The City Ground

SEASON: 1972-73

Prev Season: 1971-72
This Season: 1972-73
Next Season: 1973-74

DIVISION:: English Second Division (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies, Dave Mackay
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (West Bromwich Albion (Filbert Street) 1-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Aston Villa (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: John Galley (8 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	19 times	10 times	5 times	1 time
Won By	11 times		2 times	1 time
Lost By	10 times	5 times	3 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 18,082
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,683
Average League Attendance:: 11,658
Highest Cup Attendance:: 17,665
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 17,665

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Burnley	42	24	14	4	72	35	13	6	2	44	18	11	8	2	28	17	2.057	62		3-0	0-1
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	13	5	81	37	16	4	1	54	13	8	9	4	27	24	2.189	61		0-0	0-3
3	Aston Villa	42	18	14	10	51	47	12	5	4	27	17	6	9	6	24	30	1.085	50		1-1	2-2
4	Middlesbrough	42	17	13	12	46	43	12	6	3	29	15	5	7	9	17	28	1.070	47		1-3	0-0
5	Bristol City	42	17	12	13	63	51	10	7	4	34	18	7	5	9	29	33	1.235	46		1-0	1-1
6	Sunderland	42	17	12	13	59	49	12	6	3	35	17	5	6	10	24	32	1.204	46		1-0	1-4
7	Blackpool	42	18	10	14	56	51	12	6	3	37	17	6	4	11	19	34	1.098	46		4-0	0-2
8	Oxford United	42	19	7	16	52	43	14	2	5	36	18	5	5	11	16	25	1.209	45		2-1	0-1
9	Fulham	42	16	12	14	58	49	11	6	4	32	16	5	6	10	26	33	1.184	44		2-1	1-3
10	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	10	15	59	55	14	4	3	40	20	3	6	12	19	35	1.073	44		3-0	2-1
11	Millwall	42	16	10	16	55	47	12	5	4	33	18	4	5	12	22	29	1.170	42		3-2	1-2
12	Luton Town	42	15	11	16	44	53	6	9	6	24	23	9	2	10	20	30	.830	41		0-1	0-1
13	Hull City	42	14	12	16	64	59	9	7	5	39	22	5	5	11	25	37	1.085	40		1-2	0-0
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	12	16	47	52	12	5	4	32	18	2	7	12	15	34	.904	40
15	Leyton Orient	42	12	12	18	49	53	11	6	4	33	18	1	6	14	16	35	.925	36		2-1	0-3
16	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	46	60	8	9	4	28	23	2	7	12	18	37	.767	36		2-2	0-0
17	Portsmouth	42	12	11	19	42	59	7	6	8	21	22	5	5	11	21	37	.712	35		0-0	0-2
18	Carlisle United	42	11	12	19	50	52	10	5	6	40	24	1	7	13	10	28	.962	34		2-1	2-1
19	Preston North End	42	11	12	19	37	64	6	8	7	19	25	5	4	12	18	39	.578	34		0-1	1-2
20	Cardiff City	42	11	11	20	43	58	11	4	6	32	21	0	7	14	11	37	.741	33		2-1	1-2
21	Huddersfield Town	42	8	17	17	36	56	7	9	5	21	20	1	8	12	15	36	.643	33		1-1	1-1
22	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	8	13	21	46	83	7	8	6	32	31	1	5	15	14	52	.554	29		1-0	2-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 12, 1972	Portsmouth	H	0-0	Draw	13,175	15
2	Sat Aug 19, 1972	Hull City	A	0-0	Draw	-	16
3	Sat Aug 26, 1972	Oxford United	H	2-1	Win	-	4	Lyall (?), O'Neill (?)
4	Tue Aug 29, 1972	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-0	Win	-	1	O'Neill (?)
5	Sat Sep 02, 1972	Carlisle United	A	2-1	Win	-	2	McKenzie (?, ?)
6	Sat Sep 09, 1972	Luton Town	H	0-1	Loss	9,133	6
7	Sat Sep 16, 1972	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-3	Loss	12,528	10
8	Tue Sep 19, 1972	Cardiff City	H	2-1	Win	-	5	Richardson (?), O'Neill (?)
9	Sat Sep 23, 1972	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	18,082	5	Fraser (?)
10	Mon Sep 25, 1972	Millwall	A	1-2	Loss	-	6	Lyall (?)
11	Sat Sep 30, 1972	Sunderland	A	1-4	Loss	-	12	Richardson (?)
12	Sat Oct 07, 1972	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	Draw	-	14	Chapman (?)
13	Sat Oct 14, 1972	Bristol City	A	1-1	Draw	-	12	Fraser (?)
14	Sat Oct 21, 1972	Swindon Town	H	2-2	Draw	8,683	13	Robertson (87), O'Neill (88)
15	Sat Oct 28, 1972	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	Win	-	10	Martin (?), Richardson (?)
16	Sat Nov 04, 1972	Millwall	H	3-2	Win	-	8	Gemmell (?), Robertson (?), Buckley (?)
17	Sat Nov 11, 1972	Cardiff City	A	1-2	Loss	-	11	Martin (?)
18	Sat Nov 18, 1972	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	-	12
19	Sat Nov 25, 1972	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	-	15
20	Sat Dec 02, 1972	Leyton Orient	H	2-1	Win	-	11	Lyall (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 09, 1972	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	10,326	11
22	Sat Dec 16, 1972	Fulham	A	1-3	Loss	-	13	Galley (?)
23	Sat Dec 23, 1972	Blackpool	H	4-0	Win	-	11	Fraser (?), Martin (?), Galley (?), McKenzie (?)
24	Tue Dec 26, 1972	Aston Villa	A	2-2	Draw	37,014	12	Martin (?), Galley (?)
25	Sat Jan 06, 1973	Oxford United	A	0-1	Loss	-	15
26	Sat Jan 20, 1973	Carlisle United	H	2-1	Win	-	13	Robertson (?), Martin (?)
27	Sat Jan 27, 1973	Luton Town	A	0-1	Loss	10,083	13
28	Sat Feb 10, 1973	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	11,617	13
29	Sat Feb 17, 1973	Portsmouth	A	0-2	Loss	11,151	15
30	Sat Feb 24, 1973	Fulham	H	2-1	Win	-	12	McIntosh (?), Galley (?)
31	Sat Mar 03, 1973	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	Draw	-	13	Hindley (?)
32	Sat Mar 10, 1973	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	-	12	Galley (?)
33	Tue Mar 13, 1973	Hull City	H	1-2	Loss	-	13	Robertson (?)
34	Sat Mar 17, 1973	Swindon Town	A	0-0	Draw	9,842	13
35	Sat Mar 24, 1973	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	Win	-	12	Cottam (?), O'Neill (?), Galley (?)
36	Sat Mar 31, 1973	Burnley	H	3-0	Win	-	11	O'Neill (?), McKenzie (?), Lyons (?)
37	Sat Apr 07, 1973	Leyton Orient	A	0-3	Loss	-	12
38	Sat Apr 14, 1973	Middlesbrough	H	1-3	Loss	9,258	14	McKenzie (?)
39	Sat Apr 21, 1973	Preston North End	A	1-2	Loss	-	14	Hindley (?)
40	Mon Apr 23, 1973	Blackpool	A	0-2	Loss	-	14
41	Tue Apr 24, 1973	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win	-	13	Martin (?)
42	Sat Apr 28, 1973	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-2	Draw	-	13	McKenzie (?), Dennehy (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 13, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3			A	1-1	Draw	-	Galley (?)
Tue Jan 16, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	Y	1	H	1-1	Draw	-	Lyons (?)
Mon Jan 22, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	Y	2	H	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Jan 29, 1973	West Bromwich Albion	3	Y	3	N	1-3	Loss	-	Galley (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 05, 1972	Aston Villa	2				H	0-1	Loss	17,665

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 02, 1973	Notts County	Semi	A	1-1	Draw	-	Dennehy (?)
Sat May 05, 1973	Mansfield Town	Final	A	1-1	Draw	-	Galley (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Jul 31, 1972	Watford	England	A	2-1	Win	-	? (?, ?)
Mon Aug 07, 1972	Kaiserslautern	Germany	H	2-2	Draw	-	? (?, ?)
Wed Jun 20, 1973	Benfica	Portugal	A	0-3	Loss	-
Sat Jun 23, 1973	FC Porto	Portugal	A	1-1	Draw	-	McKenzie (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Eric Hulme
GK		Jim Barron	46	14	14	18
D		Steve Baines	2			2
D		Tommy Gemmell	22	6	7	9	1					1
M		David Serella	39	12	13	14				1
M		Dennis Peacock	1		1
M		Doug Fraser	35	10	12	13	3			2
M		John Cottam	20	5	7	8	1
M		Liam O'Kane	6	2	1	3				1
F		Alan Buckley	9	3	3	3	1			1	2
F		Barry Lyons	13	4	4	5	2			1
F		Duncan McKenzie	34	10	9	15	6			1	1
F		George Lyall	33	10	11	12	4			3	6	1
F		Jim McIntosh	28	8	10	10	1			6		1
F		John Galley	22	6	7	9	8
F		John Robertson	36	9	11	16	4			2	4
F		John Winfield	27	8	9	10
F		Martin O'Neill	32	12	7	13	6				3	2
F		Miah Dennehy	3	1	1	1	1
F		Neil Martin	23	7	7	9	6
F		Paul Richardson	21	7	7	7	3			1	1
F		Peter Hindley	40	12	13	15	2
F		Sammy Chapman	38	11	14	13	1			1	2
F		Tommy Jackson	7	2	2	3					1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
8	John Galley	22
6	Duncan McKenzie	34
6	Martin O'Neill	32
6	Neil Martin	23
4	George Lyall	33
4	John Robertson	36
3	Doug Fraser	35
3	Paul Richardson	21
2	Barry Lyons	13
2	Peter Hindley	40
1	Alan Buckley	9
1	Jim McIntosh	28
1	John Cottam	20
1	Miah Dennehy	3
1	Sammy Chapman	38
1	Tommy Gemmell	22

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1972-73

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Carlisle United	Sat Sep 02, 1972	A	2-1	Sat Jan 20, 1973	H	2-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Oct 28, 1972	A	2-1	Sat Mar 24, 1973	H	3-0