Football League Second Division 1972/73
Football League Second Division 1972/73 | |
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 |
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1. | Burnley FC | 42 | 24 | 14th | 4th | 72:35 | 2.06 | 62:22 |
2. | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 81:37 | 2.19 | 61:23 |
3. | Aston Villa (N) | 42 | 18th | 14th | 10 | 51:47 | 1.09 | 50:34 |
4th | Middlesbrough FC | 42 | 17th | 13 | 12 | 46:43 | 1.07 | 47:37 |
5. | Bristol City | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 63:51 | 1.24 | 46:38 |
6th | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 59:49 | 1.20 | 46:38 |
7th | Blackpool FC | 42 | 18th | 10 | 14th | 56:51 | 1.10 | 46:38 |
8th. | Oxford United | 42 | 19th | 7th | 16 | 52:43 | 1.21 | 45:39 |
9. | Fulham FC | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14th | 58:49 | 1.18 | 44:40 |
10. | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 17th | 10 | 15th | 59:55 | 1.07 | 44:40 |
11. | Millwall FC | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 55:47 | 1.17 | 42:42 |
12. | Luton Town | 42 | 15th | 11 | 16 | 44:53 | 0.83 | 41:43 |
13. | Hull City | 42 | 14th | 12 | 16 | 64:59 | 1.08 | 40:44 |
14th | Nottingham Forest (A) | 42 | 14th | 12 | 16 | 47:52 | 0.90 | 40:44 |
15th | FC Orient | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18th | 49:53 | 0.92 | 36:48 |
16. | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 46:60 | 0.77 | 36:48 |
17th | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19th | 42:59 | 0.71 | 35:49 |
18th | Carlisle United | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19th | 50:52 | 0.96 | 34:50 |
19th | Preston North End | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19th | 37:64 | 0.58 | 34:50 |
20th | Cardiff City | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20th | 43:58 | 0.74 | 33:51 |
21st | Huddersfield Town (A) | 42 | 8th | 17th | 17th | 36:56 | 0.64 | 33:51 |
22nd | Brighton & Hove Albion (N) | 42 | 8th | 13 | 21st | 46:83 | 0.55 | 29:55 |
(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 | Don Givens | Queens Park Rangers | 23 |
2 | Gordon Bolland | Millwall FC | 19th |
3 | Stan Bowles | Queens Park Rangers | 17th |
= | Alan Gowling | Huddersfield Town | 17th |
= | Stuart Pearson | Hull City | 17th |
6th | Brian Joicey | Sheffield Wednesday | 15th |
= | Billy Hughes | Sunderland AFC | 15th |
= | Alf Wood | Millwall FC | 15th |
= | Vic Halom | Luton Town (10) & Sunderland AFC (5) | 15th |
= | Andy McCulloch | Cardiff City (14) & Queens Park Rangers (1) | 15th |
= | Steve Earle | Fulham FC | 15th |
Web links
- England 1972-73 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ^ Graeme Wright, Peter Dunk (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973-74 . Queen Anne Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-362-00141-3 , pp. 468 .
- ↑ 1972/73 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .