English Second Division 1972/1973
Historical league standings at 26th 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1.57 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Blackpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Burnley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.75 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.50 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 11 | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.63 |
| 14 | Fulham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.80 |
| 16 | Cardiff City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0.56 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 20 | Hull City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 21 | Orient | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 22 | Preston North End | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.33 |
