| Index | ||||||
| Football | ||||||
| Division 1 - Tables | ||||||
| 1971/72 | 1972/73 | 1973/74 | ||||
| 1 | Derby C. | 58 | Liverpool | 60 | Leeds U. | 62 |
| 2 | Leeds U. | 57 | Arsenal | 57 | Liverpool | 57 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 57 | Leeds U. | 53 | Derby C. | 48 |
| 4 | Manchester C. | 57 | Ipswich T. | 48 | Ipswich T. | 47 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 52 | Wolverhampton W. | 47 | Stoke C. | 46 |
| 6 | Tottenham H. | 51 | West Ham U. | 46 | Burnley | 46 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 48 | Derby C. | 46 | Everton | 44 |
| 8 | Manchester U. | 48 | Tottenham H. | 45 | Queens Park R. | 43 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton W. | 47 | Newcastle U. | 45 | Leicester C. | 42 |
| 10 | Sheffield U. | 46 | Birmingham C. | 42 | Arsenal | 42 |
| 11 | Newcastle U. | 41 | Manchester C. | 41 | Tottenham H. | 42 |
| 12 | Leicester C. | 39 | Chelsea | 40 | Wolverhampton W. | 41 |
| 13 | Ipswich T. | 36 | Southampton | 40 | Sheffield U. | 40 |
| 14 | West Ham U. | 36 | Sheffield U. | 40 | Manchester C. | 40 |
| 15 | Everton | 36 | Stoke C. | 38 | Newcastle U. | 38 |
| 16 | West Bromwich A. | 35 | Leicester C. | 37 | Coventry C. | 38 |
| 17 | Stoke C. | 35 | Everton | 37 | Chelsea | 37 |
| 18 | Coventry C. | 33 | Manchester U. | 37 | West Ham U. | 37 |
| 19 | Southampton | 31 | Coventry C. | 35 | Birmingham C. | 37 |
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 29 | Norwich C. | 32 | Southampton | 36 |
| 21 | Nottingham F. | 25 | Crystal Palace | 30 | Manchester U. | 32 |
| 22 | Huddersfield T. | 25 | West Bromwich A. | 28 | Norwich C. | 29 |
| Teams in italics were relegated. | ||||||