1972-12-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gay Meadow	2,320
	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Halifax Town	Roots Hall	4,347
Best	Lineups		Brogan

				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	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	0	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	1	Tranmere Rovers	23	7	4	1	21	8	1	6	4	5	11	1.368	26	D	W	W	D	D	1972-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	-1	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
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	3	Shrewsbury Town	23	7	5	0	16	6	1	2	8	6	21	0.815	23	D	D	W	L	D	1972-12-26	Swansea City	A
11	-1	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
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	0	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	0	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	0	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	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
18	0	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	22	1	6	3	11	11	3	5	4	9	10	0.952	19	D	L	D	D	D	1972-12-26	Rotherham United	H
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	1	Southend United	23	6	3	3	17	8	0	2	9	6	22	0.767	17	D	L	L	D	W	1972-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
22	-1	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
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
Southport	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	2,395
Fryatt, Lee	Lineups
Stockport County	1	1	Hereford United	Edgeley Park	3,033
Griffiths	Lineups		Rudge

				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	23	11	1	0	22	8	3	4	4	12	16	1.417	33	W	W	W	L	L	1972-12-26	Hereford United	A
2	-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
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	0	Exeter City	22	9	3	0	23	7	2	2	6	6	13	1.45	27	W	W	W	D	W	1972-12-23	Chester	A
5	0	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	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
7	2	Hereford United	23	7	3	1	16	6	1	5	6	6	14	1.1	24	D	W	W	W	D	1972-12-26	Southport	H
8	-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
9	-1	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
10	0	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	0	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	Stockport County	22	7	4	1	21	11	0	3	7	2	14	0.92	21	D	D	L	W	D	1972-12-26	Bury	A
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	0	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	0	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	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	3	5	4	9	14	2	5	4	10	15	0.655	20	L	L	W	D	W	1972-12-26	Chester	H
20	0	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	0	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	0	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