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February 1975

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

The Queen Anne Press, London 1975

February

1 Everton stay on top after beating Tottenham at home with a late Pearson goal. A bottle thrown from the crowd floors Spurs keeper Pat Jennings, and referee Partridge reports the incident to the League .... Manchester U. lose their unbeaten home record .. . Bristol C. win 1-0 at Old Trafford in front of the day's biggest crowd - 47,118 .. . Shrewsbury 7, Doncaster 4 is the highest scoring game of the season so far - Ray Haywood gets a hat-trick for the home team.

3 Grimsby sack manager Ron Ashman ... Doncaster's new boss is Stan Anderson.

4 Larry Lloyd is fined £75 for giving a 'V sign salute to the Ipswich crowd, and is suspended for one match . . . England play two practice matches against club opposition. A side selected from the younger players in the squad beats Arsenal 2-0, and the more established players lose 1-0 to Tottenham.

5 Fulham and Nottingham F. finish in a stalemate once again in their FA Cup second replay. Fulham have now played six games in the competition and beaten only one opponent. 'We should go straight into the Guinness Book of Records', says their manager Alex Stock. 'If nobody wins this on Monday we ought to line-up the players and shoot them!' jokes Forest manager Brian Clough . . . Scotland draw 1-1 in Valencia with Spain in the European Championship. Jordan scores in the first minute but Megido equalizes with a disputed goal in the second half ... Sheffield W. sign Phil Henson, the Manchester C. player, for £50,000.

8 Tommy Langley, on his 17th birthday, scores Chelsea's winning goal against Birmingham. The London club opens a sumptuous 'Executive Restaurant' with a reception before the match . . . Liverpool take revenge over Ipswich with a fine 5-2 win at Anfield . . . Everton lose at, Manchester - now they are joint, leaders with Stoke and Burnley ... Manchester U. are beaten at Oxford, where hundreds of their fans are shut but. Tickets are on sale, but according to League regulations, visiting United fans must buy their tickets in advance... Mel Machin (Norwich), Angus Davidson (Scunthorpe), and Bobby Mountford (Rochdale) are sent off.

9 The FIFA meeting in Zurich adjourns the decision concerning the venue of the World Cup, but the Argentinians are still confident that they will be able to stage the 1978 finals.

10 Wimbeldon's brave FA Cup run ends. In front of a 45,701 crowd at Selhurst Park, they are beaten 1-0 by Leeds. A Giles shot is diverted past goalkeeper Guy by one of his own players ... Fulham beat Nottingham F. 2-1 in their third replay, and earn a lucrative fifth round tie at Goodison Park against Everton.

11 Jim McCalliog signs for Southampton for £40,000 . . . Torquay dismiss coacl Mike Hughes and appoint Len Chatterley in his place.

12 Spurs sign young Bolton defender Don McAllister for £80,000 . . . Liverpool'! bid to take over at the top of the table fails as they are beaten 4-1 at Newcastle.

13 Wilf McGuiness, once in charge of Manchester U., is the new manager of York City.

14 Dave Roberts, of Oxford, moves to Hull for a £70,000 fee.

15 Fulham, in their eighth FA Cup tie of the season, beat Everton at Goodison Park.Viv Busby, who scored twice during the week against Nottingham F., gets another two in a 2-1 shock win ... Peterborough hold Middlesbrough to a 1-1 draw, but Carlisle win at Mansfield . . . Ipswich fight back against Villa and turn a 0-2 deficit into a 3-2 win with goals by Dave Johnson and sub. Bryan Hamilton (2) .... Both Ipswich and Carlisle establish a new best for the club by reaching Round 6 ... Stan Bowles (Q.P.R.) is substituted at Upton Park and starts another controversy with an outburst against manager Dave Sexton. 'I'll never talk to him again', says the temperamental star ... In the League, Stoke go on top after a home draw against Wolves. Mike Pejic breaks his leg - the third Stoke player to suffer the same bad luck this season . . . Malcolm Macdonald scores twice in Newcastle's 3-0 home win v Burnley-now he leads the Division One League scoring chart with 14.

17 Sexton and Bowles settle their differences at Q.P.R., but Dave Webb goes 'missing' .. . The Scottish FA censures Willie Ormond for remarks concerning the referee after the Spain v Scotland game ... David Harvey is injured in a car accident and won't be available for Leeds' postponed Cup tie v Derby.

18 Harvey's stand-in David Stewart plays a heroic part in Leeds' triumph at the Baseball Ground. Once again an own goal decides the issue - Nish puts the ball past Boulton. Even Leeds manager Jimmy Armfield says that he feels sorry for Derby, but 'that is the kind of thing that so often happens in the Cup".

19 Leicester and Arsenal draw their Cup replay and will meet again next Monday at Filbert Street . . . Brian Clough buys the ex-Derby pair John O'Hare and John McGovern from Leeds. The players cost £60,000 - less than half the purchase price when they moved to Leeds.

20 'England's Wembley game v W. Germany seems certain to be beamed live into selected cinemas in every corner of the land', writes the Daily Express. Ted Croker, who is discussing the matter with Viewsport boss Jarvis Astaire, says, 'It looks certain that this game will be a sell-out, and we need the extra revenue'.

21 Watford sign Alan Garner, the Luton defender, for £20,000 .. .David Webb is back in training with Q.P.R. After the meeting with manager Sexton, he decides to resume his career in football.

22 Alan Ball and Bob McNab are sent off at Derby. This is only the second occasion since the war that two players of the same club have been dismissed in the same match. The only previous occasion was in 1967, when McLintock and Storey were sent off-a rare double for Arsenal! Spurs lose 3-0 to Leicester at White Hart Lane, and are now in deep relegation trouble... Fulham beat Sunderland (2 goals again by Viv Busby!) and Manchester U. are beaten by Aston Villa. So the promotion battle in the Second Division is becoming wide open ... to Scotland, Rangers lead is increased to four points, as Celtic are defeated by Hibernian.

24 Arsenal beat Leicester 1-0 in their second FA Cup replay at Filbert Street. John Radford scores the winnfer in the 25th minute of extra-time ... Martin Shivers is left out of the Spurs travelling party for a friendly against Red Star in Belgrade.

25 England draw 1-1 with Spain at Bristol in the UEFA Youth Cup qualifying match... Leeds beat Carlisle 3-1 and are now in a challenging position... Everton are back on top with a point to spare, and a game in hand.

26 Spurs win a friendly 1-X) in Belgrade. Peters isn't used, and Olivers plays in a friendly against Birmingham. Several interested managers watched the ex-England forward who is apparently available for transfer.

27 John Bond, Norwich manager, says that his players should not be involved in selling League Cup final tickets at inflated prices, but they are entitled to pick up perks from advertising, interviews, etc. Terry Venables announces his retirement. In future he'll be first team coach at Crystal Palace.

28 Mike England, Spurs' 31-year-old Welsh international, announces his retirement. England says, 'You set your own standards in football. I have been going home disappointed lately, and that is the chief reason I have chosen to call it a day. There is no animosity between me and Terry Neill. Spurs will survive.' ... Steve Mills, the young Southampton full-back, is seriously injured in a car crash . . . Manchester U. sign Steve Coppell from Tranmere for £40,000.