1972-10-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	2	Chelsea	St Andrew's	38,756
Hope, Latchford R	Lineups		Webb, Osgood
Crystal Palace	0	1	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	22,229
	Lineups		Mortimer
Ipswich Town	1	1	West Ham United	Portman Road	22,218
Hamilton	Lineups		Best
Leeds United	5	0	Derby County	Elland Road	36,477
Giles 2, Clarke, Bremner, Lorimer	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Southampton	Filbert Street	18,092
Sammels (p)	Lineups
Liverpool	1	0	Everton	Anfield Road	55,975
Cormack	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	31,201
Marsh	Lineups		Dougan
Newcastle United	3	1	Norwich City	St James' Park	18,080
Tudor 2, Guthrie	Lineups		Cross
Sheffield United	1	0	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	24,478
Dearden	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	Stoke City	White Hart Lane	31,951
Pratt 2, Gilzean, Smith OG	Lineups		Ritchie 2, Bloor
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	39,209	Largest home gate 1972-73
Brown A 2	Lineups		Best, Storey-Moore

				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	12	6	0	0	17	4	2	2	2	8	8	2.083	18	W	W	W	D	W	1972-10-14	Southampton	A
2	0	Arsenal	13	5	2	0	12	3	1	2	3	5	7	1.7	16	L	W	W	L	D	1972-10-14	Ipswich Town	H
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	12	5	1	0	11	5	2	1	3	7	8	1.385	16	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-14	Norwich City	A
4	-1	Everton	12	4	1	1	8	3	2	2	2	6	6	1.556	15	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-14	Leeds United	H
5	2	Leeds United	12	5	1	1	17	6	1	2	2	6	9	1.533	15	W	L	L	W	D	1972-10-14	Everton	A
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	5	0	0	16	7	1	3	3	9	14	1.19	15	D	W	D	W	L	1972-10-14	Crystal Palace	H
7	2	Sheffield United	12	4	1	2	8	6	2	2	1	7	9	1	15	W	W	L	W	D	1972-10-14	West Ham United	A
8	-2	Chelsea	12	3	0	2	10	6	2	4	1	10	8	1.429	14	D	W	W	L	L	1972-10-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	-1	Ipswich Town	12	2	2	2	7	6	3	2	1	9	8	1.143	14	D	L	L	W	W	1972-10-14	Arsenal	A
10	1	West Ham United	12	4	1	0	14	4	1	2	4	6	10	1.429	13	D	W	L	W	W	1972-10-14	Sheffield United	H
11	1	Newcastle United	12	4	1	2	12	9	2	0	3	9	9	1.167	13	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-14	Stoke City	A
12	-2	Norwich City	12	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	4	5	13	0.765	13	L	W	W	L	D	1972-10-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	0	Southampton	12	2	2	1	6	4	1	2	4	3	7	0.818	10	L	L	W	W	L	1972-10-14	Liverpool	H
14	1	West Bromwich Albion	12	2	3	2	7	8	1	1	3	4	6	0.786	10	D	L	W	W	W	1972-10-14	Chelsea	A
15	2	Leicester City	12	2	3	2	7	7	1	1	3	6	10	0.765	10	W	W	D	L	L	1972-10-14	Derby County	A
16	-2	Derby County	12	4	0	1	7	4	0	2	5	2	13	0.529	10	L	W	L	W	L	1972-10-14	Leicester City	H
17	-1	Birmingham City	13	3	2	1	13	9	0	1	6	4	14	0.739	9	D	L	L	W	L	1972-10-14	Manchester United	A
18	0	Manchester City	12	4	1	1	9	4	0	0	6	3	15	0.632	9	D	W	L	W	L	1972-10-14	Coventry City	A
19	2	Coventry City	12	1	2	3	5	10	2	1	3	3	4	0.571	9	W	L	L	L	W	1972-10-14	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	12	2	2	3	4	7	0	2	3	3	8	0.467	8	L	L	L	L	L	1972-10-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Stoke City	12	2	3	0	12	6	0	0	7	7	18	0.792	7	L	L	W	L	D	1972-10-14	Newcastle United	H
22	0	Manchester United	12	1	3	2	5	4	0	2	4	4	11	0.6	7	D	L	W	L	L	1972-10-14	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Hull City	Goldstone Ground	14,330
Murray	Lineups		Holme
Burnley	2	1	Swindon Town	Turf Moor	11,434
Dobson, Fletcher	Lineups		Rogers (p)
Fulham	2	0	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage	17,576
Mullery, Mitchell	Lineups
Luton Town	2	2	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	12,073
Slough, Aston	Lineups		Hutchison, Ainscow
Middlesbrough	1	0	Millwall	Ayresome Park	10,863
Maddren	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Huddersfield Town	City Ground	7,931
Chapman	Lineups		Gowling
Orient	0	0	Cardiff City	Brisbane Road	6,284
	Lineups
Oxford United	5	1	Sunderland	Manor Ground	8,881
Cassidy, Curran 3, Sloan	Lineups		Kerr
Portsmouth	0	3	Bristol City	Fratton Park	9,475
	Lineups		Sweeney 2, Emanuel
Preston North End	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Deepdale	15,600
Wilson	Lineups		Eustace (p)
Queens Park Rangers	4	0	Carlisle United	Loftus Road	11,755
Leach, Busby, Evans, Francis	Lineups

				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	Burnley	12	4	3	0	15	8	1	4	0	7	5	1.692	17	W	D	D	W	D	1972-10-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	13	6	0	0	18	6	1	3	3	7	10	1.563	17	D	D	W	W	L	1972-10-14	Burnley	H
3	-2	Aston Villa	11	5	1	0	9	2	2	1	2	5	7	1.556	16	L	W	W	D	W	1972-10-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	2	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	2	0	17	5	0	4	1	7	10	1.6	14	W	W	L	D	D	1972-10-14	Aston Villa	A
5	3	Oxford United	12	5	0	1	14	5	1	2	3	5	8	1.462	14	W	L	L	D	W	1972-10-14	Blackpool	A
6	-2	Preston North End	12	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	2	6	4	1.429	14	D	W	D	W	D	1972-10-14	Swindon Town	A
7	-2	Luton Town	11	3	2	1	11	7	3	0	2	5	6	1.231	14	D	D	W	L	W	1972-10-14	Sunderland	A
8	1	Middlesbrough	12	4	1	1	6	3	1	3	2	4	9	0.833	14	W	W	D	W	D	1972-10-14	Cardiff City	A
9	1	Blackpool	11	2	2	1	9	5	2	2	2	10	10	1.267	12	D	L	W	L	D	1972-10-14	Oxford United	H
10	5	Bristol City	12	0	4	1	5	6	3	2	2	11	7	1.231	12	W	D	D	W	D	1972-10-14	Nottingham Forest	H
11	5	Fulham	11	2	3	1	8	6	2	1	2	7	8	1.071	12	W	D	D	W	W	1972-10-14	Carlisle United	A
12	-5	Sunderland	11	3	1	0	9	4	1	3	3	6	12	0.938	12	L	W	L	D	D	1972-10-14	Luton Town	H
13	-2	Huddersfield Town	12	2	3	0	6	3	1	3	3	7	12	0.867	12	D	D	L	D	D	1972-10-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-2	Nottingham Forest	12	3	3	1	7	5	1	1	3	4	10	0.733	12	D	L	L	D	W	1972-10-14	Bristol City	A
15	-1	Hull City	12	4	2	0	12	4	0	1	5	3	11	1	11	D	W	W	L	L	1972-10-14	Portsmouth	H
16	-3	Portsmouth	11	3	0	4	7	9	1	2	1	4	3	0.917	10	L	W	W	D	L	1972-10-14	Hull City	A
17	0	Orient	12	1	4	2	6	7	0	3	2	2	5	0.667	9	D	D	D	D	D	1972-10-14	Millwall	A
18	0	Swindon Town	13	2	3	1	6	6	0	1	6	8	16	0.636	8	L	L	L	D	D	1972-10-14	Preston North End	H
19	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	1	4	1	9	10	0	2	4	5	13	0.609	8	D	L	D	D	L	1972-10-14	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-1	Carlisle United	11	2	1	2	11	6	0	2	4	3	10	0.875	7	L	D	L	L	W	1972-10-14	Fulham	H
21	-1	Millwall	12	2	0	3	5	7	1	1	5	7	10	0.706	7	L	L	W	L	W	1972-10-14	Orient	H
22	0	Cardiff City	12	2	1	3	6	9	0	1	5	3	14	0.391	6	D	L	D	L	L	1972-10-14	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Dean Court	12,769
Cave	Lineups		Crossley
Bristol Rovers	1	2	York City	Eastville	7,601
Bannister (p)	Lineups		Stone, Aimson
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Valley	7,373
Horsfield, Davies P, Flanagan	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	2	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,632
Moss 2, Ferris	Lineups		Gilbert, Ham
Halifax Town	0	1	Notts County	The Shay	3,233
	Lineups		Masson (p)
Port Vale	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Vale Park	5,352
	Lineups		Shaw, Garwood
Rochdale	1	0	Watford	Spotland	3,871
Franks OG	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Brentford	Old Showground	3,378
Welbourne	Lineups
Swansea City	6	2	Grimsby Town	Vetch Field	3,071
Evans B, Rees, Thomas 3, Gwyther	Lineups		Chatterley, Booth
Walsall	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Fellows Park	7,631
Shinton, Woodward, Jones C	Lineups		Jones P, Greaves
Wrexham	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Racecourse Ground	6,517
	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	Walsall	12	6	0	0	14	5	2	1	3	7	7	1.75	17	W	W	L	W	W	1972-10-10	Wrexham	H
2	3	Rochdale	12	3	2	1	5	4	3	2	1	10	8	1.25	16	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-09	Halifax Town	H
3	4	Charlton Athletic	12	6	0	1	21	4	1	1	3	6	10	1.929	15	W	W	L	D	W	1972-10-14	Grimsby Town	A
4	-2	Grimsby Town	12	5	0	0	9	1	2	1	4	8	14	1.133	15	L	W	W	W	W	1972-10-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	-2	Port Vale	12	6	0	1	13	8	1	1	3	2	14	0.682	15	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-10	Watford	A
6	-2	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	0	0	10	1	1	2	4	8	10	1.636	14	L	D	W	W	D	1972-10-11	Swansea City	H
7	1	AFC Bournemouth	12	4	3	0	13	4	0	3	2	4	8	1.417	14	D	D	W	W	D	1972-10-10	Rotherham United	A
8	1	Wrexham	12	4	2	0	7	2	1	2	3	6	9	1.182	14	D	D	W	L	W	1972-10-10	Walsall	A
9	4	Notts County	12	3	2	0	7	3	2	2	3	6	10	1	14	W	W	W	L	L	1972-10-14	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	-4	Rotherham United	12	4	0	1	12	2	2	1	4	6	8	1.8	13	L	L	D	L	W	1972-10-10	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	4	Chesterfield	12	4	1	1	16	8	1	2	3	5	7	1.4	13	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-14	York City	A
12	-2	Tranmere Rovers	12	5	0	1	11	4	0	3	3	3	8	1.167	13	D	W	W	L	D	1972-10-09	Brentford	A
13	4	Oldham Athletic	12	3	1	2	9	6	2	1	3	8	9	1.133	12	W	W	W	D	L	1972-10-09	Southend United	A
14	-3	Bristol Rovers	12	4	2	1	13	6	1	0	4	4	10	1.063	12	L	W	L	W	D	1972-10-14	Rotherham United	A
15	-3	Watford	12	4	1	0	8	4	0	3	4	1	6	0.9	12	L	L	D	W	D	1972-10-10	Port Vale	H
16	-2	Halifax Town	12	1	2	3	6	6	3	1	2	6	3	1.333	11	L	D	W	L	L	1972-10-09	Rochdale	A
17	-1	Shrewsbury Town	12	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	5	3	12	0.615	11	L	L	W	W	L	1972-10-10	Grimsby Town	H
18	0	Brentford	12	3	1	2	9	6	1	1	4	2	7	0.846	10	L	L	W	D	L	1972-10-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Southend United	12	4	1	2	10	6	0	0	5	3	13	0.684	9	W	L	W	D	L	1972-10-09	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	12	2	2	1	7	5	1	1	5	3	15	0.5	9	D	W	L	L	W	1972-10-09	York City	A
21	1	Scunthorpe United	12	3	1	3	7	9	0	1	4	2	9	0.5	8	W	L	L	L	L	1972-10-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	1	Swansea City	12	2	1	3	11	10	1	0	5	4	14	0.625	7	W	L	L	L	D	1972-10-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
23	-2	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	0	3	9	7	0	1	5	3	13	0.6	7	L	L	L	L	L	1972-10-10	Scunthorpe United	A
24	0	York City	12	0	5	1	1	2	1	0	5	4	9	0.455	7	W	L	L	D	D	1972-10-09	Blackburn Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	2	Peterborough United	Oakwell	2,689
Martin, O'Connor 2	Lineups		Turner, Darrell
Bury	1	0	Darlington	Gigg Lane	3,458
Williams G	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	1	Bradford City	Abbey Stadium	3,960
Collins (p), Greenhalgh	Lineups		Watson
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Exeter City	Gresty Road	1,911
Duffey	Lineups
Hereford United	0	0	Hartlepool	Edgar Street	7,521
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	2	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	6,268
McNeil 2 (1p), Bradley	Lineups		Simmons, Moss
Mansfield Town	3	3	Southport	Field Mill	7,312	Largest home gate 1972-73
Wignall, Fairbrother, Bentley	Lineups		Dunleavy, Provan, Fryatt
Newport County	2	1	Aldershot	Somerton Park	3,504
Dean OG, Jones R	Lineups		Melledew
Reading	0	0	Stockport County	Elm Park	4,909
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Gillingham	Plainmoor	2,762
	Lineups
Workington	3	1	Chester	Borough Park	1,379
Rowlands, Geidmintis (p), Martin	Lineups		Draper

				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	12	5	2	0	16	6	4	0	1	7	4	2.3	20	D	W	L	W	W	1972-10-09	Peterborough United	H
2	0	Southport	12	6	0	0	10	2	2	3	1	8	7	2	19	D	W	D	W	W	1972-10-11	Bury	H
3	2	Lincoln City	12	4	0	2	13	9	2	4	0	12	5	1.786	16	W	D	W	W	D	1972-10-11	Northampton Town	H
4	-1	Aldershot	12	3	1	1	7	4	3	2	2	10	6	1.7	15	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-09	Colchester United	A
5	-1	Chester	12	4	2	0	16	3	1	2	3	5	8	1.909	14	L	W	D	D	W	1972-10-11	Hartlepool	H
6	0	Exeter City	12	5	1	0	14	3	1	1	4	3	8	1.545	14	L	W	D	W	W	1972-10-11	Reading	A
7	0	Cambridge United	12	4	1	1	10	7	2	1	3	9	12	1	14	W	D	W	W	W	1972-10-11	Hereford United	H
8	0	Newport County	12	3	1	2	7	7	2	3	1	6	8	0.867	14	W	W	W	L	D	1972-10-11	Bradford City	A
9	1	Barnsley	12	4	3	0	17	8	1	0	4	4	10	1.167	13	W	D	D	L	W	1972-10-11	Workington	A
10	2	Bury	12	3	3	1	8	7	0	4	1	2	4	0.909	13	W	W	D	D	D	1972-10-11	Southport	A
11	-2	Reading	11	2	4	0	9	2	1	2	2	3	6	1.5	12	D	L	D	W	D	1972-10-11	Exeter City	H
12	-1	Hartlepool	12	2	1	2	4	5	2	3	2	7	6	1	12	D	L	L	W	D	1972-10-11	Chester	A
13	0	Stockport County	11	4	1	1	12	7	0	2	3	2	7	1	11	D	L	W	D	L	1972-10-09	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	0	Torquay United	11	2	3	1	7	5	1	2	2	4	6	1	11	D	L	L	L	W	1972-10-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	2	Workington	12	4	2	1	11	7	0	1	4	0	9	0.688	11	W	L	D	W	L	1972-10-11	Barnsley	H
16	-1	Northampton Town	11	1	2	1	4	4	2	2	3	10	12	0.875	10	L	D	L	D	D	1972-10-11	Lincoln City	A
17	-1	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	2	1	8	3	1	0	5	5	14	0.765	10	W	W	D	L	W	1972-10-11	Torquay United	A
18	3	Crewe Alexandra	12	2	3	2	7	7	0	3	2	6	11	0.722	10	W	D	D	L	L	1972-10-09	Stockport County	A
19	-1	Gillingham	12	1	1	3	6	7	1	4	2	6	8	0.8	9	D	D	L	L	L	1972-10-10	Darlington	H
20	0	Hereford United	12	2	3	1	6	3	0	2	4	3	10	0.692	9	D	W	D	L	L	1972-10-11	Cambridge United	A
21	-2	Darlington	12	1	3	2	7	10	1	1	4	6	8	0.722	8	L	L	D	L	D	1972-10-10	Gillingham	A
22	0	Bradford City	12	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	5	5	15	0.524	8	L	L	L	D	L	1972-10-11	Newport County	H
23	0	Colchester United	12	2	2	1	9	6	0	0	7	4	17	0.565	6	L	L	D	D	L	1972-10-09	Aldershot	H
24	0	Peterborough United	12	1	2	3	7	7	0	1	5	8	20	0.556	5	L	D	D	L	D	1972-10-09	Mansfield Town	A