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October 1974

As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1975-76 (6th year) :

The Queen Anne Press, London 1975

October

1 Kevin Keegan makes his comeback after suspension in Norway against Stromgod-set. Liverpool win 1-0 with a Ray Kennedy goal.

2 A poor first round for British clubs in Europe sees seven teams eliminated. Celtic are beaten in Athens 2-0, Ipswich, Wolves, and Stoke are all out of the UEFA Cup. But Leeds survive at Zurich, and Dundee U. are still in the Cup-Winners' Cup.

3 Dave Sexton and Benny Fenton are the latest casualties of the so-far disastrous season for London clubs. Brian Mears, Chelsea's chairman, ends speculation over Sexton's future by announcing that the manager's contract will be honoured but he is no longer employed by the club. Sexton won the FA Cup and the European Cup-Winners' Cup with Chelsea, but during the last couple of seasons they have been struggling in the bottom half of the table ... Benny Fenton is sacked after eight years with Millwall. His departure comes close on the heels of important changes in the club at boardroom level... Pele retires amongst emotional scenes in Brazil. The 'King' plays 20 minutes for Santos and then leaves the field in tears.

4 Jimmy Armfield is the new manager of Leeds. After thinking over the move for a few days, the ex-England skipper decides to accept the challenge. Leeds will pay compensation to Armfleld's previous club, Bolton, for the loss of their manager. One of the most important tasks facing the 38-year-old new Leeds boss is to prepare his team for the tough Second Round European Cup tie v Ujpest Dozsa of Hungary ... Liverpool are also paired with Hungarian opponents. Ferencvaros ... Derby will face last season's beaten European Cup finalists, Atletico Madrid, in the UEFA Cup.

5 A new sad record is established in the Football League. Eight players are sent off, the highest ever in one day of football. The culprits include Kember, Beal, and Asa Hartford ... Mike England scores an unusual hat-trick in Spurs' 3-2 defeat against Burnley-two of the goals are own goals! . . . Tottenham and Arsenal are joint last with six points - the 'Gunners' are beaten 2-0 at Leeds, where Duncan McKenzie scores his first goal for the club ... Ipswich lose at Q.P.R., but still lead the table, one point in front of Manchester C. and Liverpool.

7 lan Greaves is the new Bolton manager. He was recommended by the former boss Jimmy Armfield.

8 Mike England is recalled into the Welsh squad for the European Championship clash against Hungary. 18-year-old Brian Flynn of Burnley is also included ... A night of hat-tricks in the League Cup. Malcolm Maconald scores a hat-trick at Q.P.R. and Mike Channon helps Southampton to a shock 5-0 win over Derby with three goals. At Fulham the referee stops the play for 30 minutes because of floodlight failure. Later West Ham and their goalkeeper Mervyn Day agree to cany on under sub-standard lighting conditions and Slough gets the winning goal for the home team - 2-1 ... Aldershot manager Tommy McAnearney fines Dennis Brown for throwing his shut at the bench when he was replaced during the Halifax match.

9 Bob Paisley completes his first signing for Liverpool. Phil Neal of Northampton joins the Cup holders for £60,000 - a record for the Midland club... In the League Cup, Manchester U. beat their neighbours, City, 1-0 with a Daly penalty. 55,225 people, the season's highest attendance, see the match and the police make no arrests . . . Giantkillers Colchester strike again - they beat Carlisle 2-0 at Layer Road.

10 Brian O'Neil signs for Huddersfield-the fee £40,000 . . . Don Revie appoints Gordon Banks and George Eastham to be in charge of the Under-23 team against Czechoslovakia ... Bill Taylor, Fulham's Scottish coach, has been asked to assist Les Cocker with the senior team's preparation for the European Championship.

11 Bobby Seith, manager of Hearts, resigns ... John O'Rourke is sacked by Bournemouth, but the club retains the player's registration ... Cruyff sues a Belgian paper, alleging publication of an advertisement with his picture without permission.

12 Tottenham lose at Chelsea and are now at the bottom of the table. Ipswich draw with Leeds, Liverpool beat Middlesbrough and the two clubs are joint League leaders ... In Scotland, Derek Parlane of Rangers scores five goals in his club's 6-1 victory at Dunfermline ... The League Cup draw pairs giantkillers Colchester with Southampton, and Chester are at home to Leeds.

13 Frank Blunstone turns down Chelsea's offer to become their manager. He prefers to stay with Manchester U. for 'job satisfaction and loyalty' . . . Czechoslovakia beat Sweden 4-0 in their last warm-up match before their visit to Wembley.

14 Cardiff have signed Northampton's John Buchanan in a straight exchange for John Farrington and have also taken young Chelsea striker Steve Finnieston on a month's loan.

15 Trevor Francis becomes the first Division One player to score 10 league goals this season. His goal for Birmingham is the only one of the match against champions Leeds . . . Ipswich lose again and have now failed to score a league goal since September 24 ... Brazilian star Jairzinho signs for French Club Olympique
Marseille.

16 London's managerial musical chairs game is in full swing. Dave Sexton is appointed Q.P.R. manager and Gordon Jago takes over Millwall ... In the League, Manchester C. beat Arsenal and join Ipswich and Liverpool on 17 points at the top of the table ... In Cardiff, referee Alan Turvey is attacked at half-time. It is reported that he is punched in the chest by a supporter, while another irate fan poured tea over him! Turvey says that he'll report the club to the Welsh F.A. The game itself ends Cardiff 3, York 2 - the Welsh club's first home win of the season.

17 Spurs Manager Terry Neill signs Dundee striker John Duncan for £125,000.

18 Six Chelsea players and trainer Norman Medhurst are booked by the referee at Everton. After the match John Dempsey is 'sent off' for a remark made to the official. Ron Suart, Chelsea's acting manager, says it wasn't 'a dirty match', four of the players having been booked for not standing 10 yards away from a free kick. The game ends in a 1-1 draw, so Chelsea remain unbeaten since'the departure of Dave Sexton. But Sexton's new club, Q.P.R., are beaten 1-0 by Liverpool at Loftus Road ... Gordon Jago also has an unhappy start in his new job - Millwall are beaten 2-0 away by Bristol Rovers ... Liverpool and Manchester C. are level on points at the top of Division One . . . The Ipswich slump continues with a 1-0 defeat at Upton Park v West Ham ... In Scotland Celtic score an unexpectedly easy victory over
Hibernian-5-0!

21 Both John Dempsey (remark to the referee after a match) and Terry Mancini (taking his shorts off as he was leaving the pitch) are charged with conduct likely to bring the game into disrepute ... An England XI - Don Revie's first selection - beat Sheffield W. 5-0 in a testimonial match . . . Billy Bremner and David Hay - both injured - are out of the Scottish squad for the friendly v E. Germany.

22 Bill Leivers is sacked by Cambridge U.

23 Leeds win an eventful match in Hungary. Lorimer opens the scoring in their European Cup tie v Ujpest Dozsa, but after 15 minutes McKenzie is sent off for retaliation. Fazekas equalizes from a penalty, but McQueen puts the '10-man' English champions ahead. Later a Hungarian is also sent off, but after a Lorimer
penalty miss the game ends 2-1 to Leeds ... Otherwise it is another dismal night for British football on the international front. Liverpool, Derby, and Dundee U.
only manage to draw at home, Hibs lose to Juvenlus, and the Irish teams are also
beaten. -

24 Chelsea appoint Ron Suart as manager and Eddie McCreadie is the new first team coach. After Frank Blunstone had turned down the Chelsea job, the Board decided not to go outside the club to find a successor to Dave Sexton ... Arsenal pay £20,000 to Q.P.R. for Terry Mancini, and the veteran'centre-back will make his debut for his new club against West Ham on Saturday ... Norwich sign Johnny Miller from neighbouring Ipswich for £45,000 . . . Don Revie says that Alan Hardaker has assured him of the postponement of League matches before World Cup qualifying games in the future.

25 Hardaker denies Revie's assertions and says, 'These are unauthorized statements, and if Mr Revie wishes to reveal all his business with me to the Press then I wish it to be known that I cannot co-operate.'

26 Liverpool beat Leeds 1-0 in front of the season's top league attendance - 54,996 - and take a one-point lead in Division One . . . Referee John Yates of Redditch is suspended for three matches. He booked several Chelsea players in a match last week and then allowed his notebook to be photographed and published by the Daily Mirror. The league emphasises that the suspension has nothing to do with Mr Yates' refereeing, but he should not have allowed his notes to be published... 134 goals are scored in the Football League-the highest Saturday haul for four years.

29 Gerry Francis of Q.P.R. is the only new cap in Revie's first England selection ... The U-23 side beat the Czechs 3-1 with goals by Taylor, Mills, and Greenhoff.

30 An excellent start for Don Revie's England in the European Championship. They beat Czechoslovakia 3-0 with late second-half goals by Channon and Bell (2). Thomas, for his first full cap, and Brooking come on as subs at 0-0 and the gamble pays dividends for the new England manager . . . On the same night Wales beat Hungary 2-0 and N. Ireland win by the same score in Stockholm v Sweden. Don Givens scores a hat-trick for Eire against Russia in Dublin. Mancini and the Russian player Kaplichny are sent off in the first half.

31 Ted Croker, F.A. Secretary, last night blasted BBC TV for their decision to re-screen the Ali-Foreman fight,' writes The Sun. The show goes on only minutes before the league programme kick-off on Saturday. Croker says, "The B.B.C pay, lip-service to having the best interests of football at heart - but when they decisions like this, one can only wonder about their sincerity."