| Competition: | Football League First Division |
| Season: | 1973–74 |
| Winners: | Leeds United 2nd English title |
| Relegated: | Southampton Manchester United Norwich City |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Leeds United |
| Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Liverpool |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Derby County Ipswich Town Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| League Topscorer: | Mick Channon (21 goals)[1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | (2 February 1974) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (15 September 1973) |
| Highest Scoring: | (22 September 1973) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1107 |
| Prevseason: | 1972–73 |
| Nextseason: | 1974–75 |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1973-74 season.
Leeds United won the First Division title for the second time in their history. The title was confirmed on 24 April, after title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal.
Relegation was increased from two teams to three this season. Norwich City were relegated on 20 April, despite beating Burnley 1-0 at Carrow Road, Southampton's 1-1 draw with Manchester United sent the Canaries down. Manchester United went down on 27 April, after losing 1-0 at home to their fierce rivals Manchester City and Birmingham City's result going against them with a 2-1 win against relegated Norwich City at St Andrew's. Southampton were also relegated because of Birmingham City's result despite winning 3-0 at Everton.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton | Tom Eggleston | End of caretaker spell | 28 May 1973 | Pre-season | Billy Bingham | 1 June 1974 | |
| Derby County | Brian Clough | Sacked[2] | 15 October 1973 | 3rd | Dave Mackay | 22 October 1973 | |
| Manchester City | Johnny Hart | Illness | 23 October 1973 | 10th | Ron Saunders | 22 November 1973 | |
| Southampton | Ted Bates | Became general manager | 17 November 1973 | 8th | Lawrie McMenemy | 22 November 1973 | |
| Norwich City | Ron Saunders | Signed by Manchester City | 22 November 1973 | 20th | John Bond | 27 November 1973 | |
| Sheffield United | John Harris | Retired | 5 December 1973 | 14th | Ken Furphy | 7 December 1973 | |
| Manchester City | Ron Saunders | Sacked | 12 April 1974 | 16th | Tony Book | 12 April 1974 |
| width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=155 | Club | width=50 | Goals |
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| 1 | Mick Channon | Southampton | 21 | ||||
| 2 | 20 | ||||||
| 3 | 19 | ||||||
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| 5 | 17 | ||||||
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| 8 | 16 |