1973-12-08

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	25,428
Burns	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Norwich City	Turf Moor	13,246
Ingham	Lineups
Chelsea	3	2	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	20,676
Hollins 2 (2p), Osgood	Lineups		Worthington, Earle
Coventry City	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highfield Road	20,770
Stein	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Arsenal	Baseball Ground	25,161
McFarland	Lineups		Newton OG
Everton	0	1	Liverpool	Goodison Park	56,098	Largest home gate 1973-74
	Lineups		Waddle
Ipswich Town	0	3	Leeds United	Portman Road	27,313
	Lineups		Yorath, Jones, Clarke
Manchester United	0	0	Southampton	Old Trafford	31,648
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Sheffield United	Loftus Road	15,843
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Stoke City	White Hart Lane	14,034
Evans, Pratt	Lineups		Ritchie
West Ham United	2	1	Manchester City	Upton Park	20,790
Brooking, Doyle OG	Lineups		Lee

				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	19	6	3	0	21	6	7	3	0	16	4	3.7	32	W	D	D	W	D	1973-12-15	Chelsea	A
2	0	Liverpool	19	9	0	0	16	5	2	4	4	8	10	1.6	26	W	W	D	W	W	1973-12-15	Norwich City	A
3	1	Burnley	18	5	5	0	13	6	4	1	3	12	10	1.563	24	W	W	L	D	D	1973-12-15	Arsenal	H
4	-1	Newcastle United	18	6	1	2	16	9	3	3	3	12	10	1.474	22	L	D	W	L	W	1973-12-15	Derby County	H
5	0	Everton	19	5	4	1	11	5	3	2	4	11	13	1.222	22	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-15	Sheffield United	H
6	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	2	7	0	14	9	4	2	4	16	15	1.25	21	D	D	D	L	W	1973-12-15	Leicester City	A
7	-1	Ipswich Town	18	5	2	2	14	11	3	3	3	15	17	1.036	21	L	W	L	W	W	1973-12-15	Southampton	A
8	0	Southampton	19	5	3	1	17	8	2	4	4	7	17	0.96	21	D	W	L	D	D	1973-12-15	Ipswich Town	H
9	1	Derby County	19	6	3	1	18	9	1	3	5	2	11	1	20	D	D	L	L	L	1973-12-15	Newcastle United	A
10	1	Arsenal	20	4	4	3	13	12	3	2	4	11	14	0.923	20	D	D	D	W	D	1973-12-15	Burnley	A
11	1	Coventry City	20	7	1	3	14	8	1	3	5	6	15	0.87	20	W	D	W	L	L	1973-12-15	Manchester United	A
12	-3	Leicester City	19	4	3	2	11	7	2	4	4	11	14	1.048	19	L	W	L	W	W	1973-12-15	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	0	Chelsea	18	6	1	2	22	11	1	3	5	9	13	1.292	18	W	W	D	W	D	1973-12-15	Leeds United	H
14	0	Sheffield United	18	3	3	2	13	7	3	2	5	9	15	1	17	D	L	W	D	D	1973-12-15	Everton	A
15	1	Tottenham Hotspur	19	4	0	5	11	15	2	5	3	10	13	0.75	17	W	L	L	D	W	1973-12-15	Manchester City	H
16	-1	Manchester City	18	5	1	2	12	8	1	3	6	7	14	0.864	16	L	L	W	L	D	1973-12-15	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	0	Stoke City	18	4	3	1	15	6	0	3	7	8	17	1	14	L	L	W	W	L	1973-12-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Manchester United	18	4	4	2	10	7	0	2	6	5	13	0.75	14	D	D	L	L	D	1973-12-15	Coventry City	H
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	3	3	10	11	1	2	7	10	19	0.667	13	L	D	W	D	L	1973-12-15	Stoke City	A
20	1	West Ham United	19	1	4	5	12	17	1	3	5	5	13	0.567	11	W	L	L	D	D	1973-12-15	Birmingham City	A
21	1	Birmingham City	18	3	3	4	11	14	0	2	6	7	19	0.545	11	W	W	L	D	D	1973-12-15	West Ham United	H
22	-2	Norwich City	18	2	4	3	7	11	0	3	6	5	15	0.462	11	L	D	L	L	W	1973-12-15	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Ninian Park	10,312
Reece	Lineups		Lyall (p)
Carlisle United	2	3	Blackpool	Brunton Park	6,641
Train, O'Neill	Lineups		Bentley, Suddick, Alcock
Hull City	3	0	Crystal Palace	Boothferry Park	7,996
Wagstaff, Greenwood, Deere	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	6,976
	Lineups		Butlin
Notts County	2	4	Orient	Meadow Lane	11,264
Bradd, Masson (p)	Lineups		Bullock, Queen 2, Fairbrother
Portsmouth	1	0	Bristol City	Fratton Park	13,178
Davies	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Deepdale	14,715
Young, Bruce	Lineups		Byrom
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough	11,992
Joicey, Prendergast	Lineups		Foggon, Mills
Sunderland	2	0	Aston Villa	Roker Park	20,784
Tueart, Halom	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Fulham	County Ground	5,581
Eastoe	Lineups		Mullery
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Oxford United	The Hawthorns	12,277
Shaw	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	19	6	2	1	12	5	5	5	0	13	7	2.083	29	D	D	W	W	W	1973-12-11	Preston North End	H
2	0	Orient	20	5	3	2	15	8	4	5	1	18	12	1.65	26	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-15	Carlisle United	H
3	3	Luton Town	18	5	2	1	20	11	4	3	3	11	13	1.292	23	W	L	D	W	D	1973-12-12	Cardiff City	H
4	3	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	4	1	13	8	3	3	4	9	12	1.1	23	W	W	W	L	W	1973-12-15	Portsmouth	H
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	19	6	2	1	18	4	1	6	3	8	10	1.857	22	D	D	W	W	W	1973-12-15	Middlesbrough	A
6	2	Sunderland	19	4	4	1	14	5	4	2	4	11	9	1.786	22	W	L	W	D	L	1973-12-15	Millwall	A
7	2	Blackpool	20	5	2	3	15	8	4	2	4	11	12	1.3	22	W	L	L	W	W	1973-12-15	Oxford United	A
8	-5	Notts County	19	4	4	2	17	16	4	2	3	14	12	1.107	22	L	D	D	W	L	1973-12-15	Hull City	H
9	3	Hull City	20	6	4	0	14	3	1	4	5	7	16	1.105	22	W	D	W	D	L	1973-12-15	Notts County	A
10	-5	Aston Villa	19	5	4	0	18	7	2	3	5	5	11	1.278	21	L	L	D	L	W	1973-12-15	Luton Town	A
11	-1	Bristol City	20	5	2	3	13	9	3	2	5	10	12	1.095	20	L	D	L	W	L	1973-12-15	Cardiff City	A
12	-1	Carlisle United	19	6	2	2	19	9	2	2	5	8	16	1.08	20	L	W	L	W	D	1973-12-15	Orient	A
13	0	Preston North End	19	5	4	1	17	12	1	4	4	8	14	0.962	20	W	D	D	L	D	1973-12-11	Middlesbrough	A
14	0	Fulham	20	5	3	2	8	6	1	4	5	5	14	0.65	19	D	D	L	W	L	1973-12-15	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	0	Portsmouth	18	5	2	3	14	11	2	2	4	10	18	0.828	18	W	D	L	W	L	1973-12-15	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	1	Cardiff City	19	3	4	3	10	7	1	4	4	11	22	0.724	16	D	W	W	L	D	1973-12-12	Luton Town	A
17	-1	Millwall	19	4	1	5	13	9	2	2	5	10	16	0.92	15	L	L	D	W	D	1973-12-15	Sunderland	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	1	3	10	8	1	1	8	4	14	0.636	14	L	W	L	L	L	1973-12-15	Swindon Town	H
19	0	Oxford United	19	3	4	2	10	9	1	2	7	4	15	0.583	14	L	W	D	L	L	1973-12-15	Blackpool	H
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	19	4	3	3	15	10	1	0	8	5	16	0.769	13	D	L	L	L	L	1973-12-15	Fulham	H
21	0	Swindon Town	20	4	3	3	10	9	0	2	8	6	21	0.533	13	D	L	W	L	L	1973-12-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	20	1	3	6	13	19	1	3	6	5	16	0.514	10	L	W	D	D	W	1973-12-15	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Cambridge United	Dean Court	8,582
Sainty (p)	Lineups
Aldershot	2	1	Halifax Town	Recreation Ground	3,022
Wallace, Howarth	Lineups		Ford
Bristol Rovers	4	0	Southend United	Eastville	10,778
Warboys 3 (1p), Jacobs	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Hereford United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,323
Phelan	Lineups		Tiler OG
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Leeds Road	8,074
Gowling 2	Lineups		McVitie
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Wrexham	Home Park	7,638
May OG	Lineups		Thomas 2
Port Vale	1	1	Grimsby Town	Vale Park	3,157
Woodward	Lineups		Lewis
Rochdale	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Spotland	3,721
Brogden	Lineups		Field 2 (1p)
Tranmere Rovers	4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Prenton Park	4,458
Moore, Crossley, Tynan, Young	Lineups		Hilton
Walsall	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Fellows Park	3,037
Buckley (p), Andrews	Lineups
Watford	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road	6,366
Morrissey	Lineups		Powell, Flanagan 2
York City	4	0	Southport	Bootham Crescent	2,929
Seal, Jones, Pollard, Peachey	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	20	7	3	0	16	4	5	5	0	19	5	3.889	32	W	W	D	W	D	1973-12-22	Cambridge United	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	20	7	0	3	13	7	4	6	0	15	9	1.75	28	W	W	D	W	L	1973-12-22	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	York City	19	6	4	0	16	4	3	5	1	9	7	2.273	27	W	W	D	W	D	1973-12-22	Aldershot	A
4	0	Oldham Athletic	18	4	4	1	11	4	4	4	1	13	10	1.714	24	L	D	W	W	D	1973-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	1	Huddersfield Town	20	6	3	1	15	10	2	5	3	10	15	1	24	W	D	W	W	D	1973-12-22	AFC Bournemouth	A
6	1	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	1	1	19	4	3	2	5	14	20	1.375	23	W	W	W	W	W	1973-12-22	Walsall	H
7	1	Charlton Athletic	20	7	2	1	24	12	3	1	6	11	16	1.25	23	W	W	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Southport	H
8	-3	Chesterfield	20	6	2	2	15	9	2	5	3	6	8	1.235	23	D	W	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Port Vale	A
9	1	Wrexham	20	5	4	1	17	7	3	2	5	6	13	1.15	22	W	L	W	L	D	1973-12-22	Hereford United	H
10	1	Tranmere Rovers	19	4	4	1	12	4	3	3	4	10	10	1.571	21	W	D	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Halifax Town	A
11	-2	Hereford United	20	4	3	3	13	9	2	6	2	11	10	1.263	21	D	W	L	D	L	1973-12-22	Wrexham	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	18	5	3	1	14	8	1	5	3	5	7	1.267	20	D	D	L	D	W	1973-12-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	0	Halifax Town	18	3	4	1	8	5	3	3	4	9	15	0.85	19	L	W	D	D	D	1973-12-22	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	5	3	2	17	9	2	1	6	10	14	1.174	18	L	L	W	D	L	1973-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
15	0	Southend United	20	5	2	3	20	15	1	4	5	3	14	0.793	18	L	D	W	D	L	1973-12-22	Rochdale	A
16	1	Port Vale	20	5	3	2	16	10	0	4	6	6	16	0.846	17	D	L	L	L	D	1973-12-22	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Watford	19	3	4	3	10	10	3	1	5	11	17	0.778	17	L	L	D	W	W	1973-12-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	2	2	6	10	16	3	4	3	9	14	0.633	16	L	L	D	W	D	1973-12-22	Watford	A
19	0	Walsall	20	4	4	2	13	4	0	3	7	7	18	0.909	15	W	L	L	L	D	1973-12-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Aldershot	19	5	3	2	16	11	1	0	8	6	18	0.759	15	W	W	W	D	L	1973-12-22	York City	H
21	-1	Cambridge United	18	5	2	2	14	9	0	1	8	3	15	0.708	13	L	L	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Southport	20	1	7	2	10	9	1	1	8	8	26	0.514	12	L	D	D	L	L	1973-12-22	Charlton Athletic	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	20	2	2	6	8	13	0	2	8	5	19	0.406	8	L	L	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Rochdale	18	0	5	4	11	17	1	1	7	4	22	0.385	8	L	L	L	L	D	1973-12-22	Southend United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Brentford	Valley Parade	3,243
Gilliver	Lineups		Webb
Bury	0	2	Swansea City	Gigg Lane	3,220
	Lineups		Rees, Screen
Chester	1	1	Torquay United	Sealand Road	1,687
James	Lineups		Jackson
Crewe Alexandra	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	1,460
Purdie (p), Wingall OG, Duffey, Brookes OG	Lineups
Darlington	2	2	Peterborough United	Feethams Ground	1,543
Sinclair, Atkins	Lineups		Cozens 2
Exeter City	0	1	Newport County	St James Park	3,476
	Lineups		Godfrey
Gillingham	4	1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	8,411
Richardson, Wilks 2, Jacks	Lineups		Smith L
Hartlepool	1	2	Barnsley	Victoria Park	1,101
Gauden	Lineups		Brown, Butler
Northampton Town	1	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	3,464
Best	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Workington	Millmoor	2,537
Gilbert	Lineups		Skillen
Scunthorpe United	5	3	Mansfield Town	Old Showground	2,575
Houghton 2, Horsfall 2, Davidson	Lineups		Eccles, Walker, McCaffrey
Stockport County	0	0	Reading	Edgeley Park	1,618
	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	Peterborough United	20	9	1	0	22	3	3	5	2	12	11	2.429	30	D	W	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Reading	H
2	-1	Colchester United	20	8	2	0	25	6	3	5	2	13	9	2.533	29	L	W	W	W	D	1973-12-15	Stockport County	A
3	0	Gillingham	21	7	2	1	29	9	4	4	3	17	11	2.3	28	W	W	D	W	W	1973-12-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	1	Reading	19	4	4	1	11	5	3	5	2	7	6	1.636	23	D	W	L	L	L	1973-12-22	Peterborough United	A
5	-1	Lincoln City	20	6	3	1	18	10	3	2	5	9	12	1.227	23	L	W	W	L	L	1973-12-22	Chester	H
6	3	Newport County	20	7	1	2	16	7	2	4	4	7	15	1.045	23	W	W	W	W	W	1973-12-15	Torquay United	A
7	-1	Mansfield Town	20	8	2	0	24	6	0	4	6	10	23	1.172	22	L	W	D	L	D	1973-12-22	Darlington	A
8	0	Torquay United	20	6	3	1	18	11	1	5	4	7	13	1.042	22	D	D	D	L	L	1973-12-15	Newport County	H
9	-2	Bury	20	8	0	2	24	8	0	5	5	6	13	1.429	21	L	L	D	W	L	1973-12-22	Rotherham United	H
10	1	Northampton Town	19	7	2	1	13	4	1	3	5	9	18	1	21	W	L	W	W	W	1973-12-22	Workington	H
11	-1	Exeter City	20	5	2	3	17	7	4	0	6	8	14	1.19	20	L	L	L	L	W	1973-12-15	Workington	A
12	2	Swansea City	20	6	2	2	15	6	2	2	6	7	15	1.048	20	W	W	D	D	W	1973-12-22	Torquay United	H
13	-1	Bradford City	21	4	6	1	16	12	2	2	6	6	15	0.815	20	D	L	L	W	W	1973-12-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	-1	Rotherham United	20	5	4	1	14	7	1	3	6	13	15	1.227	19	D	L	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Bury	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	19	6	4	0	19	8	1	1	7	7	20	0.929	19	W	D	W	W	L	1973-12-22	Hartlepool	A
16	0	Stockport County	20	1	7	2	10	10	2	4	4	12	21	0.71	17	D	D	L	D	W	1973-12-15	Colchester United	H
17	0	Brentford	20	4	2	4	15	9	2	2	6	9	18	0.889	16	D	L	W	D	W	1973-12-15	Darlington	H
18	2	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	3	2	16	15	1	1	8	9	20	0.714	16	W	L	L	W	L	1973-12-22	Bradford City	H
19	-1	Chester	19	4	2	4	14	15	2	2	5	8	16	0.71	16	D	L	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Lincoln City	A
20	2	Barnsley	19	4	3	2	15	9	1	2	7	7	23	0.688	15	W	W	L	L	W	1973-12-22	Brentford	H
21	-2	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	4	1	16	9	1	1	8	6	27	0.611	15	L	D	W	L	W	1973-12-22	Gillingham	H
22	-1	Workington	19	3	5	1	6	5	0	4	6	5	21	0.423	15	D	W	L	L	L	1973-12-15	Exeter City	H
23	0	Hartlepool	20	3	2	5	8	12	0	4	6	6	16	0.5	12	L	L	D	L	W	1973-12-22	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Darlington	19	2	5	3	10	11	1	1	7	4	19	0.467	12	D	L	D	L	D	1973-12-15	Brentford	A