1973-08-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester United	Highbury	51,501	Largest home gate 1973-74
Kennedy, Radford, Ball	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	25,094
Coop	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	Chelsea	Baseball Ground	31,847
McGovern	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Leicester City	Portman Road	20,116
Munro OG	Lineups		Sammels
Leeds United	3	1	Everton	Elland Road	39,425
Bremner, Giles, Jones	Lineups		Harper
Liverpool	1	0	Stoke City	Anfield Road	52,935
Heighway	Lineups
Manchester City	3	1	Birmingham City	Maine Road	35,881
Law 2, Bell	Lineups		Hatton
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	18,602
Givens	Lineups		Channon
Sheffield United	0	2	Burnley	Bramall Lane	25,803
	Lineups		Dobson, Collins
West Ham United	1	2	Newcastle United	Upton Park	28,169
Robson	Lineups		Macdonald 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Norwich City	Molineux	22,744
Dougan 2, McCalliog	Lineups		Suggett

				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	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Leeds United	H
2	0	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Arsenal	A
3	0	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Derby County	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Sheffield United	H
5	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Chelsea	H
6	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Southampton	H
7	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Coventry City	A
8	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Liverpool	H
9	0	Derby County	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Manchester City	H
10	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-08-27	West Ham United	A
11	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Everton	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Norwich City	A
13	0	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Newcastle United	A
14	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-27	Ipswich Town	H
15	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Leicester City	H
17	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Burnley	A
19	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Stoke City	H
20	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-29	Manchester United	A
22	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-28	Birmingham City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	0	Preston North End	Villa Park	28,861
Aitken, Hockey	Lineups
Blackpool	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	14,238
Alcock, Suddaby	Lineups		Brown T 2, Glover
Bristol City	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Ashton Gate	13,288
Gould	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Cardiff City	Brunton Park	6,830
Clarke F	Lineups		Bell (P)
Crystal Palace	1	4	Notts County	Selhurst Park	20,841
Rogers	Lineups		Stubbs, Vinter, Randall 2
Fulham	2	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	12,072
Barrett, Conway JP	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Oxford United	Boothferry Park	7,721
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Luton Town	City Ground	10,793
Jackson 2 (1p), Martin, McKenzie	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Middlesbrough	Fratton Park	19,799
	Lineups		Foggon
Sunderland	1	1	Orient	Roker Park	28,211
Hughes	Lineups		Queen
Swindon Town	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	County Ground	8,267
Moss, Treacy, McGovern	Lineups		Sunley

				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	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Oxford United	A
2	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Sunderland	H
3	0	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Preston North End	A
4	0	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Millwall	A
5	0	Fulham	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Fulham	H
8	0	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Orient	A
9	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Portsmouth	H
10	0	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Luton Town	A
11	0	Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Bristol City	H
12	0	Sunderland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Notts County	A
13	0	Hull City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Nottingham Forest	H
15	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Blackpool	H
17	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Hull City	H
19	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Carlisle United	H
20	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Aston Villa	H
21	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Swindon Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	3	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	11,428
	Lineups		Warboys 2, Bannister
Aldershot	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Recreation Ground	4,749
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Southend United	Ewood Park	8,684
Endean	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	Southport	Abbey Stadium	4,565
Ross, O'Donnell	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	4	York City	The Valley	4,941
Davies, Peacock (p)	Lineups		Woodward 2, Seal, Jones
Grimsby Town	1	3	Hereford United	Blundell Park	10,709	Largest home gate 1973-74
Chatterley	Lineups		Tavener, Tucker, Evans
Halifax Town	0	0	Oldham Athletic	The Shay	4,883
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Chesterfield	Home Park	8,772
Machin	Lineups		Large
Port Vale	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Vale Park	3,717
Horton, Mountford, Woodward	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Spotland	2,306
Darling	Lineups		Bridges
Watford	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Vicarage Road	6,246
Jennings	Lineups		Hoy
Wrexham	2	0	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	5,379
Smallman, Thomas	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	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Hereford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Port Vale	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Oldham Athletic	A
4	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Halifax Town	H
5	0	Cambridge United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Huddersfield Town	A
6	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Hereford United	A
8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
9	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Grimsby Town	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Cambridge United	H
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	0	Rochdale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Walsall	A
13	0	Watford	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-08-31	Southend United	A
14	0	Aldershot	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Southport	A
15	0	Halifax Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	York City	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Port Vale	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Bristol Rovers	A
19	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Chesterfield	A
20	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Wrexham	H
22	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-31	Watford	H
23	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Aldershot	H
24	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Rochdale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Colchester United	Oakwell	2,717
	Lineups		Svarc
Bury	4	0	Torquay United	Gigg Lane	2,946
Swan, Hughes, Williams, Twitchin OG	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Gillingham	Gresty Road	2,091
Purdie	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Workington	Feethams Ground	2,806
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Stockport County	Belle Vue	2,851
Higgins	Lineups		Shannon
Exeter City	0	0	Bradford City	St James Park	4,176
	Lineups
Hartlepool	1	0	Brentford	Victoria Park	3,447
Gauden	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	6,327
McNeil	Lineups
Newport County	0	0	Reading	Somerton Park	4,928
	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	1	Rotherham United	County Ground	4,098
Robertson, Felton, Neal	Lineups		Phillips
Peterborough United	2	1	Mansfield Town	London Road	7,003
Cozens, Lee (p)	Lineups		Eccles
Swansea City	2	0	Chester	Vetch Field	2,500
McLaughlin, Screen	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	Bury	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Workington	A
2	0	Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Peterborough United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Stockport County	A
4	0	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Rotherham United	A
5	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Colchester United	A
7	0	Hartlepool	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-08-31	Chester	A
8	0	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Torquay United	A
9	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Bradford City	A
10	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Peterborough United	H
11	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	0	Darlington	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Reading	A
13	0	Exeter City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Brentford	A
14	0	Newport County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Gillingham	A
15	0	Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Darlington	H
16	0	Workington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Bury	H
17	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Northampton Town	H
18	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Swansea City	H
19	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Scunthorpe United	A
20	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Exeter City	H
21	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-08-31	Hartlepool	H
22	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Newport County	H
23	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Barnsley	H
24	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1973-09-01	Lincoln City	H