1973-03-03

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Cup and International Matches
League Cup Final Venue Gate Notes
D 1Tottenham Hotspur10Norwich CityD 1Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London 100,000  
Coates Lineups      

 

First Division
Division 1VenueGateNotes
Arsenal 32 Sheffield UnitedHighbury33,336
George 2, Ball Lineups Woodward, Bone    
Chelsea 00 Birmingham CityStamford Bridge26,259
Lineups    
Derby County 23 Leeds UnitedBaseball Ground38,462Largest home gate 1972-73
Durban, Hector Lineups Lorimer 2 (2p), Clarke    
Everton 02 LiverpoolGoodison Park54,856Largest home gate 1972-73
Lineups Hughes 2    
Manchester United 21 West Bromwich AlbionOld Trafford46,735
Kidd, Macari Lineups Astle    
Southampton 00 Leicester CityThe Dell14,134
Lineups    
Wolverhampton Wanderers 51 Manchester CityMolineux25,047
Dougan 3, Richards 2 Lineups Marsh    

 

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 32 13 1 1 35 15 6 7 4 22 18 1.727 46 W W D L L 1973-03-10 Southampton H
2 0 Arsenal 33 13 4 1 29 12 6 4 5 17 18 1.533 46 W L W W D 1973-03-10 Ipswich Town A
3 0 Leeds United 30 12 3 1 33 10 5 5 4 21 22 1.688 42 W D L W W 1973-03-10 Everton H
4 0 Ipswich Town 31 8 5 2 27 14 7 5 4 18 17 1.452 40 W L W D W 1973-03-10 Arsenal H
5 0 Newcastle United 32 10 4 2 30 15 4 5 7 21 24 1.308 37 W W D D D 1973-03-10 Stoke City H
6 0 Derby County 33 12 2 3 33 16 2 4 10 9 32 0.875 34 L L W L L 1973-03-10 Leicester City A
7 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 9 2 5 30 20 4 5 5 17 21 1.146 33 W W D L W 1973-03-06 Chelsea A
8 -1 West Ham United 32 9 4 3 35 18 3 4 9 16 25 1.186 32 L L W W W 1973-03-10 Sheffield United A
9 -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
10 2 Chelsea 30 6 6 3 24 15 3 6 6 16 23 1.053 30 D D W L L 1973-03-06 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
11 0 Coventry City 30 8 5 4 24 18 3 3 7 8 14 1 30 W L D D W 1973-03-07 Norwich City A
12 -2 Manchester City 30 9 4 1 26 11 2 4 10 16 35 0.913 30 L D W W D 1973-03-06 Southampton A
13 0 Southampton 31 6 8 1 17 10 2 6 8 12 24 0.853 30 D L D D D 1973-03-06 Manchester City H
14 1 Leicester City 32 6 6 4 20 16 2 5 9 14 25 0.829 27 D D L W W 1973-03-10 Derby County H
15 -1 Everton 30 6 3 7 20 18 3 5 6 8 13 0.903 26 L L D L D 1973-03-10 Leeds United A
16 0 Sheffield United 31 7 3 6 17 14 2 4 9 16 33 0.702 25 L D L L W 1973-03-10 West Ham United H
17 0 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 Birmingham City 31 5 6 3 23 16 2 4 11 11 29 0.756 24 D L W W L 1973-03-06 Crystal Palace A
19 2 Manchester United 31 6 6 4 18 16 1 4 10 13 34 0.62 24 W L W D D 1973-03-10 Birmingham City A
20 -2 Crystal Palace 29 6 4 4 20 14 1 5 9 12 24 0.842 23 L W W D L 1973-03-06 Birmingham City H
21 -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
22 0 West Bromwich Albion 30 6 4 4 16 17 1 3 12 11 28 0.6 21 L W L L L 1973-03-10 Chelsea H

 

Second Division
Second DivisionVenueGateNotes
Aston Villa23FulhamVilla Park24,007
Little, Rioch B LineupsBarrett, Mitchell, Went   
Blackpool11Luton TownBloomfield Road6,947
Suddick LineupsRyan J   
Bristol City31PortsmouthAshton Gate11,002
Gow 2, Fear LineupsHiron   
Cardiff City31OrientNinian Park8,439
McCulloch 2, Bell (p) LineupsBullock   
Carlisle United13Queens Park RangersBrunton Park8,733
Delgado LineupsThomas, Bowles, Clement   
Huddersfield Town11Nottingham ForestLeeds Road7,473
Summerill LineupsHindley   
Sheffield Wednesday21Preston North EndHillsborough13,427
Sunley, Prophett LineupsTarbuck   
Sunderland10Oxford UnitedRoker Park39,222
Watson Lineups   

 

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 31 8 6 1 30 16 8 7 1 22 13 1.793 45 W D D W W 1973-03-10 Sheffield Wednesday H
2 0 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 4 1 38 13 6 7 3 21 20 1.788 43 W W D W W 1973-03-06 Huddersfield Town A
3 2 Fulham 31 9 4 2 27 12 4 6 6 22 24 1.361 36 W L W L W 1973-03-10 Carlisle United H
4 -1 Aston Villa 31 8 5 4 20 15 5 5 4 18 21 1.056 36 L L D W W 1973-03-10 Queens Park Rangers A
5 -1 Oxford United 32 11 1 3 26 11 4 4 9 14 21 1.25 35 L W W L W 1973-03-10 Blackpool H
6 4 Sheffield Wednesday 32 11 2 3 33 17 2 6 8 16 25 1.167 34 W W L W L 1973-03-10 Burnley A
7 1 Blackpool 32 7 6 3 26 14 5 4 7 18 25 1.128 34 D L D L L 1973-03-07 Cardiff City H
8 1 Luton Town 31 4 8 4 21 19 8 2 5 18 17 1.083 34 D L D L W 1973-03-10 Sunderland H
9 -3 Middlesbrough 33 9 4 3 19 11 3 6 8 12 25 0.861 34 L W L W W 1973-03-10 Cardiff City H
10 -3 Millwall 32 10 3 3 25 13 3 4 9 19 23 1.222 33 W W W W L 1973-03-10 Orient A
11 1 Bristol City 31 5 6 4 20 15 6 4 6 22 25 1.05 32 W D W L D 1973-03-10 Nottingham Forest A
12 -1 Hull City 30 8 6 3 34 18 2 4 7 11 21 1.154 30 W L L W D 1973-03-10 Portsmouth A
13 0 Nottingham Forest 31 8 5 2 22 13 2 5 9 12 25 0.895 30 D W L D L 1973-03-10 Bristol City H
14 0 Portsmouth 31 5 4 7 16 18 5 4 6 20 21 0.923 28 L L W W W 1973-03-10 Hull City H
15 0 Preston North End 31 5 4 5 14 18 5 4 8 16 29 0.638 28 L D L L L 1973-03-10 Swindon Town H
16 1 Sunderland 27 7 5 2 23 10 2 4 7 15 24 1.118 27 W W L W D 1973-03-10 Luton Town A
17 -1 Carlisle United 29 8 4 4 35 20 1 4 8 7 17 1.135 26 L D L D L 1973-03-10 Fulham A
18 0 Orient 31 6 5 4 19 13 1 6 9 13 26 0.821 25 L W L W D 1973-03-10 Millwall H
19 2 Cardiff City 29 10 1 4 26 15 0 4 10 8 29 0.773 25 W L D W L 1973-03-07 Blackpool A
20 -1 Swindon Town 32 5 7 4 23 22 2 4 10 15 31 0.717 25 L W L L L 1973-03-10 Preston North End A
21 -1 Huddersfield Town 31 5 7 4 15 15 1 6 8 12 24 0.692 25 D D W L L 1973-03-06 Queens Park Rangers H
22 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 2 6 6 19 25 1 3 13 12 45 0.443 15 L L W L L 1973-03-10 Huddersfield Town H

 

Third Division
Third Division VenueGateNotes
Blackburn Rovers11WrexhamEwood Park10,536
Napier LineupsDavis   
Bolton Wanderers31WalsallBurnden Park14,924
Jones P, Byrom, Jones G LineupsShinton   
Brentford10Scunthorpe UnitedGriffin Park7,896
Murray Lineups   
Grimsby Town20Swansea CityBlundell Park11,701
Brace 2 Lineups   
Notts County30Halifax TownMeadow Lane9,820
Stubbs, Nixon, Bradd Lineups   
Oldham Athletic10Port ValeBoundary Park6,998
McVitie Lineups   
Plymouth Argyle50Charlton AthleticHome Park11,143
Hore, Latcham, Welsh, Rickard 2 Lineups   
Rotherham United10ChesterfieldMillmoor4,312
Ferguson Lineups   
York City00Bristol RoversBootham Crescent4,363
Lineups   

 

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 32 13 3 0 31 6 4 4 8 19 23 1.724 41 W W L W W 1973-03-05 York City A
2 -1 AFC Bournemouth 34 11 4 2 35 13 3 8 6 20 21 1.618 40 D L W D W 1973-03-06 Swansea City A
3 2 Notts County 34 12 3 2 27 11 5 3 9 19 28 1.179 40 W W W L W 1973-03-07 Blackburn Rovers A
4 -1 Bristol Rovers 35 13 3 1 44 15 1 8 9 11 25 1.375 39 D W D D L 1973-03-06 Rochdale H
5 1 Grimsby Town 33 14 0 3 40 14 4 3 9 17 28 1.357 39 W W L W L 1973-03-06 Port Vale H
6 1 Oldham Athletic 33 10 4 3 32 14 5 5 6 26 30 1.318 39 W L D L W 1973-03-07 Tranmere Rovers H
7 -3 Tranmere Rovers 34 10 6 2 32 13 3 6 7 13 20 1.364 38 D W W L L 1973-03-07 Oldham Athletic A
8 0 Blackburn Rovers 32 8 6 2 22 10 6 4 6 16 22 1.188 38 D W D W W 1973-03-07 Notts County H
9 0 Port Vale 32 11 3 2 27 15 3 5 8 9 32 0.766 36 L W W L W 1973-03-06 Grimsby Town A
10 1 York City 33 7 9 1 18 6 4 3 9 16 23 1.172 34 D W W W L 1973-03-05 Bolton Wanderers H
11 -1 Charlton Athletic 34 10 4 3 37 16 4 2 11 17 32 1.125 34 L L L D W 1973-03-06 Halifax Town H
12 0 Shrewsbury Town 33 8 8 1 20 11 3 3 10 11 25 0.861 33 W W D L L 1973-03-06 Walsall H
13 2 Plymouth Argyle 32 10 2 5 34 18 3 4 8 19 29 1.128 32 W W D W D 1973-03-06 Wrexham H
14 0 Wrexham 33 8 6 2 25 17 2 6 9 13 26 0.884 32 D D W W W 1973-03-06 Plymouth Argyle A
15 -2 Rochdale 32 5 6 5 13 18 5 6 5 20 20 0.868 32 D L W W D 1973-03-06 Bristol Rovers A
16 2 Rotherham United 35 8 4 5 25 21 4 3 11 14 30 0.765 31 W L L L L 1973-03-06 Brentford H
17 2 Brentford 34 12 3 4 29 12 1 1 13 10 35 0.83 30 W W L W L 1973-03-06 Rotherham United A
18 -2 Walsall 33 10 1 4 24 16 3 3 12 16 34 0.8 30 L W D D L 1973-03-06 Shrewsbury Town A
19 -2 Chesterfield 32 9 3 4 27 15 2 4 10 14 26 1 29 L L D L W 1973-03-07 Southend United H
20 0 Swansea City 33 8 3 5 29 23 3 3 11 11 31 0.741 28 L W W D W 1973-03-06 AFC Bournemouth H
21 0 Watford 32 8 4 3 21 17 1 5 11 7 19 0.778 27 D L L L L 1973-03-06 Scunthorpe United H
22 0 Southend United 33 8 4 4 23 12 1 4 12 10 30 0.786 26 L L L D W 1973-03-07 Chesterfield A
23 0 Halifax Town 31 2 7 6 12 16 3 5 8 11 21 0.622 22 L L L L D 1973-03-06 Charlton Athletic A
24 0 Scunthorpe United 33 6 4 6 13 19 2 2 13 9 30 0.449 22 L L L L L 1973-03-06 Watford A

 

Fourth Division
Fourth Division VenueGateNotes
Chester13WorkingtonSealand Road1,739
Walker OG LineupsWood, Martin, Rowlands   
Colchester United02Lincoln CityLayer Road2,649
LineupsMcNeil 2 (1p)   
Darlington11BuryFeethams Ground1,448
Burluraux LineupsSpence   
Exeter City00Crewe AlexandraSt James Park5,558
Lineups   
Hartlepool01Hereford UnitedVictoria Park5,253
LineupsMcLaughlin   

 

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 34 14 2 2 33 17 7 5 4 24 18 1.629 49 W L W D W 1973-03-06 Gillingham H
2 3 Hereford United 35 12 4 1 30 12 4 6 8 11 19 1.323 42 W W W L W 1973-03-05 Darlington A
3 -1 Mansfield Town 34 11 5 0 36 12 5 4 9 20 25 1.514 41 L W L W L 1973-03-05 Workington H
4 -1 Newport County 33 10 3 3 27 14 7 4 6 22 21 1.4 41 W W W L D 1973-03-06 Doncaster Rovers H
5 -1 Cambridge United 35 10 5 2 30 18 3 10 5 22 29 1.106 41 W D D W L 1973-03-07 Lincoln City H
6 0 Exeter City 34 12 5 1 35 15 4 3 9 12 22 1.27 40 D L L D L 1973-03-10 Hereford United A
7 0 Aldershot 34 10 5 3 24 12 4 4 8 18 21 1.273 37 L L W L W 1973-03-07 Crewe Alexandra H
8 0 Gillingham 34 11 3 4 33 16 3 5 8 15 26 1.143 36 D W L W W 1973-03-06 Southport A
9 2 Workington 34 12 5 1 37 18 2 3 11 11 26 1.091 36 W D D D L 1973-03-05 Mansfield Town A
10 -1 Stockport County 33 9 6 2 26 15 4 4 8 12 21 1.056 36 D L W D W 1973-03-07 Bradford City A
11 -1 Reading 31 9 6 2 23 5 2 7 5 11 16 1.619 35 D W D W W 1973-03-07Chester A
12 0 Barnsley 35 7 7 4 25 19 4 4 9 20 32 0.882 33 L D L W W 1973-03-06 Bury A
13 0 Hartlepool 35 6 8 3 12 9 4 5 9 13 25 0.735 33 L W W D D 1973-03-05 Northampton Town H
14 0Chester 34 8 4 5 31 15 2 8 7 16 25 1.175 32 L L L D W 1973-03-07 Reading H
15 2 Lincoln City 34 6 6 4 23 20 3 8 7 21 22 1.048 32 W W L L D 1973-03-07 Cambridge United A
16 -1 Bradford City 33 8 4 4 31 17 4 4 9 15 27 1.045 32 L W W D D 1973-03-07 Stockport County H
17 -1 Doncaster Rovers 34 7 6 3 17 9 4 4 10 17 28 0.919 32 W D W D D 1973-03-06 Newport County A
18 1 Bury 33 6 6 4 17 15 2 9 6 15 23 0.842 31 D D D D L 1973-03-06 Barnsley H
19 -1 Peterborough United 34 8 6 4 35 23 2 4 10 23 38 0.951 30 W D L D L 1973-03-09 Doncaster Rovers A
20 0 Torquay United 34 7 5 4 17 12 2 6 10 15 25 0.865 29 D L W L W 1973-03-05 Colchester United A
21 0 Northampton Town 34 6 5 6 18 16 3 4 10 15 31 0.702 27 L W W D L 1973-03-05 Hartlepool A
22 0 Crewe Alexandra 33 4 6 6 13 18 2 9 6 14 24 0.643 27 D L D L L 1973-03-07 Aldershot A
23 0 Colchester United 32 5 6 4 22 19 2 1 14 10 38 0.561 21 L D L L L 1973-03-05 Torquay United H
24 0 Darlington 34 2 6 9 20 37 2 3 12 11 33 0.443 17 D L L L D 1973-03-05 Hereford United H