1972-12-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

League Cup Last Matches

League Cup Next Matches

Cup and International Matches

League Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	White Hart Lane	41,716	aet agg 4-3
	Chivers, Peters	Lineups		Naylor OG, Richards

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	2	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's	32,705
Hatton	Lineups		Johnson, Hamilton
Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	29,794
Osgood	Lineups		O'Hare
Leicester City	2	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	19,341
Farrington, Worthington	Lineups		Brooking
Liverpool	1	0	Crystal Palace	Anfield Road	50,862
Cormack	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	1	Sheffield United	St James' Park	28,610
Macdonald, Tudor, Nattrass, Craig	Lineups		Dearden
Norwich City	1	1	Manchester City	Carrow Road	24,203
Paddon	Lineups		Towers
Southampton	2	1	Coventry City	The Dell	15,261
Gilchrist, OG	Lineups		Alderson
Stoke City	0	0	Arsenal	Victoria Ground	24,586
	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	25	12	0	0	32	11	4	6	3	17	15	1.885	38	W	W	W	D	D	1973-01-06	West Ham United	A
2	0	Arsenal	26	10	3	1	20	7	4	4	4	14	17	1.417	35	D	W	D	W	W	1973-01-06	Manchester United	H
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	25	6	4	2	20	11	5	5	3	15	15	1.346	31	W	W	L	D	W	1973-01-06	Newcastle United	H
5	4	Newcastle United	24	8	2	2	23	12	3	3	6	17	20	1.25	27	W	L	W	D	D	1973-01-01	Leicester City	H
6	1	Derby County	25	9	2	1	24	10	2	3	8	8	27	0.865	27	D	W	L	D	W	1973-01-06	Norwich City	H
7	-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
8	2	Chelsea	25	5	5	2	20	12	3	5	5	14	19	1.097	26	D	L	D	L	W	1973-01-20	Arsenal	H
9	-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
10	-2	West Ham United	25	7	4	1	30	14	2	3	8	13	21	1.229	25	L	D	D	W	L	1973-01-06	Liverpool	H
11	1	Manchester City	25	8	3	1	24	10	1	3	9	11	27	0.946	24	D	D	L	W	D	1973-01-20	Leicester City	A
12	-1	Coventry City	25	6	4	3	18	14	3	2	7	7	13	0.926	24	L	D	L	W	L	1973-01-06	Leicester City	H
13	1	Southampton	25	6	5	1	16	9	1	5	7	9	18	0.926	24	W	L	D	L	D	1973-01-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	1	Norwich City	25	5	7	1	15	10	3	0	9	10	27	0.676	23	D	L	D	L	L	1973-01-06	Derby County	A
15	-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
16	0	Stoke City	25	5	6	1	24	12	1	2	10	14	26	1	20	D	D	W	L	W	1973-01-06	Everton	A
17	4	Leicester City	24	5	4	4	17	15	1	3	7	9	19	0.765	19	W	L	W	L	D	1973-01-01	Newcastle United	A
18	-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
19	-1	Birmingham City	26	4	6	2	21	15	1	3	10	10	28	0.721	19	L	D	D	L	D	1973-01-27	Manchester City	A
20	-1	Sheffield United	24	5	3	5	12	13	2	2	7	11	25	0.605	19	L	L	L	W	D	1973-01-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	Crystal Palace	24	5	3	4	17	12	0	5	7	8	20	0.781	18	L	W	L	W	L	1973-01-20	Newcastle United	A
22	0	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
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Blackpool	Goldstone Ground	18,001
Spearritt	Lineups		Ainscow, Alcock
Burnley	2	2	Fulham	Turf Moor	15,512
Nulty, Pentecost OG	Lineups		Went, Conway JP
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Aston Villa	Leeds Road	9,719
Gowling	Lineups		Evans
Middlesbrough	1	0	Oxford United	Ayresome Park	9,069
Foggon	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Bristol City	The Den, New Cross	9,707
Possee 2, Wood	Lineups
Preston North End	2	0	Luton Town	Deepdale	9,638
Wilson, Bruce	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Hillsborough	19,785
Joicey, Craig T, Sunley	Lineups		Leach

				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	24	6	5	1	23	13	6	6	0	17	10	1.739	35	D	W	D	W	W	1973-01-06	Aston Villa	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	6	4	1	25	12	5	5	3	18	19	1.387	31	L	W	W	D	D	1973-01-06	Preston North End	H
3	2	Blackpool	25	6	4	3	22	12	5	3	4	17	18	1.3	29	W	L	L	L	W	1973-01-20	Millwall	A
4	-1	Aston Villa	24	7	4	2	15	8	3	5	3	12	15	1.174	29	D	D	D	W	W	1973-01-06	Burnley	H
5	-1	Oxford United	25	8	1	3	21	10	3	4	6	10	14	1.292	27	L	W	D	W	D	1973-01-06	Nottingham Forest	H
6	0	Luton Town	24	3	6	4	18	17	7	1	3	13	10	1.148	27	L	D	W	D	D	1973-01-06	Orient	H
7	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	8	2	3	28	16	2	5	6	15	22	1.132	27	W	D	D	W	L	1973-01-06	Hull City	A
8	1	Preston North End	25	5	4	3	14	10	5	3	5	12	17	0.963	27	W	L	D	D	L	1973-01-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-2	Fulham	24	6	4	2	19	10	2	6	4	15	19	1.172	26	D	W	D	W	D	1973-01-06	Middlesbrough	H
10	3	Middlesbrough	25	6	3	3	12	10	3	5	5	10	17	0.815	26	W	L	L	D	D	1973-01-06	Fulham	A
11	-1	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
12	0	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	-2	Bristol City	25	2	5	4	9	11	6	3	5	20	22	0.879	24	L	W	D	L	W	1973-01-06	Swindon Town	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	Millwall	25	7	2	3	17	9	2	3	8	16	20	1.138	23	W	L	W	D	D	1973-01-06	Portsmouth	A
16	-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
17	0	Portsmouth	25	3	3	7	12	17	4	4	4	14	15	0.813	21	W	D	W	D	L	1973-01-06	Millwall	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	23	4	6	3	12	12	1	4	5	9	16	0.75	20	D	L	D	L	W	1973-01-06	Carlisle United	A
19	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
20	0	Cardiff City	23	7	1	4	20	14	0	3	8	7	23	0.73	18	L	L	D	W	W	1973-01-19	Oxford United	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	25	1	6	5	16	22	1	3	9	10	31	0.491	13	L	L	L	L	L	1973-01-06	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Notts County	Burnden Park	17,800
Byrom, Lee	Lineups		Stubbs, Bradd
Brentford	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park	7,719
Webb	Lineups		Shaw
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Halifax Town	Eastville	8,468
Jarman, Taylor, Bannister, Prince	Lineups		Kemp
Chesterfield	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,411
Bellamy	Lineups		Miller
Rochdale	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Spotland	5,116
	Lineups		Field
Rotherham United	2	0	Grimsby Town	Millmoor	5,691
Ferguson, Womble	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	5	Tranmere Rovers	Old Showground	3,543
Fletcher	Lineups		Loyden, Young 2, Crossley 2
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Gay Meadow	3,338
	Lineups		Flanagan, Peacock
York City	0	0	Port Vale	Bootham Crescent	3,589
	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	25	9	3	0	22	5	4	4	5	19	18	1.783	33	D	D	W	W	L	1973-01-06	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	25	8	4	1	24	10	3	5	4	17	15	1.64	31	D	W	L	D	D	1973-01-06	Watford	H
3	1	Tranmere Rovers	25	7	5	1	22	9	2	6	4	10	12	1.524	29	W	D	D	W	W	1973-01-05	Walsall	H
4	1	Bristol Rovers	26	10	2	1	33	11	1	5	7	9	19	1.4	29	W	L	W	D	D	1973-01-06	Grimsby Town	A
5	-2	Oldham Athletic	25	7	4	2	27	12	4	3	5	18	22	1.324	29	D	D	D	W	D	1973-01-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	1	Port Vale	25	8	3	2	20	13	2	5	5	7	22	0.771	28	D	L	L	W	L	1973-01-27	Chesterfield	H
7	3	Charlton Athletic	25	9	2	2	32	11	3	1	8	14	22	1.394	27	W	D	L	L	W	1973-01-06	Rochdale	H
8	-2	Grimsby Town	25	10	0	2	26	8	2	3	8	14	25	1.212	27	L	W	L	W	W	1973-01-06	Bristol Rovers	H
9	-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
10	-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
11	1	Chesterfield	25	7	3	2	23	11	3	2	8	11	20	1.097	25	D	W	W	L	W	1973-01-13	Swansea City	H
12	2	Rotherham United	25	7	3	2	21	12	3	2	8	9	16	1.071	25	W	W	D	L	D	1973-01-13	Brentford	A
13	2	Blackburn Rovers	25	6	3	3	18	10	3	4	6	10	21	0.871	25	W	L	D	W	W	1973-01-06	Brentford	H
14	-3	Shrewsbury Town	25	7	5	1	16	8	2	2	8	8	21	0.828	25	L	W	D	D	W	1973-01-19	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-2	Rochdale	25	3	6	4	8	11	4	4	4	19	19	0.9	24	L	D	D	D	D	1973-01-06	Charlton Athletic	A
16	0	Notts County	25	7	3	2	18	11	2	3	8	9	22	0.818	24	D	W	L	W	L	1973-01-06	York City	H
17	0	Brentford	25	9	2	2	21	8	1	1	10	6	25	0.818	23	D	L	W	L	L	1973-01-06	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	York City	24	5	7	1	11	3	1	3	7	8	16	1	22	D	D	W	W	L	1973-01-06	Notts County	A
19	-1	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
20	0	Southend United	25	7	3	3	20	9	0	3	9	6	22	0.839	20	W	D	D	L	L	1973-01-06	Swansea City	A
21	0	Halifax Town	24	1	6	4	11	12	3	5	5	10	14	0.808	19	L	L	D	L	D	1973-01-13	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	25	6	3	4	12	15	1	2	9	6	22	0.486	19	L	L	W	L	L	1973-01-06	Wrexham	A
23	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	6	1	5	19	15	1	3	8	10	28	0.674	18	L	W	L	L	D	1973-01-20	Brentford	A
24	0	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
Bradford City	4	0	Exeter City	Valley Parade	5,498	Largest home gate 1972-73
Gilliver, Ingram, Oates, Watson	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	1	Barnsley	Abbey Stadium	3,864
Lill	Lineups		Winstanley
Chester	0	2	Newport County	Sealand Road	2,844
	Lineups		Brown 2
Gillingham	2	2	Bury	Priestfield Stadium	3,718
Yeo, Peach	Lineups		Lindsey OG, Williams G
Mansfield Town	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Field Mill	5,188
	Lineups
Reading	0	1	Hereford United	Elm Park	5,363
	Lineups		Owen
Southport	2	1	Peterborough United	Haig Avenue	3,590
Moore, Lloyd	Lineups		Cozens
Torquay United	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Plainmoor	2,887
	Lineups
Workington	2	1	Aldershot	Borough Park	1,819
Martin, Irving	Lineups		Melledew

				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	26	9	4	0	28	10	5	4	4	17	15	1.8	36	D	D	W	W	L	1973-01-06	Exeter City	A
2	0	Southport	25	12	1	0	24	9	3	5	4	14	18	1.407	36	W	D	W	W	W	1973-01-06	Darlington	A
3	0	Exeter City	25	10	3	0	26	9	3	2	7	7	17	1.269	31	L	W	W	W	W	1973-01-06	Mansfield Town	H
4	0	Cambridge United	26	8	4	1	23	12	2	7	4	17	24	1.111	31	D	D	D	D	W	1973-01-06	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	3	Newport County	25	7	2	3	19	12	4	4	5	15	18	1.133	28	W	W	L	D	L	1973-01-06	Colchester United	H
6	-1	Aldershot	24	6	3	2	13	7	4	4	5	17	15	1.364	27	L	D	D	W	L	1973-01-06	Lincoln City	H
7	3	Hereford United	25	7	4	1	18	8	2	5	6	7	14	1.136	27	W	D	D	W	W	1973-01-06	Bradford City	H
8	3	Workington	25	10	3	1	30	15	1	2	8	5	17	1.094	27	W	W	L	W	L	1973-01-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	-2	Barnsley	26	6	7	1	22	13	3	2	7	14	20	1.091	27	D	D	W	D	W	1973-01-06	Stockport County	H
10	-4	Chester	25	7	4	2	24	9	2	4	6	11	18	1.296	26	L	D	L	L	W	1973-01-06	Peterborough United	A
11	-2	Reading	24	5	5	2	15	5	2	6	4	7	10	1.467	25	L	L	W	D	D	1973-01-20	Hartlepool	H
12	4	Bradford City	25	7	3	2	27	10	2	3	8	11	24	1.118	24	W	L	W	L	W	1973-01-06	Hereford United	A
13	-1	Stockport County	24	7	5	1	21	11	1	3	7	4	15	0.962	24	D	W	D	D	L	1973-01-06	Barnsley	A
14	-1	Hartlepool	26	4	6	2	10	8	3	4	7	12	22	0.733	24	D	W	L	D	L	1973-01-06	Torquay United	H
15	-1	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
16	-1	Torquay United	24	5	4	3	14	10	2	5	5	12	15	1.04	23	D	L	W	W	D	1973-01-06	Hartlepool	A
17	0	Gillingham	25	7	2	4	22	14	1	5	6	9	17	1	23	D	D	W	L	W	1973-01-06	Northampton Town	A
18	0	Bury	26	5	5	3	15	13	1	6	6	9	18	0.774	23	D	L	L	D	L	1973-01-20	Torquay United	A
19	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	4	2	15	7	2	2	9	9	22	0.828	22	D	D	L	W	D	1973-01-06	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	3	6	4	10	15	2	6	4	10	15	0.667	22	D	D	L	L	W	1973-01-06	Workington	H
21	0	Northampton Town	24	4	3	4	13	10	2	4	7	13	21	0.839	19	D	W	L	L	L	1973-01-06	Gillingham	H
22	0	Peterborough United	25	5	5	3	20	13	1	2	9	16	33	0.783	19	L	D	L	W	D	1973-01-06	Chester	H
23	0	Colchester United	24	4	5	2	19	14	1	1	11	7	30	0.591	16	D	L	W	L	W	1973-01-06	Newport County	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