	Date	Opponents		V	Comp	H-T	F-T	Att	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Sub 1	Sub 2	Sub 3	Sub 4	Sub 5			1972-73																ARSENAL CAREER																				FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 1972-3
1	25/07/1972	Watford		H	Fr	0-0	2-0	0	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radord	Kennedy	Graham	Nelson	Roberts	Kelly¹	Marinello	George¹	1		League				FA Cup				League Cup				Friendlies				League				FA Cup				League Cup				Europe				Friendlies					Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2	29/07/1972	Lausanne (Switzerland)	^OG	A	Fr	4-0	6-0		G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Marinello	George²	Radford¹	Kennedy²	Graham	Nelson	Roberts	Armstrong			2	Player	Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		1	Liverpool	42	25	10	7	72	42	60
3	02/08/1972	Grasshoppers (Switzerland)		A	Fr	0-0	2-1		G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	George^2(1p)	Nelson	Roberts	Marinello	Graham		3	G Armstrong	29	+1	2		7		1		-		-		5	+2	-		364	+5	47		45	+1	8		26		2		24	+2	2		74	+3	22		2	Arsenal	42	23	11	8	57	43	57
4	04/08/1972	Hamburg SV (West Germany)		A	Fr	0-1	0-4		G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	George	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Graham	Nelson	Roberts				4	AJ Ball	40		10		7		4		3		-		3		-		58		13		16		6		3		-		-		-		4		-		3	Leeds United	42	21	11	10	71	45	53
1	12/08/1972	Leicester City		A	FL	1-0	1-0	28,009	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	Radford	Kennedy	Graham						1	GC Barnett	20	(10)	16	*	1	(0)	1	*	4	(2)	4	*	5	(2)	6	*	36	(17)	28	*	3	(0)	3	*	5	(3)	4	*	2	(2)	0	*	7	+4 (5)	8	*	4	Ipswich Town	42	17	14	11	55	45	48
2	15/08/1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	FL	3-1	5-2	38,524	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab¹	Storey	McLintock	Simpson¹	Armstrong	Ball	Radford²	Kennedy¹	Graham	Roberts					2	BM Batson	3		-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-		3	+2	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-		5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	66	54	47
3	19/08/1972	Stoke City		H	FL	1-0	2-0	42,146	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Roberts	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy²	Graham						3	JP Blockley	20		-		4		-		-		-		2		-		20		-		4		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		6	West Ham United	42	17	12	13	67	53	46
4	22/08/1972	Coventry City		A	FL	1-1	1-1	24,670	G.Barnett	Rice¹	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Graham						4	BM Chambers	-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		7	Derby County	42	19	8	15	56	54	46
5	26/08/1972	Manchester United		A	FL	0-0	0-0	48,108	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	George	Kennedy	Graham						5	FC George	18	+9	6		4		3		3		2		7	+1	7		76	+19	24		20	+1	11		7		2		15	+1	5		16	+6	21		8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	13	13	58	48	45
6	29/08/1972	West Ham United		H	FL	1-0	1-0	43,802	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	Radford	Kennedy	Graham	George					6	G Graham	14	+2	2		-		-		3		-		3	+1	-		219	+8	59		27		2		27	+2	9		23	+2	7		36	+3	5		9	Newcastle United	42	16	13	13	60	51	45
7	02/09/1972	Chelsea	^OG	H	FL	0-1	1-1	46,675	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Graham	George					7	RE Harding	-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		10	Birmingham City	42	15	12	15	53	54	42
2	05/09/1972	Everton		H	FLC	0-0	1-0	35,230	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey¹	McLintock	Simpson	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Graham						2	BG Hornsby	1		-		-		-		-		-		1	+1	-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1	+1	-		11	Manchester City	42	15	11	16	57	60	41
8	09/09/1972	Newcastle United		A	FL	0-1	1-2	23,849	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Kennedy¹	Graham						8	EP Kelly	27		1		7		1		2		-		4	+1	1		84	+5	9		10	+2	2		10		-		13	+2	2		14	+4	1		12	Chelsea	42	13	14	15	49	51	40
9	16/09/1972	Liverpool		H	FL	0-0	0-0	47,597	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Graham						9	R Kennedy	34		9		7		2		1		-		6		3		114	+2	41		22	+2	5		10		4		14	+2	8		16		8		13	Southampton	42	11	18	13	47	52	40
10	23/09/1972	Norwich City		A	FL	1-2	2-3	32,273	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey¹	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello	Ball	Radford¹	Kennedy	Graham						10	F McLintock	27	+2	-		3		1		4		-		5		-		312	+2	26		36		1		34		4		19		1		58		11		14	Sheffield United	42	15	10	17	51	59	40
11	26/09/1972	Birmingham City		H	FL	1-0	2-0	30,003	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey¹	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	George¹						11	R McNab	42		1		7		-		3		-		8		-		236	+1	3		28		-		25	+1	2		20	+1	-		33	+1	3		15	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	61	56	38
12	30/09/1972	Southampton		H	FL	0-0	1-0	34,694	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	George	Graham¹					12	P Marinello	13		1		0	+1	-		4		1		4	+2	1		32	+6	3		0	+1	-		5		1		6	+1	1		9	+7	2		16	Leicester City	42	10	17	15	40	46	37
3	03/10/1972	Rotherham United		H	FLC	2-0	5-0	25,241	G.Barnett	Rice	Nelson	Storey¹	McLintock	Roberts	Marinello¹	Ball	Radford²	Graham	George¹						3	S Nelson	2	+4	-		0	+1	-		1		-		1	+4	-		32	+6	1		7	+1	-		5		-		6	+1	-		8	+9	-		17	Everton	42	13	11	18	41	49	37
13	07/10/1972	Sheffield United		A	FL	0-1	0-1	24,478	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Graham	George						13	RF Powling	-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		18	Manchester United	42	12	13	17	44	60	37
14	14/10/1972	Ipswich Town		H	FL	0-0	1-0	34,196	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello	Ball	Radford	Graham¹	George						14	DJ Price	0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		19	Coventry City	42	13	9	20	40	55	35
5	17/10/1972	Plymouth Argyle		A	Fr	1-0	1-1	18,093	G.Barnett	Storey	McNab	McLintock	Blockley	Kelly	Hornsby	George	Radford	Kennedy¹	Simpson	Wilson	Batson	Harding			5	J Radford	38		15		3	+1	1		4		3		8		3		298	+3	94		32	+2	13		30		12		24		11		43	+5	31		20	Norwich City	42	11	10	21	36	63	32
15	21/10/1972	Crystal Palace		A	FL	1-0	3-2	35,865	G.Barnett	Rice¹	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello	Kelly	Radford¹	Graham	George^1p	Nelson					15	PJ Rice	39		2		7		-		4		-		7		1		131	+4	4		25		1		15		-		15		-		20	+6	2		21	Crystal Palace	42	9	12	21	41	58	30
16	28/10/1972	Manchester City		H	FL	0-0	0-0	45,536	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello	Kelly	Radford	George	Graham						16	JG Roberts	6	+1	-		-		-		1		-		0	+4	-		56	+3	4		-		-		12		1		9	+1	-		7	+10	2		22	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	10	23	38	62	28
4	31/10/1972	Sheffield United		A	FLC	2-0	2-1	20,128	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Marinello	Kelly	Radford¹	Graham	George¹						4	PF Simpson	27		1		7		-		3		-		8		-		248	+7	8		40		1		25		3		20	+1	1		52	+3	3
17	04/11/1972	Coventry City		H	FL	0-1	0-2	33,699	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello	Ball	Radford	George	Kelly	Graham					17	PE Storey	40		4		7		-		4		2		4		-		291		9		38	+1	4		32		2		22		2		51	+4	2
18	11/11/1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	FL	0-0	3-1	25,988	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Blockley	Marinello¹	Ball	Radford²	George	Kelly						18	RP Wilson	22	(7)	27	*	6	(1)	8	*	-		-		3	+1 (4)	0	*	193	(78)	190	*	29	(12)	26	*	17	(9)	12	*	24	(13)	15	*	38	+8 (26)	37	*
6	14/11/1972	Paris XI (France)		A	Fr	1-0	1-0	19,526	Wilson	Rice¹	McNab	Kelly	Blockley	Simpson	Marinello	George	Radford	Kennedy	Nelson	Batson	Armstrong	Hornsby			6	Own Goals	-		3		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		76		-		13		-		-		-		-		-		25
19	18/11/1972	Everton		H	FL	1-0	1-0	35,728	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	Simpson	Blockley	Marinello	Ball	Radford¹	George	Kelly						19
5	21/11/1972	Norwich City		H	FLC	0-2	0-3	37,671	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Marinello	Ball	Radford	George	Kelly						5
20	25/11/1972	Derby County		A	FL	0-4	0-5	31,034	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Marinello	Ball	Radford	George	Kelly	Armstrong					20
21	02/12/1972	Leeds United		H	FL	0-1	2-1	39,108	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly						21
22	09/12/1972	Tottenham Hotspur		A	FL	0-0	2-1	47,505	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey¹	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly	McLintock					22
23	16/12/1972	West Bromwich Albion	^OG	H	FL	2-0	2-1	27,119	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly	George					23
24	23/12/1972	Birmingham City		A	FL	1-0	1-1	32,721	Wilson	Nelson	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly¹						24
25	26/12/1972	Norwich City		H	FL	0-0	2-0	39,038	Wilson	Nelson	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly	George					25
26	30/12/1972	Stoke City		A	FL	0-0	0-0	24,586	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly						26
27	06/01/1973	Manchester United		H	FL	1-0	3-1	56,194	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong¹	Ball¹	Radford	Kennedy¹	Kelly						27
3	13/01/1973	Leicester City		H	FAC	1-1	2-2	36,433	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong¹	Ball	Radford	Kennedy¹	Kelly						3
3	17/01/1973	Leicester City		A	FAC	1-1	2-1	32,973	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly¹						3
28	20/01/1973	Chelsea		A	FL	0-0	1-0	36,292	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy¹	Kelly	McLintock					28
29	27/01/1973	Newcastle United		H	FL	0-1	2-2	37,906	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	Radford	Kennedy¹	Kelly	George					29
4	03/02/1973	Bradford City		H	FAC	1-0	2-0	40,407	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	George¹	Kennedy	Kelly	Marinello					4
30	10/02/1973	Liverpool		A	FL	0-0	2-0	49,898	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly	George					30
31	17/02/1973	Leicester City	^OG	H	FL	1-0	1-0	42,047	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	McLintock	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly	George					31
5	24/02/1973	Carlisle United		A	FAC	1-1	2-1	23,922	G.Barnett	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock¹	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly	Nelson					5
32	28/02/1973	West Bromwich Albion		A	FL	0-0	0-1	23,515	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Batson	McLintock	George	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly						32
33	03/03/1973	Sheffield United		H	FL	1-1	3-2	33,346	Wilson	Rice	McNab	George²	McLintock	Batson	Armstrong	Ball¹	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly	Nelson					33
34	10/03/1973	Ipswich Town		A	FL	1-1	2-1	34,636	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	Radford¹	Kennedy	Kelly						34
6	17/03/1973	Chelsea		A	FAC	2-2	2-2	37,685	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	George¹	Kennedy	Kelly						6
6	20/03/1973	Chelsea		H	FAC	1-1	2-1	62,746	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball^1p	George	Kennedy¹	Kelly						6
35	24/03/1973	Manchester City		A	FL	0-0	2-1	32,031	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	George¹	Kennedy¹	Kelly	Nelson					35
36	26/03/1973	Crystal Palace		H	FL	1-0	1-0	41,879	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball¹	George	Kennedy	Kelly						36
37	31/03/1973	Derby County		H	FL	0-1	0-1	45,217	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	McLintock	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	George	Kennedy	Kelly	Nelson					37
SF	07/04/1973	Sunderland		N	FAC	0-1	1-2	53,301	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	George¹	Kennedy	Kelly	Radford					SF
38	14/04/1973	Tottenham Hotspur		H	FL	0-0	1-1	50,863	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey¹	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly	George					38
39	21/04/1973	Everton		A	FL	0-0	0-0	42,888	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Kelly	George					39
40	23/04/1973	Southampton		A	FL	2-1	2-2	23,919	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Kelly	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford¹	George¹	Kennedy						40
41	28/04/1973	West Ham United		A	FL	2-0	2-1	37,366	Wilson	Rice	McNab	Storey	Kelly	Simpson	Armstrong	Ball	Radford¹	Kennedy¹	George						41
42	09/05/1973	Leeds United		A	FL	0-2	1-6	25,088	Wilson	Batson	McNab	Storey	Blockley	Simpson	Armstrong¹	Ball	Radford	Kennedy	Hornsby	Price					42
7	23/05/1973	Toronto Select (Canada)		A	Fr	0-0	1-0		Wilson	Rice	McNab	Kelly	Simpson	Powling	Marinello	Chambers	Radford	George¹	Armstrong						7
8	27/05/1973	Devonshire Colts (Canada)		A	Fr	2-0	4-0		Wilson	Rice	McNab	Kelly	Simpson	Powling	Marinello¹	Chambers	Radford²	George¹	Armstrong						8
??/07/9172 played at London Colney. 29/07/1972, 02/08/1972 and 04/08/1972 - substituted players not known. 17/10/1972 - Bill Harper testimonial. 07/04/1973 played at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday.