1971-04-10

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	1	0	Blackpool	Turf Moor	14,539
Fletcher	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Crystal Palace	Stamford Bridge	38,953
Webb	Lineups		Scott
Everton	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	35,484
Newton H	Lineups		Bailey, Gould
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Manchester City	Leeds Road	21,922
Cherry	Lineups
Manchester United	1	2	Derby County	Old Trafford	44,203
Law	Lineups		O'Hare 2
Newcastle United	1	1	Leeds United	St James' Park	49,699	Largest home gate 1970-71
Tudor	Lineups		Lorimer
Nottingham Forest	1	0	West Ham United	City Ground	23,032
Storey-Moore	Lineups
Southampton	1	2	Arsenal	The Dell	30,231	Largest home gate 1970-71
Paine	Lineups		Radford, McLintock
Stoke City	0	1	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	28,810
	Lineups		Thompson
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Ipswich Town	White Hart Lane	28,708
Chivers, Morris OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	18,759
	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	37	14	2	2	36	10	10	7	2	29	18	2.321	57	D	W	L	W	D	1971-04-12	Huddersfield Town	A
2	0	Arsenal	35	15	3	0	38	6	9	3	5	24	20	2.385	54	W	W	W	W	W	1971-04-13	Nottingham Forest	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	2	4	32	21	8	5	6	29	30	1.196	47	W	L	W	W	W	1971-04-12	Manchester United	A
4	0	Chelsea	37	10	6	2	31	19	6	7	6	17	20	1.231	45	D	L	W	D	L	1971-04-12	Liverpool	H
5	0	Liverpool	36	10	9	0	29	10	4	6	7	7	11	1.714	43	W	D	D	W	W	1971-04-12	Chelsea	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	10	4	4	30	17	6	7	4	19	14	1.581	43	W	W	D	W	D	1971-04-12	Blackpool	A
7	0	Southampton	36	11	5	2	28	10	4	6	8	20	28	1.263	41	L	W	D	D	W	1971-04-12	Derby County	A
8	0	Manchester City	36	7	7	3	24	14	5	7	7	17	18	1.281	38	L	L	W	D	D	1971-04-12	Newcastle United	A
9	0	Newcastle United	37	8	7	3	23	15	5	4	10	17	27	0.952	37	D	D	W	W	D	1971-04-12	Manchester City	H
10	2	Coventry City	36	9	3	5	17	11	4	6	9	12	21	0.906	35	D	L	D	L	D	1971-04-12	Everton	A
11	-1	Manchester United	35	7	6	5	25	20	5	4	8	25	33	0.943	34	L	L	W	W	L	1971-04-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	2	Derby County	37	7	4	7	27	25	6	4	9	22	27	0.942	34	W	L	W	L	L	1971-04-12	Southampton	H
13	-2	Everton	38	9	6	4	29	16	2	6	11	21	39	0.909	34	L	D	L	L	L	1971-04-12	Coventry City	H
14	-1	Stoke City	36	9	6	3	25	9	2	5	11	16	35	0.932	33	L	W	L	L	L	1971-04-13	Blackpool	H
15	0	Crystal Palace	37	8	5	6	19	19	3	6	9	14	22	0.805	33	D	W	L	L	L	1971-04-17	Manchester United	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	37	9	3	6	29	22	4	4	11	10	31	0.736	33	W	W	L	W	W	1971-04-13	Arsenal	H
17	1	Huddersfield Town	37	7	7	5	18	14	3	5	10	19	30	0.841	32	W	L	W	W	D	1971-04-12	Leeds United	H
18	-2	West Bromwich Albion	37	9	7	3	32	22	0	7	11	22	44	0.818	32	D	L	D	D	L	1971-04-12	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	West Ham United	37	5	8	6	27	29	3	5	10	16	27	0.768	29	L	W	W	W	D	1971-04-13	Burnley	A
20	0	Ipswich Town	37	8	3	8	26	22	2	5	11	11	23	0.822	28	L	D	L	L	D	1971-04-12	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Burnley	36	3	8	8	18	29	2	5	10	8	27	0.464	23	W	L	D	D	W	1971-04-13	West Ham United	H
22	0	Blackpool	36	2	7	8	16	26	1	4	14	11	34	0.45	17	L	L	D	L	D	1971-04-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's	25,572
Campbell	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	3	Carlisle United	Burnden Park	8,038
	Lineups		Webb, Martin, Ternent
Bristol City	2	0	Portsmouth	Ashton Gate	14,663
Garland, Tainton	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	36,752	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	2	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	26,479
Laidlaw, Hickton	Lineups		Hughes, Watson
Millwall	4	0	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	13,864
Possee 2, Bridges, Brown B	Lineups
Norwich City	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	14,973
Foggo, Stringer, Darling	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Oxford United	Brisbane Road	6,266
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Hull City	Hillsborough	21,787
Craig (p)	Lineups		Banks
Swindon Town	2	2	Cardiff City	County Ground	21,393	Largest home gate 1970-71
Peplow, Smart	Lineups		Warboys 2
Watford	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road	12,867
Reeves OG	Lineups		Curtis

				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	Leicester City	36	11	6	2	28	13	8	5	4	21	14	1.815	49	D	W	W	D	D	1971-04-12	Luton Town	A
2	0	Cardiff City	36	11	7	1	38	15	7	5	5	21	15	1.967	48	D	W	W	L	W	1971-04-13	Middlesbrough	A
3	0	Sheffield United	36	10	6	1	36	17	7	6	6	23	20	1.595	46	D	D	W	W	D	1971-04-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	1	Hull City	36	8	5	4	23	12	8	7	4	23	21	1.394	44	D	W	D	L	L	1971-04-12	Bristol City	H
5	2	Carlisle United	37	13	3	2	30	10	3	9	7	24	29	1.385	44	W	L	L	D	D	1971-04-13	Watford	H
6	-2	Luton Town	36	11	5	1	33	12	5	6	8	19	22	1.529	43	L	L	W	D	L	1971-04-12	Leicester City	H
7	-1	Middlesbrough	37	13	3	2	35	14	4	6	9	21	25	1.436	43	D	D	D	W	L	1971-04-13	Cardiff City	H
8	0	Norwich City	38	11	7	1	32	17	4	6	9	18	27	1.136	43	W	L	D	W	W	1971-04-12	Oxford United	H
9	0	Birmingham City	37	12	5	2	29	11	5	3	10	27	32	1.302	42	W	L	L	W	W	1971-04-13	Hull City	H
10	0	Millwall	38	12	5	3	32	12	4	4	10	20	28	1.3	41	W	W	W	D	W	1971-04-13	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Sunderland	37	11	5	3	34	20	2	5	11	12	30	0.92	36	D	W	W	L	L	1971-04-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	0	Oxford United	37	6	7	5	19	21	6	5	8	16	22	0.814	36	D	W	D	D	D	1971-04-12	Norwich City	A
13	0	Swindon Town	36	12	5	2	37	13	1	4	12	16	31	1.205	35	D	L	W	L	L	1971-04-12	Portsmouth	A
14	1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	6	3	31	25	2	4	13	17	37	0.774	34	D	L	L	W	L	1971-04-12	Sheffield United	H
15	-1	Queens Park Rangers	36	9	4	5	32	19	3	5	10	15	31	0.94	33	L	W	W	W	L	1971-04-12	Orient	A
16	0	Orient	37	5	10	3	14	11	4	5	10	11	30	0.61	33	D	L	L	L	D	1971-04-12	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	0	Portsmouth	37	9	3	6	30	23	1	8	10	12	31	0.778	31	L	D	L	L	D	1971-04-12	Swindon Town	H
18	1	Bristol City	37	9	5	5	30	27	1	4	13	14	32	0.746	29	W	W	L	L	W	1971-04-12	Hull City	A
19	-1	Watford	37	5	7	7	15	19	3	6	9	18	33	0.635	29	D	D	L	L	D	1971-04-13	Carlisle United	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	36	6	4	7	22	24	1	7	11	12	33	0.596	25	D	W	W	L	L	1971-04-13	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	5	7	7	18	24	1	5	12	15	37	0.541	24	L	D	W	L	L	1971-04-13	Leicester City	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	6	4	9	20	27	1	4	14	11	38	0.477	22	L	L	L	D	L	1971-04-12	Sunderland	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	0	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	5,292
Sharp	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Reading	Goldstone Ground	10,866
Napier K, Turner	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,220
Stott	Lineups		Quinn
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Bradford City	Belle Vue	4,361
Briggs, Gilfillan 2	Lineups		Hall J
Gillingham	1	3	Fulham	Priestfield Stadium	9,481
Green	Lineups		Barrett, Johnston, Conway
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Torquay United	Home Park	17,175
Allen	Lineups		Rudge, Barnard
Preston North End	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Deepdale	17,382
Heppolette	Lineups		Beamish
Rochdale	0	3	Halifax Town	Spotland	5,756
	Lineups		Rhodes, Lennard, Atkins
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Aston Villa	Gay Meadow	13,636	Largest home gate 1970-71
Groves, Roberts	Lineups		Turnbull
Swansea City	1	3	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	9,088
Screen B	Lineups		Allan, Stubbs, Jones W
Walsall	3	0	Bury	Fellows Park	3,775
Evans, Taylor, Morris	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Port Vale	Racecourse Ground	8,186
Kinsey	Lineups		Boulton

				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	Fulham	41	15	5	1	39	11	7	5	8	24	26	1.703	54	W	W	W	D	L	1971-04-12	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	-1	Preston North End	39	14	6	0	38	15	6	8	5	18	18	1.697	54	D	D	W	W	D	1971-04-12	Reading	A
3	0	Halifax Town	40	14	2	5	41	21	5	9	5	23	26	1.362	49	W	W	D	L	D	1971-04-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	2	Bristol Rovers	40	10	5	5	34	18	7	8	5	29	21	1.615	47	W	D	L	D	W	1971-04-12	Chesterfield	A
5	-1	Aston Villa	40	11	6	2	21	8	6	7	8	27	31	1.231	47	L	L	W	L	D	1971-04-12	Barnsley	H
6	-1	Chesterfield	41	11	8	2	38	12	4	8	8	20	23	1.657	46	D	D	D	D	W	1971-04-12	Bristol Rovers	H
7	1	Rotherham United	39	11	8	1	35	17	3	6	10	21	34	1.098	42	D	W	L	D	D	1971-04-12	Wrexham	H
8	1	Wrexham	41	11	6	3	37	23	5	4	12	24	36	1.034	42	D	W	W	W	W	1971-04-12	Rotherham United	A
9	-2	Mansfield Town	40	9	7	3	35	27	5	7	9	19	29	0.964	42	L	D	D	W	D	1971-04-12	Rochdale	A
10	1	Torquay United	38	9	6	3	29	20	6	5	9	16	25	1	41	W	L	L	D	D	1971-04-12	Swansea City	A
11	-1	Swansea City	39	10	4	6	38	23	3	10	6	15	27	1.06	40	L	L	L	W	W	1971-04-12	Torquay United	H
12	1	Barnsley	40	10	6	4	25	17	5	4	11	18	28	0.956	40	W	D	D	W	L	1971-04-12	Aston Villa	A
13	-1	Plymouth Argyle	40	6	11	4	37	29	5	5	9	19	24	1.057	38	L	L	W	D	W	1971-04-12	Fulham	H
14	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	7	10	3	26	16	2	9	10	18	37	0.83	37	D	D	W	D	D	1971-04-12	Gillingham	A
15	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	9	4	27	17	3	5	10	11	21	1	36	W	W	L	D	W	1971-04-12	Bradford City	A
16	0	Port Vale	40	9	5	5	24	15	4	5	12	22	39	0.852	36	D	W	L	D	W	1971-04-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	3	Shrewsbury Town	38	8	5	6	31	26	4	6	9	20	32	0.879	35	W	D	D	L	L	1971-04-12	Port Vale	A
18	-3	Rochdale	40	7	7	7	24	22	4	6	9	27	39	0.836	35	L	L	L	W	L	1971-04-12	Mansfield Town	H
19	-2	Bradford City	40	6	6	7	18	17	5	7	9	22	35	0.769	35	L	W	D	D	L	1971-04-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	-1	Bury	41	6	8	6	26	21	5	4	12	22	33	0.889	34	L	D	D	L	W	1971-04-13	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	1	Walsall	41	10	1	10	29	24	2	9	9	16	27	0.882	34	W	D	L	D	L	1971-04-13	Rotherham United	H
22	1	Doncaster Rovers	41	7	5	8	25	24	5	4	12	16	36	0.683	33	W	L	W	L	L	1971-04-13	Bury	H
23	-2	Reading	39	8	6	5	29	29	4	3	13	15	47	0.579	33	L	L	D	L	L	1971-04-12	Preston North End	H
24	0	Gillingham	40	6	6	8	20	27	3	4	13	17	32	0.627	28	L	L	W	L	W	1971-04-12	Tranmere Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	4,461
Bennett (p)	Lineups		Fairfax
Barrow	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	3,716
Noble	Lineups		Shaw
Brentford	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Griffin Park	7,561
	Lineups		Heath
Cambridge United	2	1	Notts County	Abbey Stadium	6,935
Harris, Hollett	Lineups		Hateley
Colchester United	1	1	Lincoln City	Layer Road	6,430
Gibbs	Lineups		Hubbard
Exeter City	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	7,918	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Darlington	Blundell Park	3,059
Woodward	Lineups		Graham
Newport County	1	3	Crewe Alexandra	Somerton Park	3,353
Thomas	Lineups		Bradshaw, Morrissey, Wallace
Stockport County	0	1	Chester	Edgeley Park	2,174
	Lineups		Edwards
Workington	2	1	Southport	Borough Park	2,015
Irving, Wood	Lineups		Peat
York City	4	0	Hartlepool	Bootham Crescent	7,734
Swallow, McMahon, Topping, Aimson	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	41	17	3	0	53	11	10	4	7	26	21	2.469	61	L	W	W	L	D	1971-04-12	Colchester United	H
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	14	5	2	46	15	7	6	7	26	27	1.714	53	D	W	D	D	W	1971-04-13	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	41	13	5	3	52	28	9	4	7	30	31	1.39	53	D	W	W	D	D	1971-04-12	Southend United	A
4	0	York City	40	15	6	0	43	13	7	2	10	30	32	1.622	52	W	W	W	W	W	1971-04-12	Chester	A
5	0	Chester	41	15	1	4	37	15	7	5	9	26	32	1.34	50	W	L	W	D	D	1971-04-12	York City	H
6	0	Northampton Town	41	14	4	2	34	18	4	9	8	22	31	1.143	49	D	L	W	L	D	1971-04-13	Grimsby Town	H
7	0	Colchester United	39	13	4	3	38	16	6	6	7	22	24	1.5	48	D	W	L	L	W	1971-04-12	Notts County	A
8	2	Workington	40	12	6	3	27	13	4	5	10	19	24	1.243	43	W	L	L	W	W	1971-04-12	Darlington	A
9	-1	Southport	42	14	1	6	38	21	5	4	12	19	30	1.118	43	L	L	W	L	W	1971-04-12	Barrow	A
10	1	Crewe Alexandra	40	13	1	6	47	28	5	6	9	24	36	1.109	43	W	W	W	D	L	1971-04-12	Stockport County	A
11	-2	Exeter City	41	11	6	4	37	22	5	5	10	26	41	1	43	D	L	W	W	D	1971-04-12	Lincoln City	H
12	0	Darlington	41	13	3	3	37	18	2	8	12	15	32	1.04	41	D	L	L	L	L	1971-04-12	Workington	H
13	0	Stockport County	40	11	7	3	23	15	4	3	12	18	40	0.745	40	L	L	W	D	L	1971-04-12	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	0	Brentford	40	12	2	6	39	23	4	5	11	18	31	1.056	39	L	W	L	W	D	1971-04-12	Peterborough United	A
15	0	Peterborough United	41	12	3	4	36	17	4	4	14	23	46	0.937	39	L	W	L	L	L	1971-04-12	Brentford	H
16	0	Scunthorpe United	42	7	7	6	30	21	6	6	10	20	36	0.877	39	W	L	L	D	L	1971-04-13	Aldershot	H
17	0	Aldershot	41	6	10	5	26	23	5	6	9	27	41	0.828	38	D	W	L	D	D	1971-04-13	Scunthorpe United	A
18	1	Cambridge United	41	8	9	4	30	25	4	3	13	15	36	0.738	36	W	W	L	D	L	1971-04-13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	-1	Southend United	41	7	9	4	28	23	4	4	13	17	41	0.703	35	L	L	W	D	W	1971-04-12	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	40	9	4	6	28	24	4	3	14	16	44	0.647	33	D	W	D	D	W	1971-04-13	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Lincoln City	40	10	2	8	38	28	2	6	12	22	35	0.952	32	D	L	L	L	L	1971-04-12	Exeter City	A
22	0	Hartlepool	41	5	9	7	25	27	2	2	16	6	42	0.449	25	L	W	D	L	L	1971-04-13	Newport County	A
23	0	Newport County	40	6	2	12	25	33	1	5	14	21	45	0.59	21	L	D	W	W	D	1971-04-13	Hartlepool	H
24	0	Barrow	41	4	5	12	23	35	2	3	15	24	42	0.61	20	D	W	L	W	W	1971-04-12	Southport	H