1972-08-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Sheffield United	St Andrew's	37,390
Latchford R	Lineups		Hockey, Woodward
Chelsea	4	0	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	51,102	Largest home gate 1972-73
Garland 2, Osgood, Cooke	Lineups
Leicester City	0	1	Arsenal	Filbert Street	28,009
	Lineups		Ball (p)
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester City	Anfield Road	55,383
Hall, Callaghan	Lineups
Manchester United	1	2	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford	51,459
Law	Lineups		Whymark, Hamilton
Newcastle United	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	33,790
Tudor, Green	Lineups		Kindon
Norwich City	1	1	Everton	Carrow Road	25,851
Bone	Lineups		Royle
Southampton	1	1	Derby County	The Dell	20,525
Channon	Lineups		Hinton
Stoke City	2	0	Crystal Palace	Victoria Ground	22,564
Smith, Ritchie	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	33,884
Peters 2	Lineups		Hunt
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	West Ham United	The Hawthorns	22,234
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Leicester City	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Norwich City	H
3	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Manchester United	H
4	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Birmingham City	A
5	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Leeds United	H
6	0	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Southampton	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Crystal Palace	A
10	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Manchester City	A
11	0	Norwich City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Ipswich Town	A
12	0	Southampton	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Stoke City	H
13	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-14	Coventry City	H
15	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Newcastle United	H
16	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-14	West Ham United	A
17	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Liverpool	A
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Arsenal	A
19	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Chelsea	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Derby County	H
21	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Everton	H
22	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-15	Sheffield United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bristol City	Goldstone Ground	16,839
Irvine	Lineups		Bartley
Burnley	2	2	Carlisle United	Turf Moor	9,834
Thomas, James	Lineups		Martin, Owen
Cardiff City	2	1	Luton Town	Ninian Park	16,345
Bell (p), Warboys	Lineups		Aston (p)
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Blackpool	Leeds Road	12,840
Krzywicki	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	24,145	Largest home gate 1972-73
Smith 2	Lineups		Lathan
Millwall	2	0	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	13,207
Smethurst, Bolland	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Portsmouth	City Ground	13,175
	Lineups
Orient	1	1	Oxford United	Brisbane Road	7,249
Bowyer	Lineups		Skeen
Preston North End	0	1	Aston Villa	Deepdale	17,371
	Lineups		Anderson
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Fulham	Hillsborough	23,109
Prendergast, Holsgrove, Joicey	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	14,393
Rogers, Peplow	Lineups		Busby, Leach

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Cardiff City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Oxford United	A
4	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Bristol City	A
5	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Burnley	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Fulham	A
8	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Swindon Town	H
9	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Swindon Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Blackpool	A
12	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Millwall	H
13	0	Orient	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Sunderland	A
14	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Middlesbrough	H
15	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Hull City	A
16	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Cardiff City	H
17	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Preston North End	H
18	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Orient	H
19	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Luton Town	A
21	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Burnley	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	Burnden Park	7,425
Byrom 2, Machin OG	Lineups
Brentford	0	1	Halifax Town	Griffin Park	10,160
	Lineups		Atkins
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Eastville	10,744
Bannister, Godfrey, Arentoft OG	Lineups
Chesterfield	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,968
McHale, Moss 2, Downes	Lineups		Bell OG
Rochdale	0	0	Port Vale	Spotland	2,661
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Millmoor	5,755
Ham	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Swansea City	Old Showground	5,636
Davidson	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Notts County	Gay Meadow	3,775
	Lineups
Southend United	0	1	Wrexham	Roots Hall	9,345
	Lineups		Sutton
Walsall	3	2	Charlton Athletic	Fellows Park	4,675
Jones C, Evans, Harrison (p)	Lineups		Peacock, Horsfield
Watford	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vicarage Road	6,473
Lindsay	Lineups
York City	0	0	Grimsby Town	Bootham Crescent	6,827
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chesterfield	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Notts County	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Walsall	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Swansea City	A
5	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Bristol Rovers	H
6	0	Rotherham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	Scunthorpe United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	0	Watford	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Wrexham	A
9	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Watford	H
10	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Rotherham United	H
11	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	York City	H
13	0	Rochdale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Charlton Athletic	A
15	0	York City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Port Vale	A
16	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.7	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Brentford	H
18	0	Brentford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Oldham Athletic	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Southend United	H
20	0	Southend United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Swansea City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Walsall	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-18	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Rochdale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	3	1	Barnsley	Valley Parade	3,928
Gilliver, Middleton P, Johnston	Lineups		Lea
Cambridge United	0	3	Darlington	Abbey Stadium	4,178
	Lineups		Harding, Holbrook, Sinclair
Chester	2	0	Bury	Sealand Road	3,444
Draper, Purdie	Lineups
Colchester United	1	0	Hereford United	Layer Road	6,083	Largest home gate 1972-73
Foley	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	3,719
	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Hartlepool	Sincil Bank	5,789
McNeil (p)	Lineups		Coyne, Green
Mansfield Town	1	0	Northampton Town	Field Mill	4,303
Wignall	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Elm Park	5,277
Carnaby	Lineups		Manning
Southport	1	0	Exeter City	Haig Avenue	2,600
Gibson OG	Lineups
Stockport County	3	2	Peterborough United	Edgeley Park	3,382
Spratt 2, Ryden	Lineups		Hall, Robson
Torquay United	1	1	Aldershot	Plainmoor	4,848
Trebilcock	Lineups		Grummett
Workington	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Borough Park	2,032
Irving, Geidmintis (p)	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Exeter City	A
2	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Chester	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Newport County	A
4	0	Hartlepool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Colchester United	H
5	0	Workington	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Aldershot	A
6	0	Stockport County	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-25	Barnsley	H
7	0	Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Hartlepool	A
8	0	Mansfield Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	0	Southport	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Peterborough United	A
10	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Workington	H
11	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Torquay United	H
12	0	Reading	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Hereford United	A
13	0	Torquay United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Bury	A
15	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Chester	H
16	0	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.7	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Southport	H
17	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Darlington	A
18	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Cambridge United	H
19	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Bradford City	H
20	0	Hereford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Reading	H
21	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-25	Gillingham	A
22	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Gillingham	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1972-08-19	Barnsley	A