English Second Division 1972/1973
Historical league standings at 19th August 1972
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 6 | Millwall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 17 | Orient | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| 20 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 21 | Hull City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
