1974 Costa Rican general election
The Left was theoretically outlawed as the Constitution didn't allow the existence of Marxist parties, but the prohibition was not endorsed in practice by that time and even was lifted with a Constitutional reform for the next election.


1974 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
The government was affected in its popularity by the “Vesco Case” a corruption case involving then president José Figueres and his dubious connections with international criminal Robert Vesco, which caused heat for ruling party's candidate Daniel Oduber. Rodrigo Carazo, a former member of PLN and Congressman run as an independent candidate. Carazo had problems with Figueres when they both face each other in a primary election previously. Carazo promised to expel Vesco if he won, he also received the endorsement of former president José Trejos.


1974 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
Another heated issue was Communism in general, as the election was in the middle of the Cold War. Topics like the diplomatic relationships with the USSR (which candidate Jorge González Martén swear will end in his government). The Catholic Church made a public statement criticizing both Communism and savage Capitalism and calling for a third option. Both PLN (Social Democrats) and the Christian Democratic Party claim to be that option.


1974 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
The traditional Left represented by Manuel Mora’s Socialist Action Party defended itself arguing that a previous archbishop Victor Manuel Sanabria expressed that Costa Rican Catholics had no quarrel in being members of the Communist Party. The far-right Free Costa Rica Movement also made a very expensive campaign against Mora's party on the media at the time.


1974 Costa Rican general election, Campaign
Another notorious candidate was Gerardo Wenceslao Villalobos, aka GW, a very eccentric candidate nominated by the Democratic Party. Villalobos did a lot of crazy stunts and unusual activities for a candidate, like boxing and wrestling matches or trying to jump in parachute.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1974 Cotton Bowl Classic was played on January 1 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It matched the Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference and the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Nebraska
The Cornhuskers were runners-up to Oklahoma in the Big Eight for a second straight year; Tom Osborne was in his first year as head coach (after four years as the offensive coordinator under Bob Devaney). Their only previous Cotton Bowl appearance was in January 1965, and they had won the previous three Orange Bowls. The offense was led by junior southpaw quarterback David Humm, with Tony Davis at I-back. The defensive line was anchored by John Dutton, the fifth pick in the 1974 NFL Draft


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Texas
The Longhorns were Southwest Conference champions for the sixth straight year, and played in their sixth consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic. Led by head coach Darrell Royal, Texas was favored by four points.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The temperature in Dallas for the 12 noon CST kickoff was around 30 °F (−1 °C). Texas scored first on a 22-yard field goal by Billy Schott. With nine minutes later in the half came a hit that led to three points. Longhorn fullback Roosevelt Leaks was hit hard while Texas was driving at the 29, and the ball shot up into the air. Husker defensive end Steve Manstedt saw the ball pop into the air, grabbed the ball, and returned it 65 yards to the Texas 6. Though they could not find the end zone, Nebraska scored with a 24-yard field goal by Rich Sanger, and the teams went to halftime tied at three each.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
At halftime, Osborne replaced David Humm with senior reserve Steve Runty, a better rushing quarterback. The second half was dominated by Nebraska, with 16 points added and none allowed. Ritch Bahe scored on a 12-yard run late in the quarter to make it 10–3. With 1:23 left in the quarter, Tony Davis scored from three yards out to increase the lead to 16–3. Texas could not respond, as they turned the ball over five times and gained less than 200 yards. Sanger added a field goal midway through the fourth quarter to complete the scoring at 19–3. This remains the Huskers' only Cotton Bowl Classic win.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Over two thousand tickets went unsold, the first time in twelve years that the game did not sell out.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
In the final AP poll in January, Nebraska improved to seventh and Texas fell to fourteenth. This was the last season that the final UPI coaches poll was released before the bowls.


1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
This was the last Cotton Bowl appearance for Texas under Royal; he retired after the 1976 season, but his successor Fred Akers led them back in his first season in January 1978. The Huskers returned in 1980 and 2007, but lost both.


1974 County Championship
The 1974 County Championship was the 75th officially organised running of the County Championship. Worcestershire won the Championship title.


1974 Coupe de France Final
The 1974 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 8 June 1974 that saw AS Saint-Étienne defeat AS Monaco FC 2–1 thanks to goals by Christian Synaeghel and Alain Merchadier.


1974 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1974 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 26th edition of the cycle race and was held from 3 June to 10 June 1974. The race started in Roanne and finished at Avignon. The race was won by Alain Santy of the Gan–Mercier team.


1974 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Teams
Ten teams, containing a total of 100 riders, participated in the race:


1974 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 1974 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the eighth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1974 Premiership as well as the 1974 Amco Cup.


1974 Croydon London Borough Council election
The 1974 Croydon Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1974 Ukrainian Cup was the 22nd edition of the Ukrainian SSR football knockout competition, known as the Ukrainian Cup. The competition started on May 24, and its final took place on November 16, 1974.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The last year cup holder FC Zirka Kirovohrad was defeated in the first round by SC Lutsk.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
This year involved participation of three teams out of the Soviet First League as well. They entered the competition at quarterfinals.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Teams, Tournament distribution
The competition was conducted among all 18 Ukrainian clubs of the 1974 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 and all 3 Ukrainian clubs of the 1974 Soviet First League.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Teams, Other professional teams
The six Ukrainian professional teams in the Soviet Top League did not take part in the competition.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, First round (1/16)
The first legs were played on 24 May, and the second legs were played on 12 June 1974.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Second round
The first legs were played on 20 July, and the second legs were played on 21 August 1974.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 23 September, and the second legs were played on 14 October 1974. Also, three clubs of the Soviet First League entered the competition FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, SC Tavriya Simferopol, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 4 November, and the second legs were played on 10 November 1974.


1974 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, Competition schedule, Final
The first leg was played on 12 November, and the second leg was played on 16 November 1974.


1974 Cupa României Final
The 1974 Cupa României Final was the 36th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Jiul Petroşani and Politehnica Timișoara, and was won by Jiul Petroşani after a game with 6 goals. It was the first cup for Jiul Petroşani.


1974 Currie Cup
The 1974 Currie Cup was the 36th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1974 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Northern Transvaal for the seventh time; they beat  Transvaal 17–15 in the final in Pretoria.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état
The 1974 coup d'état in Cyprus was a military coup d'état by the Greek Army in Cyprus, the Cypriot National Guard and the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. On 15 July 1974 the coup plotters ousted President Makarios III and replaced him with pro-Enosis (Greek irridentist) nationalist Nikos Sampson as replaced president. The Sampson regime was described as a puppet state, whose ultimate aim was the annexation of the island by Greece; in the short term, the coupists proclaimed the establishment of the "Hellenic Republic of Cyprus". The coup was viewed as illegal by the United Nations.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Background
The Republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 with the London and Zurich Agreements, and the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots were the two founding communities. However, following constitutional amendments that were proposed by Makarios III and rejected by Turkish Cypriots, intercommunal violence erupted throughout the island, the Turkish Cypriot representation in the government ended partially due to forced prevention and partially due to willing withdrawal, and Turkish Cypriots started living in enclaves.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Background
Greece had established a national policy of enosis to achieve the island's union with Greece since the 1950s. After 1964, the Greek government tried to control Makarios' policies, and following his unwillingness to obey Athens, attempted to destabilize his government. While the Greek policy shifted to a more cooperative one after 1967, when an extremist military junta took power in Greece, it supported the far-right EOKA-B group against Makarios. Dimitrios Ioannidis, the de facto leader of the junta, believed that Makarios was no longer a true supporter of enosis, and suspected him of being a communist sympathizer. Between 1971 and 1974, five plans were prepared by the Greek government to overthrow Makarios' government. According to Christopher Hitchens, the CIA had contributed financially to anti-Makarios and anti-communist elements in both Greece and Cyprus.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, The coup
The coup was ordered by Dimitrios Ioannidis, the shadow leader of the Greek junta, and Greek officers led the Cypriot National Guard to capture the Presidential Palace in Nicosia. The building was almost entirely burned down. Makarios narrowly escaped death in the attack. He fled the presidential palace from its back door and went to Paphos, where the British managed to retrieve him in the afternoon of 16 July and flew him from Akrotiri to Malta in a Royal Air Force transport plane, and from there to London the next morning. On 19 July, he attended a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York and gave a speech, in which he stated that Cyprus had been invaded by Greece.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, The coup
The newly established regime has been described as an extremist puppet regime of the Greek junta. On 15 July, between 8 am and 9 am, the coup leaders proclaimed their victory on the state channel Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, saying "The national guard intervened in order to solve the problematical situation. [ ...]. Makarios is dead." However, before his flight, Makarios announced that he was alive from a private broadcast in Paphos. The new government heavily censored the press and stopped left-wing newspapers being printed. Only right-wing newspapers Machi, Ethniki and Agon continued publishing, and their style was very propagandistic. Sampson did not openly announce his intention of enosis in the days following the coup, but instead focused on suppressing any support for Makarios and heavy propaganda to vilify his government.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, The coup
In response, Rauf Denktaş, the leader of the Turkish Cypriot Administration, stated that he believed that the events were among Greek Cypriots and called for Turkish Cypriots not to go out, as well as for UNFICYP to take extensive security measures for Turkish Cypriots. The Cypriot National Guard made no attempts to enter the Turkish Cypriot enclaves, but raided Greek and Turkish Cypriot homes alike in mixed villages to confiscate weapons. The Turkish government brought claims that ammunition was being carried to Cyprus by Olympic Air to the attention of UNFICYP. Whether the Turkish Cypriots suffered as a direct result of the coup remains controversial, but Sampson was seen as an untrustworthy figure due to his pro-enosis policies and "brutal" role against Turkish Cypriots in 1963.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, The coup
Following the coup, the newly established junta started a crackdown on Makarios supporters, resulting in a number of deaths and a "significant number", according to Frank Hoffmeister, being detained. The number of deaths from the coup remains a disputed issue, as the Republic of Cyprus lists the deaths due to the coup among the missing due to the Turkish invasion. According to Haralambos Athanasopulos, at least 500 Greek Cypriots have been placed on the list of 1617 Greek Cypriot missing people and their deaths blamed on the Turks and Turkish Cypriots. According to Milliyet on 19 July 1974, violent clashes had broken out in Paphos, and even excluding Paphos, the death toll due to Greek Cypriot infighting was about 300 civilians and 30 Greek soldiers, whose bodies were brought to Athens.


1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Aftermath
In response to the coup, on 20 July 1974 Turkey invaded the island claiming that the action was compliant with the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, taking control of the north and dividing Cyprus along what became known as the Green Line, cutting off about a third of the total territory. Sampson resigned, the military regime that had appointed him collapsed, and Makarios returned. The Turkish Cypriots established an independent government for what they called the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (TFSC), with Rauf Denktaş as president. In 1983 they would proclaim the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the northern part of the island, which remains a de facto state.


1974 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships
The 1974 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships was held on January 12–13 in Prague. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1974 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1974 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal, the 31st season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 17 August 1974 at the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf. Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 3–1 against Hamburger SV after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.


1974 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 32 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


1974 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1974 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1974 Dallas Cowboys season was their 15th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 10–4, winning only eight games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons and this marked the only season from 1966 to 1983 (18 seasons) that the Cowboys missed the playoffs.


1974 Dallas Cowboys season
The Cowboys began with a 1–4 start and although they went 7–2 afterwards, it was not enough to overcome the slow start.


1974 Dallas Cowboys season
The season featured one of the most memorable Thanksgiving Day games in Cowboys history. Trailing 16–3 in the second half (and having already lost quarterback Roger Staubach to injury), little used backup Clint Longley threw two touchdown passes to lead the team to a 24–23 victory over the Redskins at Texas Stadium.


1974 Dallas Cowboys season
1974 was also a season of transition; as it would be the final season of future Hall of Fame defensive tackle Bob Lilly. Also finishing their careers that season would be fullback Walt Garrison; and center Dave Manders.


1974 Dallas Cowboys season
Also, this would be the final season for wide receiver Bob Hayes (who would finish his career with the San Francisco 49ers the following year); running back Calvin Hill (who departed for the Hawaiians of the World Football League); defensive end Pat Toomay (who left for the Buffalo Bills); guard John Niland (who left the following year for the Philadelphia Eagles) and quarterback Craig Morton (traded early in the season to the New York Giants) in a Cowboy uniform.


1974 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won the championship.


1974 Danish local elections
The Danish regional elections of 1974 were held on 5 March 1974. 4735 municipal council members were elected to the 1974 - 1978 term of office in the 275 municipalities, as well as 370 members of the 14 counties of Denmark. The term of office was 1 April 1974 - 31 March 1978. This followed the financial year in the public sector. From 1 January 1979 the financial year in the public sector became the same as the calendar year 1 January - 31 December.


1974 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 1974 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Following a five-year run of consecutive Ivy League championships, the Big Green dropped to a tie for fifth place.


1974 Dartmouth Big Green football team
In their fourth season under head coach Jake Crouthamel, the Big Green compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 115 to 103. Brian Wroczynski and Thomas Snickenberger were the team captains.


1974 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The Big Green's 3–41 conference record tied for fifth place in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 100 to 87.


1974 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire. The college's sports teams had long been referred to as "the Green" or "Big Green", after their uniform colors, in addition to their primary nickname of "Dartmouth Indians". In 1974, the college trustees ruled "use of the [Indian] symbol in any form to be inconsistent with present institutional and academic objectives of the college in advancing Native American education.". The 1974 football season was the first in which the team used "Dartmouth Big Green" as its official nickname.


1974 Davis Cup
The 1974 Davis Cup was the 63rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 57 teams would enter the competition, 33 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. Nigeria made its first appearance in the tournament.


1974 Davis Cup
South Africa defeated Colombia in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Australia in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and the Soviet Union were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Romania and Czechoslovakia respectively.


1974 Davis Cup
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, South Africa defeated Italy and India defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals. Due to their opposition to the apartheid policies of the South African government, India refused to travel to South Africa for the final, therefore defaulting the final and awarding South Africa the tournament. South Africa became only the fifth nation to win the Davis Cup, breaking the dominance of the United States, Great Britain, France and Australia teams which had won every tournament before this year.


1974 Davis Cup, Eastern Zone, Final
The Eastern Zone Final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie (327).


1974 Davis Cup, Inter-Zonal Zone, Final
The final between South Africa and India was scheduled to be completed by 1 December 1974, but India refused to travel to South Africa due to opposition to the apartheid policies of the South African government at the time; therefore, the final was scratched, and South Africa was awarded the Davis Cup.


1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.


1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone
12 teams entered the Americas Zone split across two sub-zones, the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. 9 teams played in the preliminary rounds, competing to advance to the main draw and join the remaining 3 teams which advanced to the main draw directly. The winners of each sub-zone main draw then played against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.


1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone
Colombia defeated the United States in the North & Central America Zone final, and South Africa defeated Chile in the South America Zone final. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, South Africa defeated Colombia and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.


1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 9 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and India in the main draw. The winner of the main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.


1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. With a total of 327 games, the Eastern Zone final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie, still standing as of 2019.


1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.


1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone
33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, with 3 teams progressing to the preliminary rounds to join an additional 21 teams. From these 24 teams, 8 teams progressed to the main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1973 Europe Zone.


1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.


1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Italy defeated Romania in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and the Soviet Union progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1974 Daytona 500
The 1974 Daytona 500, the 16th running of the event, was won by Richard Petty (for the fifth time) after three hours, eleven minutes, and thirty-eight seconds of racing on February 17, 1974, at Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.


1974 Daytona 500
During the start of the 1974 NASCAR season, many races had their distance cut ten percent in response to the energy crisis of the year. As a result, the 1974 Daytona 500, won by Richard Petty (his second straight, making him the first driver ever to do it), was shortened to 180 laps (450 miles), as symbolically, the race "started" on Lap 21 and the race is often known as the Daytona 450. The Twin 125 qualifying races (won by Bobby Isaac in a Banjo Matthews Chevrolet and Cale Yarborough in the Richard Howard Chevy prepared by Junior Johnson) were also shortened to 45 laps (112.5 miles).


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
First Daytona 500 starts for Bob Burcham, Richie Panch, George Follmer, Lennie Pond, Jackie Rogers, Joe Mihalic, and Richard Childress. Only Daytona 500 starts for Jimmy Crawford, L. D. Ottinger, Dick Simon, Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., and Dan Daughtry. Last Daytona 500 starts for Bobby Isaac and Gary Bettenhausen.


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
Coo Coo Marlin would get his only ever lead lap finish at this race.


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
ABC Sports announced a week before the race that the event's second half would be televised live, opening with a recap of the event's opening laps. Keith Jackson handled play-by-play commentary with Jackie Stewart providing color commentary. Chris Economaki reported from pit road.


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
The race was the most competitive in Daytona history with 59 official lead changes (a record that stood until the 2011 Daytona 500, which saw 74 lead changes) among 15 leaders (this record was tied in 1989, then broken in 2006 at 18 and 2010 at 21, and 2011 with 22). Richard Petty and Donnie Allison combined to lead 29 times for 120 laps while other strong cars included Yarborough, Bobby Allison, A. J. Foyt (who started 35th), Coo Coo Marlin (started 31st), and pole-sitter David Pearson.


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
The race saw two dramatic changes in outcome in the final twenty laps. Richard Petty cut a tire and had to pit under green with 19 laps to go, putting Donnie Allison into the lead. But with 11 laps to go, Bob Burcham blew an engine in the trioval just in front of Donnie Allison. It caused Allison's Chevy to blow out a tire and spin out near turn one while leading. Allison then lost a lap limping back to pit road to get fresh tires. Petty re-took the lead and won by a margin of 47 seconds.


1974 Daytona 500, Summary
Yarborough was second, followed by Ramo Stott, Marlin, Foyt, and Donnie Allison. Marlin might have finished second, but mistook the white flag for the checkered, since both were being displayed when they crossed the line to get the white flag, as Petty was right behind them. Marlin let off on the back straightaway, and lost second to Yarborough, while Stott, known at the time mostly for his USAC stock car prowess, followed to take third, while Marlin had to settle for fourth.


1974 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1974 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University Of Delaware during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season as an independent. The Hens completed the 86th season of Delaware football. The Hens played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. The 1974 team was led by coach Tubby Raymond and finished the regular season with a 10–1 record to make the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Hens lost to Central Michigan, 54–14, in the Division II Championship Game, the Camellia Bowl.


1974 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1974 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Arnold Jeter in his final season, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 3–6 and a mark of 0–6 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the MEAC.


1974 Denver Broncos season
The 1974 Denver Broncos season was the team's 15th year in professional football and its fifth with the National Football League (NFL). Led by third-year head coach and general manager John Ralston, the Broncos had a winning record for the second straight season with seven wins, six losses, and one tie, which was fifth-best in the conference.


1974 Denver Broncos season
Denver finished second in the AFC West, but 4½ games behind the Oakland Raiders, who clinched in mid-November, and 1½ games behind the wild card Buffalo Bills. In their fifteen years of existence, the Broncos had yet to reach the postseason.


1974 Denver Broncos season
The team played at Detroit on Thanksgiving and won in the final NFL game at Tiger Stadium; the Lions moved north to the Pontiac Silverdome in 1975.


1974 Detroit Lions season
The 1974 Detroit Lions season was the 45th season in franchise history. It was the Lions' final season playing at Tiger Stadium; the team moved to the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium the following season and played home games there until the end of their 2001 season. Prior to the start of training camp, tragedy would strike the Lions, as head coach Don McCafferty died of a heart attack at age 53. He was replaced by Lions assistant Rick Forzano, who guided the Lions to a 7–7 record in their final season at Tiger Stadium. This would also be the last season until 2011 when Monday Night Football aired in the City of Detroit as a result of the Lions playing in Pontiac from 1975 to 2001, followed by subpar seasons while playing home games at Ford Field during its first eight years.


1974 Detroit Tigers season
The 1974 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 72–90. They finished in last place in the American League East, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They were outscored by their opponents 768 to 620.


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season
1974 was Al Kaline's final season after 22 years as a Tiger (1953–1974). He became the 12th player to join the 3,000 hit club on September 24.


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Regular season
On September 7, the Yankees' Graig Nettles hit a home run against the Tigers. The next time up, he hit a broken-bat single. Tigers catcher Bill Freehan scrambled for the six superballs that came bouncing out. Nettles was called out on the single, but his solo homer was allowed and the made all the difference as the Yankees won 1–0.


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Awards and honors, Milestones
Al Kaline became the 12th player in the 3,000 hit club on September 24


1974 Detroit Tigers season, Awards and honors, Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:


1974 Dixie 500
The 1974 Dixie 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on July 28, 1974, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.


1974 Dixie 500
Souvenir programs of this event was generally handed out to people at a rate of $2 USD per copy ($10.5 when adjusted for inflation). Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.


1974 Dixie 500, Background
Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) is one of ten current intermediate track to hold NASCAR races; the others are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. However, at the time, only Charlotte and Darlington were built.


1974 Dixie 500, Background
The layout at Atlanta International Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.


1974 Dixie 500, Race report
There were 36 drivers in this 328-lap racing event; Dan Daughtry was the unfortunate last-place finish due to troubles with his engine on lap 10. Cale Yarborough earned the pole position for driving speeds up to 156.75 miles per hour (252.26 km/h) during solo qualifying sessions. Earl Ross, a Canadian NASCAR driver, was the only foreigner on the starting grid. Donnie Allison, Buddy Baker and Richard Petty would dominate the opening laps of this event. This would be the last time that a Winston Cup Atlanta race was run during the summer.


1974 Dixie 500, Race report
Speeds at this event reached up to 131.651 miles per hour (211.872 km/h) throughout the entire three-hour-and-forty-two-minute spectacle. The green flag was officially waved at approximately 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time while the checkered flag was waved at approximately 4:42 PM EDST. Buddy Baker, David Pearson, and Richard Petty would dominate the final laps of the race. In the end, Richard Petty went on to defeat David Pearson by exactly 21 seconds. 38,000 live spectators would see other notable drivers such as Elmo Langley, J.D. McDuffie, James Hylton, Donnie Allison and Bill Champion.


1974 Dixie 500, Race report
Jimmy Crawford would make his final NASCAR Winston Cup Series start in this race; he finished in 31st place.


1974 Dixie 500, Race report
Individual winnings ranged from the winner's share of $19,350 ($101,542 when adjusted for inflation) to a meager $875 for the last-place finisher ($4,592 when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse for this racing event was $101,295 ($531,560 when adjusted for inflation).


1974 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1974. The main opposition party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party, did not contest the election, leaving only the ruling Reformist Party and some right-wing and centre-right parties. Incumbent Joaquín Balaguer won the presidential election, whilst his Reformist Party won the Congressional elections in alliance with the National Youth Movement. Voter turnout was 71.7%.


1974 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1974 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.


1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election
The first Dumfries and Galloway regional council election took place on 7 May 1974, along with the first district council elections in Scotland. This new system was created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which saw the making of a two-tier system of local government. The area Dumfries and Galloway regional council covered also contained 4 district councils:


1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election
As with many other councils in this election, independents formed the majority of councillors, with only Labour behind them with 2 seats. This was also reflected in the district council elections in Dumfries and Galloway and much of Scotland.


1974 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council election
Turnout was low, which is the norm for local elections, but what was shocking about this election is the amount of uncontested wards. 12 out of the 35 wards in Dumfries and Galloway were uncontested, meaning over a third of the electorate couldn't vote on their representative. Again, this was reflected in the district council elections in the region.


1974 Dunedin mayoral election
The 1974 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1974, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1974 Dunedin mayoral election
Jim Barnes, the incumbent Mayor was re-elected for a third term. He defeated councillor Brian Arnold of the Labour Party. In the city council voting, the Citizens' Association won seven seats, the Labour Party four and one independent was successful.


1974 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1974 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on 23 June 1974. It was race 8 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.


1974 Dutch Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
*Positions with a pink background indicate drivers that failed to qualify


1974 Dutch Open (tennis)
The 1974 Dutch Open was a men's tennis tournament staged at 't Melkhuisje in Hilversum, Netherlands that was part of the Group C tier of the 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 21 July until 28 July 1974. It was the 18th edition of the tournament. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title and earned $5,000 first-prize money. For the first time no women's events were held.


1974 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Tito Vázquez /  Guillermo Vilas defeated  Lito Álvarez /  Julián Ganzábal 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2


1974 Dwars door België
The 1974 Dwars door België was the 29th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 24 March 1974. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Louis Verreydt.


1974 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
The 1974 E3 Harelbeke was the 17th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 23 March 1974. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Herman Van Springel.


1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1974. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game, both Boston University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.


1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1974 Ealing London Borough Council election
The 1974 Ealing Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1974 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1974 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Pat Dye, the team compiled a 7–4 record.


1974 East Lothian District Council election
Elections for East Lothian Council took place in May 1974, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1974 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 1974 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented as an independent Eastern Illinois University during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. The Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois.


1974 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
The 1974 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their first season under head coach George Mans, the Hurons compiled a 4–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 178 to 143.


1974 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
Coach Mans had been an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan since 1966. He was hired by Eastern Michigan in February 1974. In his first season as head coach, the Hurons started the season with only one win in the first four games, but the team finished strong, going 3–2–1 in the final five games. The team's victories were against Western Michigan (20–19), Northern Michigan (24–0), Ball State (17–9), and Toledo (28–12).


1974 Eastern Suburbs season
The 1974 Eastern Suburbs season was the 68th in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1974 premiership, finishing the regular season as minor premiers. They went on to play in and win the grand final. Easts also competed in the 1974 Amco Cup.


1974 Edmonton municipal election
The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.


1974 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%.


1974 Egyptian October Paper referendum
A referendum on the October Paper was held in Egypt on 15 May 1974. It was approved by 99.9% of voters, with a turnout of 97.9%.


1974 Eisenhower Trophy
The 1974 Eisenhower Trophy took place 30 October to 2 November at the Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It was the ninth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 35 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.


1974 Eisenhower Trophy
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth successive time, finishing 10 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Japan. Brazil took the bronze medal while South Africa finished fourth. Jaime Gonzalez from Brazil and American Jerry Pate had the lowest individual scores, six-over-par 294.


1974 Eisenhower Trophy
The event was originally planned to be played in Malaysia but was moved because of the inability of all member countries to compete there as the Malaysian government's policy prohibited entry into Malaysia of representatives of South Africa.


1974 Eisenhower Trophy, Teams
35 teams contested the event. Each team except one had four players. The team representing El Salvador had only three players.


1974 Eisenhower Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum
A referendum on separating from the Gilbert Islands was held in the Ellice Islands (then administered together as the Gilbert and Ellice Islands) between July and September 1974. A rolling ballot was used, starting in July in Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands before being taken to each resident of the Ellice Islands.


1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum
The result was 93% of voters in favour of separation, with a voter turnout of 88%. In October the following year the islands were officially separated, and four years after the referendum, the islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu, whilst the Gilbert Islands became Kiribati.


1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum, Background
Following objections to self-government for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from the 8 representatives of the Ellice Islands due to concerns about the Gilbert Islands being the dominant part of the territory, an inquiry was held by the British representative Leslie Monson. Following the inquiry, the British government granted the referendum. Proposals for a federal system that would lessen concerns about Gilbertese domination were rejected by GEIC Leader of Government Business Reuben Uatioa, founder of the Gilbertese National Party, who stated "it is either secession or the present type of unitary government."


1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum, Background
Prior to the referendum, the British government stated that if separation were to happen, the Ellice Islands would not receive any share of the Gilberts' phosphate revenues from Ocean Island and that the assets of the GEIC outside the Ellice Islands would remain the property of the Gilbert Islands. However, separation was still supported by all prominent Ellice Islands politicians except Isakala Paeniu, a government minister.


1974 Ellice Islands self-determination referendum, Reactions
After the results were announced, Chief Minister Naboua Ratieta stated "Personally I am sorry they have decided to separate from us. After all, we have been friends for a long time, and so far as my administration is concerned, there would have been no question whatever of any political domination of the Ellice people by the Gilbertese". Paeniu said "I'm sorry to find there are only 200-odd sensible Ellice Islanders. They are, perhaps, the only people who voted with full knowledge of the tough implications of the whole issue... I'm sorry to say that the Ellice leaders, who advocate separation, have not come to grips with the real problems facing small, almost unknown communities in the world today."


1974 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 26 teams, and Yanmar Diesel won the championship.


1974 Emperor's Cup Final
1974 Emperor's Cup Final was the 54th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1975. Yanmar Diesel won the championship.


1974 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
Yanmar Diesel won their 3rd title, by defeating Eidai Industries 2–1.


1974 Enfield London Borough Council election
The 1974 Enfield Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1974 English Greyhound Derby
The 1974 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 29 June 1974 at White City Stadium. The winner was Jimsun and the winning owners Joe De Mulder and Miss Lesley Walker received £13,500. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers.


1974 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
1¼, ½, head, 1, 2½ (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.


1974 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Patricias Hope returned for an attempt to win an unprecedented third Derby but he was up against the ante-post favourites that included Juvenile and Wood Lane winner Myrtown, Irish entries Ballymaclune and Lively Band and Laurels victors Black Banjo and Over Protected.


1974 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Black Banjo failed to progress from round one but Blackwater Champ, (the Pall Mall Stakes champion) and Jimsun recorded the best times of 28.53 & 28.54 respectively. In a very strong heat two of round two the dream of Patricias Hope ended with his connections retiring him with immediate effect. Myrtown, Jimsun, Blackwater Champ and Acomb Dot all won their heats and remained unbeaten.


1974 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The first semi-final saw Soft Light provide a shock when beating Jimsun by a length whilst Acomb Dot finished last. Blackwater Champ took heat two with Myrtown taking the third and the final qualifying place.


1974 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
A crowd of 33,000 turned up to see the sports premier race and they watched the Irish hope Ballymaclune trap well and take an early lead. Favourite Blackwater Champ lost any chance after missing the break. Jimsun showed good early pace to overtake and impede Handy High when moving up to second place and then challenged along the back straight before going onto win by just over a length in 28.76sec. Myrtown finished well to take second place.


1974 English National Badminton Championships
The 1974 English National Badminton Championships were held in Melksham, from 7-8 December, 1973.


1974 English cricket season
The 1974 English cricket season was the 75th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The recent pattern of joint tours continued with India and Pakistan again playing three Tests each against England. Worcestershire won the County Championship.


1974 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 1974 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 22–25 October at Campo de Golf in Cajuiles, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic. It was the sixth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 22 teams, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.


1974 Espirito Santo Trophy
The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their fifth consecutive title, beating team Great Britain & Ireland  and team South Africa by 16 strokes. Great Britain & Ireland took and South Africa shared the silver medal.


1974 Espirito Santo Trophy
The event was originally planned to be played in Malaysia but was moved because of the inability of all member countries to compete there as the Malaysian government's policy prohibited entry into Malaysia of representatives of South Africa.


1974 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams
22 teams contested the event. Each team had three players, except Chile who only had two.


1974 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


1974 Estonian SSR Football Championship
The 1974 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Narva Baltika.


1974 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
The 1974 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in Utrecht, was the inaugural official edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. The group stage format was preserved. It was won by SC 1880 Frankfurt, which had already won the last three unofficial editions.


1974 European Aquatics Championships
The 1974 European Aquatics Championships were held in Austrian capital of Vienna from 18 to 25 August 1974. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo (men).


1974 European Athletics Championships
The 11th European Athletics Championships of 1974 were held from 2 September to 8 September in Italy, at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.


1974 European Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 747 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event, two athletes more than the official number of 745 as published.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6, 7, and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 3 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 7 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974. The third-placed Finnish team was initially disqualified over Markku Kukkoaho's use of his elbows at the start of the anchor leg, but Finland launched a successful counter-protest and kept the bronze medals.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 7 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Final
8 SeptemberThis final was a fast race from the start, with Britain's Brendan Foster leading it all the way. He passed 1,000 metres in 2:39.2. In the early laps, Belgium's Willy Polleunis closely followed Foster, but soon after 1,000 metres the Belgian started to drop from the Briton's pace, and became the first runner to lose contact with the lead group. Polleunis would finish fifteenth and last in this final. Foster kept up the fast and steady pace, passing 2,000 metres in 5:20.2.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Final
Finland's Lasse Viren had already moved behind Foster during the second kilometre, with East Germany's Manfred Kuschmann running third. At 2,800 metres, Foster suddenly surged, and only Viren tried to keep up with him. The British runner passed 3,000 metres in 8:01.2. Viren slowed down before 3,100 metres, determined to conserve his strength to fight for the silver and bronze medals instead. Therefore Foster ran the final's last laps in an unchallenged lead, while Viren let the main group of runners catch him.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Final
On the last back straight, Kuschmann suddenly sprinted into the second place, followed by Viren, the Netherlands' Jos Hermens, Norway's Arne Kvalheim, and Romania's Ilie Floroiu. At the start of the final bend, Hermens passed Viren. However, on the final straight, the Finn was able to pass the Dutchman to claim the bronze medal behind Foster, who had already finished the race in 13:17.2, and Kuschmann who sprinted to the finish line in the second place. (See Raevuori, Antero, Lasse Viren:  The Gilded Spikes / Kullatut piikkarit (Finland, c. 1976);    EUROPEI DI ROMA 1974 5000 FOSTER.)


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 7 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 7 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 7 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 7 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.


1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 5th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held on 9 and 10 March 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scandinavium.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The track used for the championships was 196 metres long.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
Held on 9 March. First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 392 metres relay
The men's 4 × 396 metres relay event at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg. The athletes ran two laps for each leg, like in modern indoor relay races, but because the track was only 196 metres long, it resulted in an unusual distance of 392 metres for each runner.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Held on 9 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Held on 9 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 392 metres relay
The women's 4 × 396 metres relay event at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg. The athletes ran two laps for each leg, like in modern indoor relay races, but because the track was only 196 metres long, it resulted in an unusual distance of 392 metres for each runner.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Held on 9 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Held on 9 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Held on 9 March. First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event  at the 1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 9 March in Gothenburg.


1974 European Badminton Championships
The 4th European Badminton Championships were held in Vienna (Austria), between 18 and 20 April 1974, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Österreichischer Badminton Verband.


1974 European Cup Final
The 1974 European Cup Final was contested between Bayern München of West Germany and Atlético Madrid of Spain. This marked the first time in club history for both Bayern and Atlético to contest in a European Cup Final. Goals in extra time from Luis Aragonés and Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck cancelled each other out, so a replay took place two days later. Bayern won the replay convincingly, with two goals each from Uli Hoeneß and Gerd Müller, giving the German side a 4–0 victory. This is the only European Cup/Champions League final to have been replayed.


1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 14th European Cup Winners' Cup final. It was contested between Magdeburg of East Germany and the defending champions, Milan of Italy, and was held at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Magdeburg won the match 2–0 thanks to goals by Enrico Lanzi (own goal) and Wolfgang Seguin. It was the only time one of the major European trophies was won by an East German club.


1974 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1974 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia from January 29 to February 2. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1974 European Formula Two Championship
The 1974 European Formula Two season was contested over 10 rounds and had Frenchman Patrick Depailler as the season champion. Depailler raced the Formula One season as well this year, driving for the Tyrrell racing team.


1974 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.


1974 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 5: the second heat was also originally scheduled over 20 laps, but stopped early due to heavy rain.


1974 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 7 was won by a graded driver shown in Italics


1974 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. No driver had a point deduction.


1974 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.


1974 European Judo Championships
The 1974 European Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in London, Great Britain on 5 May 1974. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.


1974 European Karate Championships
The 1974 European Karate Championships, the 7th edition of the European Karate Championships, was held in London, England, from May 2 to 4, 1974.


1974 European Tour
The 1974 European Tour was a series of golf tournaments that comprised the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tournament circuit. It is officially recognised as the third season of the PGA European Tour.


1974 European Tour
Historically, the PGA's Order of Merit only included tournaments in Great Britain and Ireland, but in 1970 events in continental Europe were included for the first time. The circuit and organisation evolved further over the following years, adopting the name PGA European Golf Tour in 1979.


1974 European Tour
The Order of Merit was won by England's Peter Oosterhuis.


1974 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 1974 European Tour schedule which was made up of 21 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and some non-counting tournaments that later became known as "Approved Special Events". The schedule included the major national opens around Europe, with other tournaments mostly held in England, Scotland and Wales.


1974 European Tour, Schedule
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Double Diamond Strokeplay, the El Paraiso Open and the non-counting Ibergolf Trophy to conclude the season; and the loss of the Scottish Open. The John Player Classic was scheduled for late September, but ultimately cancelled due to a clash of dates with the PGA Tour's Kaiser International Open Invitational.


1974 European Tour, Order of Merit
The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was based on a points system, which meant that some players could finish lower than others despite accumulating more prize money.


1974 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1974 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Verona, Italy from May 27 to June 6, 1974. This was the 53rd edition of the event. There were 162 men in action from 26 nations.


1974 FA Charity Shield
The 1974 FA Charity Shield was the 52nd FA Charity Shield, an annual English association football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League First Division and FA Cup. The match was contested by Leeds United, the champions of the 1973–74 Football League First Division, and Liverpool, the 1973–74 FA Cup winners. It was held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 10 August 1974. Watched by a crowd of 67,000 and televised (although not live as has often been claimed), the match ended in a 1–1 draw and was decided by a penalty shoot-out which was won 6–5 by Liverpool.


1974 FA Charity Shield
The game was the first in which Bob Paisley and Brian Clough managed Liverpool and Leeds respectively. In recognition of his services to the club, Liverpool F.C. asked its retired manager Bill Shankly to lead the team out onto the field.


1974 FA Charity Shield
The match is mostly remembered for Billy Bremner and Kevin Keegan being jointly dismissed from the field by referee Bob Matthewson in the 60th minute after they had a fight. Keegan, who claimed provocation, was furious about being sent off, and threw his shirt away. Bremner copied him, and the two players were afterward charged with bringing football into disrepute. The FA Disciplinary Committee imposed tough punishments but were themselves heavily criticised by people in football who doubted their competence.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
The FA Charity Shield was founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, and began as a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and Southern League, although in 1913 it was played between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI. In 1921, it was played by the league champions of the Football League First Division and the FA Cup winners for the first time.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
The 1974 match was the first Charity Shield game to be played at Wembley Stadium as the Football Association (the FA) tried to revive the status of the match as a traditional season curtain-raiser by moving it to the country's showpiece venue. Furthermore, the FA insisted on the League champions and Cup winners both taking part for the first time since 1970.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
The 1973–74 Football League champions Leeds United and the 1974 FA Cup winners Liverpool had been two of the best teams in England over the previous decade, and there was intense rivalry between them with, as the Leeds United website says, "some bitter battles down the years, but it is doubtful whether there had ever been an angrier encounter than [the 1974 Charity Shield]". Liverpool had been managed by Bill Shankly since December 1959 and Leeds by Don Revie since March 1961.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
Both managers had lifted their clubs out of the Second Division (Liverpool in 1962, Leeds in 1964) and established them as leading members of the First Division. Since Liverpool were promoted in 1962, they had won the league championship three times, the FA Cup twice and the UEFA Cup once. Leeds since promotion in 1964 had won the championship twice, the FA Cup once, the Football League Cup once and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The two clubs had previously met at Wembley in May 1965 when Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time, defeating Leeds 2–1 after extra time in the final.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
Having won the League championship and the FA Cup respectively in 1973–74, Revie and Shankly both left their clubs. On 4 July 1974, Revie was appointed as manager of the England national team in succession to Sir Alf Ramsey. Only eight days later, on 12 July, Shankly announced his retirement from football management in a press conference at Anfield. There was much speculation about how two such high-profile jobs would be filled.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
In one case, at Liverpool, there was a straightforward solution which resulted in their young team taking, in the words of Leeds United's own website, "a vice like grip on the English game". At Leeds, however, the succession to Revie could not have been more controversial, especially when, as the Leeds website itself says of the club's ageing team, "Leeds were on the wane".


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
On 20 July, Brian Clough was appointed team manager of Leeds, parting company with Brighton & Hove Albion and his erstwhile assistant Peter Taylor, who succeeded him as Brighton manager. Clough had been a long-term and outspoken critic of Revie's team and his appointment was a major surprise. Problems quickly surfaced, beginning only two days later when Mike Bamber, the Brighton chairman, accused Leeds of reneging on a "gentleman's agreement" to compensate his club for Clough's services. Bamber claimed that Leeds had agreed to pay £75,000; this was rejected by Leeds who maintained, even after a writ was issued, that Clough had applied for the job with no enticement by them.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
On 26 July, Liverpool decided to seek continuity and appointed Shankly's assistant Bob Paisley as their new manager. Reserve team coach Joe Fagan was promoted to be Paisley's assistant, and the Liverpool success story continued into the 1980s and beyond.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Background and pre-match
On 6 August, Clough completed the signing of Duncan McKenzie from his own future club Nottingham Forest for £250,000 – a record fee for both clubs at the time. Later the same day, Liverpool played a friendly at 1. FC Kaiserslautern in which Kevin Keegan was sent off. On 8 August, all Football League referees were given a new "get tough" charter requiring them to take firm action against offenders.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Team selections
Bob Paisley selected ten of the players who had represented Liverpool in the FA Cup Final three months earlier. John Toshack was unavailable due to injury and was replaced by Phil Boersma. The Leeds team consisted entirely of players from their 1973–74 championship-winning squad with new signing Duncan McKenzie on the bench as a substitute.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Team selections
Although Paisley was now in charge of the Liverpool team, Bill Shankly was asked to lead them onto the pitch for the last time. Brian Clough later claimed that he wanted Don Revie to do the same for Leeds but Revie, who watched the match from a seat in the stand, declined the offer. A curiosity of the match was that Liverpool had no number 10 shirt and Leeds had no number 11. Phil Boersma and Eddie Gray both wore number 12.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The 1975–76 Rothmans Football Yearbook stated frankly that the 1974–75 season opened on 10 August "with a shabby Charity Shield game at Wembley". It criticised "continuous brawling" among the players, which climaxed in the joint dismissal of Kevin Keegan and Leeds captain Billy Bremner for "swapping punches". Bill Shankly, however, contradicted that in his autobiography, saying that "it was developing into an interesting game, but it was spoiled completely when Keegan and Bremner were sent off". He added that Leeds and Liverpool had been rivals for years "and there had been no trouble".


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The match started badly with an incident in the first minute of play, a tackle by Leeds striker Allan Clarke bringing down Phil Thompson who needed treatment. Clarke was then a marked man and was twice fouled badly himself, first by Tommy Smith and then by Alec Lindsay. Clarke was carried off after the second challenge and replaced by Duncan McKenzie. Smith was booked for his challenge on Clarke and Johnny Giles also received a booking after throwing a punch at Keegan.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
Phil Boersma opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 20th minute when he was first to reach the loose ball that had been blocked by David Harvey from a shot by Keegan. Later in the first half, a shot by Emlyn Hughes from outside the penalty area hit the Leeds crossbar. The match was notorious for the fistfight between Bremner and Keegan, who were jointly dismissed by referee Bob Matthewson after sixty minutes' play. Keegan, who was angry with the decision because he claimed provocation, took off his shirt as he left the field and threw it away. Bremner, several yards behind him, then did the same. Trevor Cherry headed home the Leeds equaliser in the 70th minute and the match finished 1–1.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
In earlier editions of the fixture, a draw had been an accepted result with each team sharing the shield each having it for six months. In 1974's case, the FA decided that a draw must be settled by a penalty shoot-out with a "best of five" round followed by "sudden death". All ten kicks taken in the best of five were converted and the round ended with the scores level at 5–5. The sudden death phase began and Leeds chose their goalkeeper David Harvey to take their first kick. He missed, hitting the ball over the crossbar. Ian Callaghan, despite slipping and falling as he kicked the ball, scored the winner for Liverpool. The final score was 6–5 and Liverpool were presented with the Charity Shield by Sir Stanley Rous, who had recently retired from his role as President of FIFA.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The actions of Bremner and Keegan were officially condemned and repercussions followed, initial statements to express "great disappointment" being made next day by both Ted Croker, FA Secretary, and Alan Hardaker, Football League Secretary. Croker, who had a greater concern about the impact on football of widespread hooliganism, was quoted as saying: "We are trying to make football more acceptable to a wider range of people. Football will survive, but players must learn they cannot throw punches at each other".


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
On 15 August, a Harrow resident called Tony Barlow applied to a court of law requesting that summonses be taken out against Bremner and Keegan "for behaviour in a public place likely to cause a breach of the peace". The next day, his application was refused by the magistrate.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
On 28 August, the FA Disciplinary Committee charged Bremner and Keegan with "bringing the game into disrepute" and imposed what Rothmans described as "an unprecedented punishment". On top of their automatic three-match suspensions for being sent off, the FA fined Bremner and Keegan £500 each and banned them until the end of September, meaning they missed eleven matches each in total.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
There was much criticism of the FA's decision from people in football. Bob Paisley, for example, said: "People who don't know how to run the country are trying to run football, which they know even less about". In answer to this criticism, the chairman of the disciplinary committee, Vernon Stokes, admitted that "the punishments might not have been quite so severe" if the match had not been played at Wembley and shown on television.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Tommy Smith, booked during the game for his tackle on Clarke, had been called to the hearing to give evidence. He condemned the whole affair as a farce. Smith confirmed that the initial foul on Keegan was committed by Johnny Giles, not Bremner, but Bremner was the first Leeds player Keegan saw when he turned to retaliate. Smith says that as soon as he came into the hearing, an unnamed FA official immediately accused him of starting all the trouble with his "very first tackle of the game".


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Smith retorted that the man was not even at the game and so how could he know that? The FA official replied by saying: "This is a democratic hearing of the evidence, you're not allowed to ask questions". Smith says he laughed out loud at the absurdity of that statement. At this point Matt Busby, who was on the FA committee, intervened and said: "I saw what happened. That'll be all, Tommy, thanks for coming". Smith says he left the room "wondering how it was possible that a person such as that committee member could have a key role in the running of football in this country".


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Brian Clough was not at Leeds much longer, being sacked on 12 September less than eight weeks after he arrived. In later years, he reflected on the 1974 Charity Shield and said: "Billy Bremner's behaviour was scandalous, producing one of the most notorious incidents in Wembley history". In response, the Leeds United website states that it was probably "six of one and half a dozen of the other", and that Clough's "one-eyed version of events" was coloured by his nightmare experience at the club.


1974 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Bob Paisley managed Liverpool for nine years until he retired after the 1982–83 season and was succeeded by Joe Fagan. Under Paisley's management, Liverpool won six League Championships, three League Cups, six Charity Shields, three European Cups, one UEFA Cup and one UEFA Super Cup. At the time of his retirement, he had won the Manager of the Year Award a record six times.


1974 FA Cup Final
The 1974 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United on Saturday, 4 May 1974 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 1973–74 FA Cup, the 93rd season of England's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. Liverpool were appearing in their fifth final and Newcastle in their eleventh, which was a record at the time. Liverpool had won the FA Cup once, in 1965, and Newcastle six times, most recently in 1955.


1974 FA Cup Final
Both teams entered the competition in the third round. Liverpool and Newcastle had scares in the third and fourth rounds, in all cases drawing home ties against much smaller clubs and then winning the replays. Both had good wins in the fifth round and Liverpool won away in the sixth (quarter-final) round. Newcastle's sixth round home tie against Nottingham Forest was declared void after a riot on the field by Newcastle fans when their team was losing 1–3. The game was delayed until order was restored and Newcastle won it 4–3.


1974 FA Cup Final
Forest made a written protest to the Football Association (the FA) and Newcastle were very close to being disqualified from the competition. The FA relented and ordered that the match must be replayed at a neutral venue. Two replays were needed before Newcastle won through. In the semi-finals, Newcastle defeated Burnley 2–0 at Hillsborough and Liverpool defeated Leicester City 3–1 in a replay at Villa Park, following a 0–0 draw at Old Trafford.


1974 FA Cup Final
The final, televised live, was watched by a crowd of 100,000 and Liverpool won a one-sided match 3–0 with goals by Kevin Keegan (2) and Steve Heighway. After the third goal, BBC TV's match commentator David Coleman said that Newcastle's defence had been "stripped naked" by Liverpool. When the score was 0–0, Liverpool left back Alec Lindsay had a goal disallowed for offside, but replays later showed that the final pass to Lindsay came from a Newcastle defender and therefore the goal should have stood. Liverpool won the FA Cup for the second time.


1974 FA Cup Final
The team managers Bill Shankly (Liverpool) and Joe Harvey (Newcastle) sat next to each other all through the match. It was Shankly's last game in charge of Liverpool as he retired in July and was succeeded by coach Bob Paisley – though Shankly led the team out for the Charity Shield match in August. Harvey retired at the end of the 1974–75 season. Two Newcastle players, Terry McDermott and Alan Kennedy, became Liverpool players in later years and both scored goals for Liverpool in European Cup finals. Kevin Keegan joined Newcastle as a player in 1982 and was their manager in the 1990s.


1974 FA Cup Final, Background
The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout association football competition in men's domestic English football. Organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA), the tournament was first played during the 1871–72 season and is the world's oldest association football competition. The 1974 match at Wembley was the 93rd FA Cup Final.


1974 FA Cup Final, Background
The match was Liverpool's fifth appearance in the final. They had won the competition once, defeating Leeds United 2–1 after extra time in the 1965 final. Liverpool had been runners-up in 1914, when they lost 1–0 to Burnley; in 1950, beaten 2–0 by Arsenal; and in 1971, beaten 2–1 after extra time by Arsenal.


1974 FA Cup Final, Background
Newcastle were appearing in a then record eleventh final. They had won the competition six times and been runners-up four times. Their first appearance was in the 1905 final at Crystal Palace which they lost 2–0 to Aston Villa. They reached the 1906 final too but were again beaten, this time 1–0 by Everton. Newcastle's third final was in 1908, again at Crystal Palace. They had finished fourth in the First Division that season, after winning the league in 1906–07 and, in the semi-final, they had beaten Fulham 6–0.


1974 FA Cup Final, Background
Their 1908 final opponents were Wolverhampton Wanderers ("Wolves") who had just finished ninth in the Second Division. Newcastle were therefore strong favourites to win their first FA Cup but, in a major shock, Wolves won the final 3–1. Newcastle's first win was in the 1910 final when they defeated Barnsley 2–0 in a replay at Goodison Park after the first match at Crystal Palace had ended 1–1. Newcastle reached the final again in 1911 and another replay was necessary, following a goalless draw at Crystal Palace against Bradford City, but they lost the replay at Old Trafford, Bradford winning 1–0.


1974 FA Cup Final, Background
Newcastle appeared in two inter-war finals, winning both. They defeated Aston Villa 2–0 in the second Wembley final, nicknamed the "Rainy Day Final"; and in 1932 they defeated Arsenal 2–1 in the "Over The Line Final". Newcastle enjoyed tremendous success in the early 1950s when the great Jackie Milburn was their centre forward. They won the FA Cup three times from 1951 to 1955: defeating Blackpool 2–0 in 1951, Arsenal 1–0 in 1952 and Manchester City 3–1 in 1955.


1974 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Doncaster Rovers, who were struggling in the bottom half of the Fourth Division, eventually finishing 22nd and therefore 90th of the 92 Football League clubs. At Anfield, Doncaster were close to achieving a major shock but Liverpool managed to secure a 2–2 draw and then won the replay 2–0 at Belle Vue. Liverpool struggled again in the fourth round, unable to score at Anfield against Second Division Carlisle United, who were promoted to the First Division at the end of the season. As in the previous tie, Liverpool won the replay 2–0, played at Brunton Park.