Football League Third Division 1972/73
Football League Third Division 1972/73 | |
master | Bolton Wanderers |
Climbers | Bolton Wanderers Notts County |
Relegated |
Rotherham United Brentford FC Swansea City Scunthorpe United |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,371 (ø 2.48 per game) |
Top scorer | Bruce Bannister ( Bristol Rovers ) / Arthur Horsfield ( Charlton Athletic ) |
← Football League Third Division 1971/72 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1972/73 |
The Football League Third Division 1972/73 was the 46th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champions were the Bolton Wanderers and also the second-placed Notts County rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1973/74, the two second division clubs Huddersfield Town and Brighton & Hove Albion, ranked in the table below, took the places. Rotherham United , Brentford FC , Swansea City and Scunthorpe United had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions FC Southport and behind them Hereford United , Cambridge United and FC Aldershot took the vacant positions in the following season 1973/74 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 25th | 11 | 10 | 73:39 | 1.87 | 61:31 |
2. | Notts County | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 67:47 | 1.43 | 57:35 |
3. | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 20th | 15th | 11 | 57:47 | 1.21 | 55:37 |
4th | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19th | 16 | 11 | 72:54 | 1.33 | 54:38 |
5. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20th | 13 | 13 | 77:56 | 1.38 | 53:39 |
6th | Port Vale | 46 | 21st | 11 | 14th | 56:69 | 0.81 | 53:39 |
7th | Bournemouth AFC | 46 | 17th | 16 | 13 | 66:44 | 1.50 | 50:42 |
8th. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 74:66 | 1.12 | 50:42 |
9. | Grimsby Town (N) | 46 | 20th | 8th | 18th | 67:61 | 1.10 | 48:44 |
10. | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15th | 16 | 15th | 56:52 | 1.08 | 46:46 |
11. | Charlton Athletic (A) | 46 | 17th | 11 | 18th | 69:67 | 1.03 | 45:47 |
12. | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 14th | 17th | 15th | 55:54 | 1.02 | 45:47 |
13. | Rochdale AFC | 46 | 14th | 17th | 15th | 48:54 | 0.89 | 45:47 |
14th | Southend United (N) | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 61:54 | 1.13 | 44:48 |
15th | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15th | 14th | 17th | 46:54 | 0.85 | 44:48 |
16. | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 17th | 9 | 20th | 57:61 | 0.93 | 43:49 |
17th | Walsall FC | 46 | 18th | 7th | 21st | 56:66 | 0.85 | 43:49 |
18th | York city | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 42:46 | 0.91 | 41:51 |
19th | Watford FC (A) | 46 | 12 | 17th | 17th | 43:48 | 0.90 | 41:51 |
20th | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 43:53 | 0.81 | 41:51 |
21st | Rotherham United | 46 | 17th | 7th | 22nd | 51:65 | 0.78 | 41:51 |
22nd | Brentford FC (N) | 46 | 15th | 7th | 24 | 51:69 | 0.74 | 37:55 |
23. | Swansea City | 46 | 14th | 9 | 23 | 51:73 | 0.70 | 37:55 |
24. | Scunthorpe United (N) | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26th | 33:72 | 0.46 | 30:62 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1971/72 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1971/72 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
BLA | BOL | BOU | BRE | BRR | CHA | CHF | GRI | HAL | NOC | OLD | PLY | PVA | ROC | RED | SCU | SHR | SEU | SWA | TRA | WHALE | WAT | WRE | YOR | |
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Blackburn Rovers | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | |
Bournemouth AFC | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 4: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | |
Brentford FC | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
Bristol Rovers | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | |
Charlton Athletic | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 4: 2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
Chesterfield FC | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
Grimsby Town | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 6: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Halifax Town | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | |
Notts County | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Oldham Athletic | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 7: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 5-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
Port Vale | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Rochdale AFC | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 6 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Rotherham United | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 7 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Scunthorpe United | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 5 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
Southend United | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | |
Swansea City | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 6: 2 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | |
Walsall FC | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
Watford FC | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | |
Wrexham AFC | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | |
York city | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruce Bannister | Bristol Rovers | 25th |
= | Arthur Horsfield | Charlton Athletic | 25th |
3 | John Byrom | Bolton Wanderers | 20th |
4th | Eddie Loyden | Tranmere Rovers | 19th |
= | Kevin Randall | Chesterfield FC | 19th |
6th | Tony Field | Blackburn Rovers | 18th |
= | Stuart Brace | Grimsby Town | 18th |
8th | David Shaw | Oldham Athletic | 17th |
= | Jon Nixon | Notts County | 17th |
10 | Chris Guthrie | Southend United | 15th |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ^ Graeme Wright, Peter Dunk (Eds.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973-74 . Queen Anne Press, London 1973, ISBN 0-362-00141-3 , pp. 468 f .