Football League Second Division 1972/73

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Football League Second Division 1972/73
Football League logo until 1988
master Burnley FC
Cup winners Sunderland AFC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Sunderland AFC , Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Burnley FC, Queens Park Rangers
Relegated Huddersfield Town ,
Brighton & Hove Albion
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,156  (ø 2.5 per game)
Top scorer Don Givens
( Queens Park Rangers )
← Football League Second Division 1971/72
^ Football League First Division 1972/73

The Football League Second Division 1972/73 was the 70th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 12, 1972 and ended on May 9, 1973.

Second division champions were Burnley FC and the second-placed Queens Park Rangers also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1973/74, the two first division clubs Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion, ranked in the table below, took the places. Huddersfield Town and Brighton & Hove Albion had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winner Bolton Wanderers and the third division champions Notts County took the vacant positions in the following season 1973/74 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Burnley FC  42  24  14th  4th 072:350 2.06 62:22
 2. Queens Park Rangers  42  24  13  5 081:370 2.19 61:23
 3. Aston Villa (N)  42  18th  14th  10 051:470 1.09 50:34
 4th Middlesbrough FC  42  17th  13  12 046:430 1.07 47:37
 5. Bristol City  42  17th  12  13 063:510 1.24 46:38
 6th Sunderland AFC  42  17th  12  13 059:490 1.20 46:38
 7th Blackpool FC  42  18th  10  14th 056:510 1.10 46:38
 8th. Oxford United  42  19th  7th  16 052:430 1.21 45:39
 9. Fulham FC  42  16  12  14th 058:490 1.18 44:40
10. Sheffield Wednesday  42  17th  10  15th 059:550 1.07 44:40
11. Millwall FC  42  16  10  16 055:470 1.17 42:42
12. Luton Town  42  15th  11  16 044:530 0.83 41:43
13. Hull City  42  14th  12  16 064:590 1.08 40:44
14th Nottingham Forest (A)  42  14th  12  16 047:520 0.90 40:44
15th FC Orient  42  12  12  18th 049:530 0.92 36:48
16. Swindon Town  42  10  16  16 046:600 0.77 36:48
17th Portsmouth FC  42  12  11  19th 042:590 0.71 35:49
18th Carlisle United  42  11  12  19th 050:520 0.96 34:50
19th Preston North End  42  11  12  19th 037:640 0.58 34:50
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  11  11  20th 043:580 0.74 33:51
21st Huddersfield Town (A)  42  8th  17th  17th 036:560 0.64 33:51
22nd Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  42  8th  13  21st 046:830 0.55 29:55
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1973/74
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1973/74
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1973/74 as an English cup winner
  • Participation in the 1973/74 European Cup Winners' Cup as a Welsh cup winner
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1971/72
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1971/72

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1972/73 AST BLP BHA BRC BUR CAR CAU FUL HUD HUL LUT MID Mil NOF ORI OXF POR PNE QPR SHW SUN SWI
    Aston Villa 0-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 2-0 1-0 2: 3 2-0 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1
    Blackpool FC 1: 1 6: 2 3-0 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 1: 1 4: 3 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 2 0-0 2-0
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 3 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 3: 3 2: 2 3: 1
    Bristol City 3-0 3-0 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 3-0
    Burnley FC 4: 1 4: 3 3-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 4-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1
    Cardiff City 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 4: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 3-0 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Carlisle United 2: 2 2: 3 5: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 6: 1 1: 3 1: 1 4: 3 3-0
    Fulham FC 2-0 2-0 5: 1 5: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 3 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 0-0
    Huddersfield Town 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1
    Hull City 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 4-0 3: 1 0: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 1 5: 1 6: 2 4: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2
    Luton Town 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 1
    Middlesbrough FC 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 2-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 0: 2
    Millwall FC 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 1-0 2-0 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 0: 2 4: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1
    Nottingham Forest 1: 1 4-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 3-0 1-0 2: 2
    FC Orient 4-0 2-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 3: 2 3: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1-0
    Oxford United 2-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 5: 2 2: 1 4-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 3 0: 2 2-0 1-0 5: 1 1-0
    Portsmouth FC 0: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 3 0: 2 3: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 3 1: 1
    Preston North End 0: 1 0: 3 4-0 3: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 3 0-0 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 5 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1
    Queens Park Rangers 1-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 3-0 4-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 3 3-0 3: 1 0-0 5-0 3-0 4: 2 3: 2 5-0
    Sheffield Wednesday 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 3: 2 4: 2 4-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 2: 1
    Sunderland AFC 2: 2 1-0 4-0 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 3-0 1: 1 0: 2 4-0 2-0 4: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 3: 2
    Swindon Town 1: 3 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 3-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 3: 1 1: 3 1: 1 3: 2 2: 2 1-0 1: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 IrelandIreland Don Givens Queens Park Rangers 23
    2 EnglandEngland Gordon Bolland Millwall FC 19th
    3 EnglandEngland Stan Bowles Queens Park Rangers 17th
    = EnglandEngland Alan Gowling Huddersfield Town 17th
    = EnglandEngland Stuart Pearson Hull City 17th
    6th EnglandEngland Brian Joicey Sheffield Wednesday 15th
    = ScotlandScotland Billy Hughes Sunderland AFC 15th
    = EnglandEngland Alf Wood Millwall FC 15th
    = EnglandEngland Vic Halom Luton Town (10) & Sunderland AFC (5) 15th
    = EnglandEngland Andy McCulloch Cardiff City (14) & Queens Park Rangers (1) 15th
    = EnglandEngland Steve Earle Fulham FC 15th

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Graeme Wright, Peter Dunk (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973-74 . Queen Anne Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-362-00141-3 , pp. 468 .
    2. ↑ 1972/73 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .