1972–73 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1972–73
Champions	Liverpool (8th English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town Nottingham Forest
European Cup 1973–74	Liverpool
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1973–74	Sunderland (2nd Div.) (2nd FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1973–74	Ipswich Town Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1160 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robson (West Ham United), 28 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Leeds – Arsenal 6–1 (9 Mar 1973) Crystal Palace – Manchester United 5–0 (16 Oct 1972) Derby – Arsenal 5–0 (25 Nov 1972) Leeds – Derby 5–0 (7 Oct 1972) Liverpool – Sheffield United 5–0 (23 Sep 1972)
Biggest away win	West Bromwich – Crystal Palace 0–4 (3 Mar 1973)
Highest scoring	Wolverhampton – Stoke 5–3 (30 Sep 1972)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1972-73 season.

Overview

Liverpool won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title with a 0-0 draw against Leicester City at Anfield and finished the season 3 points ahead of title challengers Arsenal. Crystal Palace were relegated on April 24, after losing 2-1 at relegation rivals Norwich City. West Bromwich Albion joined them the next day after losing 2-1 at home to Manchester City.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	45	19	8	7	6	27	23	72	42	1.714	+ 30	60
2	Arsenal^{[notes 1]}	42	14	5	2	31	14	9	6	6	26	29	57	43	1.326	+ 14	57
3	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	45	13	6	7	8	26	32	71	45	1.578	+ 26	53
4	Ipswich Town	42	10	7	4	34	20	7	7	7	21	25	55	45	1.222	+ 10	48
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	43	23	5	8	8	23	31	66	54	1.222	+ 12	47
6	West Ham United	42	12	5	4	45	25	5	7	9	22	28	67	53	1.264	+ 14	46
7	Derby County	42	15	3	3	43	18	4	5	12	13	36	56	54	1.037	+ 2	46
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	5	6	33	23	6	8	7	25	25	58	48	1.208	+ 10	45
9	Newcastle United	42	12	6	3	35	19	4	7	10	25	32	60	51	1.176	+ 9	45
10	Birmingham City	42	11	7	3	39	22	4	5	12	14	32	53	54	0.981	– 1	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	4	5	36	20	3	7	11	21	40	57	60	0.950	– 3	41
12	Chelsea	42	9	6	6	30	22	4	8	9	19	29	49	51	0.961	– 2	40
13	Southampton	42	8	11	2	26	17	3	7	11	21	35	47	52	0.904	– 5	40
14	Sheffield United	42	11	4	6	28	18	4	6	11	23	41	51	59	0.864	– 8	40
15	Stoke City	42	11	8	2	38	17	3	2	16	23	39	61	56	1.089	+ 1	38
16	Leicester City	42	7	9	5	23	18	3	8	10	17	28	40	46	0.870	– 6	37
17	Everton	42	9	5	7	27	21	4	6	11	14	28	41	49	0.837	– 8	37
18	Manchester United	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	6	12	20	41	44	60	0.733	– 16	37
19	Coventry City	42	9	5	7	27	24	4	4	13	13	31	40	55	0.727	– 15	35
20	Norwich City	42	7	9	5	22	19	4	1	16	14	44	36	63	0.571	– 27	32
21	Crystal Palace	42	7	7	7	25	21	2	5	14	16	37	41	58	0.707	– 17	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	25	24	1	3	17	13	38	38	62	0.613	– 24	28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Arsenal were not eligible for the UEFA Cup, because Tottenham had qualified by winning the League Cup. The Football League continued to enforce the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup rule that only one team per city could compete,^[2] although UEFA had not carried the rule over.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League cup Winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Birmingham City !BIR	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Sheffield United !SHU	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–2
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	1–1		2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–3	0–2
Coventry City !Coventry City	1–1	0–0	1–3		2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1
Derby County !Derby County	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2		3–1	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0
Everton !Everton	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–1		2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Leeds United !Leeds United	6–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	3–3		3–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0		3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	0–3	4–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	5–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	2–2	2–1
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		3–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0		3–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–2
Southampton !Southampton	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Stoke City !Stoke City	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–3		1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	4–3		1–1	1–0	2–2
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1		0–0	1–0
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	4–3	3–2	2–2	2–1		2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	5–3	3–2	2–0	3–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team locations

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1972–1973 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1972–1973

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Wilson, Jonathan (2011-11-10). Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography. Orion. p. 3. ISBN 9781409123187. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

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Football League First Division

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Third Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Southport Stockport County Torquay United Workington

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