Football League First Division 1972/73

Football League First Division 1972/73
master	Liverpool FC
European Cup of National Champions	Liverpool FC
Uefa cup	Leeds United , Ipswich Town , Wolverhampton Wanderers , Tottenham Hotspur
Cup winners	Sunderland AFC
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sunderland AFC
Relegated	Crystal Palace , West Bromwich Albion
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,160  (ø 2.51 per game)
Top scorer	Pop Robson ( West Ham United )
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Football League Second Division 1972/73 ↓

The Football League First Division 1972/73 was the 74th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 12, 1972 and ended on May 9, 1973.

The Liverpool won three points clear of Arsenal FC 's now eighth English championship. Both newly promoted Birmingham City and Norwich City could hold the class; instead, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Burnley FC and Queens Park Rangers .

A total of 484 players were used, with Liverpool FC with 16 the fewest and Manchester United and Chelsea FC with 29 the most players in league games. 99 newcomers opposed 81 footballers, who last came into play in the 1972/73 season. 22 players were able to play all 42 league games in their club.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points	EgS
1.	Liverpool FC	42	25th	10	7th	072:420	1.71	60:24	16
2.	Arsenal FC	42	23	11	8th	057:430	1.33	57:27	21st
3.	Leeds United (P)	42	21st	11	10	071:450	1.58	53:31	24
4th	Ipswich Town	42	17th	14th	11	055:450	1.22	48:36	22nd
5.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18th	11	13	066:540	1.22	47:37	21st
6th	West Ham United	42	17th	12	13	067:530	1.26	46:38	19th
7th	Derby County (M)	42	19th	8th	15th	056:540	1.04	46:38	22nd
8th.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	13	13	058:480	1.21	45:39	19th
9.	Newcastle United	42	16	13	13	060:510	1.18	45:39	23
10.	Birmingham City (N)	42	15th	12	15th	053:540	0.98	42:42	26th
11.	Manchester City	42	15th	11	16	057:600	0.95	41:43	21st
12.	Chelsea FC	42	13	14th	15th	049:510	0.96	40:44	29
13.	Southampton FC	42	11	18th	13	047:520	0.90	40:44	22nd
14th	Sheffield United	42	15th	10	17th	051:590	0.86	40:44	24
15th	Stoke City (L)	42	14th	10	18th	061:560	1.09	38:46	24
16.	Leicester City	42	10	17th	15th	040:460	0.87	37:47	21st
17th	Everton FC	42	13	11	18th	041:490	0.84	37:47	26th
18th	Manchester United	42	12	13	17th	044:600	0.73	37:47	29
19th	Coventry City	42	13	9	20th	040:550	0.73	35:49	22nd
20th	Norwich City (N)	42	11	10	21st	036:630	0.57	32:52	23
21st	Crystal Palace	42	9	12	21st	041:580	0.71	30:54	25th
22nd	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	10	23	038:620	0.61	28:56	22nd

English champion and participation in the 1973/74 European Cup

Participation in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League Second Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season
EgS	used players

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	BIR	CHE	COV	CRY	OF THE	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	NEW	NOR	SHU	SOT	STO	DEAD	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal FC		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	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 FC	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	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	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	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 FC	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	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	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	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 FC	0: 2	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	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	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	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	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	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 FC	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	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	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	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	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	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates	Games
1	Pop Robson	West Ham United	28	42
2	John Richards	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	=
3	Bill Dearden	Sheffield United	20th	37
4th	Bob Latchford	Birmingham City	19th	42
5	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	18th	36
=	John Tudor	Newcastle United	=	42
7th	Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	17th	35
=	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	=	38
9	Mick Channon	Southampton FC	16	40
=	Jimmy Greenhoff	Stoke City	=	41

The championship team of Liverpool FC

The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Liverpool FC during the 1972/73 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.	Liverpool FC
	Phil Boersma (19/7) | Ian Callaghan (42/3) | Ray Clemence (41/0) | Peter Cormack (30/8) | Brian Hall (21/2) | Steve Heighway (38/6) | Emlyn Hughes (41/7) | Kevin Keegan (41/13) | Frankie Lane * (1/0) | Chris Lawler (42/3) | Alec Lindsay (37/4) | Larry Lloyd (42/2) | Tommy Smith (33/2) | Trevor Storton * (4/0) | Phil Thompson (14/0) | John Toshack (22/13). Trainer: Bill Shankly

literature

• Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
• Brian Pead: Liverpool. A Complete Record 1892-1988. 2nd edition. Breedon, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-44-5 ( Breedon Books Sport ).

References and footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Since the Football League had decided to send only one team per city to the European club competitions, Arsenal FC was not allowed to participate in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup due to Tottenham Hotspur's qualification via the League Cup, see also The Knowledge article from the Guardian dated June 26, 2013.
2. ↑ Sunderland AFC played in the Second Division in the 1972/73 season.
3. ^ Graeme Wright, Peter Dunk (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973-74 . Queen Anne Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-362-00141-3 , pp. 468 .
4. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1972/1973 (Fussballdaten.de).