1972-12-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Arsenal	St Andrew's	32,721
Bowker	Lineups		Kelly
Chelsea	1	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	23,385
Hutchinson	Lineups		Harper
Leicester City	2	1	Crystal Palace	Filbert Street	16,935
Worthington (p), Birchenall	Lineups		Rogers
Liverpool	2	0	Coventry City	Anfield Road	41,550
Toshack 2	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Leeds United	Old Trafford	46,382
MacDougall	Lineups		Clarke
Newcastle United	2	1	Manchester City	St James' Park	28,240
Macdonald (p), Barrowclough	Lineups		Mellor
Norwich City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Carrow Road	19,320
Bone	Lineups		Dougan
Southampton	0	0	West Ham United	The Dell	19,429
	Lineups
Stoke City	4	0	Derby County	Victoria Ground	25,084
Ritchie 2, Hurst, Greenhoff	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Sheffield United	White Hart Lane	19,877
Chivers, Perryman	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	12,147
Glover, Hartford	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	23	11	0	0	31	11	3	6	3	14	15	1.731	34	W	D	D	W	W	1972-12-26	Sheffield United	A
2	0	Arsenal	24	9	3	1	18	7	4	3	4	14	17	1.333	32	D	W	W	W	L	1972-12-26	Norwich City	H
3	0	Leeds United	23	9	2	1	28	8	3	5	3	16	17	1.76	31	D	W	W	L	W	1972-12-26	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	23	5	4	2	17	11	4	5	3	13	14	1.2	27	L	D	W	W	D	1972-12-26	Chelsea	H
5	0	Chelsea	23	5	4	2	19	11	3	5	4	14	16	1.222	25	D	L	W	D	D	1972-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
6	2	Newcastle United	22	7	2	2	19	11	3	3	5	17	19	1.2	25	W	D	D	D	L	1972-12-26	Leeds United	A
7	2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	6	2	3	16	11	4	3	5	15	15	1.192	25	W	L	L	D	L	1972-12-26	West Ham United	A
8	-1	West Ham United	23	7	3	1	28	12	2	3	7	12	19	1.29	24	D	W	L	D	W	1972-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	6	1	4	20	16	3	5	4	15	19	1	24	D	W	W	L	W	1972-12-26	Leicester City	H
10	-4	Derby County	23	8	2	1	21	9	2	2	8	7	26	0.8	24	L	D	W	W	W	1972-12-26	Manchester United	H
11	-1	Coventry City	23	6	3	3	18	14	3	2	6	6	11	0.96	23	L	W	L	L	W	1972-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	1	Southampton	23	5	5	1	14	8	1	5	6	9	15	1	22	D	L	D	D	L	1972-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
13	-1	Manchester City	23	8	2	1	23	9	1	2	9	10	26	0.943	22	L	W	D	D	L	1972-12-26	Stoke City	H
14	0	Norwich City	23	5	6	1	14	9	3	0	8	10	25	0.706	22	D	L	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Arsenal	A
15	0	Everton	23	5	2	5	17	14	3	3	5	8	10	1.042	21	D	W	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Birmingham City	H
16	0	Sheffield United	22	5	3	4	12	10	2	2	6	10	21	0.71	19	L	W	D	L	L	1972-12-26	Liverpool	H
17	1	Stoke City	23	5	5	1	24	12	1	1	10	13	25	1	18	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-26	Manchester City	A
18	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	5	4	3	15	13	1	2	8	9	19	0.75	18	W	L	D	L	W	1972-12-26	Coventry City	A
19	-2	Birmingham City	24	4	6	1	20	13	1	2	10	9	27	0.725	18	D	L	D	L	W	1972-12-26	Everton	A
20	2	Leicester City	22	4	4	4	15	14	1	3	6	9	17	0.774	17	W	L	D	W	L	1972-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Manchester United	23	4	4	4	12	12	1	3	7	9	23	0.6	17	D	L	L	W	W	1972-12-26	Derby County	A
22	-3	Crystal Palace	22	4	3	4	14	12	0	5	6	8	19	0.71	16	L	W	L	D	D	1972-12-26	Southampton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Goldstone Ground	13,735
Bridges	Lineups		Givens 2 (1p)
Burnley	1	1	Oxford United	Turf Moor	12,808
Waldron	Lineups		Cassidy
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Hull City	Leeds Road	6,827
Gowling	Lineups		Wagstaff, Greenwood, Houghton (p)
Middlesbrough	0	1	Luton Town	Ayresome Park	10,122
	Lineups		Butlin
Millwall	1	0	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	7,990
Wood	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Blackpool	City Ground	10,078
Martin, McKenzie, Fraser, Galley	Lineups
Orient	0	1	Portsmouth	Brisbane Road	4,466
	Lineups		Hiron
Preston North End	3	3	Bristol City	Deepdale	7,700
McMahon, Bruce, Tarbuck	Lineups		Gould, Ritchie T, Tainton
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	20,961
Joicey, Craig T	Lineups		Graydon 2
Swindon Town	2	2	Fulham	County Ground	9,489
Treacy, Thomas	Lineups		Earle, Potter OG

				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	22	6	4	1	21	11	5	6	0	15	9	1.8	32	D	W	W	W	W	1972-12-26	Blackpool	A
2	1	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	4	1	22	11	5	5	2	17	16	1.444	29	W	D	D	W	L	1972-12-26	Orient	H
3	-1	Blackpool	23	6	4	2	21	10	4	3	4	15	17	1.333	27	L	L	W	W	W	1972-12-26	Burnley	H
4	0	Aston Villa	22	7	3	2	13	6	3	4	3	11	14	1.2	27	D	W	W	L	L	1972-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
5	1	Luton Town	22	3	5	4	18	17	7	1	2	13	8	1.24	26	W	D	D	L	W	1972-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-1	Oxford United	23	7	1	3	18	10	3	4	5	10	13	1.217	25	D	W	D	D	W	1972-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Preston North End	23	4	4	3	12	10	5	3	4	11	11	1.095	25	D	D	L	D	W	1972-12-26	Carlisle United	A
8	1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	7	2	3	25	15	2	4	6	15	22	1.081	24	D	W	L	D	L	1972-12-26	Luton Town	A
9	-1	Middlesbrough	23	5	3	3	11	10	3	5	4	9	14	0.833	24	L	D	D	W	L	1972-12-26	Hull City	A
10	0	Fulham	22	5	4	2	18	10	2	5	4	13	17	1.148	23	D	W	D	L	D	1972-12-26	Millwall	H
11	2	Nottingham Forest	23	6	4	2	18	11	2	3	6	9	18	0.931	23	W	L	D	W	L	1972-12-26	Aston Villa	A
12	2	Hull City	23	5	5	2	22	12	2	3	6	10	17	1.103	22	W	D	D	L	L	1972-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
13	-1	Bristol City	23	1	5	4	8	11	6	3	4	20	19	0.933	22	D	L	W	W	L	1972-12-26	Cardiff City	H
14	-3	Carlisle United	22	7	1	3	26	14	1	4	6	6	14	1.143	21	L	W	D	L	W	1972-12-26	Preston North End	H
15	1	Millwall	23	6	2	3	14	9	2	3	7	16	19	1.071	21	W	D	D	D	W	1972-12-26	Fulham	A
16	-1	Swindon Town	23	4	6	1	17	14	2	3	7	14	20	0.912	21	D	L	D	W	W	1972-12-26	Portsmouth	A
17	0	Huddersfield Town	22	4	5	3	11	11	1	4	5	9	16	0.741	19	L	D	L	W	L	1972-12-30	Aston Villa	H
18	0	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	0	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	1	Portsmouth	23	3	2	7	11	16	3	4	4	12	15	0.742	18	W	D	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Swindon Town	H
21	-1	Orient	23	4	4	4	13	13	1	4	6	7	15	0.714	18	L	L	W	L	W	1972-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	1	6	4	15	20	1	3	8	10	28	0.521	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Port Vale	Burnden Park	12,643
Byrom, Jones G	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Wrexham	Griffin Park	6,067
Docherty	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Eastville	8,512
Jarman 2	Lineups		Horsfield
Chesterfield	2	1	Grimsby Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,003
Cliff, Large	Lineups		Brace
Rochdale	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Spotland	6,702
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Millmoor	3,856
Mielczarek	Lineups		Field (p)
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Notts County	Old Showground	3,983
Davidson	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Fellows Park	4,601
Woodward	Lineups
Watford	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Vicarage Road	7,750
Morrissey 2, Franks	Lineups		Saxton, Rickard
York City	3	0	Swansea City	Bootham Crescent	2,218
Pollard 2, Wann	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	23	9	2	0	20	3	4	3	5	18	17	1.9	31	W	W	L	W	W	1972-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	23	7	4	1	21	8	3	4	4	16	14	1.682	28	L	D	D	W	W	1972-12-26	Brentford	H
3	3	Bristol Rovers	24	9	2	1	29	10	1	5	6	7	16	1.385	27	W	D	D	W	D	1972-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	1	Oldham Athletic	23	7	3	2	26	11	4	2	5	17	21	1.344	27	D	W	D	W	L	1972-12-26	York City	H
5	-2	Port Vale	23	8	3	1	19	11	2	4	5	7	22	0.788	27	L	W	L	D	D	1972-12-26	Walsall	H
6	-2	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
7	2	Watford	22	8	3	0	19	11	1	5	5	5	9	1.2	26	W	W	W	D	L	1972-12-26	Notts County	A
8	-1	Grimsby Town	23	9	0	2	25	8	2	3	7	14	23	1.258	25	L	W	W	L	W	1972-12-26	Scunthorpe United	H
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	9	1	2	32	11	2	1	8	12	22	1.333	24	L	L	W	W	L	1972-12-26	Southend United	H
10	1	Walsall	23	9	0	2	19	10	2	2	8	8	18	0.964	24	W	L	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Port Vale	A
11	1	Rochdale	23	3	6	3	8	10	4	3	4	16	16	0.923	23	D	D	D	L	L	1972-12-26	Wrexham	A
12	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	3	2	17	8	2	4	6	9	21	0.897	23	D	W	W	D	W	1972-12-26	Chesterfield	H
13	-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
14	2	Chesterfield	23	7	2	2	22	10	2	2	8	9	19	1.069	22	W	L	W	W	L	1972-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	3	Brentford	23	9	1	2	20	7	1	1	9	4	22	0.828	22	W	L	L	L	W	1972-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	1	Rotherham United	23	6	3	2	19	12	2	2	8	8	16	0.964	21	D	L	D	L	D	1972-12-26	Halifax Town	A
17	-3	Notts County	23	6	3	2	17	11	2	2	8	7	20	0.774	21	L	W	L	L	W	1972-12-26	Watford	H
18	-3	Wrexham	23	6	4	1	13	7	1	3	8	9	22	0.759	21	L	D	L	W	L	1972-12-26	Rochdale	H
19	1	York City	22	5	6	1	11	3	1	2	7	7	15	1	20	W	W	L	D	W	1972-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A
20	-1	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
21	1	Scunthorpe United	23	6	3	3	11	10	1	2	8	6	21	0.548	19	W	L	L	W	W	1972-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
22	-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
23	0	Swansea City	22	5	2	3	21	14	1	2	9	7	27	0.683	16	L	W	D	D	W	1972-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	5	1	5	16	13	1	3	7	9	25	0.658	16	L	L	D	L	L	1972-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	7	0	Darlington	Valley Parade	3,610
Gilliver 2, Brown, Ingram 4 (2p)	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Aldershot	Abbey Stadium	3,918
Collins, Greenhalgh	Lineups		Travers, Howarth
Chester	0	1	Exeter City	Sealand Road	2,560
	Lineups		Binney
Colchester United	2	1	Bury	Layer Road	2,739
Morgan, Foley	Lineups		Jones
Gillingham	2	0	Peterborough United	Priestfield Stadium	2,472
Yeo, Wilks	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	4,029
Greenwood OG	Lineups		Pettit, Earnshaw
Mansfield Town	2	0	Hartlepool	Field Mill	4,208
Fairbrother, McCaffrey	Lineups
Reading	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Elm Park	4,762
Habbin	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	2,788
Boulton, Trebilcock (p)	Lineups		Hunt
Workington	3	2	Newport County	Borough Park	1,254
Irving, Goodfellow, Martin	Lineups		Brown, Harris P

				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	Mansfield Town	24	9	3	0	28	10	5	3	4	16	14	1.833	34	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-26	Barnsley	A
2	-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
3	1	Exeter City	23	9	3	0	23	7	3	2	6	7	13	1.5	29	W	W	W	W	D	1972-12-26	Torquay United	H
4	-1	Cambridge United	24	8	3	1	22	11	2	6	4	16	23	1.118	29	D	D	W	D	L	1972-12-26	Peterborough United	A
5	0	Aldershot	22	6	2	2	13	7	4	4	4	16	13	1.45	26	D	W	L	D	D	1972-12-26	Gillingham	H
6	3	Reading	22	5	5	1	15	4	2	6	3	7	9	1.692	25	W	D	D	L	D	1972-12-26	Newport County	A
7	-1	Chester	23	7	4	1	24	7	2	3	6	10	17	1.417	25	L	L	W	W	D	1972-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	2	Barnsley	24	6	6	1	21	12	3	1	7	13	19	1.097	25	W	D	W	L	W	1972-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
9	2	Workington	24	9	3	1	28	14	1	2	8	5	17	1.065	25	W	L	W	L	W	1972-12-30	Aldershot	H
10	-3	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
11	-3	Newport County	23	6	2	3	18	12	3	4	5	13	18	1.033	24	L	D	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Reading	H
12	0	Lincoln City	23	5	3	3	17	13	2	5	5	17	18	1.097	22	L	D	L	D	D	1972-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	3	Torquay United	22	5	3	3	14	10	2	5	4	10	12	1.091	22	W	W	D	L	D	1972-12-26	Exeter City	A
14	4	Bradford City	23	6	3	2	23	10	2	3	7	11	23	1.03	22	W	L	W	L	D	1972-12-26	Hartlepool	A
15	-2	Bury	24	5	5	2	14	11	1	5	6	7	16	0.778	22	L	D	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Stockport County	H
16	4	Gillingham	23	7	1	4	20	12	1	4	6	9	17	1	21	W	L	W	W	W	1972-12-26	Aldershot	A
17	-3	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
18	-3	Hartlepool	24	3	6	2	9	8	3	3	7	11	21	0.69	21	L	D	L	D	L	1972-12-26	Bradford City	H
19	-2	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	3	2	14	6	2	1	9	9	22	0.821	20	L	W	D	W	L	1972-12-26	Lincoln City	H
20	-1	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
21	0	Peterborough United	23	5	4	3	19	12	1	2	8	15	31	0.791	18	L	W	D	W	W	1972-12-26	Cambridge United	H
22	0	Northampton Town	22	3	3	4	9	10	2	3	7	13	21	0.71	16	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-26	Colchester United	H
23	0	Colchester United	22	4	4	2	18	13	1	1	10	7	26	0.641	15	W	L	W	W	L	1972-12-26	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Darlington	23	1	4	7	12	23	2	3	6	9	20	0.488	13	L	L	D	D	L	1973-01-06	Southport	H