1971-08-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Stoke City	Highbury	37,637
	Lineups		Ritchie
Coventry City	1	0	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	22,788
Blockley	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Selhurst Park	17,699
Birchenall	Lineups		McKenzie
Derby County	2	2	Southampton	Baseball Ground	28,498
McGovern, Hector	Lineups		Gabriel, Stokes
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Chelsea	Leeds Road	15,303
Worthington	Lineups		Hollins (p), Osgood
Ipswich Town	0	2	Leeds United	Portman Road	26,689
	Lineups		Lorimer, Belfitt
Liverpool	3	2	Leicester City	Anfield Road	50,970
Heighway, Keegan, Toshack	Lineups		Fern, Farrington
Manchester City	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	33,683
Bell, Lee, Davies, Summerbee	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	32,768
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Everton	Upton Park	26,878
Best	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Manchester United	Molineux	46,479
Shaw	Lineups		Best

				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	Sheffield United	5	2	1	0	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	8	9	D	W	W	W	W	1971-08-31	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Manchester United	5	2	0	0	6	2	1	2	0	6	5	1.7	8	D	W	W	W	D	1971-08-31	Everton	A
3	1	Liverpool	5	3	0	0	9	5	1	0	1	3	3	1.5	8	W	W	L	W	W	1971-09-01	Manchester City	A
4	-1	Derby County	5	1	2	0	6	4	1	1	0	4	2	1.7	7	D	D	W	W	D	1971-08-31	Ipswich Town	A
5	2	Stoke City	5	2	0	0	6	2	1	1	1	3	4	1.5	7	W	W	W	L	D	1971-08-31	Nottingham Forest	A
6	2	West Bromwich Albion	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	1.3	6	D	L	D	W	W	1971-09-01	Chelsea	A
7	2	Southampton	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	6	7	1.1	6	D	W	D	W	L	1971-09-01	Leicester City	A
8	5	Leeds United	5	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	6	W	D	D	L	W	1971-09-01	Newcastle United	H
9	5	Manchester City	5	2	0	1	8	1	0	1	1	3	4	2.2	5	W	L	D	W	L	1971-09-01	Liverpool	H
10	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	2	0	5	4	0	1	1	2	3	1	5	D	W	D	L	D	1971-08-31	Crystal Palace	H
11	-6	Ipswich Town	5	1	1	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	L	D	D	W	D	1971-08-31	Derby County	H
12	-6	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	1	3	7	0.9	5	L	D	W	D	D	1971-09-04	Liverpool	H
13	2	Coventry City	5	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	1	2	4	0.9	5	W	D	D	L	D	1971-08-30	West Ham United	A
14	-4	Arsenal	5	1	0	2	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	4	L	L	L	W	W	1971-09-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	-3	Newcastle United	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	2	0	3	0.6	4	L	D	W	D	L	1971-09-01	Leeds United	A
16	2	Nottingham Forest	5	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	2	3	6	0.7	3	D	L	W	L	L	1971-08-31	Stoke City	H
17	0	Leicester City	5	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	5	8	0.6	3	L	L	L	W	D	1971-09-01	Southampton	H
18	3	Chelsea	5	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	2	2	6	0.5	3	W	L	D	L	L	1971-09-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	-3	Everton	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	3	0.5	3	L	W	L	L	D	1971-08-31	Manchester United	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	5	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	7	0.4	3	D	L	L	L	W	1971-08-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	1	West Ham United	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.3	3	W	D	L	L	L	1971-08-30	Coventry City	H
22	-3	Huddersfield Town	5	0	1	2	3	5	0	1	1	1	4	0.4	2	L	D	L	L	D	1971-08-31	Sheffield United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road	16,557
Hatton	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate	16,474
Garland (p), Wimshurst	Lineups		Maddren
Cardiff City	1	1	Hull City	Ninian Park	17,110
Warboys	Lineups		Pearson
Carlisle United	0	0	Swindon Town	Brunton Park	9,963
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Watford	The Valley	11,966
Treacy, Endean	Lineups
Fulham	0	0	Norwich City	Craven Cottage	10,668
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Preston North End	Kenilworth Road	11,772
Anderson	Lineups		Heppolette
Oxford United	2	1	Burnley	Manor Ground	8,978
Roberts, Cassidy	Lineups		Casper
Portsmouth	1	0	Birmingham City	Fratton Park	14,729
Trebilcock	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Millwall	Loftus Road	16,730
Marsh	Lineups		Dunphy
Sunderland	2	0	Orient	Roker Park	14,544
Tueart, Kerr	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	0	Blackpool	4	3	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	W	L	W	W	#	1971-09-01	Portsmouth	A
2	1	Bristol City	3	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	5	1	2	5	W	W	D	#	#	1971-08-31	Cardiff City	H
3	2	Preston North End	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	4	D	W	D	#	#	1971-08-30	Burnley	H
4	8	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Millwall	A
5	-1	Norwich City	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Orient	H
6	7	Sunderland	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	W	D	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Carlisle United	H
7	1	Millwall	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	4	1.3	4	D	W	D	#	#	1971-08-30	Charlton Athletic	H
8	7	Portsmouth	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-09-01	Blackpool	H
9	0	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	2	3	1.5	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Fulham	A
10	0	Fulham	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.5	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	-9	Orient	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	1	3	1.3	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Norwich City	A
12	-5	Burnley	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	4	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-08-30	Preston North End	A
13	-7	Birmingham City	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Hull City	A
14	5	Oxford United	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Luton Town	H
15	-1	Hull City	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Birmingham City	H
16	0	Swindon Town	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	4	0.6	3	D	W	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Watford	A
17	-6	Middlesbrough	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	4	0.8	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-08-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	0	Luton Town	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	0.8	2	D	L	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Oxford United	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.7	2	D	L	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Sunderland	A
20	0	Cardiff City	4	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	2	1	7	0.4	2	D	L	L	D	#	1971-08-31	Bristol City	A
21	0	Watford	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0.2	1	L	D	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Swindon Town	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	4	0.1	0	L	L	L	#	#	1971-08-31	Middlesbrough	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Rotherham United	Dean Court	11,876
MacDougall, Cave, Sainty (p)	Lineups		Bentley
Aston Villa	2	0	Rochdale	Villa Park	24,280
Lochhead, Graydon	Lineups
Barnsley	1	3	Shrewsbury Town	Oakwell	5,152
Hopkinson	Lineups		McLaughlin, Wood 2
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Wrexham	Ewood Park	7,716
Martin, Parkes	Lineups		Davis
Bradford City	2	1	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	6,053
Pickering OG, Owen	Lineups		Robertson
Mansfield Town	0	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Field Mill	4,131
	Lineups		Napier K 3
Notts County	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	15,658
Hateley	Lineups		Hunt 2
Oldham Athletic	1	3	Walsall	Boundary Park	8,407
Garwood	Lineups		Morris, Penman, Woodward
Port Vale	0	2	Chesterfield	Vale Park	4,416
	Lineups		Wilson, Randall
Torquay United	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Plainmoor	8,635
Skirton	Lineups		Jones W
York City	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Bootham Crescent	5,690
Henderson, Aimson	Lineups		Davey, Latcham 2

				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	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	3.5	5	W	W	D	#	#	1971-08-31	Rotherham United	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	1	Aston Villa	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1971-09-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	-3	Notts County	3	1	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	2.3	4	L	W	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Port Vale	A
5	7	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	4	4	1.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Walsall	H
6	0	Bristol Rovers	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	4	D	W	D	#	#	1971-08-31	Swansea City	A
7	6	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.3	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	6	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	1.3	4	W	D	D	#	#	1971-09-04	Aston Villa	H
9	8	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	1	4	W	W	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Mansfield Town	H
10	-2	Swansea City	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-8	Halifax Town	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	1.3	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-09-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	8	Walsall	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	5	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	-4	Tranmere Rovers	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Barnsley	A
14	2	Torquay United	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	2	0.8	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-09-01	Bradford City	H
15	-8	Port Vale	3	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0.7	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-08-30	Notts County	H
16	7	Chesterfield	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	-7	Rotherham United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-08-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-7	Wrexham	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Port Vale	H
19	-4	Barnsley	3	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	1	0	3	0.6	2	L	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	4	Bradford City	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	0.5	2	W	L	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Torquay United	A
21	-3	Rochdale	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	0.3	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-09-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	-3	Oldham Athletic	3	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	1	1	3	0.5	1	L	L	D	#	#	1971-08-31	York City	H
23	-1	York City	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	0.5	1	L	L	D	#	#	1971-08-31	Oldham Athletic	A
24	-3	Mansfield Town	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	1	L	L	D	#	#	1971-09-04	Plymouth Argyle	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Reading	Recreation Ground	8,634	Largest home gate 1971-72
Brodie	Lineups		Chappell 2
Bury	3	0	Colchester United	Gigg Lane	2,557
Jones 2, White	Lineups
Chester	5	1	Gillingham	Sealand Road	3,303
Purdie 4, Loyden	Lineups		Yeo
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Scunthorpe United	Gresty Road	2,800
	Lineups		Jackson, Davidson
Darlington	0	0	Brentford	Feethams Ground	2,514
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Barrow	Belle Vue	3,696
	Lineups		Noble (p)
Grimsby Town	1	1	Workington	Blundell Park	8,478
Tees	Lineups		Spratt (p)
Hartlepool	2	2	Southend United	Victoria Park	5,479
Young 2	Lineups		Best, Johnson
Lincoln City	3	1	Newport County	Sincil Bank	5,275
Gilliver 2, Hubbard	Lineups		Brown
Northampton Town	1	1	Exeter City	County Ground	5,926
McNeil	Lineups		Blain
Peterborough United	4	2	Stockport County	London Road	4,934
Conmy 2, Robson 2	Lineups		Griffiths, Webber

				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	3	Peterborough United	3	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	1	1	2.3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Bury	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	3	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	3	1.8	5	D	W	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	-2	Southport	3	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Northampton Town	H
4	-1	Brentford	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	4	D	D	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Barrow	H
5	4	Lincoln City	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-09-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	Workington	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	1.7	4	D	W	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Exeter City	H
7	7	Barrow	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Brentford	A
8	-2	Northampton Town	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1.5	4	D	D	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Southport	A
9	7	Scunthorpe United	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	4	1	4	W	W	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Southend United	A
10	5	Reading	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	4	W	W	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Stockport County	A
11	11	Chester	3	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	W	L	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Aldershot	A
12	9	Bury	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.3	3	W	D	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Peterborough United	A
13	-5	Hartlepool	3	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.3	3	D	L	W	#	#	1971-08-30	Darlington	H
14	-4	Southend United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	4	1.3	3	D	W	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Scunthorpe United	H
15	-2	Aldershot	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.8	2	L	D	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Chester	H
16	-5	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1971-09-01	Lincoln City	H
17	-5	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	0	2	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1971-08-31	Grimsby Town	A
18	-1	Cambridge United	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	5	0.5	2	L	D	D	#	#	1971-09-01	Gillingham	A
19	-12	Gillingham	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	5	0.5	2	L	W	#	#	#	1971-09-01	Cambridge United	H
20	-2	Colchester United	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0.2	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-08-31	Newport County	A
21	-1	Stockport County	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	3	7	0.6	1	L	D	L	#	#	1971-08-30	Reading	H
22	-3	Newport County	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	7	0.5	1	L	D	L	#	#	1971-08-31	Colchester United	H
23	0	Exeter City	3	0	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	5	0.4	1	D	L	L	#	#	1971-09-01	Workington	A
24	0	Darlington	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	1	D	L	#	#	#	1971-08-30	Hartlepool United	A