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Match postponed due to Wrexham playing Hajduk Split in the ECWC Second Round, First Leg two days later.

| Results of league matches played since last match |
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| 23rd October 1972 |
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| Port Vale | 1-1 | Shrewsbury |
| Tranmere | 1-1 | Bristol Rovers |
| Division Three 1972-73 |
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| P | W | D | L | Avg | Pts | ||
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| 1. | Walsall | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1.714 | 21 |
| 2. | Port Vale | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0.750 | 20 |
| 3. | Charlton | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1.941 | 19 |
| 4. | Bolton | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.769 | 18 |
| 5. | Bournemouth | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.733 | 18 |
| 6. | Rochdale | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1.118 | 18 |
| 7. | WREXHAM | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1.133 | 17 |
| 8. | Chesterfield | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1.294 | 16 |
| 9. | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1.263 | 16 |
| 10. | Tranmere | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.000 | 16 |
| 11. | Watford | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1.000 | 16 |
| 12. | Grimsby Town | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0.952 | 16 |
| 13. | Shrewsbury | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0.696 | 16 |
| 14. | Oldham | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.048 | 15 |
| 15. | Halifax Town | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1.273 | 14 |
| 16. | Rotherham | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1.105 | 14 |
| 17. | Brentford | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0.882 | 14 |
| 18. | Notts County | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0.765 | 14 |
| 19. | Plymouth A. | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0.773 | 12 |
| 20. | Scunthorpe | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0.579 | 12 |
| 21. | Southend | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0.810 | 11 |
| 22. | York City | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0.667 | 11 |
| 23. | Blackburn R. | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 10 |
| 24. | Swansea City | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0.563 | 8 |