When Leeds United overcame late wobbles to be crowned champions of England for second time

By Lee Sobot
Published 11th Jul 2020, 16:50 BST
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DON REVIE knew his Leeds United side had been the best team of the last decade entering the 1973-74 campaign.

He also knew his Whites had not won as much as they should have and the end of the 72-73 season hardly helped from that perspective.

As part of a campaign in which the Whites finished third behind champions Liverpool and runners-up Arsenal, United were defeated in the FA Cup final by Sunderland before also being chinned by AC Milan in the final of the European Cup Winners Cup.

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Revie was then offered the Everton job but had unfinished business and was in no mood for messing approaching the start of the following season.

THE BEST: Leeds United celebrate winning the 1974 First Division title as part of Billy Bremner's testimonial game at Elland Road. Picture by YPN.THE BEST: Leeds United celebrate winning the 1974 First Division title as part of Billy Bremner's testimonial game at Elland Road. Picture by YPN.
THE BEST: Leeds United celebrate winning the 1974 First Division title as part of Billy Bremner's testimonial game at Elland Road. Picture by YPN.

The aim, not just to win the league, but to go the whole season unbeaten.

And despite the summer departure of Jack Charlton and Chris Galvin, this time there was no stopping Revie's Whites who finally became champions of England for the second time after falling to just four league defeats all term.

Amazingly, it took until February for Leeds to finally fall to a Division One defeat - by which point United's stellar work throughout the previous six months had laid the foundations for their title triumph.

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