1972-09-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

European UEFA Cup Round 1 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Waldstadion	17,500	agg 0-2
		Lineups
Texaco Cup Rd 1 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Crystal Palace	0	1	Heart of Midlothian		Selhurst Park	9,855	agg 2-0

	Kilmarnock	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	Rugby Park	3,500	agg 1-5

D 1	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Sheffield United	D 1	The Hawthorns	8,430	agg 2-1

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Birmingham City	Highbury	30,003
Storey, George	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	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	Arsenal	11	4	2	0	11	3	1	2	2	5	6	1.778	14	W	L	D	L	D	1972-09-30	Southampton	H
3	-1	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
4	-1	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
5	-1	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
6	-1	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
7	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Birmingham City	11	3	1	1	11	7	0	1	5	4	12	0.789	8	L	W	L	W	L	1972-09-30	West Ham United	A
16	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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
Bristol City	1	1	Fulham	Ashton Gate	14,210
Gow	Lineups		Earle
Burnley	0	0	Middlesbrough	Turf Moor	12,398
	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	3	Blackpool	Brunton Park	10,968
Owen, Laidlaw	Lineups		Ainscow, Suddick, Barton
Hull City	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Boothferry Park	8,289
Pearson, Wagstaff, Houghton, Holme	Lineups		Givens
Swindon Town	0	2	Luton Town	County Ground	8,469
	Lineups		Halom 2

				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	10	3	3	0	13	7	1	3	0	5	3	1.8	14	D	W	D	D	D	1972-09-30	Luton Town	A
2	0	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	0	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	4	Luton Town	9	3	0	1	7	3	3	0	2	5	6	1.333	12	W	L	W	W	W	1972-09-30	Burnley	H
6	5	Blackpool	9	2	2	0	9	4	2	1	2	8	8	1.417	11	W	L	D	D	W	1972-09-30	Middlesbrough	H
7	-2	Preston North End	10	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	1.167	11	D	W	D	W	W	1972-09-30	Oxford United	A
8	-2	Nottingham Forest	10	3	2	1	6	4	1	1	2	3	6	0.9	11	L	D	W	L	L	1972-09-30	Sunderland	A
9	-1	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
10	-3	Queens Park Rangers	9	2	2	0	10	5	0	4	1	7	10	1.133	10	L	D	D	W	D	1972-09-30	Cardiff City	H
11	-1	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
12	0	Middlesbrough	10	3	1	1	5	3	0	3	2	3	9	0.667	10	D	W	D	D	W	1972-09-30	Blackpool	A
13	0	Bristol City	10	0	3	1	5	6	2	2	2	8	7	1	9	D	W	D	D	W	1972-09-30	Huddersfield Town	H
14	0	Fulham	9	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	2	7	8	0.923	9	D	W	W	D	L	1972-09-30	Orient	H
15	5	Hull City	10	3	2	0	9	2	0	0	5	2	10	0.917	8	W	L	L	D	L	1972-09-30	Swindon Town	H
16	-1	Swindon Town	11	2	3	1	6	6	0	1	4	5	11	0.647	8	L	D	D	L	D	1972-09-30	Hull City	A
17	-1	Millwall	10	2	0	3	5	7	1	1	3	7	8	0.8	7	W	L	W	L	L	1972-09-30	Aston Villa	A
18	-1	Orient	10	1	3	2	6	7	0	2	2	1	4	0.636	7	D	D	D	D	L	1972-09-30	Fulham	A
19	-1	Carlisle United	9	2	0	2	10	5	0	2	3	3	6	1.182	6	L	L	W	L	L	1972-09-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-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
21	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
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
AFC Bournemouth	4	0	Port Vale	Dean Court	12,145
Cave 2, Redknapp, MacDougall	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Blundell Park	12,994
Boylen, Brace	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Oldham Athletic	Home Park	5,773
Davey	Lineups		Edwards 2, Shaw
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	York City	Gay Meadow	2,362
Groves	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	Rochdale	10	2	2	1	4	4	3	2	0	10	7	1.273	14	W	W	W	D	D	1972-09-30	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Walsall	10	5	0	0	11	3	1	1	3	5	7	1.6	13	L	W	W	W	W	1972-09-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	5	Grimsby Town	10	4	0	0	8	1	2	1	3	6	8	1.556	13	W	W	W	W	L	1972-09-30	Rochdale	H
4	-1	Port Vale	10	5	0	0	10	5	1	1	3	2	14	0.632	13	L	L	W	W	W	1972-09-30	Southend United	H
5	-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
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	Charlton Athletic	10	4	0	1	16	3	1	1	3	6	10	1.692	11	L	D	W	W	L	1972-09-30	Watford	H
8	-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
9	0	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	5	Shrewsbury Town	10	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	3	3	8	0.889	11	W	W	L	L	W	1972-09-30	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	-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
12	4	AFC Bournemouth	9	3	2	0	10	3	0	2	2	3	7	1.3	10	W	D	W	D	D	1972-09-30	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	-2	Tranmere Rovers	10	4	0	1	10	4	0	2	3	2	7	1.091	10	W	L	D	W	D	1972-09-29	Chesterfield	H
14	-2	Bristol Rovers	10	4	2	0	12	4	0	0	4	2	10	1	10	L	W	D	L	W	1972-09-30	Swansea City	A
15	-2	Brentford	10	3	1	2	9	6	1	1	2	2	5	1	10	W	D	L	L	L	1972-09-30	Notts County	A
16	-2	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
17	3	Oldham Athletic	10	2	1	2	8	6	1	1	3	6	9	0.933	8	W	D	L	W	L	1972-09-30	Rotherham United	H
18	-1	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
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	0	2	9	5	0	1	4	3	10	0.8	7	L	L	L	W	L	1972-09-30	Walsall	H
20	-1	Southend United	10	3	1	2	8	6	0	0	4	2	10	0.625	7	W	D	L	L	W	1972-09-30	Port Vale	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	10	2	1	3	6	9	0	1	3	2	6	0.533	6	L	L	L	L	L	1972-09-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	5	3	15	0.35	6	L	L	W	D	L	1972-09-30	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	10	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	5	0.286	5	L	D	D	L	D	1972-09-30	Wrexham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Oakwell	3,082
Winstanley, Lea	Lineups		Manning, Duffey
Chester	0	0	Southport	Sealand Road	4,781	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Hereford United	Belle Vue	3,111
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Cambridge United	Priestfield Stadium	2,173
Jacks	Lineups		Greenhalgh, Collins (p)
Northampton Town	0	1	Newport County	County Ground	4,014
	Lineups		Jones R

				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	10	5	1	0	13	3	3	0	1	4	2	3.4	17	L	W	W	W	D	1972-09-30	Darlington	A
2	0	Southport	10	6	0	0	10	2	1	2	1	3	4	2.167	16	D	W	W	L	W	1972-09-30	Hartlepool	A
3	0	Exeter City	10	4	1	0	13	3	1	1	3	3	7	1.6	12	D	W	W	W	L	1972-09-30	Colchester United	H
4	3	Chester	9	4	2	0	16	3	0	1	2	3	5	2.375	11	D	W	D	D	L	1972-09-30	Barnsley	A
5	-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
6	-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
7	-1	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
8	5	Cambridge United	10	3	1	1	8	6	2	0	3	7	10	0.938	11	W	W	W	W	D	1972-09-30	Northampton Town	A
9	-1	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
10	-1	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
11	1	Barnsley	10	3	2	0	14	6	1	0	4	4	10	1.125	10	D	L	W	W	L	1972-09-30	Chester	H
12	-2	Stockport County	9	4	1	1	12	7	0	1	2	2	6	1.077	10	W	D	L	L	L	1972-09-30	Newport County	A
13	4	Newport County	10	1	1	2	4	6	2	3	1	6	8	0.714	10	W	L	D	L	D	1972-09-30	Stockport County	H
14	-3	Northampton Town	9	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	10	9	1.091	9	L	D	D	D	L	1972-09-30	Cambridge United	H
15	-1	Bury	10	1	3	1	4	7	0	4	1	2	4	0.545	9	D	D	D	L	D	1972-09-30	Workington	H
16	-1	Darlington	10	1	3	1	5	7	1	1	3	6	7	0.786	8	D	L	D	D	L	1972-09-30	Mansfield Town	H
17	-1	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
18	0	Bradford City	9	2	1	1	6	5	1	1	3	4	12	0.588	8	D	L	W	L	W	1972-09-29	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	0	Gillingham	10	1	1	3	6	7	1	2	2	5	7	0.786	7	L	L	L	D	W	1972-09-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	10	1	2	2	5	6	0	3	2	6	11	0.647	7	D	L	L	L	L	1972-09-30	Gillingham	H
21	1	Hereford United	10	1	2	1	4	2	0	2	4	3	10	0.583	6	D	L	L	D	L	1972-09-30	Torquay United	H
22	-1	Colchester United	10	2	2	1	9	6	0	0	5	2	13	0.579	6	D	D	L	L	W	1972-09-30	Exeter City	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	10	1	2	1	4	3	1	0	5	5	14	0.529	6	D	L	W	W	L	1972-09-29	Bradford City	H
24	0	Peterborough United	10	1	1	3	5	5	0	1	4	6	17	0.5	4	D	L	D	L	L	1972-09-30	Lincoln City	H