1971-09-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Leicester City	Highbury	40,201
Radford 2, Rice	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	26,517
Carr	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Everton	Selhurst Park	25,594
Jenkins, Scott	Lineups		Blyth OG
Derby County	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Baseball Ground	30,628
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Leeds United	Leeds Road	26,340
Lawson J, Ellam	Lineups		Charlton
Ipswich Town	0	0	Newcastle United	Portman Road	18,724
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Manchester United	Anfield Road	55,634	Largest home gate 1971-72
Graham, Hall	Lineups		Charlton, Law
Manchester City	3	0	Southampton	Maine Road	27,897
Bell, Davies, Lee	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Chelsea	Bramall Lane	40,651
Scullion	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Stoke City	Upton Park	29,193
Best, Moore	Lineups		Ritchie
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2	Nottingham Forest	Molineux	20,631
Dougan 3, McCalliog	Lineups		Storey-Moore, Martin

				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	10	4	2	0	12	4	4	0	0	6	2	3	18	W	W	D	W	W	1971-10-02	Manchester United	A
2	0	Manchester United	10	4	0	0	11	4	2	3	1	11	9	1.692	15	D	W	W	W	L	1971-10-02	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Derby County	10	2	3	0	10	4	2	3	0	7	3	2.429	14	D	D	W	W	D	1971-10-02	Newcastle United	A
4	1	Manchester City	10	5	0	1	14	2	0	3	1	5	6	2.375	13	W	D	W	D	W	1971-10-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	-1	Leeds United	10	3	2	0	9	2	2	0	3	4	7	1.444	12	L	W	L	W	W	1971-10-02	West Ham United	H
6	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	3	3	0	11	7	1	1	2	3	5	1.167	12	W	L	D	W	W	1971-10-02	Chelsea	A
7	1	Liverpool	10	4	1	0	12	7	1	0	4	3	7	1.071	11	D	L	W	L	L	1971-10-02	Stoke City	A
8	3	Arsenal	9	3	0	2	8	2	2	0	2	4	5	1.714	10	W	L	W	W	L	1971-10-02	Southampton	A
9	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	1	0	9	1	0	3	2	5	10	1.273	10	L	W	D	W	L	1971-10-02	Ipswich Town	H
10	2	West Ham United	10	4	1	1	9	3	0	1	3	4	9	1.083	10	W	L	W	D	W	1971-10-02	Leeds United	A
11	-4	Southampton	10	2	1	1	7	4	2	1	3	7	11	0.933	10	L	W	L	L	W	1971-10-02	Arsenal	H
12	-2	Stoke City	10	3	0	1	7	3	1	2	3	4	10	0.846	10	L	W	L	L	D	1971-10-02	Liverpool	H
13	0	Ipswich Town	10	1	3	2	4	5	1	2	1	2	2	0.857	9	D	W	L	L	D	1971-10-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	3	Coventry City	10	2	3	0	6	4	0	2	3	6	14	0.667	9	W	L	D	D	L	1971-10-02	Everton	A
15	-1	Everton	10	3	0	2	5	4	0	2	3	2	6	0.7	8	L	W	D	L	W	1971-10-02	Coventry City	H
16	5	Huddersfield Town	10	2	1	2	6	6	1	1	3	4	9	0.667	8	W	L	W	W	L	1971-10-02	Nottingham Forest	A
17	-1	Newcastle United	10	2	2	0	7	4	0	2	4	2	10	0.643	8	D	W	L	D	L	1971-10-02	Derby County	H
18	-3	Chelsea	10	1	3	1	9	9	1	0	4	3	9	0.667	7	L	D	L	D	W	1971-10-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	10	1	1	2	4	4	1	2	3	2	5	0.667	7	D	L	L	L	L	1971-10-02	Manchester City	H
20	-2	Nottingham Forest	10	1	2	2	7	8	0	2	3	6	11	0.684	6	L	D	D	L	D	1971-10-02	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-1	Leicester City	10	1	1	3	2	5	1	1	3	7	12	0.529	6	L	L	W	D	L	1971-10-02	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	10	2	1	2	6	6	0	0	5	1	13	0.368	5	W	L	L	L	L	1971-10-02	Leicester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	1	Birmingham City	Bloomfield Road	22,610	Largest home gate 1971-72
Suddick	Lineups		Francis
Bristol City	0	1	Norwich City	Ashton Gate	18,528
	Lineups		Stringer
Cardiff City	0	1	Swindon Town	Ninian Park	16,275
	Lineups		Jones C
Carlisle United	2	1	Hull City	Brunton Park	9,879
Hatton, Martin	Lineups		Wagstaff
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Burnley	The Valley	8,920
Went (p), Peacock	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Orient	Craven Cottage	9,153
Barrett, Earle	Lineups		Dyson (p)
Luton Town	3	2	Middlesbrough	Kenilworth Road	13,001
Halom, Wainwright, Anderson	Lineups		Hickton, Maddren
Oxford United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Manor Ground	8,173
Lucas	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Millwall	Fratton Park	15,485
Hiron	Lineups		Bridges
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Watford	Loftus Road	15,698
Marsh 2, McCulloch	Lineups
Sunderland	4	3	Preston North End	Roker Park	13,102
Pitt, Tueart 2, Hamilton	Lineups		Ham, McIlmoyle (p), Lyall

				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	Norwich City	8	3	1	0	7	3	2	2	0	4	2	2.2	13	W	W	W	W	D	1971-09-28	Preston North End	A
2	3	Millwall	8	2	2	0	6	4	1	3	0	7	6	1.3	11	D	D	W	D	W	1971-09-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	4	Queens Park Rangers	8	3	1	0	9	2	1	1	2	5	4	2.333	10	W	L	W	D	W	1971-09-29	Oxford United	A
4	-2	Bristol City	8	3	1	1	11	5	1	1	1	6	3	2.125	10	L	L	W	D	W	1971-09-28	Blackpool	H
5	-1	Middlesbrough	8	4	0	0	8	3	1	0	3	6	7	1.4	10	L	W	W	W	W	1971-09-29	Sunderland	A
6	-3	Burnley	8	2	1	0	4	2	2	1	2	8	7	1.333	10	L	W	W	D	W	1971-09-28	Orient	H
7	-1	Portsmouth	8	3	1	1	8	7	1	1	1	5	5	1.083	10	D	W	W	D	L	1971-10-02	Watford	A
8	0	Blackpool	9	3	1	1	10	4	1	0	3	3	4	1.625	9	D	L	L	L	W	1971-09-28	Bristol City	A
9	0	Birmingham City	8	3	0	0	8	3	0	3	2	2	4	1.429	9	D	W	D	W	L	1971-09-28	Watford	H
10	1	Swindon Town	8	2	1	0	6	1	1	2	2	2	5	1.333	9	W	W	L	D	D	1971-09-29	Hull City	A
11	2	Sunderland	8	3	1	1	8	7	0	2	1	2	5	0.833	9	W	L	W	D	L	1971-09-29	Middlesbrough	H
12	3	Carlisle United	8	2	2	0	4	1	1	0	3	6	6	1.429	8	W	L	W	L	W	1971-09-28	Charlton Athletic	H
13	-3	Preston North End	8	3	0	1	6	4	0	2	2	5	7	1	8	L	W	L	W	L	1971-09-28	Norwich City	H
14	2	Luton Town	8	1	3	0	5	4	0	3	1	4	5	1	8	W	D	D	D	D	1971-09-28	Fulham	H
15	-3	Orient	8	2	1	0	6	2	0	2	3	4	8	1	7	L	W	L	D	D	1971-09-28	Burnley	A
16	-2	Hull City	8	3	0	1	4	3	0	1	3	2	8	0.545	7	L	L	L	W	W	1971-09-29	Swindon Town	H
17	2	Oxford United	8	2	2	1	6	5	0	0	3	2	5	0.8	6	W	L	L	L	D	1971-09-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	2	Charlton Athletic	8	3	0	1	5	2	0	0	4	4	10	0.75	6	W	L	L	L	L	1971-09-28	Carlisle United	A
19	-2	Cardiff City	9	1	2	1	6	6	0	1	4	3	12	0.5	5	L	L	W	D	L	1971-10-02	Preston North End	A
20	2	Fulham	8	2	1	2	5	6	0	0	3	0	8	0.357	5	W	L	L	L	L	1971-09-28	Luton Town	A
21	-3	Watford	8	1	3	0	4	3	0	0	4	0	10	0.308	5	L	W	L	D	D	1971-09-28	Birmingham City	A
22	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	8	1	1	1	5	6	0	0	5	3	10	0.5	3	L	W	L	D	L	1971-09-27	Millwall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Chesterfield	Dean Court	10,681
MacDougall (p)	Lineups
Aston Villa	2	0	Wrexham	Villa Park	22,997
Anderson (p), Graydon	Lineups
Barnsley	3	3	Rochdale	Oakwell	5,805
Seal, Millar, Waddell	Lineups		Jenkins 2, Cross
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Swansea City	Ewood Park	6,695
Rogers	Lineups		Evans B, Jones OG
Bradford City	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Valley Parade	4,259
Corner, O'Neill	Lineups		Wood
Mansfield Town	0	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	4,797
	Lineups		Johnson
Notts County	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	13,101
Masson (p), Roberts OG	Lineups		Jones R 2, Allan
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	9,929
	Lineups		Latcham
Port Vale	1	0	Halifax Town	Vale Park	3,724
Gough	Lineups
Torquay United	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	5,550
Jackson, Skirton	Lineups		Lutton, Irvine
York City	2	0	Walsall	Bootham Crescent	5,294
McMahon 2	Lineups

				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	8	5	0	0	12	3	1	1	1	3	2	3	13	W	W	W	L	W	1971-09-29	Notts County	A
2	1	Swansea City	8	2	1	1	4	1	3	1	0	6	1	5	12	W	D	W	W	W	1971-09-28	Rotherham United	A
3	1	Plymouth Argyle	8	3	1	0	9	5	2	1	1	5	5	1.4	12	W	D	W	D	W	1971-09-27	Rochdale	A
4	2	Aston Villa	8	4	0	1	9	2	1	1	1	2	3	2.2	11	W	L	W	W	L	1971-09-28	Barnsley	A
5	-3	Notts County	8	2	0	2	8	5	3	1	0	8	3	2	11	L	D	W	W	W	1971-09-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	2	Bristol Rovers	8	3	0	0	12	2	1	2	2	6	8	1.8	10	W	W	L	W	L	1971-09-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Torquay United	9	2	4	0	11	9	0	2	1	2	4	1	10	D	D	D	D	D	1971-09-29	Oldham Athletic	H
8	-3	Bolton Wanderers	7	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	7	3	2.25	9	D	L	W	W	W	1971-09-29	Halifax Town	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	1	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	10	7	1.273	9	D	D	L	L	W	1971-09-29	Bristol Rovers	H
10	5	Port Vale	8	1	2	2	2	6	2	1	0	3	1	0.714	9	W	D	D	W	L	1971-09-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	6	York City	8	1	2	1	5	4	2	0	2	4	4	1.125	8	W	W	D	W	L	1971-09-29	Bradford City	A
12	4	Rotherham United	8	2	1	1	9	6	1	1	2	3	5	1.091	8	W	W	D	D	L	1971-09-28	Swansea City	H
13	-3	Oldham Athletic	8	2	1	2	7	8	1	1	1	6	6	0.929	8	L	D	W	W	W	1971-09-29	Torquay United	A
14	-3	Chesterfield	7	2	0	1	5	2	1	1	2	6	6	1.375	7	L	W	D	W	W	1971-09-28	Walsall	A
15	-3	Halifax Town	7	2	0	1	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	1.167	7	L	L	W	W	L	1971-09-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	-3	Shrewsbury Town	8	2	1	1	8	5	1	0	3	5	7	1.083	7	L	D	L	L	W	1971-09-29	Wrexham	H
17	-3	Tranmere Rovers	8	1	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	4	6	0.857	7	D	D	D	L	D	1971-09-27	Mansfield Town	H
18	0	Rochdale	8	2	1	0	5	3	0	2	3	5	14	0.588	7	D	D	D	L	W	1971-09-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	0	Walsall	9	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	4	10	16	0.632	5	L	D	L	D	L	1971-09-28	Chesterfield	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	0	2	5	7	0	1	3	0	4	0.455	5	L	D	L	L	L	1971-09-27	Port Vale	A
21	2	Bradford City	8	2	1	1	6	6	0	0	4	3	14	0.45	5	W	L	D	L	L	1971-09-29	York City	H
22	0	Barnsley	8	1	2	2	9	10	0	0	3	0	8	0.5	4	D	L	L	L	D	1971-09-28	Aston Villa	H
23	-2	Wrexham	7	1	0	2	5	6	0	1	3	3	7	0.615	3	L	L	D	L	L	1971-09-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	8	0	1	3	0	6	1	0	3	3	7	0.231	3	L	W	L	L	L	1971-09-27	Tranmere Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Recreation Ground	4,675
Bennett (p)	Lineups		Heath
Bury	4	3	Exeter City	Gigg Lane	2,627
Jones 3, Rudd	Lineups		Wingate, Gadston, Binney
Chester	0	0	Brentford	Sealand Road	4,088
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Reading	Gresty Road	2,300
Bradshaw, East	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Newport County	Feethams Ground	2,254
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Southend United	Belle Vue	3,884
	Lineups		Garner, Best
Grimsby Town	4	1	Stockport County	Blundell Park	9,810
Hickman, Tees, Woodward 2	Lineups		Collier
Hartlepool	4	3	Barrow	Victoria Park	2,641
Ellis, Welsh, Green, Warnock	Lineups		Garbett, Rowlands, Renton
Lincoln City	3	1	Cambridge United	Sincil Bank	5,679
Hubbard 2, Gilliver	Lineups		Phillips
Northampton Town	1	1	Colchester United	County Ground	5,800
Hawkins	Lineups		Hall
Peterborough United	2	1	Gillingham	London Road	5,492
Price 2	Lineups		Yeo

				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	Grimsby Town	8	4	1	0	15	5	1	1	1	5	6	1.818	12	W	L	W	D	W	1971-09-29	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Brentford	8	3	1	0	16	2	1	2	1	3	3	3.8	11	D	W	L	W	W	1971-09-27	Stockport County	H
3	-2	Southport	8	4	1	0	18	5	1	0	2	3	3	2.625	11	D	W	W	L	W	1971-09-29	Aldershot	A
4	1	Scunthorpe United	8	1	2	0	2	1	3	1	1	8	7	1.25	11	D	D	W	D	W	1971-09-28	Colchester United	H
5	-2	Workington	8	1	3	0	2	0	1	3	0	8	6	1.667	10	D	D	W	D	D	1971-09-29	Gillingham	A
6	6	Southend United	8	2	1	1	8	4	1	2	1	4	4	1.5	9	W	W	D	D	L	1971-09-27	Newport County	H
7	1	Aldershot	8	0	4	1	4	5	2	1	0	5	3	1.125	9	D	W	D	W	D	1971-09-29	Southport	H
8	5	Peterborough United	8	4	0	1	10	4	0	1	2	4	9	1.077	9	W	L	L	L	W	1971-09-27	Hartlepool	A
9	1	Northampton Town	8	1	2	0	4	2	1	3	1	3	6	0.875	9	D	D	W	D	L	1971-09-29	Chester	A
10	-4	Reading	8	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	2	4	6	0.875	9	L	L	D	W	W	1971-09-27	Barrow	A
11	0	Chester	8	1	3	0	6	2	0	3	1	1	2	1.75	8	D	D	D	D	D	1971-09-29	Northampton Town	H
12	3	Bury	8	2	0	2	7	6	1	2	1	4	4	1.1	8	W	W	L	D	L	1971-09-27	Darlington	A
13	3	Lincoln City	8	3	1	0	8	2	0	1	3	4	9	1.091	8	W	D	D	L	L	1971-09-29	Grimsby Town	H
14	-7	Cambridge United	8	2	1	0	10	3	1	1	3	4	10	1.077	8	L	W	W	W	L	1971-09-29	Exeter City	H
15	-6	Gillingham	7	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	2	3	7	0.889	8	L	W	W	L	W	1971-09-29	Workington	H
16	-2	Doncaster Rovers	8	2	0	2	6	6	1	1	2	3	6	0.75	7	L	W	W	D	L	1971-09-29	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	0	Colchester United	8	3	0	0	6	2	0	1	4	2	10	0.667	7	D	W	L	W	L	1971-09-28	Scunthorpe United	A
18	3	Crewe Alexandra	8	3	0	2	8	5	0	0	3	5	9	0.929	6	W	L	L	L	W	1971-09-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-1	Barrow	8	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	2	4	8	0.5	6	L	L	D	D	L	1971-09-27	Reading	H
20	0	Darlington	7	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	3	3	13	0.385	6	D	L	W	L	W	1971-09-27	Bury	H
21	-2	Exeter City	8	1	1	1	7	7	0	2	3	5	11	0.667	5	L	D	L	W	D	1971-09-29	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Newport County	8	1	2	1	6	6	0	1	3	5	11	0.647	5	D	L	L	D	W	1971-09-27	Southend United	A
23	1	Hartlepool	8	2	1	2	12	12	0	0	3	0	8	0.6	5	W	L	L	L	L	1971-09-27	Peterborough United	H
24	-1	Stockport County	8	1	1	2	7	7	0	0	4	4	13	0.55	3	L	L	L	W	L	1971-09-27	Brentford	A