1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season

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Liverpool F.C.
1972–73 season
ChairmanH.E. Roberts
ManagerBill Shankly
First DivisionChampion
UEFA CupChampion
FA Cup4th round
League Cup5th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Keegan (13)
John Toshack (13)
All: Kevin Keegan (22)
Average home league attendance48,103

The 1972–73 season was Liverpool Football Club's 81st season in existence and their 11th consecutive season in the First Division. After seven years without a trophy, Liverpool won both the Football League and the UEFA Cup in an extremely successful season, the highlight of Bill Shankly's managerial career. The rebuilding of the team from the one that served so well in the 1960s had been fully realised.

Having come close the previous season, Livepool finally won the league title by three points from Arsenal. On 30 December 1972, they beat Crystal Palace at Anfield for their twenty-first consecutive home win in the league.[1] This was the longest run in English top-flight history until it was surpassed by Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool team in March 2020.[2]

The UEFA Cup triumph marked the start of a period of success in Europe, as they overcame the previous season's winners Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals and Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 on aggregate in the final.

Peter Cormack was a key signing from Nottingham Forest during the summer of 1972. The emergence of Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence led to both players making their England debuts in the World Cup qualifier against Wales on 15 November 1972, alongside Emlyn Hughes, who was already established in the England team.

Squad

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Goalkeepers

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Defenders

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Midfielders

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Attackers

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Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 1 FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW England ENG Phil Boersma 31 13 19+0 7 0+1 0 2+1 2 5+3 4
MF England ENG Ian Callaghan 66 4 42+0 3 4+0 0 8+0 1 12+0 0
GK England ENG Ray Clemence 64 0 41+0 0 4+0 0 7+0 0 12+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Peter Cormack 52 10 30+0 8 4+0 1 8+0 0 10+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Brian Hall 31 3 17+4 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 4+4 1
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Heighway 62 10 38+0 6 4+0 0 8+0 2 12+0 2
DF England ENG Emlyn Hughes 65 12 41+0 7 4+0 0 8+0 2 12+0 3
FW England ENG Kevin Keegan 64 22 41+0 13 4+0 0 8+0 5 11+0 4
GK England ENG Frankie Lane 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Chris Lawler 66 4 42+0 3 4+0 0 8+0 0 12+0 1
DF England ENG Alec Lindsay 59 5 37+0 4 4+0 0 7+0 0 11+0 1
DF England ENG Larry Lloyd 66 3 42+0 2 4+0 0 8+0 0 12+0 1
DF England ENG Tommy Smith 49 3 33+0 2 2+0 0 4+0 0 10+0 1
DF England ENG Trevor Storton 10 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 1+1 0
DF England ENG Phil Thompson 20 0 12+2 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
FW Wales WAL John Toshack 40 17 22+0 13 4+0 2 6+0 1 6+2 1
FW England ENG Jack Whitham 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 25 10 7 72 42 1.714 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Arsenal 42 23 11 8 57 43 1.326 57
3 Leeds United 42 21 11 10 71 45 1.578 53 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 55 45 1.222 48
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 18 11 13 66 54 1.222 47
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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First Division

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Main article: 1972–73 Football League § First Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
12-Aug-72 Manchester City H 2–0 Hall 3' Callaghan 84' 55,383 Report Report
15-Aug-72 Manchester United H 2–0 Toshack 12' Heighway 20' 54,779 Report Report
19-Aug-72 Crystal Palace A 1–1 Hughes 75' 30,054 Report Report
23-Aug-72 Chelsea A 2–1 Toshack 3' Callaghan 13' 35,375 Report Report
26-Aug-72 West Ham United H 3–2 Toshack 44' Ferguson (og) 62' Hughes 64' 50,491 Report Report
30-Aug-72 Leicester City A 2–3 Toshack 8', 16' 28,694 Report Report
02-Sep-72 Derby County A 1–2 Toshack 16' 32,524 Report Report
09-Sep-72 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4–2 Hughes 28' Cormack 76' Smith 80 Pen' Keegan 84' 43,386 Report Report
16-Sep-72 Arsenal A 0–0 47,597 Report Report
23-Sep-72 Sheffield United H 5–0 Boersma 28' Lindsay 31' Heighway 33' Cormack 51' Keegan 54 Pen' 42,940 Report Report
30-Sep-72 Leeds United A 2–1 Lloyd 40' Boersma 65' 46,648 Report Report
07-Oct-72 Everton H 1–0 Cormack 77' 55,975 Report Report
14-Oct-72 Southampton A 1–1 Lawler 40' 24,110 Report Report
21-Oct-72 Stoke City H 2–1 Hughes 66' Callaghan 90' 45,604 Report Report
28-Oct-72 Norwich City A 1–1 Cormack 18' 36,625 Report Report
04-Nov-72 Chelsea H 3–1 Toshack 33', 55' Keegan 50' 48,392 Report Report
11-Nov-72 Manchester United A 0–2 53,944 Report Report
18-Nov-72 Newcastle United H 3–2 Cormack 5' Lindsay 35' Toshack 48' 46,153 Report Report
25-Nov-72 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 Heighway 28' Keegan 40' 45,399 Report Report
02-Dec-72 Birmingham City H 4–3 Lindsay 32', 55' Cormack 44' Toshack 77' 45,407 Report Report
09-Dec-72 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Boersma 21' 27,213 Report Report
16-Dec-72 Ipswich Town A 1–1 Heighway 24' 25,693 Report Report
23-Dec-72 Coventry City H 2–0 Toshack 6', 22' 41,550 Report Report
26-Dec-72 Sheffield United A 3–0 Boersma 27' Lawler 50' Heighway 81' 34,040 Report Report
30-Dec-72 Crystal Palace H 1–0 Cormack 66' 50,862 Report Report
06-Jan-73 West Ham United A 1–0 Keegan 75' 34,480 Report Report
20-Jan-73 Derby County H 1–1 Toshack 23' 45,996 Report Report
27-Jan-73 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–2 Keegan 17' 32,957 Report Report
10-Feb-73 Arsenal H 0–2 49,898 Report Report
17-Feb-73 Manchester City A 1–1 Boersma 77' 40,528 Report Report
24-Feb-73 Ipswich Town H 2–1 Heighway 67' Keegan 80' 43,875 Report Report
03-Mar-73 Everton A 2–0 Hughes 80', 88' 54,269 Report Report
10-Mar-73 Southampton H 3–2 Lloyd 37' Keegan 37', 87' 41,674 Report Report
17-Mar-73 Stoke City A 1–0 Mahoney (og) 65' 33,540 Report Report
24-Mar-73 Norwich City H 3–1 Lawler 50' Hughes 55' Hall 88' 42,995 Report Report
31-Mar-73 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 Keegan 70' 48,477 Report Report
07-Apr-73 Birmingham City A 1–2 Smith 60' 48,114 Report Report
14-Apr-73 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 Keegan 14 Pen' 43,853 Report Report
17-Apr-73 Coventry City A 2–1 Boersma 36', 60' 27,280 Report Report
21-Apr-73 Newcastle United A 1–2 Keegan 24' 37,240 Report Report
23-Apr-73 Leeds United H 2–0 Cormack 47' Keegan 85' 55,738 Report Report
28-Apr-73 Leicester City H 0–0 56,202 Report Report

Football League Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
05-Sep-72 Carlisle United A 1–1 Keegan 42' 16,257 Report Report
19-Sep-72 Carlisle United H 5–1 Keegan 37' Boersma 39', 82' Lawler 73' Heighway 86' 22,128 Report Report
03-Oct-72 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Heighway 86' 17,756 Report Report
10-Oct-72 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 Hughes 62' Keegan 120' 26,461 Report Report
31-Oct-72 Leeds United H 2–2 Keegan 31' Toshack 80' 44,609 Report Report
22-Nov-72 Leeds United A 1–0 Keegan 90' 34,856 Report Report
04-Dec-72 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 Hughes 78' 48,677 Report Report
06-Dec-72 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–3 Callaghan 85' 34,565 Report Report

FA Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 FA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
13-Jan-73 Burnley A 0–0 35,730 Report Report
16-Jan-73 Burnley H 3–0 Toshack 31', 49' Cormack 47' 56,124 Report Report
03-Feb-73 Manchester City H 0–0 56,296 Report Report
07-Feb-73 Manchester City A 0–2 49,572 Report Report

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 UEFA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
12-Sep-72 Eintracht Frankfurt H 2–0 Keegan 12' Hughes 75' 33,380 Report Report
26-Sep-72 Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–0 17,500 Report Report
24-Oct-72 AEK Athens H 3–0 Boersma 9' Cormack 28' Smith 78 Pen' 31,906 Report Report
07-Nov-72 AEK Athens A 3–1 Hughes 18', 44' Boersma 87' 19,412 Report Report
29-Nov-72 BFC Dynamo A 0–0 15,835-20,000[3] Report Report
13-Dec-72 BFC Dynamo H 3–1 Boersma 1' Heighway 25' Toshack 56' 34,140 Report Report
07-Mar-73 Dynamo Dresden H 2–0 Hall 25' Boersma 60' 33,270 Report Report
21-Mar-73 Dynamo Dresden A 1–0 Keegan 53' 33,634 Report Report
10-Apr-73 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–0 Lindsay 17' 42,174 Report Report
25-Apr-73 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 Heighway 55' 46,919 Report Report

Final

First Leg

Liverpool England3–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Keegan 21', 32'
Lloyd 61'		 Report
Report
Attendance: 41,169
Liverpool
Borussia Mönchengladbach
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Chris Lawler
LB 3 England Alec Lindsay
CM 4 England Tommy Smith (c)
CB 5 England Larry Lloyd
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes
ST 7 England Kevin Keegan
CM 8 Scotland Peter Cormack
ST 9 Wales John Toshack
LW 10 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway downward-facing red arrow 83'
RW 11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
MF 12 England Brian Hall upward-facing green arrow 83'
GK 13 England Frankie Lane
DF 14 England Trevor Storton
DF 15 England Phil Thompson
FW 16 England Phil Boersma
Manager:
Scotland Bill Shankly
GK 1 Germany Wolfgang Kleff
RB 2 Germany Heinz Michallik
CB 3 Germany Günter Netzer
CB 4 Germany Rainer Bonhof
LB 5 Germany Berti Vogts (c)
MF 6 Germany Herbert Wimmer
MF 7 Germany Dietmar Danner
MF 8 Germany Christian Kulik
FW 9 Denmark Henning Jensen
FW 10 Germany Bernd Rupp downward-facing red arrow 82'
FW 11 Germany Jupp Heynckes
Substitutes:
FW 12 Denmark Allan Simonsen upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Germany Hennes Weisweiler

Second Leg

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–0England Liverpool
Heynckes 29', 40' Report
Report
Attendance: 34,905
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Liverpool
GK 1 Germany Wolfgang Kleff
RB 2 Germany Ulrich Surau
CB 3 Germany Günter Netzer
CB 4 Germany Rainer Bonhof
LB 5 Germany Berti Vogts (c)
MF 6 Germany Herbert Wimmer
MF 7 Germany Dietmar Danner
MF 8 Germany Christian Kulik
FW 9 Denmark Henning Jensen
FW 10 Germany Bernd Rupp
FW 11 Germany Jupp Heynckes
Substitutes:
FW 12 Denmark Allan Simonsen
DF 13 Germany Heinz Michallik
DF 14 Germany Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
GK 15 Germany Bernd Schrage
Manager:
Germany Hennes Weisweiler
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Chris Lawler
LB 3 England Alec Lindsay
CM 4 England Tommy Smith (c)
CB 5 England Larry Lloyd
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes
ST 7 England Kevin Keegan
CM 8 Scotland Peter Cormack
ST 9 Wales John Toshack
LW 10 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway downward-facing red arrow 77'
RW 11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
MF 12 England Brian Hall
GK 13 England Frankie Lane
DF 14 England Trevor Storton
DF 15 England Phil Thompson
FW 16 England Phil Boersma upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Scotland Bill Shankly

References

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  1. ^ "In numbers: How Klopp and Shankly won 21 home games in a row". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Salah and Milner reaction: 'We showed our mentality to win'". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 10 April 2022.