1971-03-13

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Leeds United	Bloomfield Road	27,401
Craven	Lineups		Lorimer
Coventry City	1	0	Liverpool	Highfield Road	27,731
O'Rourke	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	2	Arsenal	Selhurst Park	35,022
	Lineups		Graham, Sammels
Derby County	0	0	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	31,987
	Lineups
Everton	2	0	Stoke City	Goodison Park	38,924
Royle, Whittle	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Burnley	Leeds Road	18,793
	Lineups		Waldron
Ipswich Town	1	0	Newcastle United	Portman Road	17,065
Robertson	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	40,473
Best, Law	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	19,008
Paine	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	49,292
Chivers, Peters	Lineups		Weller
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	West Ham United	Molineux	25,166
Gould 2	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	33	12	2	2	30	9	10	6	1	27	14	2.478	52	D	W	W	W	W	1971-03-20	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Arsenal	31	12	3	0	34	6	8	3	5	22	19	2.24	46	W	W	L	W	W	1971-03-20	Blackpool	H
3	0	Chelsea	33	9	4	2	27	17	6	7	5	17	18	1.257	41	L	W	D	W	W	1971-03-20	Huddersfield Town	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	11	2	4	28	21	6	5	5	23	26	1.085	41	W	D	L	W	L	1971-03-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	1	Southampton	32	11	4	1	26	7	3	5	8	15	25	1.281	37	W	W	D	L	D	1971-03-20	Newcastle United	A
6	-1	Liverpool	31	8	7	0	23	7	3	6	7	6	11	1.611	35	L	L	D	W	W	1971-03-20	Derby County	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	8	4	4	26	16	5	5	4	17	13	1.483	35	W	L	L	D	L	1971-03-20	Burnley	A
8	0	Manchester City	31	6	6	2	19	10	5	6	6	17	17	1.333	34	D	D	L	D	L	1971-03-20	Coventry City	H
9	1	Everton	32	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	8	18	31	1.045	33	W	D	W	D	D	1971-03-17	Newcastle United	A
10	2	Coventry City	31	9	2	5	17	11	4	4	7	11	18	0.966	32	W	L	W	W	L	1971-03-20	Manchester City	A
11	2	Manchester United	32	7	6	4	24	18	4	4	7	22	30	0.958	32	W	L	W	L	W	1971-03-20	Stoke City	A
12	-3	Stoke City	32	8	6	1	23	6	2	5	10	14	32	0.974	31	L	W	D	L	W	1971-03-20	Manchester United	H
13	1	Derby County	31	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	6	18	19	1.025	30	D	L	W	W	W	1971-03-20	Liverpool	A
14	-3	Crystal Palace	32	7	5	5	16	14	3	5	7	11	16	0.9	30	L	D	L	L	L	1971-03-20	Leeds United	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	9	5	2	30	18	0	6	10	20	41	0.847	29	L	W	D	W	D	1971-03-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	Newcastle United	31	6	5	3	15	10	4	3	10	15	26	0.833	28	L	L	W	D	L	1971-03-17	Everton	H
17	1	Ipswich Town	30	8	2	6	24	17	2	3	9	6	15	0.938	25	W	W	L	L	L	1971-03-20	West Ham United	A
18	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	5	7	5	16	14	2	4	9	14	27	0.732	25	L	W	L	L	D	1971-03-20	Chelsea	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	31	6	3	6	22	19	2	4	10	5	25	0.614	23	L	W	L	L	W	1971-03-20	Everton	H
20	0	West Ham United	32	3	7	6	21	25	2	5	9	15	26	0.706	22	L	D	D	W	D	1971-03-20	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Burnley	32	2	6	8	15	27	2	5	9	8	23	0.46	19	W	L	W	D	L	1971-03-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Blackpool	32	2	7	7	16	25	1	3	12	10	31	0.464	16	D	L	D	L	L	1971-03-20	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Cardiff City	Ewood Park	10,458
Goodwin	Lineups		Clark
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Millwall	Burnden Park	6,308
Jones G	Lineups		Possee
Carlisle United	1	0	Luton Town	Brunton Park	13,681
Owen	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Middlesbrough	The Valley	9,420
Went (p)	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Oxford United	Boothferry Park	26,772	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups		Clarke D
Orient	0	2	Birmingham City	Brisbane Road	11,167
	Lineups		Francis, Summerill
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Sheffield United	Loftus Road	12,317
Marsh 2	Lineups		Woodward, Hemsley (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Norwich City	Hillsborough	13,136
Prendergast 2	Lineups		Silvester
Sunderland	0	0	Portsmouth	Roker Park	10,827
	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Leicester City	County Ground	17,979
	Lineups		Kellard
Watford	0	3	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	12,288
	Lineups		Galley, Garland, Gow

				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	1	Leicester City	31	11	3	2	27	12	6	5	4	19	14	1.769	42	W	W	D	W	W	1971-03-20	Watford	H
2	-1	Cardiff City	31	8	7	1	35	15	7	4	4	19	11	2.077	41	D	W	D	D	W	1971-03-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Hull City	32	7	5	4	22	12	8	5	3	21	17	1.483	40	L	W	D	D	D	1971-03-20	Luton Town	A
4	0	Sheffield United	32	9	5	1	31	17	6	5	6	22	20	1.432	40	D	L	L	W	W	1971-03-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	2	Carlisle United	32	13	3	1	30	9	2	7	6	18	25	1.412	40	W	L	W	W	W	1971-03-20	Oxford United	A
6	-1	Luton Town	30	9	4	1	26	8	5	6	5	16	13	2	38	L	D	D	W	W	1971-03-20	Hull City	H
7	-1	Middlesbrough	32	12	2	1	31	10	4	4	9	18	22	1.531	38	L	W	L	W	W	1971-03-20	Orient	H
8	0	Birmingham City	32	9	5	2	23	10	5	3	8	25	28	1.263	36	W	W	W	W	D	1971-03-20	Sunderland	H
9	0	Norwich City	32	8	7	1	24	16	3	5	8	16	25	0.976	34	L	W	L	L	W	1971-03-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Swindon Town	32	11	4	2	32	11	1	4	10	13	24	1.286	32	L	L	L	W	L	1971-03-20	Bristol City	A
11	0	Sunderland	32	9	5	3	28	18	2	4	9	9	22	0.925	31	D	D	D	L	L	1971-03-20	Birmingham City	A
12	1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	9	5	3	27	23	2	4	10	15	32	0.764	31	W	L	W	L	D	1971-03-20	Millwall	A
13	-1	Millwall	32	8	5	3	23	11	3	3	10	17	27	1.053	30	D	L	D	L	L	1971-03-20	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	1	Oxford United	31	5	4	5	14	17	6	3	8	16	22	0.769	29	W	L	D	L	L	1971-03-20	Carlisle United	H
15	-1	Orient	31	5	8	2	13	9	3	5	8	10	27	0.639	29	L	W	W	W	D	1971-03-20	Middlesbrough	A
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	7	4	4	27	18	2	5	8	13	26	0.909	27	D	L	W	D	L	1971-03-20	Cardiff City	A
17	0	Portsmouth	31	8	3	5	28	21	1	6	8	10	25	0.826	27	D	D	W	D	L	1971-03-20	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Watford	32	5	5	6	13	16	3	5	8	17	31	0.638	26	L	L	W	W	D	1971-03-20	Leicester City	A
19	0	Bristol City	32	6	5	4	23	23	1	4	12	14	31	0.685	23	W	D	D	L	W	1971-03-20	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	4	6	7	14	21	1	5	9	15	28	0.592	21	D	L	D	D	L	1971-03-20	Sheffield United	A
21	0	Bolton Wanderers	33	6	3	8	20	24	1	4	11	10	31	0.545	21	D	D	L	L	L	1971-03-20	Norwich City	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	31	4	4	7	18	23	1	6	9	11	28	0.569	20	W	D	L	W	D	1971-03-20	Portsmouth	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Halifax Town	Villa Park	33,522
Turnbull	Lineups		Chadwick
Bradford City	1	3	Bury	Valley Parade	5,100
Oates	Lineups		White, Jones, McDermott
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	10,794
Irvine, Murray 2	Lineups		Darrell
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Eastville	9,249
	Lineups		Crossley
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Wrexham	Belle Vue	3,109
Gilfillan, Briggs	Lineups		Ashcroft
Fulham	1	0	Rotherham United	Craven Cottage	9,627
Earle	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	0	Torquay United	Field Mill	5,710
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Chesterfield	Home Park	7,450
Hutchins	Lineups		Randall
Port Vale	3	1	Reading	Vale Park	3,450
McLaren 2, Morgan	Lineups		Bell
Rochdale	1	2	Preston North End	Spotland	10,345	Largest home gate 1970-71
Cross	Lineups		Heppolette, Ingram
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Walsall	Gay Meadow	4,150
Groves	Lineups		Morris

				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	0	Preston North End	34	12	5	0	32	14	6	6	5	17	17	1.581	47	W	W	W	D	W	1971-03-16	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Fulham	35	12	5	1	35	11	6	4	7	21	23	1.647	45	W	L	L	W	W	1971-03-17	Wrexham	H
3	0	Halifax Town	35	13	1	4	37	17	4	8	5	20	26	1.326	43	D	W	W	W	D	1971-03-15	Swansea City	H
4	0	Aston Villa	34	10	5	2	18	8	6	6	5	24	25	1.273	43	D	D	D	L	W	1971-03-17	Walsall	H
5	1	Chesterfield	35	10	6	2	35	10	4	5	8	16	19	1.759	39	D	W	W	L	W	1971-03-15	Mansfield Town	A
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	9	3	5	30	17	5	8	4	24	19	1.5	39	L	W	L	L	L	1971-03-16	Barnsley	H
7	0	Rotherham United	34	10	6	1	31	15	3	5	9	19	31	1.087	37	L	D	W	W	W	1971-03-16	Preston North End	H
8	0	Torquay United	33	9	5	2	27	17	5	4	8	13	21	1.053	37	D	L	D	L	L	1971-03-20	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Mansfield Town	35	9	5	3	32	24	4	6	8	18	28	0.962	37	D	W	L	W	L	1971-03-15	Chesterfield	H
10	0	Swansea City	33	9	4	4	32	18	2	9	5	12	22	1.1	35	L	D	D	W	W	1971-03-15	Halifax Town	A
11	0	Barnsley	35	8	5	4	22	16	5	3	10	18	25	0.976	34	W	W	D	L	L	1971-03-16	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Wrexham	35	8	5	3	30	21	4	4	11	22	34	0.945	33	L	L	D	W	L	1971-03-17	Fulham	A
13	0	Reading	32	8	5	3	28	24	4	3	9	15	34	0.741	32	L	L	W	W	D	1971-03-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	0	Rochdale	34	6	7	6	22	19	3	6	6	24	31	0.92	31	L	D	D	W	W	1971-03-16	Bury	A
15	1	Shrewsbury Town	33	7	4	5	28	23	4	5	8	18	29	0.885	31	D	W	L	D	D	1971-03-20	Barnsley	A
16	-1	Bradford City	35	5	6	6	15	16	5	5	8	19	30	0.739	31	L	D	L	L	D	1971-03-17	Gillingham	H
17	0	Bury	35	5	6	5	23	18	5	4	10	22	29	0.957	30	W	L	W	D	L	1971-03-16	Rochdale	H
18	2	Port Vale	35	7	5	5	21	14	4	3	11	20	36	0.82	30	W	L	L	D	L	1971-03-15	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	33	5	10	3	32	27	2	5	8	12	22	0.898	29	D	L	D	D	L	1971-03-17	Reading	A
20	-1	Walsall	35	9	0	9	26	23	2	7	8	16	26	0.857	29	D	L	L	L	W	1971-03-17	Aston Villa	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	5	5	8	20	22	5	4	9	16	30	0.692	29	W	L	W	W	L	1971-03-15	Port Vale	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	5	8	3	21	15	2	6	10	17	36	0.745	28	W	D	D	L	L	1971-03-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	5	8	4	23	17	2	5	7	9	14	1.032	27	W	W	D	L	L	1971-03-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Gillingham	35	5	6	6	17	21	2	4	12	15	30	0.627	24	L	D	D	W	D	1971-03-17	Bradford City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	York City	Recreation Ground	4,813
	Lineups		Topping
Chester	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Sealand Road	3,738
Tarbuck 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Northampton Town	Gresty Road	3,242
Turner, Bowles, Bradshaw	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Peterborough United	Feethams Ground	2,622
Harding	Lineups
Exeter City	4	2	Barrow	St James Park	3,999
Rowan, Gadston, Binney, Banks	Lineups		Noble, Rowlands
Grimsby Town	1	5	Brentford	Blundell Park	3,336
Lewis	Lineups		Ross 2, Cross 2, Bence
Hartlepool	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Victoria Park	2,111
Bircumshaw, Young	Lineups		Sainty
Lincoln City	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Sincil Bank	5,297
Fletcher, Trevis	Lineups		Shaw
Notts County	3	1	Southport	Meadow Lane	11,182
Masson, Barker, Hateley	Lineups		Marsh

				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	35	15	3	0	45	10	9	3	5	23	17	2.519	54	W	L	W	W	L	1971-03-17	Stockport County	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	12	3	2	39	13	7	4	7	25	26	1.641	45	L	L	W	W	L	1971-03-17	Barrow	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	35	11	3	3	44	25	9	2	7	28	29	1.333	45	L	D	L	W	L	1971-03-16	York City	H
4	0	Northampton Town	35	13	2	2	29	14	4	8	6	20	23	1.324	44	L	W	D	L	L	1971-03-16	Exeter City	H
5	1	Chester	35	13	1	4	34	15	6	3	8	22	28	1.302	42	W	D	L	W	D	1971-03-17	Southend United	H
6	1	York City	34	11	6	0	31	11	6	1	10	24	27	1.447	41	W	W	W	W	W	1971-03-16	Oldham Athletic	A
7	-2	Colchester United	31	10	2	3	30	14	6	6	4	21	19	1.545	40	D	W	W	W	W	1971-03-16	Scunthorpe United	A
8	2	Darlington	35	12	3	2	35	14	2	7	9	13	26	1.2	38	W	L	L	D	D	1971-03-15	Cambridge United	H
9	-1	Southport	36	12	0	5	32	17	5	4	10	18	27	1.136	38	L	W	D	L	W	1971-03-17	Aldershot	H
10	-1	Stockport County	34	11	6	2	22	13	3	3	9	14	29	0.857	37	W	L	W	W	D	1971-03-17	Notts County	A
11	1	Exeter City	35	10	5	4	35	21	4	3	9	19	33	1	36	W	L	W	D	L	1971-03-16	Northampton Town	A
12	-1	Workington	32	8	5	2	16	8	4	5	8	18	20	1.214	34	L	W	W	L	W	1971-03-17	Peterborough United	A
13	2	Crewe Alexandra	34	10	1	6	38	27	4	5	8	21	34	0.967	34	W	L	D	L	L	1971-03-17	Grimsby Town	H
14	-1	Peterborough United	34	10	3	3	27	13	3	4	11	20	38	0.922	33	L	L	D	L	W	1971-03-17	Workington	H
15	3	Brentford	32	10	1	4	34	18	4	3	10	17	28	1.109	32	W	W	W	L	W	1971-03-15	Hartlepool	A
16	-2	Aldershot	34	5	7	5	22	20	5	5	7	24	31	0.902	32	L	D	D	L	W	1971-03-17	Southport	A
17	-1	Scunthorpe United	35	5	7	5	24	18	5	5	8	18	32	0.84	32	L	W	D	L	D	1971-03-16	Colchester United	H
18	-1	Cambridge United	35	7	8	3	25	20	3	3	11	13	30	0.76	31	L	D	W	L	D	1971-03-15	Darlington	A
19	1	Lincoln City	34	10	1	6	33	19	2	5	10	19	29	1.083	30	W	D	D	L	L	1971-03-17	Newport County	H
20	-1	Southend United	34	6	9	3	26	21	3	3	10	11	31	0.712	30	D	W	L	D	D	1971-03-17	Chester	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	34	8	2	6	24	21	3	2	13	11	36	0.614	26	L	D	L	W	L	1971-03-17	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	0	Hartlepool	34	4	7	7	20	25	2	2	12	6	28	0.491	21	W	L	L	D	L	1971-03-15	Brentford	H
23	0	Newport County	35	5	2	11	22	30	0	3	14	15	42	0.514	15	W	W	L	W	L	1971-03-17	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Barrow	35	2	4	12	17	34	1	2	14	21	41	0.507	12	L	L	D	L	L	1971-03-17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A