1972–73 Carlisle United F.C. season

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Carlisle United F.C. 1972-73 football season

Carlisle United F.C.

1972-73 season

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For the 1972–73 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.

Results & fixtures

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1972–73 Football League Second Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	12 August	Burnley	A	2–2
2	19 August	Swindon Town	H	3–0
3	26 August	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1
4	29 August	Aston Villa	A	0–1
5	2 September	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2
6	9 September	Middlesbrough	A	0–1
7	16 September	Cardiff City	A	4–0
8	23 September	Preston North End	A	0–1
9	26 September	Blackpool	H	2–3
10	30 September	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1
11	7 October	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–4
12	14 October	Fulham	H	2–1
13	21 October	Orient	A	1–2
14	28 October	Portsmouth	H	1–0
15	4 November	Blackpool	A	0–0
16	11 November	Sunderland	H	4–3
17	18 November	Oxford United	H	2–1
18	25 November	Luton Town	A	1–0
19	2 December	Bristol City	H	1–2
20	9 December	Hull City	A	1–1
21	16 December	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	5–1
22	23 December	Millwall	A	0–1
23	26 December	Preston North End	H	6–1
24	6 January	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0
25	20 January	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2
26	27 January	Middlesbrough	H	1–1
27	10 February	Cardiff City	A	0–1
28	17 February	Burnley	H	1–1
29	3 March	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–3
30	10 March	Fulham	A	0–1
31	12 March	Swindon Town	A	0–2
32	17 March	Orient	H	1–0
33	21 March	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1
34	24 March	Portsmouth	A	0–0
35	27 March	Sunderland	A	1–2
36	31 March	Luton Town	H	2–0
37	7 April	Bristol City	A	1–4
38	14 April	Hull City	H	0–1
39	21 April	Oxford United	A	1–1
40	23 April	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0
41	24 April	Millwall	H	0–1
42	28 April	Aston Villa	H	2–2

Football League Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	5 September	Liverpool	H	2–2
R2 R	19 September	Liverpool	A	1–5

FA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
R3	13 January	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2
R3 R	16 January	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0
R4	3 February	Sheffield United	H	2–1
R5	24 February	Arsenal	H	1–2

References

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1972–73 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One, Two) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Third Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Southport Stockport County Torquay United Workington

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