1972/73
Division Three Sat 12 Aug shrewsbury town D 0-0 3 775 - Sat 19 BOLTON WANDERERS W 1-0 11 129 3 Masson Sat 26 york city D 1-1 4 318 5 Masson(pen) Mon 28 tranmere rovers W 2-0 3 651 2 Randall 2 Sat 2 Sep WALSALL D 1-1 9 554 3 Nixon Sat 9 southend united L 1-2 6 035 8 Bradd Sat 16 ROCHDALE D 2-2 7 991 8 Needham,Nixon Tue 19 charlton athletic L 1-6 6 156 14 Bradd Sat 23 watford L 0-1 8 363 17 Wed 27 SWANSEA CITY W 2-0 6 118 17 Nixon,Masson Sat 30 BRENTFORD W 1-0 8 152 13 Randall Sat 7 Oct halifax town W 1-0 3 233 9 Masson(pen) Sat 14 BOURNEMOUTH L 0-2 11 914 15 Sat 21 wrexham L 0-2 5 404 17 Wed 25 ROTHERHAM UNITED W 2-0 6 199 14 Needham,Bradd Sat 28 PORT VALE D 1-1 8 544 13 Randall Sat 4 Nov swansea city L 0-3 3 508 15 Tue 7 bristol rovers L 0-1 6 695 15 Sat 11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC W 3-1 7 069 13 Randall 2(1pen),Needham Sat 25 OLDHAM ATHLETIC L 2-4 7 329 15 Randall(pen),Bradd Sat 2 Dec grimsby town L 1-3 9 149 18 Randall(pen) Sat 16 CHESTERFIELD W 2-0 6 891 14 Nixon,Randall(pen) Sat 23 scunthorpe united L 0-1 3 983 17 Tue 26 WATFORD W 1-0 9 282 16 Franks(og) Sat 30 bolton wanderers D 2-2 17 800 16 Stubbs,Bradd Sat 6 Jan YORK CITY W 1-0 6 202 12 Masson Tue 23 walsall W 3-1 4 395 9 Randall,Stubbs,Carlin Sat 27 SOUTHEND UNITED W 2-0 7 903 9 Bradd,Nixon Tue 30 rotherham united W 4-1 6 572 6 Nixon 2,Randall,Masson Sat 3 Feb BRISTOL ROVERS W 2-0 11 938 5 Randall,Nixon Sat 10 rochdale L 1-4 3 092 6 Nixon Sat 17 SHREWSBURY TOWN W 1-0 8 903 5 Nixon Sat 24 chesterfield W 2-0 8 755 4 Masson 2 Sat 3 Mar HALIFAX TOWN W 3-0 9 820 3 Stubbs,Nixon,Bradd Wed 7 blackburn rovers L 0-2 13 626 6 Sat 10 bournemouth D 1-1 14 830 5 Nixon Sat 17 WREXHAM W 1-0 10 068 3 Bradd Wed 21 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE W 2-0 12 889 2 Vinter,Randall Sat 24 port vale D 1-1 8 920 2 Randall(pen) Sat 31 oldham athletic D 1-1 12 570 4 Needham Sat 7 Apr GRIMSBY TOWN W 4-0 16 208 2 Randall 2,Nixon,Mann Sat 14 plymouth argyle W 4-1 11 997 2 Nixon 2,Carter,Randall Fri 20 brentford D 1-1 11 658 2 Needham Sat 21 BLACKBURN ROVERS D 0-0 22 712 2 Mon 23 SCUNTHORPE UNITED W 2-0 15 697 2 Bradd,Nixon Sat 28 TRANMERE ROVERS W 4-1 23 613 2 Nixon,Randall(2pens),Needham F.A. CUP Sat 18 Nov altrincham (round 1) W 1-0 4 211 Randall(pen) Sat 9 Dec LANCASTER CITY(ROUND 2)W 2-1 6 613 Randall(pen),Bradd Sat 13 Jan SUNDERLAND (ROUND 3) D 1-1 15 142 Bradd Mon 15 sunderland (replay) L 0-2 30 033 LEAGUE CUP Wed 16 Aug YORK CITY (ROUND 1) W 3-1 8 078 Randall,Nixon,Mann Wed 6 Sep SOUTHPORT (ROUND 2) W 3-2 7 004 Needham,Mann,Cozens Tue 3 Oct southampton (round 3) W 3-1 11 095 Cozens 2,Bradd Tue 31 STOKE CITY (ROUND 4) W 3-1 20 297 Randall(pen),Bradd,Stubbs Wed 22 Nov chelsea (round 5) L 1-3 22 580 Osgood(og) Watney Cup Sat 29 Jul SHEFFIELD UNITED (R1) L 0-3 14 405
Final League Table W D L GA Pts 1. Bolton Wanderers 25 11 10 1.87 61 2. Notts County 23 11 12 1.43 57 3. Blackburn Rovers 20 15 11 1.21 55 4. Oldham Athletic 19 16 11 1.33 54 5. Bristol Rovers 20 13 13 1.38 53 6. Port Vale 21 11 14 0.81 53 7. Bournemouth 17 16 13 1.50 50 8. Plymouth Argyle 20 10 16 1.12 50 9. Grimsby Town 20 8 18 1.10 48 10. Tranmere Rovers 15 16 15 1.08 46 11. Charlton Athletic 17 11 18 1.03 45 12. Wrexham 14 17 15 1.02 45 13. Rochdale 14 17 15 0.89 45 14. Southend United 17 10 19 1.13 44 15. Shrewsbury Town 15 14 17 0.85 44 16. Chesterfield 17 9 20 0.93 43 17. Walsall 18 7 21 0.85 43 18. York City 13 15 18 0.91 41 19. Watford 12 17 17 0.90 41 20. Halifax Town 13 15 18 0.81 41 21. Rotherham United 17 7 22 0.78 41 22. Brentford 15 7 24 0.74 37 23. Swansea City 14 9 23 0.70 37 24. Scunthorpe United 10 10 26 0.46 30
Manager Jimmy Sirrel Goalkeepers Age League Apps. Roy Brown 27 42 Eric McManus 22 4 Joined from Coventry City just before end of 71/72 Defenders David Needham 23 45 Bill Brindley 25 43 Bob Worthington 25 43 Brian Stubbs 22 42 Mick Jones 25 10 (3) Left for Peterborough Utd Midfield Don Masson 26 44 Jon Nixon 24 42 (2) Willie Carlin 32 25 (3) Steve Carter 19 24 (3) John Cozens 26 8 (1) Left for Peterborough Utd Ian Scanlon 20 2 (2) Joined from East Stirling 24th June Paul Dyer 19 0 (6) Terry Cooper 22 1 Left for Lincoln City Forwards Kevin Randall 27 45 Joined from Chesterfield at start of season Les Bradd 25 43 Arthur Mann 24 40 (2) Joined from Manchester City pre-season Mick Vinter 18 3 (1) Joined from Boston Unitedplayers ages correct as of 31st December 1972.
Notts County FC 1972/73
Back row; Stubbs, Brown, Bradd, Vinter, McManus, Dyer
Middle; Fenton(Youth), Scanlon, Jones, Bolton, Cozens,
Worthington, Needham, Cooper, Potrac, ?, Wheeler(Trainer)
Front; Nixon, Brindley, Masson, Sirrel(Manager), Hopcroft(Director),
Dunnett(Chairman), Levin(Director), Carlin, Mann, Carter
Cross legged; Newell, Richards
Home colours
As previous season.
Change colours
Probably all gold with black trim.
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