1972-09-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Everton	St Andrew's	37,133
Latchford R, Francis	Lineups		Newton
Chelsea	2	0	Ipswich Town	Stamford Bridge	29,647
Osgood, Feely	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	20,817
Farrington	Lineups		Hegan
Liverpool	5	0	Sheffield United	Anfield Road	42,940
Boersma, Lindsay, Heighway, Cormack, Keegan (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	48,255
Davies, Morgan, Storey-Moore	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	2	Leeds United	St James' Park	38,962	Largest home gate 1972-73
Tudor, Macdonald, Smith	Lineups		Clarke, Jones
Norwich City	3	2	Arsenal	Carrow Road	32,273
Anderson 2, Cross	Lineups		Storey, Radford
Southampton	2	0	Crystal Palace	The Dell	15,469
Davies, O'Neil	Lineups
Stoke City	5	1	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	26,448
Conroy, Greenhoff 3, Hurst	Lineups		Lee (p)
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	51,291	Largest home gate 1972-73
Lampard OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	15,373
Suggett	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	4	Liverpool	10	5	0	0	16	4	1	2	2	6	7	2	14	W	D	W	L	L	1972-09-30	Leeds United	A
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	1	0	7	2	2	1	2	6	6	1.625	14	W	L	W	D	W	1972-09-30	Derby County	A
3	-2	Everton	10	3	1	1	5	2	2	2	1	6	5	1.571	13	L	L	W	W	W	1972-09-30	Newcastle United	H
4	-2	Ipswich Town	10	2	1	1	6	3	3	2	1	9	8	1.364	13	L	W	W	D	D	1972-09-30	Leicester City	H
5	-2	Leeds United	10	4	1	0	11	4	1	2	2	6	9	1.308	13	L	W	D	W	W	1972-09-30	Liverpool	H
6	-2	Arsenal	10	3	2	0	9	3	1	2	2	5	6	1.556	12	L	D	L	D	W	1972-09-26	Birmingham City	H
7	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	0	0	11	4	1	2	3	8	13	1.118	12	D	W	L	W	W	1972-09-30	Stoke City	H
8	2	Chelsea	10	3	0	2	10	6	1	3	1	5	5	1.364	11	W	L	L	D	D	1972-09-30	Coventry City	A
9	2	Newcastle United	10	3	1	2	9	8	2	0	2	8	6	1.214	11	W	W	W	L	L	1972-09-30	Everton	A
10	-3	Sheffield United	10	2	1	2	6	6	2	2	1	7	9	0.867	11	L	W	D	W	D	1972-09-30	Manchester United	H
11	1	Norwich City	10	3	3	0	8	4	1	0	3	2	10	0.714	11	W	L	D	L	W	1972-09-30	Crystal Palace	A
12	-3	West Ham United	10	3	1	0	12	4	1	1	4	5	9	1.308	10	L	W	W	D	L	1972-09-30	Birmingham City	H
13	1	Southampton	10	2	2	1	6	4	1	2	2	3	5	1	10	W	W	L	L	L	1972-09-30	Arsenal	A
14	2	West Bromwich Albion	10	2	2	2	5	6	1	1	2	3	4	0.8	9	W	W	W	L	D	1972-09-30	Manchester City	A
15	3	Birmingham City	10	3	1	1	11	7	0	1	4	4	10	0.882	8	W	L	W	L	D	1972-09-26	Arsenal	A
16	-3	Derby County	10	3	0	1	5	3	0	2	4	2	8	0.636	8	L	W	L	W	L	1972-09-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	-2	Crystal Palace	10	2	2	1	4	4	0	2	3	3	8	0.583	8	L	L	L	W	W	1972-09-30	Norwich City	H
18	2	Stoke City	10	2	3	0	12	6	0	0	5	1	9	0.867	7	W	L	D	L	L	1972-09-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	-2	Coventry City	10	1	2	2	4	7	1	1	3	2	4	0.545	7	L	L	W	W	L	1972-09-30	Chelsea	H
20	1	Leicester City	10	1	3	2	6	7	0	1	3	4	10	0.588	6	D	L	L	L	W	1972-09-30	Ipswich Town	A
21	1	Manchester United	10	1	3	2	5	4	0	1	3	2	8	0.583	6	W	L	L	D	D	1972-09-30	Sheffield United	A
22	-3	Manchester City	10	3	0	1	6	2	0	0	6	3	15	0.529	6	L	W	L	W	L	1972-09-30	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Oxford United	Goldstone Ground	15,455
Murray (p), Irvine	Lineups		Curran 2
Burnley	4	3	Blackpool	Turf Moor	14,625
Dobson, Waldron, Thomas, James	Lineups		Suddick 2, Ainscow
Cardiff City	1	3	Bristol City	Ninian Park	14,102
Bell (p)	Lineups		Drysdale, Galley, Gow (p)
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	10,145
Chapman	Lineups		Porterfield
Middlesbrough	1	0	Hull City	Ayresome Park	9,180
Mills	Lineups
Millwall	1	3	Fulham	The Den, New Cross	12,243
Wood	Lineups		Mitchell, Lloyd, Earle
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Aston Villa	City Ground	18,082	Largest home gate 1972-73
Fraser	Lineups		Cottam OG
Orient	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Brisbane Road	9,492
Fairbrother, Downing	Lineups		Leach, Bowles
Preston North End	1	0	Carlisle United	Deepdale	10,957
Tarbuck	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Luton Town	Hillsborough	18,913
Prendergast, Holsgrove, Eustace, Rodrigues	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Portsmouth	County Ground	9,655
Rogers	Lineups		Piper

				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	Burnley	9	3	2	0	13	7	1	3	0	5	3	1.8	13	W	D	D	D	W	1972-09-26	Middlesbrough	H
2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	5	0	0	15	4	1	1	3	5	8	1.667	13	W	L	D	W	W	1972-09-27	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Aston Villa	8	3	1	0	6	2	2	1	1	5	5	1.571	12	D	W	W	D	W	1972-09-27	Sunderland	H
4	-2	Oxford United	9	4	0	0	9	2	1	2	2	5	7	1.556	12	D	W	W	L	W	1972-09-27	Portsmouth	A
5	1	Nottingham Forest	9	3	2	1	6	4	1	1	1	2	4	1	11	D	W	L	L	W	1972-09-25	Millwall	A
6	2	Queens Park Rangers	8	2	2	0	10	5	0	4	0	6	6	1.455	10	D	D	W	D	D	1972-09-26	Hull City	A
7	2	Sunderland	8	2	1	0	5	3	1	3	1	5	5	1.25	10	D	D	W	W	D	1972-09-27	Aston Villa	A
8	3	Preston North End	9	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	1.167	10	W	D	W	W	W	1972-09-25	Orient	H
9	-4	Luton Town	8	3	0	1	7	3	2	0	2	3	6	1.111	10	L	W	W	W	L	1972-09-26	Swindon Town	A
10	0	Huddersfield Town	9	2	3	0	6	3	1	1	2	4	8	0.909	10	D	D	D	W	L	1972-09-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-4	Blackpool	8	2	2	0	9	4	1	1	2	5	6	1.4	9	L	D	D	W	D	1972-09-26	Carlisle United	A
12	1	Middlesbrough	9	3	1	1	5	3	0	2	2	3	9	0.667	9	W	D	D	W	D	1972-09-26	Burnley	A
13	2	Bristol City	9	0	2	1	4	5	2	2	2	8	7	1	8	W	D	D	W	L	1972-09-26	Fulham	H
14	2	Fulham	8	1	2	1	5	5	2	0	2	6	7	0.917	8	W	W	D	L	L	1972-09-26	Bristol City	A
15	-3	Swindon Town	10	2	3	0	6	4	0	1	4	5	11	0.733	8	D	D	L	D	L	1972-09-26	Luton Town	H
16	-2	Carlisle United	8	2	0	1	8	2	0	2	3	3	6	1.375	6	L	W	L	L	L	1972-09-26	Blackpool	H
17	1	Portsmouth	8	1	0	3	4	6	1	2	1	4	3	0.889	6	D	L	L	L	L	1972-09-27	Oxford United	H
18	-1	Hull City	9	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	5	2	10	0.636	6	L	L	D	L	W	1972-09-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	2	Orient	9	1	3	2	6	7	0	1	2	1	4	0.636	6	D	D	D	L	L	1972-09-25	Preston North End	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	1	3	1	8	9	0	1	3	4	10	0.632	6	D	L	L	W	D	1972-09-27	Cardiff City	A
21	-2	Millwall	9	1	0	3	3	6	1	1	3	7	8	0.714	5	L	W	L	L	L	1972-09-25	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Cardiff City	9	2	0	3	5	8	0	0	4	3	11	0.421	4	L	L	L	L	L	1972-09-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Burnden Park	6,421
Jones G (p), Wright R	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Griffin Park	11,100
Docherty	Lineups		MacDougall
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	8,462
Stephens, Bannister	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,731
McHale (p), Moss, Wilson	Lineups		Endean
Rochdale	1	0	Wrexham	Spotland	3,412
Brogden	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Halifax Town	Millmoor	6,730	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups		Robertson
Scunthorpe United	1	2	Grimsby Town	Old Showground	10,768	Largest home gate 1972-73
Deere	Lineups		Gray, Chatterley
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Swansea City	Gay Meadow	2,415
Groves, Moir R	Lineups		Johnson
Walsall	2	0	Port Vale	Fellows Park	8,159	Largest home gate 1972-73
Gregg, Harrison (p)	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Notts County	Vicarage Road	8,363
Farley	Lineups
York City	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Bootham Crescent	2,668
	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	3	Walsall	9	5	0	0	11	3	1	1	2	4	5	1.875	13	W	W	W	W	D	1972-09-25	Rochdale	A
2	-1	Port Vale	9	5	0	0	10	5	1	1	2	2	10	0.8	13	L	W	W	W	W	1972-09-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	-1	Rotherham United	9	4	0	1	12	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	12	L	W	W	W	L	1972-09-27	Watford	A
4	2	Rochdale	9	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	0	10	7	1.2	12	W	W	D	D	W	1972-09-25	Walsall	H
5	-2	Charlton Athletic	9	4	0	1	16	3	1	1	2	6	6	2.444	11	D	W	W	L	W	1972-09-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	9	4	0	0	9	1	1	1	3	5	6	2	11	W	D	L	W	W	1972-09-27	Chesterfield	H
7	1	Chesterfield	9	3	1	1	13	6	1	2	1	5	5	1.636	11	W	W	L	L	W	1972-09-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	1	Grimsby Town	9	3	0	0	6	1	2	1	3	6	8	1.333	11	W	W	W	L	W	1972-09-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	1	Watford	9	4	0	0	7	3	0	3	2	0	3	1.167	11	W	D	D	W	L	1972-09-27	Rotherham United	H
10	1	Halifax Town	10	1	1	2	5	4	3	1	2	6	3	1.571	10	W	L	L	W	L	1972-09-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	1	Bristol Rovers	9	4	2	0	12	4	0	0	3	1	8	1.083	10	W	D	L	W	L	1972-09-25	Brentford	A
12	-7	Wrexham	9	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	10	L	W	L	W	L	1972-09-30	York City	H
13	5	Shrewsbury Town	9	2	3	0	4	1	1	0	3	3	8	0.778	9	W	L	L	W	L	1972-09-26	York City	H
14	2	AFC Bournemouth	8	2	2	0	6	3	0	2	2	3	7	0.9	8	D	W	D	D	W	1972-09-26	Port Vale	H
15	2	Brentford	9	2	1	2	7	5	1	1	2	2	5	0.9	8	D	L	L	L	W	1972-09-25	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-3	Tranmere Rovers	9	3	0	1	6	4	0	2	3	2	7	0.727	8	L	D	W	D	W	1972-09-25	Charlton Athletic	H
17	-3	Notts County	9	1	2	0	4	3	1	2	3	5	10	0.692	8	L	L	D	L	D	1972-09-27	Swansea City	H
18	-3	Plymouth Argyle	9	3	0	1	8	2	0	1	4	3	10	0.917	7	L	L	W	L	L	1972-09-26	Oldham Athletic	H
19	2	Oldham Athletic	9	2	1	2	8	6	0	1	3	3	8	0.786	6	D	L	W	L	W	1972-09-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	9	2	1	3	6	9	0	1	2	2	5	0.571	6	L	L	L	L	D	1972-09-25	Southend United	A
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	9	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	4	3	13	0.389	6	L	W	D	L	L	1972-09-26	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Southend United	9	2	1	2	7	6	0	0	4	2	10	0.563	5	D	L	L	W	L	1972-09-25	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	Swansea City	9	1	1	2	5	6	1	0	4	4	12	0.5	5	L	D	L	W	L	1972-09-27	Notts County	A
24	0	York City	9	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	0.333	5	D	D	L	D	L	1972-09-26	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	0	2	Hartlepool	Valley Parade	3,387
	Lineups		Coyne, Conlon
Cambridge United	3	1	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium	4,378
Lill, Collins (p), Greenhalgh	Lineups		Oakes D
Chester	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	4,060
Wallace (p), Purdie	Lineups		Humphreys
Gillingham	1	2	Aldershot	Priestfield Stadium	3,055
Jacks	Lineups		Walden, Travers
Lincoln City	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	6,455
McNeil, Freeman	Lineups		Elwiss
Mansfield Town	3	1	Barnsley	Field Mill	5,997
Fairbrother 2, McCaffrey	Lineups		Winstanley
Reading	5	0	Newport County	Elm Park	4,265
Chappell 3, Bell 2	Lineups
Torquay United	0	2	Exeter City	Plainmoor	8,164	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups		Wingate, Binney
Workington	2	1	Darlington	Borough Park	1,318
Geidmintis (p), Helliwell	Lineups		Lees

				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	9	5	1	0	13	3	3	0	0	3	0	5.333	17	W	W	W	D	W	1972-09-25	Stockport County	A
2	0	Southport	9	6	0	0	10	2	1	1	1	3	4	2.167	15	W	W	L	W	W	1972-09-26	Chester	A
3	1	Lincoln City	9	2	0	2	7	6	2	3	0	10	3	1.889	11	W	D	W	W	D	1972-09-27	Torquay United	H
4	1	Aldershot	9	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	1	9	4	1.857	11	W	L	L	D	D	1972-09-27	Hartlepool	H
5	1	Exeter City	9	4	1	0	13	3	1	0	3	3	7	1.6	11	W	W	W	L	W	1972-09-25	Darlington	A
6	3	Hartlepool	9	2	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	6	4	1.429	11	W	D	W	D	L	1972-09-27	Aldershot	A
7	3	Chester	8	4	1	0	16	3	0	1	2	3	5	2.375	10	W	D	D	L	W	1972-09-26	Southport	H
8	5	Reading	8	2	3	0	9	2	1	1	1	3	5	1.714	10	W	D	D	W	W	1972-09-27	Workington	A
9	-6	Torquay United	8	2	2	1	7	5	1	2	0	2	1	1.5	10	L	W	W	D	D	1972-09-27	Lincoln City	A
10	-2	Northampton Town	8	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	2	10	9	1.2	9	D	D	D	L	W	1972-09-26	Newport County	H
11	-4	Barnsley	9	3	1	0	12	4	1	0	4	4	10	1.143	9	L	W	W	L	D	1972-09-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	5	Cambridge United	9	3	1	1	8	6	1	0	3	5	9	0.867	9	W	W	W	D	L	1972-09-26	Gillingham	A
13	-2	Stockport County	8	3	1	1	10	6	0	1	2	2	6	1	8	D	L	L	L	W	1972-09-25	Mansfield Town	H
14	6	Workington	9	3	1	1	8	6	0	1	3	0	6	0.667	8	W	L	L	W	D	1972-09-27	Reading	H
15	-3	Newport County	9	1	1	2	4	6	1	3	1	5	8	0.643	8	L	D	L	D	L	1972-09-26	Northampton Town	A
16	-2	Bury	9	1	3	1	4	7	0	3	1	1	3	0.5	8	D	D	L	D	D	1972-09-25	Peterborough United	A
17	-2	Gillingham	9	1	1	2	5	5	1	2	2	5	7	0.833	7	L	L	D	W	W	1972-09-26	Cambridge United	H
18	-2	Darlington	9	1	2	1	5	7	1	1	3	6	7	0.786	7	L	D	D	L	W	1972-09-25	Exeter City	H
19	-1	Bradford City	8	2	1	1	6	5	1	0	3	4	12	0.588	7	L	W	L	W	L	1972-09-25	Colchester United	A
20	-1	Crewe Alexandra	9	1	2	2	5	6	0	2	2	4	9	0.6	6	L	L	L	L	D	1972-09-26	Barnsley	A
21	0	Hereford United	9	1	2	1	4	2	0	1	4	3	10	0.583	5	L	L	D	L	D	1972-09-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	0	Colchester United	9	2	1	1	9	6	0	0	5	2	13	0.579	5	D	L	L	W	L	1972-09-25	Bradford City	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	9	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	5	5	14	0.529	5	L	W	W	L	D	1972-09-26	Hereford United	H
24	0	Peterborough United	9	1	0	3	4	4	0	1	4	6	17	0.476	3	L	D	L	L	W	1972-09-25	Bury	H