1972-10-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Ipswich Town	Highbury	34,196
Graham	Lineups
Chelsea	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Stamford Bridge	28,998
Webb, Garland, Osgood	Lineups		Brown T (p)
Coventry City	3	2	Manchester City	Highfield Road	24,541
Carr, Stein, Alderson	Lineups		Marsh, Summerbee
Derby County	2	1	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	31,841
Hinton (p), Hennessey	Lineups		Weller
Everton	1	2	Leeds United	Goodison Park	47,821
Whittle	Lineups		Jones, Jordan
Manchester United	1	0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	52,104
MacDougall	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Carrow Road	34,445
Cross 2	Lineups		Chivers
Southampton	1	1	Liverpool	The Dell	24,100
Channon	Lineups		Lawler
Stoke City	2	0	Newcastle United	Victoria Ground	21,205
Hurst, Robertson	Lineups
West Ham United	3	1	Sheffield United	Upton Park	25,379
Robson 2, Brooking	Lineups		Taylor OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Crystal Palace	Molineux	20,630
Dougan	Lineups		Hinshelwood M

				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	13	6	0	0	17	4	2	3	2	9	9	2	19	D	W	W	W	D	1972-10-21	Stoke City	H
2	0	Arsenal	14	6	2	0	13	3	1	2	3	5	7	1.8	18	W	L	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Crystal Palace	A
3	2	Leeds United	13	5	1	1	17	6	2	2	2	8	10	1.563	17	W	W	L	L	W	1972-10-21	Coventry City	H
4	4	Chelsea	13	4	0	2	13	7	2	4	1	10	8	1.533	16	W	D	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	13	5	1	0	11	5	2	1	4	8	10	1.267	16	L	W	L	W	L	1972-10-21	Chelsea	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	1	0	17	8	1	3	3	9	14	1.182	16	D	D	W	D	W	1972-10-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	3	West Ham United	13	5	1	0	17	5	1	2	4	6	10	1.533	15	W	D	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Manchester City	A
8	-4	Everton	13	4	1	2	9	5	2	2	2	6	6	1.364	15	L	L	W	L	L	1972-10-21	Sheffield United	A
9	-2	Sheffield United	13	4	1	2	8	6	2	2	2	8	12	0.889	15	L	W	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Everton	H
10	2	Norwich City	13	4	3	0	10	5	2	0	4	5	13	0.833	15	W	L	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Leicester City	A
11	-2	Ipswich Town	13	2	2	2	7	6	3	2	2	9	9	1.067	14	L	D	L	L	W	1972-10-21	Derby County	H
12	-1	Newcastle United	13	4	1	2	12	9	2	0	4	9	11	1.05	13	L	W	L	W	W	1972-10-21	Manchester United	H
13	3	Derby County	13	5	0	1	9	5	0	2	5	2	13	0.611	12	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Ipswich Town	A
14	-1	Southampton	13	2	3	1	7	5	1	2	4	3	7	0.833	11	D	L	L	W	W	1972-10-21	Birmingham City	A
15	4	Coventry City	13	2	2	3	8	12	2	1	3	3	4	0.688	11	W	W	L	L	L	1972-10-21	Leeds United	A
16	-1	Leicester City	13	2	3	2	7	7	1	1	4	7	12	0.737	10	L	W	W	D	L	1972-10-21	Norwich City	H
17	-3	West Bromwich Albion	13	2	3	2	7	8	1	1	4	5	9	0.706	10	L	D	L	W	W	1972-10-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	3	Stoke City	13	3	3	0	14	6	0	0	7	7	18	0.875	9	W	L	L	W	L	1972-10-21	Liverpool	A
19	-2	Birmingham City	14	3	2	1	13	9	0	1	7	4	15	0.708	9	L	D	L	L	W	1972-10-21	Southampton	H
20	2	Manchester United	13	2	3	2	6	4	0	2	4	4	11	0.667	9	W	D	L	W	L	1972-10-21	Newcastle United	A
21	-3	Manchester City	13	4	1	1	9	4	0	0	7	5	18	0.636	9	L	D	W	L	W	1972-10-21	West Ham United	H
22	-2	Crystal Palace	13	2	2	3	4	7	0	3	3	4	9	0.5	9	D	L	L	L	L	1972-10-21	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Villa Park	34,045
	Lineups		Francis
Blackpool	2	1	Oxford United	Bloomfield Road	11,589
Ainscow, Burns	Lineups		Clark D
Bristol City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Ashton Gate	13,861
Gow	Lineups		Fraser
Cardiff City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Ninian Park	10,407
Vincent, Bell (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Fulham	Brunton Park	6,221
Laidlaw, Delgado	Lineups		Mitchell
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leeds Road	7,935
	Lineups		Spearritt, Bridges
Hull City	5	1	Portsmouth	Boothferry Park	9,513
Holme, Pearson 4	Lineups		Price
Millwall	2	0	Orient	The Den, New Cross	10,074
Cripps, Wood	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Burnley	Hillsborough	30,197	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups		James
Sunderland	0	2	Luton Town	Roker Park	13,394
	Lineups		Halom, Ryan J
Swindon Town	3	2	Preston North End	County Ground	8,198
Treacy, Rogers 2	Lineups		Tarbuck, McNab

				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	13	4	3	0	15	8	2	4	0	8	5	1.769	19	W	W	D	D	W	1972-10-21	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	0	1	18	7	1	3	3	7	10	1.471	17	L	D	D	W	W	1972-10-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	1	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	2	0	17	5	1	4	1	8	10	1.667	16	W	W	W	L	D	1972-10-17	Fulham	A
4	-1	Aston Villa	12	5	1	1	9	3	2	1	2	5	7	1.4	16	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-17	Blackpool	A
5	2	Luton Town	12	3	2	1	11	7	4	0	2	7	6	1.385	16	W	D	D	W	L	1972-10-18	Portsmouth	H
6	-1	Oxford United	13	5	0	1	14	5	1	2	4	6	10	1.333	14	L	W	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Bristol City	H
7	2	Blackpool	12	3	2	1	11	6	2	2	2	10	10	1.313	14	W	D	L	W	L	1972-10-17	Aston Villa	H
8	-2	Preston North End	13	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	8	7	1.2	14	L	D	W	D	W	1972-10-21	Millwall	H
9	-1	Middlesbrough	13	4	1	1	6	3	1	3	3	4	11	0.714	14	L	W	W	D	W	1972-10-21	Huddersfield Town	H
10	5	Hull City	13	5	2	0	17	5	0	1	5	3	11	1.25	13	W	D	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Luton Town	A
11	-1	Bristol City	13	0	5	1	6	7	3	2	2	11	7	1.214	13	D	W	D	D	W	1972-10-21	Oxford United	A
12	2	Nottingham Forest	13	3	3	1	7	5	1	2	3	5	11	0.75	13	D	D	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Swindon Town	H
13	-2	Fulham	12	2	3	1	8	6	2	1	3	8	10	1	12	L	W	D	D	W	1972-10-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	-2	Sunderland	12	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	3	6	12	0.833	12	L	L	W	L	D	1972-10-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	2	3	1	6	5	1	3	3	7	12	0.765	12	L	D	D	L	D	1972-10-21	Middlesbrough	A
16	2	Swindon Town	14	3	3	1	9	8	0	1	6	8	16	0.708	10	W	L	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Nottingham Forest	A
17	-1	Portsmouth	12	3	0	4	7	9	1	2	2	5	8	0.706	10	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-18	Luton Town	A
18	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	1	4	1	9	10	1	2	4	7	13	0.696	10	W	D	L	D	D	1972-10-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	1	Carlisle United	12	3	1	2	13	7	0	2	4	3	10	0.941	9	W	L	D	L	L	1972-10-21	Orient	A
20	1	Millwall	13	3	0	3	7	7	1	1	5	7	10	0.824	9	W	L	L	W	L	1972-10-21	Preston North End	A
21	-4	Orient	13	1	4	2	6	7	0	3	3	2	7	0.571	9	L	D	D	D	D	1972-10-21	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Cardiff City	13	3	1	3	8	9	0	1	5	3	14	0.478	8	W	D	L	D	L	1972-10-21	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Port Vale	Ewood Park	6,500
	Lineups		Morgan
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Burnden Park	7,459
	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Walsall	Griffin Park	9,493
Houston, Docherty	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Blundell Park	9,826
	Lineups		Horsfield 2
Notts County	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Meadow Lane	11,914
	Lineups		Clark, Boyer
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Wrexham	Boundary Park	7,601
Whittle, Garwood	Lineups		Smallman, Griffiths
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Swansea City	Home Park	5,034
Hinch, Welsh, Rickard	Lineups		Thomas
Rotherham United	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	4,463
Ham	Lineups		Bannister (p)
Shrewsbury Town	3	2	Rochdale	Gay Meadow	2,502
Hughes, Bridgwood, Blant OG	Lineups		Darling, Jenkins (p)
Watford	1	0	Southend United	Vicarage Road	7,860
Lindsay (p)	Lineups
York City	2	0	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	3,976
Burrows, Rowles	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	14	7	0	0	16	5	2	1	4	7	9	1.643	19	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Rotherham United	H
2	2	AFC Bournemouth	14	4	3	0	13	4	2	3	2	13	10	1.857	18	W	W	D	D	W	1972-10-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	2	Port Vale	14	6	0	1	13	8	2	2	3	4	15	0.739	18	W	D	L	W	L	1972-10-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	2	Charlton Athletic	13	6	0	1	21	4	2	1	3	8	10	2.071	17	W	W	W	L	D	1972-10-18	Chesterfield	A
5	-2	Bolton Wanderers	14	6	1	0	13	1	1	2	4	8	10	1.909	17	D	W	L	D	W	1972-10-21	Rochdale	A
6	-4	Rochdale	14	3	3	1	5	4	3	2	2	12	11	1.133	17	L	D	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	1	Oldham Athletic	14	3	2	2	11	8	3	1	3	9	9	1.176	15	D	W	W	W	W	1972-10-21	Charlton Athletic	A
8	3	Wrexham	14	4	2	0	7	2	1	3	4	8	13	1	15	D	L	D	D	W	1972-10-21	Notts County	H
9	6	Watford	14	5	2	0	10	5	0	3	4	1	6	1	15	W	D	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Chesterfield	A
10	-3	Grimsby Town	14	5	0	1	9	3	2	1	5	10	17	0.95	15	L	L	L	W	W	1972-10-21	Halifax Town	A
11	5	Shrewsbury Town	14	5	3	0	11	5	1	0	5	3	12	0.824	15	W	W	L	L	W	1972-10-21	Bristol Rovers	A
12	2	Rotherham United	14	4	1	2	15	10	2	1	4	6	8	1.167	14	D	L	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Walsall	A
13	5	Brentford	14	5	1	2	13	6	1	1	4	2	7	1.154	14	W	W	L	L	W	1972-10-21	Southend United	A
14	-5	Tranmere Rovers	14	5	1	1	12	5	0	3	4	3	10	1	14	D	L	D	W	W	1972-10-21	Port Vale	A
15	-5	Notts County	13	3	2	1	7	5	2	2	3	6	10	0.867	14	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-21	Wrexham	A
16	-3	Halifax Town	14	1	2	3	6	6	3	3	2	7	4	1.3	13	D	D	L	D	W	1972-10-21	Grimsby Town	H
17	-5	Chesterfield	13	4	1	1	16	8	1	2	4	5	9	1.235	13	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-18	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Bristol Rovers	13	4	2	1	13	6	1	1	4	5	11	1.059	13	D	L	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	1	York City	14	2	5	1	4	2	1	0	5	4	9	0.727	11	W	W	W	L	L	1972-10-21	Scunthorpe United	A
20	3	Plymouth Argyle	14	4	0	3	12	8	0	2	5	4	14	0.727	10	W	D	L	L	L	1972-10-21	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	14	3	2	3	8	10	0	2	4	2	9	0.526	10	D	D	W	L	L	1972-10-21	York City	H
22	-3	Southend United	14	4	1	3	10	7	0	0	6	3	14	0.619	9	L	L	W	L	W	1972-10-21	Brentford	H
23	-1	Blackburn Rovers	14	2	2	2	7	6	1	1	6	3	16	0.455	9	L	L	D	W	L	1972-10-21	Swansea City	A
24	0	Swansea City	14	2	1	3	11	10	1	0	7	5	20	0.533	7	L	L	W	L	L	1972-10-21	Blackburn Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	0	Bury	Recreation Ground	4,381
Grummett, Melledew	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Mansfield Town	Valley Parade	3,383
Ingram (p)	Lineups		Roberts
Chester	2	1	Lincoln City	Sealand Road	3,813
Hollis, Draper	Lineups		Freeman
Darlington	2	3	Newport County	Feethams Ground	1,356
Burluraux, Sinclair	Lineups		Holbrook OG, Brown 2
Exeter City	1	0	Hereford United	St James Park	4,516
Banks	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	3,438
Galvin	Lineups
Hartlepool	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	2,528
Smith R	Lineups		Manning
Northampton Town	2	2	Barnsley	County Ground	3,013
Baxter (p), Gould	Lineups		Martin 2
Peterborough United	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	London Road	4,327
Smith 2, Robson	Lineups		Uzelac

				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	14	6	2	0	20	8	4	1	1	8	5	2.154	23	D	W	D	W	L	1972-10-21	Chester	H
2	0	Southport	14	7	1	0	13	4	2	3	1	8	7	1.909	22	D	W	D	W	D	1972-10-21	Reading	A
3	1	Aldershot	14	4	1	1	9	4	4	2	2	13	8	1.833	19	W	W	L	W	W	1972-10-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	2	Chester	14	6	2	0	20	4	1	2	3	5	8	2.083	18	W	W	L	W	D	1972-10-21	Mansfield Town	A
5	-2	Lincoln City	14	4	1	2	14	10	2	4	1	13	7	1.588	17	L	D	W	D	W	1972-10-21	Gillingham	H
6	-1	Cambridge United	14	5	1	1	11	7	2	2	3	10	13	1.05	17	D	W	W	D	W	1972-10-20	Colchester United	H
7	1	Exeter City	14	6	1	0	15	3	1	1	5	3	10	1.385	16	W	L	L	W	D	1972-10-21	Bury	A
8	2	Newport County	14	3	1	2	7	7	3	3	2	10	12	0.895	16	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-21	Hartlepool	H
9	-2	Reading	13	3	4	0	11	2	1	2	3	3	7	1.556	14	L	W	D	L	D	1972-10-21	Southport	H
10	-1	Stockport County	13	5	2	1	14	7	0	2	3	2	7	1.143	14	W	D	D	L	W	1972-10-21	Workington	A
11	1	Barnsley	14	4	3	0	17	8	1	1	5	8	15	1.087	14	D	L	W	D	D	1972-10-21	Darlington	H
12	-1	Workington	14	5	2	1	14	9	0	2	4	1	10	0.789	14	D	W	W	L	D	1972-10-21	Stockport County	H
13	3	Gillingham	14	3	1	3	11	7	1	4	2	6	8	1.133	13	W	W	D	D	L	1972-10-21	Lincoln City	A
14	-1	Torquay United	13	3	3	1	8	5	1	2	3	4	8	0.923	13	L	W	D	L	L	1972-10-21	Bradford City	H
15	0	Hartlepool	14	2	2	2	5	6	2	3	3	7	8	0.857	13	D	L	D	L	L	1972-10-21	Newport County	A
16	-2	Bury	14	3	3	1	8	7	0	4	3	3	8	0.733	13	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-21	Exeter City	H
17	0	Northampton Town	13	1	3	1	6	6	2	3	3	11	13	0.895	12	D	D	L	D	L	1972-10-21	Hereford United	A
18	0	Crewe Alexandra	14	2	3	2	7	7	0	5	2	7	12	0.737	12	D	D	W	D	D	1972-10-21	Peterborough United	H
19	1	Bradford City	14	3	2	2	9	8	1	1	5	5	15	0.609	11	D	W	L	L	L	1972-10-21	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	14	3	2	1	8	3	1	0	7	6	18	0.667	10	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-21	Aldershot	H
21	0	Hereford United	14	2	3	1	6	3	0	2	6	3	12	0.6	9	L	L	D	W	D	1972-10-21	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Darlington	14	1	3	3	9	13	1	1	5	6	12	0.6	8	L	L	L	L	D	1972-10-21	Barnsley	A
23	1	Peterborough United	14	2	2	3	10	8	0	1	6	10	24	0.625	7	W	L	L	D	D	1972-10-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	-1	Colchester United	14	2	3	2	12	10	0	0	7	4	17	0.593	7	D	L	L	L	D	1972-10-20	Cambridge United	A