1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1972–73 H.E. Roberts Bill Shankly First Division Champion Kevin Keegan (13) John Toshack (13) Kevin Keegan (22) UEFA Cup Champion FA Cup 4th round League Cup 5th round 48,103 _whiteborder _whiteborder _whitecollar dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _redborder _redcollar ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 dd0000 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 season was Liverpool Football Club's 81st season in existence and their 11th consecutive season in the First Division. After seven years without a trophy, Liverpool won both the Football League and the UEFA Cup in an extremely successful season, the highlight of Bill Shankly's managerial career. The rebuilding of the team from the one that served so well in the 1960s had been fully realised. Having come close the previous season, Liverpool finally won the league title by three points from Arsenal. On 30 December 1972, they beat Crystal Palace at Anfield for their twenty-first consecutive home win in the league.In numbers: How Klopp and Shankly won 21 home games in a row https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/388370-in-numbers-how-klopp-and-shankly-won-21-home-games-in-a-row 27 February 2020 Liverpool F.C. This was the longest run in English top-flight history until it was surpassed by Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool team in March 2020.Salah and Milner reaction: 'We showed our mentality to win' https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/389748-salah-milner-liverpool-mentality-bournemouth-reaction 7 March 2020 Liverpool FC The UEFA Cup triumph marked the start of a period of success in Europe, as they overcame the previous season's winners Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals and Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 on aggregate in the final. Peter Cormack was a key signing from Nottingham Forest during the summer of 1972. The emergence of Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence led to both players making their England debuts in the World Cup qualifier against Wales on 15 November 1972, alongside Emlyn Hughes, who was already established in the England team. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence ENG Frankie Lane ENG Grahame Lloyd Defenders ENG Steve Arnold ENG Roy Evans ENG Chris Lawler ENG Alec Lindsay ENG Larry Lloyd ENG John McLaughlin SCO Ian Ross ENG Tommy Smith ENG Trevor Storton ENG John Webb Midfielders ENG Ian Callaghan SCO Peter Cormack SCO Brian Hall IRE Steve Heighway ENG Emlyn Hughes ENG Hughie McAuley ENG Phil Thompson ENG Peter Thompson Attackers ENG Phil Boersma ENG Derek Brownbill ENG Kevin Keegan ENG Kevin Kewley WAL John Toshack ENG Jack Whitham Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup ENG FW Phil Boersma 19+0 7 0+1 0 2+1 2 5+3 4 ENG MF Ian Callaghan 42+0 3 4+0 0 8+0 1 12+0 0 ENG GK Ray Clemence 41+0 0 4+0 0 7+0 0 12+0 0 SCO MF Peter Cormack 30+0 8 4+0 1 8+0 0 10+0 1 SCO MF Brian Hall 17+4 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 4+4 1 IRL MF Steve Heighway 38+0 6 4+0 0 8+0 2 12+0 2 ENG DF Emlyn Hughes 41+0 7 4+0 0 8+0 2 12+0 3 ENG FW Kevin Keegan 41+0 13 4+0 0 8+0 5 11+0 4 ENG GK Frankie Lane 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Chris Lawler 42+0 3 4+0 0 8+0 0 12+0 1 ENG DF Alec Lindsay 37+0 4 4+0 0 7+0 0 11+0 1 ENG DF Larry Lloyd 42+0 2 4+0 0 8+0 0 12+0 1 ENG DF Tommy Smith 33+0 2 2+0 0 4+0 0 10+0 1 ENG DF Trevor Storton 4+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+1 0 ENG DF Phil Thompson 12+2 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 WAL FW John Toshack 22+0 13 4+0 2 6+0 1 6+2 1 ENG FW Jack Whitham 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 |} League table y LIV Results First Division 1972–73 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 12-Aug-72 Manchester City H 2–0 Hall 3 Callaghan 84 55,383 Report Report 15-Aug-72 Manchester United H 2–0 Toshack 12 Heighway 20 54,779 Report Report 19-Aug-72 Crystal Palace A 1–1 Hughes 75 30,054 Report Report 23-Aug-72 Chelsea A 2–1 Toshack 3 Callaghan 13 35,375 Report Report 26-Aug-72 West Ham United H 3–2 Toshack 44 Ferguson (og) 62 Hughes 64 50,491 Report Report 30-Aug-72 Leicester City A 2–3 Toshack 8 16 28,694 Report Report 02-Sep-72 Derby County A 1–2 Toshack 16 32,524 Report Report 09-Sep-72 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4–2 Hughes 28 Cormack 76 Smith 80 Pen Keegan 84 43,386 Report Report 16-Sep-72 Arsenal A 0–0 47,597 Report Report 23-Sep-72 Sheffield United H 5–0 Boersma 28 Lindsay 31 Heighway 33 Cormack 51 Keegan 54 Pen 42,940 Report Report 30-Sep-72 Leeds United A 2–1 Lloyd 40 Boersma 65 46,648 Report Report 07-Oct-72 Everton H 1–0 Cormack 77 55,975 Report Report 14-Oct-72 Southampton A 1–1 Lawler 40 24,110 Report Report 21-Oct-72 Stoke City H 2–1 Hughes 66 Callaghan 90 45,604 Report Report 28-Oct-72 Norwich City A 1–1 Cormack 18 36,625 Report Report 04-Nov-72 Chelsea H 3–1 Toshack 33 55 Keegan 50 48,392 Report Report 11-Nov-72 Manchester United A 0–2 53,944 Report Report 18-Nov-72 Newcastle United H 3–2 Cormack 5 Lindsay 35 Toshack 48 46,153 Report Report 25-Nov-72 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 Heighway 28 Keegan 40 45,399 Report Report 02-Dec-72 Birmingham City H 4–3 Lindsay 32 55 Cormack 44 Toshack 77 45,407 Report Report 09-Dec-72 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Boersma 21 27,213 Report Report 16-Dec-72 Ipswich Town A 1–1 Heighway 24 25,693 Report Report 23-Dec-72 Coventry City H 2–0 Toshack 6 22 41,550 Report Report 26-Dec-72 Sheffield United A 3–0 Boersma 27 Lawler 50 Heighway 81 34,040 Report Report 30-Dec-72 Crystal Palace H 1–0 Cormack 66 50,862 Report Report 06-Jan-73 West Ham United A 1–0 Keegan 75 34,480 Report Report 20-Jan-73 Derby County H 1–1 Toshack 23 45,996 Report Report 27-Jan-73 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–2 Keegan 17 32,957 Report Report 10-Feb-73 Arsenal H 0–2 49,898 Report Report 17-Feb-73 Manchester City A 1–1 Boersma 77 40,528 Report Report 24-Feb-73 Ipswich Town H 2–1 Heighway 67 Keegan 80 43,875 Report Report 03-Mar-73 Everton A 2–0 Hughes 80 88 54,269 Report Report 10-Mar-73 Southampton H 3–2 Lloyd 37 Keegan 37 87 41,674 Report Report 17-Mar-73 Stoke City A 1–0 Mahoney (og) 65 33,540 Report Report 24-Mar-73 Norwich City H 3–1 Lawler 50 Hughes 55 Hall 88 42,995 Report Report 31-Mar-73 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 Keegan 70 48,477 Report Report 07-Apr-73 Birmingham City A 1–2 Smith 60 48,114 Report Report 14-Apr-73 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 Keegan 14 Pen 43,853 Report Report 17-Apr-73 Coventry City A 2–1 Boersma 36 60 27,280 Report Report 21-Apr-73 Newcastle United A 1–2 Keegan 24 37,240 Report Report 23-Apr-73 Leeds United H 2–0 Cormack 47 Keegan 85 55,738 Report Report 28-Apr-73 Leicester City H 0–0 56,202 Report Report Football League Cup 1972–73 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 05-Sep-72 Carlisle United A 1–1 Keegan 42 16,257 Report Report 19-Sep-72 Carlisle United H 5–1 Keegan 37 Boersma 39 82 Lawler 73 Heighway 86 22,128 Report Report 03-Oct-72 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Heighway 86 17,756 Report Report 10-Oct-72 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 Hughes 62 Keegan 120 26,461 Report Report 31-Oct-72 Leeds United H 2–2 Keegan 31 Toshack 80 44,609 Report Report 22-Nov-72 Leeds United A 1–0 Keegan 90 34,856 Report Report 04-Dec-72 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 Hughes 78 48,677 Report Report 06-Dec-72 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–3 Callaghan 85 34,565 Report Report FA Cup 1972–73 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 13-Jan-73 Burnley A 0–0 35,730 Report Report 16-Jan-73 Burnley H 3–0 Toshack 31 49 Cormack 47 56,124 Report Report 03-Feb-73 Manchester City H 0–0 56,296 Report Report 07-Feb-73 Manchester City A 0–2 49,572 Report Report UEFA Cup 1972–73 UEFA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 12-Sep-72 Eintracht Frankfurt H 2–0 Keegan 12 Hughes 75 33,380 Report Report 26-Sep-72 Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–0 17,500 Report Report 24-Oct-72 AEK Athens H 3–0 Boersma 9 Cormack 28 Smith 78 Pen 31,906 Report Report 07-Nov-72 AEK Athens A 3–1 Hughes 18 44 Boersma 87 19,412 Report Report 29-Nov-72 BFC Dynamo A 0–0 15,835-20,000Schaefer Otto 5 December 1972 BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201972/FUWO%201972%2049.pdf Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) de Berlin DFV der DDR 1972 49 9 0323-8407 10 April 2022 Report Report 13-Dec-72 BFC Dynamo H 3–1 Boersma 1 Heighway 25 Toshack 56 34,140 Report Report 07-Mar-73 Dynamo Dresden H 2–0 Hall 25 Boersma 60 33,270 Report Report 21-Mar-73 Dynamo Dresden A 1–0 Keegan 53 33,634 Report Report 10-Apr-73 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–0 Lindsay 17 42,174 Report Report 25-Apr-73 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 Heighway 55 46,919 Report Report Final First Leg 10 May 1973 19:30 BST Liverpool ENG 3–0 ReportReport FRG Borussia Mönchengladbach Keegan 21 32Lloyd 61 Anfield, Liverpool 41,169 Erich Linemayr (Austria) _whitecollar dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 Liverpool _turquoise_blackstripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Borussia Mönchengladbach GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Chris LawlerLB 3 ENG Alec Lindsay CM 4 ENG Tommy Smith (c) CB 5 ENG Larry LloydCB 6 ENG Emlyn HughesST 7 ENG Kevin Keegan CM 8 SCO Peter Cormack ST 9Wales John ToshackLW 10Ireland Steve Heighway 83 RW 11 ENG Ian CallaghanSubstitutes:MF 12ENG Brian Hall 83 GK 13ENG Frankie Lane DF 14ENG Trevor Storton DF 15ENG Phil Thompson FW 16ENG Phil Boersma Manager: SCO Bill Shankly GK 1 GER Wolfgang KleffRB 2 GER Heinz Michallik CB 3 GER Günter NetzerCB 4 GER Rainer BonhofLB 5 GER Berti Vogts (c) MF 6 GER Herbert WimmerMF 7 GER Dietmar DannerMF 8 GER Christian Kulik FW 9 DNK Henning Jensen FW 10GER Bernd Rupp 82 FW 11GER Jupp Heynckes Substitutes:FW 12DNK Allan Simonsen 82 Manager: GER Hennes Weisweiler Second Leg 23 May 1973 19:30 CEST Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 2–0 ReportReport ENG Liverpool Heynckes 29 40 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 34,905 Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) _turquoise_blackstripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Borussia Mönchengladbach _whitecollar dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 Liverpool GK 1 GER Wolfgang KleffRB 2 GER Ulrich Surau CB 3 GER Günter NetzerCB 4 GER Rainer BonhofLB 5 GER Berti Vogts (c) MF 6 GER Herbert WimmerMF 7 GER Dietmar DannerMF 8 GER Christian Kulik FW 9 DNK Henning Jensen FW 10GER Bernd Rupp FW 11GER Jupp Heynckes Substitutes:FW 12DEN Allan SimonsenDF 13GER Heinz MichallikDF 14GER Klaus-Dieter SieloffGK 15GER Bernd SchrageManager: GER Hennes Weisweiler GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Chris LawlerLB 3 ENG Alec Lindsay CM 4 ENG Tommy Smith (c) CB 5 ENG Larry LloydCB 6 ENG Emlyn HughesST 7 ENG Kevin Keegan CM 8 SCO Peter Cormack ST 9Wales John ToshackLW 10Ireland Steve Heighway 77 RW 11 ENG Ian CallaghanSubstitutes:MF 12ENG Brian HallGK 13ENG Frankie Lane DF 14ENG Trevor Storton DF 15ENG Phil Thompson FW 16ENG Phil Boersma 77 Manager: SCO Bill Shankly References LFC History.net – 1972–73 season Liverweb - 1972-73 Season LFC in Europe Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool Category:English football championship–winning seasons Category:UEFA Europa League–winning seasons