1972-11-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	4	1	Norwich City	St Andrew's	32,890
Pendrey, Hope, Want, Hatton	Lineups		Black
Chelsea	0	0	Crystal Palace	Stamford Bridge	36,608
	Lineups
Derby County	5	0	Arsenal	Baseball Ground	31,034
McFarland, McGovern, Hector, Hinton, Davies	Lineups
Everton	1	2	West Ham United	Goodison Park	27,558
Wright B	Lineups		Best, Brooking
Leeds United	3	0	Manchester City	Elland Road	39,879
Cherry, Lorimer, Clarke	Lineups
Manchester United	2	1	Southampton	Old Trafford	36,073
Davies, MacDougall	Lineups		Channon
Sheffield United	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	19,385
Dearden	Lineups		Richards, Hibbitt
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Liverpool	White Hart Lane	45,497
Chivers	Lineups		Heighway, Keegan
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Stoke City	The Hawthorns	13,332
Brown T 2	Lineups		Hurst

				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	19	9	0	0	25	8	3	4	3	12	13	1.762	28	W	W	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Birmingham City	H
2	1	Leeds United	19	7	2	1	23	8	3	4	2	14	14	1.682	26	W	D	W	D	W	1972-12-02	Arsenal	A
3	-1	Arsenal	20	7	3	1	14	5	3	2	4	11	15	1.25	25	L	W	W	L	D	1972-12-02	Leeds United	H
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	5	2	2	13	9	4	2	4	13	11	1.3	22	L	W	D	D	W	1972-12-02	Southampton	A
5	2	Chelsea	19	4	3	2	15	9	3	4	3	13	14	1.217	21	D	L	D	L	D	1972-12-02	Stoke City	A
6	-1	Ipswich Town	18	3	3	2	12	9	4	4	2	12	11	1.2	21	W	D	D	D	W	1972-12-02	Manchester City	A
7	-1	Norwich City	19	5	5	0	13	6	3	0	6	8	19	0.84	21	L	W	D	L	D	1972-12-02	Manchester United	H
8	3	West Ham United	19	6	2	1	24	9	2	2	6	12	18	1.333	20	W	L	L	D	W	1972-12-02	Newcastle United	H
9	-1	Newcastle United	18	6	1	2	17	10	3	1	5	15	17	1.185	20	L	W	W	D	W	1972-12-02	West Ham United	A
10	-1	Coventry City	18	4	3	3	14	13	3	2	3	6	5	1.111	19	W	W	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Everton	H
11	-1	Southampton	19	5	3	1	13	7	1	4	5	8	13	1.05	19	L	W	D	W	W	1972-12-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	1	3	18	14	2	4	4	13	18	0.969	19	W	L	L	D	L	1972-12-02	Derby County	H
13	2	Derby County	19	7	1	1	18	8	1	2	7	5	21	0.793	19	W	W	D	L	W	1972-12-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	-2	Everton	19	4	2	4	14	12	3	2	4	7	8	1.05	18	L	L	L	L	D	1972-12-02	Coventry City	A
15	-2	Manchester City	19	7	1	1	20	7	1	1	8	8	23	0.933	18	L	W	W	W	D	1972-12-02	Ipswich Town	H
16	1	Birmingham City	20	4	4	1	18	11	1	2	8	6	19	0.8	16	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-02	Liverpool	A
17	-1	Sheffield United	19	4	2	4	9	9	2	2	5	10	19	0.679	16	L	L	L	D	L	1972-12-09	Manchester City	H
18	1	West Bromwich Albion	19	4	3	3	12	12	1	2	6	7	14	0.731	15	W	L	D	L	L	1972-12-02	Leicester City	A
19	3	Manchester United	19	4	3	3	11	9	0	3	6	7	18	0.667	14	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-02	Norwich City	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	19	3	3	4	9	12	0	5	4	6	15	0.556	14	D	D	D	W	L	1972-12-09	Ipswich Town	A
21	-3	Stoke City	19	4	4	1	19	11	0	1	9	9	22	0.848	13	L	L	D	D	W	1972-12-02	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Leicester City	18	2	4	4	10	12	1	2	5	8	14	0.692	12	L	D	D	L	L	1972-12-02	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	1	0	Sunderland	Ashton Gate	10,666
Galley	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Turf Moor	12,095
Fletcher	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	1	Fulham	Ninian Park	9,668
McCulloch 2, Woodruff	Lineups		Mullery
Hull City	1	2	Blackpool	Boothferry Park	8,988
Butler	Lineups		Ainscow, Rafferty
Luton Town	0	1	Carlisle United	Kenilworth Road	10,091
	Lineups		Owen
Middlesbrough	0	2	Swindon Town	Ayresome Park	11,418
	Lineups		Smart, Trollope
Millwall	1	0	Huddersfield Town	The Den, New Cross	9,192
Burnett	Lineups
Orient	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Brisbane Road	5,254
Bowyer, Hoadley, Queen	Lineups		Craig T, Eustace
Oxford United	2	0	Aston Villa	Manor Ground	13,412
Bray, Curran	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Fratton Park	8,460
	Lineups		Givens
Preston North End	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Deepdale	8,005
Bruce 2, Young (p), McNab	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	0	Burnley	19	6	3	1	20	10	3	6	0	13	9	1.737	27	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-02	Sunderland	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	5	3	1	22	11	4	4	2	13	13	1.458	25	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-02	Oxford United	H
3	2	Blackpool	19	5	4	1	17	7	3	3	3	12	13	1.45	23	W	W	D	D	W	1972-12-02	Portsmouth	H
4	3	Preston North End	19	4	3	2	9	4	5	1	4	11	11	1.333	22	W	W	L	W	L	1972-12-02	Huddersfield Town	A
5	-2	Luton Town	19	3	3	4	14	13	6	1	2	12	8	1.238	22	L	W	D	L	W	1972-12-09	Queens Park Rangers	H
6	-2	Aston Villa	19	5	3	2	10	6	3	3	3	9	12	1.056	22	L	L	D	D	D	1972-12-02	Hull City	H
7	4	Oxford United	19	6	0	3	17	10	3	2	5	9	12	1.182	20	W	L	W	L	W	1972-12-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	0	3	21	11	1	4	5	12	17	1.179	20	L	W	L	L	L	1972-12-02	Millwall	H
9	-1	Middlesbrough	19	5	2	2	11	9	2	4	4	7	14	0.783	20	L	L	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	-1	Fulham	19	4	4	2	15	9	2	3	4	11	15	1.083	19	L	D	D	W	D	1972-12-09	Oxford United	A
11	4	Swindon Town	20	4	5	1	15	12	2	2	6	13	18	0.933	19	W	W	D	W	D	1972-12-09	Millwall	A
12	2	Bristol City	20	1	5	3	8	10	5	2	4	15	15	0.92	19	W	L	W	L	L	1972-12-02	Carlisle United	A
13	-3	Hull City	19	5	3	2	20	10	1	3	5	7	14	1.125	18	L	D	D	D	L	1972-12-02	Aston Villa	A
14	2	Carlisle United	18	6	1	2	20	11	1	3	5	5	12	1.087	18	W	W	W	D	W	1972-12-02	Bristol City	H
15	-3	Nottingham Forest	19	4	4	2	12	10	2	2	5	8	15	0.8	18	L	L	L	W	W	1972-12-02	Orient	H
16	-3	Huddersfield Town	20	4	4	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	0.792	18	L	W	L	D	W	1972-12-02	Preston North End	H
17	2	Millwall	19	5	1	3	12	8	2	1	7	12	15	1.043	16	W	W	W	L	D	1972-12-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	2	Orient	19	3	4	3	12	12	1	4	4	6	12	0.75	16	W	L	W	L	D	1972-12-02	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-2	Sunderland	18	3	4	1	12	9	1	3	6	11	20	0.793	15	L	D	L	D	D	1972-12-02	Burnley	H
20	-2	Portsmouth	19	3	1	6	9	13	2	4	3	10	12	0.76	15	L	D	D	W	L	1972-12-02	Blackpool	A
21	1	Cardiff City	19	6	1	3	16	11	0	2	7	6	21	0.688	15	W	L	W	D	W	1972-12-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	1	6	2	14	16	1	3	6	9	22	0.605	13	L	L	L	D	D	1972-12-02	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Dean Court	12,194
Howe, Clark, Miller	Lineups		Davies P
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Rotherham United	Burnden Park	7,980
Byrom, Jones G	Lineups		Womble
Brentford	2	0	York City	Griffin Park	7,111
Webb, Graham	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Swansea City	The Shay	1,815
Atkins	Lineups		Williams
Notts County	2	4	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	7,329
Randall (p), Bradd	Lineups		Shaw, Garwood 2, Robins
Port Vale	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vale Park	3,881
McLaren	Lineups		Saxton
Rochdale	1	2	Chesterfield	Spotland	1,982
Buck	Lineups		Large, Smith OG
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Old Showground	2,769
Fletcher	Lineups
Walsall	1	3	Watford	Fellows Park	4,718
Morris	Lineups		Morrissey 2, Keen
Wrexham	3	2	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	3,656
Smallman 2, Tinnion	Lineups		Brace 2 (1p)

				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	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	2	0	18	3	3	3	4	14	13	2	27	W	W	W	W	D	1972-12-02	Watford	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	20	7	3	1	21	8	3	3	3	15	12	1.8	26	W	W	L	W	W	1972-12-02	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Port Vale	20	7	3	1	17	11	2	4	3	7	18	0.828	25	D	D	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Charlton Athletic	A
4	1	Oldham Athletic	20	6	2	2	23	9	4	1	5	17	21	1.333	23	W	L	W	W	W	1972-12-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	5	Watford	20	6	3	0	14	8	1	5	5	5	9	1.118	22	W	D	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	-2	Walsall	20	8	0	2	18	10	2	2	6	7	13	1.087	22	L	L	L	D	L	1972-12-02	Chesterfield	A
7	-1	Tranmere Rovers	20	6	4	1	19	8	0	5	4	4	11	1.211	21	D	D	D	W	D	1972-12-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-1	Bristol Rovers	20	7	2	1	22	8	1	3	6	7	16	1.208	21	D	L	W	W	L	1972-12-02	Scunthorpe United	H
9	-1	Grimsby Town	20	7	0	2	18	7	2	3	6	13	21	1.107	21	L	W	D	L	W	1972-12-02	Notts County	H
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	7	1	1	26	7	2	1	7	11	20	1.37	20	L	L	D	L	W	1972-11-28	Brentford	H
11	4	Brentford	19	8	1	2	19	7	1	1	6	3	14	1.048	20	W	W	L	W	L	1972-11-28	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-1	Rochdale	20	3	4	3	8	10	4	2	4	16	16	0.923	20	L	L	W	L	L	1972-12-02	Rotherham United	A
13	3	Wrexham	20	6	3	1	13	7	1	3	6	8	18	0.84	20	W	L	D	L	L	1972-12-01	Swansea City	A
14	-2	Rotherham United	20	6	1	2	18	11	2	2	7	8	14	1.04	19	L	D	W	W	L	1972-12-02	Rochdale	H
15	-2	Notts County	20	5	3	2	15	11	2	2	6	6	16	0.778	19	L	W	L	L	D	1972-12-02	Grimsby Town	A
16	-2	Shrewsbury Town	20	6	4	0	14	6	1	1	8	6	21	0.741	19	L	D	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Brentford	H
17	1	Halifax Town	20	1	6	3	11	11	3	4	3	8	6	1.118	18	D	D	D	L	D	1972-12-02	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Chesterfield	20	5	2	2	17	9	2	2	7	9	17	1	18	W	L	L	L	L	1972-12-02	Walsall	H
19	-2	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	3	2	12	7	2	3	6	8	20	0.741	18	D	W	D	W	W	1972-12-02	Halifax Town	H
20	3	Scunthorpe United	20	5	3	3	10	10	1	2	6	5	14	0.625	17	W	W	D	L	L	1972-12-02	Bristol Rovers	A
21	-1	Southend United	20	6	2	3	16	7	0	2	7	5	18	0.84	16	D	W	D	D	L	1972-12-02	York City	A
22	-1	York City	20	3	6	1	6	3	1	2	7	7	15	0.722	16	L	D	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Southend United	H
23	-1	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	1	4	16	12	1	3	6	7	22	0.676	16	D	L	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Swansea City	20	4	2	3	18	13	1	2	8	7	24	0.676	14	D	D	W	L	W	1972-12-01	Wrexham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Newport County	Oakwell	2,278
Lea 2	Lineups		Brown
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Darlington	Gresty Road	1,819
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Bury	Belle Vue	1,739
Haselden 2, Irvine, Kitchen	Lineups		McDermott
Gillingham	4	2	Bradford City	Priestfield Stadium	2,249
Richardson 2 (1p), Rogers, Jacks	Lineups		Knight OG, Gilliver
Hereford United	1	0	Aldershot	Edgar Street	6,667
Rudge	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Mansfield Town	Sincil Bank	6,657	Largest home gate 1972-73
McNeil	Lineups		Fairbrother
Northampton Town	1	2	Exeter City	County Ground	2,263
Oman	Lineups		Balson, Binney
Peterborough United	3	0	Hartlepool	London Road	4,382
Oakes D, Hall, Brookes	Lineups
Reading	0	1	Colchester United	Elm Park	5,111
	Lineups		Foley
Torquay United	1	2	Chester	Plainmoor	2,580
Jackson	Lineups		Owen, Draper
Workington	5	1	Cambridge United	Borough Park	1,112
Goodfellow, Geidmintis 3 (1p), Martin	Lineups		Eades

				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	20	8	2	0	25	9	4	3	3	12	12	1.762	29	D	L	W	D	L	1972-12-02	Reading	H
2	0	Southport	20	9	1	0	18	7	2	4	4	11	16	1.261	27	L	L	W	W	L	1972-12-01	Workington	H
3	0	Cambridge United	20	7	1	1	17	8	2	5	4	15	22	1.067	24	L	D	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Torquay United	H
4	0	Aldershot	20	5	2	2	11	6	4	3	4	14	11	1.471	23	L	D	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Bradford City	H
5	2	Chester	20	6	4	0	22	6	2	3	5	10	16	1.455	23	W	D	L	D	D	1972-12-01	Stockport County	H
6	2	Exeter City	20	7	3	0	18	4	2	2	6	6	13	1.412	23	W	D	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Barnsley	H
7	-2	Newport County	20	6	1	2	16	9	3	4	4	11	15	1.125	23	L	L	W	D	W	1972-11-28	Hereford United	H
8	-2	Reading	19	4	5	1	14	4	2	4	3	6	8	1.667	21	L	D	W	D	W	1972-12-02	Mansfield Town	A
9	1	Lincoln City	20	5	3	2	16	11	2	4	4	14	13	1.25	21	D	D	L	L	L	1972-12-02	Bradford City	A
10	2	Workington	20	7	3	1	23	12	1	2	6	3	13	1.04	21	W	D	L	W	L	1972-12-01	Southport	A
11	-2	Bury	20	5	4	1	13	9	1	5	4	6	13	0.864	21	L	W	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	2	Barnsley	20	5	5	1	19	11	2	1	6	10	16	1.074	20	W	D	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Exeter City	A
13	-2	Stockport County	19	7	3	1	20	10	0	2	6	2	12	1	19	W	D	L	W	L	1972-12-01	Chester	A
14	2	Hereford United	20	6	3	1	15	6	0	4	6	4	13	1	19	W	D	W	D	W	1972-11-28	Newport County	A
15	-2	Hartlepool	20	3	4	2	9	8	3	3	5	10	17	0.76	19	L	W	D	D	W	1972-12-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	2	Crewe Alexandra	20	3	5	3	9	10	1	5	3	9	13	0.783	18	D	W	W	L	D	1972-12-02	Bury	A
17	-2	Bradford City	20	4	3	2	13	9	2	3	6	10	21	0.767	18	L	D	W	D	D	1972-12-02	Lincoln City	H
18	2	Gillingham	20	5	1	4	17	12	1	4	5	7	14	0.923	17	W	W	L	L	L	1972-12-09	Chester	H
19	-2	Torquay United	19	4	3	3	12	9	1	4	4	7	12	0.905	17	L	D	W	L	D	1972-12-02	Cambridge United	A
20	1	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	3	2	13	6	2	0	8	9	21	0.815	17	W	L	L	W	D	1972-12-02	Hartlepool	A
21	-2	Northampton Town	19	3	3	3	9	9	2	3	5	11	16	0.8	16	L	L	L	W	W	1972-12-09	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Peterborough United	20	4	4	3	17	11	1	1	7	13	27	0.789	15	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-02	Darlington	A
23	1	Colchester United	20	3	4	2	16	12	1	1	9	7	25	0.622	13	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
24	-1	Darlington	20	1	3	6	10	18	2	3	5	9	13	0.613	12	D	L	D	L	L	1972-12-02	Peterborough United	H