1972–73 League of Ireland

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

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

Overview

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

Final classification
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[lower-alpha 1]
10 Sligo Rovers 26 8 2 16 25 51 −26 20[lower-alpha 1]
11 Home Farm Drumcondra[lower-alpha 2] 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
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Notes:
  1. 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
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[lower-alpha 1] 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:
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
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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