1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
30 November 1973: Leeds United, without a league title since 1969, are seven points clear at the top, and still unbeaten, at the end of November. Newcastle United, Burnley, Everton and Liverpool lead the chasing pack. Birmingham City and West Ham United remain at the foot of the table, and have been joined in the relegation zone by Norwich City.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
31 December 1973: At the end of the year, Leeds United are still unbeaten in the league, and now lead nearest rivals Liverpool by eight points. Only goal difference keeps Manchester United, level on points with Birmingham City, out of the relegation zone.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
31 January 1974: Leeds United remain eight points ahead of Liverpool at the end of January. An improved run of form has seen West Ham United move out of the bottom three at the expense of Manchester United.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
2 February 1974: Ipswich Town thrash Southampton 7–0 at Portman Road in the biggest win of the First Division season.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
23 February 1974: After beginning the season with a 29-match unbeaten run, Leeds United finally suffer defeat when they are beaten 3–2 by Stoke City at the Victoria Ground. However, they remain eight points ahead of Liverpool, who have moved six points ahead of third-placed Derby County.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
8 March 1974: A bad-tempered FA Cup quarter-final tie between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest is halted mid-match when "hundreds of fans" invade the City Ground pitch, one of whom attacked Forest midfielder Dave Serella.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
16 March 1974: Liverpool beat Leeds United 1–0 at Anfield to move six points behind the Yorkshire side with two games in hand. At the other end of the table, Manchester United's relegation problems continue as they lose 1–0 to Birmingham City, who also remain in the bottom three.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
30 March 1974: Leeds United lose 3–1 at West Ham United, their third league defeat in a row, handing control of the title race to Liverpool, who are now four points behind with three games in hand.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
8 April 1974: Liverpool's hopes of retaining their league title are hit by a 1–0 defeat away to Sheffield United.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
20 April 1974: Liverpool draw 0–0 at home to Everton, allowing Leeds United to move to the verge of the title with a 3–2 win over Ipswich Town. Norwich City are relegated to the Second Division.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
22 April 1974: In response to the events in Nottingham in March, Newcastle are banned by the Football Association from hosting home cup games during next season.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
24 April 1974: Liverpool's 1–0 home defeat by Arsenal ends their double hopes and hands the league title to Leeds United.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
27 April 1974: Manchester United go into the Manchester derby at Old Trafford needing to beat neighbours City to stand any chance of avoiding relegation, six years after winning the European Cup. They lose 1–0 with former club hero Denis Law scoring City's only goal, but would have been relegated even if they had won due to Birmingham City winning. Birmingham's win also relegates Southampton, despite the Saints' 3–0 win away to Everton. Leeds United end the season with a 1–0 away win over Queens Park Rangers.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
30 April 1974: Sir Alf Ramsey is sacked after 11 years as England manager.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
4 May 1974: Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley, with Kevin Keegan scored twice and Steve Heighway once.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
11 May 1974: England's first match since the dismissal of Alf Ramsey ends in a 2–0 win over Wales in the Home Championship.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
19 May 1974: England are beaten 2–0 by Scotland at Hampden Park and finish second in the Home Championship.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
29 May 1974: Tottenham Hotspur are beaten 4–2 on aggregate to Feyenoord in the UEFA Cup Final. Tottenham Hotspur supporters rioted after the second leg in Rotterdam, following Feyenoord's victory.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
4 July 1974: Don Revie accepts The Football Association's offer to manage the England team, ending his 13-year reign as manager of Leeds United.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
12 July 1974: Bill Shankly announced his retirement as manager after 15 years. He is to be succeeded by his 55-year-old assistant Bob Paisley.


1973–74 in English football, Diary of the season
30 July 1974: Brian Clough leaves Brighton & Hove Albion to become the new manager of Leeds United, but his assistant Peter Taylor remains at the Goldstone Ground and steps into the manager's seat there.


1973–74 in German football
The 1973–74 season is the 64th season of competitive football in Germany.


1973–74 in German football, DFB–Pokal
Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal final by defeating Hamburger SV 3–1 on 17 August 1974 (1974-08-17).


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, European Cup, Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich won the 1973–74 European Cup defeating Atlético Madrid 4–0 in a replay of the 1974 European Cup Final. The replay was needed because the first match between the two clubs ended as a 1–1 draw.


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, European Cup Winners' Cup, Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach were eliminated in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup by A.C. Milan.


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, UEFA Cup, Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf were eliminated in the third round of the UEFA Cup by Lokomotive Leipzig.


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, UEFA Cup, 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup by Tottenham Hotspur F.C..


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, UEFA Cup, VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by eventual champions Feyenoord.


1973–74 in German football, German clubs in Europe, UEFA Cup, Wuppertaler SV
Wuppertaler SV were eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup by Ruch Chorzów.