1972–73 Football League Cup Explained

Football League Cup
Country:England &
Num Teams:92
Winners:Tottenham Hotspur
Second:Norwich City
Defending Champions:Stoke City
Count:2
Prev Season:1971–72
Next Season: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.[1]

Tottenham Hotspur won the tournament after defeating Norwich City in the final at Wembley Stadium, London.

Calendar

Of the 92 teams, 36 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–36th in the 1971–72 Football League) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.

RoundMain dateFixturesClubsNew entries this round
width=55Originalwidth=55Replays
align=left First Roundalign=left 16 August 197228892 → 6456
align=left Second Roundalign=left 5 September 197232864 → 3236
align=left Third Roundalign=left 3 October 197216832 → 16none
align=left Fourth Roundalign=left 31 October 19728116 → 8none
align=left Fifth Roundalign=left 21 November 1972428 → 4none
align=left Semi-finalsalign=left December 1972 – January 1973404 → 2none
align=left Finalalign=left 3 March 1973102 → 1none

First round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
4–1 16 August 1972
0–0 16 August 1972
0–1 16 August 1972
3–0 16 August 1972
1–1 16 August 1972
1–0 16 August 1972
2–1 16 August 1972
2–2 16 August 1972
4–3 16 August 1972
0–1 16 August 1972
1–0 16 August 1972
1–2 15 August 1972
1–0 16 August 1972
2–0 16 August 1972
3–1 16 August 1972
0–3 15 August 1972
3–1 16 August 1972
4–0 16 August 1972
0–2 15 August 1972
1–1 16 August 1972
0–0 15 August 1972
2–1 16 August 1972
4–1 16 August 1972
1–1 15 August 1972
1–2 16 August 1972
0–1 16 August 1972
1–0 16 August 1972
4–0 16 August 1972

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
3–1 22 August 1972
5–0 23 August 1972
1–1[2] 23 August 1972
2–0 22 August 1972
3–0 22 August 1972
1–1[3] 21 August 1972

2nd Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–2 28 August 1972
0–1 28 August 1972

Second round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–0 5 September 1972
1–1 5 September 1972
0–0 6 September 1972
4–0 5 September 1972
1–0 5 September 1972
1–1 5 September 1972
4–3 5 September 1972
1–0 5 September 1972
0–1 5 September 1972
0–2 5 September 1972
1–0 5 September 1972
4–0 6 September 1972
4–0 6 September 1972
2–0 5 September 1972
0–3 5 September 1972
2–1 6 September 1972
0–1 5 September 1972
3–2 6 September 1972
2–2 6 September 1972
1–3 5 September 1972
0–1 6 September 1972
2–0 5 September 1972
2–0 6 September 1972
0–0 5 September 1972
0–1 6 September 1972
3–0 6 September 1972
0–1 5 September 1972
2–1 6 September 1972
2–1 6 September 1972
2–1 6 September 1972
2–1 5 September 1972
0–1 6 September 1972

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–1[4] 11 September 1972
2–2[5] 13 September 1972
5–1 19 September 1972
1–1[6] 13 September 1972
3–1 12 September 1972

2nd Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–0 19 September 1972
1–2 18 September 1972
2–0 20 September 1972

Third round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
5–0 3 October 1972
1–1 4 October 1972
2–1 3 October 1972
1–1 3 October 1972
2–0 3 October 1972
0–0 4 October 1972
1–2 3 October 1972
1–2 3 October 1972
1–1 3 October 1972
2–0 3 October 1972
0–3 4 October 1972
0–0 3 October 1972
1–3 3 October 1972
2–1 4 October 1972
1–1 3 October 1972
3–1 4 October 1972

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–2[7] 10 October 1972
3–2 9 October 1972
2–0 11 October 1972
2–1[8] 10 October 1972
1–2 11 October 1972
0–0[9] 11 October 1972

2nd Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–0[10] 23 October 1972
2–1[11] 30 October 1972

Fourth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–0 31 October 1972
0–1 31 October 1972
2–2 31 October 1972
3–1 31 October 1972
1–2 31 October 1972
1–5 1 November 1972
2–0 1 November 1972
4–0 31 October 1972

Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–1 22 November 1972

Fifth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–3 21 November 1972
3–1 22 November 1972
1–1 4 December 1972
1–1 21 November 1972

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–1 28 November 1972
3–1 6 December 1972

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–2 13 December 1972
1–2 20 December 1972

Second leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Datewidth=75 Agg
1–0 3 January 1973 3–0[12]
2–2[13] 30 December 1972 4–3

Final

See main article: 1973 Football League Cup Final. 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.

1 Pat Jennings
2 Joe Kinnear
3 Cyril Knowles
4
5 Mike England
6 Phil Beal
7 Alan Gilzean
8 Steve Perryman
9 Martin Chivers
10 Martin Peters (c)
11 Jimmy Pearce
Substitute:
12
Manager:
Bill Nicholson
1 Kevin Keelan
2 Clive Payne
3 Geoff Butler
4
5 Duncan Forbes (c)
6 Max Briggs
7 Doug Livermore
8
9 David Cross
10 Graham Paddon
11 Terry Anderson
Substitute:
12
Manager:
Ron Saunders

References

General

Specific

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1972-73 Season Final Football Tables.
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  12. 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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