1971-03-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Blackpool	Highbury	37,372
Storey	Lineups
Burnley	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor	16,376
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Stamford Bridge	28,207
	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Crystal Palace	Elland Road	31,871
Giles, Lorimer	Lineups		Birchenall
Liverpool	2	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	40,940
Mackay OG, Lawler	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Coventry City	Maine Road	22,120
Lee (p)	Lineups		O'Rourke
Newcastle United	2	2	Southampton	St James' Park	15,410
Dyson 2	Lineups		Gabriel, McGrath
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Everton	City Ground	21,643
Cormack 2, Storey-Moore	Lineups		Hurst, Lyons
Stoke City	1	2	Manchester United	Victoria Ground	40,005	Largest home gate 1970-71
Ritchie	Lineups		Best 2
West Bromwich Albion	2	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	36,754
McVitie, Brown	Lineups		Curran 2, Bailey, Gould
West Ham United	2	2	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	25,957
Greaves 2	Lineups		Bell, Robertson

				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	34	13	2	2	32	10	10	6	1	27	14	2.458	54	W	D	W	W	W	1971-03-27	Chelsea	A
2	0	Arsenal	32	13	3	0	35	6	8	3	5	22	19	2.28	48	W	W	W	L	W	1971-04-03	Chelsea	H
3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	11	2	4	28	21	7	5	5	27	28	1.122	43	W	W	D	L	W	1971-04-03	Nottingham Forest	H
4	-1	Chelsea	34	9	5	2	27	17	6	7	5	17	18	1.257	42	D	L	W	D	W	1971-03-27	Leeds United	H
5	0	Southampton	33	11	4	1	26	7	3	6	8	17	27	1.265	38	D	W	W	D	L	1971-03-27	Blackpool	H
6	0	Liverpool	32	9	7	0	25	7	3	6	7	6	11	1.722	37	W	L	L	D	W	1971-03-29	Ipswich Town	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	4	4	26	16	5	6	4	17	13	1.483	36	D	W	L	L	D	1971-03-23	Ipswich Town	A
8	0	Manchester City	32	6	7	2	20	11	5	6	6	17	17	1.321	35	D	D	D	L	D	1971-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	2	Manchester United	33	7	6	4	24	18	5	4	7	24	31	0.98	34	W	W	L	W	L	1971-04-03	West Ham United	A
10	-1	Everton	34	9	6	2	28	13	2	5	10	21	36	1	33	L	L	W	D	W	1971-03-30	West Ham United	H
11	-1	Coventry City	32	9	2	5	17	11	4	5	7	12	19	0.967	33	D	W	L	W	W	1971-03-27	Huddersfield Town	A
12	0	Stoke City	33	8	6	2	24	8	2	5	10	14	32	0.95	31	L	L	W	D	L	1971-04-03	Crystal Palace	A
13	2	Newcastle United	33	7	6	3	19	13	4	3	10	15	26	0.872	31	D	W	L	L	W	1971-03-27	Derby County	H
14	-1	Derby County	32	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	7	18	21	0.976	30	L	D	L	W	W	1971-03-27	Newcastle United	A
15	-1	Crystal Palace	33	7	5	5	16	14	3	5	8	12	18	0.875	30	L	L	D	L	L	1971-03-24	Huddersfield Town	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	5	3	32	22	0	6	10	20	41	0.825	29	L	L	W	D	W	1971-03-27	Manchester City	H
17	0	Ipswich Town	31	8	2	6	24	17	2	4	9	8	17	0.941	26	D	W	W	L	L	1971-03-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	33	5	7	5	16	14	2	5	9	14	27	0.732	26	D	L	W	L	L	1971-03-24	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	32	7	3	6	25	21	2	4	10	5	25	0.652	25	W	L	W	L	L	1971-03-27	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	West Ham United	33	3	8	6	23	27	2	5	9	15	26	0.717	23	D	L	D	D	W	1971-03-30	Everton	A
21	0	Burnley	33	2	7	8	15	27	2	5	9	8	23	0.46	20	D	W	L	W	D	1971-03-27	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	Blackpool	33	2	7	7	16	25	1	3	13	10	32	0.456	16	L	D	L	D	L	1971-03-27	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	1	Sunderland	St Andrew's	34,194
Summerill 2 (1p), Francis	Lineups		Watson
Bristol City	2	1	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	17,127
Galley, Gow	Lineups		Horsfield
Cardiff City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Ninian Park	23,309
Warboys	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Watford	Filbert Street	24,817
Nish	Lineups		Walley
Luton Town	3	1	Hull City	Kenilworth Road	19,566
Moore, Busby, MacDonald	Lineups		Houghton
Middlesbrough	0	1	Orient	Ayresome Park	17,132
	Lineups		Riddick
Millwall	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	7,284
Allder (p)	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Carrow Road	9,051
Livermore, Darling	Lineups		Jones G (p)
Oxford United	1	1	Carlisle United	Manor Ground	8,116
Smithson	Lineups		Martin
Portsmouth	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	10,294
Hand, Jennings	Lineups
Sheffield United	5	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	20,050
Woodward, Ford, Reece, Colquhoun, Dearden	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	1	Cardiff City	32	9	7	1	36	15	7	4	4	19	11	2.115	43	W	D	W	D	D	1971-03-27	Birmingham City	A
2	-1	Leicester City	32	11	4	2	28	13	6	5	4	19	14	1.741	43	D	W	W	D	W	1971-03-27	Oxford United	H
3	1	Sheffield United	33	10	5	1	36	17	6	5	6	22	20	1.568	42	W	D	L	L	W	1971-03-27	Bristol City	A
4	1	Carlisle United	33	13	3	1	30	9	2	8	6	19	26	1.4	41	D	W	L	W	W	1971-03-27	Orient	A
5	1	Luton Town	31	10	4	1	29	9	5	6	5	16	13	2.045	40	W	L	D	D	W	1971-03-27	Middlesbrough	A
6	-3	Hull City	33	7	5	4	22	12	8	5	4	22	20	1.375	40	L	L	W	D	D	1971-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Middlesbrough	33	12	2	2	31	11	4	4	9	18	22	1.485	38	L	L	W	L	W	1971-03-27	Luton Town	H
8	0	Birmingham City	33	10	5	2	26	11	5	3	8	25	28	1.308	38	W	W	W	W	W	1971-03-27	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Norwich City	33	9	7	1	26	17	3	5	8	16	25	1	36	W	L	W	L	L	1971-03-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	0	Swindon Town	33	11	4	2	32	11	1	4	11	14	26	1.243	32	L	L	L	L	W	1971-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	2	Millwall	33	9	5	3	24	11	3	3	10	17	27	1.079	32	W	D	L	D	L	1971-03-27	Charlton Athletic	H
12	-1	Sunderland	33	9	5	3	28	18	2	4	10	10	25	0.884	31	L	D	D	D	L	1971-03-27	Norwich City	A
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	5	3	27	23	2	4	11	15	33	0.75	31	L	W	L	W	L	1971-03-30	Portsmouth	H
14	1	Orient	32	5	8	2	13	9	4	5	8	11	27	0.667	31	W	L	W	W	W	1971-03-27	Carlisle United	H
15	-1	Oxford United	32	5	5	5	15	18	6	3	8	16	22	0.775	30	D	W	L	D	L	1971-03-24	Portsmouth	H
16	1	Portsmouth	32	9	3	5	30	21	1	6	8	10	25	0.87	29	W	D	D	W	D	1971-03-24	Oxford United	A
17	-1	Queens Park Rangers	31	7	4	4	27	18	2	5	9	13	27	0.889	27	L	D	L	W	D	1971-03-23	Norwich City	H
18	0	Watford	33	5	5	6	13	16	3	6	8	18	32	0.646	27	D	L	L	W	W	1971-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	0	Bristol City	33	7	5	4	25	24	1	4	12	14	31	0.709	25	W	W	D	D	L	1971-03-27	Sheffield United	H
20	1	Bolton Wanderers	34	6	3	8	20	24	1	4	12	11	33	0.544	21	L	D	D	L	L	1971-03-27	Hull City	H
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	33	4	6	7	14	21	1	5	10	15	33	0.537	21	L	D	L	D	D	1971-03-27	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	32	4	4	7	18	23	1	6	10	11	30	0.547	20	L	W	D	L	W	1971-03-27	Millwall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Oakwell	5,156
Evans 2	Lineups		Andrews
Bury	2	0	Fulham	Gigg Lane	4,121
White (p), Jones	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,101
Wright, Archer	Lineups		Stott OG
Gillingham	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Priestfield Stadium	4,162
	Lineups		Hutchins, Hinch
Halifax Town	0	1	Mansfield Town	The Shay	6,667
	Lineups		Roberts D
Preston North End	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Deepdale	14,613
Ham, Clark, Lyall, Ingram	Lineups
Reading	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Elm Park	5,559
	Lineups		Jarman, Jones W
Rotherham United	1	1	Bradford City	Millmoor	6,888
Brogden	Lineups		Bannister
Torquay United	1	1	Aston Villa	Plainmoor	6,963
Kitchener	Lineups		Vowden
Wrexham	3	1	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	3,915
Provan 2, Kinsey	Lineups		Jenkins

				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	36	13	5	0	36	14	6	7	5	18	18	1.688	50	W	D	W	W	W	1971-03-27	Port Vale	H
2	0	Fulham	37	13	5	1	36	11	6	4	8	21	25	1.583	47	L	W	W	L	L	1971-03-26	Chesterfield	A
3	1	Aston Villa	36	10	6	2	18	8	6	7	5	25	26	1.265	45	D	D	D	D	D	1971-03-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-1	Halifax Town	37	13	2	5	39	20	4	8	5	20	26	1.283	44	L	D	D	W	W	1971-03-27	Walsall	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	36	10	3	5	33	17	6	8	4	26	19	1.639	43	W	W	L	W	L	1971-03-23	Torquay United	H
6	0	Chesterfield	37	11	6	2	37	11	4	6	8	18	21	1.719	42	W	D	D	W	W	1971-03-26	Fulham	H
7	2	Mansfield Town	37	9	6	3	34	26	5	6	8	19	28	0.981	40	W	D	D	W	L	1971-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	0	Rotherham United	36	10	8	1	33	17	3	5	9	19	31	1.083	39	D	D	L	D	W	1971-03-27	Gillingham	A
9	-2	Swansea City	35	9	4	4	32	18	3	10	5	15	24	1.119	38	W	D	L	D	D	1971-03-27	Reading	H
10	0	Torquay United	34	9	6	2	28	18	5	4	8	13	21	1.051	38	D	D	L	D	L	1971-03-23	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Barnsley	37	9	5	4	24	17	5	3	11	18	28	0.933	36	W	L	W	W	D	1971-03-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	1	Wrexham	37	9	5	3	33	22	4	4	12	22	35	0.965	35	W	L	L	L	D	1971-03-27	Bristol Rovers	H
13	3	Plymouth Argyle	35	5	10	3	32	27	4	5	8	16	22	0.98	33	W	W	D	L	D	1971-03-24	Reading	H
14	-2	Rochdale	36	6	7	6	22	19	4	6	7	27	34	0.925	33	L	W	L	D	D	1971-03-27	Torquay United	H
15	4	Bury	37	6	6	6	25	20	5	4	10	22	29	0.959	32	W	L	W	L	W	1971-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	-2	Port Vale	36	8	5	5	22	14	4	3	11	20	36	0.84	32	W	W	L	L	D	1971-03-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	1	Bradford City	37	5	6	7	15	17	5	6	8	20	31	0.729	32	D	L	L	D	L	1971-03-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	-3	Reading	34	8	5	5	28	28	4	3	9	15	34	0.694	32	L	L	L	L	W	1971-03-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-2	Shrewsbury Town	34	7	4	5	28	23	4	5	9	19	31	0.87	31	L	D	W	L	D	1971-03-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Walsall	37	9	0	10	26	24	2	8	8	16	26	0.84	30	L	D	D	L	L	1971-03-27	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	6	8	3	24	15	2	6	10	17	36	0.804	30	W	W	D	D	L	1971-03-22	Port Vale	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	5	5	8	20	22	5	4	11	16	35	0.632	29	L	L	W	L	W	1971-03-26	Aston Villa	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	5	8	4	23	17	2	5	9	10	19	0.917	27	L	L	W	W	D	1971-03-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Gillingham	37	5	6	7	17	23	3	4	12	16	30	0.623	26	L	W	L	D	D	1971-03-27	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	0	Southend United	Holker Street	1,452
Noble (p), Garbett	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Darlington	Dean Court	8,455
MacDougall	Lineups
Brentford	0	3	Newport County	Griffin Park	8,421
	Lineups		Thomas 2, Nelmes OG
Cambridge United	2	3	Grimsby Town	Abbey Stadium	3,929
Collins (p), Hollett	Lineups		Hickman, Boylen, Lewis
Colchester United	1	1	Exeter City	Layer Road	5,630
Crawford	Lineups		Banks
Northampton Town	1	1	Notts County	County Ground	11,923	Largest home gate 1970-71
Large	Lineups		Hateley
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Chester	Boundary Park	10,312
Bebbington	Lineups		Webber
Peterborough United	5	0	Hartlepool	London Road	3,895
Robson, Garwood 2, Moss 2	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Lincoln City	Old Showground	5,919
O'Riley 2, McDonald	Lineups		Harford
Workington	4	0	Aldershot	Borough Park	1,437
Wookey 2, Wood, Spratt	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	37	16	3	0	50	11	9	4	5	24	18	2.552	57	D	W	W	L	W	1971-03-26	Southend United	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	13	4	2	40	13	7	4	7	25	26	1.667	48	W	D	L	L	W	1971-03-26	Stockport County	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	37	11	5	3	46	27	9	2	7	28	29	1.321	47	D	D	L	D	L	1971-03-27	Brentford	A
4	0	Northampton Town	37	13	4	2	32	17	4	8	6	20	23	1.3	46	D	D	L	W	D	1971-03-27	York City	A
5	1	Chester	37	14	1	4	36	15	6	4	8	23	29	1.341	45	D	W	W	D	L	1971-03-27	Grimsby Town	A
6	-1	York City	36	12	6	0	33	12	6	2	10	25	28	1.45	44	W	D	W	W	W	1971-03-27	Northampton Town	H
7	1	Colchester United	33	10	3	3	31	15	6	6	5	21	21	1.444	41	D	L	D	W	W	1971-03-22	Scunthorpe United	H
8	-1	Southport	38	13	1	5	36	20	5	4	10	18	27	1.149	41	W	D	L	W	D	1971-03-27	Colchester United	A
9	0	Darlington	37	13	3	2	37	14	2	7	10	13	27	1.22	40	L	W	W	L	L	1971-03-27	Exeter City	A
10	0	Exeter City	37	10	5	4	35	21	4	5	9	22	36	1	38	D	D	W	L	W	1971-03-27	Darlington	H
11	2	Peterborough United	36	12	3	3	35	14	3	4	11	20	38	1.058	37	W	W	L	L	D	1971-03-27	Newport County	A
12	-1	Stockport County	36	11	6	2	22	13	3	3	11	16	36	0.776	37	L	L	W	L	W	1971-03-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	1	Workington	34	9	5	2	20	8	4	5	9	19	23	1.258	36	W	L	L	W	W	1971-03-24	Brentford	H
14	-2	Crewe Alexandra	36	11	1	6	42	27	4	5	9	21	35	1.016	36	L	W	W	L	D	1971-03-27	Aldershot	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	37	7	7	5	29	19	5	5	8	18	32	0.922	36	W	W	L	W	D	1971-03-22	Colchester United	A
16	0	Brentford	34	10	1	5	34	21	4	4	10	17	28	1.041	33	L	D	W	W	W	1971-03-24	Workington	A
17	0	Aldershot	36	5	7	5	22	20	5	6	8	27	38	0.845	33	L	D	L	D	D	1971-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Lincoln City	36	10	2	6	34	20	2	5	11	20	32	1.038	31	L	D	W	D	D	1971-03-27	Workington	A
19	0	Cambridge United	37	7	8	4	27	23	3	3	12	13	32	0.727	31	L	L	L	D	W	1971-03-27	Scunthorpe United	H
20	0	Southend United	36	6	9	3	26	21	3	3	12	11	35	0.661	30	L	L	D	W	L	1971-03-26	Notts County	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	36	8	2	6	24	21	4	2	14	14	42	0.603	28	W	L	L	D	L	1971-03-27	Chester	H
22	0	Hartlepool	36	4	8	7	20	25	2	2	13	6	33	0.448	22	L	D	W	L	L	1971-03-27	Barrow	A
23	0	Newport County	37	5	2	11	22	30	1	4	14	19	43	0.562	18	W	D	W	W	L	1971-03-27	Peterborough United	H
24	0	Barrow	37	3	4	12	19	34	1	3	14	21	41	0.533	15	W	D	L	L	D	1971-03-27	Hartlepool	H