1973-10-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Ipswich Town	Highbury	28,444
Simpson	Lineups		Lambert
Coventry City	0	1	West Ham United	Highfield Road	21,141
	Lineups		McDowell
Derby County	2	1	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	32,203
McGovern, Hector	Lineups		Worthington
Everton	1	0	Burnley	Goodison Park	41,018
Clements (p)	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Liverpool	Elland Road	44,911
Jones	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	48,937
Stepney	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Chelsea	St James' Park	32,106
Macdonald 2	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Carrow Road	24,819
Livermore	Lineups		Gilzean
Sheffield United	1	2	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	25,234
Dearden	Lineups		Law, Dearden OG
Southampton	3	0	Stoke City	The Dell	15,521
Stokes 2, Paine	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	4	Queens Park Rangers	Molineux	19,350
Richards, Daley	Lineups		Bowles 2, Leach, Francis (p)

				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	12	4	2	0	12	3	5	1	0	12	4	3.429	21	W	D	D	W	D	1973-10-27	Manchester City	A
2	0	Burnley	12	3	3	0	11	6	4	0	2	10	6	1.75	17	L	W	W	W	L	1973-10-27	Manchester United	H
3	0	Derby County	13	6	1	0	16	6	1	2	3	2	5	1.636	17	W	W	D	L	W	1973-10-27	West Ham United	A
4	1	Everton	12	5	2	0	9	2	1	2	2	5	7	1.556	16	W	W	W	W	D	1973-10-27	Birmingham City	A
5	1	Newcastle United	12	4	1	2	11	6	2	2	1	9	7	1.538	15	W	W	L	L	D	1973-10-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	-2	Coventry City	13	5	1	2	10	6	1	2	2	4	4	1.4	15	L	D	L	W	D	1973-10-27	Stoke City	A
7	0	Liverpool	12	5	0	0	9	3	0	3	4	3	8	1.091	13	L	L	W	D	W	1973-10-27	Sheffield United	H
8	0	Leicester City	12	1	3	1	5	6	2	4	1	9	7	1.077	13	L	D	D	L	D	1973-10-27	Southampton	H
9	4	Southampton	12	4	1	1	12	5	1	2	3	5	12	1	13	W	W	D	W	L	1973-10-27	Leicester City	A
10	2	Manchester City	12	4	1	0	10	5	1	2	4	5	10	1	13	W	L	D	L	W	1973-10-27	Leeds United	H
11	-1	Ipswich Town	12	2	2	1	7	7	2	3	2	12	13	0.95	13	D	W	D	W	W	1973-10-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	2	Queens Park Rangers	12	0	5	0	7	7	3	1	3	12	11	1.056	12	W	L	D	W	D	1973-10-27	Arsenal	H
13	-4	Sheffield United	12	2	2	2	9	6	3	0	3	6	9	1	12	L	W	D	L	W	1973-10-27	Liverpool	A
14	-3	Arsenal	12	4	1	2	9	6	1	1	3	5	9	0.933	12	D	L	W	L	W	1973-10-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	12	2	0	3	6	8	2	3	2	8	8	0.875	11	D	W	D	W	L	1973-10-27	Newcastle United	H
16	2	Manchester United	12	4	1	2	8	5	0	1	4	2	8	0.769	10	W	L	L	D	D	1973-10-27	Burnley	A
17	-1	Chelsea	12	2	1	2	9	8	1	1	5	7	11	0.842	8	L	L	D	D	L	1973-10-26	Norwich City	H
18	-1	Stoke City	12	1	3	1	5	4	0	3	4	6	12	0.688	8	L	L	D	W	L	1973-10-27	Coventry City	H
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	3	1	3	10	11	0	1	4	5	12	0.652	8	L	L	W	D	D	1973-10-27	Ipswich Town	A
20	0	Norwich City	12	1	4	2	5	8	0	2	3	5	9	0.588	8	D	D	D	L	L	1973-10-26	Chelsea	A
21	1	West Ham United	12	0	2	4	7	11	1	2	3	4	8	0.579	6	W	L	L	L	D	1973-10-27	Derby County	H
22	-1	Birmingham City	12	1	2	3	6	11	0	1	5	4	13	0.417	5	L	W	L	L	D	1973-10-27	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Bristol City	Villa Park	26,918
Little, Graydon	Lineups		Fear K, Ritchie
Blackpool	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Bloomfield Road	8,107
James, Davies	Lineups		McKenzie, Bowyer
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Millwall	Burnden Park	13,022
	Lineups		Clark
Cardiff City	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ninian Park	7,745
	Lineups		Knighton
Crystal Palace	0	1	Carlisle United	Selhurst Park	20,081
	Lineups		Laidlaw
Fulham	0	2	Sunderland	Craven Cottage	14,971
	Lineups		Horswill, Mullery OG
Hull City	4	1	Portsmouth	Boothferry Park	6,874
Wagstaff 2, Greenwood, Hawley	Lineups		Hand
Middlesbrough	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Ayresome Park	18,997
	Lineups
Notts County	2	1	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	12,479
Stubbs, Mann	Lineups		Williams
Orient	2	0	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	11,135
Queen, Fairbrother	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Oxford United	County Ground	7,537
Legg	Lineups

				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	Middlesbrough	12	4	2	1	7	4	3	2	0	5	2	2	18	D	W	W	W	W	1973-10-23	Carlisle United	A
2	3	Notts County	12	4	2	1	10	7	3	0	2	8	7	1.286	16	W	W	W	D	W	1973-10-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	1	Bristol City	12	3	1	1	8	5	3	2	2	8	7	1.333	15	D	W	D	L	L	1973-10-23	Swindon Town	H
4	2	Aston Villa	12	3	3	0	14	5	1	3	2	3	5	1.7	14	D	W	W	L	L	1973-10-23	Crystal Palace	H
5	-3	Luton Town	10	3	1	0	14	5	3	1	2	7	9	1.5	14	L	W	W	W	W	1973-10-27	Hull City	H
6	3	Orient	12	3	2	1	7	4	1	4	1	10	8	1.417	14	W	W	D	L	D	1973-10-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	-4	Preston North End	12	4	2	0	10	4	1	2	3	4	6	1.4	14	L	W	D	W	W	1973-10-22	Millwall	A
8	0	Nottingham Forest	12	4	1	0	12	2	0	4	3	6	9	1.636	13	D	L	W	D	L	1973-10-23	Hull City	H
9	-2	Fulham	12	3	2	2	4	5	1	3	1	4	3	1	13	L	L	D	W	D	1973-10-22	Blackpool	A
10	1	Sunderland	10	1	2	1	5	4	3	2	1	9	4	1.75	12	W	L	W	D	L	1973-10-27	Crystal Palace	H
11	2	Hull City	12	3	4	0	8	3	1	0	4	4	9	1	12	W	L	D	W	W	1973-10-23	Nottingham Forest	A
12	0	Carlisle United	12	3	1	1	7	4	2	1	4	6	12	0.813	12	W	D	W	L	W	1973-10-23	Middlesbrough	H
13	2	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	1	1	12	5	1	0	5	4	11	1	11	W	L	L	W	W	1973-10-24	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-4	Portsmouth	12	2	1	3	6	8	2	2	2	10	11	0.842	11	L	W	W	W	L	1973-10-27	Swindon Town	H
15	3	Blackpool	12	2	2	2	6	6	1	2	3	4	8	0.714	10	D	L	L	W	L	1973-10-22	Fulham	H
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	12	1	3	1	6	7	1	3	3	6	10	0.706	10	D	D	D	L	D	1973-10-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	-3	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	2	6	4	1	0	3	2	3	1.143	9	L	L	L	W	L	1973-10-22	Orient	A
18	-2	Cardiff City	10	2	2	2	8	5	0	3	1	5	10	0.867	9	L	W	L	L	D	1973-10-24	Oxford United	A
19	1	Millwall	12	2	1	2	6	5	2	0	5	6	12	0.706	9	W	L	L	L	L	1973-10-22	Preston North End	H
20	1	Swindon Town	12	3	1	3	6	6	0	2	3	2	7	0.615	9	W	L	L	D	D	1973-10-23	Bristol City	A
21	-2	Oxford United	12	2	2	1	4	3	0	2	5	2	12	0.4	8	L	D	L	D	D	1973-10-24	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	12	0	2	5	8	15	0	1	4	1	9	0.375	3	L	D	L	L	L	1973-10-23	Aston Villa	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Cambridge United	Ewood Park	6,327
Parkes, Kenyon	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	5,308
Howell R, Beamish	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	York City	Eastville	8,706
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Rochdale	The Valley	5,038
Hales 2, Horsfield	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Aldershot	Blundell Park	7,815
Barton	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	Wrexham	The Shay	2,299
Rhodes	Lineups		Tinnion, Sutton
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Chesterfield	Boundary Park	6,913
	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Vale Park	4,006
	Lineups
Watford	0	3	Plymouth Argyle	Vicarage Road	6,905
	Lineups		Hague, Mariner 2

				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	12	4	3	0	8	3	3	2	0	8	1	4	19	D	D	D	W	W	1973-10-24	Hereford United	A
2	0	Oldham Athletic	12	3	3	1	7	3	3	2	0	5	2	2.4	17	D	W	W	L	W	1973-10-22	Southend United	A
3	0	York City	13	3	3	0	9	4	2	4	1	7	7	1.455	17	D	D	W	D	D	1973-10-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	0	AFC Bournemouth	12	4	0	2	9	5	2	4	0	9	6	1.636	16	D	D	W	W	D	1973-10-24	Aldershot	A
5	4	Charlton Athletic	12	5	1	1	20	12	2	0	3	6	10	1.182	15	W	L	W	W	W	1973-10-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	1	Chesterfield	12	4	0	1	9	4	1	4	2	5	7	1.273	14	D	W	L	D	W	1973-10-24	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-2	Huddersfield Town	12	4	2	0	9	5	0	4	2	5	10	0.933	14	D	W	D	D	D	1973-10-24	Chesterfield	A
8	-2	Tranmere Rovers	12	2	4	1	5	3	2	1	2	4	3	1.5	13	D	D	D	L	L	1973-10-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	5	Wrexham	12	3	2	0	10	3	2	1	4	3	7	1.3	13	W	L	W	L	L	1973-10-22	Watford	H
10	-2	Hereford United	12	2	2	1	4	3	2	3	2	9	8	1.182	13	L	D	D	W	W	1973-10-24	Bristol Rovers	H
11	0	Port Vale	12	4	2	1	11	6	0	3	2	4	7	1.154	13	D	D	L	W	L	1973-10-24	Cambridge United	A
12	3	Grimsby Town	11	3	2	1	11	7	1	2	2	2	3	1.3	12	W	W	W	D	D	1973-10-27	Rochdale	A
13	-3	Watford	12	2	3	2	7	6	2	1	2	8	9	1	12	L	L	D	W	W	1973-10-22	Wrexham	A
14	-2	Halifax Town	12	2	3	1	6	4	2	1	3	6	12	0.75	12	L	W	W	L	W	1973-10-27	Cambridge United	A
15	-2	Walsall	12	3	2	1	10	2	0	3	3	5	9	1.364	11	D	D	W	D	W	1973-10-27	Oldham Athletic	H
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	2	1	12	6	1	1	4	7	9	1.267	11	W	L	D	W	L	1973-10-22	Rochdale	A
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	12	5	0	1	11	3	0	1	5	6	15	0.944	11	W	D	W	L	L	1973-10-24	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Southport	12	1	4	2	7	6	1	1	3	5	9	0.8	9	D	L	L	D	L	1973-10-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	1	0	5	4	8	2	3	1	5	5	0.692	9	W	L	L	W	L	1973-10-24	Southport	H
20	-1	Cambridge United	12	3	2	0	8	4	0	1	6	3	13	0.647	9	L	D	D	L	L	1973-10-24	Port Vale	H
21	-1	Southend United	12	3	0	3	10	9	0	3	3	1	8	0.647	9	W	W	L	D	L	1973-10-22	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Rochdale	12	0	4	1	7	8	1	1	5	3	16	0.417	7	L	L	D	L	W	1973-10-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	12	1	2	2	4	5	0	2	5	5	13	0.5	6	L	D	D	L	D	1973-10-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Aldershot	12	2	2	1	6	5	0	0	7	3	15	0.45	6	L	L	L	L	L	1973-10-24	AFC Bournemouth	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Newport County	Oakwell	2,274
Manning	Lineups		Brown
Brentford	1	1	Rotherham United	Griffin Park	4,419
Webb	Lineups		Wigg
Chester	2	4	Gillingham	Sealand Road	2,187
Redfern, Seddon	Lineups		Peach, Yeo 2, Richardson
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Bury	Gresty Road	2,572
Duffey	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Hartlepool	Belle Vue	1,676
Kitchen, Uzelac	Lineups		Dawes, Coyne
Lincoln City	2	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	3,946
Harding, Ward	Lineups		Atkins
Northampton Town	1	2	Exeter City	County Ground	4,923
Stratford	Lineups		Binney, Plumb
Peterborough United	3	0	Swansea City	London Road	6,686
Evans OG, Cozens, Murray	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Mansfield Town	Elm Park	6,537
Chappell 3	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	2,448
	Lineups		Ingram
Torquay United	3	0	Workington	Plainmoor	3,425
Sandercock K, Rowles, Morrall	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	1	Reading	12	3	3	0	9	3	3	3	0	4	1	3.25	18	W	D	D	W	D	1973-10-24	Colchester United	H
2	-1	Colchester United	12	5	2	0	15	5	2	2	1	5	2	2.857	18	W	W	D	D	W	1973-10-24	Reading	A
3	1	Peterborough United	12	5	1	0	14	3	1	4	1	6	7	2	17	W	W	W	L	D	1973-10-22	Lincoln City	H
4	2	Exeter City	12	3	2	1	8	3	4	0	2	7	7	1.5	16	W	L	W	W	L	1973-10-22	Darlington	A
5	-2	Bury	12	6	0	0	19	2	0	3	3	2	7	2.333	15	L	L	W	W	L	1973-10-22	Hartlepool	A
6	2	Lincoln City	12	3	3	1	9	7	2	2	1	6	5	1.25	15	W	D	W	D	W	1973-10-22	Peterborough United	A
7	2	Torquay United	12	4	1	1	11	8	1	4	1	4	7	1	15	W	W	D	D	W	1973-10-24	Brentford	H
8	-3	Mansfield Town	12	5	0	0	10	1	0	4	3	5	11	1.25	14	L	W	L	D	W	1973-10-22	Stockport County	H
9	2	Gillingham	12	3	2	1	17	6	2	1	3	10	8	1.929	13	W	W	L	D	W	1973-10-23	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Rotherham United	12	3	2	0	9	3	1	3	3	13	10	1.692	13	D	W	D	D	W	1973-10-23	Bradford City	H
11	-4	Northampton Town	12	4	2	1	9	3	0	3	2	4	7	1.3	13	L	D	D	W	L	1973-10-23	Newport County	A
12	1	Bradford City	12	2	3	1	7	6	2	2	2	5	7	0.923	13	W	D	D	W	L	1973-10-23	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Chester	12	3	1	3	12	10	2	0	3	5	9	0.895	11	L	W	L	D	L	1973-10-24	Workington	A
14	1	Newport County	12	3	1	1	7	4	0	4	3	5	12	0.75	11	D	D	W	L	D	1973-10-23	Northampton Town	H
15	2	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	2	2	9	13	1	1	3	6	9	0.682	11	W	L	L	W	W	1973-10-23	Swansea City	A
16	-2	Stockport County	12	0	5	2	6	8	1	3	1	6	8	0.75	10	L	L	W	D	D	1973-10-22	Mansfield Town	A
17	1	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	3	1	12	7	0	1	4	3	16	0.652	10	D	L	D	W	L	1973-10-23	Barnsley	A
18	-2	Workington	12	2	3	0	4	2	0	3	4	4	13	0.533	10	L	W	L	D	W	1973-10-24	Chester	H
19	0	Scunthorpe United	12	2	3	0	6	2	1	0	6	5	16	0.611	9	L	D	W	L	D	1973-10-23	Gillingham	H
20	1	Brentford	12	2	2	3	8	5	1	0	4	4	9	0.857	8	D	L	L	L	W	1973-10-24	Torquay United	A
21	1	Hartlepool	12	2	1	2	5	6	0	3	4	6	13	0.579	8	D	L	D	L	D	1973-10-22	Bury	H
22	-2	Swansea City	12	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	5	3	11	0.529	8	L	W	L	L	L	1973-10-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Barnsley	12	1	3	2	8	6	0	2	4	3	12	0.611	7	D	L	D	D	L	1973-10-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Darlington	12	0	3	2	3	5	1	0	6	3	16	0.286	5	L	L	D	L	L	1973-10-22	Exeter City	H