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.[1] The move of the 1972 First Division Champion duo shocked the English media[2] and put the Division Three club on the Football map.[3] According to several players, Clough was not very interested in managing the squad and he was rarely seen through weekdays at the facilities.[4]

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.[5]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Peter Downsborough
— GK England ENG Peter Grummitt
— GK England ENG Brian Powney
— DF Wales WAL Mick Brown
— DF England ENG Paul Fuschillo
— DF England ENG Norman Gall
— DF England ENG Ken Goodeve
— DF England ENG Ian Goodwin
— DF England ENG Graham Howell
— DF England ENG George Ley
— DF England ENG Steve Piper
— DF England ENG Harry Wilson
— MF Scotland SCO Johnny Boyle
— MF England ENG Brian Bromley
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Mick Conway
— MF England ENG Pat Hilton
— MF England ENG Ronnie Howell
— MF Scotland SCO Billy McEwan
— MF England ENG Bert Murray
— MF Wales WAL Peter O'Sullivan
— MF England ENG Lammie Robertson
— MF England ENG Eddie Spearritt
— MF England ENG John Templeman
— MF England ENG Tony Towner
— MF England ENG Ronnie Welch
— FW England ENG Kenny Beamish
— FW England ENG Barry Bridges
— FW England ENG Dave Busby

Results

Division Three

Main article: 1973-74 Football League

League table

Pos Team 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
Source: rsssf.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHHHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHHA
ResultDLWDLLDLWLLWWLDDWDLLLLWDWWDLDDWWWWLWLLLWWWLLLD
Position817141018212022181921191819191917181818202020202017181818181815151012913151714121012131618
Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/tab/matches/season/1974/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, Promoted to 1974–75 Second Division;   = Promoted to 1974–75 Second Division;   = Relegation to 1974–75 Division Four

Matches

25 August 1973 (1973-08-25) 1 Rochdale 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Rochdale
Darling 54' Report 40' Bridges Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2665
1 September 1973 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 0–2 AFC Bournemouth Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
8 September 1973 3 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
10 September 1973 4 Southport 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Southport
Stadium: Haig Avenue
15 September 1973 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Charlton Athletic Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
19 September 1973 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Oldham Athletic Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
22 September 1973 7 Grimsby Town 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cleethorpes
Stadium: Blundell Park
29 September 1973 8 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Watford F.C. Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
2 October 1973 9 Oldham Athletic 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Oldham
Stadium: Boundary Park
6 October 1973 10 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Brighton and Hove Albion Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
13 October 1973 11 Brighton and Hove Albion 0–1 Halifax Town Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
20 October 1973 12 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
24 October 1973 13 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Southport F.C. Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
27 October 1973 14 Hereford United 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion Hereford
Stadium: Edgar Street
3 November 1973 15 Brighton and Hove Albion 0–0 York City Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 16,029
10 November 1973 16 Huddersfield Town 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield
Terry Dolan 37'
Phil Summerill 54'		 62' Ken Beamish
78' Barry Bridges		 Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 6,057
13 November 1973 17 Walsall 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Walsall
Pat Hilton Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 5,116
17 November 1973 18 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Chesterfield F.C. Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 14,186
Referee: GC Kew
1 December 1973 19 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–8 Bristol Rovers Brighton and Hove
Ronnie Howell
Peter O'Sullivan 		, , , Alan Warboys
, Bruce Bannister
Gordon Fearnley		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 10,776
8 December 1973 20 Tranmere Rovers 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion Birkenhead
Tommy Young 8'
Bobby Tynan 16'
Ronnie Moore 56'
Paul Crossley 65'		 61' Lammie Robertson Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,458
22 December 1973 21 Watford 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Watford
Billy Jennings Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,909
26 December 1973 22 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Aldershot F.C. Brighton and Hove
28' Roger Joslyn Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 14,831
29 December 1973 23 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Brighton and Hove
Ken Beamish Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 11,197
1 January 1974 24 Bournemouth 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Bournemouth
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 17,079
12 January 1974 25 Charlton Athletic 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion London
48' (pen.) 57' 64'Ronnie Howell
71' Peter O'Sullivan		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 7,646
20 January 1974 26 Brighton and Hove Albion 2–1 Rochdale F.C. Brighton and Hove
Ken Beamish
Tony Towner		 Leo Skeete Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 18,900
27 January 1974 27 Cambridge United 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge
Dave Simmons 78' 90' Mick Brown Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,749
2 February 1974 28 Port Vale 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Stoke-on-Trent
Brian Horton 5'
Ray Williams 34'		 53'Ken Beamish Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,728
9 February 1974 29 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Grimsby Town F.C. Brighton and Hove
Barry Bridges 60' 10' Jack Lewis Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 10,498
16 February 1974 30 Halifax Town 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Halifax
Terry Shanahan 18', 42'
John Templeman 68'		 65' (pen.) Lammie Robertson Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2,767
Referee: JB Goggins
23 February 1974 31 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Blackburn Rovers Brighton and Hove
Ronnie Welch 25' (pen.)
Barry Bridges 55', 77'		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 12,102
27 February 1974 32 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Wrexham F.C. Brighton and Hove
Ronnie Howell 24' (pen.)
Peter O'Sullivan 38'		 16' Geoff P Davies Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 7,524
3 March 1974 33 Aldershot 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Aldershot
Ken Beamish Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 9,828
10 March 1974 34 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Hereford United Brighton and Hove
Ken Beamish 64'
Steve Piper 88'		 6' Dudley Tyler Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 17,266
16 March 1974 35 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Shrewsbury
Laurie Calloway 25' Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 2,077
20 March 1974 36 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Port Vale F.C. Brighton and Hove
Barry Bridges
Billy McEwan 		Dave Harris Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 9,365
23 March 1974 37 Brighton and Hove Albion 1–2 Huddersfield Town Brighton and Hove
Billy McEwan 27' 22', 51' Alan Gowling Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 12,444
25 March 1974 38 Wrexham 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Wrexham
David Smallman 11' Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,925
30 March 1974 39 York City 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion York
Phil Burrows 31'
Chris Jones 36', 71'		 Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 7,493
3 April 1974 40 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–1 Cambridge United Brighton and Hove
Barry Bridges 35'
Ronnie Welch 45'
Ronnie Howell 65' (pen.)
Billy McEwan 65'		 43' (pen.) Bobby Ross Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 9,833
6 April 1974 41 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Walsall F.C. Brighton and Hove
Barry Bridges 10'
Lammie Robertson 61'		 11' Alan Buckley Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 10,588
12 April 1974 42 Southend United 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Southend-on-Sea
70', 74' Ken Beamish Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 10,086
13 April 1974 43 Chesterfield 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Chesterfield
Andy Kowalski 13' Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,971
Referee: A Porter
15 April 1974 44 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Southend United Brighton and Hove
8' Peter Silvester
26' Chris Guthrie		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 12,975
Referee: DRG Nippard
20 April 1974 45 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–3 Tranmere Rovers Brighton and Hove
Ronnie Howell 17' (pen.)
Bobby Tynan 43'
Tommy Veitch 89'		 15' Paul Crossley Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 9,609
27 April 1974 46 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol
Bruce Bannister 85' (pen.) 19' Lammie Robertson Stadium: Eastville Stadium
Attendance: 19,205

FA Cup

Main article: 1973-74 FA Cup

First round

24 November 1973 FA Cup (R1) Walton & Hersham 0–0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
Note: Walton & Hersham (Non League)
28 November 1973 Replay Brighton and Hove Albion 0–4 Walton & Hersham Brighton and Hove
25' Russell Perkins
82', 84', 90' Clive Foskett		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 9,657

League Cup

Main article: 1973-74 Football League Cup
29 August 1973 League Cup Round 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 1–2 Charlton Athletic Brighton and Hove
Stadium: Goldstone Ground

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division Three FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Powney 30 0 27 0 2 0 1 0
DF England ENG Fuschillo 40 0 37 0 2 0 1 0
DF England ENG Gall 40 0 37 0 2 0 1 0
DF England ENG Piper 36 1 34 1 2 0 0 0
DF England ENG Wilson 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
MF Wales WAL O'Sullivan 49 4 46 4 2 0 1 0
MF England ENG Howell 30 9 26+1 9 2 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Robertson 33 5 27+3 5 2 0 0+1 0
MF England ENG Templeman 37 2 34 1 2 0 1 1
FW England ENG Beamish 45 12 43+1 12 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Bridges 36 10 31+2 10 2 0 1 0
GK England ENG Grummitt 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Spearritt 26 1 21+2 1 2 0 1 0
MF England ENG Welch 21 2 21 2 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Towner 24 2 20+3 2 0+1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ley 19 0 16 0 2 0 1 0
MF England ENG Hilton 19 1 15+2 1 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO McEwan 15 3 15 3 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Boyle 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Howell 10 0 8+1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Goodwin 8 0 6+2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Wales WAL Brown 8 1 5+3 1 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Goodeve 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Downsborough 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Bromley 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
MF England ENG Conway 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG Murray 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Busby 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Hillyard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Sherwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ Brian Glanville (21 September 2004). "Obituary: Brian Clough". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Mike Cobley (18 September 2018). "Bloody Southerners: Brian Clough & Peter Taylor's Brighton & Hove Odyssey". magazine.brighton.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ian Hart (14 June 2023). "Recalling Brighton and Hove Albion's pivotal summers – and wondering what Brian Clough could have done for us". sussexexpress.co. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ Steven Scragg (9 April 2020). "Brian Clough and the 32-game spell at Brighton that helped shape his future success". thesefootballtimes.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ^ Smart, Andy (8 October 2018). "New book sheds light on Brian Clough's ill-fated spell in charge at Brighton". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season
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