1972-09-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Southampton	Highbury	34,694
Graham	Lineups
Coventry City	1	3	Chelsea	Highfield Road	20,295
Alderson	Lineups		Houseman, Garner, Blockley OG
Crystal Palace	0	2	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	21,255
	Lineups		Bone, Paddon
Derby County	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	32,133
Hector, Hinton (p)	Lineups		Perryman
Everton	3	1	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	33,028
Connolly, Johnson, Royle	Lineups		Barrowclough
Ipswich Town	0	2	Leicester City	Portman Road	17,811
	Lineups		Glover, Worthington
Leeds United	1	2	Liverpool	Elland Road	46,468	Largest home gate 1972-73
Jones	Lineups		Lloyd, Boersma
Manchester City	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	27,332
Booth, Lee (p)	Lineups		Brown T
Sheffield United	1	0	Manchester United	Bramall Lane	37,347
Woodward (p)	Lineups
West Ham United	2	0	Birmingham City	Upton Park	26,482
Best, Bonds	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	3	Stoke City	Molineux	24,133
Richards 3, Dougan, Hegan	Lineups		Hurst (p), Greenhoff, Bloor

				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	11	5	0	0	16	4	2	2	2	8	8	2	16	W	W	D	W	L	1972-10-07	Everton	H
2	0	Arsenal	12	5	2	0	12	3	1	2	2	5	6	1.889	16	W	W	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Sheffield United	A
3	1	Everton	11	4	1	1	8	3	2	2	1	6	5	1.75	15	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Liverpool	A
4	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	1	0	7	2	2	1	3	7	8	1.4	14	L	W	L	W	D	1972-10-07	Stoke City	H
5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	0	0	16	7	1	2	3	8	13	1.2	14	W	D	W	L	W	1972-10-07	Manchester City	A
6	2	Chelsea	11	3	0	2	10	6	2	3	1	8	6	1.5	13	W	W	L	L	D	1972-10-07	Birmingham City	A
7	-1	Leeds United	11	4	1	1	12	6	1	2	2	6	9	1.2	13	L	L	W	D	W	1972-10-07	Derby County	H
8	-3	Ipswich Town	11	2	1	2	6	5	3	2	1	9	8	1.154	13	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-07	West Ham United	H
9	1	Sheffield United	11	3	1	2	7	6	2	2	1	7	9	0.933	13	W	L	W	D	W	1972-10-07	Arsenal	H
10	1	Norwich City	11	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	3	4	10	0.857	13	W	W	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Newcastle United	A
11	1	West Ham United	11	4	1	0	14	4	1	1	4	5	9	1.462	12	W	L	W	W	D	1972-10-07	Ipswich Town	A
12	-3	Newcastle United	11	3	1	2	9	8	2	0	3	9	9	1.059	11	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-07	Norwich City	H
13	0	Southampton	11	2	2	1	6	4	1	2	3	3	6	0.9	10	L	W	W	L	L	1972-10-07	Leicester City	A
14	2	Derby County	11	4	0	1	7	4	0	2	4	2	8	0.75	10	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-07	Leeds United	A
15	-1	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	2	2	5	6	1	1	3	4	6	0.75	9	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-07	Manchester United	H
16	-1	Birmingham City	12	3	1	1	11	7	0	1	6	4	14	0.714	8	L	L	W	L	W	1972-10-07	Chelsea	H
17	3	Leicester City	11	1	3	2	6	7	1	1	3	6	10	0.706	8	W	D	L	L	L	1972-10-07	Southampton	H
18	4	Manchester City	11	4	0	1	8	3	0	0	6	3	15	0.611	8	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	-2	Crystal Palace	11	2	2	2	4	6	0	2	3	3	8	0.5	8	L	L	L	L	W	1972-10-07	Coventry City	H
20	-2	Stoke City	11	2	3	0	12	6	0	0	6	4	14	0.8	7	L	W	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	-2	Coventry City	11	1	2	3	5	10	1	1	3	2	4	0.5	7	L	L	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Crystal Palace	A
22	-1	Manchester United	11	1	3	2	5	4	0	1	4	2	9	0.538	6	L	W	L	L	D	1972-10-07	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Millwall	Villa Park	31,524
Rioch B (p)	Lineups
Blackpool	0	1	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	14,714
	Lineups		Boam
Bristol City	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Ashton Gate	12,406
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Brunton Park	7,306
Laidlaw	Lineups		Sissons
Fulham	1	1	Orient	Craven Cottage	10,991
Earle	Lineups		Queen
Hull City	3	2	Swindon Town	Boothferry Park	9,131
Butler, Neill, Holme	Lineups		Howell, Noble
Luton Town	2	2	Burnley	Kenilworth Road	12,197
Aston (p), Halom	Lineups		James 2
Oxford United	0	2	Preston North End	Manor Ground	8,850
	Lineups		Young (p), Wilson
Portsmouth	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	15,726
Reynolds, Piper	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Cardiff City	Loftus Road	11,182
Givens 2 (1p), Bowles	Lineups
Sunderland	4	1	Nottingham Forest	Roker Park	14,155
Lathan 2, Porterfield, Hughes W	Lineups		Richardson

				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	1	Aston Villa	10	5	1	0	9	2	2	1	1	5	5	2	16	W	W	D	W	W	1972-10-07	Fulham	A
2	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	6	0	0	18	6	1	2	3	6	9	1.6	16	D	W	W	L	D	1972-10-07	Preston North End	A
3	0	Burnley	11	3	3	0	13	7	1	4	0	7	5	1.667	15	D	D	W	D	D	1972-10-07	Swindon Town	H
4	3	Preston North End	11	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	2	6	4	1.5	13	W	D	W	D	W	1972-10-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	0	Luton Town	10	3	1	1	9	5	3	0	2	5	6	1.273	13	D	W	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Blackpool	H
6	3	Queens Park Rangers	10	3	2	0	13	5	0	4	1	7	10	1.333	12	W	L	D	D	W	1972-10-07	Carlisle United	H
7	3	Sunderland	10	3	1	0	9	4	1	3	2	5	7	1.273	12	W	L	D	D	W	1972-10-07	Oxford United	A
8	-4	Oxford United	11	4	0	1	9	4	1	2	3	5	8	1.167	12	L	L	D	W	W	1972-10-07	Sunderland	H
9	3	Middlesbrough	11	3	1	1	5	3	1	3	2	4	9	0.75	12	W	D	W	D	D	1972-10-07	Millwall	H
10	-4	Blackpool	10	2	2	1	9	5	2	1	2	8	8	1.308	11	L	W	L	D	D	1972-10-07	Luton Town	A
11	0	Huddersfield Town	11	2	3	0	6	3	1	2	3	6	11	0.857	11	D	L	D	D	D	1972-10-07	Nottingham Forest	A
12	-4	Nottingham Forest	11	3	2	1	6	4	1	1	3	4	10	0.714	11	L	L	D	W	L	1972-10-07	Huddersfield Town	H
13	2	Portsmouth	10	3	0	3	7	6	1	2	1	4	3	1.222	10	W	W	D	L	L	1972-10-07	Bristol City	H
14	2	Hull City	11	4	2	0	12	4	0	0	5	2	10	1	10	W	W	L	L	D	1972-10-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	-2	Bristol City	11	0	4	1	5	6	2	2	2	8	7	1	10	D	D	W	D	D	1972-10-07	Portsmouth	A
16	-2	Fulham	10	1	3	1	6	6	2	1	2	7	8	0.929	10	D	D	W	W	D	1972-10-07	Aston Villa	H
17	3	Orient	11	1	3	2	6	7	0	3	2	2	5	0.667	8	D	D	D	D	D	1972-10-07	Cardiff City	H
18	-1	Swindon Town	12	2	3	1	6	6	0	1	5	7	14	0.65	8	L	L	D	D	L	1972-10-07	Burnley	A
19	2	Carlisle United	10	2	1	2	11	6	0	2	3	3	6	1.167	7	D	L	L	W	L	1972-10-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-2	Millwall	11	2	0	3	5	7	1	1	4	7	9	0.75	7	L	W	L	W	L	1972-10-07	Middlesbrough	A
21	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	1	3	1	8	9	0	2	4	5	13	0.591	7	L	D	D	L	L	1972-10-07	Hull City	H
22	0	Cardiff City	11	2	1	3	6	9	0	0	5	3	14	0.391	5	L	D	L	L	L	1972-10-07	Orient	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Dean Court	10,833
Miller, Boyer	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Scunthorpe United	Ewood Park	5,764
O'Mara 2, Field	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Watford	The Valley	7,333
Davies P (p), Horsfield	Lineups		Farley
Grimsby Town	1	0	Rochdale	Blundell Park	12,173
Worthington	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Shay	4,664
Robertson	Lineups		Jones P
Notts County	1	0	Brentford	Meadow Lane	8,152
Randall	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Rotherham United	Boundary Park	6,518
Garwood	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Walsall	Home Park	5,257
	Lineups		Woodward, Jones C
Port Vale	3	1	Southend United	Vale Park	4,005
Gough, Morgan, Williams (p)	Lineups		Albeson
Swansea City	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	3,711
	Lineups		Rudge 2
Wrexham	3	1	York City	Racecourse Ground	5,398
May, Mostyn, Ashcroft	Lineups		Wann

				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	11	5	0	0	11	3	2	1	3	7	7	1.8	15	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	3	Grimsby Town	11	5	0	0	9	1	2	1	3	6	8	1.667	15	W	W	W	W	W	1972-10-07	Swansea City	A
3	3	Port Vale	11	6	0	0	13	6	1	1	3	2	14	0.75	15	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Oldham Athletic	H
4	-1	Bolton Wanderers	11	5	0	0	10	1	1	2	3	6	7	2	14	D	W	W	D	L	1972-10-07	Walsall	A
5	-4	Rochdale	11	2	2	1	4	4	3	2	1	10	8	1.167	14	L	W	W	W	D	1972-10-07	Watford	H
6	-4	Rotherham United	11	4	0	1	12	2	2	1	3	4	5	2.286	13	L	D	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Chesterfield	A
7	2	Charlton Athletic	11	5	0	1	18	4	1	1	3	6	10	1.714	13	W	L	D	W	W	1972-10-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	5	AFC Bournemouth	10	4	2	0	12	3	0	2	2	3	7	1.5	12	W	W	D	W	D	1972-10-02	Wrexham	A
9	7	Wrexham	10	4	0	0	6	1	1	2	3	6	9	1.2	12	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	-3	Tranmere Rovers	11	5	0	1	11	4	0	2	3	2	7	1.182	12	W	W	L	D	W	1972-10-07	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	3	Bristol Rovers	11	4	2	0	12	4	1	0	4	4	10	1.143	12	W	L	W	D	L	1972-10-07	York City	H
12	-4	Watford	11	4	1	0	8	4	0	3	3	1	5	1	12	L	D	W	D	D	1972-10-07	Rochdale	A
13	4	Notts County	11	3	2	0	7	3	1	2	3	5	10	0.923	12	W	W	L	L	D	1972-10-07	Halifax Town	A
14	-2	Halifax Town	11	1	2	2	6	5	3	1	2	6	3	1.5	11	D	W	L	L	W	1972-10-07	Notts County	H
15	-5	Chesterfield	11	3	1	1	13	6	1	2	3	5	7	1.385	11	L	L	W	W	L	1972-10-07	Rotherham United	H
16	-5	Shrewsbury Town	11	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	4	3	10	0.727	11	L	W	W	L	L	1972-10-06	Southend United	A
17	1	Oldham Athletic	11	3	1	2	9	6	1	1	3	6	9	1	10	W	W	D	L	W	1972-10-07	Port Vale	A
18	-3	Brentford	11	3	1	2	9	6	1	1	3	2	6	0.917	10	L	W	D	L	L	1972-10-07	Scunthorpe United	A
19	3	Blackburn Rovers	11	2	2	1	7	5	1	0	5	3	15	0.5	8	W	L	L	W	D	1972-10-07	Wrexham	A
20	-1	Plymouth Argyle	11	3	0	3	9	7	0	1	4	3	10	0.706	7	L	L	L	L	W	1972-10-07	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-1	Southend United	11	3	1	2	8	6	0	0	5	3	13	0.579	7	L	W	D	L	L	1972-10-06	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	-1	Scunthorpe United	11	2	1	3	6	9	0	1	4	2	9	0.444	6	L	L	L	L	L	1972-10-07	Brentford	H
23	0	Swansea City	11	1	1	3	5	8	1	0	5	4	14	0.409	5	L	L	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	York City	11	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	8	0.3	5	L	L	D	D	L	1972-10-07	Bristol Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Reading	Recreation Ground	7,590
Walker L (p)	Lineups
Barnsley	0	0	Chester	Oakwell	2,998
	Lineups
Bury	3	0	Workington	Gigg Lane	2,396
Murray 2, Connelly	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Gillingham	Gresty Road	1,699
Duffey	Lineups		Yeo
Darlington	2	3	Mansfield Town	Feethams Ground	1,604
Wilson, Holbrook	Lineups		Longhorn, Wignall, Fairbrother
Exeter City	1	0	Colchester United	St James Park	5,005
Plumb	Lineups
Hartlepool	0	2	Southport	Victoria Park	4,982
	Lineups		Lee, Provan
Hereford United	2	1	Torquay United	Edgar Street	7,009
Johnston 2	Lineups		Arnold
Newport County	1	0	Stockport County	Somerton Park	3,012
Brown	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	2	Cambridge United	County Ground	3,439
Neal 2	Lineups		Collins (p), Watson
Peterborough United	2	2	Lincoln City	London Road	4,766
Hall 2	Lineups		McNeil 2

				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	11	5	1	0	13	3	4	0	1	7	4	2.857	19	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-07	Southport	H
2	0	Southport	11	6	0	0	10	2	2	2	1	5	4	2.5	18	W	D	W	W	L	1972-10-07	Mansfield Town	A
3	1	Aldershot	11	3	1	1	7	4	3	2	1	9	4	2	15	W	W	W	L	L	1972-10-07	Newport County	A
4	-1	Lincoln City	11	3	0	2	10	7	2	4	0	12	5	1.833	14	D	W	W	D	W	1972-10-07	Colchester United	H
5	0	Exeter City	11	5	1	0	14	3	1	1	3	3	7	1.7	14	W	D	W	W	W	1972-10-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	0	Chester	10	4	2	0	16	3	0	2	2	3	5	2.375	12	D	D	W	D	D	1972-10-04	Bradford City	A
7	2	Cambridge United	11	3	1	1	8	6	2	1	3	9	12	0.944	12	D	W	W	W	W	1972-10-07	Bradford City	H
8	5	Newport County	11	2	1	2	5	6	2	3	1	6	8	0.786	12	W	W	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Aldershot	H
9	-2	Reading	10	2	3	0	9	2	1	2	2	3	6	1.5	11	L	D	W	D	D	1972-10-07	Stockport County	H
10	0	Barnsley	11	3	3	0	14	6	1	0	4	4	10	1.125	11	D	D	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Peterborough United	H
11	-3	Hartlepool	11	2	1	2	4	5	2	2	2	7	6	1	11	L	L	W	D	W	1972-10-07	Hereford United	A
12	4	Bury	11	2	3	1	7	7	0	4	1	2	4	0.818	11	W	D	D	D	L	1972-10-07	Darlington	H
13	1	Northampton Town	10	1	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	10	9	1.077	10	D	L	D	D	D	1972-10-06	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	-2	Stockport County	10	4	1	1	12	7	0	1	3	2	7	1	10	L	W	D	L	L	1972-10-07	Reading	A
15	-4	Torquay United	10	2	2	1	7	5	1	2	2	4	6	1	10	L	L	L	W	W	1972-10-07	Gillingham	H
16	-1	Workington	11	3	2	1	8	6	0	1	4	0	9	0.533	9	L	D	W	L	L	1972-10-07	Chester	H
17	3	Gillingham	11	1	1	3	6	7	1	3	2	6	8	0.8	8	D	L	L	L	D	1972-10-07	Torquay United	A
18	-1	Darlington	11	1	3	2	7	10	1	1	3	6	7	0.765	8	L	D	L	D	D	1972-10-07	Bury	A
19	3	Hereford United	11	2	2	1	6	3	0	2	4	3	10	0.692	8	W	D	L	L	D	1972-10-07	Hartlepool	H
20	1	Crewe Alexandra	11	1	3	2	6	7	0	3	2	6	11	0.667	8	D	D	L	L	L	1972-10-07	Exeter City	H
21	-3	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	2	1	5	3	1	0	5	5	14	0.588	8	W	D	L	W	W	1972-10-06	Northampton Town	H
22	-3	Bradford City	10	2	1	1	6	5	1	1	4	4	13	0.556	8	L	D	L	W	L	1972-10-04	Chester	H
23	0	Colchester United	11	2	2	1	9	6	0	0	6	2	14	0.55	6	L	D	D	L	L	1972-10-07	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Peterborough United	11	1	2	3	7	7	0	1	4	6	17	0.542	5	D	D	L	D	L	1972-10-07	Barnsley	A