Cambridge United 1973–74 football season
The 1973–74 season was Cambridge United 's 4th season in the Football League .
After gaining promotion to the Third Division last season, Cambridge struggled to adapt to the tougher challenge and were relegated back to the Fourth Division.
Match
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
1
25 August 1973
Southport
H
2 – 0
4,656
Ross , O'Donnell
2
1 September 1973
Huddersfield Town
A
1 – 2
5,559
Lennard
3
8 September 1973
Shrewsbury Town
H
2 – 1
4,553
Ross , Greenhalgh
4
10 September 1973
Port Vale
A
1 – 2
5,829
Watson
5
14 September 1973
Southend United
A
1 – 3
6,629
O'Donnell
6
19 September 1973
Watford
H
3 – 2
5,090
Greenhalgh , Watson , Simmons
7
22 September 1973
Oldham Athletic
H
1 – 1
5,620
Greenhalgh
8
29 September 1973
Bristol Rovers
A
0 – 1
9,127
9
3 October 1973
Watford
A
0 – 3
6,470
10
6 October 1973
York City
H
0 – 0
4,447
11
13 October 1973
Hereford United
A
0 – 0
8,522
12
20 October 1973
Blackburn Rovers
A
0 – 2
6,327
13
24 October 1973
Port Vale
H
4 – 2
3,612
Ferguson , Foote , Greenhalgh , Lennard
14
27 October 1973
Halifax Town
H
0 – 1
4,630
15
3 November 1973
Grimsby Town
A
0 – 1
7,186
16
10 November 1973
Charlton Athletic
H
1 – 0
4,856
Greenhalgh
17
17 November 1973
Aldershot
H
1 – 2
3,866
Ross
18
8 December 1973
Bournemouth
A
0 – 1
8,582
19
22 December 1973
Bristol Rovers
H
2 – 2
4,485
Greenhalgh (2)
20
26 December 1973
Walsall
A
0 – 3
4,591
21
29 December 1973
Shrewsbury Town
A
0 – 2
3,368
22
1 January 1974
Huddersfield Town
H
2 – 2
5,667
Greenhalgh , Ross
23
12 January 1974
Southend United
H
3 – 2
4,255
Greenhalgh , Ferguson , Lill
24
19 January 1974
Southport
A
0 – 0
1,534
25
27 January 1974
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
1 – 1
7,749
Simmons
26
2 February 1974
Chesterfield
H
1 – 2
4,223
Ferguson
27
5 February 1974
Rochdale
A
2 – 0
588
Simmons , Greenhalgh
28
17 February 1974
Hereford United
H
2 – 0
5,728
Ferguson , Lennard
29
24 February 1974
York City
A
0 – 2
7,387
30
3 March 1974
Walsall
H
0 – 0
4,569
31
5 March 1974
Oldham Athletic
A
1 – 6
9,428
Lennard
32
10 March 1974
Halifax Town
A
1 – 0
2,455
Lennard
33
13 March 1974
Chesterfield
A
0 – 3
3,287
34
16 March 1974
Blackburn Rovers
H
0 – 2
4,655
35
23 March 1974
Charlton Athletic
A
0 – 2
3,702
36
27 March 1974
Tranmere Rovers
H
1 – 0
3,975
Cassidy
37
30 March 1974
Grimsby Town
H
0 – 1
3,658
38
3 April 1974
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
1 – 4
9,833
Ross
39
6 April 1974
Rochdale
H
3 – 3
2,704
Cassidy , Shinton (2)
40
12 April 1974
Wrexham
A
1 – 2
4,591
Shinton
41
13 April 1974
Aldershot
A
0 – 6
5,074
42
16 April 1974
Wrexham
H
2 – 1
2,391
Shinton , Cassidy
43
20 April 1974
Bournemouth
H
2 – 1
3,398
Watson , Batson
44
22 April 1974
Tranmere Rovers
A
2 – 5
2,796
Lennard , Akers
45
27 April 1974
Plymouth Argyle
A
1 – 4
5,078
Cassidy
46
1 May 1974
Plymouth Argyle
H
3 – 1
1,979
Shinton , Akers (2)
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