Fourth Division Table 1972/73

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southport	46	26	10	10	71	48	+23	62
2	Hereford United	46	23	12	11	56	38	+18	58
3	Cambridge United	46	20	17	9	67	57	+10	57
4	Aldershot	46	22	12	12	60	38	+22	56
5	Newport County	46	22	12	12	64	44	+20	56
6	Mansfield Town	46	20	14	12	78	51	+27	54
7	Reading	46	17	18	11	51	38	+13	52
8	Exeter City	46	18	14	14	57	51	+6	50
9	Gillingham	46	19	11	16	63	58	+5	49
10	Lincoln City	46	16	16	14	64	57	+7	48
11	Stockport County	46	18	12	16	53	53	0	48
12	Bury	46	14	18	14	58	51	+7	46
13	Workington	46	17	12	17	59	61	-2	46
14	Barnsley	46	14	16	16	58	60	-2	44
15	Chester City	46	14	15	17	61	52	+9	43
16	Bradford City	46	16	11	19	61	65	-4	43
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	12	19	49	58	-9	42
18	Torquay United	46	12	17	17	44	47	-3	41
19	Peterborough United	46	14	13	19	71	76	-5	41
20	Hartlepool United	46	12	17	17	34	49	-15	41
21	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	18	19	38	61	-23	36
22	Colchester United	46	10	11	25	48	76	-28	31
23	Northampton Town	46	10	11	25	40	73	-33	31
24	Darlington	46	7	15	24	42	85	-43	29