# Third Division 1972-1973

La Third Division 1972-1973 è stato il 46º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Blackburn Rovers | Blackburn | Ewood Park | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Bolton Wanderers | Bolton | Burnden Park | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Charlton Athletic | Londra | The Valley | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham | Boundary Park | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Scunthorpe United | Scunthorpe | Old Showground | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Swansea City | Swansea | Vetch Field | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Wrexham | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 16º posto in Third Division |
| York City | York | Bootham Crescent | 19º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Bolton | 61 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 39 | 1.872 |
| 2 | Notts County | 57 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 1.426 |
| 3 | Blackburn | 55 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 57 | 47 | 1.213 |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 54 | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 53 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 77 | 56 | 1.375 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 53 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 69 | 0.812 |
| 7 | Bournemouth | 50 | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 1.500 |
| 8 | Plymouth | 50 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 66 | 1.121 |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 48 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 |
| 10 | Tranmere | 46 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 |
| 11 | Charlton | 45 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 67 | 1.030 |
| 12 | Wrexham | 45 | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 1.019 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 45 | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 54 | 0.889 |
| 14 | Southend Utd | 44 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 54 | 0.852 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 43 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 |
| 17 | Walsall | 43 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 |
| 18 | York City | 41 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 0.913 |
| 19 | Watford | 41 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 41 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 |
| 21 | Rotherham Utd | 41 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 65 | 0.785 |
| 22 | Brentford | 37 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 69 | 0.739 |
| 23 | Swansea City | 37 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe Utd | 30 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 72 | 0.458 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1973-1974.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1973-1974.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.
Note:
    Rotherham United retrocesso in Fourth Division per peggior quoziente reti rispetto agli ex aequo York City, Watford e Halifax Town.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BLA | BOL | BOU | BRE | BRR | CHA | CHF | GRI | HAL | NOC | OLD | PLY | PVA | ROC | ROT | SCU | SHR | SEU | SWA | TRA | WAL | WAT | WRE | YOR |
| Blackburn Rovers | | | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0-1 | | | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| Bournemouth | 3-0 | 2-0 | | | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 |
| Brentford | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Bristol Rovers | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | | | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-3 | | | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Chesterfield | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | | | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | | | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Halifax Town | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | | | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Notts County | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | | | 2-4 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | | | 7-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 1-3 | | | 2-1 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Port Vale | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | | | 0-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Rochdale | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0-0 | | | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Rotherham United | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 0-0 | | | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | | | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | | | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Southend United | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | | | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 |
| Swansea City | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | | | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | | 3-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 |
| Walsall | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | | | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Watford | 1-3 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Wrexham | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | | | 3-1 |
| York City | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | | |