The Damned Utd

THE SEVENTH AND FINAL RECKONING

First Division Positions, 8 September 1974

P W D L F A Pts 1 Liverpool 6 5 1 0 14 4 11 2 Ipswich Town 6 4 1 1 9 3 10 3 Man. City 6 4 1 1 11 8 9 4 Stoke City 6 3 2 1 9 4 8 5 Everton 6 3 2 1 8 6 8 6 Sheffield Utd 6 3 2 1 10 8 8 7 Carlisle United 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 8 Middlesbrough 6 2 3 1 7 5 7 9 Wolves 6 2 3 1 8 7 7 10 Derby County 6 1 4 1 6 6 6 11 Newcastle Utd 6 2 2 2 12 12 6 12 Chelsea 6 2 2 2 9 11 6 13 Burnley 6 2 1 3 9 9 5 14 Leicester City 6 1 3 2 8 9 5 15 QPR 6 1 3 2 4 5 5 16 Arsenal 6 2 0 4 6 7 4 17 Birmingham C. 6 1 2 3 6 10 4 18 Luton Town 6 0 4 2 4 7 4 19 Leeds United 6 1 2 3 4 8 4 2 °Coventry City 6 0 3 3 7 13 3 21 West Ham Utd 6 1 1 4 5 11 3 22 Tottenham H. 6 1 0 5 5 10 2

I was a Yorkshire Man and I was a Cunning Man –

And I cursed you!

First with gift, then with loss –

I cursed you!

Loss and then gift, gift and then loss –

Until you lost. Until you left –

I cursed you, Brian. I damned you, Cloughie.