| | date | Home | score | Away | HT | att. |  | Fri 27.09.74 | Mansfield Town | 0-0 | Chester | 0-0 | 3,182 |  |  |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Barnsley | 2-1 | Newport County | 1-0 | 4,553 |  |  John Pickering,  Mick Butlet --- Eddie Woods  |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Bradford City | 2-0 | Stockport County | 0-0 | 3,167 |  |  1-0 Roy Baker 2T  2-0 Roy Baker 2T |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Brentford | 1-0 | Crewe Alexandra | 0-0 | 5,440 |  |  1-0 Dave Simmons 2T |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Darlington | 6-0 | Cambridge United | 3-0 | 2,304 |  |  1-0 Gon Burluraux 18'  2-0 Stan Webb 33'  3-0 Eric Young 36'  4-0 Colin Sinclair 79'  5-0 Volin Sinclair 84'  6-0 Eric Young 88' |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Doncaster Rovers | 0-0 | Rotherham United | 0-0 | 4,710 |  |  |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Hartlepool | 0-2 | Swansea City | 0-0 | 2,791 |  | 0-1  Herbie Williams 2T 0-2  Herbie Williams 2T |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Lincoln City | 3-0 | Rochdale | 1-0 | 2,461 |  |   Peter Graham 2,  Dick Krzywicki |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Reading | 4-1 | Southport | 2-1 | 5,995 |  |  Barrie Wagstaff,    Robin Friday 3 --- Bob Lenarduzzi  OG |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Shrewsbury Town | 5-0 | Scunthorpe United | 3-0 | 3,381 |  |   Ray Haywood 2,   Mike Kearney 2 (1 pen.),  Allan Tarbuck |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Torquay United | 0-1 | Northampton Town | 0-1 | 2,851 |  | 0-1  Robin Wainwright |  | Sat 28.09.74 | Workington | 0-1 | Exeter City | 0-1 | 1,213 |  | 0-1  Nicky Jenings | 
 | | Ranking | pt | gls | m |  | 1. Shrewsbury T | 14 | 22:8 | 9 |  | 2. Reading | 13 | 17:8 | 9 |  | 3. Crewe Alex | 13 | 10:6 | 10 |  | 4. Rotherham U | 12 | 19:9 | 8 |  | 5. Newport C | 12 | 15:13 | 10 |  | 6. Mansfield T | 11 | 10:6 | 8 |  | 19.Darlington | 7 | 16:18 | 10 |  | 20.Doncaster R | 7 | 12:14 | 9 |  | 21.Hartlepool | 6 | 7:11 | 7 |  | 22.Stockport C | 5 | 9:16 | 8 |  | 23.Workington | 5 | 7:14 | 9 |  | 24.Scunthorpe U | 4 | 6:20 | 10 | 
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