1973-03-10

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Manchester United	St Andrew's	51,278	Largest home gate 1972-73
Latchford R, Hatton, Campbell (p)	Lineups		Macari
Crystal Palace	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst Park	30,967
Rogers	Lineups		Munro
Ipswich Town	1	2	Arsenal	Portman Road	34,636	Largest home gate 1972-73
Whymark	Lineups		Radford, Ball (p)
Leeds United	2	1	Everton	Elland Road	39,663
Clarke, Lorimer	Lineups		Lyons
Leicester City	0	0	Derby County	Filbert Street	29,690
	Lineups
Liverpool	3	2	Southampton	Anfield Road	41,674
Lloyd, Keegan 2	Lineups		Channon, Gilchrist
Manchester City	1	2	Coventry City	Maine Road	30,877
Booth	Lineups		Carr, Stein
Newcastle United	1	0	Stoke City	St James' Park	24,020
Macdonald	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	0	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	24,024
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Norwich City	White Hart Lane	25,088
Pearce, Chivers 2 (1p)	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	21,466
Brown T	Lineups		Garland

				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	33	14	1	1	38	17	6	7	4	22	18	1.714	48	W	W	W	D	L	1973-03-17	Stoke City	A
2	0	Arsenal	34	13	4	1	29	12	7	4	5	19	19	1.548	48	W	W	L	W	W	1973-03-24	Manchester City	A
3	0	Leeds United	31	13	3	1	35	11	5	5	4	21	22	1.697	44	W	W	D	L	W	1973-03-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	32	8	5	3	28	16	7	5	4	18	17	1.394	40	L	W	L	W	D	1973-03-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Newcastle United	33	11	4	2	31	15	4	5	7	21	24	1.333	39	W	W	W	D	D	1973-03-17	Manchester United	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	2	5	30	20	5	6	5	20	22	1.19	36	D	W	W	W	D	1973-03-20	West Bromwich Albion	H
7	0	Derby County	34	12	2	3	33	16	2	5	10	9	32	0.875	35	D	L	L	W	L	1973-03-24	Sheffield United	A
8	1	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	2	5	24	15	5	5	6	19	19	1.265	33	W	W	W	L	D	1973-03-14	Stoke City	A
9	-1	West Ham United	33	9	4	3	35	18	3	5	9	16	25	1.186	33	D	L	L	W	W	1973-03-17	Manchester City	H
10	0	Coventry City	32	8	5	4	24	18	4	4	7	11	16	1.029	33	W	D	W	L	D	1973-03-24	Birmingham City	A
11	2	Chelsea	32	6	6	4	24	17	3	7	6	17	24	1	31	D	L	D	D	W	1973-03-24	Newcastle United	A
12	-1	Manchester City	32	9	4	2	27	13	2	5	10	17	36	0.898	31	L	D	L	D	W	1973-03-17	West Ham United	A
13	-1	Southampton	33	6	9	1	18	11	2	6	9	14	27	0.842	31	L	D	D	L	D	1973-03-17	Birmingham City	H
14	0	Leicester City	33	6	7	4	20	16	2	5	9	14	25	0.829	28	D	D	D	L	W	1973-03-17	Norwich City	A
15	1	Birmingham City	33	6	6	3	26	17	2	5	11	11	29	0.804	27	W	D	D	L	W	1973-03-17	Southampton	A
16	-1	Everton	31	6	3	7	20	18	3	5	7	9	15	0.879	26	L	L	L	D	L	1973-03-17	Sheffield United	H
17	0	Sheffield United	32	7	4	6	17	14	2	4	9	16	33	0.702	26	D	L	D	L	L	1973-03-13	Crystal Palace	A
18	1	Crystal Palace	31	6	6	4	21	15	1	5	9	12	24	0.846	25	D	D	L	W	W	1973-03-13	Sheffield United	H
19	-1	Stoke City	31	6	6	1	26	12	2	2	14	19	33	1	24	L	W	L	W	L	1973-03-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Manchester United	32	6	6	4	18	16	1	4	11	14	37	0.604	24	L	W	L	W	D	1973-03-17	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Norwich City	32	5	8	4	17	15	3	0	12	10	33	0.563	24	L	D	L	L	L	1973-03-17	Leicester City	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	31	6	5	4	17	18	1	3	12	11	28	0.609	22	D	L	W	L	L	1973-03-17	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Goldstone Ground	10,053
Towner, Robertson	Lineups		Gowling
Burnley	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor	16,968
	Lineups		Sunley
Fulham	1	0	Carlisle United	Craven Cottage	9,835
Mitchell	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Sunderland	Kenilworth Road	12,458
Shanks	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Cardiff City	Ayresome Park	7,686
Brine, Foggon	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Bristol City	City Ground	8,680
Galley	Lineups
Orient	3	1	Millwall	Brisbane Road	10,532	Largest home gate 1972-73
Downing, Brisley, Bowyer	Lineups		Bolland (p)
Oxford United	0	1	Blackpool	Manor Ground	7,911
	Lineups		Dyson
Portsmouth	2	2	Hull City	Fratton Park	8,139
Kellard, Reynolds	Lineups		Holme, Kaye
Preston North End	1	1	Swindon Town	Deepdale	6,468
Bruce	Lineups		Treacy
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Aston Villa	Loftus Road	21,578
Leach	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	1	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	4	1	39	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.771	46	W	D	W	W	D	1973-03-24	Blackpool	H
2	-1	Burnley	32	8	6	2	30	17	8	7	1	22	13	1.733	45	L	W	D	D	W	1973-03-17	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Fulham	32	10	4	2	28	12	4	6	6	22	24	1.389	38	W	W	L	W	L	1973-03-17	Blackpool	A
4	0	Blackpool	34	8	6	3	27	14	6	4	7	19	25	1.179	38	W	W	D	L	D	1973-03-17	Fulham	H
5	2	Sheffield Wednesday	33	11	2	3	33	17	3	6	8	17	25	1.19	36	W	W	W	L	W	1973-03-14	Bristol City	H
6	2	Luton Town	32	5	8	4	22	19	8	2	5	18	17	1.111	36	W	D	L	D	L	1973-03-24	Bristol City	H
7	-2	Aston Villa	32	8	5	4	20	15	5	5	5	18	22	1.027	36	L	L	L	D	W	1973-03-17	Portsmouth	H
8	1	Middlesbrough	34	10	4	3	21	11	3	6	8	12	25	0.917	36	W	L	W	L	W	1973-03-17	Huddersfield Town	A
9	-3	Oxford United	33	11	1	4	26	12	4	4	9	14	21	1.212	35	L	L	W	W	L	1973-03-17	Bristol City	A
10	0	Millwall	33	10	3	3	25	13	3	4	10	20	26	1.154	33	L	W	W	W	W	1973-03-17	Preston North End	H
11	0	Bristol City	32	5	6	4	20	15	6	4	7	22	26	1.024	32	L	W	D	W	L	1973-03-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	1	Nottingham Forest	32	9	5	2	23	13	2	5	9	12	25	0.921	32	W	D	W	L	D	1973-03-13	Hull City	H
13	-1	Hull City	31	8	6	3	34	18	2	5	7	13	23	1.146	31	D	W	L	L	W	1973-03-13	Nottingham Forest	A
14	0	Portsmouth	32	5	5	7	18	20	5	4	6	20	21	0.927	29	D	L	L	W	W	1973-03-17	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Preston North End	32	5	5	5	15	19	5	4	8	16	29	0.646	29	D	L	D	L	L	1973-03-17	Millwall	A
16	0	Sunderland	28	7	5	2	23	10	2	4	8	15	25	1.086	27	L	W	W	L	W	1973-03-19	Preston North End	A
17	2	Orient	32	7	5	4	22	14	1	6	9	13	26	0.875	27	W	L	W	L	W	1973-03-17	Carlisle United	A
18	-1	Carlisle United	30	8	4	4	35	20	1	4	9	7	18	1.105	26	L	L	D	L	D	1973-03-12	Swindon Town	A
19	2	Swindon Town	33	5	7	4	23	22	2	5	10	16	32	0.722	26	D	L	W	L	L	1973-03-12	Carlisle United	H
20	-2	Huddersfield Town	33	5	8	4	17	17	1	6	9	13	26	0.698	26	L	D	D	D	W	1973-03-17	Middlesbrough	H
21	-1	Cardiff City	31	10	1	4	26	15	0	4	12	8	32	0.723	25	L	L	W	L	D	1973-03-17	Burnley	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	3	6	6	21	26	1	3	13	12	45	0.465	17	W	L	L	W	L	1973-03-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Notts County	Dean Court	14,830
Boyer	Lineups		Nixon
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Rotherham United	Eastville	9,469
Jones B, Higgins, Bannister (p)	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Grimsby Town	The Valley	5,437
Horsfield	Lineups		Goldthorpe OG
Chesterfield	0	0	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,942
	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	1,620
Kemp, Burgin	Lineups		Loyden
Port Vale	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Vale Park	7,854
Woodward 2	Lineups		Field
Rochdale	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Spotland	2,195
Darling	Lineups		Calloway
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Old Showground	4,610
Fletcher	Lineups		Jones G
Walsall	3	0	Brentford	Fellows Park	4,190
Harrison (p), Taylor B, Shinton	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Racecourse Ground	5,576
Ashcroft	Lineups		Robins

				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	34	13	3	0	31	6	5	5	8	21	24	1.733	44	D	W	W	W	L	1973-03-17	Rochdale	H
2	2	Bristol Rovers	37	14	4	1	47	15	1	8	9	11	25	1.45	42	W	D	D	W	D	1973-03-16	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	11	4	3	35	15	5	6	6	27	31	1.348	42	D	W	W	L	D	1973-03-13	Scunthorpe United	A
4	-1	AFC Bournemouth	36	11	5	2	36	14	3	8	7	20	22	1.556	41	D	L	D	L	W	1973-03-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	1	Notts County	36	12	3	2	27	11	5	4	10	20	31	1.119	41	D	L	W	W	W	1973-03-17	Wrexham	H
6	1	Grimsby Town	35	14	0	4	40	15	4	4	9	18	29	1.318	40	D	L	W	W	L	1973-03-12	Southend United	A
7	-2	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	6	2	24	10	6	4	7	17	24	1.206	40	L	W	D	W	D	1973-03-14	Chesterfield	H
8	1	Port Vale	34	12	3	2	29	16	4	5	8	10	32	0.813	40	W	W	L	W	W	1973-03-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	-1	Tranmere Rovers	36	10	6	2	32	13	3	6	9	15	25	1.237	38	L	L	D	W	W	1973-03-16	Port Vale	H
10	0	Charlton Athletic	36	11	5	3	39	17	4	2	11	17	32	1.143	37	D	W	L	L	L	1973-03-17	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	2	5	35	18	3	5	8	20	30	1.146	35	D	W	W	W	D	1973-03-17	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	0	York City	35	7	9	2	18	7	4	4	9	16	23	1.133	35	D	L	D	W	W	1973-03-13	Halifax Town	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	8	9	1	21	12	3	4	10	12	26	0.868	35	D	D	W	W	D	1973-03-16	Bristol Rovers	H
14	0	Rochdale	34	5	7	5	14	19	5	7	5	20	20	0.872	34	D	D	D	L	W	1973-03-12	Swansea City	H
15	1	Wrexham	35	8	7	2	26	18	2	6	10	13	27	0.867	33	D	L	D	D	W	1973-03-14	Watford	A
16	1	Walsall	35	11	1	4	27	16	3	4	12	17	35	0.863	33	W	D	L	W	D	1973-03-17	Rotherham United	A
17	-2	Rotherham United	37	9	4	5	27	22	4	3	12	14	33	0.745	33	L	W	W	L	L	1973-03-17	Walsall	H
18	0	Swansea City	35	9	4	5	31	24	3	3	11	11	31	0.764	31	D	W	L	W	W	1973-03-12	Rochdale	A
19	2	Chesterfield	34	9	4	5	29	19	2	4	10	14	26	0.956	30	D	L	L	L	D	1973-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	-1	Watford	34	9	4	3	26	18	1	6	11	7	19	0.892	30	D	W	D	L	L	1973-03-14	Wrexham	H
21	-1	Brentford	36	12	3	4	29	12	1	1	15	11	40	0.769	30	L	L	W	W	L	1973-03-17	Southend United	H
22	0	Southend United	35	8	5	4	23	12	2	4	12	14	32	0.841	29	D	W	L	L	L	1973-03-12	Grimsby Town	H
23	0	Halifax Town	33	3	7	6	14	17	3	5	9	11	22	0.641	24	W	L	L	L	L	1973-03-13	York City	H
24	0	Scunthorpe United	35	6	5	6	14	20	2	2	14	10	35	0.436	23	D	L	L	L	L	1973-03-13	Oldham Athletic	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Northampton Town	Oakwell	2,244
Chambers, Butler	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Aldershot	Gigg Lane	3,072
Holt	Lineups		Melledew, Brodie
Cambridge United	2	2	Southport	Abbey Stadium	5,504
Ross 2	Lineups		Fryatt, Lee
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Hartlepool	Gresty Road	1,760
Jones, Riley	Lineups
Hereford United	1	0	Exeter City	Edgar Street	11,302
Redrobe	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Chester	Sincil Bank	3,591
Harding	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	1	Bradford City	Field Mill	5,300
McKenzie 3, Fairbrother	Lineups		Gilliver
Reading	3	1	Gillingham	Elm Park	5,369
Peach OG, Freeman 2	Lineups		Richardson
Torquay United	0	0	Stockport County	Plainmoor	2,721
	Lineups
Workington	1	0	Colchester United	Borough Park	1,297
McDonald	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	36	14	3	2	33	17	7	6	4	26	20	1.595	51	D	D	W	L	W	1973-03-16	Reading	H
2	1	Mansfield Town	36	13	5	0	44	13	5	4	9	20	25	1.684	45	W	W	L	W	L	1973-03-17	Chester	A
3	1	Hereford United	37	13	4	1	31	12	4	7	8	13	21	1.333	45	W	D	W	W	W	1973-03-12	Darlington	H
4	-2	Newport County	35	11	4	3	28	14	7	4	6	22	21	1.429	44	D	W	W	W	W	1973-03-17	Hartlepool	A
5	0	Cambridge United	37	11	6	2	34	21	3	10	5	22	29	1.12	44	D	W	W	D	D	1973-03-16	Colchester United	A
6	1	Aldershot	36	11	5	3	27	12	5	4	8	20	22	1.382	41	W	W	L	L	W	1973-03-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	-1	Exeter City	35	12	5	1	35	15	4	3	10	12	23	1.237	40	L	D	L	L	D	1973-03-17	Bury	H
8	2	Workington	36	13	5	1	38	18	2	3	12	11	30	1.021	38	W	L	W	D	D	1973-03-16	Stockport County	A
9	2	Reading	33	10	6	2	26	6	2	7	6	11	18	1.542	37	W	L	D	W	D	1973-03-16	Southport	A
10	-2	Gillingham	36	11	3	4	33	16	3	6	9	16	29	1.089	37	L	D	D	W	L	1973-03-17	Lincoln City	H
11	-2	Stockport County	35	9	6	2	26	15	4	5	9	12	22	1.027	37	D	L	D	L	W	1973-03-16	Workington	H
12	5	Barnsley	37	8	7	4	27	19	4	4	10	21	34	0.906	35	W	L	L	D	L	1973-03-17	Darlington	A
13	-1	Hartlepool	37	7	8	3	14	9	4	5	10	13	27	0.75	35	L	W	L	W	W	1973-03-17	Newport County	H
14	-1	Chester	36	9	4	5	33	15	2	8	8	16	26	1.195	34	L	W	L	L	L	1973-03-17	Mansfield Town	H
15	3	Lincoln City	36	7	6	4	24	20	3	8	8	22	24	1.045	34	W	L	W	W	L	1973-03-17	Gillingham	A
16	-2	Bradford City	35	9	4	4	32	17	4	4	10	16	31	1	34	L	W	L	W	W	1973-03-17	Torquay United	H
17	-2	Doncaster Rovers	36	7	7	3	18	10	4	4	11	17	29	0.897	33	D	L	W	D	W	1973-03-17	Aldershot	A
18	-2	Bury	35	7	6	5	20	18	2	9	6	15	23	0.854	33	L	W	D	D	D	1973-03-17	Exeter City	A
19	0	Peterborough United	35	8	6	4	35	23	2	5	10	24	39	0.952	31	D	W	D	L	D	1973-03-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Torquay United	36	7	6	4	17	12	2	7	10	16	26	0.868	31	D	D	D	L	W	1973-03-17	Bradford City	A
21	1	Crewe Alexandra	35	5	6	6	15	18	2	9	7	14	27	0.644	29	W	L	D	L	D	1973-03-17	Peterborough United	A
22	-1	Northampton Town	36	6	5	6	18	16	3	4	12	15	35	0.647	27	L	L	L	W	W	1973-03-17	Hereford United	H
23	0	Colchester United	34	5	7	4	23	20	2	1	15	10	39	0.559	22	L	D	L	D	L	1973-03-16	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Darlington	36	2	7	9	22	39	2	4	12	11	33	0.458	19	D	D	D	L	L	1973-03-12	Hereford United	A