1973-01-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	2	Newcastle United	Highbury	37,906
Kennedy, Ball	Lineups		Macdonald, Smith
Coventry City	1	1	Manchester United	Highfield Road	42,911	Largest home gate 1972-73
Alderson	Lineups		Holton
Crystal Palace	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	44,531	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Baseball Ground	28,833
Hinton (p), Davies	Lineups
Everton	0	1	Leicester City	Goodison Park	31,531
	Lineups		Wright T OG
Ipswich Town	2	2	Southampton	Portman Road	19,629
Viljoen (p), Hamilton	Lineups		Channon, Davies
Leeds United	1	0	Stoke City	Elland Road	33,487
Clarke	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Birmingham City	Maine Road	31,882
Donachie	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Norwich City	Bramall Lane	20,459
Dearden, Woodward	Lineups
West Ham United	3	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	35,336
Robson 2, Taylor	Lineups		Garner
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Liverpool	Molineux	32,957
Hughes OG, Richards	Lineups		Keegan

				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	28	12	1	0	33	12	5	6	4	19	17	1.793	41	L	D	W	W	W	1973-02-10	Arsenal	H
2	0	Arsenal	29	11	4	1	25	10	5	4	4	15	17	1.481	40	D	W	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Liverpool	A
3	0	Leeds United	27	12	2	1	32	9	4	5	3	18	18	1.852	39	W	W	W	W	D	1973-02-10	Leicester City	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	28	7	5	2	23	13	6	5	3	16	15	1.393	36	D	W	W	W	W	1973-02-17	Manchester United	H
5	1	Derby County	28	11	2	1	27	10	2	4	8	9	28	0.947	32	W	D	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Birmingham City	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	28	9	3	2	27	14	3	4	7	19	23	1.243	31	D	W	L	D	W	1973-02-10	Coventry City	H
7	1	West Ham United	28	8	4	2	33	16	2	4	8	15	23	1.231	28	W	D	L	L	D	1973-02-10	Norwich City	A
8	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	1	5	24	18	3	5	4	15	19	1.054	28	W	L	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Manchester United	A
9	-2	Southampton	28	6	6	1	17	10	2	6	7	12	20	0.967	28	D	D	W	W	L	1973-02-10	Everton	H
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	27	6	2	4	16	12	4	5	6	18	19	1.097	27	D	L	L	D	W	1973-02-10	Manchester City	H
11	3	Manchester City	27	9	3	1	25	10	1	4	9	12	28	0.974	27	W	D	D	D	L	1973-02-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Coventry City	27	7	5	3	22	17	3	2	7	7	13	0.967	27	D	W	L	D	L	1973-02-10	Newcastle United	A
13	-3	Chelsea	27	5	5	3	20	13	3	5	6	15	22	1	26	L	L	D	L	D	1973-02-10	Sheffield United	H
14	-1	Everton	27	6	3	6	20	16	3	4	5	8	10	1.077	25	L	D	W	D	D	1973-02-10	Southampton	A
15	1	Sheffield United	27	7	3	5	17	13	2	3	7	12	26	0.744	24	W	D	W	L	L	1973-02-10	Chelsea	A
16	1	Leicester City	28	5	5	4	18	16	2	4	8	14	24	0.8	23	W	D	L	D	W	1973-02-10	Leeds United	H
17	-2	Norwich City	28	5	7	2	16	12	3	0	11	10	30	0.619	23	L	L	L	D	L	1973-02-10	West Ham United	H
18	0	Stoke City	27	5	6	1	24	12	1	2	12	14	29	0.927	20	L	L	D	D	W	1973-02-14	Derby County	A
19	2	Manchester United	28	4	6	4	14	14	1	4	9	12	30	0.591	20	D	D	D	L	L	1973-02-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	2	Crystal Palace	26	5	4	4	17	12	0	5	8	8	22	0.735	19	D	L	L	W	L	1973-02-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	-2	Birmingham City	27	4	6	2	21	15	1	3	11	10	29	0.705	19	L	L	D	D	L	1973-02-10	Derby County	H
22	-2	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	4	3	15	13	1	3	10	9	24	0.649	19	L	L	D	W	L	1973-02-10	Crystal Palace	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Cardiff City	Villa Park	25,856
Graydon (p),Rioch B	Lineups
Blackpool	2	0	Swindon Town	Bloomfield Road	8,277
Suddick (p), Rafferty	Lineups
Bristol City	2	2	Orient	Ashton Gate	11,766
Gow, Merrick	Lineups		Allen, Queen
Carlisle United	1	1	Middlesbrough	Brunton Park	7,653
O'Neill	Lineups		Gates
Fulham	5	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage	12,008
Earle 2, Mitchell, Conway JP, Barrett	Lineups		Murray
Hull City	6	2	Preston North End	Boothferry Park	9,120
Pearson 2, Houghton, Knighton, McGill, Neill	Lineups		Young, Spark
Luton Town	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	10,083
Slough	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Manor Ground	7,882
Curran, Evanson	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Fratton Park	9,705
Jennings	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Burnley	Loftus Road	22,518	Largest home gate 1972-73
Leach, Givens	Lineups
Sunderland	2	0	Millwall	Roker Park	22,781
Tueart, Kerr	Lineups

				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	26	6	5	1	23	13	7	6	1	20	12	1.72	37	L	W	D	W	D	1973-02-03	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	27	8	4	1	30	12	5	6	3	18	19	1.548	36	W	D	W	L	W	1973-02-06	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Aston Villa	27	8	4	3	17	11	4	5	3	15	16	1.185	33	W	W	L	D	D	1973-02-10	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Fulham	27	8	4	2	26	12	3	6	4	18	19	1.419	32	W	W	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Blackpool	27	7	4	3	24	12	5	4	4	18	19	1.355	32	W	D	W	L	L	1973-02-02	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	Luton Town	27	4	7	4	20	18	8	1	3	15	11	1.207	32	W	W	D	L	D	1973-02-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Oxford United	28	10	1	3	24	10	3	4	7	10	16	1.308	31	W	L	W	L	W	1973-02-10	Millwall	A
8	3	Hull City	27	7	6	2	32	16	2	4	6	10	17	1.273	28	W	D	D	W	W	1973-02-10	Burnley	A
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	8	2	3	28	16	2	6	7	16	24	1.1	28	L	D	W	D	D	1973-02-10	Sunderland	H
10	-1	Middlesbrough	28	6	4	3	12	10	3	6	6	12	20	0.8	28	D	D	L	W	L	1973-02-02	Blackpool	H
11	1	Bristol City	27	3	6	4	14	13	6	3	5	20	22	0.971	27	D	W	L	W	D	1973-02-10	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Preston North End	28	5	4	4	14	13	5	3	7	14	26	0.718	27	L	L	L	W	L	1973-02-10	Portsmouth	H
13	0	Nottingham Forest	27	7	4	2	20	12	2	4	8	11	22	0.912	26	L	W	L	D	W	1973-02-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	1	Carlisle United	26	8	3	3	33	16	1	4	7	7	16	1.25	25	D	L	D	W	L	1973-02-10	Cardiff City	A
15	-1	Millwall	28	7	3	3	18	10	2	4	9	17	23	1.061	25	L	D	D	W	L	1973-02-10	Oxford United	H
16	1	Portsmouth	27	4	4	7	14	18	4	4	4	14	15	0.848	24	W	D	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Preston North End	A
17	1	Sunderland	24	5	5	2	18	10	2	4	6	15	23	1	23	W	D	W	D	W	1973-02-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	-2	Swindon Town	27	4	7	1	18	15	2	4	9	15	26	0.805	23	L	D	L	D	D	1973-02-10	Aston Villa	H
19	2	Orient	27	4	5	4	13	13	1	6	7	11	21	0.706	21	D	D	D	L	L	1973-02-10	Blackpool	H
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	26	4	6	4	13	14	1	5	6	9	18	0.688	21	L	L	D	D	L	1973-02-03	Burnley	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	25	8	1	4	22	14	0	3	9	7	25	0.744	20	L	W	L	L	D	1973-02-10	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	1	6	6	17	25	1	3	11	11	40	0.431	13	L	L	L	L	L	1973-02-10	Luton Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	3	York City	Dean Court	11,964
Machin, Miller	Lineups		Aimson, Stone 2
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Ewood Park	8,279
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Rotherham United	The Valley	5,841
Shipperley	Lineups		Mullen 2
Grimsby Town	6	2	Walsall	Blundell Park	11,142
Chatterley 3, Gauden 2, Hubbard	Lineups		Andrews, Harrison (p)
Halifax Town	1	0	Scunthorpe United	The Shay	1,769
Irvine	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Southend United	Meadow Lane	7,903
Bradd, Nixon	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Watford	Boundary Park	9,303
Shaw, Garwood	Lineups		Welbourne
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Home Park	8,592
Latcham	Lineups
Port Vale	2	1	Chesterfield	Vale Park	3,806
James, McLaren	Lineups		McHale
Wrexham	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Racecourse Ground	3,138
Sutton, May	Lineups		Bannister, Rudge

				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	1	Oldham Athletic	29	9	4	2	31	13	5	4	5	23	24	1.459	36	W	D	W	W	D	1973-02-03	Southend United	H
2	-1	AFC Bournemouth	28	9	4	2	29	13	3	6	4	18	16	1.621	34	L	D	W	D	W	1973-01-29	Rochdale	A
3	0	Bolton Wanderers	27	9	3	0	22	5	4	4	7	19	21	1.577	33	L	L	D	D	W	1973-01-30	Wrexham	H
4	2	Grimsby Town	28	12	0	2	34	10	3	3	8	16	26	1.389	33	W	W	W	L	W	1973-02-10	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	29	11	2	1	35	11	1	6	8	11	23	1.353	32	D	W	L	W	L	1973-01-30	Port Vale	H
6	-2	Tranmere Rovers	28	8	5	1	25	10	2	6	6	10	15	1.4	31	L	L	W	W	D	1973-02-02	Brentford	H
7	0	Charlton Athletic	28	10	2	3	34	13	3	2	8	15	23	1.361	30	L	D	W	W	D	1973-02-03	Chesterfield	H
8	0	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	4	2	19	9	4	4	6	12	21	1.033	30	D	W	W	W	D	1973-02-03	York City	H
9	0	Notts County	28	9	3	2	21	11	3	3	8	12	23	0.971	30	W	W	W	D	W	1973-01-30	Rotherham United	A
10	0	Port Vale	26	9	3	2	22	14	2	5	5	7	22	0.806	30	W	D	L	L	W	1973-01-30	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Rotherham United	28	7	4	2	22	13	4	3	8	12	18	1.097	29	W	D	D	W	W	1973-01-30	Notts County	H
12	1	Shrewsbury Town	27	7	6	1	18	10	2	3	8	8	21	0.839	27	D	D	L	W	D	1973-02-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	-1	Watford	26	8	3	1	20	13	1	5	8	6	15	0.929	26	L	L	L	L	W	1973-02-03	Port Vale	A
14	0	Walsall	28	9	0	4	20	15	3	2	10	13	28	0.767	26	L	L	L	L	W	1973-02-03	Wrexham	A
15	0	Chesterfield	26	8	3	2	24	11	2	2	9	10	21	1.063	25	L	W	D	W	L	1973-02-03	Charlton Athletic	A
16	2	York City	27	5	8	1	12	4	2	3	8	11	19	1	25	W	D	L	D	D	1973-01-29	Swansea City	A
17	-1	Rochdale	26	3	6	4	8	11	4	4	5	19	20	0.871	24	L	L	D	D	D	1973-01-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
18	2	Wrexham	27	6	6	2	19	14	1	4	8	10	23	0.784	24	D	D	L	D	L	1973-01-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-2	Brentford	29	9	3	3	22	11	1	1	12	8	29	0.75	24	L	L	D	L	D	1973-02-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-1	Southend United	28	8	3	3	21	9	0	4	10	7	25	0.824	23	L	W	D	W	D	1973-02-03	Oldham Athletic	A
21	1	Plymouth Argyle	26	7	1	5	20	15	2	3	8	12	28	0.744	22	W	W	L	W	L	1973-02-06	Scunthorpe United	H
22	-1	Scunthorpe United	28	6	4	4	13	16	2	2	10	8	24	0.525	22	L	D	W	L	L	1973-02-03	Swansea City	A
23	0	Halifax Town	26	2	6	5	12	15	3	5	5	10	14	0.759	21	W	L	L	L	D	1973-02-03	Rochdale	H
24	0	Swansea City	26	6	3	4	24	18	1	2	10	7	28	0.674	19	W	L	D	L	L	1973-01-29	York City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Chester	Recreation Ground	3,608
Melledew	Lineups		Purdie
Barnsley	0	1	Southport	Oakwell	2,867
	Lineups		Fryatt
Bury	1	0	Mansfield Town	Gigg Lane	3,068
Connelly	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Colchester United	Gresty Road	1,825
Gillett	Lineups		Thomas, Simmons
Darlington	2	0	Stockport County	Feethams Ground	1,286
Graham, Sproates (p)	Lineups
Exeter City	4	2	Workington	St James Park	6,892
Plumb 2, Binney 2 (1p)	Lineups		Rowlands, Martin
Hartlepool	0	0	Cambridge United	Victoria Park	3,036
	Lineups
Hereford United	2	1	Lincoln City	Edgar Street	8,579
Tavener, Tucker	Lineups		Tavener OG
Northampton Town	1	2	Bradford City	County Ground	2,468
Baxter (p)	Lineups		Gilliver, Johnston
Peterborough United	4	2	Reading	London Road	5,452
Smith 2, Hall, Young	Lineups		Chappell, Hunt

				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	Southport	28	13	1	0	27	10	5	5	4	22	18	1.75	42	W	W	W	W	D	1973-01-30	Newport County	H
2	1	Exeter City	29	12	3	0	34	13	4	3	7	12	20	1.394	38	W	W	D	W	L	1973-02-09	Stockport County	A
3	-1	Mansfield Town	29	9	5	0	29	11	5	4	6	19	20	1.548	37	L	D	L	D	D	1973-02-03	Peterborough United	A
4	2	Hereford United	30	10	4	1	24	10	2	6	7	9	17	1.222	34	W	L	W	D	W	1973-02-03	Cambridge United	H
5	-1	Aldershot	29	8	5	2	20	9	4	4	6	18	18	1.407	33	D	L	W	W	D	1973-02-03	Colchester United	H
6	1	Cambridge United	29	8	4	2	24	15	2	9	4	17	24	1.051	33	D	L	D	D	D	1973-01-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	-2	Newport County	27	9	2	3	22	13	4	4	5	15	18	1.194	32	W	W	W	W	L	1973-01-30	Southport	A
8	0	Workington	29	12	3	1	35	16	1	2	10	7	23	1.077	31	L	W	W	L	W	1973-02-06	Barnsley	A
9	0	Gillingham	29	9	2	4	29	15	2	5	7	11	19	1.176	29	W	W	W	L	D	1973-02-03	Darlington	A
10	3	Chester	28	7	4	2	24	9	2	6	7	15	24	1.182	28	D	L	D	L	D	1973-02-03	Hartlepool	A
11	-1	Stockport County	27	8	5	1	23	12	2	3	8	7	18	1	28	L	W	W	D	W	1973-02-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	-1	Barnsley	30	6	7	3	23	17	3	3	8	15	25	0.905	28	L	L	D	L	D	1973-02-06	Workington	H
13	-1	Reading	26	6	5	2	16	5	2	6	5	9	14	1.316	27	L	W	L	L	W	1973-02-10	Northampton Town	H
14	2	Bury	28	6	5	3	16	13	2	6	6	10	18	0.839	27	W	W	D	L	L	1973-02-03	Southport	H
15	0	Hartlepool	30	5	7	2	11	8	3	4	9	12	25	0.697	27	D	L	L	W	D	1973-02-03	Chester	H
16	-2	Lincoln City	28	5	5	3	20	16	2	7	6	19	21	1.054	26	L	D	D	D	D	1973-02-03	Northampton Town	A
17	1	Bradford City	28	7	3	3	28	14	3	3	9	13	26	1.025	26	W	L	L	W	L	1973-02-06	Newport County	A
18	-1	Crewe Alexandra	28	4	6	5	13	17	2	7	4	11	16	0.727	25	L	D	W	D	D	1973-01-31	Cambridge United	A
19	0	Torquay United	28	5	5	4	14	11	2	5	7	13	18	0.931	24	L	L	D	L	D	1973-02-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	1	Peterborough United	28	6	6	3	26	17	2	2	9	20	34	0.902	24	W	W	D	L	D	1973-02-03	Mansfield Town	H
21	-1	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	5	3	15	8	2	2	10	10	24	0.781	23	L	L	D	D	D	1973-02-03	Torquay United	H
22	0	Northampton Town	28	5	3	5	16	13	2	4	9	13	27	0.725	21	L	L	L	W	D	1973-02-03	Lincoln City	H
23	0	Colchester United	27	5	5	2	20	14	2	1	12	9	32	0.63	20	W	W	L	D	L	1973-02-03	Aldershot	A
24	0	Darlington	27	2	4	8	14	30	2	3	8	10	24	0.444	15	W	L	L	L	L	1973-02-03	Gillingham	H