Tuesday 15 August 1972 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (Att 38,524)

Arsenal (3) 5 (Kennedy 11, Radford 13 60, Simpson 29, McNab 55): Barnett, Rice, McNab, Storey, McLintock, Simpson (Roberts 75), Armstrong, Ball, Radford, Kennedy, Graham.
Wolves (1) 2 (Richards 25, Simpson 67og): Parkes, Shaw, Parkin, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt (Sunderland 81), Richards, Dougan, Kindon.

Referee: Mr C Thomas (Treorchy).
Order of Goals: a,a,W,a,a,a,W.
Position: 18th.