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1972-73

Second Division

Finished 3rd of 22 · P42 W18 D14 L10 · 51 scored, 47 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
12 Aug 1972	A	Preston North End	1–0	W
19 Aug 1972	H	Huddersfield Town	2–0	W
26 Aug 1972	A	Burnley	1–4	L
29 Aug 1972	H	Carlisle United	1–0	W
2 Sept 1972	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	D
9 Sept 1972	A	Cardiff City	2–0	W
16 Sept 1972	H	Swindon Town	2–1	W
23 Sept 1972	A	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
27 Sept 1972	H	Sunderland	2–0	W
30 Sept 1972	H	Millwall	1–0	W
7 Oct 1972	A	Fulham	0–2	L
14 Oct 1972	H	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	L
17 Oct 1972	A	Blackpool	1–1	D
21 Oct 1972	A	Portsmouth	1–0	W
28 Oct 1972	H	Middlesbrough	1–1	D
4 Nov 1972	A	Sunderland	2–2	D
11 Nov 1972	H	Blackpool	0–0	D
18 Nov 1972	H	Luton Town	0–2	L
25 Nov 1972	A	Oxford United	0–2	L
2 Dec 1972	H	Hull City	2–0	W
16 Dec 1972	H	Leyton Orient	1–0	W
23 Dec 1972	A	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	D
26 Dec 1972	H	Nottingham Forest	2–2	D
30 Dec 1972	A	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
6 Jan 1973	H	Burnley	0–3	L
20 Jan 1973	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	W
27 Jan 1973	H	Cardiff City	2–0	W
10 Feb 1973	A	Swindon Town	3–1	W
17 Feb 1973	H	Preston North End	1–1	D
24 Feb 1973	A	Leyton Orient	0–4	L
3 Mar 1973	H	Fulham	2–3	L
10 Mar 1973	A	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	L
17 Mar 1973	H	Portsmouth	2–0	W
24 Mar 1973	A	Middlesbrough	1–1	D
27 Mar 1973	A	Bristol City	0–3	L
31 Mar 1973	H	Oxford United	2–1	W
7 Apr 1973	A	Hull City	2–1	W
14 Apr 1973	H	Bristol City	1–0	W
21 Apr 1973	A	Luton Town	0–0	D
23 Apr 1973	A	Millwall	1–1	D
24 Apr 1973	H	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	W
28 Apr 1973	A	Carlisle United	2–2	D

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	42	24	14	4	72	35	+37	62
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	13	5	81	37	+44	61
3	Aston Villa	42	18	14	10	51	47	+4	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	17	13	12	46	43	+3	47
5	Bristol City	42	17	12	13	63	51	+12	46
6	Sunderland	42	17	12	13	59	49	+10	46
7	Blackpool	42	18	10	14	56	51	+5	46
8	Oxford United	42	19	7	16	52	43	+9	45
9	Fulham	42	16	12	14	58	49	+9	44
10	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	10	15	59	55	+4	44
11	Millwall	42	16	10	16	55	47	+8	42
12	Luton Town	42	15	11	16	44	53	-9	41
13	Hull City	42	14	12	16	64	59	+5	40
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	12	16	47	52	-5	40
15	Leyton Orient	42	12	12	18	49	53	-4	36
16	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	46	60	-14	36
17	Portsmouth	42	12	11	19	42	59	-17	35
18	Carlisle United	42	11	12	19	50	52	-2	34
19	Preston North End	42	11	12	19	37	64	-27	34
20	Cardiff City	42	11	11	20	43	58	-15	33
21	Huddersfield Town	42	8	17	17	36	56	-20	33
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	13	21	46	83	-37	29

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.