1973-09-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Stoke City	Highbury	30,578
Radford, Ball	Lineups		Greenhoff
Coventry City	2	2	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	25,556
Alderson, Stein	Lineups		Tudor, Macdonald
Derby County	6	2	Southampton	Baseball Ground	25,500
Hector 3, Davies 2, Hinton (p)	Lineups		O'Neil 2
Ipswich Town	3	2	Burnley	Portman Road	19,126
Hamilton 2, Harper	Lineups		Collins, James
Leeds United	0	0	Manchester United	Elland Road	47,058	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups
Liverpool	3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Anfield Road	42,901
Lawler 2, Lindsay (p)	Lineups		Peters, Chivers
Manchester City	3	2	Chelsea	Maine Road	32,118
Lee 2 (1p), Towers	Lineups		Baldwin 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Birmingham City	Loftus Road	18,701
Hynd OG, Bowles	Lineups		Latchford R, Burns
Sheffield United	1	0	Norwich City	Bramall Lane	19,974
Flynn	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	23,567
Robson	Lineups		Worthington
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Everton	Molineux	21,484
Dougan	Lineups		Royle

				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	Leeds United	8	3	1	0	10	2	4	0	0	9	2	4.75	15	D	W	W	W	W	1973-09-29	Norwich City	A
2	4	Derby County	9	5	0	0	13	4	0	2	2	1	4	1.75	12	W	L	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Coventry City	9	5	1	0	9	3	0	1	2	2	4	1.571	12	D	W	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Leicester City	A
4	0	Newcastle United	8	2	1	1	6	3	2	2	0	8	5	1.75	11	D	W	W	D	W	1973-09-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Leicester City	8	1	2	0	3	2	2	3	0	7	4	1.667	11	D	D	W	W	W	1973-09-29	Coventry City	H
6	-4	Burnley	8	1	3	0	6	5	3	0	1	9	5	1.5	11	L	D	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Manchester City	H
7	0	Manchester City	8	4	0	0	9	4	0	2	2	3	5	1.333	10	W	D	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Burnley	A
8	0	Liverpool	8	4	0	0	7	2	0	2	2	3	6	1.25	10	W	D	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Manchester United	A
9	0	Sheffield United	8	2	1	1	7	3	2	0	2	4	5	1.375	9	W	W	L	D	W	1973-09-29	Southampton	A
10	1	Arsenal	8	3	0	2	7	5	1	1	1	5	6	1.091	9	W	W	W	L	L	1973-09-29	Everton	A
11	-1	Everton	8	2	2	0	6	2	0	2	2	3	6	1.125	8	D	W	D	L	D	1973-09-29	Arsenal	H
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	8	0	4	0	6	6	1	1	2	4	5	0.909	7	D	L	W	D	D	1973-09-29	Newcastle United	A
13	1	Manchester United	8	3	0	1	7	4	0	1	3	1	6	0.8	7	D	W	L	L	L	1973-09-29	Liverpool	H
14	5	Ipswich Town	8	2	1	1	7	7	0	2	2	5	10	0.706	7	W	D	L	W	L	1973-09-29	Birmingham City	A
15	-3	Chelsea	8	2	0	1	5	3	1	0	4	6	8	1	6	L	W	W	L	W	1973-09-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-1	Southampton	8	1	1	1	5	5	1	1	3	4	11	0.563	6	L	L	L	L	D	1973-09-29	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Stoke City	8	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	3	5	8	0.7	5	L	D	D	D	D	1973-09-29	West Ham United	H
18	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	8	0	0	3	3	8	2	1	2	7	7	0.667	5	L	L	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Derby County	H
19	-1	Norwich City	8	1	2	1	4	6	0	1	3	4	8	0.571	5	L	L	W	L	D	1973-09-29	Leeds United	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	2	1	2	6	6	0	0	3	2	8	0.571	5	D	L	L	L	L	1973-09-29	Chelsea	A
21	0	West Ham United	8	0	2	3	7	10	0	2	1	3	5	0.667	4	D	L	L	L	D	1973-09-29	Stoke City	A
22	0	Birmingham City	8	0	2	2	4	7	0	1	3	4	11	0.444	3	D	D	L	L	L	1973-09-29	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Orient	Villa Park	26,685
Rioch B, Vowden	Lineups		Bullock, Heppolette
Blackpool	0	0	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	14,784
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ashton Gate	13,829
Fear K, Gould	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Oxford United	Brunton Park	5,096
Clarke F, Martin	Lineups		Curran
Crystal Palace	3	3	Cardiff City	Selhurst Park	18,290
Hinshelwood P, Rogers 2	Lineups		Blyth OG, Woodruff, Vincent
Fulham	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	9,556
Busby	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Boothferry Park	7,089
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Preston North End	City Ground	12,958
O'Neill	Lineups		Burns
Portsmouth	1	2	Notts County	Fratton Park	14,443
Hiron	Lineups		Mann, Bradd
Sunderland	0	1	Luton Town	Roker Park	27,334
	Lineups		Butlin
Swindon Town	1	3	Millwall	County Ground	7,756
Legg	Lineups		Bolland 2, Clark

				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	Bristol City	7	3	0	1	7	4	2	1	0	3	1	2	11	W	W	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Middlesbrough	A
2	1	Nottingham Forest	7	3	1	0	9	2	0	2	1	3	4	2	9	D	W	D	D	W	1973-09-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	-1	Aston Villa	7	2	2	0	7	3	0	3	0	1	1	2	9	D	D	D	D	W	1973-09-29	Notts County	A
4	4	Fulham	7	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	0	3	1	1.5	9	W	D	D	D	L	1973-09-29	Oxford United	A
5	-1	Middlesbrough	7	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	4	2	1.25	9	D	D	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Bristol City	H
6	1	Orient	7	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	0	7	4	1.429	8	D	D	W	D	W	1973-09-29	Swindon Town	H
7	3	Luton Town	6	1	1	0	9	4	2	1	1	5	6	1.4	8	W	D	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Blackpool	H
8	-3	Bolton Wanderers	6	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	7	L	W	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Nottingham Forest	H
9	0	Cardiff City	6	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	0	5	5	1.833	7	D	D	W	D	D	1973-09-29	Hull City	H
10	-4	Sunderland	6	0	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	6	2	1.6	7	L	W	D	D	W	1973-09-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	0	Preston North End	7	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	1.167	7	D	W	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Portsmouth	H
12	3	Millwall	7	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	3	3	6	1.143	7	W	W	W	L	L	1973-09-29	Carlisle United	H
13	-1	Blackpool	7	2	1	1	4	3	0	2	1	2	3	1	7	D	W	L	D	W	1973-09-29	Luton Town	A
14	2	Notts County	7	1	1	1	4	5	2	0	2	7	7	0.917	7	W	L	W	D	L	1973-09-29	Aston Villa	H
15	2	West Bromwich Albion	7	1	1	1	4	5	1	1	2	4	6	0.727	6	D	L	D	L	L	1973-09-29	Sunderland	H
16	-3	Portsmouth	7	0	1	3	2	6	1	2	0	6	4	0.8	5	L	W	D	D	L	1973-09-29	Preston North End	A
17	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	4	2	8	0.667	5	L	L	W	W	L	1973-09-29	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Swindon Town	7	2	0	2	5	5	0	1	2	1	5	0.6	5	L	L	L	L	W	1973-09-29	Orient	A
19	2	Carlisle United	7	2	1	1	6	4	0	0	3	1	8	0.583	5	W	L	L	L	W	1973-09-29	Millwall	A
20	-1	Oxford United	7	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	3	1	9	0.364	5	L	W	L	L	L	1973-09-29	Fulham	H
21	-1	Hull City	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	7	0.286	5	D	L	L	D	W	1973-09-29	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	7	0	2	2	6	10	0	0	3	0	4	0.429	2	D	L	L	D	L	1973-09-29	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Dean Court	10,011
Sainty, Redknapp	Lineups		Young
Aldershot	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Recreation Ground	4,012
Howarth, Brodie	Lineups		Durban, Kearney
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park	8,424
	Lineups		Bannister, Warboys
Cambridge United	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Abbey Stadium	5,621
Greenhalgh	Lineups		Jones
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Chesterfield	The Valley	5,166
Barlow OG, Shipperley, Peacock	Lineups		Moss 2, Downes
Grimsby Town	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Blundell Park	7,797
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Hereford United	The Shay	2,726
Gwyther	Lineups		Mallender
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Walsall	Home Park	7,268
Bennett OG, Davey	Lineups		Taylor
Port Vale	0	0	Southend United	Vale Park	4,323
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Southport	Spotland	2,380
Darling, Skeete	Lineups		Lee, Molyneux
Watford	1	1	York City	Vicarage Road	6,452
Morrissey	Lineups		Pollard
Wrexham	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Racecourse Ground	6,665
	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	1	Bristol Rovers	7	2	1	0	5	2	3	1	0	8	1	4.333	12	W	W	W	D	D	1973-09-29	Cambridge United	H
2	-1	Tranmere Rovers	7	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	4	2	3.5	10	L	W	D	W	W	1973-09-28	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	7	1	2	0	3	1	2	2	0	4	2	2.333	10	D	W	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Port Vale	7	3	1	0	9	3	0	2	1	2	4	1.571	9	D	D	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Chesterfield	A
5	0	Wrexham	7	2	2	0	5	2	1	1	1	1	2	1.5	9	D	D	D	L	W	1973-09-29	Hereford United	A
6	2	AFC Bournemouth	7	2	0	2	5	5	2	1	0	7	4	1.333	9	W	D	W	W	L	1973-09-29	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-1	York City	7	1	2	0	5	3	2	1	1	7	7	1.2	9	D	W	W	D	L	1973-09-29	Aldershot	H
8	-1	Chesterfield	7	2	0	1	4	2	1	2	1	5	5	1.286	8	D	L	W	L	W	1973-09-29	Port Vale	H
9	0	Huddersfield Town	7	3	0	0	4	1	0	2	2	3	8	0.778	8	D	L	W	W	L	1973-09-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	0	Southport	7	1	2	0	5	2	1	1	2	5	7	1.111	7	D	W	D	D	L	1973-09-29	Charlton Athletic	H
11	1	Watford	7	1	2	1	4	3	1	1	1	6	6	1.111	7	D	L	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	1	Charlton Athletic	7	2	1	1	11	10	1	0	2	4	5	1	7	D	L	W	W	W	1973-09-29	Southport	A
13	1	Cambridge United	7	3	1	0	8	4	0	0	3	3	7	1	7	D	W	L	L	W	1973-09-29	Bristol Rovers	A
14	1	Hereford United	7	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	5	5	0.875	7	D	L	D	D	L	1973-09-29	Wrexham	H
15	3	Plymouth Argyle	7	2	1	1	8	3	0	1	2	3	6	1.222	6	W	L	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Oldham Athletic	A
16	-5	Blackburn Rovers	7	3	0	1	6	2	0	0	3	3	8	0.9	6	L	W	L	L	W	1973-09-29	Walsall	A
17	-1	Halifax Town	7	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	7	0.556	6	D	W	L	L	D	1973-09-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	-1	Aldershot	7	2	2	0	6	4	0	0	3	0	7	0.545	6	D	W	L	L	W	1973-09-29	York City	A
19	0	Grimsby Town	7	1	2	1	6	5	0	1	2	0	2	0.857	5	D	L	D	W	D	1973-09-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	0	0	3	2	6	1	3	0	3	2	0.625	5	D	L	L	D	W	1973-09-29	Watford	H
21	-1	Walsall	7	1	1	1	4	2	0	1	3	2	6	0.75	4	L	W	L	D	L	1973-09-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Southend United	7	1	0	2	5	5	0	2	2	0	3	0.625	4	D	L	W	L	D	1973-09-29	Rochdale	H
23	0	Rochdale	7	0	3	1	6	7	0	1	2	0	7	0.429	4	D	D	L	L	L	1973-09-29	Southend United	A
24	0	Shrewsbury Town	7	1	0	2	2	3	0	1	3	3	8	0.455	3	D	L	W	L	L	1973-09-29	Grimsby Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	4	0	Stockport County	Oakwell	2,552
Lea (p), Butler, Millar, Manning	Lineups
Bury	3	0	Brentford	Gigg Lane	4,329
Rudd 2 (2p), Tinsley	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	1,797
Duffey	Lineups		Roberts
Darlington	1	2	Chester	Feethams Ground	1,818
Sproates (p)	Lineups		James 2
Doncaster Rovers	5	2	Workington	Belle Vue	1,517
Kitchen 2, O'Callaghan 2, Higgins	Lineups		Geidmintis, Rowlands
Exeter City	0	1	Reading	St James Park	6,822	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Habbin
Hartlepool	2	1	Gillingham	Victoria Park	1,399
Dawes, Moore	Lineups		Jacks
Lincoln City	0	1	Bradford City	Sincil Bank	4,456
	Lineups		Cooper T OG
Newport County	1	0	Rotherham United	Somerton Park	3,138
Jones R	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Torquay United	London Road	7,670
Hall	Lineups		Morrall
Swansea City	2	0	Colchester United	Vetch Field	1,981
Screen, Thomas G	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	2	Bury	7	4	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	2	2	6.5	11	W	D	D	W	W	1973-09-29	Rotherham United	A
2	2	Reading	7	1	1	0	4	2	3	2	0	4	1	2.667	11	W	W	D	D	W	1973-09-29	Peterborough United	H
3	-2	Exeter City	7	1	2	1	4	2	3	0	0	5	1	3	10	L	W	W	W	D	1973-09-28	Colchester United	A
4	-2	Colchester United	7	2	1	0	7	3	2	1	1	5	2	2.4	10	L	W	W	D	D	1973-09-28	Exeter City	H
5	0	Peterborough United	7	3	1	0	9	3	0	3	0	3	3	2	10	D	W	D	D	W	1973-09-29	Reading	A
6	1	Mansfield Town	7	3	0	0	7	1	0	3	1	4	5	1.833	9	D	W	W	D	D	1973-09-29	Darlington	H
7	-1	Northampton Town	7	3	1	0	6	1	0	2	1	3	5	1.5	9	W	D	D	W	D	1973-09-29	Workington	A
8	4	Chester	7	2	0	1	4	2	2	0	2	4	6	1	8	W	L	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Lincoln City	H
9	-1	Lincoln City	7	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	7	L	W	D	D	D	1973-09-29	Chester	A
10	6	Bradford City	7	1	2	0	4	3	1	1	2	2	5	0.75	7	W	L	D	W	L	1973-09-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	2	Torquay United	7	1	1	1	3	6	1	2	1	2	5	0.455	7	D	L	D	D	W	1973-09-29	Swansea City	H
12	-3	Gillingham	7	1	1	1	8	4	1	1	2	5	4	1.625	6	L	D	L	W	W	1973-09-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	-3	Rotherham United	7	1	2	0	4	3	1	0	3	10	7	1.4	6	L	D	D	L	W	1973-09-29	Bury	H
14	5	Swansea City	7	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	1	3	0.857	6	W	D	L	D	L	1973-09-29	Torquay United	A
15	6	Doncaster Rovers	7	2	1	1	7	4	0	1	2	2	8	0.75	6	W	L	L	W	L	1973-09-29	Gillingham	A
16	2	Newport County	7	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	2	6	0.7	6	W	W	L	L	L	1973-09-28	Stockport County	A
17	-6	Stockport County	7	0	3	0	4	4	0	3	1	3	7	0.636	6	L	D	D	D	D	1973-09-28	Newport County	H
18	5	Hartlepool	7	2	0	2	5	6	0	1	2	3	6	0.667	5	W	L	D	L	L	1973-09-29	Scunthorpe United	A
19	-2	Scunthorpe United	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	4	2	11	0.583	5	L	W	D	L	L	1973-09-29	Hartlepool	H
20	-6	Brentford	7	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	5	0.571	5	L	L	W	D	W	1973-09-29	Barnsley	H
21	-6	Workington	7	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	7	0.556	5	L	D	D	L	D	1973-09-29	Northampton Town	H
22	-2	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	2	1	3	9	0	1	2	4	7	0.438	5	D	L	D	D	L	1973-09-29	Bradford City	A
23	1	Barnsley	7	1	1	2	5	3	0	1	2	1	5	0.75	4	W	L	D	L	D	1973-09-29	Brentford	A
24	-2	Darlington	7	0	2	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	5	0.333	4	L	D	W	L	L	1973-09-29	Mansfield Town	A