1973-03-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	0	Coventry City	St Andrew's	34,775
Hatton, Latchford R, Taylor	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	3	West Ham United	Selhurst Park	36,865
Possee	Lineups		Brooking, MacDougall, Robson
Ipswich Town	0	1	Everton	Portman Road	20,580
	Lineups		Harper
Leeds United	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elland Road	39,078
	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Stoke City	Filbert Street	18,473
Tomlin, Birchenall	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Norwich City	Anfield Road	42,995
Lawler, Hughes, Hall	Lineups		Mellor
Manchester City	1	2	Arsenal	Maine Road	32,031
Booth	Lineups		George, Kennedy
Newcastle United	1	1	Chelsea	St James' Park	24,663
Barrowclough (p)	Lineups		Garner
Sheffield United	3	1	Derby County	Bramall Lane	24,401
Dearden 2, Bone	Lineups		Davies
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	50,017
Chivers	Lineups		Graham
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Southampton	The Hawthorns	12,599
Brown T	Lineups		Gilchrist

				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	35	15	1	1	41	18	7	7	4	23	18	1.778	52	W	W	W	W	W	1973-03-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Arsenal	35	13	4	1	29	12	8	4	5	21	20	1.563	50	W	W	W	L	W	1973-03-26	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Leeds United	32	13	4	1	35	11	5	5	4	21	22	1.697	45	D	W	W	D	L	1973-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	34	9	5	4	30	17	7	5	4	18	17	1.412	42	L	W	L	W	L	1973-03-31	Coventry City	A
5	0	Newcastle United	35	11	5	2	32	16	4	5	8	22	26	1.286	40	D	L	W	W	W	1973-03-31	Leicester City	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	2	5	32	20	5	7	5	20	22	1.238	39	D	W	D	W	W	1973-03-31	Sheffield United	H
7	0	West Ham United	35	10	4	3	37	19	4	5	9	19	26	1.244	37	W	W	D	L	L	1973-03-31	Everton	H
8	1	Tottenham Hotspur	33	8	3	5	25	16	5	6	6	20	20	1.25	35	D	D	W	W	W	1973-03-31	Liverpool	A
9	-1	Derby County	35	12	2	3	33	16	2	5	11	10	35	0.843	35	L	D	L	L	W	1973-03-31	Arsenal	A
10	1	Southampton	35	7	9	1	20	11	2	7	9	15	28	0.897	34	D	W	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Manchester United	H
11	-1	Coventry City	33	8	5	4	24	18	4	4	8	11	19	0.946	33	L	W	D	W	L	1973-03-26	Stoke City	A
12	0	Chelsea	33	6	6	4	24	17	3	8	6	18	25	1	32	D	D	L	D	D	1973-03-27	Manchester City	A
13	1	Leicester City	35	7	7	4	22	16	2	6	9	15	26	0.881	31	W	D	D	D	D	1973-03-31	Newcastle United	H
14	-1	Manchester City	34	9	4	3	28	15	2	5	11	18	38	0.868	31	L	L	L	D	L	1973-03-27	Chelsea	H
15	0	Everton	33	7	3	7	22	19	4	5	7	10	15	0.941	30	W	W	L	L	L	1973-03-31	West Ham United	A
16	0	Sheffield United	35	8	4	6	20	15	3	4	10	18	35	0.76	30	W	L	W	D	L	1973-03-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Birmingham City	35	7	6	3	29	17	2	5	12	11	31	0.833	29	W	L	W	D	D	1973-03-31	Norwich City	A
18	0	Manchester United	34	7	6	4	20	17	1	5	11	15	38	0.636	27	D	W	L	W	L	1973-03-31	Southampton	A
19	0	Stoke City	34	6	7	2	27	14	2	2	15	19	35	0.939	25	L	L	D	L	W	1973-03-26	Coventry City	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	33	6	6	6	22	19	1	5	9	12	24	0.791	25	L	L	D	D	L	1973-03-26	Arsenal	A
21	0	Norwich City	34	5	9	4	18	16	3	0	13	11	36	0.558	25	L	D	L	D	L	1973-03-31	Birmingham City	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	6	6	4	18	19	1	3	14	11	32	0.569	23	D	L	L	D	L	1973-03-28	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	10,276
Murray, Beamish 2	Lineups		Treacy (p)
Burnley	2	1	Millwall	Turf Moor	13,656
Dobson, Nulty	Lineups		Bolland
Fulham	1	2	Sunderland	Craven Cottage	9,645
Mullery	Lineups		Tueart (p), Halom
Luton Town	1	3	Bristol City	Kenilworth Road	7,102
Garner	Lineups		Fear, Gillies, Gow
Middlesbrough	1	1	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	9,776
Hickton	Lineups		McMahon
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	City Ground	10,488
Galley, O'Neill, Cottam	Lineups
Orient	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Brisbane Road	5,497
Fairbrother, Allen, Hoadley	Lineups		Gowling
Portsmouth	0	0	Carlisle United	Fratton Park	5,346
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Cardiff City	Deepdale	6,889
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	0	Blackpool	Loftus Road	15,714
Bowles, Francis, Thomas, Hatton OG	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	35	10	6	2	36	18	9	7	1	23	13	1.903	51	W	W	W	L	W	1973-03-31	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	4	1	43	13	6	8	3	23	22	1.886	48	W	W	D	W	W	1973-03-31	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Blackpool	36	9	6	3	29	14	6	4	8	19	29	1.116	40	L	W	W	W	D	1973-03-31	Hull City	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	3	3	37	20	3	6	9	17	28	1.125	39	L	D	W	W	W	1973-03-31	Orient	H
5	2	Aston Villa	34	9	5	4	22	15	5	6	5	19	23	1.079	39	D	W	L	L	L	1973-03-27	Bristol City	A
6	0	Oxford United	35	12	1	4	31	14	4	5	9	14	21	1.286	38	W	D	L	L	W	1973-03-31	Aston Villa	A
7	-2	Fulham	34	10	4	3	29	14	4	6	7	22	26	1.275	38	L	L	W	W	L	1973-03-27	Luton Town	H
8	0	Middlesbrough	36	10	5	3	22	12	3	7	8	13	26	0.921	38	D	D	W	L	W	1973-03-31	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Luton Town	33	5	8	5	23	22	8	2	5	18	17	1.051	36	L	W	D	L	D	1973-03-27	Fulham	A
10	0	Millwall	35	11	3	3	29	14	3	4	11	21	28	1.19	35	L	W	L	W	W	1973-03-31	Huddersfield Town	A
11	1	Bristol City	35	5	7	4	20	15	7	4	8	27	30	1.044	35	W	D	L	L	W	1973-03-27	Aston Villa	H
12	1	Nottingham Forest	35	10	5	3	27	15	2	6	9	12	25	0.975	35	W	D	L	W	D	1973-03-31	Burnley	H
13	-2	Hull City	33	8	6	3	34	18	3	5	8	17	29	1.085	33	L	W	D	W	L	1973-03-31	Blackpool	A
14	0	Sunderland	30	7	5	2	23	10	4	4	8	20	27	1.162	31	W	W	L	W	W	1973-03-27	Carlisle United	H
15	0	Portsmouth	35	5	6	7	18	20	5	4	8	20	27	0.809	30	D	L	L	D	L	1973-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	1	Preston North End	35	5	6	6	16	22	5	4	9	17	33	0.6	30	D	L	L	D	L	1973-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Carlisle United	34	9	4	4	36	20	1	5	11	7	21	1.049	29	D	L	W	L	L	1973-03-27	Sunderland	A
18	1	Orient	34	8	5	4	25	15	1	6	10	13	27	0.905	29	W	L	W	L	W	1973-03-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	-3	Swindon Town	36	6	8	4	25	22	2	5	11	17	35	0.737	29	L	D	W	D	L	1973-03-31	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	35	5	9	4	18	18	1	6	10	14	29	0.681	27	L	D	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Millwall	H
21	0	Cardiff City	33	10	1	5	26	16	0	5	12	8	32	0.708	26	D	L	L	L	W	1973-03-31	Fulham	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	5	6	6	25	27	1	4	13	13	46	0.521	22	W	W	D	W	L	1973-03-31	Preston North End	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Grimsby Town	Dean Court	11,393
Aimson	Lineups		Brace
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Watford	Eastville	6,798
Butler OG, Bannister	Lineups		Jennings
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	The Valley	5,770
Powell	Lineups		Curtis OG, Price
Chesterfield	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,740
Wilson, Large	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Shay	1,839
Burgin, Wilkie	Lineups		Lugg
Port Vale	1	1	Notts County	Vale Park	8,920
Williams	Lineups		Randall (p)
Rochdale	0	1	Brentford	Spotland	1,747
	Lineups		Allen
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Rotherham United	Old Showground	2,357
Kirk (p), Fletcher	Lineups		Gilbert
Southend United	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Roots Hall	8,046
Taylor	Lineups		Jones P
Swansea City	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Vetch Field	3,062
	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	York City	Fellows Park	4,051
	Lineups

				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	37	15	3	0	35	7	5	6	8	22	25	1.781	49	D	W	W	D	W	1973-03-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Notts County	39	14	3	2	30	11	5	5	10	21	32	1.186	46	D	W	W	D	L	1973-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	39	12	6	2	40	15	3	8	8	20	23	1.579	44	D	W	L	D	L	1973-03-31	Charlton Athletic	A
4	1	Bristol Rovers	40	15	4	1	49	16	1	8	11	16	33	1.327	44	W	L	L	W	D	1973-03-31	Southend United	H
5	-1	Oldham Athletic	38	11	4	4	35	16	5	8	6	27	31	1.319	44	D	L	D	D	W	1973-03-27	Chesterfield	H
6	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	6	3	27	11	7	4	8	19	28	1.179	44	W	L	W	L	L	1973-03-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Grimsby Town	39	14	1	4	40	15	4	6	10	20	33	1.25	43	D	D	D	L	D	1973-03-31	Wrexham	H
8	1	Port Vale	37	13	4	2	33	18	4	5	9	10	34	0.827	43	D	W	L	W	W	1973-03-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-3	Tranmere Rovers	39	11	7	2	35	14	3	7	9	15	25	1.282	42	D	D	W	L	L	1973-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	39	11	5	4	40	19	5	3	11	20	34	1.132	40	L	D	W	D	W	1973-03-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	0	York City	39	8	9	2	21	8	4	5	11	16	25	1.121	38	D	L	W	L	D	1973-03-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	37	12	2	5	36	18	3	5	10	21	34	1.096	37	L	L	W	D	W	1973-03-26	York City	A
13	3	Chesterfield	38	10	4	5	31	19	4	5	10	16	26	1.044	37	W	W	D	W	D	1973-03-27	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-1	Rochdale	38	6	8	6	16	21	5	7	6	21	22	0.86	37	L	W	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Chesterfield	A
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	38	9	9	1	25	14	3	4	12	12	30	0.841	37	L	L	W	D	D	1973-03-27	Port Vale	H
16	1	Southend United	39	10	6	4	27	13	3	4	12	16	33	0.935	36	D	W	W	W	D	1973-03-31	Bristol Rovers	A
17	1	Walsall	38	12	2	4	31	19	3	4	13	17	37	0.857	36	D	W	L	W	D	1973-03-31	Watford	A
18	-3	Wrexham	39	8	9	2	28	20	2	7	11	13	28	0.854	36	D	D	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Rotherham United	40	10	4	5	29	22	4	3	14	15	36	0.759	35	L	L	W	L	W	1973-03-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
20	0	Watford	38	9	6	3	26	18	1	7	12	9	22	0.875	33	L	D	D	D	D	1973-03-28	Halifax Town	H
21	1	Brentford	39	12	4	5	31	15	2	1	15	12	40	0.782	33	W	D	L	L	L	1973-03-31	York City	A
22	-1	Swansea City	39	9	5	5	31	24	3	4	13	13	38	0.71	33	D	L	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Halifax Town	H
23	0	Halifax Town	36	5	7	6	17	18	3	6	9	11	22	0.7	29	W	D	W	W	L	1973-03-28	Watford	A
24	0	Scunthorpe United	39	7	6	7	16	22	2	2	15	11	38	0.45	26	W	L	L	D	D	1973-03-30	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	2	Aldershot	Oakwell	2,100
	Lineups		Howarth, Dean
Bury	1	1	Hartlepool	Gigg Lane	2,358
Williams G (p)	Lineups		Coyne
Cambridge United	1	0	Chester	Abbey Stadium	3,935
Lill	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Northampton Town	Gresty Road	1,577
Humphreys	Lineups
Hereford United	3	0	Peterborough United	Edgar Street	9,515
Jenkins, Owen, Radford	Lineups
Lincoln City	5	3	Stockport County	Sincil Bank	3,562
Ward 3, Harding 2	Lineups		Lawther, Griffiths 2
Mansfield Town	1	1	Colchester United	Field Mill	4,664
Ellis	Lineups		Foley
Newport County	2	0	Exeter City	Somerton Park	4,817
Brown, Passey	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Bradford City	Elm Park	4,700
Napier OG, Freeman	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Southport	Plainmoor	3,515
Gregson OG, Jackson	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Gillingham	Borough Park	918
Rowlands	Lineups		Yeo
Footnotes
Darlington to apply for re-election

				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	39	15	3	2	37	18	7	6	6	27	25	1.488	53	L	L	W	D	D	1973-03-30	Stockport County	H
2	0	Hereford United	40	15	4	1	35	12	5	7	8	17	21	1.576	51	W	W	W	W	D	1973-03-31	Aldershot	A
3	0	Mansfield Town	39	13	6	0	45	14	5	6	9	23	28	1.619	48	D	D	D	W	W	1973-03-26	Newport County	H
4	0	Cambridge United	40	12	6	2	35	21	4	10	6	23	30	1.137	48	W	L	W	D	W	1973-03-31	Workington	H
5	0	Newport County	38	12	4	3	30	14	7	5	7	22	22	1.444	47	W	D	L	D	W	1973-03-26	Mansfield Town	A
6	0	Aldershot	39	12	5	3	28	12	6	4	9	22	23	1.429	45	W	L	W	W	W	1973-03-31	Hereford United	H
7	2	Reading	36	12	6	2	29	6	2	7	7	12	22	1.464	41	W	W	L	W	L	1973-03-30	Colchester United	A
8	-1	Stockport County	38	11	6	2	31	15	4	5	10	15	27	1.095	41	L	W	W	D	L	1973-03-30	Southport	A
9	-1	Exeter City	38	12	6	1	36	16	4	3	12	13	30	1.065	41	L	L	D	L	D	1973-03-31	Northampton Town	H
10	0	Workington	39	13	7	1	40	20	2	3	13	11	33	0.962	40	D	D	L	W	L	1973-03-31	Cambridge United	A
11	1	Lincoln City	39	9	6	4	32	24	3	9	8	23	25	1.122	39	W	W	D	W	L	1973-03-31	Mansfield Town	A
12	-1	Gillingham	38	11	4	4	34	17	3	7	9	17	30	1.085	39	D	D	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Bradford City	A
13	2	Hartlepool	39	8	8	3	15	9	4	6	10	14	28	0.784	38	D	W	L	W	L	1973-03-31	Peterborough United	H
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	7	3	25	11	4	4	12	17	30	1.024	37	W	W	L	D	L	1973-03-31	Bury	A
15	-1	Bradford City	38	10	4	4	33	17	4	5	11	17	34	0.98	37	L	D	W	L	W	1973-03-28	Bury	H
16	0	Barnsley	39	8	7	5	27	21	4	5	10	21	34	0.873	36	L	D	W	L	L	1973-03-31	Newport County	A
17	0	Chester	38	9	5	5	35	17	2	8	9	16	27	1.159	35	L	D	L	W	L	1973-03-28	Northampton Town	H
18	0	Peterborough United	38	10	6	4	40	26	2	5	11	24	42	0.941	35	L	W	W	D	W	1973-03-31	Hartlepool	A
19	0	Bury	37	7	7	5	21	19	2	10	6	16	24	0.86	35	D	D	L	W	D	1973-03-28	Bradford City	A
20	0	Torquay United	39	8	7	4	20	13	2	7	11	16	27	0.9	34	W	D	L	D	D	1973-03-31	Chester	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	6	7	6	16	18	2	9	8	17	31	0.673	32	W	D	L	W	L	1973-03-31	Darlington	A
22	0	Northampton Town	39	6	6	7	20	22	3	4	13	15	36	0.603	28	L	D	L	L	L	1973-03-28	Chester	A
23	0	Colchester United	37	5	7	5	23	21	2	2	16	11	42	0.54	23	D	L	L	L	D	1973-03-30	Reading	H
24	0	Darlington	40	2	8	9	22	39	2	5	14	13	38	0.455	21	L	D	D	L	D	1973-03-31	Crewe Alexandra	H