title: Third Division 1972-1973
text: # 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 | | |
  