1972–73 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1972–73 season
Chairman	H.E. Roberts
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	1st
UEFA Cup	Champions
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	5th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Keegan (13) John Toshack (13) All: Kevin Keegan (22)
Average home league attendance	48,103
Home colours Away colours

After seven years of not winning any trophies Liverpool F.C. 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 that had been fully realised.

The league which they came so close to winning the year before, had finally been conquered by winning the title by three points from Arsenal. The signing of Peter Cormack from Nottingham Forest during the summer of 1972 would also be another great signing.

The UEFA Cup would also be the beginning of their dominance of regularly winning European trophies as well. Overcoming the previous season's winners Tottenham Hotspur in the Semi-Finals and over a two legged final overcoming Borussia Mönchengladbach three-two on aggregate.

The emergence of Kevin Keegan and Ray Clemence in the team would also see them start their international careers, with them both making their England debuts in the World Cup qualifier against Wales on 15 November 1972 alongside Emlyn Hughes already established in the England team.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Ray Clemence
• Frankie Lane
• Grahame Lloyd

Defenders

• Steve Arnold
• Gerry Byrne
• Roy Evans
• Chris Lawler
• Alec Lindsay
• Larry Lloyd
• John McLaughlin
• Ian Ross
• Tommy Smith
• Trevor Storton
• John Webb

Midfielders

• Ian Callaghan
• Peter Cormack
• Brian Hall
• Steve Heighway
• Emlyn Hughes
• Hughie McAuley
• Phil Thompson
• Peter Thompson

Attackers

• Phil Boersma
• Derek Brownbill
• Kevin Keegan
• Kevin Kewley
• John Toshack
• Jack Whitham

First Division

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	10	7	72	42	1.714	60
2	Arsenal	42	23	11	8	57	43	1.326	57
3	Leeds United	42	21	11	10	71	45	1.578	53
4	Ipswich Town	42	17	14	11	55	45	1.222	48
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	66	54	1.222	47
6	West Ham United	42	17	12	13	67	53	1.264	46
7	Derby County	42	19	8	15	56	54	1.037	46
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	13	13	58	48	1.208	45
9	Newcastle United	42	16	13	13	60	51	1.176	45
10	Birmingham City	42	15	12	15	53	54	0.981	42
11	Manchester City	42	15	11	16	57	60	0.950	41
12	Chelsea	42	13	14	15	49	51	0.961	40
13	Southampton	42	11	18	13	47	52	0.904	40
14	Sheffield United	42	15	10	17	51	59	0.864	40
15	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	61	56	1.089	38
16	Leicester City	42	10	17	15	40	46	0.870	37
17	Everton	42	13	11	18	41	49	0.837	37
18	Manchester United	42	12	13	17	44	60	0.733	37
19	Coventry City	42	13	9	20	40	55	0.727	35
20	Norwich City	42	11	10	21	36	63	0.571	32
21	Crystal Palace	42	9	12	21	41	58	0.707	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	10	23	38	62	0.613	28

Results

First Division

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' Own Goal 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	Own Goal 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

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

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

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	Dynamo Berlin	A	0–0		15,835	Report	Report
13-Dec-72	Dynamo Berlin	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

10 May 1973

19:30 BST

Liverpool	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Keegan 21', 32' Lloyd 61'	Report Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,169

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Liverpool

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Chris Lawler LB 3 Alec Lindsay CM 4 Tommy Smith (c) CB 5 Larry Lloyd CB 6 Emlyn Hughes ST 7 Kevin Keegan CM 8 Peter Cormack ST 9 John Toshack LW 10 Steve Heighway  83' RW 11 Ian Callaghan Substitutes: MF 12 Brian Hall  83' GK 13 Frankie Lane DF 14 Trevor Storton DF 15 Phil Thompson FW 16 Phil Boersma Manager: Bill Shankly

GK 1 Wolfgang Kleff RB 2 Heinz Michallik CB 3 Günter Netzer CB 4 Rainer Bonhof LB 5 Berti Vogts (c) MF 6 Herbert Wimmer MF 7 Dietmar Danner MF 8 Christian Kulik FW 9 Henning Jensen FW 10 Bernd Rupp  82' FW 11 Jupp Heynckes Substitutes: FW 12 Allan Simonsen  82' Manager: Hennes Weisweiler

Second Leg

23 May 1973

19:30 CEST

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Liverpool
Heynckes 29', 40'	Report Report

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 34,905

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Liverpool

GK 1 Wolfgang Kleff RB 2 Ulrich Surau CB 3 Günter Netzer CB 4 Rainer Bonhof LB 5 Berti Vogts (c) MF 6 Herbert Wimmer MF 7 Dietmar Danner MF 8 Christian Kulik FW 9 Henning Jensen FW 10 Bernd Rupp FW 11 Jupp Heynckes Substitutes: FW 12 Allan Simonsen DF 13 Heinz Michallik DF 14 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff GK 15 Bernd Schrage Manager: Hennes Weisweiler

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Chris Lawler LB 3 Alec Lindsay CM 4 Tommy Smith (c) CB 5 Larry Lloyd CB 6 Emlyn Hughes ST 7 Kevin Keegan CM 8 Peter Cormack ST 9 John Toshack LW 10 Steve Heighway  77' RW 11 Ian Callaghan Substitutes: MF 12 Brian Hall GK 13 Frankie Lane DF 14 Trevor Storton DF 15 Phil Thompson FW 16 Phil Boersma  77' Manager: Bill Shankly

References

• LFC History.net – 1972–73 season
• Liverweb - 1972-73 Season
• LFC in Europe