1972–73 Football League First Division

1972–73 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1972–73 Liverpool8th English title Crystal PalaceWest Bromwich Albion European Cup Liverpool UEFA Cup Leeds UnitedIpswich TownWolverhampton WanderersTottenham Hotspur Watney Cup West Ham UnitedStoke City Pop Robson(28 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Liverpool 5–0 Sheffield United(23 September 1972)Leeds United 5–0 Derby County(7 October 1972)Crystal Palace 5–0 Manchester United(16 October 1972)Derby County 5–0 Arsenal(25 November 1972)Leeds United 6–1 Arsenal(9 March 1973) West Bromwich Albion 0–4 Crystal Palace(3 March 1973) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–3 Stoke City(30 September 1972) 462 1160 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 main WDL World Football LIV, ARS, LEE, IPS, WOL, WHU, DER, TOT, NEW, BIR, MCI, CHE, SOU, SHU, STK, LEI, EVE, MUN, COV, NOR, CRY, WBA EC1R UC1R UC1R UC1R WAC UC1R WAC REL REL complete 23 11 8 57 43 15 12 15 53 54 13 14 15 49 51 13 9 20 40 55 9 12 21 41 58 19 8 15 56 54 13 11 18 41 49 17 14 11 55 45 21 11 10 71 45 10 17 15 40 46 25 10 7 72 42 15 11 16 57 60 12 13 17 44 60 16 13 13 60 51 11 10 21 36 63 15 10 17 51 59 11 18 13 47 52 14 10 18 61 56 16 13 13 58 48 9 10 23 38 62 17 12 13 67 53 18 11 13 66 54 C R R Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup West Ham United and Stoke City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 City 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 0–2 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Coventry City ENG Bob Dennison End of caretaker spell 15 June 1972 Pre-season ENG Joe Mercer 15 June 1972 Manchester United IRE Frank O'Farrell Sacked 19 December 1972 21st SCO Tommy Docherty 22 December 1972 Crystal Palace ENG Bert Head Mutual consent 28 March 1973 20th ENG Malcolm Allison 30 March 1973 Manchester City ENG Malcolm Allison Signed by Crystal Palace 30 March 1973 14th ENG Johnny Hart 30 March 1973 Everton ENG Harry Catterick Resigned 7 April 1973 15th ENG Tom Eggleston (caretaker) 7 April 1973 Team locations England left 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1972–73 teams England 51.56 -0.10 left England 52.48 -1.89 left England 51.50 -0.19 left England 52.41 -1.51 left England 51.40 -0.085 left England 52.92 -1.476 left England 53.47 -2.97 left England 52.06 1.14 left England 53.78 -1.57 left England 52.62 -1.14 left England 53.53 -2.99 left England 53.47 -2.18 left England 53.47 -2.30 left England 54.98 -1.62 left England 52.63 1.30 left England 53.37 -1.47 left England 50.91 -1.39 left England 53.00 -2.18 left England 51.63 -0.063 left England 52.52 -1.97 left England 51.54 0.040 left England 52.59 -2.13 left Arsenal Birmingham Chelsea Coventry Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Norwich City Sheffield United Southampton Stoke Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1972–73 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Tottenham West Ham Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ENG Pop Robson West Ham United 28 2ENG John Richards Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 3ENG Billy Dearden Sheffield United 20 4ENG Bob Latchford Birmingham City 19 5ENG Allan Clarke Leeds United 18 =ENG John Tudor Newcastle United 18 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1972–73 Football League Category:1972–73 in English football leagues