The 1972–73 season was Cambridge United's 3rd season in the Football League.

Cambridge had a fine season finishing in 3rd position and thus gaining promotion to the Third Division after only three seasons in the Football League.

Final league table

Results

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Fourth Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 12 August 1972 DarlingtonH0–33,4782 19 August 1972 BarnsleyA1–32,808Walker3 26 August 1972 Doncaster RoversH3–12,941Brookes (o.g.), Collins, Phillips4 30 August 1972 Mansfield TownA1–35,216Lill5 2 September 1972 Exeter CityA1–33,249Pointer6 9 September 1972 Hartlepool UnitedH1–12,647Lill7 16 September 1972 Newport CountyA2–03,564Lill, Greenhalgh8 20 September 1972 Stockport CountyH1–02,952Robinson9 23 September 1972 Peterborough UnitedH3–14,378Lill, Greenhalgh, Collins10 26 September 1972 GillinghamA2–12,173Collins, Greenhalgh11 30 September 1972 Northampton TownA2–23,439Collins, Watson12 7 October 1972 Bradford CityH2–13,960Collins, Greenhalgh13 11 October 1972 Hereford UnitedH1–04,112Phillips14 13 October 1972 SouthportA1–14,108Phillips15 20 October 1972 Colchester UnitedH3–04,465Noble (o.g.), Collins, Ross16 25 October 1972 Crewe AlexandraA1–11,701Walton17 28 October 1972 ChesterA1–13,605Ross18 4 November 1972 GillinghamH3–14,656Collins, Lill, Walton19 10 November 1972 Stockport CountyA2–23,165Lill (2)20 25 November 1972 WorkingtonA1–51,112Eades21 2 December 1972 Torquay UnitedH0–03,24422 9 December 1972 Northampton TownH3–13,539Lill, Greenhalgh (2)23 16 December 1972 BuryH1–12,337Greenhalgh24 23 December 1972 AldershotH2–23,918Collins, Greenhalgh25 26 December 1972 Peterborough UnitedA1–17,577Greenhalgh26 30 December 1972 BarnsleyH1–13,864Lill27 6 January 1973 Doncaster RoversA0–01,73528 20 January 1973 Exeter CityH1–33,979Watson29 27 January 1973 Hartlepool UnitedA0–03,03630 31 January 1973 Crewe AlexandraH1–03,074Greenhalgh31 3 February 1973 Hereford UnitedA1–28,907Greenhalgh32 10 February 1973 Newport CountyH3–13,496Watson, Lill, Phillips33 17 February 1973 DarlingtonA3–31,412Lill, Ross, Watson34 24 February 1973 BuryH2–23,768Greenhalgh (2)35 2 March 1973 Bradford CityA1–05,031Ross36 7 March 1973 Lincoln CityH2–13,736Watson, Phillips37 10 March 1973 SouthportH2–25,504Ross (2)38 16 March 1973 Colchester UnitedA1–03,888Ross39 21 March 1973 ReadingA0–15,58940 24 March 1973 ChesterH1–03,935Lill41 31 March 1973 WorkingtonH1–04,028Greenhalgh42 7 April 1973 Torquay UnitedA2–14,014Greenhalgh (2)43 14 April 1973 ReadingH1–06,033Ross44 21 April 1973 Lincoln CityA1–24,801Greenhalgh45 24 April 1973 AldershotA1–110,800Greenhalgh46 28 April 1973 Mansfield TownH3–211,542Ross, Walton (2)

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR118 November 1972 BournemouthA1–510,034Collins

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR116 August 1972 BrentfordA0–17,750

Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDF Vic Akers3201010340DF Jack Bannister1600010170DF Martin Binks10000010FW John Collins35(3)8110036(3)9FW Bryan Conlon4(1)000105(1)0DF Terry Eades3811010401MF Chris Foote19(6)0101021(6)0FW Brian Greenhalgh451810104718DF Alan Guild41(1)0100042(1)0MF David Lill451210104712FW Peter Phillips6(12)500006(12)5MF Keith Pointer21000021DF Graham Rathbone1300000130FW Terry Robinson61000061MF Bobby Ross3291000339FW Dave Simmons0(3)000000(3)0GK Graham Smith1200000120DF Jimmy Thompson4501010470GK Peter Vasper3401010360MF Dennis Walker41100051MF Ronnie Walton3751010395MF Graham Watson3940000394

References Cambridge 1972–73 at statto.com Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive