1972–73 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1972–73
Champions	Liverpool (8th English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town ; Nottingham Forest
1973–74 European Cup	Liverpool
FA Cup winners; 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup	Sunderland (2nd Div.) (2nd FA Cup title)
1973–74 UEFA Cup	Ipswich Town ; Leeds United ; Tottenham Hotspur ; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,160 (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 three points ahead of title challengers Arsenal. Crystal Palace were relegated on 24 April, 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 the European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division results

Home \ Away^[1]	ARS	BIR	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NWC	SHU	SOU	STK	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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 1972–73 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1972–73

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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[3] 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.

[topscorers-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[Wilson2011-2] 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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