1973-02-10

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Derby County	St Andrew's	38,096
Latchford R, Francis	Lineups
Chelsea	4	2	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	21,464
Garland 2, Garner 2	Lineups		Hemsley, Dearden
Leicester City	2	0	Leeds United	Filbert Street	35,976	Largest home gate 1972-73
Birchenall 2	Lineups
Liverpool	0	2	Arsenal	Anfield Road	49,898
	Lineups		Ball (p), Radford
Manchester United	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	52,089
Charlton 2	Lineups		Hegan
Newcastle United	1	1	Coventry City	St James' Park	22,940
Barrowclough	Lineups		Stein
Norwich City	0	1	West Ham United	Carrow Road	32,286
	Lineups		Robson
Southampton	0	0	Everton	The Dell	16,756
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	30,944
Chivers 2	Lineups		Lee 2, Marsh
West Bromwich Albion	0	4	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns	15,173
	Lineups		Whittle 2, Possee 2

				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	1	Arsenal	30	11	4	1	25	10	6	4	4	17	17	1.556	42	W	D	W	W	D	1973-02-17	Leicester City	H
2	-1	Liverpool	29	12	1	1	33	14	5	6	4	19	17	1.677	41	L	L	D	W	W	1973-02-17	Manchester City	A
3	0	Leeds United	28	12	2	1	32	9	4	5	4	18	20	1.724	39	L	W	W	W	W	1973-02-17	Chelsea	H
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	Newcastle United	29	9	4	2	28	15	3	4	7	19	23	1.237	32	D	D	W	L	D	1973-02-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	-1	Derby County	29	11	2	1	27	10	2	4	9	9	30	0.9	32	L	W	D	W	D	1973-02-14	Stoke City	H
7	0	West Ham United	29	8	4	2	33	16	3	4	8	16	23	1.256	30	W	W	D	L	L	1973-02-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	3	Manchester City	28	9	3	1	25	10	2	4	9	15	30	1	29	W	W	D	D	D	1973-02-17	Liverpool	H
9	0	Southampton	29	6	7	1	17	10	2	6	7	12	20	0.967	29	D	D	D	W	W	1973-02-17	Derby County	A
10	3	Chelsea	28	6	5	3	24	15	3	5	6	15	22	1.054	28	W	L	L	D	L	1973-02-17	Leeds United	A
11	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	1	5	24	18	3	5	5	16	21	1.026	28	L	W	L	W	D	1973-02-17	Newcastle United	H
12	0	Coventry City	28	7	5	3	22	17	3	3	7	8	14	0.968	28	D	D	W	L	D	1973-02-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	28	6	2	5	18	15	4	5	6	18	19	1.059	27	L	D	L	L	D	1973-02-17	Coventry City	A
14	0	Everton	28	6	3	6	20	16	3	5	5	8	10	1.077	26	D	L	D	W	D	1973-02-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	1	Leicester City	29	6	5	4	20	16	2	4	8	14	24	0.85	25	W	W	D	L	D	1973-02-17	Arsenal	A
16	-1	Sheffield United	28	7	3	5	17	13	2	3	8	14	30	0.721	24	L	W	D	W	L	1973-02-17	Birmingham City	H
17	0	Norwich City	29	5	7	3	16	13	3	0	11	10	30	0.605	23	L	L	L	L	D	1973-02-24	Newcastle United	H
18	1	Manchester United	29	5	6	4	16	15	1	4	9	12	30	0.622	22	W	D	D	D	L	1973-02-17	Ipswich Town	A
19	1	Crystal Palace	27	5	4	4	17	12	1	5	8	12	22	0.853	21	W	D	L	L	W	1973-02-17	Stoke City	H
20	1	Birmingham City	28	5	6	2	23	15	1	3	11	10	29	0.75	21	W	L	L	D	D	1973-02-17	Sheffield United	A
21	-3	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
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	27	5	4	4	15	17	1	3	10	9	24	0.585	19	L	L	L	D	W	1973-02-17	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	11,404
Beamish 2	Lineups
Burnley	4	1	Hull City	Turf Moor	13,760
Dobson, Nulty, Casper, Ingham	Lineups		Pearson
Cardiff City	1	0	Carlisle United	Ninian Park	7,800
McCulloch	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Fulham	Leeds Road	6,469
Saunders	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Bristol City	Ayresome Park	8,511
Hickton, Boam	Lineups		Emanuel
Millwall	3	1	Oxford United	The Den, New Cross	9,213
Cripps, Wood, Bolland (p)	Lineups		Shuker (p)
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	City Ground	11,617
	Lineups
Orient	2	0	Blackpool	Brisbane Road	4,923
Brisley, Queen	Lineups
Preston North End	0	5	Portsmouth	Deepdale	6,230
	Lineups		Piper 2, Kellard, Jennings, Hiron
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Sunderland	Hillsborough	16,949
Henderson	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	3	Aston Villa	County Ground	13,615
Moss	Lineups		Evans, Graydon 2

				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	28	8	5	1	29	15	7	6	1	20	12	1.815	41	W	W	L	W	D	1973-02-17	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	9	4	1	33	13	5	7	3	18	19	1.594	39	D	W	W	D	W	1973-02-17	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Aston Villa	28	8	4	3	17	11	5	5	3	18	17	1.25	35	W	W	W	L	D	1973-02-17	Preston North End	H
4	0	Fulham	28	8	4	2	26	12	3	6	5	18	20	1.375	32	L	W	W	W	D	1973-02-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	0	Blackpool	29	7	4	3	24	12	5	4	6	18	23	1.2	32	L	L	W	D	W	1973-02-17	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Luton Town	28	4	7	4	20	18	8	1	4	15	13	1.129	32	L	W	W	D	L	1973-02-17	Cardiff City	H
7	1	Middlesbrough	30	8	4	3	16	11	3	6	6	12	20	0.903	32	W	W	D	D	L	1973-02-17	Sunderland	A
8	-1	Oxford United	29	10	1	3	24	10	3	4	8	11	19	1.207	31	L	W	L	W	L	1973-02-17	Orient	H
9	1	Sheffield Wednesday	29	9	2	3	29	16	2	6	7	16	24	1.125	30	W	L	D	W	D	1973-02-17	Fulham	A
10	-1	Hull City	28	7	6	2	32	16	2	4	7	11	21	1.162	28	L	W	D	D	W	1973-02-17	Millwall	H
11	4	Millwall	29	8	3	3	21	11	2	4	9	17	23	1.118	27	W	L	D	D	W	1973-02-17	Hull City	A
12	-1	Bristol City	28	3	6	4	14	13	6	3	6	21	24	0.946	27	L	D	W	L	W	1973-02-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	0	Nottingham Forest	28	7	5	2	20	12	2	4	8	11	22	0.912	27	D	L	W	L	D	1973-02-17	Portsmouth	A
14	-2	Preston North End	29	5	4	5	14	18	5	3	7	14	26	0.636	27	L	L	L	L	W	1973-02-17	Aston Villa	A
15	1	Portsmouth	28	4	4	7	14	18	5	4	4	19	15	1	26	W	W	D	W	D	1973-02-17	Nottingham Forest	H
16	-2	Carlisle United	27	8	3	3	33	16	1	4	8	7	17	1.212	25	L	D	L	D	W	1973-02-17	Burnley	H
17	0	Sunderland	25	5	5	2	18	10	2	4	7	15	24	0.971	23	L	W	D	W	D	1973-02-17	Middlesbrough	H
18	0	Swindon Town	28	4	7	2	19	18	2	4	9	15	26	0.773	23	L	L	D	L	D	1973-02-17	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Orient	28	5	5	4	15	13	1	6	7	11	21	0.765	23	W	D	D	D	L	1973-02-17	Oxford United	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	29	5	6	4	14	14	1	5	8	11	23	0.676	23	W	L	L	L	L	1973-02-17	Blackpool	A
21	0	Cardiff City	26	9	1	4	23	14	0	3	9	7	25	0.769	22	W	L	W	L	L	1973-02-17	Luton Town	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	11	11	40	0.462	15	W	L	L	L	L	1973-02-17	Bristol City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Grimsby Town	Burnden Park	16,588
Jones G, Waldron	Lineups
Brentford	5	0	Port Vale	Griffin Park	6,694
Woon 3, Graham, Salvage	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	3	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	9,932
Taylor, Stanton, Jarman	Lineups		Lester, McNeill, Robins
Chesterfield	1	2	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,863
Downes	Lineups		Smallman, Griffiths
Rochdale	4	1	Notts County	Spotland	3,092
Jenkins 2, Downes, Brindley OG	Lineups		Nixon
Rotherham United	0	2	Swansea City	Millmoor	3,042
	Lineups		Evans W, Gwyther
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Old Showground	2,974
	Lineups		Peacock, Curtis (p)
Watford	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Vicarage Road	7,217
Morrissey (p)	Lineups		Endean, Field, Napier
York City	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	3,545
Woodward (p), Swallow, Pollard, Aimson	Lineups		Loyden

				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	2	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	3	0	25	5	4	4	7	19	21	1.692	37	W	W	L	L	D	1973-02-17	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	-1	AFC Bournemouth	31	10	4	2	33	13	3	7	5	20	19	1.656	37	D	W	L	L	D	1973-02-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	-1	Oldham Athletic	31	9	4	3	31	14	5	5	5	26	27	1.39	37	D	L	W	D	W	1973-02-24	Walsall	A
4	0	Bristol Rovers	32	12	3	1	42	15	1	6	9	11	25	1.325	35	D	L	W	D	W	1973-02-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	3	Blackburn Rovers	29	8	4	2	21	9	5	4	6	15	22	1.161	34	W	W	D	W	W	1973-02-17	Bristol Rovers	H
6	-1	Notts County	31	10	3	2	23	11	4	3	9	17	28	1.026	34	L	W	W	W	W	1973-02-17	Shrewsbury Town	H
7	3	Charlton Athletic	30	10	3	3	36	15	4	2	8	17	23	1.395	33	W	D	L	D	W	1973-02-16	Walsall	H
8	-1	Grimsby Town	29	12	0	2	34	10	3	3	9	16	28	1.316	33	L	W	W	W	L	1973-02-13	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	-3	Tranmere Rovers	31	9	5	2	31	13	2	6	7	11	19	1.313	33	L	L	W	L	L	1973-02-16	Watford	H
10	-1	Port Vale	29	10	3	2	23	14	2	5	7	8	31	0.689	32	L	W	L	W	D	1973-02-24	Scunthorpe United	A
11	0	Rochdale	30	5	6	4	13	12	5	5	5	20	20	1.031	31	W	W	D	W	L	1973-02-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	3	York City	30	6	8	1	16	5	3	3	9	14	22	1.111	29	W	L	W	W	D	1973-02-17	Grimsby Town	A
13	-1	Rotherham United	31	7	4	4	23	19	4	3	9	12	22	0.854	29	L	L	L	W	D	1973-02-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-1	Chesterfield	29	9	3	3	27	13	2	3	9	12	23	1.083	28	L	W	D	L	W	1973-02-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	28	7	7	1	19	11	2	3	8	8	21	0.844	28	D	D	D	L	W	1973-02-13	Grimsby Town	A
16	2	Wrexham	30	7	6	2	21	15	2	4	9	12	25	0.825	28	W	W	L	D	D	1973-02-17	Southend United	H
17	0	Southend United	30	8	4	3	23	11	1	4	10	8	25	0.861	26	D	W	L	W	D	1973-02-17	Wrexham	A
18	-2	Watford	28	8	3	2	21	16	1	5	9	6	16	0.844	26	L	L	L	L	L	1973-02-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	2	Brentford	31	10	3	3	27	11	1	1	13	10	35	0.804	26	W	L	L	L	D	1973-02-24	Grimsby Town	H
20	-1	Walsall	29	9	0	4	20	15	3	2	11	14	30	0.756	26	L	L	L	L	L	1973-02-16	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	28	8	1	5	23	15	2	4	8	13	29	0.818	25	D	W	W	W	L	1973-02-17	Rotherham United	H
22	2	Swansea City	29	7	3	5	27	22	2	2	10	9	28	0.72	23	W	W	L	W	L	1973-02-19	Walsall	A
23	-1	Halifax Town	28	2	7	5	12	15	3	5	6	10	16	0.71	22	L	D	W	L	L	1973-02-24	York City	A
24	-1	Scunthorpe United	31	6	4	5	13	18	2	2	12	9	29	0.468	22	L	L	L	L	D	1973-02-24	Port Vale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	4,645
Ingram, Brown	Lineups		Bradshaw, Fellows
Cambridge United	3	1	Newport County	Abbey Stadium	3,496
Lill, Phillips, Watson	Lineups		White
Chester	5	0	Darlington	Sealand Road	1,873
Davies, Griffiths, James, Hollis, Purdie	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Barnsley	Layer Road	3,148
Svarc	Lineups		Lea, Mahoney
Gillingham	2	0	Hereford United	Priestfield Stadium	6,115	Largest home gate 1972-73
Richardson, Peach (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Bury	Sincil Bank	3,347
Trevis, McNeil	Lineups		Connelly 2
Mansfield Town	2	0	Aldershot	Field Mill	4,289
Bird, Wignall	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Northampton Town	Elm Park	5,443
Wagstaff B 2, Chappell	Lineups
Torquay United	1	0	Peterborough United	Plainmoor	2,586
Stuckey	Lineups
Workington	0	0	Hartlepool	Borough Park	1,413
	Lineups

				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	31	13	2	1	29	14	6	5	4	23	18	1.625	45	D	W	L	W	W	1973-02-17	Exeter City	A
2	1	Mansfield Town	31	10	5	0	31	11	5	4	7	19	21	1.563	39	W	L	L	D	L	1973-02-16	Northampton Town	A
3	-1	Exeter City	30	12	3	0	34	13	4	3	8	12	21	1.353	38	L	W	W	D	W	1973-02-12	Peterborough United	H
4	3	Cambridge United	32	10	4	2	28	16	2	9	5	18	26	1.095	37	W	L	W	D	L	1973-02-17	Darlington	A
5	-1	Hereford United	32	11	4	1	26	11	2	6	8	9	19	1.167	36	L	W	W	L	W	1973-02-17	Colchester United	H
6	-1	Aldershot	31	9	5	2	22	9	4	4	7	18	20	1.379	35	L	W	D	L	W	1973-02-17	Torquay United	H
7	-1	Newport County	30	9	3	3	22	13	5	4	6	18	21	1.176	35	L	D	W	W	W	1973-02-17	Gillingham	H
8	1	Gillingham	31	10	2	4	31	15	3	5	7	14	21	1.25	33	W	W	W	W	W	1973-02-17	Newport County	A
9	-1	Stockport County	29	9	5	1	24	12	3	3	8	8	18	1.067	32	W	W	L	W	W	1973-02-13	Northampton Town	A
10	0	Workington	31	12	4	1	35	16	1	2	11	7	24	1.05	32	D	L	L	W	W	1973-02-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	0	Barnsley	32	7	7	3	24	17	4	3	8	17	26	0.953	32	W	W	L	L	D	1973-02-17	Bradford City	H
12	0	Chester	30	8	4	2	29	9	2	7	7	15	24	1.333	31	W	D	D	L	D	1973-02-17	Bury	A
13	1	Reading	27	7	5	2	19	5	2	6	5	9	14	1.474	29	W	L	W	L	L	1973-02-21	Darlington	H
14	-1	Hartlepool	32	5	8	2	11	8	3	5	9	12	25	0.697	29	D	D	D	L	L	1973-02-17	Lincoln City	H
15	0	Lincoln City	30	5	6	3	22	18	2	8	6	19	21	1.051	28	D	D	L	D	D	1973-02-17	Hartlepool	A
16	0	Bradford City	30	7	4	3	30	16	3	4	9	13	26	1.024	28	D	D	W	L	L	1973-02-17	Barnsley	A
17	0	Bury	30	6	5	4	16	14	2	7	6	12	20	0.824	28	D	L	W	W	D	1973-02-17	Chester	H
18	3	Torquay United	30	6	5	4	15	11	2	5	8	13	19	0.933	26	W	L	L	L	D	1973-02-17	Aldershot	A
19	-1	Peterborough United	30	7	6	3	27	17	2	2	10	20	35	0.904	26	L	W	W	W	D	1973-02-12	Exeter City	A
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	30	7	5	3	16	8	2	3	10	12	26	0.824	26	D	W	L	L	D	1973-02-16	Workington	H
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	31	4	6	6	13	18	2	8	5	13	19	0.703	26	D	L	L	L	D	1973-02-24	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Northampton Town	30	5	4	5	16	13	2	4	10	13	30	0.674	22	L	D	L	L	L	1973-02-13	Stockport County	H
23	0	Colchester United	29	5	5	3	21	16	2	1	13	9	34	0.6	20	L	L	W	W	L	1973-02-17	Hereford United	A
24	0	Darlington	29	2	4	9	16	33	2	3	9	10	29	0.419	15	L	L	W	L	L	1973-02-17	Cambridge United	H