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Country | England & ![]() |
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Teams | 92 |
Champions | Tottenham Hotspur |
Runners-up | Norwich City |
← 1971–72 1973–74 → |
The 1972–73 Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 15 August 1972 and ended with the final at Wembley on 3 March 1973.
Tottenham Hotspur won the tournament after defeating Norwich City in the final at Wembley Stadium, London.
Contents
1 First round
1.1 Ties
1.2 Replays
1.3 2nd Replays
2 Second round
2.1 Ties
2.2 Replays
2.3 2nd Replays
3 Third round
3.1 Ties
3.2 Replays
3.3 2nd Replays
4 Fourth round
4.1 Ties
4.2 Replay
5 Fifth Round
5.1 Ties
5.2 Replays
6 Semi-finals
6.1 First Leg
6.2 Second Leg
7 Final
8 References
8.1 General
8.2 Specific
First round[edit]
Ties[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 4–1 | Hereford United | 16 August 1972 |
Barnsley | 0–0 | Grimsby Town | 16 August 1972 |
Blackburn Rovers | 0–1 | Rochdale | 16 August 1972 |
Bolton Wanderers | 3–0 | Oldham Athletic | 16 August 1972 |
Bradford City | 1–1 | Stockport County | 16 August 1972 |
Brentford | 1–0 | Cambridge United | 16 August 1972 |
Brighton and Hove Albion | 2–1 | Exeter City | 16 August 1972 |
Cardiff City | 2–2 | Bristol Rovers | 16 August 1972 |
Chester City | 4–3 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 August 1972 |
Darlington | 0–1 | Rotherham United | 16 August 1972 |
Gillingham | 1–0 | Colchester United | 16 August 1972 |
Halifax Town | 1–2 | Bury | 15 August 1972 |
Hartlepool United | 1–0 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 August 1972 |
Leyton Orient | 2–0 | Watford | 16 August 1972 |
Mansfield Town | 3–1 | Lincoln City | 16 August 1972 |
Northampton Town | 0–3 | Charlton Athletic | 15 August 1972 |
Notts County | 3–1 | York City | 16 August 1972 |
Oxford United | 4–0 | Peterborough United | 16 August 1972 |
Plymouth Argyle | 0–2 | Bournemouth | 15 August 1972 |
Reading | 1–1 | Fulham | 16 August 1972 |
Scunthorpe United | 0–0 | Chesterfield | 15 August 1972 |
Southend United | 2–1 | Aldershot | 16 August 1972 |
Southport | 4–1 | Walsall | 16 August 1972 |
Swansea City | 1–1 | Newport County | 15 August 1972 |
Torquay United | 1–2 | Portsmouth | 16 August 1972 |
Tranmere Rovers | 0–1 | Port Vale | 16 August 1972 |
Workington | 1–0 | Preston North End | 16 August 1972 |
Wrexham | 4–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 August 1972 |
Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bristol Rovers | 3–1 | Cardiff City | 22 August 1972 |
Chesterfield | 5–0 | Scunthorpe United | 23 August 1972 |
Fulham | 1–1[1] | Reading | 23 August 1972 |
Grimsby Town | 2–0 | Barnsley | 22 August 1972 |
Newport County | 3–0 | Swansea City | 22 August 1972 |
Stockport County | 1–1[1] | Bradford City | 21 August 1972 |
2nd Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bradford City | 0–2 | Stockport County | 28 August 1972 |
Reading | 0–1 | Fulham | 28 August 1972 |
Second round[edit]
Ties[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 1–0 | Everton | 5 September 1972 |
Birmingham City | 1–1 | Luton Town | 5 September 1972 |
Bournemouth | 0–0 | Blackpool | 6 September 1972 |
Bristol Rovers | 4–0 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 5 September 1972 |
Bury | 1–0 | Grimsby Town | 5 September 1972 |
Carlisle United | 1–1 | Liverpool | 5 September 1972 |
Charlton Athletic | 4–3 | Mansfield Town | 5 September 1972 |
Coventry City | 1–0 | Hartlepool United | 5 September 1972 |
Crystal Palace | 0–1 | Stockport County | 5 September 1972 |
Gillingham | 0–2 | Millwall | 5 September 1972 |
Hull City | 1–0 | Fulham | 5 September 1972 |
Leeds United | 4–0 | Burnley | 6 September 1972 |
Manchester City | 4–0 | Rochdale | 6 September 1972 |
Middlesbrough | 2–0 | Wrexham | 5 September 1972 |
Newport County | 0–3 | Ipswich Town | 5 September 1972 |
Norwich City | 2–1 | Leicester City | 6 September 1972 |
Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Aston Villa | 5 September 1972 |
Notts County | 3–2 | Southport | 6 September 1972 |
Oxford United | 2–2 | Manchester United | 6 September 1972 |
Port Vale | 1–3 | Newcastle United | 5 September 1972 |
Portsmouth | 0–1 | Chesterfield | 6 September 1972 |
Rotherham United | 2–0 | Brentford | 5 September 1972 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 2–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 September 1972 |
Southampton | 0–0 | Chester City | 5 September 1972 |
Southend United | 0–1 | Chelsea | 6 September 1972 |
Stoke City | 3–0 | Sunderland | 6 September 1972 |
Swindon Town | 0–1 | Derby County | 5 September 1972 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Huddersfield Town | 6 September 1972 |
West Bromwich Albion | 2–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 September 1972 |
West Ham United | 2–1 | Bristol City | 6 September 1972 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Leyton Orient | 5 September 1972 |
Workington | 0–1 | Sheffield United | 6 September 1972 |
Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Blackpool | 1–1[1] | Bournemouth | 11 September 1972 |
Chester City | 2–2[1] | Southampton | 13 September 1972 |
Liverpool | 5–1 | Carlisle United | 19 September 1972 |
Luton Town | 1–1[1] | Birmingham City | 13 September 1972 |
Manchester United | 3–1 | Oxford United | 12 September 1972 |
2nd Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Birmingham City | 1–0 | Luton Town | 19 September 1972 |
Bournemouth | 1–2 | Blackpool | 18 September 1972 |
Southampton | 2–0 | Chester City | 20 September 1972 |
Third round[edit]
Ties[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 5–0 | Rotherham United | 3 October 1972 |
Aston Villa | 1–1 | Leeds United | 4 October 1972 |
Birmingham City | 2–1 | Coventry City | 3 October 1972 |
Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Manchester United | 3 October 1972 |
Bury | 2–0 | Manchester City | 3 October 1972 |
Derby County | 0–0 | Chelsea | 4 October 1972 |
Hull City | 1–2 | Norwich City | 3 October 1972 |
Ipswich Town | 1–2 | Stoke City | 3 October 1972 |
Middlesbrough | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 October 1972 |
Millwall | 2–0 | Chesterfield | 3 October 1972 |
Newcastle United | 0–3 | Blackpool | 4 October 1972 |
Sheffield United | 0–0 | Charlton Athletic | 3 October 1972 |
Southampton | 1–3 | Notts County | 3 October 1972 |
Stockport County | 2–1 | West Ham United | 4 October 1972 |
West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | Liverpool | 3 October 1972 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 October 1972 |
Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Charlton Athletic | 2–2[1] | Sheffield United | 10 October 1972 |
Chelsea | 3–2 | Derby County | 9 October 1972 |
Leeds United | 2–0 | Aston Villa | 11 October 1972 |
Liverpool | 2–1[1] | West Bromwich Albion | 10 October 1972 |
Manchester United | 1–2 | Bristol Rovers | 11 October 1972 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0–0[1] | Middlesbrough | 11 October 1972 |
2nd Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Sheffield United | 1–0[1] | Charlton Athletic | 23 October 1972 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1[1] | Middlesbrough | 30 October 1972 |
Fourth round[edit]
Ties[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Blackpool | 2–0 | Birmingham City | 31 October 1972 |
Bury | 0–1 | Chelsea | 31 October 1972 |
Liverpool | 2–2 | Leeds United | 31 October 1972 |
Notts County | 3–1 | Stoke City | 31 October 1972 |
Sheffield United | 1–2 | Arsenal | 31 October 1972 |
Stockport County | 1–5 | Norwich City | 1 November 1972 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | Millwall | 1 November 1972 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4–0 | Bristol Rovers | 31 October 1972 |
Replay[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Leeds United | 0–1 | Liverpool | 22 November 1972 |
Fifth Round[edit]
Ties[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 0–3 | Norwich City | 21 November 1972 |
Chelsea | 3–1 | Notts County | 22 November 1972 |
Liverpool | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 December 1972 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Blackpool | 21 November 1972 |
Replays[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Blackpool | 0–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 November 1972 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | Liverpool | 6 December 1972 |
Semi-finals[edit]
First Leg[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Chelsea | 0–2 | Norwich City | 13 December 1972 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 December 1972 |
Second Leg[edit]
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Norwich City | 1–0 | Chelsea | 3 January 1973 | 3–0[2] |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2[1] | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 December 1972 | 4–3 |
Final[edit]
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 3 March 1973.
The 1973 Football League Cup Final was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium, Ralph Coates with the goal.
3 March 197315:30
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Norwich City |
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Coates ![]() |
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 100,000
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References[edit]
General[edit]
"English League Cup 1972/1973". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
"England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
"English League Cup 1972–1973 : Results". statto.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
Specific[edit]
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^ The first attempt to play the second leg of the semi-final was abandoned due to heavy fog at Carrow Road. Norwich were leading 3-2 on the night, 5–2 on aggregate at the time.
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- 1972–73 Football League
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