1971-02-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	2	Ipswich Town	Highbury	39,872
George, Radford, McLintock	Lineups		Robertson 2
Blackpool	0	1	Derby County	Bloomfield Road	17,892
	Lineups		O'Hare
Crystal Palace	1	2	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	24,114
Birchenall	Lineups		Carr 2
Everton	0	0	Liverpool	Goodison Park	56,846	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elland Road	37,273
Madeley, Clarke, Giles (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	5	1	Southampton	Old Trafford	36,060
Gowling 4, Morgan	Lineups		Gabriel
Newcastle United	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	31,718
Robson	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Burnley	City Ground	20,873
Storey-Moore	Lineups
Stoke City	1	2	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	26,959
Conroy	Lineups		Hutchinson, Smethurst
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	18,254
Brown 2	Lineups		Worthington
West Ham United	0	0	Manchester City	Upton Park	30,168
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Leeds United	29	11	2	2	29	9	8	5	1	21	11	2.5	45	W	L	W	W	L	1971-02-23	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Arsenal	28	12	3	0	34	6	6	3	4	17	17	2.217	42	W	W	L	L	W	1971-02-27	Derby County	A
3	0	Chelsea	30	8	4	2	25	17	6	6	4	16	16	1.242	38	W	W	L	W	W	1971-02-27	Southampton	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	2	3	25	18	6	4	5	23	26	1.091	36	L	W	W	W	D	1971-02-27	Liverpool	H
5	0	Liverpool	29	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	5	6	9	1.813	35	D	W	W	W	L	1971-02-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	7	4	3	24	14	5	5	4	17	13	1.519	33	L	D	L	W	L	1971-03-10	Nottingham Forest	H
7	1	Manchester City	28	6	5	2	19	10	5	5	5	17	15	1.44	32	D	L	L	D	D	1971-02-26	Ipswich Town	A
8	-1	Southampton	29	10	3	1	25	7	2	5	8	14	25	1.219	32	L	D	L	W	W	1971-02-27	Chelsea	H
9	2	Coventry City	29	8	2	4	16	10	4	4	7	11	18	0.964	30	W	W	L	L	D	1971-02-26	Leeds United	H
10	-1	Crystal Palace	29	7	5	3	16	10	3	4	7	11	16	1.038	29	L	L	W	L	W	1971-02-27	Burnley	H
11	-1	Stoke City	29	8	6	1	23	6	1	4	9	12	29	1	28	L	W	L	W	W	1971-02-23	Burnley	A
12	0	Everton	29	7	5	2	22	10	2	5	8	18	31	0.976	28	D	D	W	L	W	1971-02-23	Manchester United	H
13	1	Manchester United	28	5	6	4	21	18	4	4	5	19	25	0.93	28	W	W	W	D	W	1971-02-23	Everton	A
14	-1	Newcastle United	29	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	8	15	24	0.882	28	W	D	L	D	L	1971-02-27	Manchester United	A
15	0	Derby County	28	5	3	6	21	21	5	4	5	18	18	1	27	W	W	W	W	L	1971-02-27	Arsenal	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	5	2	26	15	0	5	9	17	37	0.827	26	W	D	W	L	L	1971-02-27	Everton	A
17	0	Huddersfield Town	29	5	7	3	16	12	1	4	9	11	26	0.711	23	L	D	L	L	W	1971-02-27	Stoke City	H
18	0	Ipswich Town	27	6	2	5	19	13	2	3	9	6	15	0.893	21	L	L	W	L	L	1971-02-23	Leeds United	H
19	0	Nottingham Forest	27	6	3	5	21	16	1	4	8	4	21	0.676	21	W	L	W	W	W	1971-02-24	West Ham United	A
20	0	West Ham United	28	2	6	6	19	25	2	4	8	14	23	0.688	18	D	L	W	L	L	1971-02-24	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Blackpool	29	2	5	7	14	23	1	3	11	10	29	0.462	14	L	L	L	L	D	1971-02-27	West Ham United	H
22	0	Burnley	28	2	5	7	14	25	0	5	9	5	23	0.396	14	L	L	D	D	D	1971-02-23	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's	25,600
Francis 4	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Carlisle United	Ewood Park	9,195
	Lineups		Balderstone, Martin
Bristol City	3	2	Millwall	Ashton Gate	10,578
Fear, Gow, Wimshurst	Lineups		Cripps, Bridges
Cardiff City	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Ninian Park	18,009
Gibson (p)	Lineups		Shipperley
Leicester City	2	1	Norwich City	Filbert Street	24,866
Fern, Partridge	Lineups		Foggo
Middlesbrough	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ayresome Park	25,916
Hickton	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Luton Town	Fratton Park	13,661
	Lineups		Givens
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Hull City	Loftus Road	13,418
Marsh	Lineups		Wagstaff
Sheffield United	1	0	Sunderland	Bramall Lane	24,944
Hemsley	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Oxford United	County Ground	17,744
Noble, Porter, Rogers (p)	Lineups
Watford	0	0	Orient	Vicarage Road	14,336
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sheffield United	29	9	5	0	30	15	6	4	5	20	17	1.563	39	W	W	W	W	L	1971-02-27	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Cardiff City	28	7	7	1	31	15	7	2	4	17	9	2	37	D	W	W	W	W	1971-02-27	Hull City	A
3	1	Luton Town	27	9	3	1	25	7	5	5	4	16	12	2.158	36	W	W	L	L	D	1971-02-27	Sunderland	A
4	-1	Hull City	28	7	3	3	21	10	7	5	3	19	16	1.538	36	D	D	L	W	W	1971-02-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	1	Carlisle United	29	11	3	1	28	9	2	7	5	18	21	1.533	36	W	W	W	W	L	1971-02-27	Sheffield United	H
6	-1	Middlesbrough	29	11	2	1	28	10	4	4	7	18	20	1.533	36	W	W	W	L	W	1971-02-26	Watford	A
7	0	Leicester City	27	10	3	2	26	12	4	4	4	15	14	1.577	35	W	D	L	L	L	1971-02-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	1	Swindon Town	29	11	4	0	31	8	1	4	9	13	21	1.517	32	W	L	W	D	W	1971-02-27	Birmingham City	H
9	-1	Norwich City	29	7	7	1	22	15	3	5	6	15	22	1	32	L	W	L	D	D	1971-02-26	Orient	A
10	1	Birmingham City	29	8	5	2	21	10	3	3	8	21	27	1.135	30	W	D	W	D	W	1971-02-27	Swindon Town	A
11	-1	Millwall	28	8	4	2	23	10	3	2	9	16	24	1.147	28	L	L	W	D	W	1971-02-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	0	Sunderland	29	9	3	3	28	18	2	3	9	9	22	0.925	28	L	L	L	W	W	1971-02-27	Luton Town	H
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	5	3	23	22	2	4	9	15	31	0.717	27	L	D	L	D	W	1971-02-27	Bristol City	H
14	0	Oxford United	27	5	3	4	14	16	5	3	7	15	20	0.806	26	L	L	L	L	W	1971-02-26	Charlton Athletic	A
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	27	6	3	4	23	16	2	5	7	13	24	0.9	24	D	L	W	W	D	1971-02-27	Millwall	H
16	1	Orient	27	4	8	1	12	7	1	5	8	8	27	0.588	23	D	W	D	L	W	1971-02-26	Norwich City	H
17	-1	Portsmouth	27	7	2	5	25	20	1	4	8	9	24	0.773	22	L	L	W	L	L	1971-02-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Watford	28	4	5	5	12	13	2	5	7	15	28	0.659	22	D	L	W	W	L	1971-02-26	Middlesbrough	H
19	2	Bristol City	28	6	4	4	22	22	0	3	11	10	28	0.64	19	W	L	D	L	L	1971-02-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	-1	Bolton Wanderers	30	6	2	7	19	20	1	3	11	9	30	0.56	19	L	L	L	L	W	1971-02-27	Leicester City	H
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	28	4	4	7	12	19	1	4	8	14	26	0.578	18	L	W	L	W	L	1971-02-23	Hull City	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	27	2	4	6	14	21	1	5	9	10	27	0.5	15	D	L	L	L	D	1971-02-26	Oxford United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Preston North End	Oakwell	6,619
	Lineups		Ham
Bradford City	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Valley Parade	6,073
Bannister	Lineups		Gilbert
Bury	3	1	Aston Villa	Gigg Lane	7,516
Jones, Rudd, White	Lineups		Allen OG
Chesterfield	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,042
Bird OG, Phelan, Randall 2	Lineups
Fulham	4	1	Port Vale	Craven Cottage	10,389
Barrett 2, Earle 2	Lineups		Green
Gillingham	0	0	Rochdale	Priestfield Stadium	3,979
	Lineups
Halifax Town	4	3	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	4,243
Wallace (p), Rhodes, McCarthy (p), Lawther	Lineups		Dempsey, Moore, Gill
Rotherham United	2	1	Mansfield Town	Millmoor	7,361
Mullen, Womble	Lineups		Roberts D
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	3,326
Wood	Lineups		Davey
Swansea City	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vetch Field	7,661
Thomas	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Wrexham	Fellows Park	4,039
Seal 2, Morris	Lineups		Smith

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Preston North End	30	10	5	0	29	14	5	5	5	15	16	1.467	40	W	W	L	W	W	1971-02-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	-1	Aston Villa	31	10	4	2	17	7	6	4	5	23	24	1.29	40	L	W	L	W	D	1971-03-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	0	Fulham	30	9	5	1	28	10	6	4	5	18	18	1.643	39	W	W	D	L	D	1971-02-26	Torquay United	H
4	1	Halifax Town	32	12	1	4	35	16	3	7	5	18	25	1.293	38	W	D	D	W	W	1971-02-27	Bradford City	A
5	-1	Bristol Rovers	29	9	3	3	30	14	4	8	2	22	14	1.857	37	D	L	D	L	L	1971-02-27	Rotherham United	H
6	0	Torquay United	29	9	4	2	26	16	5	3	6	13	15	1.258	35	L	D	D	W	W	1971-02-26	Fulham	A
7	0	Chesterfield	31	8	6	2	30	10	4	4	7	15	17	1.667	34	W	L	D	W	L	1971-02-27	Swansea City	A
8	1	Rotherham United	30	9	6	1	29	14	2	4	8	16	29	1.047	32	W	L	W	L	D	1971-02-27	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-1	Mansfield Town	31	8	4	3	26	22	3	6	7	17	27	0.878	32	L	W	D	L	D	1971-02-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	2	Swansea City	29	8	3	3	30	15	2	8	5	12	22	1.135	31	W	W	D	D	D	1971-02-27	Chesterfield	H
11	-1	Wrexham	31	7	5	2	25	17	4	3	10	19	30	0.936	30	L	W	L	L	L	1971-02-22	Bradford City	H
12	2	Bradford City	31	5	6	4	14	12	5	4	7	18	27	0.821	30	D	D	W	W	D	1971-02-22	Wrexham	A
13	-2	Reading	29	7	5	3	27	24	4	3	7	13	28	0.769	30	W	D	L	W	L	1971-03-06	Mansfield Town	H
14	-1	Barnsley	31	7	4	4	18	14	4	3	9	16	24	0.895	29	L	L	W	L	W	1971-02-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	2	Walsall	31	9	0	7	25	20	2	6	7	15	23	0.93	28	W	L	W	D	L	1971-02-27	Rochdale	A
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	30	5	8	3	29	24	2	5	7	12	21	0.911	27	D	L	L	W	D	1971-02-27	Wrexham	H
17	1	Shrewsbury Town	29	6	2	5	24	21	4	5	7	18	27	0.875	27	D	W	L	D	W	1971-02-26	Gillingham	H
18	-3	Port Vale	31	6	4	5	18	13	4	3	9	19	31	0.841	27	L	D	D	L	D	1971-02-27	Bury	H
19	2	Bury	30	4	6	5	20	18	4	3	8	19	24	0.929	25	W	L	W	D	D	1971-02-22	Rochdale	A
20	-1	Rochdale	29	4	6	5	17	17	3	5	6	22	29	0.848	25	D	W	D	W	D	1971-02-22	Bury	H
21	-1	Tranmere Rovers	30	5	7	3	20	14	1	5	9	14	30	0.773	24	L	D	L	L	D	1971-02-27	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	32	3	5	7	17	20	4	4	9	14	29	0.633	23	L	D	D	D	W	1971-02-26	Barnsley	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	3	7	4	17	14	2	5	7	9	14	0.929	22	L	L	L	D	D	1971-02-27	Preston North End	H
24	0	Gillingham	30	5	4	6	17	21	1	3	11	10	24	0.6	19	D	D	W	L	L	1971-02-26	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	2	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	5,505
Brodie, Giles	Lineups		Gadston, Banks
Barrow	0	1	Grimsby Town	Holker Street	1,825
	Lineups		Hickman
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Southport	Dean Court	10,339
	Lineups		Kelley
Chester	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	5,585
Tarbuck	Lineups
Colchester United	4	2	Newport County	Layer Road	6,444
Lewis 2 (1p), Mahon, Crawford	Lineups		Young, Brown
Lincoln City	0	1	Notts County	Sincil Bank	10,849	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups		Masson
Peterborough United	1	0	Northampton Town	London Road	8,068
Moss	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Darlington	Old Showground	3,673
	Lineups
Workington	3	1	Cambridge United	Borough Park	2,114
Massie, Tyrer, Martin	Lineups		Collins (p)
York City	0	0	Brentford	Bootham Crescent	3,366
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Notts County	30	13	3	0	39	9	8	3	3	19	13	2.636	48	W	W	D	W	L	1971-02-22	Stockport County	A
2	0	Oldham Athletic	31	11	3	2	43	22	8	1	6	25	26	1.417	42	L	D	W	W	L	1971-02-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	31	11	3	2	36	12	6	4	5	22	22	1.706	41	L	W	D	D	W	1971-02-27	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Northampton Town	32	12	2	2	27	14	4	7	5	18	18	1.406	41	L	L	D	D	W	1971-02-27	Hartlepool	A
5	1	Chester	30	11	1	4	30	15	6	1	7	19	23	1.289	36	W	L	W	W	W	1971-02-22	Southend United	A
6	-1	Darlington	31	11	2	2	33	13	2	7	7	13	22	1.314	35	D	W	L	W	L	1971-02-27	Southport	H
7	0	Southport	32	11	0	5	27	17	5	3	8	15	21	1.105	35	W	W	L	L	L	1971-02-22	Aldershot	A
8	0	Colchester United	27	8	2	3	27	14	5	5	4	19	18	1.438	33	W	W	D	W	W	1971-02-22	Grimsby Town	H
9	4	Peterborough United	30	10	2	3	26	12	3	4	8	19	33	1	32	W	L	W	L	W	1971-02-27	Chester	A
10	0	Exeter City	32	8	5	4	30	19	4	3	8	19	31	0.98	32	D	L	W	D	D	1971-02-27	Brentford	H
11	1	York City	29	8	6	0	22	9	4	1	10	20	27	1.167	31	D	D	D	L	D	1971-02-26	Newport County	A
12	-3	Crewe Alexandra	30	9	1	5	35	26	4	4	7	19	30	0.964	31	L	W	L	D	D	1971-02-27	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-2	Stockport County	30	8	6	2	18	13	3	3	8	13	26	0.795	31	D	L	W	L	L	1971-02-22	Notts County	H
14	0	Workington	28	6	5	2	13	7	4	5	6	18	18	1.24	30	W	W	D	W	L	1971-02-27	Grimsby Town	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	31	5	6	5	23	17	4	5	6	16	26	0.907	29	D	D	W	L	W	1971-02-27	Notts County	A
16	0	Aldershot	29	4	6	3	19	16	5	4	7	23	30	0.913	28	D	D	D	W	W	1971-02-22	Southport	H
17	0	Cambridge United	30	6	7	3	22	19	3	2	9	12	24	0.791	27	L	D	L	D	W	1971-02-26	Southend United	A
18	0	Lincoln City	30	9	1	5	30	16	2	3	10	17	27	1.093	26	L	L	W	L	D	1971-02-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	0	Southend United	29	5	6	3	21	18	3	3	9	9	27	0.667	25	D	D	D	W	L	1971-02-22	Chester	H
20	0	Brentford	27	7	1	4	26	15	3	3	9	12	26	0.927	24	D	W	L	W	D	1971-02-24	Hartlepool	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	29	7	1	5	21	15	3	2	11	10	31	0.674	23	W	L	L	L	D	1971-02-22	Colchester United	A
22	0	Hartlepool	29	3	6	7	16	22	2	2	9	6	20	0.524	18	D	L	L	L	L	1971-02-24	Brentford	A
23	0	Barrow	31	2	3	11	15	31	1	2	12	19	35	0.515	11	L	L	L	D	W	1971-02-26	Stockport County	A
24	0	Newport County	30	2	2	10	15	25	0	3	13	14	40	0.446	9	L	W	D	L	W	1971-02-26	York City	H