1973-04-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	0	Sunderland	Turf Moor	22,852	Largest home gate 1972-73
Fletcher 2	Lineups
Footnotes
Burnley promoted

				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	38	11	6	2	38	18	10	7	2	25	16	1.853	55	W	W	L	W	W	1973-04-20	Oxford United	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	14	4	1	50	13	6	8	4	23	24	1.973	52	W	L	W	W	W	1973-04-18	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Aston Villa	38	11	5	4	25	16	6	6	6	21	27	1.07	45	W	W	W	L	D	1973-04-21	Luton Town	A
4	0	Blackpool	39	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	9	19	30	1.149	44	W	L	W	L	W	1973-04-21	Bristol City	A
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	10	18	30	1.16	43	W	L	W	L	D	1973-04-21	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	Fulham	38	11	5	4	32	16	4	6	8	22	27	1.256	41	W	L	D	L	L	1973-04-20	Swindon Town	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	39	10	6	3	23	13	4	7	9	16	28	0.951	41	W	D	L	D	D	1973-04-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	0	Oxford United	38	13	1	4	33	14	4	5	11	15	25	1.231	40	L	W	L	W	D	1973-04-20	Burnley	H
9	0	Bristol City	39	7	7	4	27	16	7	5	9	29	33	1.143	40	L	W	D	W	W	1973-04-21	Blackpool	H
10	0	Luton Town	38	6	8	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	0.915	40	L	L	W	L	W	1973-04-21	Aston Villa	H
11	0	Sunderland	35	10	6	2	32	13	4	4	9	20	29	1.238	38	L	W	W	D	W	1973-04-21	Hull City	A
12	0	Millwall	38	12	3	3	31	15	3	5	12	21	29	1.182	38	D	W	L	L	W	1973-04-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	0	Hull City	37	9	6	4	39	20	4	5	9	21	33	1.132	37	W	W	L	L	L	1973-04-21	Sunderland	H
14	0	Nottingham Forest	38	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	10	12	28	0.935	37	L	L	W	W	D	1973-04-21	Preston North End	A
15	0	Swindon Town	39	7	9	4	26	22	2	6	11	18	36	0.759	33	D	D	W	L	D	1973-04-20	Fulham	A
16	0	Portsmouth	38	6	6	7	19	20	5	4	10	20	34	0.722	32	L	W	L	D	L	1973-04-20	Orient	H
17	0	Carlisle United	38	10	4	5	38	21	1	5	13	9	27	0.979	31	L	L	W	L	D	1973-04-21	Oxford United	A
18	0	Orient	37	9	5	4	28	15	1	6	12	14	31	0.913	31	L	W	L	W	L	1973-04-20	Portsmouth	A
19	0	Preston North End	38	5	7	6	16	22	5	4	11	17	37	0.559	31	L	D	L	D	L	1973-04-21	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	39	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	11	14	32	0.635	30	L	L	D	W	L	1973-04-21	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Cardiff City	36	10	2	5	27	17	0	6	13	9	34	0.706	28	L	D	D	D	L	1973-04-18	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	13	14	47	0.573	27	W	D	W	W	W	1973-04-21	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Halifax Town	Burnden Park	20,342
Lee 3	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	43	16	4	1	39	9	7	6	9	27	28	1.784	56	W	W	D	W	L	1973-04-21	York City	H
2	0	Notts County	42	15	3	2	34	11	6	6	10	26	34	1.333	51	W	W	D	D	W	1973-04-20	Brentford	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	7	3	31	14	8	5	8	22	30	1.205	50	W	D	D	W	W	1973-04-20	Rotherham United	H
4	0	Port Vale	42	14	5	2	36	19	6	5	10	15	38	0.895	50	W	D	W	L	W	1973-04-20	Southend United	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	43	16	4	2	52	19	2	8	11	18	33	1.346	48	W	W	L	W	L	1973-04-20	Swansea City	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	42	12	6	4	40	18	5	8	7	27	33	1.314	48	D	L	D	W	D	1973-04-20	Rochdale	H
7	0	AFC Bournemouth	42	13	6	2	42	15	3	9	9	22	26	1.561	47	L	W	D	D	W	1973-04-20	Walsall	H
8	0	Grimsby Town	42	15	1	5	42	16	4	6	11	20	37	1.17	45	W	L	L	D	D	1973-04-20	Chesterfield	H
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	8	2	37	16	3	8	10	17	29	1.2	44	L	D	D	D	D	1973-04-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	0	Charlton Athletic	42	12	6	4	43	21	5	3	12	21	37	1.103	43	W	L	D	L	D	1973-04-20	Watford	A
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	2	6	39	23	4	6	10	25	37	1.067	42	L	D	W	W	L	1973-04-21	Wrexham	A
12	0	Chesterfield	42	12	4	5	35	21	4	5	12	18	32	1	41	W	L	W	L	W	1973-04-20	Grimsby Town	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	9	3	31	21	4	4	12	14	31	0.865	41	L	W	W	L	L	1973-04-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	0	Rotherham United	43	12	4	5	31	22	5	3	14	16	36	0.81	41	W	W	W	L	L	1973-04-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	0	Southend United	42	11	6	4	30	13	4	4	13	18	35	1	40	L	W	W	D	W	1973-04-20	Port Vale	H
16	0	Wrexham	42	9	9	2	29	20	3	7	12	15	30	0.88	40	L	W	W	D	D	1973-04-20	York City	A
17	0	Rochdale	42	6	8	7	16	22	6	8	7	24	25	0.851	40	W	D	L	L	L	1973-04-20	Oldham Athletic	A
18	0	Watford	42	11	7	3	31	21	1	8	12	10	23	0.932	39	D	D	W	W	L	1973-04-20	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	York City	43	8	9	5	23	13	4	5	12	16	28	0.951	38	L	L	L	L	D	1973-04-20	Wrexham	H
20	0	Walsall	41	13	2	4	34	21	3	4	15	18	40	0.852	38	L	W	L	D	W	1973-04-20	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	Brentford	43	12	4	6	32	17	3	2	16	17	45	0.79	36	D	L	L	W	W	1973-04-20	Notts County	H
22	0	Swansea City	43	10	5	7	35	28	3	4	14	13	39	0.716	35	L	L	L	W	D	1973-04-20	Bristol Rovers	A
23	0	Halifax Town	42	6	8	6	22	22	3	7	12	13	30	0.673	33	L	D	D	W	L	1973-04-21	Charlton Athletic	H
24	0	Scunthorpe United	42	7	6	8	16	24	2	2	17	14	44	0.441	26	L	L	L	W	L	1973-04-21	Watford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Colchester United	1	2	Exeter City	Layer Road	3,489
Svarc	Lineups		Binney 2

				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	42	17	3	2	39	18	7	6	7	27	27	1.467	57	W	L	W	L	L	1973-04-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Cambridge United	43	14	6	2	37	21	5	10	6	25	31	1.192	54	W	W	W	W	L	1973-04-21	Lincoln City	A
3	0	Hereford United	43	16	4	1	37	12	5	7	10	17	26	1.421	53	L	W	L	W	W	1973-04-18	Stockport County	H
4	0	Aldershot	42	14	5	3	32	13	7	4	9	24	23	1.556	51	W	W	W	W	L	1973-04-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Mansfield Town	43	14	7	1	47	17	5	6	10	23	30	1.489	51	W	L	L	D	D	1973-04-20	Hartlepool	A
6	0	Newport County	42	12	6	3	31	15	7	6	8	22	24	1.359	50	D	L	D	D	W	1973-04-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	1	Exeter City	43	13	7	2	40	18	5	4	12	16	32	1.12	47	W	L	D	D	W	1973-04-21	Peterborough United	A
8	-1	Reading	41	13	6	2	31	6	2	9	9	14	29	1.286	45	L	L	W	D	D	1973-04-21	Chester	H
9	0	Lincoln City	42	10	6	4	34	25	4	9	9	25	26	1.157	43	L	W	W	W	W	1973-04-20	Peterborough United	H
10	0	Stockport County	41	12	6	2	33	16	4	5	12	15	31	1.021	43	L	W	L	L	W	1973-04-18	Hereford United	A
11	0	Workington	43	14	7	1	42	20	2	4	15	14	38	0.966	43	D	L	W	L	D	1973-04-20	Bury	H
12	0	Bury	42	10	7	5	33	19	2	11	7	17	26	1.111	42	W	W	L	W	D	1973-04-20	Workington	A
13	0	Gillingham	41	12	4	4	36	18	3	7	11	18	34	1.038	41	L	W	L	D	D	1973-04-21	Southport	H
14	0	Bradford City	42	11	6	4	38	20	4	5	12	18	36	1	41	D	L	W	D	L	1973-04-20	Darlington	A
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	10	7	3	27	12	5	4	13	18	35	0.957	41	W	W	L	W	W	1973-04-21	Newport County	H
16	0	Barnsley	42	8	8	5	28	22	5	6	10	26	36	0.931	40	W	D	D	L	D	1973-04-20	Chester	A
17	0	Chester	42	11	5	6	40	19	2	8	10	17	29	1.188	39	W	L	L	W	L	1973-04-20	Barnsley	H
18	0	Peterborough United	42	10	7	4	41	27	3	5	13	26	45	0.931	38	L	L	D	W	L	1973-04-20	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Hartlepool	42	8	8	5	16	14	4	6	11	15	30	0.705	38	L	L	L	D	W	1973-04-20	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Torquay United	42	8	7	5	21	15	3	7	12	19	30	0.889	36	L	L	W	W	D	1973-04-20	Colchester United	H
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	7	7	6	18	19	2	10	9	18	34	0.679	35	D	W	L	W	D	1973-04-18	Southport	H
22	0	Northampton Town	43	6	6	8	20	24	3	5	15	16	43	0.537	29	D	L	L	L	L	1973-04-21	Hartlepool	H
23	0	Colchester United	42	7	8	6	30	25	2	2	17	12	44	0.609	28	L	W	W	L	D	1973-04-20	Torquay United	A
24	0	Darlington	44	4	9	9	27	41	2	6	14	14	39	0.513	27	D	W	D	W	L	1973-04-20	Bradford City	H