1972-08-15
| Cup and International Matches |
|---|
| League Cup Round 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 3 | Halifax Town | 1 | 2 | Bury | D 4 | The Shay | 3,309 | |
| Atkins | Lineups | Heslop, McDermott | ||||||
| D 4 | Northampton Town | 0 | 3 | Charlton Athletic | D 3 | County Ground | 4,282 | |
| Lineups | Flanagan, Peacock, Horsfield | |||||||
| D 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | 2 | AFC Bournemouth | D 3 | Home Park | 12,523 | |
| Lineups | MacDougall 2 | |||||||
| D 3 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 0 | Chesterfield | D 3 | Old Showground | 5,619 | |
| Lineups | ||||||||
| D 3 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | Newport County | D 4 | Vetch Field | 3,998 | |
| Thomas | Lineups | Hill | ||||||
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 5 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Highbury | 38,524 | |
| Radford 2, Kennedy, Simpson, McNab | Lineups | Richards, Simpson OG | ||||
| Birmingham City | 3 | 2 | Newcastle United | St Andrew's | 35,831 | |
| McFaul OG, Hope, Latchford R | Lineups | Macdonald, Barrowclough | ||||
| Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | Derby County | Selhurst Park | 23,401 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Ipswich Town | 1 | 2 | Norwich City | Portman Road | 29,544 | |
| Hamilton | Lineups | Anderson, Bone | ||||
| Liverpool | 2 | 0 | Manchester United | Anfield Road | 54,789 | |
| Toshack, Heighway | Lineups | |||||
| Sheffield United | 0 | 2 | Leeds United | Bramall Lane | 40,035 | Largest home gate 1972-73 |
| Lineups | Colquhoun OG, Giles (p) | |||||
| Southampton | 1 | 0 | Stoke City | The Dell | 18,292 | |
| Channon | Lineups | |||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ptn |  |
First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | W | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Crystal Palace | A |
| 2 | 7 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | W | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Stoke City | H |
| 3 | 10 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | D | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Coventry City | A |
| 4 | 8 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | W | D | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Manchester City | A |
| 5 | -4 | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | W | D | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Leicester City | H |
| 6 | -4 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | W | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | Leicester City | A |
| 7 | 0 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Arsenal | A |
| 8 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 9 | 6 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Ipswich Town | A |
| 10 | -5 | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Sheffield United | A |
| 11 | -8 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Birmingham City | H |
| 12 | -2 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | D | D | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Chelsea | H |
| 13 | -7 | Sheffield United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | L | W | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Newcastle United | H |
| 14 | 8 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | W | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | West Bromwich Albion | H |
| 15 | -4 | Everton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | Manchester City | A |
| 16 | -2 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | Tottenham Hotspur | H |
| 17 | 3 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | D | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Liverpool | H |
| 18 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.4 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Tottenham Hotspur | H |
| 19 | -1 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Southampton | H |
| 20 | -4 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1972-08-19 | Everton | A |
| 21 | -2 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | Chelsea | H |
| 22 | -1 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1972-08-16 | Everton | H |
