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.

Final league table

Results

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Third Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers125 August 1973 SouthportH2 – 04,656Ross, O'Donnell21 September 1973 Huddersfield TownA1 – 25,559Lennard38 September 1973 Shrewsbury TownH2 – 14,553Ross, Greenhalgh410 September 1973 Port ValeA1 – 25,829Watson514 September 1973 Southend UnitedA1 – 36,629O'Donnell619 September 1973 WatfordH3 – 25,090Greenhalgh, Watson, Simmons722 September 1973 Oldham AthleticH1 – 15,620Greenhalgh829 September 1973 Bristol RoversA0 – 19,12793 October 1973 WatfordA0 – 36,470106 October 1973 York CityH0 – 04,4471113 October 1973 Hereford UnitedA0 – 08,5221220 October 1973 Blackburn RoversA0 – 26,3271324 October 1973 Port ValeH4 – 23,612Ferguson, Foote, Greenhalgh, Lennard1427 October 1973 Halifax TownH0 – 14,630153 November 1973 Grimsby TownA0 – 17,1861610 November 1973 Charlton AthleticH1 – 04,856Greenhalgh1717 November 1973 AldershotH1 – 23,866Ross188 December 1973 BournemouthA0 – 18,5821922 December 1973 Bristol RoversH2 – 24,485Greenhalgh (2)2026 December 1973 WalsallA0 – 34,5912129 December 1973 Shrewsbury TownA0 – 23,368221 January 1974 Huddersfield TownH2 – 25,667Greenhalgh, Ross2312 January 1974 Southend UnitedH3 – 24,255Greenhalgh, Ferguson, Lill2419 January 1974 SouthportA0 – 01,5342527 January 1974 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1 – 17,749Simmons262 February 1974 ChesterfieldH1 – 24,223Ferguson275 February 1974 RochdaleA2 – 0588Simmons, Greenhalgh2817 February 1974 Hereford UnitedH2 – 05,728Ferguson, Lennard2924 February 1974 York CityA0 – 27,387303 March 1974 WalsallH0 – 04,569315 March 1974 Oldham AthleticA1 – 69,428Lennard3210 March 1974 Halifax TownA1 – 02,455Lennard3313 March 1974 ChesterfieldA0 – 33,2873416 March 1974 Blackburn RoversH0 – 24,6553523 March 1974 Charlton AthleticA0 – 23,7023627 March 1974 Tranmere RoversH1 – 03,975Cassidy3730 March 1974 Grimsby TownH0 – 13,658383 April 1974 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1 – 49,833Ross396 April 1974 RochdaleH3 – 32,704Cassidy, Shinton (2)4012 April 1974 WrexhamA1 – 24,591Shinton4113 April 1974 AldershotA0 – 65,0744216 April 1974 WrexhamH2 – 12,391Shinton, Cassidy4320 April 1974 BournemouthH2 – 13,398Watson, Batson4422 April 1974 Tranmere RoversA2 – 52,796Lennard, Akers 4527 April 1974 Plymouth ArgyleA1 – 45,078Cassidy461 May 1974 Plymouth ArgyleH3 – 11,979Shinton, Akers (2)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR124 November 1973 GillinghamH3 – 24,831Simmons (3)R215 December 1973 AldershotA2 – 14,244Simmons (2)R36 January 1974 Oldham AthleticH2 – 28,479Eades, Wood (o.g.)R3 Replay8 January 1974 Oldham AthleticA3 – 3 (aet)10,250Ferguson, Simmons, WatsonR3 2nd Replay14 January 1974 Oldham AthleticN1 – 23,563Simmons

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR129 August 1973 AldershotA1 – 14,147GreenhalghR1 Replay5 September 1973 AldershotH3 – 04,801Ross, Lennard, WatsonR29 October 1973 BuryA0 – 26,150

Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDF Vic Akers41(2)3503049(2)3DF Jack Bannister6(2)030009(2)0DF Brendon Batson1610000161FW Nigel Cassidy94000094DF Terry Eades4105130491MF Mike Ferguson3945130475MF Chris Foote8(2)1000(1)08(3)1FW Brian Greenhalgh271050313511DF Alan Guild32(9)0202036(9)0DF Allan Harris60000060MF Dave Lennard3662031417MF David Lill35(2)1202039(2)1DF Jon O'Donnell3525030432DF Graham Rathbone22(1)0202026(1)0MF Bobby Ross25(8)5403132(8)6DF Ray Seary6(1)000006(1)0FW Bobby Shinton1350000135FW Dave Simmons19(2)3571025(2)10GK Peter Vasper4605030540MF Graham Watson4435121515

References Cambridge 1973–74 at statto.com Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive