1973-04-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	1	Stoke City	St Andrew's	32,513
Page, Francis, Hatton	Lineups		Robertson
Chelsea	2	1	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	19,699
Hollins, Brolly	Lineups		Kirkup
Derby County	1	1	West Ham United	Baseball Ground	28,727
Gemmill (p)	Lineups		Lutton
Everton	0	0	Arsenal	Goodison Park	42,888
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portman Road	23,932
Morris, Whymark	Lineups		Richards
Leeds United	4	0	Crystal Palace	Elland Road	31,173
Bremner, Lorimer, Gray F, Clarke	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Manchester City	Old Trafford	61,676	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1972-73
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	1	Liverpool	St James' Park	37,240
Tudor 2	Lineups		Keegan
Sheffield United	3	1	Coventry City	Bramall Lane	19,992
Coop OG, Bone, Dearden	Lineups		Barry
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	23,312
Gilzean	Lineups		Weller
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Norwich City	The Hawthorns	23,263
	Lineups		Cross

				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	40	16	2	1	43	19	8	7	6	27	23	1.667	57	L	W	W	L	D	1973-04-23	Leeds United	H
2	0	Arsenal	39	14	5	2	31	14	8	5	5	21	20	1.529	54	D	D	L	W	W	1973-04-23	Southampton	A
3	0	Leeds United	38	14	4	2	39	12	6	7	5	24	25	1.703	51	W	L	D	W	L	1973-04-23	Liverpool	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	39	10	6	4	33	19	7	6	6	20	21	1.325	46	W	D	D	L	L	1973-04-24	Leicester City	A
5	0	West Ham United	40	12	5	3	44	23	5	6	9	22	28	1.294	45	D	W	D	W	W	1973-04-23	Birmingham City	A
6	1	Newcastle United	40	12	5	3	35	19	4	7	9	23	29	1.208	44	W	L	D	L	D	1973-04-25	Everton	H
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	9	4	6	28	19	6	8	6	23	22	1.244	42	D	W	D	L	W	1973-04-28	Newcastle United	H
8	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	3	5	37	23	5	7	6	21	24	1.234	42	L	W	D	D	W	1973-04-23	Norwich City	H
9	0	Derby County	39	12	3	3	34	17	4	5	12	13	36	0.887	40	D	L	W	W	L	1973-04-28	Everton	H
10	0	Manchester City	40	12	4	4	34	17	2	7	11	19	39	0.946	39	D	W	W	D	W	1973-04-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	2	Birmingham City	39	9	6	3	34	19	4	5	12	14	32	0.941	37	W	W	W	W	W	1973-04-23	West Ham United	H
12	-1	Southampton	40	7	10	2	21	14	3	7	11	21	35	0.857	37	L	L	D	W	L	1973-04-23	Arsenal	H
13	-1	Manchester United	40	9	7	4	23	17	3	6	11	20	40	0.754	37	D	W	D	W	W	1973-04-23	Sheffield United	H
14	3	Chelsea	40	7	6	6	27	22	4	8	9	19	29	0.902	36	W	L	L	L	L	1973-04-23	Coventry City	H
15	-1	Everton	40	9	5	7	27	21	4	5	10	13	25	0.87	36	D	W	L	L	W	1973-04-25	Newcastle United	A
16	2	Leicester City	40	7	8	5	22	17	3	7	10	17	28	0.867	35	D	W	L	L	D	1973-04-24	Ipswich Town	H
17	2	Sheffield United	39	10	4	6	25	16	3	5	11	20	39	0.818	35	W	L	W	D	W	1973-04-23	Manchester United	A
18	-3	Coventry City	40	9	5	7	27	24	4	4	11	13	26	0.8	35	L	L	L	L	L	1973-04-23	Chelsea	A
19	-3	Stoke City	40	9	8	2	34	17	3	2	16	23	39	1.018	34	L	D	W	W	W	1973-04-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	2	Norwich City	39	6	9	5	20	18	4	1	14	14	39	0.596	30	W	W	L	D	L	1973-04-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Crystal Palace	40	7	7	7	25	21	1	5	13	12	33	0.685	28	L	L	D	L	L	1973-04-24	Norwich City	A
22	-1	West Bromwich Albion	40	8	7	5	24	22	1	3	16	11	35	0.614	28	L	L	W	W	L	1973-04-25	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	3	0	Blackpool	Ashton Gate	11,537
Emanuel, Fear, Gould	Lineups
Burnley	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Turf Moor	15,698
Dobson, Casper, James	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	1	Huddersfield Town	Ninian Park	12,353
McCulloch 2, Reece 2	Lineups		Gowling
Hull City	0	2	Sunderland	Boothferry Park	12,637
	Lineups		Halom, Hughes W
Luton Town	0	0	Aston Villa	Kenilworth Road	10,981
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ayresome Park	8,119
Gates, Hickton, Foggon	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Den, New Cross	16,212	Largest home gate 1972-73
	Lineups		Givens
Orient	1	0	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	6,386
Queen	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Carlisle United	Manor Ground	4,954
Cassidy	Lineups		Laidlaw
Portsmouth	1	2	Fulham	Fratton Park	9,192
Cutbush OG	Lineups		Conway J 2
Preston North End	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Deepdale	7,701
Young (p), Bruce	Lineups		Hindley
Footnotes
Queens Park Rangers 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	40	12	6	2	41	18	11	7	2	27	16	2	59	W	W	W	W	L	1973-04-24	Luton Town	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	14	4	1	50	13	7	9	4	24	24	2	55	W	D	W	L	W	1973-04-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Aston Villa	39	11	5	4	25	16	6	7	6	21	27	1.07	46	D	W	W	W	L	1973-04-23	Millwall	A
4	2	Fulham	40	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	8	24	28	1.273	44	W	D	W	L	D	1973-04-23	Orient	A
5	-1	Blackpool	40	11	6	3	35	17	6	4	10	19	33	1.08	44	L	W	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Nottingham Forest	H
6	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	14	3	3	40	20	3	6	11	18	33	1.094	43	L	W	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Carlisle United	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	40	11	6	3	26	13	4	7	9	16	28	1.024	43	W	W	D	L	D	1973-04-23	Luton Town	A
8	1	Bristol City	40	8	7	4	30	16	7	5	9	29	33	1.204	42	W	L	W	D	W	1973-04-23	Preston North End	H
9	-1	Oxford United	40	13	2	5	34	17	4	5	11	15	25	1.167	41	D	L	L	W	L	1973-04-24	Preston North End	A
10	0	Luton Town	39	6	9	5	24	22	9	2	8	19	25	0.915	41	D	L	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Middlesbrough	H
11	0	Sunderland	36	10	6	2	32	13	5	4	9	22	29	1.286	40	W	L	W	W	D	1973-04-23	Cardiff City	H
12	0	Millwall	39	12	3	4	31	16	3	5	12	21	29	1.156	38	L	D	W	L	L	1973-04-23	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Hull City	38	9	6	5	39	22	4	5	9	21	33	1.091	37	L	W	W	L	L	1973-04-23	Huddersfield Town	H
14	0	Nottingham Forest	39	11	5	4	31	18	2	6	11	13	30	0.917	37	L	L	L	W	W	1973-04-23	Blackpool	A
15	0	Swindon Town	41	7	9	4	26	22	2	7	12	18	37	0.746	34	L	D	D	D	W	1973-04-24	Hull City	H
16	0	Portsmouth	40	7	6	8	21	22	5	4	10	20	34	0.732	34	L	W	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Orient	39	10	5	4	29	15	1	6	13	14	32	0.915	33	W	L	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Fulham	H
18	1	Preston North End	39	6	7	6	18	23	5	4	11	17	37	0.583	33	W	L	D	L	D	1973-04-23	Bristol City	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	39	10	4	5	38	21	1	6	13	10	28	0.98	32	D	L	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	1	Cardiff City	38	11	3	5	31	18	0	6	13	9	34	0.769	31	W	D	L	D	D	1973-04-23	Sunderland	A
21	-1	Huddersfield Town	40	6	9	5	19	20	1	7	12	15	36	0.607	30	L	L	L	D	W	1973-04-23	Hull City	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	7	6	6	29	28	1	5	14	14	50	0.551	27	L	W	D	W	W	1973-04-23	Portsmouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Swansea City	Dean Court	8,579
Gabriel, Aimson	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	York City	Burnden Park	19,999
Nicholson, Lee 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	0	Charlton Athletic	The Shay	1,665
Waddle, Wilkie, Shanahan	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	22,712
	Lineups
Port Vale	3	0	Grimsby Town	Vale Park	3,772
Woodward 2, Williams	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Watford	Old Showground	1,687
Fletcher	Lineups
Southend United	5	1	Chesterfield	Roots Hall	7,375
Best 2, Guthrie 2, Moore	Lineups		Downes
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Prenton Park	3,561
	Lineups		McNeill
Walsall	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Fellows Park	4,020
Jones C	Lineups
Wrexham	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Racecourse Ground	3,468
Griffiths (p)	Lineups		Welsh 2
Footnotes
Swansea City relegated
Bolton Wanderers champions

				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	44	17	4	1	42	9	7	6	9	27	28	1.865	58	W	W	W	D	W	1973-04-23	Port Vale	A
2	0	Notts County	44	15	4	2	34	11	6	7	10	27	35	1.326	53	D	D	W	W	D	1973-04-23	Scunthorpe United	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	44	12	7	3	33	15	8	6	8	22	30	1.222	53	D	W	W	D	D	1973-04-24	Scunthorpe United	A
4	1	Port Vale	44	15	5	2	39	19	6	5	11	15	43	0.871	52	W	L	W	D	W	1973-04-23	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	1	Oldham Athletic	44	12	7	4	40	18	6	8	7	28	33	1.333	51	W	D	D	L	D	1973-04-23	Rotherham United	A
6	-2	Bristol Rovers	44	17	4	2	55	20	2	8	11	18	33	1.377	50	W	W	W	L	W	1973-04-24	Charlton Athletic	A
7	0	AFC Bournemouth	44	14	6	3	44	16	3	9	9	22	26	1.571	49	W	L	L	W	D	1973-04-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Grimsby Town	44	16	1	5	44	17	4	6	12	20	40	1.123	47	L	W	W	L	L	1973-04-23	Rochdale	A
9	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	12	8	3	38	17	3	8	10	17	29	1.196	46	L	W	L	D	D	1973-04-24	Chesterfield	A
10	1	Southend United	44	13	6	4	40	14	4	4	13	18	35	1.184	44	W	W	L	W	W	1973-04-24	Halifax Town	A
11	1	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	2	6	39	23	5	6	10	27	38	1.082	44	W	L	D	W	W	1973-04-23	Watford	H
12	-2	Charlton Athletic	44	12	6	4	43	21	5	4	13	22	41	1.048	44	L	D	W	L	D	1973-04-24	Bristol Rovers	H
13	6	Walsall	43	14	2	4	35	21	4	4	15	19	40	0.885	42	W	W	L	W	L	1973-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	-1	Chesterfield	44	12	4	5	35	21	4	5	14	20	39	0.917	41	L	L	W	L	W	1973-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	-1	Wrexham	44	9	9	3	30	22	3	8	12	16	31	0.868	41	L	D	L	W	W	1973-04-23	Brentford	H
16	-1	Rochdale	43	6	8	7	16	22	6	9	7	24	25	0.851	41	D	W	D	L	L	1973-04-23	Grimsby Town	H
17	-1	Shrewsbury Town	44	10	9	3	31	21	4	4	14	14	33	0.833	41	L	L	L	W	W	1973-04-24	AFC Bournemouth	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	44	12	4	5	31	22	5	3	15	17	38	0.8	41	L	W	W	W	L	1973-04-23	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-1	Watford	44	11	8	3	32	22	1	8	13	10	24	0.913	40	L	D	D	D	W	1973-04-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	York City	45	8	10	5	24	14	4	5	13	16	31	0.889	39	L	D	L	L	L	1973-04-28	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Brentford	44	12	5	6	33	18	3	2	16	17	45	0.794	37	D	D	L	L	W	1973-04-23	Wrexham	A
22	1	Halifax Town	43	7	8	6	25	22	3	7	12	13	30	0.731	35	W	L	D	D	W	1973-04-24	Southend United	H
23	-1	Swansea City	45	10	5	7	35	28	3	4	16	14	44	0.681	35	L	L	L	L	L	1973-04-28	Charlton Athletic	H
24	0	Scunthorpe United	43	8	6	8	17	24	2	2	17	14	44	0.456	28	W	L	L	L	W	1973-04-23	Notts County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Bury	Oakwell	2,741
	Lineups		Connelly
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Aldershot	Gresty Road	1,670
	Lineups		Brown, Melledew
Doncaster Rovers	1	5	Newport County	Belle Vue	1,942
Elwiss	Lineups		Screen, Jones D, Coldrick, Hill, Brown
Gillingham	2	0	Southport	Priestfield Stadium	3,895
Yeo, Dunleavy OG	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Cambridge United	Sincil Bank	4,801
McNeil 2	Lineups		Greenhalgh
Northampton Town	3	1	Hartlepool	County Ground	1,478
Dawes OG, Hold, Hawkins	Lineups		Roberts OG
Peterborough United	1	1	Exeter City	London Road	4,593
Turner	Lineups		Giles
Reading	2	1	Chester	Elm Park	4,624
Chappell 2	Lineups		Wallace (p)
Stockport County	3	1	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	2,204
Lawther 2, Charter	Lineups		Baker

				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	44	17	3	2	39	18	8	6	8	29	29	1.447	59	L	W	W	L	W	1973-04-23	Hartlepool	H
2	0	Hereford United	44	17	4	1	38	12	5	7	10	17	26	1.447	55	W	L	W	L	W	1973-04-24	Torquay United	A
3	0	Cambridge United	44	14	6	2	37	21	5	10	7	26	33	1.167	54	L	W	W	W	W	1973-04-24	Aldershot	A
4	1	Aldershot	43	14	5	3	32	13	8	4	9	26	23	1.611	53	W	W	W	W	W	1973-04-23	Reading	A
5	-1	Mansfield Town	44	14	7	1	47	17	5	7	10	24	31	1.479	52	D	W	L	L	D	1973-04-24	Darlington	H
6	0	Newport County	43	12	6	3	31	15	8	6	8	27	25	1.45	52	W	D	L	D	D	1973-04-23	Stockport County	A
7	0	Exeter City	44	13	7	2	40	18	5	5	12	17	33	1.118	48	D	W	L	D	D	1973-04-23	Chester	H
8	0	Reading	42	14	6	2	33	7	2	9	9	14	29	1.306	47	W	L	L	W	D	1973-04-23	Aldershot	H
9	0	Lincoln City	44	12	6	4	37	26	4	9	9	25	26	1.192	47	W	W	L	W	W	1973-04-24	Barnsley	A
10	1	Stockport County	43	13	6	2	36	17	4	5	13	15	32	1.041	45	W	L	L	W	L	1973-04-23	Newport County	H
11	-1	Workington	44	15	7	1	44	20	2	4	15	14	38	1	45	W	D	L	W	L	1973-04-24	Newport County	A
12	0	Bury	44	10	7	5	33	19	3	11	8	18	28	1.085	44	W	L	W	W	L	1973-04-23	Colchester United	H
13	0	Gillingham	42	13	4	4	38	18	3	7	11	18	34	1.077	43	W	L	W	L	D	1973-04-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	0	Bradford City	44	11	6	4	38	20	4	5	14	19	40	0.95	41	L	L	D	L	W	1973-04-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	1	Barnsley	44	8	8	6	28	23	5	7	10	26	36	0.915	41	L	D	W	D	D	1973-04-24	Lincoln City	H
16	-1	Doncaster Rovers	43	10	7	4	28	17	5	4	13	18	35	0.885	41	L	W	W	L	W	1973-04-23	Bradford City	A
17	0	Chester	44	11	6	6	40	19	2	8	11	18	31	1.16	40	L	D	W	L	L	1973-04-23	Exeter City	A
18	1	Peterborough United	44	10	8	4	42	28	3	5	14	26	46	0.919	39	D	L	L	L	D	1973-04-24	Gillingham	H
19	-1	Hartlepool	44	8	9	5	17	15	4	6	12	16	33	0.688	39	L	D	L	L	L	1973-04-23	Southport	A
20	0	Torquay United	43	8	8	5	21	15	3	7	12	19	30	0.889	37	D	L	L	W	W	1973-04-23	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	7	7	8	18	23	2	10	9	18	34	0.632	35	L	L	D	W	L	1973-04-23	Gillingham	A
22	1	Northampton Town	44	7	6	8	23	25	3	5	15	16	43	0.574	31	W	D	L	L	L	1973-04-23	Torquay United	H
23	-1	Colchester United	43	7	8	6	30	25	2	3	17	12	44	0.609	29	D	L	W	W	L	1973-04-23	Bury	A
24	0	Darlington	45	5	9	9	28	41	2	6	14	14	39	0.525	29	W	D	W	D	W	1973-04-24	Mansfield Town	A