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Football league season

Spartan League
Season	1972–73
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Spartan League season was the 55th in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 18 teams.

League table

Football league season

The division featured 18 teams, 16 from last season and 2 new teams:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Farnborough Town (C)	34	23	8	3	87	25	3.480	54
2	Hoddesdon Town	34	25	3	6	93	34	2.735	53
3	Feltham (P)	34	19	10	5	67	39	1.718	48	Promotion to Athenian League Division Two
4	Egham Town	34	19	8	7	78	40	1.950	46
5	Leighton Town	34	18	8	8	69	35	1.971	44
6	Kingsbury Town	34	16	12	6	62	36	1.722	44
7	Bracknell Town	34	18	5	11	72	52	1.385	41
8	Molesey (P)	34	15	10	9	49	34	1.441	40	Promotion to Athenian League Division Two
9	Vauxhall Motors	34	15	8	11	59	45	1.311	38
10	Harefield United	34	13	6	15	43	49	0.878	32
11	Banstead Athletic	34	11	9	14	48	42	1.143	31
12	Tring Town	34	10	9	15	52	59	0.881	29
13	Farnham Town	34	10	9	15	44	64	0.688	29
14	Crown and Manor	34	6	12	16	39	56	0.696	24
15	Chalfont St. Peter	34	7	8	19	41	72	0.569	22
16	Berkhamsted Town	34	5	6	23	36	83	0.434	16
17	Chertsey Town	34	4	7	23	33	97	0.340	15
18	Amersham Town	34	1	4	29	18	128	0.141	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

v t e Spartan League
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Successor league Spartan South Midlands Football League

Seasons

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