1973-02-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 5						Venue	Gate
D 3	Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Luton Town	D 2	Burnden Park	39,556
		Lineups		Garner
D 2	Carlisle United	1	2	Arsenal	D 1	Brunton Park	24,000
	Martin	Lineups		Ball, McLintock
D 1	Coventry City	3	0	Hull City	D 2	Highfield Road	31,663
	Alderson, Stein 2	Lineups
D 1	Derby County	4	2	Queens Park Rangers	D 2	Baseball Ground	38,100
	Hector 3, Davies	Lineups		Leach, Givens
D 1	Leeds United	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Elland Road	39,229
	Clarke 2	Lineups
D 1	Manchester City	2	2	Sunderland	D 2	Maine Road	54,478
	Towers, Montgomery OG	Lineups		Horswill, Hughes W
D 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Chelsea	D 1	Hillsborough	46,910
	Coyle	Lineups		Osgood, Garner
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Millwall	D 2	Molineux	31,668
	Richards	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Leicester City	0	0	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	21,617
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	43,875
Heighway, Keegan	Lineups		Johnson
Norwich City	0	1	Newcastle United	Carrow Road	26,411
	Lineups		Macdonald
Stoke City	2	0	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	21,855
Greenhoff, Robertson	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Everton	White Hart Lane	27,427
Chivers, Gilzean, Pearce	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	1	Liverpool	31	13	1	1	35	15	5	7	4	20	18	1.667	44	W	D	L	L	D	1973-03-03	Everton	A
2	-1	Arsenal	31	12	4	1	26	10	6	4	4	17	17	1.593	44	W	W	D	W	W	1973-02-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Leeds United	29	12	3	1	33	10	4	5	4	18	20	1.7	40	D	L	W	W	W	1973-03-03	Derby County	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	30	8	5	2	27	14	6	5	4	17	17	1.419	38	L	W	D	W	W	1973-03-02	West Ham United	A
5	1	Newcastle United	31	9	4	2	28	15	4	5	7	21	24	1.256	35	W	D	D	D	W	1973-02-28	Derby County	H
6	-1	Derby County	31	12	2	2	31	13	2	4	9	9	30	0.93	34	W	L	L	W	D	1973-02-28	Newcastle United	A
7	0	West Ham United	31	9	4	2	35	17	3	4	9	16	25	1.214	32	L	W	W	W	D	1973-03-02	Ipswich Town	H
8	1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	7	2	5	21	15	5	5	6	19	19	1.176	31	W	W	L	D	L	1973-03-10	Norwich City	H
9	-1	Manchester City	29	9	4	1	26	11	2	4	9	15	30	1	30	D	W	W	D	D	1973-03-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	Chelsea	29	6	5	3	24	15	3	6	6	16	23	1.053	29	D	W	L	L	D	1973-03-03	Birmingham City	H
11	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	8	2	5	25	19	3	5	5	16	21	1.025	29	D	L	W	L	W	1973-02-27	Birmingham City	A
12	0	Southampton	30	6	7	1	17	10	2	6	8	12	24	0.853	29	L	D	D	D	W	1973-03-03	Leicester City	H
13	0	Coventry City	29	7	5	4	22	18	3	3	7	8	14	0.938	28	L	D	D	W	L	1973-03-02	Crystal Palace	H
14	0	Everton	29	6	3	6	20	16	3	5	6	8	13	0.966	26	L	D	L	D	W	1973-03-03	Liverpool	H
15	0	Leicester City	31	6	6	4	20	16	2	4	9	14	25	0.829	26	D	L	W	W	D	1973-03-03	Southampton	A
16	0	Sheffield United	30	7	3	6	17	14	2	4	8	14	30	0.705	25	D	L	L	W	D	1973-03-03	Arsenal	A
17	3	Stoke City	30	6	6	1	26	12	2	2	13	19	32	1.023	24	W	L	W	L	L	1973-03-10	Newcastle United	A
18	-1	Crystal Palace	28	6	4	4	20	14	1	5	8	12	22	0.889	23	W	W	D	L	L	1973-03-02	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Birmingham City	29	5	6	2	23	15	2	3	11	11	29	0.773	23	W	W	L	L	D	1973-02-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	-1	Norwich City	30	5	7	4	16	14	3	0	11	10	30	0.591	23	L	L	L	L	L	1973-03-07	Coventry City	H
21	0	Manchester United	30	5	6	4	16	15	1	4	10	13	34	0.592	22	L	W	D	D	D	1973-03-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	28	5	4	4	15	17	1	3	11	10	26	0.581	19	L	L	L	L	D	1973-02-28	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	1	Bristol City	Turf Moor	13,630
Dobson	Lineups		Ritchie T
Middlesbrough	3	0	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	7,038
Foggon, Stiles, Hickton	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Fulham	City Ground	8,810
Galley, McIntosh	Lineups		Earle
Orient	4	0	Aston Villa	Brisbane Road	9,085
Queen, Harris, Fairbrother 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	3	Oxford United	County Ground	11,712
McGovern	Lineups		Cassidy, Curran, Roberts

				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	30	8	6	1	30	16	7	7	1	21	13	1.759	43	D	D	W	W	L	1973-03-02	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	10	4	1	38	13	5	7	3	18	19	1.75	41	W	D	W	W	D	1973-03-03	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Aston Villa	30	8	5	3	18	12	5	5	4	18	21	1.091	36	L	D	W	W	W	1973-03-03	Fulham	H
4	1	Oxford United	31	11	1	3	26	11	4	4	8	14	20	1.29	35	W	W	L	W	L	1973-03-03	Sunderland	A
5	-1	Fulham	30	9	4	2	27	12	3	6	6	19	22	1.353	34	L	W	L	W	W	1973-03-03	Aston Villa	A
6	2	Middlesbrough	32	9	4	3	19	11	3	6	7	12	24	0.886	34	W	L	W	W	D	1973-03-02	Millwall	A
7	-1	Blackpool	30	7	5	3	25	13	5	4	6	18	23	1.194	33	D	L	L	W	D	1973-02-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	-1	Luton Town	29	4	8	4	21	19	8	1	4	15	13	1.125	33	D	L	W	W	D	1973-02-26	Millwall	A
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	30	9	2	3	29	16	2	6	8	16	25	1.098	30	L	W	L	D	W	1973-02-28	Blackpool	H
10	1	Bristol City	30	4	6	4	17	14	6	4	6	22	25	1	30	D	W	L	D	W	1973-03-03	Portsmouth	H
11	-1	Millwall	30	8	3	3	21	11	3	4	9	19	23	1.176	29	W	W	L	D	D	1973-02-26	Luton Town	H
12	3	Nottingham Forest	30	8	5	2	22	13	2	4	9	11	24	0.892	29	W	L	D	L	W	1973-03-03	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-1	Hull City	29	7	6	3	32	18	2	4	7	11	21	1.103	28	L	L	W	D	D	1973-03-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-1	Portsmouth	30	5	4	7	16	18	5	4	5	19	18	0.972	28	L	W	W	W	D	1973-03-03	Bristol City	A
15	-1	Preston North End	30	5	4	5	14	18	5	4	7	15	27	0.644	28	D	L	L	L	L	1973-03-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	0	Carlisle United	28	8	4	3	34	17	1	4	8	7	17	1.206	26	D	L	D	L	D	1973-03-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	0	Sunderland	26	6	5	2	22	10	2	4	7	15	24	1.088	25	W	L	W	D	W	1973-03-03	Oxford United	H
18	2	Orient	30	6	5	4	19	13	1	6	8	12	23	0.861	25	W	L	W	D	D	1973-03-03	Cardiff City	A
19	-1	Huddersfield Town	30	5	6	4	14	14	1	6	8	12	24	0.684	24	D	W	L	L	L	1973-03-03	Nottingham Forest	H
20	-1	Cardiff City	27	9	1	4	23	14	0	4	9	8	26	0.775	23	D	W	L	W	L	1973-02-27	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Swindon Town	30	4	7	3	20	21	2	4	10	15	31	0.673	23	L	L	L	L	D	1973-02-27	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	2	6	6	19	25	1	3	12	12	43	0.456	15	L	W	L	L	L	1973-03-02	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	0	1	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	9,302
	Lineups		Brace
Bristol Rovers	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Eastville	18,567	Largest home gate 1972-73
Jones B, Bannister (p)	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	2	Notts County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,755	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups		Masson 2
Rochdale	0	6	Plymouth Argyle	Spotland	2,622
	Lineups		Provan (p), Latcham, Welsh 2, Rickard 2
Rotherham United	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	2,907
Ham	Lineups		Loyden, Young
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Port Vale	Old Showground	2,734
	Lineups		Summerscales
Southend United	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Roots Hall	6,794
	Lineups		Arentoft
Walsall	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Fellows Park	4,515
Saunders, Wright, Jones C	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Swansea City	Vicarage Road	6,051
	Lineups		Evans M
York City	2	1	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	3,742
Rowles, Woodward	Lineups		Verity

				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	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	3	0	28	5	4	4	8	19	23	1.679	39	W	L	W	W	L	1973-03-03	Walsall	H
2	-1	AFC Bournemouth	33	11	4	2	35	13	3	7	6	20	21	1.618	39	L	W	D	W	L	1973-03-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	1	Bristol Rovers	34	13	3	1	44	15	1	7	9	11	25	1.375	38	W	D	D	L	W	1973-03-03	York City	A
4	1	Notts County	33	11	3	2	24	11	5	3	9	19	28	1.103	38	W	W	L	W	W	1973-03-03	Halifax Town	H
5	1	Tranmere Rovers	33	10	5	2	32	13	3	6	7	13	20	1.364	37	W	W	L	L	W	1973-03-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	1	Grimsby Town	32	13	0	3	38	14	4	3	9	17	28	1.31	37	W	L	W	L	W	1973-03-03	Swansea City	H
7	-4	Oldham Athletic	32	9	4	3	31	14	5	5	6	26	30	1.295	37	L	D	L	W	D	1973-03-03	Port Vale	H
8	0	Blackburn Rovers	31	8	5	2	21	9	6	4	6	16	22	1.194	37	W	D	W	W	D	1973-03-03	Wrexham	H
9	0	Charlton Athletic	32	10	4	3	37	16	4	2	9	17	26	1.286	34	L	D	W	D	L	1973-02-26	Brentford	A
10	0	Port Vale	30	10	3	2	23	14	3	5	7	9	31	0.711	34	W	L	W	L	W	1973-02-26	Rotherham United	H
11	0	York City	32	7	8	1	18	6	4	3	9	16	23	1.172	33	W	W	W	L	W	1973-03-03	Bristol Rovers	H
12	1	Wrexham	32	8	6	2	25	17	2	5	9	12	25	0.881	31	D	W	W	W	L	1973-03-03	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	-1	Rochdale	31	5	6	5	13	18	5	5	5	20	20	0.868	31	L	W	W	D	W	1973-03-02	Watford	A
14	3	Plymouth Argyle	31	9	2	5	29	18	3	4	8	19	29	1.021	30	W	D	W	D	W	1973-03-03	Charlton Athletic	H
15	3	Walsall	32	10	1	4	24	16	3	3	11	15	31	0.83	30	W	D	D	L	L	1973-03-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	-2	Chesterfield	31	9	3	4	27	15	2	4	9	14	25	1.025	29	L	D	L	W	D	1973-03-03	Rotherham United	A
17	-2	Shrewsbury Town	31	7	8	1	19	11	2	3	10	10	25	0.806	29	D	L	L	D	D	1973-02-27	Halifax Town	A
18	-2	Rotherham United	33	7	4	5	24	21	4	3	10	13	26	0.787	29	L	L	L	L	L	1973-02-26	Port Vale	A
19	0	Southend United	32	8	4	4	23	12	1	4	11	10	29	0.805	26	L	L	D	W	L	1973-03-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	0	Watford	30	8	3	3	21	17	1	5	10	6	17	0.794	26	L	L	L	L	L	1973-02-27	Swansea City	A
21	0	Brentford	32	10	3	4	27	12	1	1	13	10	35	0.787	26	L	W	L	L	L	1973-02-26	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Swansea City	31	7	3	5	27	22	3	3	10	11	29	0.745	26	W	D	W	W	L	1973-02-27	Watford	H
23	0	Halifax Town	29	2	7	5	12	15	3	5	7	11	18	0.697	22	L	L	D	W	L	1973-02-27	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Scunthorpe United	32	6	4	6	13	19	2	2	12	9	29	0.458	22	L	L	L	L	L	1973-03-03	Brentford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Aldershot	Valley Parade	4,278
Brown	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Bury	Abbey Stadium	3,768
Greenhalgh 2	Lineups		Spence, Connelly
Chester	0	1	Hereford United	Sealand Road	4,264
	Lineups		Gregory
Colchester United	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Layer Road	2,550
Foley	Lineups		Briggs
Gillingham	1	0	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium	4,695
Peach (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	2	Newport County	Sincil Bank	3,023
	Lineups		Screen, Jones R
Mansfield Town	5	1	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	3,665
Ellis, McKenzie, Wignall, Fairbrother, Thompson	Lineups		Humphreys
Reading	0	0	Barnsley	Elm Park	5,560
	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Darlington	Plainmoor	2,551
Wright OG, Tearse	Lineups		Jones

				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	33	13	2	2	30	16	7	5	4	24	18	1.588	47	L	W	D	W	L	1973-03-02	Mansfield Town	H
2	0	Mansfield Town	33	11	5	0	36	12	5	4	8	19	22	1.618	41	W	L	W	L	L	1973-03-02	Southport	A
3	1	Hereford United	34	12	4	1	30	12	3	6	8	10	19	1.29	40	W	W	L	W	W	1973-03-03	Hartlepool	A
4	3	Newport County	32	10	3	3	27	14	6	4	6	20	21	1.343	39	W	W	L	D	W	1973-03-02	Aldershot	A
5	-2	Exeter City	33	12	4	1	35	15	4	3	9	12	22	1.27	39	L	L	D	L	W	1973-03-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	-1	Cambridge United	34	10	5	2	30	18	2	10	5	21	29	1.085	39	D	D	W	L	W	1973-03-02	Bradford City	A
7	-1	Aldershot	33	10	5	2	24	10	4	4	8	18	21	1.355	37	L	W	L	W	D	1973-03-02	Newport County	H
8	2	Gillingham	33	11	2	4	32	15	3	5	8	15	26	1.146	35	W	L	W	W	W	1973-03-02	Torquay United	H
9	-1	Stockport County	32	9	5	2	24	13	4	4	8	12	21	1.059	35	L	W	D	W	W	1973-03-02	Reading	H
10	-1	Workington	33	12	5	1	37	18	1	3	11	8	25	1.047	34	D	D	D	L	L	1973-03-03	Chester	A
11	2	Barnsley	34	7	7	4	25	19	4	4	8	17	26	0.933	33	D	L	W	W	L	1973-03-02	Peterborough United	A
12	-1	Hartlepool	34	6	8	2	12	8	4	5	9	13	25	0.758	33	W	W	D	D	D	1973-03-03	Hereford United	H
13	1	Reading	29	8	6	2	20	5	2	6	5	9	14	1.526	32	D	W	W	L	W	1973-02-28	Torquay United	H
14	-2	Chester	33	8	4	4	30	12	2	8	7	16	25	1.243	32	L	L	D	W	D	1973-03-03	Workington	H
15	0	Bradford City	32	8	4	3	31	16	4	4	9	15	27	1.07	32	W	W	D	D	W	1973-03-02	Cambridge United	H
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	7	6	3	17	9	3	4	10	15	28	0.865	30	D	W	D	D	W	1973-03-02	Northampton Town	A
17	0	Bury	32	6	6	4	17	15	2	8	6	14	22	0.838	30	D	D	D	L	W	1973-03-03	Darlington	A
18	0	Lincoln City	32	5	6	4	22	20	2	8	7	19	22	0.976	28	L	L	D	D	L	1973-02-28	Darlington	H
19	2	Torquay United	32	7	5	4	17	12	2	5	9	14	21	0.939	28	W	L	W	L	L	1973-02-28	Reading	A
20	-1	Peterborough United	33	7	6	4	29	20	2	4	10	23	38	0.897	28	D	L	D	L	W	1973-03-02	Barnsley	H
21	-1	Northampton Town	33	6	5	5	18	14	3	4	10	15	31	0.733	27	W	W	D	L	D	1973-03-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	4	6	6	13	18	2	8	6	14	24	0.643	26	L	D	L	L	L	1973-03-03	Exeter City	A
23	0	Colchester United	31	5	6	3	22	17	2	1	14	10	38	0.582	21	D	L	L	L	W	1973-03-03	Lincoln City	H
24	0	Darlington	32	2	5	9	19	36	2	3	11	11	32	0.441	16	L	L	D	L	L	1973-02-28	Lincoln City	A