1973-09-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	3	Ipswich Town	St Andrew's	26,919
	Lineups		Lambert, Hamilton, Harper
Burnley	3	0	Manchester City	Turf Moor	24,147
Fletcher 2, Dobson	Lineups
Chelsea	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	27,846
Osgood, Garner	Lineups		McCalliog 2
Everton	1	0	Arsenal	Goodison Park	31,359
McLaughlin	Lineups
Leicester City	0	2	Coventry City	Filbert Street	29,317
	Lineups		Alderson, Cartwright
Manchester United	0	0	Liverpool	Old Trafford	53,862
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	3	Queens Park Rangers	St James' Park	31,402
Tudor 2	Lineups		Thomas, Francis, Leach
Norwich City	0	1	Leeds United	Carrow Road	31,993	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Giles
Southampton	3	0	Sheffield United	The Dell	14,572
Channon, Gilchrist, Stokes	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	16,395
Goodwin, Hurst	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Derby County	White Hart Lane	31,408
Coates	Lineups

				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	9	3	1	0	10	2	5	0	0	10	2	5	17	W	D	W	W	W	1973-10-06	Stoke City	H
2	1	Coventry City	10	5	1	0	9	3	1	1	2	4	4	1.857	14	W	D	W	L	W	1973-10-06	Everton	H
3	3	Burnley	9	2	3	0	9	5	3	0	1	9	5	1.8	13	W	L	D	D	W	1973-10-06	West Ham United	A
4	-2	Derby County	10	5	0	0	13	4	0	2	3	1	5	1.556	12	L	W	L	D	W	1973-10-06	Norwich City	H
5	-1	Newcastle United	9	2	1	2	8	6	2	2	0	8	5	1.455	11	L	D	W	W	D	1973-10-06	Liverpool	A
6	-1	Leicester City	9	1	2	1	3	4	2	3	0	7	4	1.25	11	L	D	D	W	W	1973-10-06	Sheffield United	A
7	1	Liverpool	9	4	0	0	7	2	0	3	2	3	6	1.25	11	D	W	D	L	W	1973-10-06	Newcastle United	H
8	3	Everton	9	3	2	0	7	2	0	2	2	3	6	1.25	10	W	D	W	D	L	1973-10-06	Coventry City	A
9	-2	Manchester City	9	4	0	0	9	4	0	2	3	3	8	1	10	L	W	D	L	W	1973-10-06	Southampton	H
10	2	Queens Park Rangers	9	0	4	0	6	6	2	1	2	7	7	1	9	W	D	L	W	D	1973-10-06	Chelsea	H
11	-1	Arsenal	9	3	0	2	7	5	1	1	2	5	7	1	9	L	W	W	W	L	1973-10-06	Birmingham City	H
12	-3	Sheffield United	9	2	1	1	7	3	2	0	3	4	8	1	9	L	W	W	L	D	1973-10-06	Leicester City	H
13	1	Ipswich Town	9	2	1	1	7	7	1	2	2	8	10	0.882	9	W	W	D	L	W	1973-10-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-1	Manchester United	9	3	1	1	7	4	0	1	3	1	6	0.8	8	D	D	W	L	L	1973-10-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	1	Southampton	9	2	1	1	8	5	1	1	3	4	11	0.75	8	W	L	L	L	L	1973-10-06	Manchester City	A
16	-1	Chelsea	9	2	1	1	7	5	1	0	4	6	8	1	7	D	L	W	W	L	1973-10-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	0	Stoke City	9	1	3	0	4	2	0	2	3	5	8	0.9	7	W	L	D	D	D	1973-10-06	Leeds United	A
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	0	3	4	8	2	1	2	7	7	0.733	7	W	L	L	D	W	1973-10-06	Ipswich Town	A
19	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	1	2	6	6	0	1	3	4	10	0.625	6	D	D	L	L	L	1973-10-06	Manchester United	H
20	-1	Norwich City	9	1	2	2	4	7	0	1	3	4	8	0.533	5	L	L	L	W	L	1973-10-06	Derby County	A
21	0	West Ham United	9	0	2	3	7	10	0	2	2	3	7	0.588	4	L	D	L	L	L	1973-10-06	Burnley	H
22	0	Birmingham City	9	0	2	3	4	10	0	1	3	4	11	0.381	3	L	D	D	L	L	1973-10-06	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Burnden Park	15,101
Byrom	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	3	Hull City	Ninian Park	10,522
Bell (p)	Lineups		Lord 2, Wagstaff
Luton Town	3	0	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	10,365
Butlin 2, Anderson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Bristol City	Ayresome Park	17,069
Murdoch, Armstrong	Lineups
Millwall	1	2	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	8,907
Bolland	Lineups		Kitchener OG, Green
Notts County	2	0	Aston Villa	Meadow Lane	15,872
Probert, Bradd	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	7,799
	Lineups
Oxford United	0	0	Fulham	Manor Ground	8,046
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Portsmouth	Deepdale	10,640
Baxter, Bruce	Lineups		Davies
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Crystal Palace	Hillsborough	12,861
Prendergast 3, Sunley	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	16,940
Brown A	Lineups		Halom

				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	4	Middlesbrough	8	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	0	4	2	1.75	11	W	D	D	D	W	1973-10-02	Orient	H
2	-1	Bristol City	8	3	0	1	7	4	2	1	1	3	3	1.429	11	L	W	W	D	W	1973-10-02	Hull City	A
3	4	Luton Town	7	2	1	0	12	4	2	1	1	5	6	1.7	10	W	W	D	D	W	1973-10-06	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Fulham	8	2	1	1	3	3	1	3	0	3	1	1.5	10	D	W	D	D	D	1973-10-02	Aston Villa	H
5	3	Bolton Wanderers	7	3	1	0	5	1	1	0	2	2	2	2.333	9	W	L	W	D	W	1973-10-06	Carlisle United	A
6	-4	Nottingham Forest	8	3	1	0	9	2	0	2	2	3	5	1.714	9	L	D	W	D	D	1973-10-02	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	Orient	8	1	2	1	3	3	1	3	0	7	4	1.429	9	D	D	D	W	D	1973-10-02	Middlesbrough	A
8	-5	Aston Villa	8	2	2	0	7	3	0	3	1	1	3	1.333	9	L	D	D	D	D	1973-10-02	Fulham	A
9	2	Preston North End	8	2	2	0	6	3	1	1	2	3	4	1.286	9	W	D	W	D	W	1973-10-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	4	Notts County	8	2	1	1	6	5	2	0	2	7	7	1.083	9	W	W	L	W	D	1973-10-02	Oxford United	H
11	-1	Sunderland	7	0	2	1	2	3	2	2	0	7	3	1.5	8	D	L	W	D	D	1973-10-06	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	-3	Cardiff City	7	1	2	1	7	4	0	3	0	5	5	1.333	7	L	D	D	W	D	1973-10-06	Aston Villa	A
13	4	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	1	0	8	1	0	0	4	2	8	1.111	7	W	L	L	W	W	1973-10-03	Millwall	H
14	-2	Millwall	8	2	1	1	6	3	1	0	3	3	6	1	7	L	W	W	W	L	1973-10-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	8	1	2	1	5	6	1	1	2	4	6	0.75	7	D	D	L	D	L	1973-10-01	Preston North End	A
16	3	Carlisle United	8	2	1	1	6	4	1	0	3	3	9	0.692	7	W	W	L	L	L	1973-10-02	Portsmouth	A
17	-4	Blackpool	8	2	1	1	4	3	0	2	2	2	6	0.667	7	L	D	W	L	D	1973-10-02	Crystal Palace	A
18	3	Hull City	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	4	8	0.625	7	W	D	L	L	D	1973-10-02	Bristol City	H
19	-1	Swindon Town	8	2	0	2	5	5	0	2	2	1	5	0.6	6	D	L	L	L	L	1973-10-02	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Oxford United	8	2	1	1	3	2	0	1	3	1	9	0.364	6	D	L	W	L	L	1973-10-02	Notts County	A
21	-5	Portsmouth	8	0	1	3	2	6	1	2	1	7	6	0.75	5	L	L	W	D	D	1973-10-02	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	8	0	2	2	6	10	0	0	4	0	8	0.333	2	L	D	L	L	D	1973-10-02	Blackpool	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Watford	Goldstone Ground	7,645
	Lineups		Morrissey
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Cambridge United	Eastville	8,919
Dobson	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,754
Burton, Downes	Lineups		Stott OG
Hereford United	2	0	Wrexham	Edgar Street	8,245
Radford, Redrobe	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Leeds Road	5,360
Gowling (p)	Lineups		Sainty
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	6,292
McVitie	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Grimsby Town	Gay Meadow	2,306
Kearney	Lineups		Chatterley
Southend United	1	2	Rochdale	Roots Hall	5,039
Johnson T	Lineups		Arnold, Taylor (p)
Southport	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Haig Avenue	2,484
Lee	Lineups		Flanagan, Peacock
Walsall	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Fellows Park	4,896
Fazackerley OG, Buckley	Lineups
York City	3	1	Aldershot	Bootham Crescent	3,343
Seal, Lyons 2	Lineups		Howarth

				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	8	3	1	0	6	2	3	1	0	8	1	4.667	14	W	W	W	W	D	1973-10-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	0	Oldham Athletic	8	2	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	4	2	2.667	12	W	D	W	D	W	1973-10-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	4	York City	8	2	2	0	8	4	2	1	1	7	7	1.364	11	W	D	W	W	D	1973-10-01	Chesterfield	H
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	8	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	4	2	2.333	10	L	L	W	D	W	1973-10-06	Charlton Athletic	A
5	3	Chesterfield	8	3	0	1	6	3	1	2	1	5	5	1.375	10	W	D	L	W	L	1973-10-01	York City	A
6	0	AFC Bournemouth	8	2	0	2	5	5	2	2	0	8	5	1.3	10	D	W	D	W	W	1973-10-03	Rochdale	H
7	-3	Port Vale	8	3	1	0	9	3	0	2	2	3	6	1.333	9	L	D	D	L	W	1973-10-01	Wrexham	H
8	4	Watford	8	1	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	7	6	1.222	9	W	D	L	D	W	1973-10-03	Cambridge United	H
9	6	Hereford United	8	2	1	1	4	3	1	2	1	5	5	1.125	9	W	D	L	D	D	1973-10-06	Port Vale	A
10	3	Charlton Athletic	8	2	1	1	11	10	2	0	2	6	6	1.063	9	W	D	L	W	W	1973-10-02	Halifax Town	H
11	-6	Wrexham	8	2	2	0	5	2	1	1	2	1	4	1	9	L	D	D	D	L	1973-10-01	Port Vale	A
12	-3	Huddersfield Town	8	3	1	0	5	2	0	2	2	3	8	0.8	9	D	D	L	W	W	1973-10-06	Rochdale	A
13	-3	Halifax Town	8	1	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	3	7	0.667	8	W	D	W	L	L	1973-10-02	Charlton Athletic	A
14	-3	Southport	8	1	2	1	6	4	1	1	2	5	7	1	7	L	D	W	D	D	1973-10-01	Southend United	H
15	-1	Cambridge United	8	3	1	0	8	4	0	0	4	3	8	0.917	7	L	D	W	L	L	1973-10-03	Watford	A
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	8	2	1	1	8	3	0	1	3	3	7	1.1	6	L	W	L	D	W	1973-10-02	Aldershot	H
17	4	Walsall	8	2	1	1	6	2	0	1	3	2	6	1	6	W	L	W	L	D	1973-10-09	Huddersfield Town	A
18	1	Grimsby Town	8	1	2	1	6	5	0	2	2	1	3	0.875	6	D	D	L	D	W	1973-10-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-2	Blackburn Rovers	8	3	0	1	6	2	0	0	4	3	10	0.75	6	L	L	W	L	L	1973-10-02	Grimsby Town	A
20	3	Rochdale	8	0	3	1	6	7	1	1	2	2	8	0.533	6	W	D	D	L	L	1973-10-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	-3	Aldershot	8	2	2	0	6	4	0	0	4	1	10	0.5	6	L	D	W	L	L	1973-10-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	0	0	4	2	7	1	3	0	3	2	0.556	5	L	D	L	L	D	1973-10-02	Oldham Athletic	A
23	-1	Southend United	8	1	0	3	6	7	0	2	2	0	3	0.6	4	L	D	L	W	L	1973-10-01	Southport	A
24	0	Shrewsbury Town	8	1	1	2	3	4	0	1	3	3	8	0.5	4	D	D	L	W	L	1973-10-02	Bristol Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	3,044
	Lineups		Duffey
Brentford	5	1	Barnsley	Griffin Park	5,010
Scales, Docherty, Woon 2, Metchick	Lineups		Butler
Chester	2	3	Lincoln City	Sealand Road	2,762
Owen, Griffiths	Lineups		Smith, Symm, Branfoot
Gillingham	5	1	Doncaster Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	3,864
Yeo, Wilks, Richardson 2, Peach (p)	Lineups		Kitchen
Mansfield Town	1	0	Darlington	Field Mill	3,154
Jones	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Peterborough United	Elm Park	8,388
Bromley	Lineups		Llewellyn
Rotherham United	1	0	Bury	Millmoor	3,713
Crawford	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Hartlepool	Old Showground	2,626
Houghton	Lineups		Gauden
Torquay United	3	1	Swansea City	Plainmoor	3,003
Rowles, Myers, Harrison	Lineups		Curtis
Workington	1	0	Northampton Town	Borough Park	970
Heslop	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	Colchester United	8	3	1	0	8	3	2	1	1	5	2	2.6	12	W	L	W	W	D	1973-10-02	Torquay United	H
2	1	Reading	8	1	2	0	5	3	3	2	0	4	1	2.25	12	D	W	W	D	D	1973-10-03	Brentford	H
3	-1	Bury	8	4	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	2	3	4.333	11	L	W	D	D	W	1973-10-02	Darlington	H
4	2	Mansfield Town	8	4	0	0	8	1	0	3	1	4	5	2	11	W	D	W	W	D	1973-10-03	Chester	A
5	0	Peterborough United	8	3	1	0	9	3	0	4	0	4	4	1.857	11	D	D	W	D	D	1973-10-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	-2	Exeter City	8	1	2	1	4	2	3	0	1	5	2	2.25	10	L	L	W	W	W	1973-10-03	Hartlepool	H
7	0	Northampton Town	8	3	1	0	6	1	0	2	2	3	6	1.286	9	L	W	D	D	W	1973-10-02	Swansea City	H
8	1	Lincoln City	8	1	2	1	3	3	2	1	1	6	5	1.125	9	W	L	W	D	D	1973-10-03	Barnsley	H
9	4	Torquay United	8	2	1	1	6	7	1	2	1	2	5	0.667	9	W	D	L	D	D	1973-10-02	Colchester United	A
10	4	Gillingham	8	2	1	1	13	5	1	1	2	5	4	2	8	W	L	D	L	W	1973-10-03	Rotherham United	H
11	4	Rotherham United	8	2	2	0	5	3	1	0	3	10	7	1.5	8	W	L	D	D	L	1973-10-03	Gillingham	A
12	-4	Chester	8	2	0	2	6	5	2	0	2	4	6	0.909	8	L	W	L	L	W	1973-10-03	Mansfield Town	H
13	7	Brentford	8	2	1	2	7	3	1	0	2	2	5	1.125	7	W	L	L	W	D	1973-10-03	Reading	A
14	-3	Newport County	8	2	1	1	5	4	0	2	2	3	7	0.727	7	D	W	W	L	L	1973-10-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	-3	Stockport County	8	0	4	0	5	5	0	3	1	3	7	0.667	7	D	L	D	D	D	1973-10-01	Workington	H
16	-6	Bradford City	8	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	2	2	5	0.667	7	L	W	L	D	W	1973-10-03	Scunthorpe United	H
17	4	Workington	8	1	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	3	7	0.667	7	W	L	D	D	L	1973-10-01	Stockport County	A
18	4	Crewe Alexandra	8	1	2	1	3	9	1	1	2	5	7	0.5	7	W	D	L	D	D	1973-10-03	Newport County	H
19	-3	Swansea City	8	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	3	2	6	0.7	6	L	W	D	L	D	1973-10-02	Northampton Town	A
20	-2	Hartlepool	8	2	0	2	5	6	0	2	2	4	7	0.692	6	D	W	L	D	L	1973-10-03	Exeter City	A
21	-2	Scunthorpe United	8	2	2	0	6	2	0	0	4	2	11	0.615	6	D	L	W	D	L	1973-10-03	Bradford City	A
22	-5	Doncaster Rovers	8	2	1	1	7	4	0	1	3	3	13	0.588	6	L	W	L	L	W	1973-10-02	Peterborough United	H
23	0	Barnsley	8	1	1	2	5	3	0	1	3	2	10	0.538	4	L	W	L	D	L	1973-10-03	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Darlington	8	0	2	2	2	4	1	0	3	1	6	0.3	4	L	L	D	W	L	1973-10-02	Bury	A