# Third Division 1973-1974

La Third Division 1973-1974 è stato il 47º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.
A partire da questa stagione diventano tre le promozioni nella categoria superiore.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Aldershot | Aldershot | Recreation Ground | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn | Ewood Park | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Cambridge United | Cambridge | Abbey Stadium | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Charlton Athletic | Londra | The Valley | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Hereford Utd | Hereford | Edgar Street | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Huddersfield Town | Huddersfield | Leeds Road | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Southport | Southport | Haigh Avenue | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Wrexham | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 12º posto in Third Division |
| York City | York | Bootham Crescent | 18º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 62 | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 83 | 47 | 1.766 |
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 61 | 46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 65 | 33 | 1.970 |
| 3 | York City | 61 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 67 | 38 | 1.763 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 56 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 43 | 1.465 |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 56 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 42 | 1.310 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 51 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 67 | 50 | 1.340 |
| 7 | Watford | 50 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 56 | 1.143 |
| 8 | Aldershot | 49 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 52 | 1.250 |
| 9 | Halifax Town | 49 | 46 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 48 | 51 | 0.941 |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 47 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 55 | 1.018 |
| 11 | Bournemouth | 47 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 58 | 0.931 |
| 12 | Southend Utd | 46 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 62 | 62 | 1.000 |
| 13 | Blackburn | 46 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 |
| 14 | Charlton | 46 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 73 | 0.904 |
| 15 | Walsall | 45 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 |
| 16 | Tranmere | 45 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 50 | 44 | 1.136 |
| 17 | Plymouth | 44 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 59 | 54 | 1.093 |
| 18 | Hereford Utd | 43 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 57 | 0.930 |
| 19 | Brighton | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 |
| 21 | Cambridge Utd | 35 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 48 | 81 | 0.593 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 62 | 0.661 |
| 23 | Southport | 28 | 46 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 35 | 82 | 0.427 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 21 | 46 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 94 | 0.404 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1974-1975.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1974-1975.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | ALD | BLA | BOU | BHA | BRR | CAM | CHA | CHF | GRI | HAL | HER | HUD | OLD | PLY | PVA | ROC | SHR | SEU | SOP | TRA | WAL | WAT | WRE | YOR |
| Aldershot | | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 6-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 2-2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-2 | | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 |
| Bournemouth | 3-0 | 1-2 | | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | | 2-8 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Cambridge United | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | | 3-3 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| Chesterfield | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| Grimsby Town | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | | 4-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Halifax Town | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
| Hereford United | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Huddersfield Town | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 6-0 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| Port Vale | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Rochdale | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Southend United | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Southport | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Walsall | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Watford | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 1-3 | | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Wrexham | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | 1-0 |
| York City | 3-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | |