written by John Punshon
Sources: The Age, Il Globo, Neos Kosmos, The Sporting Globe, The Sun, VSF Year Book 1973

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Home Team		v		Away Team
Affliliated Leagues Round One
Date not known, 1972
Doveton	1	-	3	Langwarrin
Date not known, 1972
Fawkner	2	-	6	Geelong
Date not known, 1972
Hamlyn Rangers	4	-	0	Melton
Affliliated Leagues Round Two
Date not known, 1972
Langwarrin	1	-	4	Bell Park
Date not known, 1972
Hamlyn Rangers	2	-	1	Werribee
Byes: Geelong, Newborough
Metropolitan Preliminary Round One
Date not known, 1972
Dandenong City	0	-	1	Springvale
Date not known, 1972
Mooroolbark	1	-	0	Keilor City
Date not known, 1972
Eltham	2	-	0	University of Melbourne
Date not known, 1972
Doncaster Rovers	0	-	7	Waverley
Date not known, 1972
Broadmeadows City After extra time	3	-	2	Chelsea
Metropolitan Preliminary Round Two
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Bayswater United	2	-	5	Moreland
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Park Rangers	0	-	2	Ringwood United
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Sandringham	0	-	5	Coburg
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Essendon City Triestina	1	-	10	Altona City
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Ballarat	1	-	4	Sunshine City
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Corio	4	-	1	Monash University
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Prahran City	6	-	0	East Melbourne Helvetic
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Princes Park Hercules	2	-	0	Essendon Lions
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Croydon	2	-	5	Yallourn
Saturday, March 18, 1972
St Kilda	1	-	3	Green Gully Ajax
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Albion Rovers	0	-	3	St Albans
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Western Suburbs	5	-	2	Heidelberg
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Preston Makedonia	1	-	2	Prahran Slavia
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Springvale	0	-	2	Mooroolbark
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Frankston City	2	-	1	Eltham
Saturday, March 18, 1972
Waverley	4	-	3	Broadmeadows City
Metropolitan Preliminary Round Three
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Moreland	0	-	3	Ringwood United
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Coburg	2	-	3	Altona City
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Sunshine City	4	-	1	Corio Goal: Tony Richardson
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Prahran City	3	-	2	Princes Park Hercules
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Yallourn	1	-	2	Green Gully Ajax
Saturday, March 25, 1972
St Albans	2	-	1	Western Suburbs
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Prahran Slavia	0	-	2	Mooroolbark
Saturday, March 25, 1972
Frankston City After extra time	4	-	1	Waverley
Metropolitan Preliminary Round Four
Date not known, 1972
Ringwood United	1	-	4	Altona City
Date not known, 1972
Sunshine City	2	-	1	Prahran City
Date not known, 1972
Green Gully Ajax	3	-	2	St Albans
Date not known, 1972
Mooroolbark	2	-	1	Frankston City
Metropolitan v Affiliated Leagues Winners
Monday, June 12, 1972. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Bell Park Goal: D Saba After extra time	1	-	1	Altona City Goal: Mike Micevski After extra time
Monday, June 12, 1972
Geelong	3	-	5	Sunshine City
Monday, June 12, 1972
Hamlyn Rangers	1	-	2	Green Gully Ajax After extra time
Date not known, 1972
Newborough	1	-	3	Mooroolbark After extra time
Metropolitan v Affiliated Leagues Winners Replay
Date not known, 1972
Bell Park	0	-	4	Altona City
First Main Round State League teams enter
Sunday, September 24, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
George Cross Goals: Kevin Walker, John Gardiner After extra time	2	-	1	Polonia Goal: Stan Adamczyk
Sunday, September 24, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Green Gully Ajax Goal: Andy Segi 59	1	-	2	Fitzroy United Alexander Goals: Taki Xanthopoulos 73pk, Jim Kriaris After extra time
Saturday, September 30, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park. Att: 1,200. Referee: Roger Lamb.
Melbourne Charlie Odri, Reilly, Charlie Kelly, Joe Szabo, George Kotaridis, Ian Shanks, Joe Palinkas, Ian McCarthy, Martin Menich, Johnny Wallace, Steve Bleskany. Goals: Charlie Kelly 17, Joe Palinkas 35, 85	3	-	0	Ringwood City Wilhelmina Kerr, Mike Pye, Dave Garthwaite, David Pygall, March, Benny De Bruyckere, Clive Mullett, Rob McGinn, Peter Ollerton (sent off), Bob Smith, Brian Thom.
Saturday, September 30, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Juventus Mike Harby, Vithoulkas, Pat Della Rocca, Bobby Thomson, Fausto Tarquinio, Jimmy Smart, Bruno Sabidussi, Alex Crombie, Claude Lucchesi, Dino De Marchi, Hammy McMeechan. Goals: McMeechan 15, Crombie After extra time	2	-	2	Hakoah Goals: Gordon Cameron 2, Mike Clarey After extra time
Sunday, September 31, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne. RefereeL Stewart Mellings.
South Melbourne Hellas Tim Auger, Giovanni Batticciotto (John Pryde 105,), Bill Hasapis, John Bedford, Steve Walker, Xanthopoulos, Peter Bourne, Not known, Not known, David Gorrie, Jim Armstrong. Goal: Gorrie After extra time	1	-	1	Footscray JUST Goal: Mike Rosca 7pk After extra time
Saturday, October 7, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Altona City Goal: Mike Micevski After extra time	1	-	1	Sunshine City Goal: Alby Seenan After extra time
Saturday, October 7, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Referee: Jim Brennan.
Box Hill	0	-	1	Mooroolbark Goal: Atkins pen
Bye: Keilor Austria
First Main Round Replays
Sunday, October 8, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Hakoah Poznanski, Jim Lapish, Davidson, Auchie Waaldyk, Anton Dosen, John Durant (Doug Barbour), Bobby Saunders, Mike Clarey, Steve Gadsby, Gordon Cameron, Bobby Robertson.	0	-	1	Juventus Mike Harby, Maurice Bonfieni, Pat Della Rocca, Bobby Thomson, Fausto Tarquinio, Jimmy Smart (John Lucchesi), Bruno Sabidussi, Hammy McMeechan, Claude Lucchesi, Dino De Marchi, Alex Crombie. Goal: Sabidussi 12
Sunday, October 8, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
South Melbourne Hellas Tim Auger, Giovanni Batticciotto, Bill Hasapis, Xanthopoulos, John Bedford, John Pryde , Peter Bourne, Daperis (Tony Koutrouvelis 116,), Jim Pirzas, Andy Bozikas (Ristic 91,), John Daperis.	0	-	0	Footscray JUST After extra time Footscray JUST won on penalties 4-2 Penalties: Rosca (1-0), Bedford (missed); Milinov (missed), Bourne (1-1); Rujevic (2-1), Pryde (2-2); Ristovski (3-2), Hasapis (wide); Micic (4-2).
Thursday, October 12, 1972. Schintler Reserve, Footscray.
Altona City	0	-	1	Sunshine City Goal: Scorer not known
Quarter-Finals
Saturday, October 14, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
Keilor Austria Goal: Hans Hinze After extra time	1	-	1	Sunshine City Goal: Mickey Banagan After extra time
Saturday, October 14, 1972. Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park.
George Cross Goals: Dario Epifano, Tom Clarke	2	-	0	Melbourne
Sunday, October 15, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Fitzroy United Alexander John Kennedy, Taki Xanthopoulos, Tsolakis, Nick Racovalis, Alex Nitsopoulos, Kapikakis, Stratos Adamgikis, Jim Kriaris, Mark Karapatsos, Nick Dourdoulakis, Angelo Tsirogiannis. Goal: Dourdoulakis 2 After extra time	1	-	1	Juventus Mike Harby, Maurice Bonfieni, Vithoulkas, Bobby Thomson, Fausto Tarquinio, Jimmy Smart (John Lucchesi), Bruno Sabidussi, Hammy McMeechan, Claude Lucchesi, Dino De Marchi, Alex Crombie. Goal: Sabidussi 22 After extra time
Sunday, October 15, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Footscray JUST Goals: Kazi 55, 75, Rujevic 74	3	-	0	Mooroolbark
Quater-Final Replays
Wednesday, October 18, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Keilor Austria Goals: Bobby Pocock 61, Barry Webb 81	2	-	4	Sunshine City Goals: Alby Seenan 24, 25, Jim McRobert 44, Mickey Banagan
Wednesday, October 18, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Juventus Goals: Scorers not known	3	-	2	Fitzroy United Alexander Goals: Scorers not known
Semi-Finals
Sunday, October 22, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Juventus Mike Harby, Maurice Bonfieni, Pat Della Rocca, Bobby Thomson, Fausto Tarquinio, John Lucchesi, Bruno Sabidussi, Hammy McMeechan, Dino De Marchi, Alex Crombie (Vithoulkas), Claude Lucchesi. Goals: De Marchi 69, C Lucchesi 82	3	-	2	Footscray JUST Jim Milisavljevicic, Boleanic, Geoff Evans (Dan Zoraja), Mike Rosca, Frank Micic, Mendo Ristovski, Marjan Lopatic, Steve Rujevic, Dan Lukic, Andy Kazi. Goals: Kazi 44, Rujevic 65
Sunday, October 22, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Sunshine City Goals: Scorers not known After extra time	2	-	2	George Cross Goals: Scorers not known After extra time
Semi-Final Replay
Wednesday, October 25, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne
Sunshine City	0	-	3	George Cross Goals: Phil Cutajar 55, John Gardiner 62, Tom Clarke 85) .
1972 Dockerty Cup Final
Sunday, October 29, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,000. Referee: Terry Venables.
Juventus Mike Harby, Maurice Bonfieni, Pat Della Rocca, Bobby Thomson, Vithoulkas, Hammy McMeechan, Bruno Sabidussi, Fausto Tarquinio, Dino De Marchi, John Lucchesi, Claude Lucchesi. After extra time	0	-	0	George Cross Lou Ivanoff, Derek Ricks, Norm Maitland, Johnny Sanchez, Tommy Fox, Kevin Walker, Phil Cutajar, John Gardiner, Kevin Kelly, Tom Clarke (Alex McConville), Dario Epifano. After extra time
1972 Dockerty Cup Final Replay
Sunday, November 5, 1972. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
George Cross Lou Ivanoff, Derek Ricks, Norm Maitland, Johnny Sanchez, Tommy Fox, Kevin Walker, Phil Cutajar, John Gardiner, Kevin Kelly, Tom Clarke, Dario Epifano. Goal: Gardiner 80	1	-	2	Juventus Mike Harby, Maurice Bonfieni (Vithoulkas), Pat Della Rocca, Bobby Thomson, Alex Crombie, Hammy McMeechan, Bruno Sabidussi, Fausto Tarquinio, Dino De Marchi, John Lucchesi, Claude Lucchesi. Goals: De Marchi 7, 48