1972-09-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Liverpool	Highbury	47,597	Linesman pulled muscle and TV commontator Jimmy Hill stepped in
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	3	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	17,634
	Lineups		Macdonald 3
Crystal Palace	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Selhurst Park	17,858
	Lineups		Gould, Robertson
Derby County	1	0	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	33,753
Hector	Lineups
Everton	0	1	Southampton	Goodison Park	37,739
	Lineups		Davies
Ipswich Town	2	0	Stoke City	Portman Road	17,754
Belfitt 2	Lineups
Leeds United	3	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	33,930
Clarke, Jones, Bates	Lineups		Glover
Manchester City	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	31,755
Marsh 2	Lineups		Peters
Sheffield United	2	1	Chelsea	Bramall Lane	24,458
Dearden, Woodward (p)	Lineups		Garland
West Ham United	4	0	Norwich City	Upton Park	28,058
Robson 2, Brooking, Taylor	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Manchester United	Molineux	34,049	Largest home gate 1972-73
Dougan, Richards	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	Everton	9	3	1	1	5	2	2	2	0	5	3	2	13	L	W	W	W	D	1972-09-23	Birmingham City	A
2	3	Ipswich Town	9	2	1	1	6	3	3	2	0	9	6	1.667	13	W	W	D	D	W	1972-09-23	Chelsea	A
3	3	Leeds United	9	4	1	0	11	4	1	2	1	4	6	1.5	13	W	D	W	W	D	1972-09-23	Newcastle United	A
4	-1	Arsenal	9	3	2	0	9	3	1	2	1	3	3	2	12	D	L	D	W	D	1972-09-23	Norwich City	A
5	-1	Liverpool	9	4	0	0	11	4	1	2	2	6	7	1.545	12	D	W	L	L	W	1972-09-23	Sheffield United	H
6	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	1	0	6	2	2	1	2	6	6	1.5	12	L	W	D	W	D	1972-09-23	West Ham United	H
7	1	Sheffield United	9	2	1	2	6	6	2	2	0	7	4	1.3	11	W	D	W	D	W	1972-09-23	Liverpool	A
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	0	0	11	4	1	1	3	7	12	1.125	11	W	L	W	W	D	1972-09-23	Leicester City	A
9	2	West Ham United	9	3	1	0	12	4	1	1	3	5	8	1.417	10	W	W	D	L	L	1972-09-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	-3	Chelsea	9	2	0	2	8	6	1	3	1	5	5	1.182	9	L	L	D	D	W	1972-09-23	Ipswich Town	H
11	2	Newcastle United	9	2	1	2	6	6	2	0	2	8	6	1.167	9	W	W	L	L	L	1972-09-23	Leeds United	H
12	-2	Norwich City	9	2	3	0	5	2	1	0	3	2	10	0.583	9	L	D	L	W	W	1972-09-23	Arsenal	H
13	3	Derby County	9	3	0	1	5	3	0	2	3	2	5	0.875	8	W	L	W	L	L	1972-09-23	Manchester United	A
14	3	Southampton	9	1	2	1	4	4	1	2	2	3	5	0.778	8	W	L	L	L	D	1972-09-23	Crystal Palace	H
15	-3	Crystal Palace	9	2	2	1	4	4	0	2	2	3	6	0.7	8	L	L	W	W	D	1972-09-23	Southampton	A
16	4	West Bromwich Albion	9	1	2	2	4	6	1	1	2	3	4	0.7	7	W	W	L	D	L	1972-09-23	Coventry City	H
17	-3	Coventry City	9	1	2	2	4	7	1	1	2	2	3	0.6	7	L	W	W	L	D	1972-09-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-3	Birmingham City	9	2	1	1	9	6	0	1	4	4	10	0.813	6	L	W	L	D	D	1972-09-23	Everton	H
19	2	Manchester City	9	3	0	1	6	2	0	0	5	2	10	0.667	6	W	L	W	L	L	1972-09-23	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Stoke City	9	1	3	0	7	5	0	0	5	1	9	0.571	5	L	D	L	L	D	1972-09-23	Manchester City	H
21	-2	Leicester City	9	1	2	2	5	6	0	1	3	4	10	0.563	5	L	L	L	W	D	1972-09-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Manchester United	9	0	3	2	2	4	0	1	3	2	8	0.333	4	L	L	D	D	D	1972-09-23	Derby County	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Swindon Town	Villa Park	30,865
Evans, Lochhead	Lineups		Rogers
Blackpool	1	1	Orient	Bloomfield Road	10,471
Burns	Lineups		Bullock
Bristol City	1	1	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate	12,185
Spiring	Lineups		McMordie
Carlisle United	4	0	Cardiff City	Brunton Park	5,911
Laidlaw, Train, Balderstone, Owen	Lineups
Fulham	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Craven Cottage	7,071
Mullery	Lineups		Smith D
Hull City	1	1	Burnley	Boothferry Park	8,921
Holme	Lineups		James
Luton Town	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kenilworth Road	11,627
Fern, Halom	Lineups		Templeman
Oxford United	2	1	Millwall	Manor Ground	8,926
Cassidy, Curran	Lineups		Bolland
Portsmouth	0	1	Preston North End	Fratton Park	6,965
	Lineups		Tarbuck
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Loftus Road	12,528
Givens, Bowles, McCulloch	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Roker Park	16,960
Tueart (p)	Lineups		Joicey

				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	2	Aston Villa	7	3	1	0	6	2	2	0	1	4	4	1.667	11	W	W	D	W	L	1972-09-23	Nottingham Forest	A
2	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	8	4	0	0	11	4	1	1	2	5	7	1.455	11	D	W	W	L	W	1972-09-20	Oxford United	A
3	-1	Burnley	7	2	2	0	9	4	1	2	0	4	2	2.167	10	D	D	W	W	W	1972-09-18	Orient	A
4	1	Luton Town	7	3	0	1	7	3	2	0	1	3	2	2	10	W	W	W	L	W	1972-09-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-1	Blackpool	7	2	2	0	9	4	1	1	1	2	2	1.833	9	D	D	W	D	W	1972-09-23	Burnley	A
6	2	Oxford United	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	2	3	5	1.571	9	W	L	W	W	L	1972-09-20	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	0	Sunderland	7	2	1	0	5	3	1	2	1	4	4	1.286	9	D	W	W	D	D	1972-09-23	Huddersfield Town	A
8	2	Queens Park Rangers	6	2	1	0	9	4	0	3	0	4	4	1.625	8	W	D	D	D	W	1972-09-19	Bristol City	H
9	0	Huddersfield Town	7	2	1	0	4	1	1	1	2	4	8	0.889	8	D	W	L	W	D	1972-09-19	Swindon Town	H
10	-4	Nottingham Forest	7	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	4	0.833	8	L	L	W	W	W	1972-09-19	Cardiff City	H
11	3	Preston North End	7	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	4	4	1	7	W	W	W	L	D	1972-09-19	Middlesbrough	A
12	5	Carlisle United	7	2	0	1	8	2	0	2	2	3	5	1.571	6	W	L	L	L	D	1972-09-23	Preston North End	A
13	0	Hull City	7	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	7	0.875	6	D	L	W	W	L	1972-09-20	Fulham	A
14	-3	Swindon Town	8	2	2	0	5	3	0	0	4	4	10	0.692	6	L	D	L	W	W	1972-09-19	Huddersfield Town	A
15	1	Middlesbrough	7	2	0	1	4	3	0	2	2	3	9	0.583	6	D	W	D	L	L	1972-09-19	Preston North End	H
16	-4	Portsmouth	7	1	0	3	4	6	1	1	1	3	2	0.875	5	L	L	L	L	W	1972-09-23	Swindon Town	A
17	1	Bristol City	7	0	2	1	4	5	1	1	2	4	5	0.8	5	D	W	L	L	L	1972-09-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	3	4	10	0.643	5	L	W	D	L	D	1972-09-20	Millwall	H
19	2	Fulham	6	0	2	1	3	5	1	0	2	3	6	0.545	4	D	L	L	W	D	1972-09-20	Hull City	H
20	2	Orient	7	1	1	2	3	4	0	1	2	1	4	0.5	4	D	L	L	W	L	1972-09-18	Burnley	H
21	-2	Cardiff City	7	2	0	2	4	5	0	0	3	2	9	0.429	4	L	L	L	W	L	1972-09-19	Nottingham Forest	A
22	-2	Millwall	7	1	0	2	2	3	0	1	3	4	7	0.6	3	L	L	L	L	L	1972-09-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Southend United	Dean Court	10,311
Miller 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Watford	Ewood Park	6,484
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Scunthorpe United	The Valley	4,984
Peacock, Horsfield	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Blundell Park	8,858
Tees, Gauden	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Walsall	The Shay	2,923
	Lineups		Jones C
Notts County	2	2	Rochdale	Meadow Lane	7,991
Needham, Nixon	Lineups		Brogden, Gowans
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Boundary Park	5,827
Whittle (p), Edwards, Garwood	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	5,952
Hore, Hinch, Middleton	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Brentford	Vale Park	4,663
Williams	Lineups
Swansea City	0	1	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	3,465
	Lineups		Mielczarek
Wrexham	1	0	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	5,748
May	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	Port Vale	7	4	0	0	8	4	1	1	1	2	8	0.833	11	W	W	W	W	L	1972-09-18	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Rotherham United	7	3	0	0	10	1	2	0	2	3	3	3.25	10	W	W	L	W	W	1972-09-19	Shrewsbury Town	H
3	2	Wrexham	8	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	6	8	1.125	10	W	L	W	L	D	1972-09-23	Rochdale	A
4	6	Walsall	7	3	0	0	6	2	1	1	2	4	5	1.429	9	W	W	D	L	W	1972-09-19	Southend United	H
5	10	Charlton Athletic	7	3	0	1	10	2	1	0	2	5	5	2.143	8	W	L	W	W	W	1972-09-19	Notts County	H
6	-3	Bolton Wanderers	7	3	0	0	7	1	1	0	3	4	5	1.833	8	L	W	W	L	W	1972-09-19	Bristol Rovers	A
7	-3	Halifax Town	8	1	1	2	5	4	2	1	1	4	1	1.8	8	L	W	L	L	D	1972-09-18	Port Vale	A
8	0	Notts County	7	1	2	0	4	3	1	2	1	4	3	1.333	8	D	L	D	W	D	1972-09-19	Charlton Athletic	A
9	3	Rochdale	7	0	2	1	1	3	2	2	0	8	6	1	8	D	D	W	W	L	1972-09-19	Scunthorpe United	A
10	3	Watford	7	3	0	0	6	3	0	2	2	0	3	1	8	D	W	L	D	W	1972-09-18	York City	A
11	6	Plymouth Argyle	7	3	0	1	8	2	0	1	2	2	5	1.429	7	W	L	L	W	D	1972-09-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	-5	Brentford	7	2	0	2	6	4	1	1	1	2	2	1.333	7	L	L	W	W	W	1972-09-20	Chesterfield	A
13	-4	Chesterfield	7	1	1	1	7	5	1	2	1	5	5	1.2	7	L	L	W	D	D	1972-09-20	Brentford	H
14	4	Grimsby Town	7	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	3	2	6	1.143	7	W	L	W	L	L	1972-09-19	Oldham Athletic	A
15	-4	Bristol Rovers	7	3	1	0	9	3	0	0	3	1	8	0.909	7	L	W	L	D	W	1972-09-19	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	3	AFC Bournemouth	7	2	2	0	6	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.889	7	W	D	D	W	L	1972-09-23	Brentford	A
17	-3	Tranmere Rovers	7	3	0	1	6	4	0	1	2	1	4	0.875	7	W	D	W	L	L	1972-09-19	Swansea City	A
18	-12	Shrewsbury Town	7	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	6	0.833	7	L	W	L	D	D	1972-09-19	Rotherham United	A
19	-3	Scunthorpe United	7	2	1	1	4	5	0	1	2	2	5	0.6	6	L	L	D	W	D	1972-09-19	Rochdale	H
20	2	Oldham Athletic	7	2	1	1	7	4	0	0	3	3	8	0.833	5	W	L	W	L	L	1972-09-19	Grimsby Town	H
21	-1	Southend United	7	2	0	2	6	5	0	0	3	1	7	0.583	4	L	W	L	L	W	1972-09-19	Walsall	A
22	-1	Swansea City	7	1	0	2	4	5	1	0	3	3	10	0.467	4	L	W	L	L	L	1972-09-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
23	1	Blackburn Rovers	7	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	3	2	10	0.214	4	D	L	L	W	L	1972-09-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	-1	York City	7	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	0.333	3	L	D	L	L	D	1972-09-18	Watford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Mansfield Town	Recreation Ground	4,808
	Lineups		Thompson
Barnsley	4	0	Colchester United	Oakwell	2,514
Greenwood 2, Mahoney 2	Lineups
Bury	0	4	Lincoln City	Gigg Lane	2,927
	Lineups		Bradley, Freeman 3
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Bradford City	Gresty Road	2,176
Tewley	Lineups		Johnston, Brown
Darlington	1	1	Chester	Feethams Ground	1,401
Graham	Lineups		Owen
Exeter City	3	0	Stockport County	St James Park	3,374
Parker, Binney, Plumb	Lineups
Hartlepool	1	0	Workington	Victoria Park	4,608
Smith B (p)	Lineups
Hereford United	0	0	Gillingham	Edgar Street	6,796
	Lineups
Newport County	0	2	Cambridge United	Somerton Park	3,567
	Lineups		Greenhalgh, Lill
Northampton Town	1	1	Reading	County Ground	3,752
Neal	Lineups		Bell
Peterborough United	0	1	Torquay United	London Road	2,875
	Lineups		Trebilcock

				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	Mansfield Town	7	3	1	0	8	2	3	0	0	3	0	5.5	13	W	D	W	W	W	1972-09-18	Gillingham	H
2	0	Southport	7	4	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	3	4	1.667	11	L	W	W	D	W	1972-09-20	Colchester United	H
3	0	Aldershot	7	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	0	7	2	2.2	9	L	D	D	W	W	1972-09-20	Exeter City	A
4	0	Chester	7	3	1	0	14	2	0	1	2	3	5	2.429	8	D	D	L	W	W	1972-09-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	2	Lincoln City	7	1	0	2	5	5	2	2	0	9	2	2	8	W	W	D	W	L	1972-09-20	Reading	A
6	3	Torquay United	6	1	2	0	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	1.5	8	W	D	D	W	D	1972-09-20	Workington	H
7	4	Hartlepool	7	2	0	1	4	3	1	2	1	4	4	1.143	8	W	D	L	D	L	1972-09-18	Darlington	H
8	0	Northampton Town	6	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	6	5	1.333	7	D	L	W	W	W	1972-09-19	Bury	A
9	8	Barnsley	7	3	1	0	12	4	0	0	3	1	6	1.3	7	W	L	D	W	L	1972-09-19	Hereford United	A
10	6	Exeter City	7	3	1	0	12	3	0	0	3	1	7	1.3	7	W	L	W	D	L	1972-09-20	Aldershot	H
11	-1	Gillingham	7	1	1	1	4	3	1	2	1	5	5	1.125	7	D	W	W	D	L	1972-09-18	Mansfield Town	A
12	-7	Stockport County	6	3	0	1	10	6	0	1	1	2	5	1.091	7	L	L	W	D	W	1972-09-20	Cambridge United	A
13	-7	Newport County	7	1	0	2	3	5	1	3	0	5	3	1	7	L	D	L	D	W	1972-09-19	Peterborough United	H
14	-2	Reading	6	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	3	5	1	7	D	W	W	D	L	1972-09-20	Lincoln City	H
15	4	Bradford City	7	2	1	0	6	3	1	0	3	4	12	0.667	7	W	L	W	L	D	1972-09-23	Hartlepool	H
16	2	Darlington	7	1	2	1	5	7	1	0	2	5	5	0.833	6	D	L	W	L	L	1972-09-18	Hartlepool	A
17	-4	Workington	7	2	1	1	6	5	0	1	2	0	3	0.75	6	L	W	D	L	D	1972-09-20	Torquay United	A
18	-3	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	2	1	5	5	0	2	1	3	7	0.667	6	L	L	D	W	D	1972-09-20	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-5	Bury	7	1	2	1	2	5	0	2	1	1	3	0.375	6	L	D	D	D	D	1972-09-19	Northampton Town	H
20	1	Hereford United	7	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	3	3	8	0.75	5	D	L	D	L	D	1972-09-19	Barnsley	H
21	1	Cambridge United	7	1	1	1	4	5	1	0	3	5	9	0.643	5	W	D	L	L	W	1972-09-20	Stockport County	H
22	-2	Colchester United	7	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	4	2	12	0.563	4	L	W	L	L	L	1972-09-20	Southport	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	7	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	4	3	12	0.467	3	W	L	D	L	L	1972-09-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Peterborough United	7	1	0	3	4	4	0	0	3	4	13	0.471	2	L	L	W	L	L	1972-09-19	Newport County	A