1972–73 Leicester City F.C. season

The 1972–73 season was a disappointing one for the Foxes, finishing in 16th place in the final standings. Their only highlights during the season were a 3-2 win over champions Liverpool at Filbert Street with a Keith Weller hat-trick after being 2-0 down and also holding them to a 0-0 draw at Anfield on the final day to spoil Liverpool's title celebrations. Results generally though throughout were poor and Leicester at one point were bottom at end of November. A lack of goals as well were hard to come by but their tight defence with the experience of Cross and Manley proved dividends and the Foxes ensured survival with a solid run of just 2 defeats in their final 12 league games.

Final league table

Main article: 1972–73 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	45	19	8	7	6	27	23	72	42	1.714	+30	60
2	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	31	14	9	6	6	26	29	57	43	1.326	+14	57
3	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	45	13	6	7	8	26	32	71	45	1.578	+26	53
4	Ipswich Town	42	10	7	4	34	20	7	7	7	21	25	55	45	1.222	+10	48
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	43	23	5	8	8	23	31	66	54	1.222	+12	47
6	West Ham United	42	12	5	4	45	25	5	7	9	22	28	67	53	1.264	+14	46
7	Derby County	42	15	3	3	43	18	4	5	12	13	36	56	54	1.037	+2	46
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	5	6	33	23	6	8	7	25	25	58	48	1.208	+10	45
9	Newcastle United	42	12	6	3	35	19	4	7	10	25	32	60	51	1.176	+9	45
10	Birmingham City	42	11	7	3	39	22	4	5	12	14	32	53	54	0.981	–1	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	4	5	36	20	3	7	11	21	40	57	60	0.950	–3	41
12	Chelsea	42	9	6	6	30	22	4	8	9	19	29	49	51	0.961	–2	40
13	Southampton	42	8	11	2	26	17	3	7	11	21	35	47	52	0.904	–5	40
14	Sheffield United	42	11	4	6	28	18	4	6	11	23	41	51	59	0.864	–8	40
15	Stoke City	42	11	8	2	38	17	3	2	16	23	39	61	56	1.089	+4	38
16	Leicester City	42	7	9	5	23	18	3	8	10	17	28	40	46	0.870	–6	37
17	Everton	42	9	5	7	27	21	4	6	11	14	28	41	49	0.837	–8	37
18	Manchester United	42	9	7	5	24	19	3	6	12	20	41	44	60	0.733	–16	37
19	Coventry City	42	9	5	7	27	24	4	4	13	13	31	40	55	0.727	–15	35
20	Norwich City	42	7	9	5	22	19	4	1	16	14	44	36	63	0.571	–27	32
21	Crystal Palace	42	7	7	7	25	21	2	5	14	16	37	41	58	0.707	–17	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	25	24	1	3	17	13	38	38	62	0.613	–24	28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League cup Winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 August 1972	Arsenal	H	0–1	28,009
16 August 1972	Chelsea	H	1–1	22,873	Farrington
19 August 1972	West Ham United	A	2–5	25,490	Stringfellow, Glover
23 August 1972	Manchester United	A	1–1	40,067	Worthington
26 August 1972	Coventry City	H	0–0	25,894
30 August 1972	Liverpool	H	3–2	28,694	Weller (3)
2 September 1972	Manchester City	A	0–1	27,233
9 September 1972	Everton	H	1–2	21,080	Sammels
16 September 1972	Leeds United	A	1–3	33,930	Glover
23 September 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	20,817	Farrington
30 September 1972	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	17,811	Glover, Worthington
7 October 1972	Southampton	H	1–0	18,092	Sammels (pen)
14 October 1972	Derby County	A	1–2	31,841	Weller
21 October 1972	Norwich City	H	1–2	23,088	Weller
28 October 1972	Stoke City	A	0–1	24,421
4 November 1972	Manchester United	H	2–2	32,575	Sammels, Farrington
11 November 1972	Chelsea	A	1–1	28,456	Sammels
18 November 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	22,707
2 December 1972	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–1	15,307	Worthington (3)
9 December 1972	Birmingham City	A	1–1	32,481	Cross
16 December 1972	Sheffield United	A	0–2	17,111
23 December 1972	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	16,962	Worthington (pen), Birchenall
26 December 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	22,022
30 December 1972	West Ham United	H	2–1	19,341	Farrington, Worthington
1 January 1973	Newcastle United	A	2–2	30,868	Birchenall, Worthington
6 January 1973	Coventry City	A	2–3	25,067	Worthington, Weller
20 January 1973	Manchester City	H	1–1	18,761	Worthington
27 January 1973	Everton	A	1–0	31,531	Wright (own goal)
10 February 1973	Leeds United	H	2–0	35,976	Birchenall (2)
17 February 1973	Arsenal	A	0–1	42,047
24 February 1973	Sheffield United	H	0–0	21,821
3 March 1973	Southampton	A	0–0	14,134
10 March 1973	Derby County	H	0–0	29,690
17 March 1973	Norwich City	A	1–1	25,299	Glover
24 March 1973	Stoke City	H	2–0	18,743	Tomlin, Birchenall
31 March 1973	Newcastle United	H	0–0	18,712
7 April 1973	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	15,235
14 April 1973	Birmingham City	H	0–1	27,652
20 April 1973	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	36,817	Weller
21 April 1973	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	23,312	Weller
24 April 1973	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	20,373	Cross
28 April 1973	Liverpool	A	0–0	56,202

FA Cup

Main article: 1972-73 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1973	Arsenal	A	2–2	36,433	Worthington, Farrington
R3R	17 January 1973	Arsenal	H	1–2	32,873	Farrington

League Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	6 September 1972	Norwich City	A	1–2	22,498	Sammels

Texaco Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	13 September 1972	Dundee United	H	1–1	4,000
R1 2nd leg	27 September 1972	Dundee United	A	2–2 (won 3-0 on pens)	7,000	Weller, Sammels (2)
R2 1st leg	24 October 1972	Norwich City	H	2–0	16,027	Weller, Nish
R2 2nd leg	8 November 1972	Norwich City	A	0–2 (lost 3-4 on pens)	10,949

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Peter Shilton
-	DF	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	David Nish
-	DF	Alan Woollett
-	DF	John Sjoberg
-	DF	Malcolm Manley
-	MF	John Farrington
-	MF	Jon Sammels
-	MF	Keith Weller
-	MF	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	Len Glover
-	FW	Malcolm Partridge

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Graham Cross
-	MF	Mike Stringfellow
-	FW	Frank Worthington
-	DF	Dennis Rofe
-	DF	Malcolm Munro
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	MF	David Tomlin
-	DF	Joe Jopling
-	FW	Bob Lee
-	DF	Steve Yates
-	GK	Carl Jayes

References

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