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1972–73 League of Ireland

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League of Ireland
Season1972–73
ChampionsWaterford (6th title)
Matches played182
Top goalscorerAlfie Hale, Waterford
Terry Harkin, Finn Harps 20 goals

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1972/1973 season.

Overview

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It was contested by 14 teams, and Waterford won the championship.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Waterford 26 20 2 4 67 21 +46 42
2 Finn Harps 26 19 3 4 59 32 +27 41
3 Bohemians 26 16 5 5 46 25 +21 37
4 Cork Hibernians 26 13 8 5 53 27 +26 34
5 Shamrock Rovers 26 12 6 8 45 32 +13 30
6 Athlone Town 26 13 4 9 38 31 +7 30
7 St Patrick's Athletic 26 7 11 8 37 43 −6 25
8 Shelbourne 26 9 6 11 50 40 +10 24
9 Limerick 26 8 6 12 32 35 −3 20[a]
10 Sligo Rovers 26 8 2 16 25 51 −26 20[a]
11 Home Farm Drumcondra[b] 26 6 7 13 29 60 −31 19
12 Cork Celtic 26 7 4 15 29 50 −21 18
13 Dundalk 26 4 6 16 19 48 −29 14
14 Drogheda 26 1 8 17 22 56 −34 10
Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b After the Limerick 2-1 Sligo Rovers game, both points were awarded to Sligo Rovers.
  2. ^ Home Farm Drumcondra changed their club name to Home Farm for next season.

Results

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Home \ Away ATH BOH CCF CHF DRO DUN FHA HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP WAT
Athlone Town — 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–4 4–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1
Bohemians 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 5–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–3
Cork Celtic 1–2 0–2 — 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–5 1–2 0–1 1–5
Cork Hibernians 2–0 2–1 4–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–1
Drogheda United 0–1 1–6 4–2 0–1 — 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–4
Dundalk 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4
Finn Harps 1–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 — 4–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–2
Home Farm Drumcondra 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 3–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–6 2–0 2–3 1–0
Limerick 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 2–1[a] 1–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 6–0 1–3 4–0 0–0 — 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–3
Shelbourne 0–1 1–4 2–4 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 3–0 — 6–1 2–2 0–1
Sligo Rovers 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–4 — 0–2 1–3
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 — 2–3
Waterford 2–1 0–0 7–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–2 5–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 1–0 4–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The points from the match between Limerick and Sligo Rovers (2–1) were awarded to Sligo.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alfie Hale Waterford 20
1 Terry Harkin Finn Harps 20
3 Johnny Matthews Waterford 14
4 Eric Barber Shelbourne 13
4 John Lawson Cork Hibernians 13
4 Kevin Murray St Patrick's Athletic 13
7 Joe Nicholl Finn Harps 12
8 Turlough O'Connor Bohemians 11
8 Jim 'Chang' Smith Finn Harps 11
10 Phil Buck Waterford 10
10 Des Kennedy Limerick 10
10 Mick Leech Shamrock Rovers 10
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