# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1972/73

1972/73 was het 74ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Liverpool werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Liverpool | Arsenal |
| Second Division | Burnley | Queens Park Rangers |
| Third Division | Bolton Wanderers | Notts County |
| Fourth Division | Southport | Hereford United |
| FA Cup | Sunderland | Leeds United |
| League Cup | Tottenham Hotspur | Norwich City |
| Charity Shield | Manchester City | Aston Villa |
| Home Championship | Engeland | Noord-Ierland |

## First Division
### Tabel

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Liverpool | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 42 | 1.714 | 60 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 | 57 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 71 | 45 | 1.578 | 53 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 45 | 1.222 | 48 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 54 | 1.222 | 47 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 67 | 53 | 1.264 | 46 |
| 7 | Derby County | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 1.037 | 46 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 45 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 51 | 1.176 | 45 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 54 | 0.981 | 42 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 60 | 0.950 | 41 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 51 | 0.961 | 40 |
| 13 | Southampton | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 47 | 52 | 0.904 | 40 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 40 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 38 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 46 | 0.870 | 37 |
| 17 | Everton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 49 | 0.837 | 37 |
| 18 | Manchester United | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 60 | 0.733 | 37 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 55 | 0.727 | 35 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 63 | 0.571 | 32 |
| 21 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 58 | 0.707 | 30 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 62 | 0.613 | 28 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | BIR | CHE | COV | CPA | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NOR | SHE | SOT | STO | 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 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Burnley | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 72 | 35 | 2.057 | 62 |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 81 | 37 | 2.189 | 61 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 1.085 | 50 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 1.070 | 47 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 51 | 1.235 | 46 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 59 | 49 | 1.204 | 46 |
| 7 | Blackpool | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 51 | 1.098 | 46 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 43 | 1.209 | 45 |
| 9 | Fulham | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 49 | 1.184 | 44 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 55 | 1.073 | 44 |
| 11 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 47 | 1.170 | 42 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 53 | 0.830 | 41 |
| 13 | Hull City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 59 | 1.085 | 40 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 52 | 0.904 | 40 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 53 | 0.925 | 36 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 60 | 0.767 | 36 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 59 | 0.712 | 35 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 52 | 0.962 | 34 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 64 | 0.578 | 34 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 58 | 0.741 | 33 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 56 | 0.643 | 33 |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 83 | 0.554 | 29 |

## Third Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 73 | 39 | 1.872 | 61 |
| 2 | Notts County | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 1.426 | 57 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 57 | 47 | 1.213 | 55 |
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 | 54 |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 77 | 56 | 1.375 | 53 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 69 | 0.812 | 53 |
| 7 | Bournemouth | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 44 | 1.500 | 50 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 66 | 1.121 | 50 |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 48 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 46 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 69 | 67 | 1.030 | 45 |
| 12 | Wrexham | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 1.019 | 45 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 54 | 0.889 | 45 |
| 14 | Southend United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 | 44 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 54 | 0.852 | 44 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | 43 |
| 17 | Walsall | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | 43 |
| 18 | York City | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 0.913 | 41 |
| 19 | Watford | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 41 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | 41 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 65 | 0.785 | 41 |
| 22 | Brentford | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 69 | 0.739 | 37 |
| 23 | Swansea City | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 37 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 72 | 0.458 | 30 |

## Fourth Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Southport | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 71 | 48 | 1.479 | 62 |
| 2 | Hereford United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 38 | 1.474 | 58 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 67 | 57 | 1.175 | 57 |
| 4 | Aldershot | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 1.579 | 56 |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 44 | 1.455 | 56 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 78 | 51 | 1.529 | 54 |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 51 | 38 | 1.342 | 52 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 57 | 51 | 1.118 | 50 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 58 | 1.086 | 49 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 48 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 53 | 1.000 | 48 |
| 12 | Bury | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 58 | 51 | 1.137 | 46 |
| 13 | Workington | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 61 | 0.967 | 46 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 44 |
| 15 | Chester City | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 61 | 52 | 1.173 | 43 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 65 | 0.938 | 43 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 49 | 58 | 0.845 | 42 |
| 18 | Torquay United | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 44 | 47 | 0.936 | 41 |
| 19 | Peterborough United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 71 | 76 | 0.934 | 41 |
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 49 | 0.694 | 41 |
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 38 | 61 | 0.623 | 36 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 48 | 76 | 0.632 | 31 |
| 23 | Northampton Town | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 73 | 0.548 | 31 |
| 24 | Darlington | 46 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 85 | 0.494 | 29 |
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