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| 1972/73 Results | |||||||||||
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Byes
- The 22 1972/73 First Division
clubs plus the two clubs relegated from the First Division in 1971/72
(Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest) plus the 12 Division 2 clubs who were 3rd
- 14th in the 1971/72 Division 2 table -
Blackpool, Bristol City, Burnley, Carlisle United, Hull City, Luton Town,
Middlesbrough, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland,
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| Wed | Aug | 16 | Aston Villa | 4 | - | 1 | Hereford United | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Barnsley | 0 | - | 0 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 22 | Grimsby Town | 2 | - | 0 |
Barnsley |
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| Wed | Aug | 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | - | 1 | Rochdale | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | - | 0 | Oldham Athletic | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Bradford City | 1 | - | 1 | Stockport County | ||||
| Mon | Aug | 21 | Stockport County | 1 | - | 1 |
Bradford City |
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| Mon | Aug | 28 | Stockport County | 2 | - | 0 |
Bradford City |
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| (the match was played at Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers FC) | |||||||||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Brentford | 1 | - | 0 | Cambridge United | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | - | 1 | Exeter City | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Cardiff City | 2 | - | 2 | Bristol Rovers | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 22 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | - | 1 |
Cardiff City |
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| Wed | Aug | 16 | Chester | 4 | - | 3 | Shrewsbury Town | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Darlington | 0 | - | 1 | Rotherham United | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Gillingham | 1 | - | 0 | Colchester United | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 15 | Halifax Town | 1 | - | 2 | Bury | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Hartlepool | 1 | - | 0 | Doncaster Rovers | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Mansfield Town | 3 | - | 1 | Lincoln City | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 15 | Northampton Town | 0 | - | 3 | Charlton Athletic | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Notts County | 3 | - | 1 | York City | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Orient | 2 | - | 0 | Watford | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Oxford United | 4 | - | 0 | Peterborough United | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | - | 2 | Bournemouth | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Reading | 1 | - | 1 | Fulham | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 23 | Fulham | 1 | - | 1 |
Reading |
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| Mon | Aug | 28 | Reading | 0 | - | 1 |
Fulham |
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| Tue | Aug | 15 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | - | 0 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 23 | Chesterfield | 5 | - | 0 |
Scunthorpe United |
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| Wed | Aug | 16 | Southend United | 2 | - | 1 | Aldershot | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Southport | 4 | - | 1 | Walsall | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 15 | Swansea City | 1 | - | 1 | Newport County | ||||
| Tue | Aug | 22 | Newport County | 3 | - | 0 |
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| Wed | Aug | 16 | Torquay United | 1 | - | 2 | Portsmouth | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | - | 1 | Port Vale | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Workington | 1 | - | 0 | Preston North End | ||||
| Wed | Aug | 16 | Wrexham | 4 | - | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | ||||
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| Tue | Sep | 5 | Arsenal | 1 | - | 0 | Everton | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Birmingham City | 1 | - | 1 | Luton Town | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 13 | Luton Town | 1 | - | 1 |
Birmingham City |
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| Tue | Sep | 19 | Birmingham City | 1 | - | 0 |
Luton Town |
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| Wed | Sep | 6 | Bournemouth | 0 | - | 0 | Blackpool | ||||
| Mon | Sep | 11 | Blackpool | 1 | - | 1 |
Bournemouth |
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| Mon | Sep | 18 | Blackpool | 2 | - | 1 |
Bournemouth |
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| Tue | Sep | 5 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | - | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Bury | 1 | - | 0 | Grimsby Town | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Carlisle United | 1 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 19 | Liverpool | 5 | - | 1 |
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| Tue | Sep | 5 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | - | 3 | Mansfield Town | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Coventry City | 1 | - | 0 | Hartlepool | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Crystal Palace | 0 | - | 1 | Stockport County | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Gillingham | 0 | - | 2 | Millwall | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Hull City | 1 | - | 0 | Fulham | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Leeds United | 4 | - | 0 | Burnley | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Manchester City | 4 | - | 0 | Rochdale | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Middlesbrough | 2 | - | 0 | Wrexham | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Newport County | 0 | - | 3 | Ipswich Town | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Norwich City | 2 | - | 1 | Leicester City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | - | 1 | Aston Villa | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Notts County | 3 | - | 2 | Southport | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Oxford United | 2 | - | 2 | Manchester United | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 12 | Manchester United | 3 | - | 1 |
Oxford United |
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| Tue | Sep | 5 | Port Vale | 1 | - | 3 | Newcastle United | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Portsmouth | 0 | - | 1 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Rotherham United | 2 | - | 0 | Brentford | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | - | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Southampton | 0 | - | 0 | Chester | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 13 | Chester | 2 | - | 2 |
Southampton |
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| Wed | Sep | 20 | Southampton | 2 | - | 0 |
Chester |
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| (the match was played at the Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion FC) | |||||||||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Southend United | 0 | - | 1 | Chelsea | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Stoke City (holders) | 3 | - | 0 | Sunderland | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Swindon Town | 0 | - | 1 | Derby County | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 1 | Huddersfield Town | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | - | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | West Ham United | 2 | - | 1 | Bristol City | ||||
| Tue | Sep | 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | - | 1 | Orient | ||||
| Wed | Sep | 6 | Workington | 0 | - | 1 | Sheffield United | ||||
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Arsenal | 5 | - | 0 | Rotherham United | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 4 | Aston Villa | 1 | - | 1 | Leeds United | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 11 | Leeds United | 2 | - | 0 |
Aston Villa |
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Birmingham City | 2 | - | 1 | Coventry City | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 3 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | - | 1 | Manchester United | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 11 | Manchester United | 1 | - | 2 |
Bristol Rovers |
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Bury | 2 | - | 0 | Manchester City | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 4 | Derby County | 0 | - | 0 | Chelsea | ||||
| Mon | Oct | 9 | Chelsea | 3 | - | 2 |
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Hull City | 1 | - | 2 | Norwich City | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 3 | Ipswich Town | 1 | - | 2 | Stoke City (holders) | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 3 | Middlesbrough | 1 | - | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | - | 0 |
Middlesbrough |
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| Mon | Oct | 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 1 |
Middlesbrough |
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Millwall | 2 | - | 0 | Chesterfield | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 4 | Newcastle United | 0 | - | 3 | Blackpool | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 3 | Sheffield United | 0 | - | 0 | Charlton Athletic | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 10 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | - | 2 |
Sheffield United |
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| Mon | Oct | 23 | Sheffield United | 1 | - | 0 |
Charlton Athletic |
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| Tue | Oct | 3 | Southampton | 1 | - | 3 | Notts County | ||||
| Wed | Oct | 4 | Stockport County | 2 | - | 1 | West Ham United | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | - | 1 | Liverpool | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 10 | Liverpool | 2 | - | 1 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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| Wed | Oct | 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | - | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
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| Tue | Oct | 31 | Blackpool | 2 | - | 0 | Birmingham City | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 31 | Bury | 0 | - | 1 | Chelsea | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 31 | Liverpool | 2 | - | 2 | Leeds United | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 22 | Leeds United | 0 | - | 1 |
Liverpool |
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| Tue | Oct | 31 | Notts County | 3 | - | 1 | Stoke City (holders) | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 31 | Sheffield United | 1 | - | 2 | Arsenal | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 1 | Stockport County | 1 | - | 5 | Norwich City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 0 | Millwall | ||||
| Tue | Oct | 31 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | - | 0 | Bristol Rovers | ||||
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| Tue | Nov | 21 | Arsenal | 0 | - | 3 | Norwich City | ||||
| Wed | Nov | 22 | Chelsea | 3 | - | 1 | Notts County | ||||
| Mon | Dec | 4 | Liverpool | 1 | - | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | - | 1 |
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| Tue | Nov | 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | - | 1 | Blackpool | ||||
| Tue | Nov | 28 | Blackpool | 0 | - | 1 |
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| Wed | Dec | 13 | Chelsea | 0 | - | 2 | Norwich City | ||||
| Wed | Dec | 20 | Norwich City Abandoned* | Chelsea | |||||||
| Wed | Jan | 3 | Norwich City | 1 | - | 0 | Chelsea | ||||
| Norwich won 3-0 on aggregate | |||||||||||
| Wed | Dec | 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | - | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Sat | Dec | 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | - | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Spurs won 4-3 on aggregate | |||||||||||
| Final (at Wembley Stadium, London) | |||||||||||
| Sat | Mar | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | - | 0 | Norwich City | ||||
| * The first attempt to play the Norwich v Chelsea League Cup semi-final second leg at Carrow Road on December 20th was abandoned due to fog with Norwich leading 3-2. The scoreline was null and void and the match was restaged on January 3rd. | |||||||||||
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