1972-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Norwich City	Highbury	39,038
Radford, Ball	Lineups
Coventry City	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Highfield Road	31,545
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	0	Southampton	Selhurst Park	30,935
Craven, Rogers 2	Lineups
Derby County	3	1	Manchester United	Baseball Ground	35,098
McFarland 2, Hinton	Lineups		Storey-Moore
Everton	1	1	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	39,363
Harper	Lineups		Latchford R
Ipswich Town	3	0	Chelsea	Portman Road	26,229
Beattie, Whymark, Hollins OG	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Newcastle United	Elland Road	45,486
Jordan	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	36,352
Mellor	Lineups		Mahoney
Sheffield United	0	3	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	34,040
	Lineups		Boersma, Lawler, Heighway
West Ham United	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	37,397
Robson 2	Lineups		Pearce, Peters
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Leicester City	Molineux	22,022
Richards, Dougan	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	24	11	0	0	31	11	4	6	3	17	15	1.846	36	W	W	D	D	W	1972-12-30	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Arsenal	25	10	3	1	20	7	4	3	4	14	17	1.417	34	W	D	W	W	W	1972-12-30	Stoke City	A
3	0	Leeds United	24	10	2	1	29	8	3	5	3	16	17	1.8	33	W	D	W	W	L	1973-01-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	24	6	4	2	20	11	4	5	3	13	14	1.32	29	W	L	D	W	W	1972-12-30	Birmingham City	A
5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	24	6	2	3	16	11	4	4	5	17	17	1.179	26	D	W	L	L	D	1973-01-06	Leeds United	A
6	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	1	4	22	16	3	5	4	15	19	1.057	26	W	D	W	W	L	1973-01-06	Southampton	H
7	3	Derby County	24	9	2	1	24	10	2	2	8	7	26	0.861	26	W	L	D	W	W	1972-12-30	Chelsea	A
8	0	West Ham United	24	7	4	1	30	14	2	3	7	12	19	1.273	25	D	D	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Leicester City	A
9	-3	Newcastle United	23	7	2	2	19	11	3	3	6	17	20	1.161	25	L	W	D	D	D	1972-12-30	Sheffield United	H
10	-5	Chelsea	24	5	4	2	19	11	3	5	5	14	19	1.1	25	L	D	L	W	D	1972-12-30	Derby County	H
11	0	Coventry City	24	6	4	3	18	14	3	2	6	6	11	0.96	24	D	L	W	L	L	1972-12-30	Southampton	A
12	1	Manchester City	24	8	3	1	24	10	1	2	9	10	26	0.944	23	D	L	W	D	D	1972-12-30	Norwich City	A
13	2	Everton	24	5	3	5	18	15	3	3	5	8	10	1.04	22	D	D	W	L	L	1973-01-06	Stoke City	H
14	-2	Southampton	24	5	5	1	14	8	1	5	7	9	18	0.885	22	L	D	L	D	D	1972-12-30	Coventry City	H
15	-1	Norwich City	24	5	6	1	14	9	3	0	9	10	27	0.667	22	L	D	L	L	L	1972-12-30	Manchester City	H
16	1	Stoke City	24	5	5	1	24	12	1	2	10	14	26	1	19	D	W	L	W	D	1972-12-30	Arsenal	H
17	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	5	4	3	15	13	1	3	8	9	19	0.75	19	D	W	L	D	L	1973-01-06	Sheffield United	A
18	1	Birmingham City	25	4	6	1	20	13	1	3	10	10	28	0.732	19	D	D	L	D	L	1972-12-30	Ipswich Town	H
19	-3	Sheffield United	23	5	3	5	12	13	2	2	6	10	21	0.647	19	L	L	W	D	L	1972-12-30	Newcastle United	A
20	2	Crystal Palace	23	5	3	4	17	12	0	5	6	8	19	0.806	18	W	L	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Liverpool	A
21	-1	Leicester City	23	4	4	4	15	14	1	3	7	9	19	0.727	17	L	W	L	D	W	1972-12-30	West Ham United	H
22	-1	Manchester United	24	4	4	4	12	12	1	3	8	10	26	0.579	17	L	D	L	L	W	1973-01-06	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Villa Park	37,014
Lochhead, Evans	Lineups		Galley, Martin
Blackpool	1	2	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	25,277	Largest home gate 1972-73
Rafferty	Lineups		Casper 2
Bristol City	1	0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	20,490	Largest home gate 1972-73
Gow (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	6	1	Preston North End	Brunton Park	9,939
Balderstone, Wilson, Martin 2, Laidlaw 2	Lineups		Bruce
Fulham	1	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	16,903
Conway JP	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	13,580	Largest home gate 1972-73
Wagstaff, Knighton, Kaye	Lineups		McMordie
Luton Town	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Kenilworth Road	15,799	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups
Oxford United	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manor Ground	9,730
Bray, Gough 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Swindon Town	Fratton Park	7,941
Lewis	Lineups		Noble
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Orient	Loftus Road	15,062
Leach, Givens (p), Thomas	Lineups		Brisley

				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	23	6	4	1	21	11	6	6	0	17	10	1.81	34	W	D	W	W	W	1972-12-30	Fulham	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	6	4	1	25	12	5	5	2	17	16	1.5	31	W	W	D	D	W	1972-12-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	1	Aston Villa	23	7	4	2	15	8	3	4	3	11	14	1.182	28	D	D	W	W	L	1972-12-30	Huddersfield Town	A
4	2	Oxford United	24	8	1	3	21	10	3	4	5	10	13	1.348	27	W	D	W	D	D	1972-12-30	Middlesbrough	A
5	-2	Blackpool	24	6	4	3	22	12	4	3	4	15	17	1.276	27	L	L	L	W	W	1972-12-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-1	Luton Town	23	3	6	4	18	17	7	1	2	13	8	1.24	27	D	W	D	D	L	1972-12-30	Preston North End	A
7	3	Fulham	23	6	4	2	19	10	2	5	4	13	17	1.185	25	W	D	W	D	L	1972-12-30	Burnley	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	7	2	3	25	15	2	5	6	15	22	1.081	25	D	D	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	-2	Preston North End	24	4	4	3	12	10	5	3	5	12	17	0.889	25	L	D	D	L	D	1972-12-30	Luton Town	H
10	2	Hull City	24	6	5	2	25	13	2	3	6	10	17	1.167	24	W	W	D	D	L	1973-01-06	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	2	Bristol City	24	2	5	4	9	11	6	3	4	20	19	0.967	24	W	D	L	W	W	1972-12-30	Millwall	A
12	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	6	4	2	18	11	2	4	6	11	20	0.935	24	D	W	L	D	W	1973-01-06	Oxford United	A
13	-4	Middlesbrough	24	5	3	3	11	10	3	5	5	10	17	0.778	24	L	L	D	D	W	1972-12-30	Oxford United	H
14	0	Carlisle United	23	8	1	3	32	15	1	4	6	6	14	1.31	23	W	L	W	D	L	1973-01-06	Huddersfield Town	H
15	1	Swindon Town	24	4	6	1	17	14	2	4	7	15	21	0.914	22	D	D	L	D	W	1973-01-06	Bristol City	A
16	-1	Millwall	24	6	2	3	14	9	2	3	8	16	20	1.034	21	L	W	D	D	D	1972-12-30	Bristol City	H
17	3	Portsmouth	24	3	3	7	12	17	3	4	4	12	15	0.75	19	D	W	D	L	L	1972-12-29	Cardiff City	A
18	-1	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
19	-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
20	-1	Cardiff City	22	7	1	3	20	12	0	3	8	7	23	0.771	18	L	D	W	W	L	1972-12-29	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Orient	24	4	4	4	13	13	1	4	7	8	18	0.677	18	L	L	L	W	L	1973-01-06	Luton Town	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	1	6	4	15	20	1	3	9	10	31	0.49	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-30	Blackpool	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	2	Brentford	Dean Court	14,372
Boyer, Groves, Clark	Lineups		Houston, Graham
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Chesterfield	Ewood Park	9,573
Field	Lineups		Bell, Large
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Southend United	The Valley	7,195
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Blundell Park	16,807	Largest home gate 1972-73
Chatterley	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Rotherham United	The Shay	3,327
	Lineups		Ferguson
Notts County	1	0	Watford	Meadow Lane	9,282
Franks OG	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	York City	Boundary Park	9,800
Shaw	Lineups		Wann
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	10,399
Latcham 2, Sheppard OG	Lineups		Bannister, Godfrey
Port Vale	1	2	Walsall	Vale Park	6,787
Mountford (p)	Lineups		Jones C, Harrison (p)
Swansea City	0	2	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	4,460
	Lineups		Bevan, Hughes
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Prenton Park	14,356	Largest home gate 1972-73
Loyden	Lineups		Jones G
Wrexham	3	3	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	3,958
Ashcroft 2, May	Lineups		Atkins 2, Darling

				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	24	9	2	0	20	3	4	4	5	19	18	1.857	32	D	W	W	L	W	1972-12-30	Notts County	H
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	24	8	4	1	24	10	3	4	4	16	14	1.667	30	W	L	D	D	W	1972-12-30	Chesterfield	A
3	1	Oldham Athletic	24	7	4	2	27	12	4	2	5	17	21	1.333	28	D	D	W	D	W	1972-12-30	Brentford	A
4	2	Tranmere Rovers	24	7	5	1	22	9	1	6	4	5	11	1.35	27	D	D	W	W	D	1972-12-30	Scunthorpe United	A
5	-2	Bristol Rovers	25	9	2	1	29	10	1	5	7	9	19	1.31	27	L	W	D	D	W	1972-12-30	Halifax Town	H
6	2	Grimsby Town	24	10	0	2	26	8	2	3	7	14	23	1.29	27	W	L	W	W	L	1972-12-30	Rotherham United	A
7	-2	Port Vale	24	8	3	2	20	13	2	4	5	7	22	0.771	27	L	L	W	L	D	1972-12-30	York City	A
8	-1	Watford	23	8	3	0	19	11	1	5	6	5	10	1.143	26	L	W	W	W	D	1973-01-06	AFC Bournemouth	A
9	1	Walsall	24	9	0	2	19	10	3	2	8	10	19	1	26	W	W	L	L	L	1973-01-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	24	9	2	2	32	11	2	1	8	12	22	1.333	25	D	L	L	W	W	1972-12-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	2	Shrewsbury Town	24	7	5	0	16	6	2	2	8	8	21	0.889	25	W	D	D	W	L	1972-12-30	Charlton Athletic	H
12	2	Chesterfield	24	7	2	2	22	10	3	2	8	11	20	1.1	24	W	W	L	W	W	1972-12-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	-2	Rochdale	24	3	6	3	8	10	4	4	4	19	19	0.931	24	D	D	D	D	L	1972-12-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	2	Rotherham United	24	6	3	2	19	12	3	2	8	9	16	1	23	W	D	L	D	L	1972-12-30	Grimsby Town	H
15	-3	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	3	3	18	10	2	4	6	9	21	0.897	23	L	D	W	W	D	1972-12-30	Rochdale	A
16	1	Notts County	24	7	3	2	18	11	2	2	8	7	20	0.806	23	W	L	W	L	L	1972-12-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	-2	Brentford	24	9	1	2	20	7	1	1	10	6	25	0.813	22	L	W	L	L	L	1972-12-30	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Wrexham	24	6	5	1	16	10	1	3	8	9	22	0.781	22	D	L	D	L	W	1973-01-06	Scunthorpe United	H
19	0	York City	23	5	6	1	11	3	1	3	7	8	16	1	21	D	W	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Port Vale	H
20	0	Halifax Town	23	1	6	4	11	12	3	5	4	9	10	0.909	19	L	D	L	D	D	1972-12-30	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	24	6	3	3	11	10	1	2	9	6	22	0.531	19	L	W	L	L	W	1972-12-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Southend United	24	6	3	3	17	8	0	3	9	6	22	0.767	18	D	D	L	L	D	1972-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	1	Plymouth Argyle	23	6	1	5	19	15	1	3	7	9	25	0.7	18	W	L	L	D	L	1972-12-29	Southend United	A
24	-1	Swansea City	23	5	2	4	21	16	1	2	9	7	27	0.651	16	L	L	W	D	D	1973-01-06	Southend United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	5,016
	Lineups
Barnsley	1	1	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	5,900	Largest home gate 1972-73
Brown	Lineups		Matthews
Bury	1	2	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	4,114
Murray	Lineups		Bingham, Griffiths
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Chester	Gresty Road	3,204
Bradshaw	Lineups		Davies
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	3,325
Branfoot	Lineups		Worsdale
Exeter City	3	2	Torquay United	St James Park	11,296	Largest home gate 1972-73
Binney 2 (1p), Plumb	Lineups		Wilson OG, Boulton
Hartlepool	1	0	Bradford City	Victoria Park	4,139
Veart	Lineups
Hereford United	2	2	Southport	Edgar Street	10,491
Owen, Tucker	Lineups		Fryatt, Lloyd
Newport County	1	0	Reading	Somerton Park	5,439
Aizlewood	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	0	Colchester United	County Ground	3,298
Baxter (p), Riddick, Hunt 2	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Cambridge United	London Road	7,290
Cozens	Lineups		Greenhalgh

				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	25	9	3	0	28	10	5	4	4	17	15	1.8	35	D	W	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Southport	24	11	1	0	22	8	3	5	4	14	18	1.385	34	D	W	W	W	L	1972-12-30	Peterborough United	H
3	0	Exeter City	24	10	3	0	26	9	3	2	6	7	13	1.5	31	W	W	W	W	W	1972-12-30	Bradford City	A
4	0	Cambridge United	25	8	3	1	22	11	2	7	4	17	24	1.114	30	D	D	D	W	D	1972-12-30	Barnsley	H
5	0	Aldershot	23	6	3	2	13	7	4	4	4	16	13	1.45	27	D	D	W	L	D	1972-12-30	Workington	A
6	1	Chester	24	7	4	1	24	7	2	4	6	11	18	1.4	26	D	L	L	W	W	1972-12-30	Newport County	H
7	1	Barnsley	25	6	7	1	22	13	3	1	7	13	19	1.094	26	D	W	D	W	L	1972-12-30	Cambridge United	A
8	3	Newport County	24	7	2	3	19	12	3	4	5	13	18	1.067	26	W	L	D	L	L	1972-12-30	Chester	A
9	-3	Reading	23	5	5	1	15	4	2	6	4	7	10	1.571	25	L	W	D	D	L	1972-12-30	Hereford United	H
10	0	Hereford United	24	7	4	1	18	8	1	5	6	6	14	1.091	25	D	D	W	W	W	1972-12-30	Reading	A
11	-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
12	0	Lincoln City	24	5	3	3	17	13	2	6	5	18	19	1.094	23	D	L	D	L	D	1973-01-06	Aldershot	A
13	4	Stockport County	23	7	4	1	21	11	1	3	7	4	15	0.962	23	W	D	D	L	W	1972-12-29	Northampton Town	H
14	4	Hartlepool	25	4	6	2	10	8	3	3	7	11	21	0.724	23	W	L	D	L	D	1972-12-29	Colchester United	A
15	-2	Torquay United	23	5	3	3	14	10	2	5	5	12	15	1.04	22	L	W	W	D	L	1972-12-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-2	Bradford City	24	6	3	2	23	10	2	3	8	11	24	1	22	L	W	L	W	L	1972-12-30	Exeter City	H
17	-1	Gillingham	24	7	1	4	20	12	1	5	6	9	17	1	22	D	W	L	W	W	1972-12-30	Bury	H
18	-3	Bury	25	5	5	3	15	13	1	5	6	7	16	0.759	22	L	L	D	L	L	1972-12-30	Gillingham	A
19	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	4	2	15	7	2	1	9	9	22	0.828	21	D	L	W	D	W	1972-12-30	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	3	6	4	10	15	2	5	4	10	15	0.667	21	D	L	L	W	D	1972-12-30	Torquay United	A
21	0	Peterborough United	24	5	5	3	20	13	1	2	8	15	31	0.795	19	D	L	W	D	W	1972-12-30	Southport	A
22	0	Northampton Town	23	4	3	4	13	10	2	3	7	13	21	0.839	18	W	L	L	L	L	1972-12-29	Stockport County	A
23	0	Colchester United	23	4	4	2	18	13	1	1	11	7	30	0.581	15	L	W	L	W	W	1972-12-29	Hartlepool	H
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