1972–73 League of Ireland

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Football league season

League of IrelandSeason| 1972–73

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Champions| Waterford
Matches played| 182
Top goalscorer| Alfie Hale, Waterford
Terry Harkin, Finn Harps 20 goals

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1973–74 →

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

## Overview[edit]

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

## Final classification[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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 United | 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[edit]

Home \ Away  | ATH | BOH | CCF | CHF | DRO | DUN | FHA | HOM | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | WAT

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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[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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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Awards|

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Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark '72 '73
* England
* Faroe Islands '72 '73
* Finland '72 '73
* France
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* Romania
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Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
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* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '72 '73
* Finland '72 '73
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Greece
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* Israel
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* Northern Ireland
* Norway '72 '73
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '72 '73
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Wales

League cups|

* England
* West Germany
* Scotland
* Switzerland

UEFA competitions|

* European Cup (Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)

Non-UEFA competitions|

* Intertoto Cup
* Balkans Cup '72 '73
* European Super Cup

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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