1972β73 season of Football League First Division
Football league season
Season | 1972β73 |
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Champions | Liverpool 8th English title |
Relegated | Crystal Palace West Bromwich Albion |
European Cup | Liverpool |
UEFA Cup | Leeds United Ipswich Town Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur |
Watney Cup | West Ham United Stoke City |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,160 (2.51 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Pop Robson (28 goals) |
Biggest home win | Liverpool 5β0 Sheffield United (23 September 1972) Leeds United 5β0 Derby County (7 October 1972) Crystal Palace 5β0 Manchester United (16 October 1972) Derby County 5β0 Arsenal (25 November 1972) Leeds United 6β1 Arsenal (9 March 1973) |
Biggest away win | West Bromwich Albion 0β4 Crystal Palace (3 March 1973) |
Highest scoring | Wolverhampton Wanderers 5β3 Stoke City (30 September 1972) |
β 1971β72 1973β74 β |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the: 1972β73 season.
Overviewβ»
Liverpool won theββFirst Division title for the "eighth time in the club's history that season." They made sure of the title with a 0β0 draw against Leicester City at Anfield and finished the season three points ahead of title challengers Arsenal. Crystal Palace were relegated on 24 April, after losing 2β1 at relegation rivals Norwich City. West Bromwich Albion joined them the next day after losing 2β1 at homeββto Manchester City.
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 42 | 1.714 | 60 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Arsenal | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 | 57 | |
3 | Leeds United | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 71 | 45 | 1.578 | 53 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 45 | 1.222 | 48 | |
5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 54 | 1.222 | 47 | |
6 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 67 | 53 | 1.264 | 46 | Qualification for the Watney Cup |
7 | Derby County | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 1.037 | 46 | |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 45 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 51 | 1.176 | 45 | |
10 | Birmingham City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 54 | 0.981 | 42 | |
11 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 60 | 0.950 | 41 | |
12 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 51 | 0.961 | 40 | |
13 | Southampton | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 47 | 52 | 0.904 | 40 | |
14 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 40 | |
15 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 38 | Qualification for the Watney Cup |
16 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 46 | 0.870 | 37 | |
17 | Everton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 49 | 0.837 | 37 | |
18 | Manchester United | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 60 | 0.733 | 37 | |
19 | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 55 | 0.727 | 35 | |
20 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 63 | 0.571 | 32 | |
21 | Crystal Palace (R) | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 58 | 0.707 | 30 | Relegationββto the Second Division |
22 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 62 | 0.613 | 28 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARS | BIR | CHE | COV | CRY | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | NEW | NWC | SHU | SOU | STK | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL |
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Arsenal | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 5β2 | |
Birmingham City | 1β1 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 0β1 | |
Chelsea | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | |
Coventry City | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | |
Crystal Palace | 2β3 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | |
Derby County | 5β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | |
Everton | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | |
Ipswich Town | 1β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | |
Leeds United | 6β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 5β0 | 2β1 | 3β3 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | |
Leicester City | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | |
Liverpool | 0β2 | 4β3 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 5β0 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 4β2 | |
Manchester City | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 4β3 | 1β1 | |
Manchester United | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β4 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | |
Newcastle United | 2β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | |
Norwich City | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | |
Sheffield United | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | |
Southampton | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | |
Stoke City | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 5β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 3β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 4β3 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 1β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | |
West Ham United | 1β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 5β2 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 4β3 | 3β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1β3 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 4β2 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 5β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 5β3 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β0 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79. Macdonald and Janeβs, London & Sydney, "1980."
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Managerial changesβ»
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Coventry City | Bob Dennison | End of caretaker spell | 15 June 1972 | Pre-season | Joe Mercer | 15 June 1972 |
Manchester United | Frank O'Farrell | Sacked | 19 December 1972 | 21st | Tommy Docherty | 22 December 1972 |
Crystal Palace | Bert Head | Mutual consent | 28 March 1973 | 20th | Malcolm Allison | 30 March 1973 |
Manchester City | Malcolm Allison | Signed by, Crystal Palace | 30 March 1973 | 14th | Johnny Hart | 30 March 1973 |
Everton | Harry Catterick | Resigned | 7 April 1973 | 15th | Tom Eggleston (caretaker) | 7 April 1973 |
Team locationsβ»
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1972β73
Top scorersβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Pop Robson | West Ham United | 28 |
2 | John Richards | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 |
3 | Billy Dearden | Sheffield United | 20 |
4 | Bob Latchford | Birmingham City | 19 |
5 | Allan Clarke | Leeds United | 18 |
= | John Tudor | Newcastle United | 18 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.