1971-04-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	2	Derby County	Turf Moor	10,373
Casper	Lineups		McGovern, Durban
Chelsea	2	1	Coventry City	Stamford Bridge	27,517
Feely, Smethurst	Lineups		Hunt
Everton	0	0	Blackpool	Goodison Park	26,286
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	13,580
Nicholson	Lineups		Curran, McCalliog
Manchester United	3	2	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford	31,662
Charlton, Best, Kidd	Lineups		Morris, Clarke
Newcastle United	1	1	West Ham United	St James' Park	22,790
Tudor	Lineups		Hurst
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Liverpool	City Ground	20,678
	Lineups		Hall
Southampton	0	3	Leeds United	The Dell	30,001
	Lineups		Hollywood OG, Jones 2
Stoke City	2	0	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	13,497
Bernard, Ritchie	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Crystal Palace	White Hart Lane	28,619
Perryman, Blyth OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	36,858
Hartford, Brown	Lineups		McLintock, Hartford OG
Footnotes
Burnley relegated

				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	Arsenal	39	17	3	0	40	6	10	4	5	29	22	2.464	61	D	W	W	W	W	1971-04-26	Leeds United	A
2	0	Leeds United	40	14	2	3	37	12	11	8	2	32	18	2.3	60	W	L	D	D	W	1971-04-26	Arsenal	H
3	0	Chelsea	40	12	6	2	34	20	6	8	6	18	21	1.268	50	W	D	W	D	L	1971-04-26	Burnley	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	12	2	5	32	22	9	5	7	31	32	1.167	49	W	L	L	W	L	1971-04-28	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Liverpool	40	10	10	0	29	10	6	6	8	10	12	1.773	48	W	W	D	L	W	1971-04-26	Manchester City	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	4	4	32	17	6	9	4	19	14	1.645	47	W	D	D	W	W	1971-04-28	Huddersfield Town	H
7	0	Southampton	39	11	5	3	28	13	5	7	8	21	28	1.195	44	L	W	D	L	W	1971-04-27	West Ham United	H
8	0	Manchester City	39	7	8	3	25	15	5	8	8	17	20	1.2	40	L	D	D	L	L	1971-04-26	Liverpool	H
9	1	Manchester United	40	9	6	6	29	24	6	4	9	31	38	0.968	40	W	L	W	L	W	1971-05-01	Blackpool	A
10	2	Derby County	40	8	5	7	30	26	7	4	9	24	28	1	39	W	W	D	W	L	1971-04-27	Coventry City	A
11	0	Newcastle United	40	8	9	3	24	16	5	4	11	17	28	0.932	39	D	L	D	D	D	1971-04-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	-3	Coventry City	40	11	3	5	22	12	4	6	11	13	26	0.921	39	L	W	W	L	D	1971-04-27	Derby County	H
13	0	Everton	41	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	12	22	42	0.931	37	D	L	W	L	D	1971-05-01	Crystal Palace	A
14	1	Stoke City	39	10	7	3	28	10	2	5	12	16	36	0.957	36	W	L	D	L	W	1971-04-27	Nottingham Forest	A
15	1	West Bromwich Albion	40	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	11	24	45	0.829	35	D	W	L	D	L	1971-04-28	Newcastle United	A
16	-2	Nottingham Forest	40	9	3	8	29	26	5	4	11	13	33	0.712	35	L	W	L	W	W	1971-04-27	Stoke City	H
17	0	Huddersfield Town	40	7	8	6	19	16	3	5	11	19	32	0.792	33	L	L	D	W	L	1971-04-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	0	Crystal Palace	39	8	5	7	22	24	3	6	10	14	24	0.75	33	L	L	D	W	L	1971-04-26	Blackpool	A
19	0	Ipswich Town	40	9	3	8	28	22	3	5	12	14	26	0.875	32	L	W	W	L	D	1971-04-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	West Ham United	40	6	8	6	28	29	3	6	11	17	29	0.776	32	D	W	L	L	W	1971-04-27	Southampton	A
21	0	Burnley	40	4	8	9	20	31	2	5	12	8	31	0.452	25	L	L	L	W	W	1971-04-26	Chelsea	A
22	0	Blackpool	40	2	8	9	18	29	1	6	14	12	35	0.469	20	D	L	D	D	L	1971-04-26	Crystal Palace	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	19,440
Latchford R	Lineups		Hiron
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Burnden Park	7,195
Goodwin OG	Lineups		Conlon
Bristol City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	12,522
	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Filbert Street	29,121
Went OG	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	16,946
Hickton	Lineups		Dearden
Millwall	4	0	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	10,740
Possee, Cripps (p), Bridges, Kitchener	Lineups
Norwich City	1	2	Cardiff City	Carrow Road	15,088
Silvester	Lineups		Warboys, Clark
Orient	1	2	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	6,339
Brabrook	Lineups		Busby 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Sunderland	Hillsborough	9,720
Prendergast	Lineups		Tueart, Lowrey
Swindon Town	0	0	Carlisle United	County Ground	11,780
	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Oxford United	Vicarage Road	10,211
Franks, Wigg	Lineups		Clayton

				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	40	12	7	2	30	14	9	6	4	24	15	1.862	55	W	D	D	W	D	1971-04-27	Bristol City	A
2	0	Sheffield United	40	12	6	1	41	17	7	8	6	24	21	1.711	52	D	W	W	D	D	1971-04-27	Cardiff City	H
3	0	Cardiff City	39	11	7	2	38	16	8	6	5	24	17	1.879	51	W	L	D	D	W	1971-04-27	Sheffield United	A
4	1	Carlisle United	40	15	3	2	36	13	3	10	7	24	29	1.429	49	D	W	W	W	L	1971-04-28	Hull City	A
5	-1	Hull City	40	10	5	4	29	14	8	8	5	23	25	1.333	49	L	W	D	W	D	1971-04-28	Carlisle United	H
6	1	Luton Town	39	11	6	2	36	17	6	6	8	21	23	1.425	46	W	D	L	L	L	1971-04-28	Oxford United	A
7	-1	Middlesbrough	40	13	5	2	37	16	4	7	9	22	26	1.405	46	D	D	D	D	D	1971-04-27	Birmingham City	H
8	1	Millwall	41	13	5	3	36	12	5	4	11	22	30	1.381	45	W	W	L	W	W	1971-05-01	Sunderland	A
9	1	Birmingham City	40	12	7	2	30	12	5	3	11	27	35	1.213	44	D	L	D	W	L	1971-04-27	Middlesbrough	A
10	-2	Norwich City	41	11	8	2	34	20	4	6	10	20	31	1.059	44	L	L	D	W	L	1971-05-01	Hull City	A
11	1	Sunderland	40	11	6	3	34	20	4	5	11	17	32	0.981	41	W	D	W	D	W	1971-04-27	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	4	5	36	21	5	6	10	19	31	1.058	40	D	W	W	W	L	1971-04-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	1	Swindon Town	40	12	7	2	38	14	2	4	13	20	35	1.184	39	D	L	D	W	D	1971-04-28	Watford	A
14	-1	Oxford United	40	7	7	5	20	21	6	6	9	18	25	0.826	39	L	W	D	D	W	1971-04-28	Luton Town	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	10	7	4	32	27	2	5	13	19	39	0.773	36	L	D	D	D	L	1971-05-01	Carlisle United	A
16	1	Portsmouth	40	9	4	7	31	26	1	9	10	13	32	0.759	33	D	D	L	L	D	1971-04-26	Orient	A
17	1	Watford	40	6	7	7	17	20	4	6	10	20	35	0.673	33	W	W	L	D	D	1971-04-28	Swindon Town	H
18	-2	Orient	40	5	10	5	15	14	4	5	11	13	35	0.571	33	L	L	L	D	L	1971-04-26	Portsmouth	H
19	0	Bristol City	40	9	6	5	30	27	1	4	15	14	34	0.721	30	D	L	L	W	W	1971-04-27	Leicester City	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	40	7	4	8	26	28	1	8	12	13	35	0.619	28	L	L	W	D	D	1971-04-27	Sunderland	H
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	40	5	7	8	18	26	1	7	12	17	39	0.538	26	D	L	D	L	D	1971-04-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	41	6	5	10	22	31	1	4	15	12	42	0.466	23	D	L	L	L	L	1971-05-01	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	0	Reading	Oakwell	2,975
Winstanley, Booth 2	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Halifax Town	Goldstone Ground	10,671
	Lineups		Chadwick, Robertson
Chesterfield	5	0	Torquay United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,282
Randall 2, Moss 2, Wright	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Fulham	Belle Vue	4,399
	Lineups		Earle
Gillingham	1	1	Port Vale	Priestfield Stadium	2,207
Williams	Lineups		James
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Bradford City	Home Park	5,914
Hutchins	Lineups		Oates, Hall J, Bannister
Preston North End	0	0	Aston Villa	Deepdale	22,616
	Lineups
Rochdale	4	3	Rotherham United	Spotland	3,561
Cross, Jenkins 2 (1p), Mielczarek OG	Lineups		Gilbert, Swift, Blair OG
Swansea City	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vetch Field	5,014
	Lineups
Walsall	1	2	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	3,916
Evans	Lineups		Taylor, Graydon
Wrexham	4	0	Mansfield Town	Racecourse Ground	8,024
Griffiths, Smith, Kinsey, Provan	Lineups
Footnotes
Gillingham relegated

				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	Fulham	44	15	6	1	39	11	8	6	8	26	27	1.711	58	W	D	D	W	W	1971-04-28	Bradford City	A
2	0	Preston North End	43	14	8	0	39	16	6	8	7	19	22	1.526	56	D	L	D	L	D	1971-04-26	Wrexham	A
3	0	Halifax Town	43	15	2	5	42	21	6	10	5	27	28	1.408	54	W	W	D	W	W	1971-04-28	Torquay United	A
4	1	Bristol Rovers	44	11	5	6	37	21	8	8	6	31	24	1.511	51	W	W	L	L	W	1971-04-26	Port Vale	A
5	-1	Aston Villa	43	12	7	2	22	8	6	8	8	27	31	1.256	51	D	W	D	L	L	1971-04-26	Mansfield Town	A
6	0	Chesterfield	44	13	8	2	45	12	4	8	9	20	24	1.806	50	W	L	W	D	D	1971-04-28	Gillingham	A
7	0	Rotherham United	43	12	9	1	37	18	4	6	11	25	38	1.107	47	L	W	W	D	D	1971-04-27	Bury	A
8	0	Mansfield Town	44	11	7	3	40	28	5	8	10	20	34	0.968	47	L	W	W	D	L	1971-04-26	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Wrexham	43	12	6	3	41	23	5	5	12	25	37	1.1	45	W	D	D	W	W	1971-04-26	Preston North End	H
10	1	Barnsley	44	12	6	4	29	17	5	5	12	18	29	1.022	45	W	L	W	D	W	1971-04-27	Walsall	H
11	2	Swansea City	43	10	5	7	38	24	4	10	7	17	29	1.038	43	D	W	L	L	L	1971-04-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	43	10	6	6	36	28	5	7	9	21	32	0.95	43	W	W	D	D	W	1971-04-28	Swansea City	H
13	-3	Torquay United	43	9	6	5	32	25	7	5	11	17	31	0.875	43	L	L	L	L	W	1971-04-28	Halifax Town	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	44	6	12	5	39	33	6	5	10	22	28	1	41	L	L	W	D	L	1971-04-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	8	9	5	27	19	5	5	11	18	25	1.023	40	L	W	L	W	W	1971-04-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	0	Rochdale	44	8	8	7	29	26	5	6	10	29	40	0.879	40	W	W	L	D	L	1971-04-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	0	Port Vale	44	10	5	6	26	17	4	6	13	23	41	0.845	39	D	W	L	L	D	1971-04-26	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	7	10	4	26	18	2	11	10	18	37	0.8	39	D	L	D	D	D	1971-04-26	Reading	H
19	3	Bradford City	44	6	6	9	20	22	6	8	9	26	37	0.78	38	W	L	D	L	L	1971-04-28	Fulham	H
20	-1	Reading	43	10	6	6	31	32	4	3	14	15	50	0.561	37	L	L	W	W	L	1971-04-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	Bury	44	7	8	6	29	21	5	4	14	22	37	0.879	36	L	W	L	L	D	1971-04-27	Rotherham United	H
22	-2	Walsall	44	10	1	12	30	27	3	9	9	18	28	0.873	36	L	W	L	W	D	1971-04-27	Barnsley	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	44	8	5	9	27	25	5	4	13	16	37	0.694	35	L	L	W	W	L	1971-04-27	Rochdale	H
24	0	Gillingham	44	6	8	8	21	28	4	4	14	20	36	0.641	32	D	L	W	D	L	1971-04-28	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Hartlepool	Recreation Ground	3,687
Melia	Lineups
Barrow	2	1	Northampton Town	Holker Street	1,466
Russell, Hollis	Lineups		McNeil
Brentford	2	2	Notts County	Griffin Park	9,299
Cross, Graham	Lineups		Crickmore, Hateley
Cambridge United	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Abbey Stadium	4,370
Meldrum	Lineups
Exeter City	3	1	Chester	St James Park	4,024
Banks 2, Binney	Lineups		Webber
Grimsby Town	2	1	Peterborough United	Blundell Park	3,012
Brace, Tees	Lineups		Hall
Newport County	3	1	Darlington	Somerton Park	2,756
Brown 3	Lineups		Harding
Workington	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Borough Park	2,239
	Lineups
York City	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Bootham Crescent	5,296
Aimson, Chambers	Lineups
Footnotes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic promoted
Oldham Athletic promoted

				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	44	19	3	0	58	11	10	5	7	28	23	2.529	66	D	W	W	L	W	1971-04-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	15	5	2	47	15	8	7	7	29	28	1.767	58	D	W	W	D	W	1971-04-28	Peterborough United	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	45	14	5	3	56	28	10	5	8	31	34	1.403	58	D	W	W	L	D	1971-05-01	Stockport County	H
4	0	York City	44	16	6	1	45	14	7	4	10	33	35	1.592	56	W	L	D	D	W	1971-04-27	Workington	A
5	0	Chester	44	16	2	4	40	17	7	5	10	27	35	1.288	53	L	W	D	W	L	1971-04-28	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Northampton Town	44	15	4	3	39	22	4	9	9	23	33	1.127	51	L	W	L	D	L	1971-04-26	Southport	A
7	0	Colchester United	43	13	5	3	39	17	6	6	10	23	35	1.192	49	D	L	L	L	D	1971-04-26	Barrow	H
8	1	Workington	43	12	7	3	27	13	5	5	11	20	29	1.119	46	D	L	W	W	L	1971-04-27	York City	H
9	-1	Southport	45	14	2	6	40	23	6	4	13	21	33	1.089	46	L	D	W	L	L	1971-04-26	Northampton Town	H
10	1	Exeter City	44	12	7	4	40	23	5	5	11	26	44	0.985	46	W	L	D	D	L	1971-04-28	Southend United	A
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	43	13	1	7	48	30	5	7	10	26	39	1.072	44	L	L	D	W	W	1971-04-28	Notts County	H
12	0	Stockport County	43	12	8	3	28	17	4	4	12	19	41	0.81	44	W	D	D	L	L	1971-04-28	Aldershot	A
13	0	Brentford	43	12	3	6	41	25	5	5	12	20	33	1.052	42	D	L	W	L	W	1971-04-26	Cambridge United	H
14	2	Aldershot	44	7	10	5	27	23	6	6	10	30	44	0.851	42	W	W	L	D	W	1971-04-28	Stockport County	H
15	-1	Darlington	44	13	3	5	38	21	2	8	13	16	35	0.964	41	L	L	L	D	L	1971-04-26	Hartlepool	H
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	45	8	7	7	32	23	6	6	11	20	38	0.852	41	L	L	W	W	L	1971-05-01	Workington	H
17	2	Cambridge United	44	9	9	5	31	27	5	3	13	18	38	0.754	40	W	W	L	W	W	1971-04-26	Brentford	A
18	-1	Peterborough United	44	12	3	6	39	22	4	4	15	24	48	0.9	39	L	L	L	L	W	1971-04-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	-1	Southend United	43	8	9	4	31	23	5	4	13	19	42	0.769	39	W	W	L	L	W	1971-04-28	Exeter City	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	44	11	4	6	33	26	5	3	15	20	45	0.746	39	W	W	L	W	D	1971-04-27	Newport County	H
21	0	Lincoln City	43	10	3	8	39	29	2	8	12	24	37	0.955	35	D	D	D	D	L	1971-04-28	Chester	H
22	1	Newport County	44	8	3	12	32	36	2	5	14	22	45	0.667	28	W	D	W	W	L	1971-04-27	Grimsby Town	A
23	-1	Hartlepool	44	6	9	7	28	27	2	2	18	6	45	0.472	27	L	W	L	L	W	1971-04-26	Darlington	A
24	0	Barrow	44	5	5	13	25	38	2	3	16	25	44	0.61	22	W	L	L	D	W	1971-04-26	Colchester United	A