1972-12-16

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First Division
Division 1VenueGateNotes
Arsenal 21 West Bromwich AlbionHighbury27,119
Radford, Nisbet OG Lineups Brown T    
Coventry City 31 Norwich CityHighfield Road19,873
Stein 2, Alderson Lineups Howard    
Crystal Palace 50 Manchester UnitedSelhurst Park39,484
Mulligan 2, Rogers 2, Whittle Lineups    
Derby County 11 Newcastle UnitedBaseball Ground28,826
Hector Lineups Tudor    
Everton 31 Tottenham HotspurGoodison Park31,129
Kendall 2, Hurst Lineups Neighbour    
Ipswich Town 11 LiverpoolPortman Road25,990
Lambert Lineups Heighway    
Leeds United 40 Birmingham CityElland Road25,285
Clarke 2, Lorimer, Jones Lineups    
Manchester City 21 SouthamptonMaine Road24,825
Marsh 2 Lineups OG    
Sheffield United 20 Leicester CityBramall Lane17,111
Woodward (p), Hockey Lineups    
West Ham United 32 Stoke CityUpton Park23,269
Robson 2, Best Lineups Hurst, Ritchie    
Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 ChelseaMolineux20,799
Sunderland Lineups    

 

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 22 10 0 0 29 11 3 6 3 14 15 1.654 32 D D W W W 1972-12-23 Coventry City H
2 0 Arsenal 23 9 3 1 18 7 4 2 4 13 16 1.348 31 W W W L W 1972-12-23 Birmingham City A
3 0 Leeds United 22 9 2 1 28 8 3 4 3 15 16 1.792 30 W W L W D 1972-12-23 Manchester United A
4 0 Ipswich Town 22 5 4 2 17 11 4 5 2 13 12 1.304 27 D W W D W 1972-12-23 West Bromwich Albion A
5 0 Chelsea 22 5 3 2 18 10 3 5 4 14 16 1.231 24 L W D D L 1972-12-23 Everton H
6 1 Derby County 22 8 2 1 21 9 2 2 7 7 22 0.903 24 D W W W W 1972-12-23 Stoke City A
7 2 West Ham United 22 7 3 1 28 12 2 2 7 12 19 1.29 23 W L D W L 1972-12-23 Southampton A
8 0 Newcastle United 21 6 2 2 17 10 3 3 5 17 19 1.172 23 D D D L W 1972-12-23 Manchester City H
9 -3 Tottenham Hotspur 22 5 2 3 14 11 4 3 5 15 15 1.115 23 L L D L W 1972-12-23 Sheffield United H
10 2 Coventry City 22 6 3 3 18 14 3 2 5 6 9 1.043 23 W L L W W 1972-12-23 Liverpool A
11 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 6 1 4 20 16 3 4 4 14 18 1 23 W W L W L 1972-12-23 Norwich City A
12 2 Manchester City 22 8 2 1 23 9 1 2 8 9 24 0.97 22 W D D L W 1972-12-23 Newcastle United A
13 -3 Southampton 22 5 4 1 14 8 1 5 6 9 15 1 21 L D D L W 1972-12-23 West Ham United H
14 -1 Norwich City 22 5 5 1 13 8 3 0 8 10 25 0.697 21 L L L L W 1972-12-23 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
15 0 Everton 22 5 2 5 17 14 3 2 5 7 9 1.043 20 W L L L L 1972-12-23 Chelsea A
16 1 Sheffield United 21 5 3 4 12 10 2 2 5 10 19 0.759 19 W D L L L 1972-12-23 Tottenham Hotspur A
17 -1 Birmingham City 23 4 5 1 19 12 1 2 10 9 27 0.718 17 L D L W W 1972-12-23 Arsenal H
18 0 Stoke City 22 4 5 1 20 12 1 1 10 13 25 0.892 16 L W D L L 1972-12-23 Derby County H
19 3 Crystal Palace 21 4 3 4 14 12 0 5 5 7 17 0.724 16 W L D D D 1972-12-23 Leicester City A
20 -1 West Bromwich Albion 22 4 4 3 13 13 1 2 8 9 19 0.688 16 L D L W L 1972-12-23 Ipswich Town H
21 -1 Manchester United 22 4 3 4 11 11 1 3 7 9 23 0.588 16 L L W W L 1972-12-23 Leeds United H
22 -1 Leicester City 21 3 4 4 13 13 1 3 6 9 17 0.733 15 L D W L D 1972-12-23 Crystal Palace H

 

Second Division
Second DivisionVenueGateNotes
Aston Villa10OrientVilla Park20,572
Evans Lineups   
Blackpool12Sheffield WednesdayBloomfield Road10,270
Hatton LineupsCraig T, Henderson   
Bristol City01BurnleyAshton Gate15,334
LineupsDobson   
Carlisle United51Brighton & Hove AlbionBrunton Park5,671
Owen 3, O'Neill, Winstanley LineupsSpearritt (p)   
Fulham31Nottingham ForestCraven Cottage8,255
Mitchell, Barrett, Mullery (p) LineupsGalley   
Hull City11Cardiff CityBoothferry Park5,875
Kaye LineupsKellock   
Luton Town22MillwallKenilworth Road11,550
Butlin, French LineupsPossee, Bolland (p)   
Oxford United10Swindon TownManor Ground9,159
Cassidy Lineups   
Portsmouth00MiddlesbroughFratton Park4,688
Lineups   
Sunderland00Preston North EndRoker Park11,529
Lineups   

 

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 21 6 3 1 20 10 5 6 0 15 9 1.842 31 W W W W L 1972-12-23 Oxford United H
2 0 Blackpool 22 6 4 2 21 10 4 3 3 15 13 1.565 27 L W W W W 1972-12-23 Nottingham Forest A
3 0 Queens Park Rangers 21 5 4 1 22 11 4 5 2 15 15 1.423 27 D D W L W 1972-12-23 Brighton & Hove Albion A
4 0 Aston Villa 21 7 3 2 13 6 3 3 3 9 12 1.222 26 W W L L D 1972-12-23 Sheffield Wednesday A
5 3 Oxford United 22 7 1 3 18 10 3 3 5 9 12 1.227 24 W D D W L 1972-12-23 Burnley A
6 -1 Luton Town 21 3 5 4 18 17 6 1 2 12 8 1.2 24 D D L W D 1972-12-23 Middlesbrough A
7 -1 Preston North End 22 4 3 3 9 7 5 3 4 11 11 1.111 24 D L D W W 1972-12-23 Bristol City H
8 -1 Middlesbrough 22 5 3 2 11 9 3 5 4 9 14 0.87 24 D D W L L 1972-12-23 Luton Town H
9 0 Sheffield Wednesday 23 7 1 3 23 13 2 4 6 15 22 1.086 23 W L D L W 1972-12-23 Aston Villa H
10 2 Fulham 21 5 4 2 18 10 2 4 4 11 15 1.16 22 W D L D D 1972-12-23 Swindon Town A
11 3 Carlisle United 21 7 1 3 26 14 1 4 5 6 13 1.185 21 W D L W W 1972-12-23 Millwall A
12 -2 Bristol City 22 1 5 4 8 11 6 2 4 17 16 0.926 21 L W W L W 1972-12-23 Preston North End A
13 -2 Nottingham Forest 22 5 4 2 14 11 2 3 6 9 18 0.793 21 L D W L L 1972-12-23 Blackpool H
14 1 Hull City 22 5 5 2 22 12 1 3 6 7 16 1.036 20 D D L L D 1972-12-23 Huddersfield Town A
15 -2 Swindon Town 22 4 5 1 15 12 2 3 7 14 20 0.906 20 L D W W D 1972-12-23 Fulham H
16 1 Millwall 22 5 2 3 13 9 2 3 7 16 19 1.036 19 D D D W W 1972-12-23 Carlisle United H
17 -1 Huddersfield Town 21 4 5 2 10 8 1 4 5 9 16 0.792 19 D L W L D 1972-12-23 Hull City H
18 1 Sunderland 21 3 5 2 12 10 2 3 6 14 22 0.813 18 D W L L D 1973-01-06 Brighton & Hove Albion H
19 1 Cardiff City 21 7 1 3 20 12 0 3 7 7 22 0.794 18 D W W L W 1972-12-26 Bristol City A
20 -2 Orient 22 4 4 3 13 12 1 4 6 7 15 0.741 18 L W L W L 1972-12-23 Portsmouth H
21 0 Portsmouth 22 3 2 7 11 16 2 4 4 11 15 0.71 16 D L L L D 1972-12-23 Orient A
22 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 1 6 3 14 18 1 3 8 10 28 0.522 13 L L L L L 1972-12-23 Queens Park Rangers H

 

Third Division
Third Division VenueGateNotes
AFC Bournemouth00Bristol RoversDean Court11,767
Lineups   
Blackburn Rovers21Southend UnitedEwood Park5,710
Field 2 LineupsGuthrie   
Charlton Athletic23Bolton WanderersThe Valley6,511
Horsfield, Flanagan LineupsJones P, Byrom, Jones G   
Grimsby Town40BrentfordBlundell Park9,110
Wigginton, Hickman, Chatterley, Worthington Lineups   
Notts County20ChesterfieldMeadow Lane6,891
Nixon, Randall (p) Lineups   
Oldham Athletic21WalsallBoundary Park7,500
Shaw, Garwood LineupsPenman   
Port Vale20Scunthorpe UnitedVale Park3,833
Welbourne OG, McLaren Lineups   
Wrexham00Shrewsbury TownRacecourse Ground4,098
Lineups   

 

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 22 8 2 0 18 3 4 3 5 18 17 1.8 29 W L W W W 1972-12-23 Port Vale H
2 0 AFC Bournemouth 22 7 4 1 21 8 3 4 3 16 13 1.762 28 D D W W L 1972-12-23 Walsall A
3 1 Port Vale 22 8 3 1 19 11 2 4 4 7 20 0.839 27 W L D D W 1972-12-23 Bolton Wanderers A
4 3 Oldham Athletic 22 7 3 2 26 11 4 1 5 17 21 1.344 26 W D W L W 1972-12-23 Rochdale A
5 -2 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
6 0 Bristol Rovers 23 8 2 1 27 9 1 5 6 7 16 1.36 25 D D W D L 1972-12-23 Charlton Athletic H
7 2 Grimsby Town 22 9 0 2 25 8 2 3 6 13 21 1.31 25 W W L W D 1972-12-23 Chesterfield A
8 -3 Charlton Athletic 22 9 1 2 32 11 2 1 7 11 20 1.387 24 L W W L L 1972-12-23 Bristol Rovers A
9 -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
10 0 Walsall 22 8 0 2 18 10 2 2 8 8 18 0.929 22 L L L L L 1972-12-23 AFC Bournemouth H
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 4 Blackburn Rovers 22 6 3 2 17 8 2 3 6 8 20 0.893 22 W W D W D 1972-12-23 Rotherham United A
13 -1 Shrewsbury Town 22 7 4 0 16 6 1 2 8 6 21 0.815 22 D W L D L 1972-12-22 Tranmere Rovers H
14 4 Notts County 22 6 3 2 17 11 2 2 7 7 19 0.8 21 W L L W L 1972-12-23 Scunthorpe United A
15 2 Wrexham 22 6 4 1 13 7 1 3 7 9 21 0.786 21 D L W L D 1972-12-23 Brentford A
16 -3 Chesterfield 22 6 2 2 20 9 2 2 8 9 19 1.036 20 L W W L L 1972-12-23 Grimsby Town H
17 -3 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
18 -3 Brentford 22 8 1 2 19 7 1 1 9 4 22 0.793 20 L L L W W 1972-12-23 Wrexham 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 22 5 3 3 10 10 1 2 8 6 21 0.516 17 L L W W D 1972-12-23 Notts County H
22 0 Southend United 22 6 2 3 16 7 0 2 9 6 22 0.759 16 L L D W D 1972-12-22 Halifax Town H
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 VenueGateNotes
Aldershot21Bradford CityRecreation Ground3,062
Walker L (p), Melledew LineupsJohnston   
Barnsley00ReadingOakwell2,393
Lineups   
Bury11Cambridge UnitedGigg Lane2,337
Williams B LineupsGreenhalgh   
Crewe Alexandra04Mansfield TownGresty Road2,439
LineupsEllis, Thompson, Roberts, Fairbrother   
Darlington03Torquay UnitedFeethams Ground1,102
LineupsPook, Boulton, Trebilcock   
Doncaster Rovers10Colchester UnitedBelle Vue1,880
Elwiss Lineups   
Exeter City32GillinghamSt James Park3,823
Parker, Binney 2 LineupsStacey OG, Richardson   
Hartlepool00Stockport CountyVictoria Park2,448
Lineups   
Newport County22Lincoln CitySomerton Park2,847
Brown, Hooper LineupsPeden (p), Bradley   
Peterborough United21WorkingtonLondon Road5,398
Turner, Hall LineupsGeidmintis (p)   

 

Ptn Fourth Division Pld W D L F A W D L F A G Ave Pts Last 5 Games Next Match
1 1 Mansfield Town 23 8 3 0 26 10 5 3 4 16 14 1.75 32 W L D D L 1972-12-23 Hartlepool H
2 -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
3 0 Cambridge United 23 8 2 1 20 9 2 6 4 16 23 1.125 28 D W D L D 1972-12-23 Aldershot H
4 1 Exeter City 22 9 3 0 23 7 2 2 6 6 13 1.45 27 W W W D W 1972-12-23Chester A
5 1 Aldershot 21 6 2 2 13 7 4 3 4 14 11 1.5 25 W L D D L 1972-12-23 Cambridge United A
6 -2Chester 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
7 1 Newport County 22 6 2 3 18 12 3 4 4 11 15 1.074 24 D L L L W 1972-12-23 Workington A
8 2 Reading 21 4 5 1 14 4 2 6 3 7 9 1.615 23 D D L D W 1972-12-23 Doncaster Rovers H
9 -2 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
10 1 Barnsley 23 6 6 1 21 12 2 1 7 11 18 1.067 23 D W L W D 1972-12-23 Lincoln City A
11 -2 Workington 23 8 3 1 25 12 1 2 8 5 17 1.034 23 L W L W D 1972-12-23 Newport County H
12 0 Lincoln City 22 5 3 2 16 11 2 5 5 17 18 1.138 22 D L D D L 1972-12-23 Barnsley H
13 0 Bury 23 5 5 2 14 11 1 5 5 6 14 0.8 22 D L L L W 1972-12-23 Colchester United A
14 2 Hartlepool 23 3 6 2 9 8 3 3 6 11 19 0.741 21 D L D L W 1972-12-23 Mansfield Town A
15 4 Torquay United 21 4 3 3 12 9 2 5 4 10 12 1.048 20 W D L D W 1972-12-23 Northampton Town H
16 2 Stockport County 21 7 3 1 20 10 0 3 7 2 14 0.917 20 D L W D L 1972-12-22 Hereford United H
17 3 Doncaster Rovers 22 6 3 2 14 6 2 1 8 9 21 0.852 20 W D W L L 1972-12-23 Reading A
18 -4 Bradford City 22 5 3 2 16 10 2 3 7 11 23 0.818 20 L W L D W 1972-12-23 Darlington H
19 -4 Crewe Alexandra 22 3 5 4 9 14 2 5 3 10 13 0.704 20 L W D W W 1972-12-22 Southport A
20 -3 Gillingham 22 6 1 4 18 12 1 4 6 9 17 0.931 19 L W W W L 1972-12-23 Peterborough United H
21 0 Peterborough United 22 5 4 3 19 12 1 2 7 15 29 0.829 18 W D W W L 1972-12-23 Gillingham A
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 1 Colchester United 21 3 4 2 16 12 1 1 10 7 26 0.605 13 L W W L D 1972-12-23 Bury H
24 -1 Darlington 22 1 4 7 12 23 2 3 5 9 13 0.583 13 L D D L D 1972-12-23 Bradford City A