1971-03-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	2	2	Stoke City	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	54,770
	Storey 2	Lineups		Smith D, Ritchie
D 1	Liverpool	2	1	Everton	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	62,144
	Evans A, Hall	Lineups		Ball

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	2	2	Ipswich Town	Turf Moor	13,479
Nulty, Casper	Lineups		Lambert, Morris
Chelsea	3	1	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	58,462
Osgood, Houseman 2	Lineups		Cooper
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Coventry City	Leeds Road	15,141
Ellam	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	1	Derby County	St James' Park	26,502
Dyson, Foggon 2	Lineups		Hector
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Crystal Palace	City Ground	16,507
Storey-Moore 3	Lineups		Birchenall
Southampton	1	1	Blackpool	The Dell	17,833
Davies	Lineups		Burns
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	20,363
	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	35	13	2	2	32	10	10	6	2	28	17	2.222	54	L	W	D	W	W	1971-04-03	Burnley	H
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	Chelsea	35	10	5	2	30	18	6	7	5	17	18	1.306	44	W	D	L	W	D	1971-04-03	Arsenal	A
4	-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
5	1	Southampton	34	11	5	1	27	8	3	6	8	17	27	1.257	39	D	D	W	W	D	1971-04-03	Ipswich Town	A
6	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	8	4	4	26	16	6	6	4	19	14	1.5	38	W	D	W	L	L	1971-04-03	Coventry City	A
7	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
8	0	Manchester City	33	6	7	2	20	11	5	7	6	17	17	1.321	36	D	D	D	D	L	1971-04-03	Everton	H
9	0	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	0	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	0	Coventry City	33	9	2	5	17	11	4	5	8	12	20	0.935	33	L	D	W	L	W	1971-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	1	Newcastle United	34	8	6	3	22	14	4	3	10	15	26	0.925	33	W	D	W	L	L	1971-04-03	Blackpool	A
13	-1	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
14	0	Derby County	33	6	4	6	23	21	5	4	8	19	24	0.933	30	L	L	D	L	W	1971-03-31	Nottingham Forest	H
15	2	Huddersfield Town	35	6	7	5	17	14	3	5	9	17	27	0.829	30	W	W	D	L	W	1971-04-03	Derby County	A
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	9	6	3	32	22	0	6	10	20	41	0.825	30	D	L	L	W	D	1971-04-02	Liverpool	A
17	-2	Crystal Palace	35	7	5	6	16	17	3	5	9	13	21	0.763	30	L	L	L	L	D	1971-04-03	Stoke City	H
18	0	Ipswich Town	33	8	2	7	25	19	2	5	9	10	19	0.921	27	D	L	D	W	W	1971-03-29	Liverpool	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	33	8	3	6	28	22	2	4	10	5	25	0.702	27	W	W	L	W	L	1971-03-31	Derby County	A
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	34	2	8	8	17	29	2	5	9	8	23	0.481	21	D	D	W	L	W	1971-04-03	Leeds United	A
22	0	Blackpool	34	2	7	7	16	25	1	4	13	11	33	0.466	17	D	L	D	L	D	1971-04-03	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	49,025	Largest home & Div II gate 1970-71
Francis, Summerill	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Hull City	Burnden Park	8,759
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	1	Sheffield United	Ashton Gate	14,999
	Lineups		Currie
Leicester City	0	0	Oxford United	Filbert Street	22,233
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Luton Town	Ayresome Park	19,585
McIlmoyle 2	Lineups		MacDonald
Millwall	2	0	Charlton Athletic	The Den, New Cross	13,359
Possee, Kitchener	Lineups
Norwich City	3	0	Sunderland	Carrow Road	10,729
Foggo, Silvester 2	Lineups
Orient	1	1	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	7,998
Bullock	Lineups		Barton
Swindon Town	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	County Ground	11,508
Butler, Gough, Jones C	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	16,625
Wigg	Lineups		Marsh 2

				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	33	11	5	2	28	13	6	5	4	19	14	1.741	44	D	D	W	W	D	1971-03-29	Orient	A
2	1	Sheffield United	34	10	5	1	36	17	7	5	6	23	20	1.595	44	W	W	D	L	L	1971-04-03	Norwich City	H
3	-2	Cardiff City	33	9	7	1	36	15	7	4	5	19	13	1.964	43	L	W	D	W	D	1971-04-03	Bristol City	H
4	0	Carlisle United	34	13	3	1	30	9	2	9	6	20	27	1.389	42	D	D	W	L	W	1971-04-03	Leicester City	H
5	1	Hull City	34	7	5	4	22	12	8	6	4	22	20	1.375	41	D	L	L	W	D	1971-04-03	Watford	H
6	-1	Luton Town	32	10	4	1	29	9	5	6	6	17	15	1.917	40	L	W	L	D	D	1971-03-30	Millwall	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	34	13	2	2	33	12	4	4	9	18	22	1.5	40	W	L	L	W	L	1971-04-03	Oxford United	A
8	0	Birmingham City	34	11	5	2	28	11	5	3	8	25	28	1.359	40	W	W	W	W	W	1971-04-03	Luton Town	A
9	0	Norwich City	35	10	7	1	29	17	4	5	8	17	25	1.095	40	W	W	W	L	W	1971-04-03	Sheffield United	A
10	0	Swindon Town	34	12	4	2	35	11	1	4	11	14	26	1.324	34	W	L	L	L	L	1971-04-03	Sunderland	A
11	0	Millwall	34	10	5	3	26	11	3	3	10	17	27	1.132	34	W	W	D	L	D	1971-03-30	Luton Town	A
12	1	Oxford United	34	5	6	5	16	19	6	4	8	16	22	0.78	32	D	D	D	W	L	1971-04-03	Middlesbrough	H
13	2	Orient	33	5	9	2	14	10	4	5	8	11	27	0.676	32	D	W	L	W	W	1971-03-29	Leicester City	H
14	-2	Sunderland	34	9	5	3	28	18	2	4	11	10	28	0.826	31	L	L	D	D	D	1971-04-03	Swindon Town	H
15	-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
16	0	Portsmouth	33	9	3	5	30	21	1	7	8	11	26	0.872	30	D	W	D	D	W	1971-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	7	4	5	27	19	3	5	9	15	28	0.894	29	W	L	L	D	L	1971-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	0	Watford	34	5	5	7	14	18	3	6	8	18	32	0.64	27	L	D	L	L	W	1971-04-03	Hull City	A
19	0	Bristol City	34	7	5	5	25	25	1	4	12	14	31	0.696	25	L	W	W	D	D	1971-04-03	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	6	4	8	20	24	1	4	12	11	33	0.544	22	D	L	D	D	L	1971-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	4	6	7	14	21	1	5	11	15	36	0.509	21	L	L	D	L	D	1971-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	33	4	4	7	18	23	1	6	11	11	32	0.527	20	L	L	W	D	L	1971-04-03	Orient	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Bury	Goldstone Ground	9,212
Irvine	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium	2,955
Watson, Yeo	Lineups		Mielczarek
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Mansfield Town	Home Park	8,925
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Port Vale	Deepdale	16,591
Ingram	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Torquay United	Spotland	3,718
Jenkins, Cross	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Bradford City	Gay Meadow	2,816
Andrews	Lineups		Hall J
Swansea City	5	0	Reading	Vetch Field	6,160
Gwyther 3, Hole, Rosser	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Halifax Town	Fellows Park	3,824
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Racecourse Ground	6,182
Griffiths (p)	Lineups

				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	37	14	5	0	37	14	6	7	5	18	18	1.719	52	W	W	D	W	W	1971-04-03	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Fulham	38	13	5	1	36	11	6	5	8	21	25	1.583	48	D	L	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Walsall	H
3	2	Halifax Town	38	13	2	5	39	20	4	9	5	20	26	1.283	45	D	L	D	D	W	1971-04-03	Gillingham	H
4	-1	Aston Villa	37	10	6	2	18	8	6	7	6	26	28	1.222	45	L	D	D	D	D	1971-04-03	Swansea City	H
5	-1	Bristol Rovers	38	10	4	5	34	18	6	8	5	26	20	1.579	44	L	D	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Preston North End	H
6	0	Chesterfield	38	11	7	2	37	11	4	6	8	18	21	1.719	43	D	W	D	D	W	1971-04-03	Reading	A
7	0	Mansfield Town	38	9	6	3	34	26	5	7	8	19	28	0.981	41	D	W	D	D	W	1971-04-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	2	Swansea City	36	10	4	4	37	18	3	10	5	15	24	1.238	40	W	W	D	L	D	1971-03-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-1	Rotherham United	37	10	8	1	33	17	3	5	10	20	33	1.06	39	L	D	D	L	D	1971-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	-1	Torquay United	36	9	6	2	28	18	5	5	9	14	24	1	39	L	D	D	D	L	1971-04-02	Wrexham	H
11	2	Wrexham	38	10	5	3	34	22	4	4	12	22	35	0.982	37	W	W	L	L	L	1971-04-02	Torquay United	A
12	-1	Barnsley	38	9	6	4	24	17	5	3	11	18	28	0.933	37	D	W	L	W	W	1971-04-03	Bury	A
13	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	6	11	3	36	27	4	5	8	16	22	1.061	36	D	W	W	W	D	1971-03-30	Swansea City	A
14	0	Rochdale	37	7	7	6	24	19	4	6	7	27	34	0.962	35	W	L	W	L	D	1971-04-03	Bradford City	A
15	0	Port Vale	38	8	5	5	22	14	4	4	12	21	38	0.827	33	L	D	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	2	Bradford City	38	5	6	7	15	17	5	7	8	21	32	0.735	33	D	D	L	L	D	1971-04-03	Rochdale	H
17	-1	Bury	38	6	6	6	25	20	5	4	11	22	30	0.94	32	L	W	L	W	L	1971-04-03	Barnsley	H
18	2	Shrewsbury Town	36	7	5	6	29	25	4	5	9	19	31	0.857	32	D	L	L	D	W	1971-04-03	Mansfield Town	A
19	-2	Tranmere Rovers	37	6	9	3	25	16	2	7	10	17	36	0.808	32	D	D	W	W	D	1971-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	-1	Reading	36	8	5	5	28	28	4	3	11	15	43	0.606	32	L	L	L	L	L	1971-04-03	Chesterfield	H
21	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	6	8	4	24	17	3	5	9	11	19	0.972	31	W	W	L	L	W	1971-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Walsall	38	9	1	10	26	24	2	8	8	16	26	0.84	31	D	L	D	D	L	1971-04-03	Fulham	A
23	-2	Doncaster Rovers	39	6	5	8	22	23	5	4	11	16	35	0.655	31	W	L	L	W	L	1971-04-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Gillingham	38	6	6	7	19	24	3	4	12	16	30	0.648	28	W	L	W	L	D	1971-04-03	Halifax Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground	4,143
	Lineups
Barrow	3	0	Hartlepool	Holker Street	1,776
Arrowsmith, Garbett, Renton	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park	7,207
Renwick	Lineups		Fryatt
Cambridge United	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium	3,657
White	Lineups		Keegan
Colchester United	1	0	Southport	Layer Road	5,909
Crawford	Lineups
Exeter City	2	1	Darlington	St James Park	4,136
Wingate, Banks	Lineups		Graham
Grimsby Town	2	2	Chester	Blundell Park	2,591
Brace, Pountney OG	Lineups		Webber, Loyden
Newport County	2	0	Peterborough United	Somerton Park	2,588
Hooper, Brown	Lineups
Workington	2	1	Lincoln City	Borough Park	1,760
Martin, Spratt	Lineups		Smith
York City	4	1	Northampton Town	Bootham Crescent	7,393
McMahon 2, Aimson, Swallow	Lineups		Fairbrother

				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	38	16	3	0	50	11	9	4	6	24	19	2.467	57	L	D	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Aldershot	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	13	4	2	40	13	7	5	7	26	27	1.65	49	D	W	D	L	L	1971-04-03	Newport County	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	38	11	5	3	46	27	9	3	7	29	30	1.316	48	D	D	D	L	D	1971-03-30	Hartlepool	H
4	2	York City	37	13	6	0	37	13	6	2	10	25	28	1.512	46	W	W	D	W	W	1971-04-03	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Chester	38	14	1	4	36	15	6	5	8	25	31	1.326	46	D	D	W	W	D	1971-04-03	Workington	H
6	-2	Northampton Town	38	13	4	2	32	17	4	8	7	21	27	1.205	46	L	D	D	L	W	1971-04-03	Colchester United	H
7	0	Colchester United	35	12	3	3	34	15	6	6	5	21	21	1.528	45	W	W	D	L	D	1971-03-29	Brentford	A
8	0	Southport	39	13	1	5	36	20	5	4	11	18	28	1.125	41	L	W	D	L	W	1971-04-03	Brentford	H
9	0	Darlington	38	13	3	2	37	14	2	7	11	14	29	1.186	40	L	L	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Southend United	H
10	0	Exeter City	38	11	5	4	37	22	4	5	9	22	36	1.017	40	W	D	D	W	L	1971-04-03	Peterborough United	A
11	1	Workington	36	10	6	2	23	10	4	5	9	19	23	1.273	39	W	D	W	L	L	1971-03-31	Peterborough United	H
12	-1	Stockport County	37	11	7	2	23	14	3	3	11	16	36	0.78	38	D	L	L	W	L	1971-04-03	Scunthorpe United	A
13	0	Peterborough United	37	12	3	3	35	14	3	4	12	20	40	1.019	37	L	W	W	L	L	1971-03-31	Workington	A
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	11	1	6	42	27	4	6	9	21	35	1.016	37	D	L	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Barrow	H
15	0	Scunthorpe United	39	7	7	5	29	19	5	6	9	19	35	0.889	37	D	L	W	W	L	1971-04-03	Stockport County	H
16	0	Brentford	36	10	2	5	35	22	4	5	10	18	29	1.039	35	D	D	L	D	W	1971-03-29	Colchester United	H
17	0	Aldershot	37	5	8	5	22	20	5	6	8	27	38	0.845	34	D	L	D	L	D	1971-03-29	Southend United	H
18	2	Cambridge United	38	7	9	4	28	24	3	3	12	13	32	0.732	32	D	L	L	L	D	1971-04-03	Oldham Athletic	A
19	-1	Southend United	37	7	9	3	27	21	3	3	12	11	35	0.679	32	W	L	L	D	W	1971-03-29	Aldershot	A
20	-1	Lincoln City	37	10	2	6	34	20	2	5	12	21	34	1.019	31	L	L	D	W	D	1971-04-03	York City	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	37	8	3	6	26	23	4	2	14	14	42	0.615	29	D	W	L	L	D	1971-04-03	Hartlepool	A
22	0	Hartlepool	37	4	8	7	20	25	2	2	14	6	36	0.426	22	L	L	D	W	L	1971-03-30	Oldham Athletic	A
23	0	Newport County	38	6	2	11	24	30	1	4	14	19	43	0.589	20	W	W	D	W	W	1971-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
24	0	Barrow	38	4	4	12	22	34	1	3	14	21	41	0.573	17	W	W	D	L	L	1971-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	A