1972-10-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Southampton	St Andrew's	30,757
Roberts	Lineups		Bennett
Crystal Palace	2	3	Arsenal	Selhurst Park	35,865
Craven 2	Lineups		George (p), Radford, Rice
Ipswich Town	3	1	Derby County	Portman Road	16,948
Belfitt, Beattie, Whymark	Lineups		Hinton (p)
Leeds United	1	1	Coventry City	Elland Road	36,240
Charlton	Lineups		Carr
Leicester City	1	2	Norwich City	Filbert Street	19,787
Weller	Lineups		Cross, Paddon
Liverpool	2	1	Stoke City	Anfield Road	45,604
Hughes, Callaghan	Lineups		Greenhoff
Manchester City	4	3	West Ham United	Maine Road	31,052
Marsh 2, Summerbee, Towers	Lineups		Ayris, Best, Moore
Newcastle United	2	1	Manchester United	St James' Park	38,170
Hibbitt, Tudor	Lineups		Charlton
Sheffield United	0	1	Everton	Bramall Lane	22,946
	Lineups		Whittle
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	47,429
	Lineups		Hollins
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	30,121
Gould	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	14	7	0	0	19	5	2	3	2	9	9	2	21	W	D	W	W	W	1972-10-28	Norwich City	A
2	0	Arsenal	15	6	2	0	13	3	2	2	3	8	9	1.75	20	W	W	L	W	W	1972-10-28	Manchester City	H
3	1	Chelsea	14	4	0	2	13	7	3	4	1	11	8	1.6	18	W	W	D	W	W	1972-10-28	Newcastle United	H
4	-1	Leeds United	14	5	2	1	18	7	2	2	2	8	10	1.529	18	D	W	W	L	L	1972-10-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	3	Everton	14	4	1	2	9	5	3	2	2	7	6	1.455	17	W	L	L	W	L	1972-10-28	Ipswich Town	H
6	4	Norwich City	14	4	3	0	10	5	3	0	4	7	14	0.895	17	W	W	L	W	W	1972-10-28	Liverpool	H
7	4	Ipswich Town	14	3	2	2	10	7	3	2	2	9	9	1.188	16	W	L	D	L	L	1972-10-28	Everton	A
8	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	14	5	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	8	10	1.188	16	L	L	W	L	W	1972-10-28	Manchester United	A
9	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	5	1	0	17	8	1	3	4	9	15	1.13	16	L	D	D	W	D	1972-10-28	Leeds United	H
10	-3	West Ham United	14	5	1	0	17	5	1	2	5	9	14	1.368	15	L	W	D	W	L	1972-10-28	Crystal Palace	H
11	1	Newcastle United	14	5	1	2	14	10	2	0	4	9	11	1.095	15	W	L	W	L	W	1972-10-28	Chelsea	A
12	-3	Sheffield United	14	4	1	3	8	7	2	2	2	8	12	0.842	15	L	L	W	W	L	1972-10-28	Derby County	A
13	1	Southampton	14	2	3	1	7	5	1	3	4	4	8	0.846	12	D	D	L	L	W	1972-10-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	3	West Bromwich Albion	14	3	3	2	8	8	1	1	4	5	9	0.765	12	W	L	D	L	W	1972-10-28	Southampton	A
15	0	Coventry City	14	2	2	3	8	12	2	2	3	4	5	0.706	12	D	W	W	L	L	1972-10-28	Birmingham City	H
16	-3	Derby County	14	5	0	1	9	5	0	2	6	3	16	0.571	12	L	W	L	W	L	1972-10-28	Sheffield United	H
17	4	Manchester City	14	5	1	1	13	7	0	0	7	5	18	0.72	11	W	L	D	W	L	1972-10-28	Arsenal	A
18	1	Birmingham City	15	3	3	1	14	10	0	1	7	4	15	0.72	10	D	L	D	L	L	1972-10-28	Coventry City	A
19	-3	Leicester City	14	2	3	3	8	9	1	1	4	7	12	0.714	10	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-28	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Stoke City	14	3	3	0	14	6	0	0	8	8	20	0.846	9	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Leicester City	H
21	-1	Manchester United	14	2	3	2	6	4	0	2	5	5	13	0.647	9	L	W	D	L	W	1972-10-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	14	2	2	4	6	10	0	3	3	4	9	0.526	9	L	D	L	L	L	1972-10-28	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Goldstone Ground	18,699	Largest home gate 1972-73
Murray 2, Beamish	Lineups		Sunley, Sissons, Ley OG
Burnley	3	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	13,442
Fletcher 3 (1p)	Lineups
Fulham	2	0	Blackpool	Craven Cottage	8,644
Strong, Earle	Lineups
Luton Town	1	2	Hull City	Kenilworth Road	11,560
Halom	Lineups		Houghton 2
Middlesbrough	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	9,907
Craggs, Gates	Lineups		Dungworth
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Swindon Town	City Ground	8,683
Robertson, O'Neill	Lineups		Peplow, Treacy
Orient	2	1	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	4,695
Queen, Bennett	Lineups		Laidlaw
Oxford United	0	2	Bristol City	Manor Ground	9,936
	Lineups		Galley, Gow (p)
Portsmouth	0	1	Aston Villa	Fratton Park	13,524
	Lineups		Vowden
Preston North End	1	0	Millwall	Deepdale	10,010
Tarbuck	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Sunderland	Loftus Road	17,356
Bowles 2, Givens	Lineups		Tueart, Hamilton

				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	14	5	3	0	18	8	2	4	0	8	5	2	21	W	W	W	D	D	1972-10-28	Millwall	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	14	5	2	0	20	7	2	4	1	10	10	1.765	20	W	W	W	W	W	1972-10-28	Blackpool	A
3	1	Aston Villa	14	5	1	1	9	3	3	2	2	7	8	1.455	19	W	D	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Middlesbrough	H
4	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	0	1	18	7	1	4	3	10	13	1.4	18	D	L	D	D	W	1972-10-28	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Luton Town	14	3	3	2	14	11	4	0	2	7	6	1.235	17	L	D	W	D	D	1972-10-28	Bristol City	A
6	2	Preston North End	14	3	3	1	5	3	3	1	3	8	7	1.3	16	W	L	D	W	D	1972-10-28	Cardiff City	A
7	2	Middlesbrough	14	5	1	1	8	4	1	3	3	4	11	0.8	16	W	L	W	W	D	1972-10-28	Aston Villa	A
8	3	Bristol City	14	0	5	1	6	7	4	2	2	13	7	1.357	15	W	D	W	D	D	1972-10-28	Luton Town	H
9	1	Hull City	14	5	2	0	17	5	1	1	5	5	12	1.294	15	W	W	D	W	W	1972-10-27	Oxford United	H
10	-4	Blackpool	14	3	3	1	12	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.158	15	L	D	W	D	L	1972-10-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	-4	Oxford United	14	5	0	2	14	7	1	2	4	6	10	1.176	14	L	L	W	L	L	1972-10-27	Hull City	A
12	1	Fulham	14	3	3	2	10	8	2	1	3	8	10	1	14	W	L	L	W	D	1972-10-28	Sunderland	A
13	-1	Nottingham Forest	14	3	4	1	9	7	1	2	3	5	11	0.778	14	D	D	D	L	L	1972-10-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	0	Sunderland	13	3	1	1	9	6	1	3	4	8	15	0.81	12	L	L	L	W	L	1972-10-28	Fulham	H
15	0	Huddersfield Town	14	2	3	1	6	5	1	3	4	8	14	0.737	12	L	L	D	D	L	1972-10-28	Orient	H
16	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	1	5	1	12	13	1	2	4	7	13	0.731	11	D	W	D	L	D	1972-10-28	Swindon Town	A
17	0	Swindon Town	15	3	3	1	9	8	0	2	6	10	18	0.731	11	D	W	L	L	L	1972-10-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-2	Portsmouth	14	3	0	5	7	10	1	3	2	7	10	0.7	11	L	D	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Carlisle United	A
19	2	Orient	14	2	4	2	8	8	0	3	3	2	7	0.667	11	W	L	D	D	D	1972-10-28	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-1	Carlisle United	13	3	1	2	13	7	0	2	5	4	12	0.895	9	L	W	L	D	L	1972-10-28	Portsmouth	H
21	-1	Millwall	14	3	0	3	7	7	1	1	6	7	11	0.778	9	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Burnley	H
22	0	Cardiff City	14	3	1	3	8	9	0	1	6	3	17	0.423	8	L	W	D	L	D	1972-10-28	Preston North End	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Dean Court	14,024
	Lineups		Hague
Bristol Rovers	5	1	Shrewsbury Town	Eastville	7,336
Rudge, Godfrey, Bannister 2, Fearnley	Lineups		Moir R
Charlton Athletic	4	2	Oldham Athletic	The Valley	7,348
Horsfield 2, Flanagan, Hunt P	Lineups		Whittle, McVitie
Chesterfield	0	0	Watford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,823
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Grimsby Town	The Shay	3,068
Campbell OG	Lineups		Lewis
Port Vale	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	4,007
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Spotland	7,168	Largest home gate 1972-73
Gowans, Jenkins	Lineups		Byrom, Nicholson
Scunthorpe United	1	0	York City	Old Showground	3,708
Sargent	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Brentford	Roots Hall	7,205
Taylor 2, Best, Gelson OG	Lineups
Swansea City	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Vetch Field	3,060
Evans B, Williams	Lineups		Jones P OG, Field
Walsall	1	0	Rotherham United	Fellows Park	6,136
Taylor B	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Notts County	Racecourse Ground	5,404
Smallman, Ashcroft	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	15	8	0	0	17	5	2	1	4	7	9	1.714	21	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	2	Charlton Athletic	15	7	0	1	25	6	2	1	4	8	11	1.941	19	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Port Vale	15	6	1	1	13	8	2	2	3	4	15	0.739	19	D	W	D	L	W	1972-10-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	15	6	1	0	13	1	1	3	4	10	12	1.769	18	D	D	W	L	D	1972-10-28	Southend United	H
5	-3	AFC Bournemouth	15	4	3	1	13	5	2	3	2	13	10	1.733	18	L	W	W	D	D	1972-10-24	Rochdale	H
6	0	Rochdale	15	3	4	1	7	6	3	2	2	12	11	1.118	18	D	L	D	W	L	1972-10-24	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	2	Wrexham	15	5	2	0	9	2	1	3	4	8	13	1.133	17	W	D	L	D	D	1972-10-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	-1	Chesterfield	15	5	2	1	17	8	1	2	4	5	9	1.294	16	D	W	L	W	L	1972-10-24	Swansea City	A
9	1	Watford	15	5	2	0	10	5	0	4	4	1	6	1	16	D	W	D	L	L	1972-10-24	Halifax Town	A
10	1	Grimsby Town	15	5	0	1	9	3	2	2	5	11	18	0.952	16	D	L	L	L	W	1972-10-24	Southend United	H
11	7	Bristol Rovers	14	5	2	1	18	7	1	1	4	5	11	1.278	15	W	D	L	W	L	1972-10-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	-4	Oldham Athletic	15	3	2	2	11	8	3	1	4	11	13	1.048	15	L	D	W	W	W	1972-10-24	Scunthorpe United	H
13	2	Tranmere Rovers	15	5	1	1	12	5	0	4	4	3	10	1	15	D	D	L	D	W	1972-10-23	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-2	Shrewsbury Town	15	5	3	0	11	5	1	0	6	4	17	0.682	15	L	W	W	L	L	1972-10-23	Port Vale	A
15	2	Halifax Town	15	1	3	3	7	7	3	3	2	7	4	1.273	14	D	D	D	L	D	1972-10-24	Watford	H
16	-3	Rotherham United	15	4	1	2	15	10	2	1	5	6	9	1.105	14	L	D	L	L	L	1972-10-25	Notts County	A
17	-3	Brentford	15	5	1	2	13	6	1	1	5	2	11	0.882	14	L	W	W	L	L	1972-10-28	Rochdale	H
18	-2	Notts County	14	3	2	1	7	5	2	2	4	6	12	0.765	14	L	L	W	W	W	1972-10-25	Rotherham United	H
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	15	4	0	3	12	8	1	2	5	5	14	0.773	12	W	W	D	L	L	1972-10-24	York City	H
20	1	Scunthorpe United	15	4	2	3	9	10	0	2	4	2	9	0.579	12	W	D	D	W	L	1972-10-24	Oldham Athletic	A
21	1	Southend United	15	5	1	3	14	7	0	0	6	3	14	0.81	11	W	L	L	W	L	1972-10-24	Grimsby Town	A
22	-3	York City	15	2	5	1	4	2	1	0	6	4	10	0.667	11	L	W	W	W	L	1972-10-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
23	0	Blackburn Rovers	15	2	2	2	7	6	1	2	6	5	18	0.5	10	D	L	L	D	W	1972-10-25	Walsall	H
24	0	Swansea City	15	2	2	3	13	12	1	0	7	5	20	0.563	8	D	L	L	W	L	1972-10-24	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	2	Darlington	Oakwell	2,961
	Lineups		Sproates (p), Harding
Bury	2	1	Exeter City	Gigg Lane	2,870
Crawford OG, Hamstead	Lineups		Binney
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Peterborough United	Gresty Road	1,860
	Lineups		Hall, Darrell
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Aldershot	Belle Vue	1,997
Kitchen	Lineups
Hereford United	2	0	Northampton Town	Edgar Street	7,202
Radford, Wallace	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Gillingham	Sincil Bank	5,215
Bradley	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	1	Chester	Field Mill	5,787
Fairbrother 2, Laverick, McCaffrey	Lineups		Griffiths
Newport County	5	1	Hartlepool	Somerton Park	3,392
Jones R 2, Brown 2, Aizlewood	Lineups		Coyne
Reading	1	1	Southport	Elm Park	4,836
Alleyne	Lineups		Provan
Torquay United	1	2	Bradford City	Plainmoor	2,328
Boulton	Lineups		Gilliver 2
Workington	2	0	Stockport County	Borough Park	1,444
Wood, Geidmintis (p)	Lineups

				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	15	7	2	0	24	9	4	1	1	8	5	2.286	25	W	D	W	D	W	1972-10-25	Hereford United	A
2	0	Southport	15	7	1	0	13	4	2	4	1	9	8	1.833	23	D	D	W	D	W	1972-10-24	Newport County	A
3	0	Aldershot	15	4	1	1	9	4	4	2	3	13	9	1.692	19	L	W	W	L	W	1972-10-25	Stockport County	H
4	2	Lincoln City	15	5	1	2	15	10	2	4	1	13	7	1.647	19	W	L	D	W	D	1972-10-28	Stockport County	A
5	-1	Cambridge United	15	6	1	1	14	7	2	2	3	10	13	1.2	19	W	D	W	W	D	1972-10-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	Chester	15	6	2	0	20	4	1	2	4	6	12	1.625	18	L	W	W	L	W	1972-10-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	1	Newport County	15	4	1	2	12	8	3	3	2	10	12	1.1	18	W	W	L	W	W	1972-10-24	Southport	H
8	-1	Exeter City	15	6	1	0	15	3	1	1	6	4	12	1.267	16	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Newport County	H
9	3	Workington	15	6	2	1	16	9	0	2	4	1	10	0.895	16	W	D	W	W	L	1972-10-24	Northampton Town	A
10	-1	Reading	14	3	5	0	12	3	1	2	3	3	7	1.5	15	D	L	W	D	L	1972-10-23	Darlington	A
11	5	Bury	15	4	3	1	10	8	0	4	3	3	8	0.813	15	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-24	Bradford City	H
12	-1	Barnsley	15	4	3	1	17	10	1	1	5	8	15	1	14	L	D	L	W	D	1972-10-24	Torquay United	H
13	-3	Stockport County	14	5	2	1	14	7	0	2	4	2	9	1	14	L	W	D	D	L	1972-10-25	Aldershot	A
14	-1	Gillingham	15	3	1	3	11	7	1	4	3	6	9	1.063	13	L	W	W	D	D	1972-10-23	Hartlepool	A
15	-1	Torquay United	14	3	3	2	9	7	1	2	3	4	8	0.867	13	L	L	W	D	L	1972-10-24	Barnsley	A
16	-1	Hartlepool	15	2	2	2	5	6	2	3	4	8	13	0.684	13	L	D	L	D	L	1972-10-23	Gillingham	H
17	2	Bradford City	15	3	2	2	9	8	2	1	5	7	16	0.667	13	W	D	W	L	L	1972-10-24	Bury	A
18	-1	Northampton Town	14	1	3	1	6	6	2	3	4	11	15	0.81	12	L	D	D	L	D	1972-10-24	Workington	H
19	1	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	2	1	9	3	1	0	7	6	18	0.714	12	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-24	Chester	H
20	-2	Crewe Alexandra	15	2	3	3	7	9	0	5	2	7	12	0.667	12	L	D	D	W	D	1972-10-25	Cambridge United	H
21	0	Hereford United	15	3	3	1	8	3	0	2	6	3	12	0.733	11	W	L	L	D	W	1972-10-25	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Darlington	15	1	3	3	9	13	2	1	5	8	12	0.68	10	W	L	L	L	L	1972-10-23	Reading	H
23	0	Peterborough United	15	2	2	3	10	8	1	1	6	12	24	0.688	9	W	W	L	L	D	1972-10-23	Colchester United	H
24	0	Colchester United	15	2	3	2	12	10	0	0	8	4	20	0.533	7	L	D	L	L	L	1972-10-23	Peterborough United	A