1971-09-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Anglo-Italian League Cup Final 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Torino	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Stadio Comunale	28,000

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Stamford Bridge	29,931
Hollins	Lineups
Leeds United	5	1	Newcastle United	Hillsborough, Sheffield	18,623	Played at Hillsborough. Due to ground suspensions
Charlton, Lorimer, Giles (p), Yorath, Madeley	Lineups		OG
Leicester City	0	1	Southampton	Filbert Street	22,055
	Lineups		Channon
Manchester City	1	0	Liverpool	Maine Road	45,144
Mellor	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	Sheffield United	6	3	1	0	9	2	2	0	0	2	0	5.5	11	W	D	W	W	W	1971-09-04	Nottingham Forest	A
2	7	Leeds United	6	1	2	0	6	2	2	0	1	3	3	1.8	8	W	W	D	D	L	1971-09-04	Crystal Palace	H
3	-1	Derby County	6	1	2	0	6	4	1	2	0	4	2	1.667	8	D	D	D	W	W	1971-09-04	Everton	A
4	0	Manchester United	6	2	0	0	6	2	1	2	1	6	6	1.5	8	L	D	W	W	W	1971-09-04	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Stoke City	6	2	0	0	6	2	1	2	1	3	4	1.5	8	D	W	W	W	L	1971-09-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	-3	Liverpool	6	3	0	0	9	5	1	0	2	3	4	1.333	8	L	W	W	L	W	1971-09-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	1	Southampton	6	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	7	7	1.25	8	W	D	W	D	W	1971-09-04	Huddersfield Town	H
8	3	Manchester City	6	3	0	1	9	1	0	1	1	3	4	2.4	7	W	W	L	D	W	1971-09-04	Leicester City	A
9	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	2	0	6	4	0	1	1	2	3	1.143	7	W	D	W	D	L	1971-09-04	Stoke City	A
10	-3	West Bromwich Albion	6	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	1	6	L	D	L	D	W	1971-09-04	Arsenal	H
11	-1	Ipswich Town	6	1	2	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	D	L	D	D	W	1971-09-04	Manchester United	A
12	0	West Ham United	6	2	1	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.25	5	W	W	D	L	L	1971-09-04	Newcastle United	A
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	1	3	7	0.875	5	L	D	W	D	D	1971-09-04	Liverpool	H
14	0	Everton	6	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	3	0.75	5	W	L	W	L	L	1971-09-04	Derby County	H
15	5	Chelsea	6	1	1	1	5	5	1	0	2	2	6	0.636	5	W	W	L	D	L	1971-09-04	Coventry City	H
16	-1	Coventry City	6	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	2	2	8	0.545	5	L	W	D	D	L	1971-09-04	Chelsea	A
17	-1	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
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	1	2	3	6	0.667	4	D	D	L	W	L	1971-09-04	Sheffield United	H
19	-1	Newcastle United	6	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	3	1	8	0.4	4	L	L	D	W	D	1971-09-04	West Ham United	H
20	-1	Leicester City	6	1	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	5	8	0.583	3	L	L	L	L	W	1971-09-04	Manchester City	H
21	0	Crystal Palace	6	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3	1	8	0.4	3	L	D	L	L	L	1971-09-04	Leeds United	A
22	0	Huddersfield Town	6	0	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	2	7	0.417	2	L	L	D	L	L	1971-09-04	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Hull City	1	0	Birmingham City	Boothferry Park	16,746
Pearson	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Orient	Carrow Road	13,940
	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Luton Town	Manor Ground	10,490
Clark D	Lineups		Givens
Portsmouth	1	3	Blackpool	Fratton Park	16,058	Largest home gate 1971-72
Hand	Lineups		Burns, James 2
Sunderland	0	3	Carlisle United	Roker Park	20,998
	Lineups		Hatton, Balderstone, Martin
Watford	0	0	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	10,580
	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	Blackpool	5	3	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	3	2	3.7	8	W	W	L	W	W	1971-09-04	Hull City	A
2	-1	Bristol City	4	2	1	0	7	4	1	0	0	5	1	2.4	7	W	W	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Burnley	A
3	0	Millwall	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	4	4	1.4	6	W	D	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Sunderland	H
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	4	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	5	3	2.3	5	W	D	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Swindon Town	A
5	1	Norwich City	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	5	D	D	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Carlisle United	H
6	9	Hull City	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1.5	5	W	D	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Blackpool	H
7	-2	Burnley	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	6	5	1.3	5	W	L	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Bristol City	H
8	11	Carlisle United	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	1.7	4	W	D	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Norwich City	A
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	4	1.3	4	L	W	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Birmingham City	A
10	2	Orient	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	1	3	1.3	4	D	L	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Luton Town	H
11	-2	Middlesbrough	4	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	2	2	4	1	4	W	L	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Fulham	H
12	2	Oxford United	4	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	D	W	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Preston North End	A
13	-2	Preston North End	4	1	0	1	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	4	L	D	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Oxford United	H
14	-7	Sunderland	4	1	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.8	4	L	W	D	D	#	1971-09-04	Millwall	A
15	-5	Portsmouth	4	2	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	3	0.7	4	L	W	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	1	Swindon Town	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	4	0.6	4	D	D	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	-4	Birmingham City	4	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	2	1	3	0.8	3	L	L	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Luton Town	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	0.8	3	D	D	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Orient	A
19	-3	Fulham	4	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0.6	3	L	D	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Cardiff City	5	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	9	0.3	2	L	D	L	L	D	1971-09-04	Watford	A
21	0	Watford	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0.2	2	D	L	D	L	#	1971-09-04	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	1	6	0.2	0	L	L	L	L	#	1971-09-04	Portsmouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Walsall	Gay Meadow	6,873
Roberts D, Wood, Andrews 2	Lineups		Manning
Torquay United	2	1	Bradford City	Plainmoor	5,825
Skirton, Rudge (1p)	Lineups		Middleton

				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	AFC Bournemouth	4	3	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.5	7	W	W	D	W	#	1971-09-04	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	8	3	2.75	7	W	W	W	D	#	1971-09-04	York City	H
3	0	Notts County	4	1	0	1	5	2	2	0	0	5	1	3.333	6	W	L	W	W	#	1971-09-04	Walsall	A
4	2	Shrewsbury Town	4	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	4	4	2	6	W	W	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Swansea City	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	4	5	W	D	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Barnsley	H
6	-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
7	7	Torquay United	4	2	1	0	6	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	5	W	D	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Rotherham United	A
8	-1	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	1.333	4	W	D	D	#	#	1971-09-04	Aston Villa	H
9	-1	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	-1	Blackburn Rovers	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	4	L	W	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Chesterfield	A
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	4	D	D	L	W	#	1971-09-03	Rochdale	A
12	-1	Bristol Rovers	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	3	0.75	4	L	D	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Bradford City	H
13	-1	Halifax Town	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	1.333	3	L	W	D	#	#	1971-09-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	-1	Walsall	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	6	9	0.7	3	L	W	D	L	#	1971-09-04	Notts County	H
15	0	Barnsley	4	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	1	0	3	0.625	3	D	L	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Swansea City	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	4	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	3	0.625	3	W	L	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	0	Port Vale	4	0	1	2	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0.333	3	L	L	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Wrexham	A
18	0	Chesterfield	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	0	Wrexham	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Port Vale	H
20	0	Rotherham United	4	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	2	5	0.778	2	L	L	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Torquay United	H
21	0	Bradford City	4	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	5	0.5	2	L	W	L	L	#	1971-09-04	Bristol Rovers	A
22	0	Rochdale	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	6	0.286	2	L	W	L	#	#	1971-09-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
23	0	York City	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	4	0.429	1	L	L	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	0	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
Aldershot	0	0	Chester	Recreation Ground	4,601
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	2,581
Bowles (p), Bradshaw 2	Lineups		Trevis
Gillingham	2	0	Cambridge United	Priestfield Stadium	6,424
Williams, Yeo	Lineups
Workington	0	0	Exeter City	Borough Park	2,595
	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	Peterborough United	4	3	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	1	1	3	7	W	W	D	W	#	1971-09-04	Exeter City	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	4	2	1	0	8	3	1	0	0	4	3	2	7	W	D	W	W	#	1971-09-04	Barrow	A
3	0	Brentford	4	1	1	0	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	7	6	W	D	D	W	#	1971-09-04	Hartlepool	H
4	0	Southport	4	3	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	1	2	4.333	6	W	W	L	W	#	1971-09-03	Colchester United	A
5	0	Reading	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	4	4	1.25	6	W	W	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Darlington	H
6	0	Scunthorpe United	4	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	6	6	1.143	6	W	W	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	1	Workington	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	1.667	5	D	D	W	D	#	1971-09-04	Chester	H
8	3	Chester	4	1	1	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	D	W	L	D	#	1971-09-04	Workington	A
9	9	Crewe Alexandra	4	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	1	1	2	1.167	4	W	L	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Cambridge United	A
10	-3	Lincoln City	4	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	5	1.167	4	L	W	L	W	#	1971-09-03	Stockport County	A
11	10	Gillingham	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	5	0.833	4	W	L	W	#	#	1971-09-04	Aldershot	H
12	-3	Barrow	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	4	0.5	4	L	W	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Grimsby Town	H
13	-3	Northampton Town	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	0.5	4	L	D	D	W	#	1971-09-04	Newport County	A
14	-2	Hartlepool	4	1	1	1	7	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	L	D	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Brentford	A
15	-2	Southend United	4	1	0	1	5	3	0	1	1	2	4	1	3	L	D	W	L	#	1971-09-04	Bury	H
16	-2	Bury	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	1	2	4	0.833	3	L	W	D	L	#	1971-09-04	Southend United	A
17	0	Aldershot	4	0	2	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.8	3	D	L	D	D	#	1971-09-04	Gillingham	A
18	-3	Newport County	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	2	3	7	0.667	3	W	L	D	L	#	1971-09-04	Northampton Town	H
19	-3	Darlington	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	0.6	3	W	D	L	#	#	1971-09-04	Reading	A
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	4	1	0	1	4	3	0	0	2	1	5	0.625	2	L	L	L	W	#	1971-09-04	Scunthorpe United	A
21	3	Exeter City	4	0	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	1	5	0.444	2	D	D	L	L	#	1971-09-04	Peterborough United	H
22	-2	Cambridge United	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	7	0.375	2	L	L	D	D	#	1971-09-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	-1	Colchester United	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	7	0.286	2	L	L	W	L	#	1971-09-03	Southport	H
24	-1	Stockport County	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	3	7	0.5	1	L	L	D	L	#	1971-09-03	Lincoln City	H