1973-04-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Port Vale	0	0	Rochdale	Vale Park	6,413
	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	41	15	4	1	36	9	6	6	9	25	28	1.649	52	D	W	L	L	D	1973-04-13	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	Notts County	41	15	3	2	34	11	5	6	10	22	33	1.273	49	W	D	D	W	W	1973-04-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	10	7	3	29	13	8	5	8	22	30	1.186	48	D	D	W	W	L	1973-04-14	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	2	Port Vale	41	14	5	2	36	19	5	5	10	14	38	0.877	48	D	W	L	W	D	1973-04-14	Swansea City	A
5	-1	AFC Bournemouth	41	13	6	2	42	15	3	9	8	21	24	1.615	47	W	D	D	W	L	1973-04-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	41	12	5	4	39	17	5	8	7	27	33	1.32	47	L	D	W	D	L	1973-04-14	Halifax Town	H
7	0	Bristol Rovers	42	15	4	2	50	18	2	8	11	18	33	1.333	46	W	L	W	L	L	1973-04-14	Walsall	H
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	11	8	2	37	16	3	8	9	17	27	1.256	44	D	D	D	D	W	1973-04-14	Grimsby Town	A
9	0	Grimsby Town	41	14	1	5	40	16	4	6	11	20	37	1.132	43	L	L	D	D	D	1973-04-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	2	5	38	19	4	6	10	25	37	1.125	42	D	W	W	L	L	1973-04-14	Notts County	H
11	0	Charlton Athletic	41	11	6	4	41	20	5	3	12	21	37	1.088	41	L	D	L	D	W	1973-04-14	Wrexham	H
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	10	9	2	31	19	4	4	12	14	31	0.9	41	W	W	L	L	L	1973-04-13	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	0	Southend United	41	11	6	4	30	13	4	4	12	18	34	1.021	40	W	W	D	W	W	1973-04-14	Rotherham United	A
14	0	Wrexham	41	9	9	2	29	20	3	7	11	14	28	0.896	40	W	W	D	D	L	1973-04-14	Charlton Athletic	A
15	0	Chesterfield	41	11	4	5	33	20	4	5	12	18	32	0.981	39	L	W	L	W	W	1973-04-14	Scunthorpe United	H
16	0	Rotherham United	42	11	4	5	30	22	5	3	14	16	36	0.793	39	W	W	L	L	W	1973-04-14	Southend United	H
17	0	York City	42	8	9	4	22	11	4	5	12	16	28	0.974	38	L	L	L	D	L	1973-04-14	Rochdale	H
18	0	Watford	41	11	6	3	29	19	1	8	12	10	23	0.929	38	D	W	W	L	D	1973-04-14	Brentford	H
19	0	Walsall	40	13	2	4	34	21	3	4	14	17	38	0.864	38	W	L	D	W	L	1973-04-14	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Rochdale	41	6	8	7	16	22	5	8	7	22	24	0.826	38	D	L	L	L	W	1973-04-14	York City	A
21	0	Brentford	42	12	4	6	32	17	3	1	16	15	43	0.783	35	L	L	W	W	D	1973-04-14	Watford	A
22	0	Swansea City	42	10	5	6	35	27	3	4	14	13	39	0.727	35	L	L	W	D	L	1973-04-14	Port Vale	H
23	0	Halifax Town	40	6	8	6	22	22	3	6	11	12	26	0.708	32	D	W	L	L	W	1973-04-14	Oldham Athletic	A
24	0	Scunthorpe United	41	7	6	8	16	24	2	2	16	13	42	0.439	26	L	L	W	L	L	1973-04-14	Chesterfield	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	1	0	Peterborough United	Layer Road	2,437
Foley	Lineups
Darlington	2	1	Workington	Feethams Ground	1,578
Sinclair, Sproates (p)	Lineups		McDonald

				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	41	16	3	2	38	18	7	6	7	27	27	1.444	55	L	W	L	L	W	1973-04-14	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Hereford United	42	16	4	1	37	12	5	7	9	17	23	1.543	53	W	L	W	W	W	1973-04-14	Bury	A
3	0	Cambridge United	42	13	6	2	36	21	5	10	6	25	31	1.173	52	W	W	W	L	W	1973-04-14	Reading	H
4	0	Aldershot	41	13	5	3	30	12	7	4	9	24	23	1.543	49	W	W	W	L	W	1973-04-14	Peterborough United	H
5	0	Mansfield Town	42	13	7	1	45	16	5	6	10	23	30	1.478	49	L	L	D	D	D	1973-04-14	Torquay United	H
6	0	Newport County	41	12	5	3	31	15	7	6	8	22	24	1.359	49	L	D	D	W	D	1973-04-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	0	Reading	39	13	6	2	31	6	2	9	7	14	24	1.5	45	W	D	D	W	W	1973-04-10	Bury	A
8	0	Exeter City	41	13	7	1	40	17	4	4	12	14	31	1.125	45	D	D	W	L	L	1973-04-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	0	Lincoln City	41	10	6	4	34	25	4	9	8	25	25	1.18	43	W	W	W	W	D	1973-04-14	Southport	A
10	0	Stockport County	40	12	6	2	33	16	4	5	11	15	28	1.091	43	W	L	L	W	W	1973-04-13	Colchester United	A
11	0	Workington	42	14	7	1	42	20	2	3	15	12	36	0.964	42	L	W	L	D	D	1973-04-14	Bradford City	A
12	0	Gillingham	40	12	4	4	36	18	3	7	10	18	33	1.059	41	W	L	D	D	L	1973-04-14	Chester	A
13	0	Bradford City	41	11	5	4	36	18	4	5	12	18	36	1	40	L	W	D	L	D	1973-04-14	Workington	H
14	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	10	7	3	27	12	4	4	13	17	35	0.936	39	W	L	W	W	L	1973-04-14	Exeter City	A
15	1	Bury	40	8	7	5	26	19	2	11	7	17	26	0.956	38	L	W	D	D	D	1973-04-10	Reading	H
16	-1	Peterborough United	41	10	7	4	41	27	3	5	12	25	43	0.943	38	L	D	W	L	W	1973-04-14	Aldershot	A
17	0	Barnsley	41	8	8	5	28	22	4	6	10	22	35	0.877	38	D	D	L	D	W	1973-04-14	Hartlepool	A
18	0	Hartlepool	41	8	8	4	15	10	4	6	11	15	30	0.75	38	L	L	D	W	L	1973-04-14	Barnsley	H
19	0	Chester	41	10	5	6	39	19	2	8	10	17	29	1.167	37	L	L	W	L	D	1973-04-14	Gillingham	H
20	0	Torquay United	41	8	7	5	21	15	3	7	11	18	28	0.907	36	L	W	W	D	L	1973-04-14	Mansfield Town	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	40	7	7	6	18	19	2	9	9	18	34	0.679	34	W	L	W	D	L	1973-04-14	Newport County	A
22	0	Northampton Town	42	6	6	8	20	24	3	4	15	16	43	0.537	28	L	L	L	L	D	1973-04-14	Darlington	A
23	0	Colchester United	40	6	8	5	26	23	2	2	17	12	44	0.567	26	W	L	D	D	L	1973-04-13	Stockport County	H
24	0	Darlington	43	4	8	9	27	41	2	6	14	14	39	0.513	26	W	D	W	L	D	1973-04-14	Northampton Town	H