1971-09-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	42,872
Baldwin	Lineups		McFarland
Everton	2	1	Arsenal	Goodison Park	39,710
Johnson, Royle	Lineups		Kennedy
Leeds United	1	0	Liverpool	Elland Road	41,381
Lorimer	Lineups
Leicester City	0	1	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	30,143
	Lineups		Woodward
Manchester United	4	2	West Ham United	Old Trafford	55,339
Best 3, Charlton	Lineups		Best, Brooking
Newcastle United	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	29,347
Hibbitt, Tudor	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Manchester City	City Ground	21,488
McKenzie, Storey-Moore (p)	Lineups		Davies, Lee (p)
Southampton	3	1	Coventry City	The Dell	17,443
Fisher, Paine, Channon	Lineups		Hunt
Stoke City	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	16,463
Conroy	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Crystal Palace	White Hart Lane	37,239
Peters (p), Chivers, Mullery	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	18,885
Brown T	Lineups		Robertson, Viljoen

				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	9	3	2	0	11	4	4	0	0	6	2	2.833	16	W	D	W	W	D	1971-09-25	Chelsea	H
2	1	Manchester United	9	4	0	0	11	4	2	2	1	9	7	1.818	14	W	W	W	L	D	1971-09-25	Liverpool	A
3	-1	Derby County	9	2	2	0	10	4	2	3	0	7	3	2.429	13	D	W	W	D	D	1971-09-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	1	Leeds United	9	3	2	0	9	2	2	0	2	3	5	1.714	12	W	L	W	W	W	1971-09-25	Huddersfield Town	A
5	-1	Manchester City	9	4	0	1	11	2	0	3	1	5	6	2	11	D	W	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Southampton	H
6	4	Tottenham Hotspur	8	3	1	0	9	1	0	3	1	5	9	1.4	10	W	D	W	L	D	1971-09-25	Coventry City	A
7	4	Southampton	9	2	1	1	7	4	2	1	2	7	8	1.167	10	W	L	L	W	D	1971-09-25	Manchester City	A
8	-1	Liverpool	9	4	0	0	10	5	1	0	4	3	7	1.083	10	L	W	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Manchester United	H
9	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	3	0	7	5	1	1	2	3	5	1	10	L	D	W	W	D	1971-09-25	Nottingham Forest	H
10	2	Stoke City	9	3	0	1	7	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.909	10	W	L	L	D	W	1971-09-25	West Ham United	A
11	-3	Arsenal	8	2	0	2	5	2	2	0	2	4	5	1.286	8	L	W	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Leicester City	H
12	-3	West Ham United	9	3	1	1	7	2	0	1	3	4	9	1	8	L	W	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Stoke City	H
13	4	Ipswich Town	9	1	2	2	4	5	1	2	1	2	2	0.857	8	W	L	L	D	L	1971-09-25	Newcastle United	H
14	5	Everton	9	3	0	2	5	4	0	2	2	1	4	0.75	8	W	D	L	W	L	1971-09-25	Crystal Palace	A
15	1	Chelsea	9	1	3	1	9	9	1	0	3	3	8	0.706	7	D	L	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Sheffield United	A
16	5	Newcastle United	9	2	2	0	7	4	0	1	4	2	10	0.643	7	W	L	D	L	L	1971-09-25	Ipswich Town	A
17	-4	Coventry City	9	1	3	0	5	4	0	2	3	6	14	0.611	7	L	D	D	L	W	1971-09-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	2	Nottingham Forest	9	1	2	2	7	8	0	2	2	4	7	0.733	6	D	D	L	D	D	1971-09-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	-5	West Bromwich Albion	9	1	1	2	4	4	1	1	3	2	5	0.667	6	L	L	L	L	D	1971-09-25	Derby County	A
20	-5	Leicester City	9	1	1	3	2	5	1	1	2	7	9	0.643	6	L	W	D	L	L	1971-09-25	Arsenal	A
21	-3	Huddersfield Town	9	1	1	2	4	5	1	1	3	4	9	0.571	6	L	W	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Leeds United	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	9	1	1	2	4	5	0	0	5	1	13	0.278	3	L	L	L	L	D	1971-09-25	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Bristol City	St Andrew's	28,745
Latchford R	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Turf Moor	13,795
Bellamy	Lineups
Hull City	1	3	Portsmouth	Boothferry Park	14,363
Pearson	Lineups		Hand, Piper, McCann
Middlesbrough	1	0	Cardiff City	Ayresome Park	18,288
Gates	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	12,433
Possee, Cripps (p)	Lineups		Anderson 2
Norwich City	3	2	Oxford United	Carrow Road	13,749
Howard, Silvester 2	Lineups		Cassidy, Thompson
Orient	2	1	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	7,068
Allen, Dyson	Lineups		Hatton
Preston North End	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	13,198
Clark, Ham	Lineups		Treacy
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Sunderland	Hillsborough	13,710
Pugh, Joicey, Sinclair	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	0	Fulham	County Ground	13,973
Noble, Rogers, Jones C, Butler	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Blackpool	Vicarage Road	10,594
Eddy	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	Norwich City	7	3	1	0	7	3	1	2	0	3	2	2	11	W	W	W	D	D	1971-09-25	Bristol City	A
2	-1	Bristol City	7	3	1	0	11	4	1	1	1	6	3	2.429	10	L	W	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Norwich City	H
3	3	Burnley	7	2	1	0	4	2	2	1	1	8	5	1.714	10	W	W	D	W	L	1971-09-25	Charlton Athletic	A
4	3	Middlesbrough	7	4	0	0	8	3	1	0	2	4	4	1.714	10	W	W	W	W	L	1971-09-25	Luton Town	A
5	-2	Millwall	7	2	2	0	6	4	1	2	0	6	5	1.333	10	D	W	D	W	D	1971-09-25	Portsmouth	A
6	3	Portsmouth	7	3	0	1	7	6	1	1	1	5	5	1.091	9	W	W	D	L	W	1971-09-25	Millwall	H
7	-3	Queens Park Rangers	7	2	1	0	6	2	1	1	2	5	4	1.833	8	L	W	D	W	D	1971-09-25	Watford	H
8	-3	Blackpool	8	3	0	1	9	3	1	0	3	3	4	1.714	8	L	L	L	W	W	1971-09-25	Birmingham City	H
9	3	Birmingham City	7	3	0	0	8	3	0	2	2	1	3	1.5	8	W	D	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Blackpool	A
10	3	Preston North End	7	3	0	1	6	4	0	2	1	2	3	1.143	8	W	L	W	L	D	1971-09-25	Sunderland	A
11	6	Swindon Town	7	2	1	0	6	1	0	2	2	1	5	1.167	7	W	L	D	D	D	1971-09-25	Cardiff City	A
12	2	Orient	7	2	1	0	6	2	0	2	2	3	6	1.125	7	W	L	D	D	L	1971-09-25	Fulham	A
13	-5	Sunderland	7	2	1	1	4	4	0	2	1	2	5	0.667	7	L	W	D	L	W	1971-09-25	Preston North End	H
14	-4	Hull City	7	3	0	1	4	3	0	1	2	1	6	0.556	7	L	L	W	W	D	1971-09-25	Carlisle United	A
15	-4	Carlisle United	7	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	6	6	1.333	6	L	W	L	W	D	1971-09-25	Hull City	H
16	-1	Luton Town	7	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	1	4	5	0.857	6	D	D	D	D	D	1971-09-25	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Cardiff City	8	1	2	0	6	5	0	1	4	3	12	0.529	5	L	W	D	L	D	1971-09-25	Swindon Town	H
18	3	Watford	7	1	3	0	4	3	0	0	3	0	7	0.4	5	W	L	D	D	L	1971-09-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-1	Oxford United	7	1	2	1	5	5	0	0	3	2	5	0.7	4	L	L	L	D	W	1971-09-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	7	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	4	4	10	0.583	4	L	L	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Burnley	H
21	1	Sheffield Wednesday	7	1	1	1	5	6	0	0	4	3	9	0.533	3	W	L	D	L	L	1971-09-25	Oxford United	A
22	-2	Fulham	7	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	0	8	0.231	3	L	L	L	L	D	1971-09-25	Orient	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	York City	Burnden Park	12,192
	Lineups		Calloway
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Notts County	Goldstone Ground	13,443
O'Sullivan	Lineups		Needham
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Barnsley	Eastville	9,286
Allan 2, Godfrey	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,960
Fenoughty 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Aston Villa	The Shay	7,462	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Graydon
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Home Park	10,244
Hinch, Bickle	Lineups		Storton 2
Rochdale	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Spotland	10,926	Largest home gate 1971-72
Gowans	Lineups		Fryatt
Rotherham United	2	0	Bradford City	Millmoor	5,808
Gilbert, Mullen	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Port Vale	Gay Meadow	5,443
	Lineups
Swansea City	0	0	Torquay United	Vetch Field	7,396
	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Fellows Park	4,235
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	3	AFC Bournemouth	Racecourse Ground	6,667
Provan	Lineups		Miller, Cave, Boyer

				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	2	AFC Bournemouth	7	4	0	0	11	3	1	1	1	3	2	2.8	11	W	W	L	W	W	1971-09-25	Chesterfield	H
2	-1	Notts County	7	2	0	1	6	2	3	1	0	8	3	2.8	11	D	W	W	W	L	1971-09-25	Bristol Rovers	H
3	-1	Swansea City	7	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	0	4	0	8	10	D	W	W	W	D	1971-09-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	7	3	1	0	9	5	1	1	1	4	5	1.3	10	D	W	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Oldham Athletic	A
5	2	Aston Villa	6	3	0	0	7	1	1	1	1	2	3	2.25	9	W	W	L	W	D	1971-09-22	Mansfield Town	H
6	0	Torquay United	8	2	3	0	9	7	0	2	1	2	4	1	9	D	D	D	D	W	1971-09-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	-2	Bolton Wanderers	6	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	7	3	2.25	8	L	W	W	W	D	1971-09-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	3	Bristol Rovers	7	3	0	0	12	2	0	2	2	3	6	1.875	8	W	L	W	L	D	1971-09-25	Notts County	A
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	1	1	1	4	4	2	1	1	8	5	1.333	8	D	L	L	W	W	1971-09-25	Torquay United	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	7	2	1	1	7	7	1	1	1	6	6	1	8	D	W	W	W	L	1971-09-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	3	Chesterfield	6	2	0	1	5	2	1	1	1	6	5	1.571	7	W	D	W	W	L	1971-09-25	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	-4	Halifax Town	6	2	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	3	3	1.4	7	L	W	W	L	W	1971-09-25	Port Vale	A
13	-1	Shrewsbury Town	7	2	1	1	8	5	1	0	2	4	5	1.2	7	D	L	L	W	W	1971-09-25	Bradford City	A
14	-1	Port Vale	7	0	2	2	1	6	2	1	0	3	1	0.571	7	D	D	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Halifax Town	H
15	2	Rotherham United	7	2	1	1	9	6	0	1	2	2	5	1	6	W	D	D	L	L	1971-09-25	Mansfield Town	A
16	2	York City	7	0	2	1	3	4	2	0	2	4	4	0.875	6	W	D	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Walsall	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	7	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	2	4	6	0.857	6	D	D	L	D	D	1971-09-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	-2	Rochdale	7	2	1	0	5	3	0	1	3	2	11	0.5	6	D	D	L	W	L	1971-09-25	Barnsley	A
19	0	Walsall	8	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	3	10	14	0.706	5	D	L	D	L	L	1971-09-25	York City	A
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	0	1	4	5	0	1	3	0	4	0.444	5	D	L	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Swansea City	H
21	0	Wrexham	6	1	0	2	5	6	0	1	2	3	5	0.727	3	L	D	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Barnsley	7	1	1	2	6	7	0	0	3	0	8	0.4	3	L	L	L	D	L	1971-09-25	Rochdale	H
23	0	Bradford City	7	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	4	3	14	0.368	3	L	D	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	6	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	3	2	7	0.167	1	L	L	L	L	L	1971-09-22	Aston Villa	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	2	Southport	Holker Street	3,195
	Lineups		Field (p), Hartle
Brentford	5	1	Peterborough United	Griffin Park	8,770
Neilson, Graham, Docherty, O'Mara, Ross	Lineups		Price
Cambridge United	6	0	Darlington	Abbey Stadium	4,561
Greenhalgh 4, Corr OG, Collins (p)	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Chester	St James Park	4,040
Wingate	Lineups		Moore
Gillingham	1	0	Hartlepool	Priestfield Stadium	5,477
Yeo	Lineups
Newport County	2	3	Aldershot	Somerton Park	3,380
White, Aizlewood	Lineups		Walden, Howarth, Melia
Reading	0	2	Bury	Elm Park	5,617
	Lineups		Connelly, Robson
Workington	0	0	Lincoln City	Borough Park	2,291
	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	3	Brentford	7	3	1	0	16	2	1	1	1	3	3	3.8	10	W	L	W	W	D	1971-09-25	Chester	A
2	3	Southport	7	4	0	0	16	3	1	0	2	3	3	3.167	10	W	W	L	W	W	1971-09-24	Workington	H
3	-2	Grimsby Town	7	3	1	0	11	4	1	1	1	5	6	1.6	10	L	W	D	W	D	1971-09-25	Stockport County	H
4	-2	Scunthorpe United	7	1	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	7	6	1.286	10	D	W	D	W	W	1971-09-25	Aldershot	A
5	1	Workington	7	1	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	6	4	2	9	D	W	D	D	D	1971-09-24	Southport	A
6	-3	Reading	7	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	1.167	9	L	D	W	W	W	1971-09-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	7	Cambridge United	7	2	1	0	10	3	1	1	2	3	7	1.3	8	W	W	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Lincoln City	A
8	4	Aldershot	7	0	3	1	3	4	2	1	0	5	3	1.143	8	W	D	W	D	L	1971-09-25	Scunthorpe United	H
9	4	Gillingham	6	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	1	2	5	1	8	W	W	L	W	L	1971-09-25	Peterborough United	A
10	-3	Northampton Town	7	1	1	0	3	1	1	3	1	3	6	0.857	8	D	W	D	L	D	1971-09-25	Colchester United	H
11	0	Chester	7	1	2	0	6	2	0	3	1	1	2	1.75	7	D	D	D	D	W	1971-09-25	Brentford	H
12	-3	Southend United	7	2	1	1	8	4	0	2	1	2	4	1.25	7	W	D	D	L	D	1971-09-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	-5	Peterborough United	7	3	0	1	8	3	0	1	2	4	9	1	7	L	L	L	W	W	1971-09-25	Gillingham	H
14	-4	Doncaster Rovers	7	2	0	1	6	4	1	1	2	3	6	0.9	7	W	W	D	L	L	1971-09-25	Southend United	H
15	5	Bury	7	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	1	4	4	1	6	W	L	D	L	W	1971-09-25	Exeter City	H
16	1	Lincoln City	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	1	3	4	9	0.9	6	D	D	L	L	W	1971-09-25	Cambridge United	H
17	-2	Colchester United	7	3	0	0	6	2	0	0	4	1	9	0.636	6	W	L	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Northampton Town	A
18	-2	Barrow	7	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	1	1	4	0.375	6	L	D	D	L	W	1971-09-25	Hartlepool	A
19	3	Exeter City	7	1	1	1	7	7	0	2	2	2	7	0.643	5	D	L	W	D	D	1971-09-25	Bury	A
20	-2	Darlington	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	3	13	0.385	5	L	W	L	W	D	1971-09-25	Newport County	H
21	-2	Crewe Alexandra	7	2	0	2	6	5	0	0	3	5	9	0.786	4	L	L	L	W	L	1971-09-25	Reading	H
22	-1	Newport County	7	1	2	1	6	6	0	0	3	5	11	0.647	4	L	L	D	W	L	1971-09-25	Darlington	A
23	0	Stockport County	7	1	1	2	7	7	0	0	3	3	9	0.625	3	L	L	W	L	L	1971-09-25	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Hartlepool	7	1	1	2	8	9	0	0	3	0	8	0.471	3	L	L	L	L	D	1971-09-25	Barrow	H