Blackpool F.C. season 1972-73

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1972-73
League	Division Two
Manager	Bob Stokoe (succeeded by Harry Potts)
League position	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Suddick & Alan Ainscow (10) Combined: Alan Suddick (13)
FA Cup	Third round^[1]
League Cup	Fifth round^[2]
Anglo-Italian Cup	Fourth round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1971-72
Next season	1973-74 →

The 1972-73 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 66th season (63rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

Blackpool's third and final appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup ended at the fourth-round stage.

Alan Suddick was the club's top scorer, with thirteen goals (ten in the league, one in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup). Alan Ainscow was the joint-top scorer in the league.

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Burnley	42	24	14	4	72	35	2.057	62
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	13	5	81	37	2.189	61
3	Aston Villa	42	18	14	10	51	47	1.085	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	17	13	12	46	43	1.070	47
5	Bristol City	42	17	12	13	63	51	1.235	46
6	Sunderland	42	17	12	13	59	49	1.204	46
7	Blackpool	42	18	10	14	56	51	1.098	46
8	Oxford United	42	19	7	16	52	43	1.209	45
9	Fulham	42	16	12	14	58	49	1.184	44
10	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	10	15	59	55	1.073	44
11	Millwall	42	16	10	16	55	47	1.170	42
12	Luton Town	42	15	11	16	44	53	0.830	41
13	Hull City	42	14	12	16	64	59	1.085	40
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	12	16	47	52	0.904	40
15	Orient	42	12	12	18	49	53	0.925	36
16	Swindon Town	42	10	16	16	46	60	0.767	36
17	Portsmouth	42	12	11	19	42	59	0.712	35
18	Carlisle United	42	11	12	19	50	52	0.962	34
19	Preston North End	42	11	12	19	37	64	0.578	34
20	Cardiff City	42	11	11	20	43	58	0.741	33
21	Huddersfield Town	42	8	17	17	36	56	0.643	33
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	13	21	46	83	0.554	29