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United put the disasters of May
1973 behind them to set the pace with some of the best football
in their history, but the form, displays and discipline of the
autumn evaporate in the tension of a spring
title chase with Liverpool
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The United party that travelled
to London for the final game of the 1973/74 campaign did do so
secure in the knowledge that the First Division title was en route
to Elland Road whatever the result of the match
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As the battle for the championship
came down to the wire, United faced the severest pressure from
arch rivals Liverpool but a breathtaking Elland Road clash with
Ipwich Town gave them a vital boost
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After months as overwhelming favourites
to win the League title, United saw their form collapse over the
space of six short weeks. The clash with Derby had thus taken
on the status of a do-or-die occasion
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"Leeds were haunted by doubt,
undermined by misunderstandings… their reputation was on the verge
of destruction." After a magnificent season, United's title challenge
was unravelling before Don Revie's eyes.
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United had gone 29 games unbeaten
from the start of the season when they visited the Potteries and
were looking to equal a record set fifty years before but Stoke
brought them back down to earth
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Still unbeaten in the First Division,
but United could not get the better of Bristol City from Division
Two in the FA Cup and went tumbling out of the competition after
a replay at Elland Road
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United had little appetite for
the UEFA Cup in 1973/74, but Billy Bremner's masterly display
at sweeper and two rookie keepers saw to it that United earned
a famous win by virtue of a penalty shoot out
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After going more than two years
without a League victory in London, it's two in five days as United
hammer Tottenham 3-0 on their own pitch with two of the goals
coming from Billy Bremner
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United get their League championship
challenge off to an impressive start by outclassing Everton. Three
months earlier, Don Revie had seemed to be on his way to taking
over the Merseysiders
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A syndicate takes over Leeds
City and sees an unprecedented trail of silverware with two Midland
Principal League titles, two Subsidiary championships, the West
Riding Cup and success as unofficial English champions
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City lose their captain Bob Hewison
in the first half but fight a marvellous rearguard action to deny
Stoke any more than a penalty and see themselves crowned unofficial
English champions
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