1971-10-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	42,706
Hollins, Baldwin, Houseman	Lineups		McCalliog
Everton	1	2	Coventry City	Goodison Park	36,882
Lyons	Lineups		Young, St John
Leeds United	0	0	West Ham United	Elland Road	30,942
	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Crystal Palace	Filbert Street	28,493
	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	51,735
Best, Gowling	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Derby County	St James' Park	31,972
	Lineups		Hinton
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Huddersfield Town	City Ground	15,693
McKenzie	Lineups		Worthington, Lawson J
Southampton	0	1	Arsenal	The Dell	23,738
	Lineups		Simpson
Stoke City	0	0	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	28,698
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Ipswich Town	White Hart Lane	33,562
Chivers, Peters	Lineups		Collard
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	25,834
	Lineups		Connor, Lee

				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	11	4	2	0	12	4	4	0	1	6	4	2.25	18	L	W	W	D	W	1971-10-09	Stoke City	H
2	0	Manchester United	11	5	0	0	13	4	2	3	1	11	9	1.846	17	W	D	W	W	W	1971-10-09	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Derby County	11	2	3	0	10	4	3	3	0	8	3	2.571	16	W	D	D	W	W	1971-10-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Manchester City	11	5	0	1	14	2	1	3	1	7	6	2.625	15	W	W	D	W	D	1971-10-09	Everton	H
5	0	Leeds United	11	3	3	0	9	2	2	0	3	4	7	1.444	13	D	L	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Coventry City	A
6	2	Arsenal	10	3	0	2	8	2	3	0	2	5	5	1.857	12	W	W	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Newcastle United	H
7	2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	1	0	11	2	0	3	2	5	10	1.333	12	W	L	W	D	W	1971-10-09	Derby County	A
8	-1	Liverpool	11	4	1	0	12	7	1	1	4	3	7	1.071	12	D	D	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Chelsea	H
9	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	3	0	11	7	1	1	3	4	8	1	12	L	W	L	D	W	1971-10-09	Southampton	H
10	0	West Ham United	11	4	1	1	9	3	0	2	3	4	9	1.083	11	D	W	L	W	D	1971-10-09	Leicester City	H
11	1	Stoke City	11	3	1	1	7	3	1	2	3	4	10	0.846	11	D	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Sheffield United	A
12	2	Coventry City	11	2	3	0	6	4	1	2	3	8	15	0.737	11	W	W	L	D	D	1971-10-09	Leeds United	H
13	-2	Southampton	11	2	1	2	7	5	2	1	3	7	11	0.875	10	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	2	Huddersfield Town	11	2	1	2	6	6	2	1	3	6	10	0.75	10	W	W	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Manchester United	H
15	3	Chelsea	11	2	3	1	12	10	1	0	4	3	9	0.789	9	W	L	D	L	D	1971-10-09	Liverpool	A
16	-3	Ipswich Town	11	1	3	2	4	5	1	2	2	3	4	0.778	9	L	D	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Nottingham Forest	H
17	-2	Everton	11	3	0	3	6	6	0	2	3	2	6	0.667	8	L	L	W	D	L	1971-10-09	Manchester City	A
18	-1	Newcastle United	11	2	2	1	7	5	0	2	4	2	10	0.6	8	L	D	W	L	D	1971-10-09	Arsenal	A
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	11	1	1	3	4	6	1	2	3	2	5	0.545	7	L	D	L	L	L	1971-10-09	Crystal Palace	A
20	1	Leicester City	11	1	2	3	2	5	1	1	3	7	12	0.529	7	D	L	L	W	D	1971-10-09	West Ham United	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	11	1	2	3	8	10	0	2	3	6	11	0.667	6	L	L	D	D	L	1971-10-09	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	11	2	1	2	6	6	0	1	5	1	13	0.368	6	D	W	L	L	L	1971-10-09	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Oxford United	St Andrew's	31,759
	Lineups
Burnley	0	1	Sunderland	Turf Moor	16,496
	Lineups		Watson
Hull City	0	0	Luton Town	Boothferry Park	13,904
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	0	Blackpool	Ayresome Park	18,671
Gates	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	11,569
Bridges, Possee	Lineups		Winstanley
Norwich City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	22,695
	Lineups
Orient	3	2	Charlton Athletic	Brisbane Road	9,600
Harris, Allen, Bullock	Lineups		Davies, Treacy
Preston North End	1	2	Cardiff City	Deepdale	13,511
Ham	Lineups		King, Clark
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Fulham	Hillsborough	14,955
Prophett, Craig, Sissons, Joicey	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Bristol City	County Ground	21,383	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Spiring
Watford	1	0	Portsmouth	Vicarage Road	11,633
Williams	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	Norwich City	10	3	2	0	7	3	3	2	0	6	2	2.6	16	D	W	W	W	W	1971-10-09	Sunderland	A
2	0	Bristol City	10	4	1	1	15	5	2	1	1	7	3	2.75	14	W	W	L	L	W	1971-10-09	Watford	H
3	1	Millwall	10	3	3	0	9	6	1	3	0	7	6	1.333	14	W	D	D	D	W	1971-10-09	Cardiff City	A
4	2	Sunderland	10	4	1	1	12	8	1	2	1	3	5	1.154	13	W	W	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Norwich City	H
5	0	Birmingham City	10	4	1	0	12	4	0	3	2	2	4	1.75	12	D	W	D	W	D	1971-10-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	-3	Burnley	10	3	1	1	10	4	2	1	2	8	7	1.636	12	L	W	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Carlisle United	A
7	4	Middlesbrough	10	5	0	0	9	3	1	0	4	7	11	1.143	12	W	L	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Oxford United	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	10	3	1	0	9	2	1	2	3	6	7	1.667	11	D	L	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Birmingham City	H
9	0	Luton Town	10	2	3	0	7	4	0	4	1	4	5	1.222	11	D	W	W	D	D	1971-10-09	Swindon Town	H
10	-3	Carlisle United	10	3	2	0	9	3	1	0	4	7	8	1.455	10	L	W	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Burnley	H
11	-1	Portsmouth	9	3	1	1	8	7	1	1	2	5	6	1	10	L	D	W	W	D	1971-10-09	Preston North End	H
12	2	Hull City	10	4	1	1	6	3	0	1	3	2	8	0.727	10	D	W	L	L	L	1971-10-09	Fulham	A
13	-1	Blackpool	11	3	1	1	10	4	1	0	5	3	9	1	9	L	L	D	L	L	1971-10-09	Orient	H
14	1	Oxford United	10	3	2	1	9	6	0	1	3	2	5	1	9	D	W	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Middlesbrough	H
15	-2	Swindon Town	10	2	1	1	6	2	1	2	3	2	7	0.889	9	L	L	W	W	L	1971-10-09	Luton Town	A
16	1	Orient	10	3	1	0	9	4	0	2	4	5	14	0.778	9	W	L	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Blackpool	A
17	-1	Preston North End	10	3	0	3	7	8	0	2	2	5	7	0.8	8	L	L	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Portsmouth	A
18	1	Cardiff City	10	1	2	1	6	6	1	1	4	5	13	0.579	7	W	L	L	W	D	1971-10-09	Millwall	H
19	2	Watford	10	2	3	0	5	3	0	0	5	1	14	0.353	7	W	L	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Bristol City	A
20	2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	2	1	1	9	6	0	1	5	4	11	0.765	6	W	D	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-3	Charlton Athletic	10	3	0	1	5	2	0	0	6	8	18	0.65	6	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	-2	Fulham	10	2	1	2	5	6	0	0	5	0	14	0.25	5	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Hull City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Mansfield Town	Burnden Park	8,751
Greaves, Jones G	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Barnsley	Goldstone Ground	12,107
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Aston Villa	Eastville	20,428	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Anderson
Chesterfield	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,867
	Lineups		Shaw
Halifax Town	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	4,234
Farley 2, Brierley	Lineups		Coyne, Beamish
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Home Park	14,959
Rickard	Lineups		Scott
Rochdale	5	0	Torquay United	Spotland	4,551
Cross 2 (1p), Arrowsmith, Gowans, Whitehead	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	York City	Millmoor	7,024
Leigh	Lineups		Mielczarek OG
Shrewsbury Town	7	1	Blackburn Rovers	Gay Meadow	4,519
Wood 5 (1p), Andrews 2	Lineups		Price
Swansea City	1	1	Notts County	Vetch Field	9,703
Davies	Lineups		Masson
Walsall	2	0	Port Vale	Fellows Park	4,642
Taylor B, Wright	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	4,500
McBurney, O'Neill OG	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	1	Aston Villa	10	4	0	1	9	2	3	1	1	7	3	3.2	15	W	W	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Rotherham United	H
2	-1	AFC Bournemouth	10	5	0	0	12	3	1	3	1	5	4	2.429	15	D	D	W	W	W	1971-10-09	Swansea City	H
3	0	Notts County	10	2	1	2	9	6	3	2	0	9	4	1.8	13	D	D	L	D	W	1971-10-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Swansea City	10	2	2	1	5	2	3	1	1	6	5	1.571	13	D	L	W	D	W	1971-10-09	AFC Bournemouth	A
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	2	0	10	6	2	1	2	7	8	1.214	13	D	L	W	D	W	1971-10-09	Notts County	A
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	9	2	2	1	5	2	2	2	0	7	3	2.4	12	W	D	D	L	W	1971-10-09	Port Vale	A
7	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	2	1	7	5	2	2	1	10	7	1.417	12	D	W	D	D	L	1971-10-08	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	2	Oldham Athletic	10	2	1	2	7	8	3	1	1	9	6	1.143	12	W	W	L	D	W	1971-10-09	Halifax Town	H
9	4	Shrewsbury Town	10	4	1	1	17	7	1	0	3	5	7	1.571	11	W	W	L	D	L	1971-10-09	York City	A
10	-1	Rotherham United	10	3	2	1	14	7	1	1	2	3	5	1.417	11	D	W	W	W	D	1971-10-09	Aston Villa	A
11	3	Rochdale	10	4	1	0	13	5	0	2	3	5	14	0.947	11	W	W	D	D	D	1971-10-09	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	-4	Bristol Rovers	10	3	0	1	12	3	1	2	3	7	11	1.357	10	L	L	W	W	L	1971-10-09	Mansfield Town	A
13	3	Halifax Town	9	3	0	1	7	4	1	2	2	4	5	1.222	10	W	D	L	L	W	1971-10-09	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-3	Torquay United	11	2	4	1	11	11	0	2	2	2	9	0.65	10	L	L	D	D	D	1971-10-09	Wrexham	H
15	-3	Port Vale	10	1	3	2	2	6	2	1	1	3	3	0.556	10	L	D	W	D	D	1971-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	York City	10	1	2	1	5	4	2	1	3	6	8	0.917	9	D	L	W	W	D	1971-10-09	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	-2	Chesterfield	9	2	0	2	5	3	1	2	2	7	7	1.2	8	L	D	L	W	D	1971-10-06	Wrexham	H
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	10	1	4	0	4	3	0	2	3	6	9	0.833	8	L	D	D	D	D	1971-10-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	1	Walsall	11	1	3	1	5	4	1	1	4	10	16	0.75	8	W	D	L	D	L	1971-10-09	Bradford City	A
20	-1	Bradford City	10	3	1	1	9	7	0	0	5	4	16	0.565	7	L	W	W	L	D	1971-10-09	Walsall	H
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	10	2	0	2	5	7	0	2	4	1	11	0.333	6	L	D	L	D	L	1971-10-09	Rochdale	H
22	2	Wrexham	9	2	0	2	7	7	0	1	4	4	9	0.688	5	W	L	L	L	D	1971-10-06	Chesterfield	A
23	-1	Barnsley	10	1	2	3	9	14	0	1	3	0	8	0.409	5	D	L	D	L	L	1971-10-09	Chesterfield	H
24	-1	Mansfield Town	10	0	1	3	0	6	1	1	4	5	11	0.294	4	L	D	L	W	L	1971-10-09	Bristol Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	2	Lincoln City	Holker Street	2,308
Meath OG, Garbett	Lineups		Hubbard 2
Brentford	6	1	Northampton Town	Griffin Park	11,004
O'Mara 3, Gelson, Docherty, Neilson	Lineups		McNeil
Cambridge United	1	1	Aldershot	Abbey Stadium	4,781
Phillips	Lineups		Brodie
Exeter City	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	St James Park	3,962
Rowan, Gadston, Banks	Lineups		Bradshaw
Gillingham	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	4,899
Yeo, Peach	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Bury	Somerton Park	2,995
Thomas, Young	Lineups		Jones
Reading	1	3	Grimsby Town	Elm Park	5,333
Bell	Lineups		Boylen, Hickman, Tees
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Darlington	Old Showground	5,487
Kisby, Davidson, Heath	Lineups		Hale
Workington	4	1	Peterborough United	Borough Park	2,252
Hopkinson 3, Tyrer	Lineups		Hall

				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	Brentford	10	5	1	0	24	3	1	2	1	3	3	4.5	15	W	W	D	W	L	1971-10-08	Southport	A
2	1	Scunthorpe United	10	3	2	0	7	2	3	1	1	8	7	1.667	15	W	W	D	D	W	1971-10-09	Bury	A
3	2	Grimsby Town	10	4	1	0	15	5	2	1	2	8	10	1.533	14	W	L	W	L	W	1971-10-09	Gillingham	H
4	2	Workington	10	2	3	0	6	1	1	4	0	8	6	2	13	W	D	D	D	W	1971-10-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	-3	Southend United	10	4	1	1	13	6	1	2	1	4	4	1.7	13	W	W	W	W	D	1971-10-09	Chester	A
6	-2	Southport	10	4	1	0	18	5	1	1	3	5	6	2.091	12	L	D	D	W	W	1971-10-08	Brentford	H
7	1	Lincoln City	10	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	3	6	11	1.308	11	D	W	W	D	D	1971-10-09	Exeter City	H
8	5	Gillingham	9	4	1	1	7	2	1	0	2	3	7	1.111	11	W	D	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Grimsby Town	A
9	0	Aldershot	10	0	5	1	5	6	2	2	0	6	4	1.1	11	D	D	D	W	D	1971-10-09	Colchester United	H
10	-3	Chester	10	2	3	0	9	4	0	3	2	1	3	1.429	10	L	W	D	D	D	1971-10-09	Southend United	H
11	-1	Reading	10	2	0	2	4	5	2	2	2	4	6	0.727	10	L	D	L	L	D	1971-10-09	Northampton Town	A
12	5	Cambridge United	10	2	2	1	11	5	1	1	3	4	10	1	9	D	L	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	-2	Bury	10	2	0	2	7	6	1	3	2	5	6	1	9	L	D	W	W	L	1971-10-09	Scunthorpe United	H
14	4	Exeter City	10	2	1	1	10	8	1	2	3	6	11	0.842	9	W	W	L	D	L	1971-10-09	Lincoln City	A
15	-3	Peterborough United	10	4	0	1	10	4	0	1	4	5	14	0.833	9	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Barrow	H
16	-2	Doncaster Rovers	10	2	0	2	6	6	2	1	3	4	8	0.714	9	L	W	L	W	W	1971-10-09	Cambridge United	H
17	-1	Colchester United	10	4	0	0	7	2	0	1	5	2	12	0.643	9	W	L	D	W	L	1971-10-09	Aldershot	A
18	-3	Northampton Town	10	1	2	0	4	2	1	3	3	6	15	0.588	9	L	L	D	D	W	1971-10-09	Reading	H
19	1	Barrow	10	1	3	2	4	6	1	1	2	4	8	0.571	8	D	D	L	L	D	1971-10-09	Peterborough United	A
20	3	Newport County	10	2	2	1	8	7	0	1	4	6	14	0.667	7	W	L	D	L	L	1971-10-09	Hartlepool	A
21	-2	Hartlepool	10	3	1	2	13	12	0	0	4	1	10	0.636	7	L	W	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Newport County	H
22	-1	Darlington	9	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	4	4	16	0.375	7	L	D	D	L	W	1971-10-09	Stockport County	H
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	10	3	0	3	8	6	0	0	4	6	12	0.778	6	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-09	Workington	H
24	0	Stockport County	10	2	1	2	9	8	0	0	5	4	15	0.565	5	W	L	L	L	L	1971-10-09	Darlington	A