1972–73 Motherwell F.C. season

The 1972-73 season was Motherwell's 4th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football after being promoted from the Scottish Second Division in 1969.

Results

All results are written with Motherwell's score first. ^[1]

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
2 September 1972	Dundee	H	2–2	Lawson, Forsyth
9 September 1972	Airdrieonians	A	2–1	Lawson, McClymont
16 September 1972	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	McClymont, Wark
23 September 1972	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Murray, McClymont
30 September 1972	Aberdeen	A	2–7	McClymont, Gray
7 October 1972	Dundee United	H	1–4	Lawson
14 October 1972	Rangers	H	0–2
21 October 1972	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0
28 October 1972	Falkirk	H	1–1	Campbell
4 November 1972	Ayr United	A	2–3	Watson, McClymont
11 November 1972	Celtic	H	0–5
18 November 1972	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	McCabe, McClymont, Campbell
25 November 1972	East Fife	H	0–1
2 December 1972	Greenock Morton	A	0–1
16 December 1972	Dumbarton	A	0–0
23 December 1972	Arbroath	H	2–0	Heron, Muir
30 December 1972	Dundee	A	0–2
1 January 1973	Airdrieonians	H	2–0	Fraser o.g, Martin
6 January 1973	Kilmarnock	A	0–1
13 January 1973	St Johnstone	H	1–1	Goldthorp
27 January 1973	Dundee United	A	2–1	Lawson, McCabe
7 February 1973	Aberdeen	H	2–0	Lawson, Campbell
10 February 1973	Rangers	A	1–2	Millar
19 February 1973	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	Millar, Campbell
3 March 1973	Falkirk	A	1–0	Whiteford
10 March 1973	Ayr United	H	1–2	Millar
24 March 1973	Partick Thistle	H	0–0
31 March 1973	East Fife	A	1–3	Millar
3 April 1973	Celtic	A	0–2
7 April 1973	Greenock Morton	H	3–0	McCabe, Goldthorp, Shevlane o.g.
10 April 1973	Hibernian	H	1–1	Goldthorp
14 April 1973	Hibernian	A	1–0	Millar
21 April 1973	Dumbarton	H	0–2
28 April 1973	Arbroath	A	1–0	Muir

Scottish Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
3 February 1973	Raith Rovers	H	2–1
24 February 1973	Celtic	H	0–4

Statistics

League Table

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P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	26	5	3	93	28	65	57
2	Rangers	34	26	4	4	74	30	44	56
3	Hibernian	34	19	7	8	74	33	41	45
4	Aberdeen	34	16	11	7	61	34	27	43
5	Dundee	34	17	9	8	68	43	25	43
6	Ayr United	34	16	8	10	50	51	−1	40
7	Dundee United	34	17	5	12	56	51	5	39
8	Motherwell	34	11	9	14	38	48	−10	31
9	East Fife	34	11	8	15	46	54	−8	30
10	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	6	16	39	50	−11	30
11	St Johnstone	34	10	9	15	52	67	−15	29
12	Morton	34	10	8	16	47	53	−6	28
13	Partick Thistle	34	10	8	16	40	53	−13	28
14	Falkirk	34	7	12	15	38	56	−18	26
15	Arbroath	34	9	8	17	39	63	−24	26
16	Dumbarton	34	6	11	17	43	72	−29	23
17	Kilmarnock	34	7	8	19	40	71	−31	22
18	Airdrieonians	34	4	8	22	34	75	−41	16

References

↑ "Motherwell 1972-1973 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
↑ "1972-73 Division One". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

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Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship

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First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone

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