Division 11972/1973

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1160 (2.51 goals per match )

Red cards : 5

51%
Home victories

28%
Draws

21%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.74 years

Number of players participating : 485

Promoted : Birmingham City, Norwich City

Relegated to lower tier : Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield Town

Division 1 1972/1973's fixtures and results

Round 24

General rankingLast updated on 09/05/1973

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Liverpool	60	42	25	10	7	72	42	+30
2	Arsenal	57	42	23	11	8	57	43	+14
3	Leeds United	53	42	21	11	10	71	45	+26
4	Ipswich Town	48	42	17	14	11	55	45	+10
5	Wolverhampton	47	42	18	11	13	66	54	+12
6	West Ham	46	42	17	12	13	67	53	+14
7	Derby County	46	42	19	8	15	56	54	+2
8	Tottenham	45	42	16	13	13	58	48	+10
9	Newcastle United	45	42	16	13	13	60	51	+9
10	Birmingham City	42	42	15	12	15	53	54	-1
11	Manchester City	41	42	15	11	16	57	60	-3
12	Chelsea	40	42	13	14	15	49	51	-2
13	Southampton	40	42	11	18	13	47	52	-5
14	Sheffield United	40	42	15	10	17	51	59	-8
15	Stoke City	38	42	14	10	18	61	56	+5
16	Leicester	37	42	10	17	15	40	46	-6
17	Everton	37	42	13	11	18	41	49	-8
18	Man United	37	42	12	13	17	44	60	-16
19	Coventry	35	42	13	9	20	40	55	-15
20	Norwich City	32	42	11	10	21	36	63	-27
21	Crystal Palace	30	42	9	12	21	41	58	-17
22	WBA	28	42	9	10	23	38	62	-24

Latest transfers

May 01, 1973
John Craven ( Palace)		Coventry

March 30, 1973
John Hart mana.		Man City
Malcom Allison mana.( Man City)		Palace

March 05, 1973
Ian Mellor ( Man City)		Norwich

March 01, 1973
Terry Nicholl ( Crewe)		Sheffield U
Peter Spiring ( Bristol City)		Liverpool
Tony Whelan ( Man United)		Man City
Edward MacDougall ( Man United)		West Ham
Dave Shaw ( Oldham)		WBA
Ian Turner ( Grimsby)		Southampton

February 20, 1973
Colin Suggett ( WBA)		Norwich

February 15, 1973
Jimmy Bone ( Norwich)		Sheffield U

February 01, 1973
Trevor Hockey ( Sheffield U)		Norwich

All transfers

One match scorers

Keith Wellerhas scored 3 goals during the match Leicester 3-2 Liverpool (30/08/1972)

Bob Latchfordhas scored 3 goals during the match Birmingham City 4-1 Manchester City (09/09/1972)

Malcolm Macdonaldhas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 0-3 Newcastle United (16/09/1972)

Jimmy Greenhoffhas scored 3 goals during the match Stoke City 5-1 Manchester City (23/09/1972)

John Richardshas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 5-3 Stoke City (30/09/1972)

Martin Petershas scored 4 goals during the match Man United 1-4 Tottenham (28/10/1972)

Frank Worthingtonhas scored 3 goals during the match Leicester 3-1 WBA (02/12/1972)

Kevin Hectorhas scored 3 goals during the match Derby County 4-0 Southampton (17/02/1973)

Derek Douganhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 5-1 Manchester City (03/03/1973)

John Richardshas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 4-2 Everton (14/04/1973)

Bryan Robsonhas scored 3 goals during the match West Ham 4-3 Southampton (20/04/1973)

Peter Lorimerhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 6-1 Arsenal (09/05/1973)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Bryan Robson	28	0	133	3735	42	42	23	5	28	0	42%	20/04/1973
John Richards	27	0	140	3780	42	42	20	7	27	0	42%	30/04/1973
William Dearden	19	0	175	3330	37	37	13	6	19	0	40%	02/05/1973
Allan Clarke	18	0	175	3150	36	36	11	7	18	0	26%	21/04/1973
John Tudor	18	0	210	3780	42	42	11	7	18	0	30%	28/04/1973
Bob Latchford	18	0	210	3780	42	42	12	6	18	0	35%	28/04/1973
Malcolm Macdonald	17	0	184	3134	35	35	9	8	17	0	28%	10/03/1973
Martin Chivers	17	3	201	3420	38	38	12	5	17	0	31%	02/05/1973
Martin Peters	16	2	225	3600	41	41	7	9	16	0	29%	28/04/1973
Mick Channon	16	0	219	3510	40	40	8	8	16	0	36%	28/04/1973
Jimmy Greenhoff	16	0	228	3645	41	41	11	5	16	0	26%	28/04/1973
John Radford	15	0	227	3404	38	38	6	9	15	0	28%	28/04/1973
Peter Lorimer	15	0	243	3645	41	41	9	6	15	0	21%	09/05/1973
Rodney Marsh	14	0	235	3285	37	37	11	3	14	0	26%	18/04/1973
Francis Lee	14	0	222	3105	35	35	7	7	14	0	26%	28/04/1973

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Birmingham City	V 2-1 Liverpool07/04/1973	VLeicester 0-1 14/04/1973	V 3-1 Stoke City21/04/1973	D 0-0 West Ham23/04/1973	V 3-2 WBA28/04/1973	V 2-1 Leeds United30/04/1973
2	Derby County	VCoventry 0-2 14/04/1973	LTottenham 1-0 18/04/1973	D 1-1 West Ham21/04/1973	V 3-1 Everton28/04/1973	V 3-0 Ipswich Town30/04/1973	V 3-0 Wolverhampton04/05/1973
3	Stoke City	V 1-0 Ipswich Town04/04/1973	VChelsea 1-3 07/04/1973	D 2-2 Man United14/04/1973	LBirmingham City 3-1 21/04/1973	V 2-0 Wolverhampton24/04/1973	V 2-0 Norwich City28/04/1973
4	Sheffield United	V 2-0 Crystal Palace07/04/1973	LManchester City 3-1 14/04/1973	V 3-1 Coventry21/04/1973	VMan United 1-2 23/04/1973	DIpswich Town 1-1 28/04/1973	V 3-2 Tottenham02/05/1973
5	Manchester City	DIpswich Town 1-1 07/04/1973	V 3-1 Sheffield United14/04/1973	V 2-0 Newcastle United18/04/1973	DMan United 0-0 21/04/1973	VWBA 1-2 25/04/1973	L 2-3 Crystal Palace28/04/1973
6	Liverpool	LBirmingham City 2-1 07/04/1973	V 1-0 WBA14/04/1973	VCoventry 1-2 17/04/1973	LNewcastle United 2-1 21/04/1973	V 2-0 Leeds United23/04/1973	D 0-0 Leicester28/04/1973
7	Chelsea	L 1-3 Stoke City07/04/1973	LNorwich City 1-0 14/04/1973	LEverton 1-0 17/04/1973	V 2-1 Southampton21/04/1973	V 2-0 Coventry23/04/1973	V 1-0 Man United28/04/1973
8	Norwich City	LMan United 1-0 07/04/1973	V 1-0 Chelsea14/04/1973	VWBA 0-1 21/04/1973	LWolverhampton 3-0 23/04/1973	V 2-1 Crystal Palace24/04/1973	LStoke City 2-0 28/04/1973
9	Tottenham	DArsenal 1-1 14/04/1973	V 1-0 Derby County18/04/1973	D 1-1 Leicester21/04/1973	V 3-2 Newcastle United28/04/1973	D 2-2 Wolverhampton30/04/1973	LSheffield United 3-2 02/05/1973
10	West Ham	VNewcastle United 1-2 07/04/1973	D 1-1 Leeds United14/04/1973	V 4-3 Southampton20/04/1973	DDerby County 1-1 21/04/1973	DBirmingham City 0-0 23/04/1973	L 1-2 Arsenal28/04/1973
11	Southampton	VTottenham 1-2 07/04/1973	D 1-1 Newcastle United14/04/1973	LWest Ham 4-3 20/04/1973	LChelsea 2-1 21/04/1973	D 2-2 Arsenal23/04/1973	V 3-1 Leeds United28/04/1973
12	Man United	V 2-0 Crystal Palace11/04/1973	DStoke City 2-2 14/04/1973	VLeeds United 0-1 18/04/1973	D 0-0 Manchester City21/04/1973	L 1-2 Sheffield United23/04/1973	LChelsea 1-0 28/04/1973
13	Wolverhampton	LIpswich Town 2-1 21/04/1973	V 3-0 Norwich City23/04/1973	LStoke City 2-0 24/04/1973	V 3-0 Coventry28/04/1973	DTottenham 2-2 30/04/1973	LDerby County 3-0 04/05/1973
14	Ipswich Town	D 1-1 Manchester City07/04/1973	DCrystal Palace 1-1 14/04/1973	V 2-1 Wolverhampton21/04/1973	DLeicester 1-1 24/04/1973	D 1-1 Sheffield United28/04/1973	LDerby County 3-0 30/04/1973
15	Leeds United	L 0-1 Man United18/04/1973	V 4-0 Crystal Palace21/04/1973	LLiverpool 2-0 23/04/1973	LSouthampton 3-1 28/04/1973	LBirmingham City 2-1 30/04/1973	V 6-1 Arsenal09/05/1973
16	Leicester	LWBA 1-0 07/04/1973	L 0-1 Birmingham City14/04/1973	VCrystal Palace 0-1 20/04/1973	DTottenham 1-1 21/04/1973	D 1-1 Ipswich Town24/04/1973	DLiverpool 0-0 28/04/1973
17	Arsenal	L 0-1 Derby County31/03/1973	D 1-1 Tottenham14/04/1973	DEverton 0-0 21/04/1973	DSouthampton 2-2 23/04/1973	VWest Ham 1-2 28/04/1973	LLeeds United 6-1 09/05/1973
18	WBA	V 1-0 Leicester07/04/1973	V 4-1 Everton11/04/1973	LLiverpool 1-0 14/04/1973	L 0-1 Norwich City21/04/1973	L 1-2 Manchester City25/04/1973	LBirmingham City 3-2 28/04/1973
19	Newcastle United	L 1-2 West Ham07/04/1973	DSouthampton 1-1 14/04/1973	LManchester City 2-0 18/04/1973	V 2-1 Liverpool21/04/1973	D 0-0 Everton25/04/1973	LTottenham 3-2 28/04/1973
20	Everton	LWBA 4-1 11/04/1973	LWolverhampton 4-2 14/04/1973	V 1-0 Chelsea17/04/1973	D 0-0 Arsenal21/04/1973	DNewcastle United 0-0 25/04/1973	LDerby County 3-1 28/04/1973
21	Crystal Palace	LMan United 2-0 11/04/1973	D 1-1 Ipswich Town14/04/1973	L 0-1 Leicester20/04/1973	LLeeds United 4-0 21/04/1973	LNorwich City 2-1 24/04/1973	VManchester City 2-3 28/04/1973
22	Coventry	LEverton 2-0 07/04/1973	L 0-2 Derby County14/04/1973	L 1-2 Liverpool17/04/1973	LSheffield United 3-1 21/04/1973	LChelsea 2-0 23/04/1973	LWolverhampton 3-0 28/04/1973

Longest streaksLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Liverpool	5
Birmingham City	5	2
Stoke City	4	2
Ipswich Town	4
Arsenal	4
West Ham	4
Leeds United	4
Derby County	4	3
Coventry	4
Tottenham	3
Newcastle United	3
Chelsea	3	3
Everton	3
Manchester City	3
Wolverhampton	3
WBA	3
Man United	3
Sheffield United	2
Southampton	2
Norwich City	2
Crystal Palace	2
Leicester	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

Team \ Rd	38	40	42
Liverpool	1	1	1
Arsenal	2	2	2
Leeds United	3	3	3
Ipswich Town	4	4	4
Wolverhampton	5	5	5
West Ham	6	6	6
Derby County	7	7	7
Tottenham	8	8	8
Newcastle United	9	9	9
Birmingham City	10	10	10
Manchester City	11	11	11
Chelsea	12	12	12
Southampton	13	13	13
Sheffield United	14	14	14
Stoke City	15	15	15
Leicester	16	16	16
Everton	17	17	17
Man United	18	18	18
Coventry	19	19	19
Norwich City	20	20	20
Crystal Palace	21	21	21
WBA	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	1015
Best scorer : Bryan Robson - 28 Goals
16 - 30	18
Best scorer : John Toshack - 4 Goals
31 - 45+	75
Best scorer : Keith Weller - 7 Goals
46 - 60	17
Best scorer : Kevin Keegan - 2 Goals
61 - 75	12
Best scorer : Emelyn Hughes - 3 Goals
76 - 90+	23
Best scorer : Kevin Keegan - 4 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	35 times
1 - 0	82 times
1 - 1	72 times
2 - 0	65 times
2 - 1	80 times
2 - 2	21 times
3 - 0	20 times
3 - 1	30 times
3 - 2	23 times
3 - 3	2 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	9 times
4 - 1	6 times
4 - 2	3 times
4 - 3	4 times
5 - 0	4 times
5 - 1	2 times
5 - 2	2 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 1	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

General statistics by teamLast updated on 30/12/2024 at 16:09

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Man United	29	31	13	Bobby Charlton (6 goals)
Chelsea	28	34	16	Peter Osgood (11 goals)
Everton	27	31	14	Joe Royle (7 goals)
Birmingham City	26	25	15	Bob Latchford (18 goals)
Crystal Palace	25	27	14	Don Rogers (13 goals)
Leeds United	24	34	13	Allan Clarke (18 goals)
Sheffield United	24	26	12	William Dearden (19 goals)
Stoke City	24	32	10	Jimmy Greenhoff (16 goals)
Newcastle United	23	24	12	John Tudor (18 goals)
Norwich City	23	21	9	David Cross (11 goals)
WBA	22	22	10	Tony Brown (13 goals)
Ipswich Town	22	13	10	Trevor Whymark (13 goals)
Coventry	22	22	8	Brian Alderson (13 goals)
Southampton	22	24	9	Mick Channon (16 goals)
Derby County	22	32	13	Kevin Hector (14 goals)
Manchester City	21	29	11	Francis Lee (14 goals)
Wolverhampton	21	32	9	John Richards (27 goals)
Leicester	21	24	9	Frank Worthington (10 goals)
Arsenal	21	19	12	John Radford (15 goals)
Tottenham	19	26	11	Martin Chivers (17 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 13/12/2024 at 17:37

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
WBA	23.8	John Osborne (31 years)	Peter Latchford (19 years)
West Ham	24.5	Bobby Moore (30 years)	Ade Coker (17 years)
Everton	24.7	Gordon West (28 years)	Mick Buckley (18 years)
Ipswich Town	24.7	Frank Clarke (29 years)	John Peddelty (16 years)
Coventry	24.7	Roy Barry (29 years)	Alan Green (17 years)
Leicester	25.4	John Sjoberg (30 years)	Malcolm Munro (18 years)
Birmingham City	25.5	Stan Harland (31 years)	Jimmy Calderwood (16 years)
Sheffield United	25.5	Gilbert Reece (29 years)	Steve Faulkner (17 years)
Wolverhampton	25.5	Derek Dougan (33 years)	Barry Powell (17 years)
Liverpool	25.5	Ian Callaghan (29 years)	Phil Thompson (17 years)
Newcastle United	25.6	Frank Clark (28 years)	Alan Kennedy (17 years)
Chelsea	25.8	Marvin Hinton (31 years)	Brian Bason (16 years)
Norwich City	25.9	Kevin Keelan (30 years)	Glenn Self (18 years)
Derby County	25.9	Alan Durban (30 years)	Steve Powell (16 years)
Manchester City	25.9	Tony Book (37 years)	Tony Whelan (19 years)
Man United	26.2	Bobby Charlton (34 years)	Sammy McIlroy (17 years)
Arsenal	26.3	Frank McLintock (32 years)	David Price (16 years)
Crystal Palace	26.5	John McCormick (35 years)	Bill Roffey (17 years)
Southampton	26.5	John McGrath (33 years)	Billy Beaney (17 years)
Tottenham	26.8	Alan Gilzean (33 years)	Mike Dillon (19 years)