1972-12-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Rotherham United	Prenton Park	3,613
Young, Crossley	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	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	2	0	18	3	3	3	5	15	15	1.833	27	L	W	W	W	W	1972-12-16	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	7	3	1	21	8	3	4	3	16	13	1.762	27	D	W	W	L	W	1972-12-16	Bristol Rovers	H
3	5	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	4	1	21	8	1	5	4	5	11	1.368	25	W	W	D	D	D	1972-12-22	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	-1	Port Vale	21	7	3	1	17	11	2	4	4	7	20	0.774	25	L	D	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Scunthorpe United	H
5	-1	Charlton Athletic	21	9	1	1	30	8	2	1	7	11	20	1.464	24	W	W	L	L	D	1972-12-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	22	8	2	1	27	9	1	4	6	7	16	1.36	24	D	W	D	L	W	1972-12-16	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	6	3	2	24	10	4	1	5	17	21	1.323	24	D	W	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Walsall	H
8	-1	Watford	21	7	3	0	16	9	1	5	5	5	9	1.167	24	W	W	D	L	W	1972-12-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	0	Grimsby Town	21	8	0	2	21	8	2	3	6	13	21	1.172	23	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Brentford	H
10	0	Walsall	21	8	0	2	18	10	2	2	7	7	16	0.962	22	L	L	L	L	D	1972-12-16	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Rochdale	22	3	5	3	8	10	4	3	4	16	16	0.923	22	D	D	L	L	W	1972-12-23	Oldham Athletic	H
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	7	4	0	16	6	1	1	8	6	21	0.815	21	W	L	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Wrexham	A
13	0	Chesterfield	21	6	2	2	20	9	2	2	7	9	17	1.115	20	W	W	L	L	L	1972-12-16	Notts County	A
14	0	Rotherham United	22	6	2	2	18	11	2	2	8	8	16	0.963	20	L	D	L	D	W	1972-12-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Brentford	21	8	1	2	19	7	1	1	8	4	18	0.92	20	L	L	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Grimsby Town	A
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	2	15	7	2	3	6	8	20	0.852	20	W	D	W	D	W	1972-12-16	Southend United	H
17	0	Wrexham	21	6	3	1	13	7	1	3	7	9	21	0.786	20	L	W	L	D	L	1972-12-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	0	Notts County	21	5	3	2	15	11	2	2	7	7	19	0.733	19	L	L	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Halifax Town	21	1	6	3	11	11	3	4	4	8	9	0.95	18	L	D	D	D	L	1972-12-22	Southend United	A
20	0	York City	21	4	6	1	8	3	1	2	7	7	15	0.833	18	W	L	D	W	D	1972-12-23	Swansea City	H
21	0	Scunthorpe United	21	5	3	3	10	10	1	2	7	6	19	0.552	17	L	W	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Port Vale	A
22	0	Southend United	21	6	2	3	16	7	0	2	8	5	20	0.778	16	L	D	W	D	D	1972-12-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
23	0	Swansea City	21	5	2	3	21	14	1	2	8	7	24	0.737	16	W	D	D	W	L	1972-12-23	York City	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	1	5	16	13	1	3	6	7	22	0.657	16	L	D	L	L	W	1972-12-23	Watford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Northampton Town	0	1	Southport	County Ground	2,407
	Lineups		Lee

				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	1	Southport	22	10	1	0	20	8	3	4	4	12	16	1.333	31	W	W	L	L	W	1972-12-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	-1	Mansfield Town	22	8	3	0	26	10	4	3	4	12	14	1.583	30	L	D	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	0	Cambridge United	22	8	2	1	20	9	2	5	4	15	22	1.129	27	W	D	L	D	W	1972-12-16	Bury	A
4	0	Chester	22	7	4	0	24	6	2	3	6	10	17	1.478	25	L	W	W	D	L	1972-12-23	Exeter City	H
5	0	Exeter City	21	8	3	0	20	5	2	2	6	6	13	1.444	25	W	W	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Gillingham	H
6	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
7	0	Hereford United	22	7	3	1	16	6	1	4	6	5	13	1.105	23	W	W	W	D	W	1972-12-22	Stockport County	A
8	0	Newport County	21	6	1	3	16	10	3	4	4	11	15	1.08	23	L	L	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Lincoln City	H
9	0	Workington	22	8	3	1	25	12	1	2	7	4	15	1.074	23	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Peterborough United	A
10	0	Reading	20	4	5	1	14	4	2	5	3	7	9	1.615	22	D	L	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Barnsley	A
11	0	Barnsley	22	6	5	1	21	12	2	1	7	11	18	1.067	22	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Reading	H
12	0	Lincoln City	21	5	3	2	16	11	2	4	5	15	16	1.148	21	L	D	D	L	L	1972-12-16	Newport County	A
13	0	Bury	22	5	4	2	13	10	1	5	5	6	14	0.792	21	L	L	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Cambridge United	H
14	0	Bradford City	21	5	3	2	16	10	2	3	6	10	21	0.839	20	W	L	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Aldershot	A
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	3	5	3	9	10	2	5	3	10	13	0.826	20	W	D	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	Hartlepool	22	3	5	2	9	8	3	3	6	11	19	0.741	20	L	D	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Stockport County	H
17	0	Gillingham	21	6	1	4	18	12	1	4	5	7	14	0.962	19	W	W	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Exeter City	A
18	0	Stockport County	20	7	3	1	20	10	0	2	7	2	14	0.917	19	L	W	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Hartlepool	A
19	0	Torquay United	20	4	3	3	12	9	1	5	4	7	12	0.905	18	D	L	D	W	L	1972-12-16	Darlington	A
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	3	2	13	6	2	1	8	9	21	0.815	18	D	W	L	L	W	1972-12-16	Colchester United	H
21	0	Peterborough United	21	4	4	3	17	11	1	2	7	15	29	0.8	16	D	W	W	L	D	1972-12-16	Workington	H
22	0	Northampton Town	21	3	3	4	9	10	2	3	6	12	19	0.724	16	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-23	Torquay United	A
23	0	Darlington	21	1	4	6	12	20	2	3	5	9	13	0.636	13	D	D	L	D	L	1972-12-16	Torquay United	H
24	0	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