1972–73 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1972–73 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Fourth place
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

During the 1972–73 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	25	10	7	72	42	1.714	60	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Arsenal^[a]	42	23	11	8	57	43	1.326	57
3	Leeds United	42	21	11	10	71	45	1.578	53	Qualified for the UEFA Cup
4	Ipswich Town	42	17	14	11	55	45	1.222	48
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	66	54	1.222	47

Source: http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/final/f1972-73.html
(C) League champions
Notes:

^ Arsenal were not eligible for the UEFA Cup, because Tottenham had qualified by winning the League Cup. The Football League continued to enforce the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup rule that only one team per city could compete,^[1] although UEFA had not carried the rule over.

Results[]

Arsenal's score comes first^[2]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
12 August 1972	Leicester City	A	1–0	28,003
15 August 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–2	38,524
19 August 1972	Stoke City	H	2–0	42,146
22 August 1972	Coventry City	A	1–1	24,670
26 August 1972	Manchester United	A	0–0	48,108
29 August 1972	West Ham United	H	1–0	43,802
2 September 1972	Chelsea	H	1–1	46,675
9 September 1972	Newcastle United	A	1–2	23,878
16 September 1972	Liverpool	H	0–0	47,597
23 September 1972	Norwich City	A	2–3	32,273
26 September 1972	Birmingham City	H	2–0	30,003
30 September 1972	Southampton	H	1–0	34,694
7 October 1972	Sheffield United	A	0–1	24,478
14 October 1972	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	34,196
21 October 1972	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	35,865
28 October 1972	Manchester City	H	0–0	45,536
4 November 1972	Coventry City	H	0–2	33,699
11 November 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–1	25,988
18 November 1972	Everton	H	1–0	35,738
25 November 1972	Derby County	A	0–5	31,034
2 December 1972	Leeds United	H	2–1	39,108
9 December 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	47,505
16 December 1972	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	30,199
23 December 1972	Birmingham City	A	1–1	32,721
26 December 1972	Norwich City	H	2–0	39,038
30 December 1972	Stoke City	A	0–0	24,586
6 January 1973	Manchester United	H	3–1	56,194
20 January 1973	Chelsea	A	1–0	36,292
27 January 1973	Newcastle United	H	2–2	37,906
10 February 1973	Liverpool	A	2–0	49,898
17 February 1973	Leicester City	H	1–0	42,047
28 February 1973	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	29,308
3 March 1973	Sheffield United	H	3–2	33,346
10 March 1973	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	34,636
24 March 1973	Manchester City	A	2–1	32,031
26 March 1973	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	41,879
31 March 1973	Derby County	H	0–1	45,217
14 April 1973	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	50,863
21 April 1973	Everton	A	0–0	42,888
23 April 1973	Southampton	A	2–2	23,919
28 April 1973	West Ham United	A	2–1	37,366
9 May 1973	Leeds United	A	1–6	25,088

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	13 January 1973	Leicester City	H	2–2	36,433
R3 R	17 January 1973	Leicester City	A	2–1	32,973
R4	3 February 1973	Bradford City	H	2–0	40,407
R5	24 February 1973	Carlisle United	A	2–1	23,922
R6	17 March 1973	Chelsea	A	2–2	37,685
R6 R	20 March 1973	Chelsea	H	2–1	62,746
SF	7 April 1973	Sunderland	N	1–2	55,000
3rd	18 August 1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–3	21,038

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R2	5 September 1972	Everton	H	1–0	35,230
R3	3 October 1972	Rotherham United	H	5–0	25,241
R4	31 October 1972	Sheffield United	A	2–1	20,128
QF	21 November 1972	Norwich City	H	0–3	37,671

Squad[]

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Jimmy Rimmer
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	IRL	David O'Leary
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	MF	IRL	Liam Brady
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Ross
-	MF	ENG	Alan Hudson
-	FW	IRL	Frank Stapleton
-	FW	ENG	Malcolm Macdonald
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Alan Ball
-	DF	ENG	Pat Howard
-	MF	ENG	John Matthews
-	DF	SCO	Willie Young
-	DF	ENG	Richie Powling
-	DF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	ENG	David Price
-	DF	ENG	Wilf Rostron
-	MF	ENG	Graham Rix
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	FW	ENG	John Radford

References[]

^ Wilson, Jonathan (10 November 2011). Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography. Orion. p. 3. ISBN 9781409123187. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1972-1973/results

[table_note_ARS0.71856681477212-2] Arsenal were not eligible for the UEFA Cup, because Tottenham had qualified by winning the League Cup. The Football League continued to enforce the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup rule that only one team per city could compete,^[1] although UEFA had not carried the rule over.

[Wilson2011-1] Wilson, Jonathan (10 November 2011). Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography. Orion. p. 3. ISBN 9781409123187. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1972-1973/results

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