. | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 28 | |
| 7 | Shamrock Rovers F.C. | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 27 | |
| 8 | St Patrick's Athletic F.C. | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 22 | |
| 9 | Limerick F.C. | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | Home Farm F.C. | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 20 | |
| 11 | Drogheda F.C. | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 19 | |
| 12 | Athlone Town A.F.C. | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 19 | |
| 13 | Sligo Rovers F.C. | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 14 | |
| 14 | Shelbourne F.C. | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 58 | −27 | 13 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | CCF | CHF | DRO | DUN | FHA | HOM | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | WAT |
| Athlone Town | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Bohemians | 2–3 | — | 7–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Cork Celtic | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Cork Hibernians | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Drogheda | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Dundalk | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Finn Harps | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 |
| Home Farm | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Limerick | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–4 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–5 |
| Shelbourne | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Sligo Rovers | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Waterford | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Terry Flanagan | Bohemians | 18 |
| 1 | Turlough O'Connor | Bohemians | 18 |
| 3 | Brendan Bradley | Finn Harps | 12 |
| 3 | Donal Murphy | Shamrock Rovers | 12 |
| 3 | Frank O'Neill | Cork Celtic | 12 |
| 6 | Dinny Allen | Cork Hibernians | 11 |
| 7 | Alfie Hale | Waterford (7) Cork Celtic (3) | 10 |
| 7 | Johnny Matthews | Waterford | 10 |
| 9 | Gerry Brammeld | Drogheda | 9 |
| 9 | Barry Notley | Cork Celtic | 9 |