1971-10-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	2	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	52,338
Osgood	Lineups		Kennedy 2
Everton	1	1	Ipswich Town	Goodison Park	31,590
Royle	Lineups		Hill
Leeds United	3	0	Manchester City	Elland Road	36,004
Clarke, Jones, Lorimer	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Filbert Street	22,412
Sammels, Weller	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	53,400
Best	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Crystal Palace	St James' Park	20,711
Dyson	Lineups		Tambling 2
Nottingham Forest	2	3	Liverpool	City Ground	20,945
Storey-Moore 2	Lineups		Hughes, Heighway, Smith (p)
Southampton	3	2	Sheffield United	The Dell	19,033
Channon 2, Jenkins	Lineups		Dearden, Flynn
Stoke City	1	0	Coventry City	Victoria Ground	20,540
Smith T	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	36,582
Gilzean, Chivers 2, Neighbour	Lineups		Bailey
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	West Ham United	The Hawthorns	20,620
	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	Manchester United	13	6	0	0	14	4	3	3	1	14	9	2.154	21	W	W	W	D	W	1971-10-23	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Sheffield United	13	4	2	1	14	7	4	0	2	8	7	1.571	18	L	L	L	W	W	1971-10-23	Manchester City	A
3	0	Manchester City	13	6	0	1	15	2	1	3	2	7	9	2	17	L	W	W	W	D	1971-10-23	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Derby County	13	2	4	0	12	6	3	3	1	8	4	2	17	L	D	W	D	D	1971-10-23	Arsenal	H
5	0	Arsenal	12	4	0	2	12	4	4	0	2	7	6	1.9	16	W	W	W	W	L	1971-10-23	Derby County	A
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	12	5	1	0	15	3	0	4	2	7	12	1.467	15	W	D	W	L	W	1971-10-23	Nottingham Forest	H
7	1	Leeds United	13	4	3	0	12	2	2	0	4	5	10	1.417	15	W	L	D	L	W	1971-10-23	Everton	H
8	1	Liverpool	13	4	2	0	12	7	2	1	4	6	9	1.125	15	W	D	D	D	L	1971-10-23	Huddersfield Town	H
9	1	Stoke City	13	4	1	1	8	3	2	2	3	7	12	1	15	W	W	D	L	W	1971-10-23	Ipswich Town	A
10	-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	4	3	0	15	9	1	1	4	5	12	0.952	14	L	W	L	W	L	1971-10-23	West Ham United	A
11	1	West Ham United	13	4	2	1	10	4	0	3	3	4	9	1.077	13	D	D	D	W	L	1971-10-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	-1	Coventry City	13	3	3	0	9	5	1	2	4	8	16	0.81	13	L	W	W	W	L	1971-10-22	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Southampton	13	3	1	2	10	7	2	1	4	9	15	0.864	12	W	L	L	L	W	1971-10-23	Chelsea	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	13	1	4	2	5	6	1	3	2	4	5	0.818	11	D	D	L	D	W	1971-10-23	Stoke City	H
15	0	Chelsea	13	2	3	2	13	12	1	1	4	3	9	0.762	10	L	D	W	L	D	1971-10-23	Southampton	H
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	13	1	2	3	4	6	2	2	3	4	5	0.727	10	D	W	L	D	L	1971-10-23	Leicester City	H
17	3	Leicester City	13	2	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	8	13	0.667	10	W	D	D	L	L	1971-10-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	2	1	3	6	9	2	1	4	6	12	0.571	10	L	L	W	W	L	1971-10-23	Liverpool	A
19	-1	Everton	13	3	1	3	7	7	0	2	4	2	7	0.643	9	D	L	L	L	W	1971-10-23	Leeds United	A
20	-1	Newcastle United	13	2	2	2	8	7	0	2	5	4	14	0.571	8	L	L	L	D	W	1971-10-23	Manchester United	H
21	1	Crystal Palace	13	2	1	3	6	8	1	1	5	3	14	0.409	8	W	L	D	W	L	1971-10-22	Coventry City	A
22	-1	Nottingham Forest	13	1	2	4	10	13	0	3	3	7	12	0.68	7	L	D	L	L	D	1971-10-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Sunderland	St Andrew's	27,341
Latchford R	Lineups		Kerr
Burnley	3	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	12,494
Casper 2 (1p), Thomas	Lineups
Hull City	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Boothferry Park	9,933
Clarke OG, Went OG	Lineups		Treacy 3
Middlesbrough	2	1	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	16,296
Hickton, Vincent	Lineups		Reynolds
Millwall	3	1	Bristol City	The Den, New Cross	14,039
Merrick OG, Rooks OG, Bolland	Lineups		Spiring
Norwich City	3	1	Luton Town	Carrow Road	22,558
Foggo 2, Howard	Lineups		Slough
Orient	1	1	Oxford United	Brisbane Road	5,202
Dyson (p)	Lineups		Clarke D
Preston North End	3	0	Carlisle United	Deepdale	15,430
Lyall 2, Ingram	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Hillsborough	16,716
	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Blackpool	County Ground	10,346
Thomas	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Fulham	Vicarage Road	9,303
Franks	Lineups		Conway JP, Eddy OG

				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	13	5	2	0	13	4	3	3	0	7	3	2.857	21	W	W	D	D	W	1971-10-23	Millwall	A
2	1	Millwall	12	4	3	0	12	7	2	3	0	9	7	1.5	18	W	W	W	D	D	1971-10-19	Middlesbrough	A
3	-1	Bristol City	12	5	1	1	17	6	2	1	2	8	6	2.083	16	L	W	W	W	L	1971-10-20	Portsmouth	A
4	0	Burnley	13	4	1	1	13	4	3	1	3	11	10	1.714	16	W	L	W	L	W	1971-10-23	Hull City	A
5	2	Middlesbrough	12	6	0	0	11	4	1	1	4	7	11	1.2	15	W	D	W	L	L	1971-10-19	Millwall	H
6	-1	Sunderland	12	4	2	1	13	9	1	3	1	4	6	1.133	15	D	D	W	W	W	1971-10-19	Charlton Athletic	A
7	-1	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	1	0	10	2	1	3	3	6	7	1.778	14	D	W	D	L	W	1971-10-19	Luton Town	H
8	0	Birmingham City	12	4	2	0	13	5	0	3	3	2	5	1.5	13	D	L	D	W	D	1971-10-19	Swindon Town	A
9	3	Oxford United	13	3	3	1	9	6	0	3	3	4	7	1	12	D	D	D	D	W	1971-10-23	Sunderland	H
10	-1	Luton Town	12	2	4	0	7	4	0	4	2	5	8	1	12	L	D	D	W	W	1971-10-19	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	3	Swindon Town	12	3	1	1	7	2	1	3	3	2	7	1	12	W	D	L	L	W	1971-10-19	Birmingham City	H
12	-2	Blackpool	13	4	1	1	14	5	1	0	6	3	10	1.133	11	L	W	L	L	D	1971-10-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	3	Preston North End	12	4	0	3	10	8	0	3	2	6	8	1	11	W	D	L	L	L	1971-10-18	Orient	A
14	-3	Portsmouth	11	3	2	1	9	8	1	1	3	6	8	0.938	11	L	D	L	D	W	1971-10-20	Bristol City	H
15	-2	Carlisle United	12	3	2	1	9	6	1	0	5	7	11	0.941	10	L	L	L	W	W	1971-10-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	1	Orient	12	3	2	0	10	5	0	2	5	6	18	0.696	10	D	L	W	L	L	1971-10-18	Preston North End	H
17	-2	Hull City	12	4	1	2	8	6	0	1	4	2	9	0.667	10	L	L	D	W	L	1971-10-20	Watford	A
18	0	Fulham	13	3	2	2	7	7	1	0	5	2	15	0.409	10	W	D	W	L	L	1971-10-23	Portsmouth	A
19	1	Charlton Athletic	12	3	1	1	7	4	1	0	6	11	20	0.75	9	W	D	L	L	W	1971-10-19	Sunderland	H
20	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	2	2	1	9	6	0	2	5	6	13	0.789	8	D	D	W	D	L	1971-10-20	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Cardiff City	12	1	2	2	7	8	1	1	5	5	16	0.5	7	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-23	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Watford	12	2	3	1	6	5	0	0	6	2	16	0.381	7	L	L	W	L	L	1971-10-20	Hull City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Burnden Park	13,302	Largest home gate 1971-72
Ritson (p), Greaves	Lineups		Shaw
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Port Vale	Goldstone Ground	9,007
O'Sullivan	Lineups		Mountford
Bristol Rovers	5	4	York City	Eastville	6,876
Stephens 2, Jarman 3 (1p)	Lineups		McMahon, Aimson, Mackin 2 (2p)
Chesterfield	2	0	Torquay United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,725
Wright, McHale	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Mansfield Town	The Shay	3,864
Wallace (p)	Lineups		Fairbrother
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Aston Villa	Home Park	18,570
Hutchins 2, Rickard	Lineups		Rioch B, Vowden
Rochdale	1	1	Notts County	Spotland	4,848
Darling	Lineups		Bradd
Rotherham United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Millmoor	7,508
Gilbert 2	Lineups		Arentoft
Swansea City	2	0	Bradford City	Vetch Field	6,539
Thomas G, Evans B	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Barnsley	Fellows Park	2,721
Taylor B	Lineups		Waddell
Wrexham	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	6,249
Park, Whittle, Kinsey	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	12	6	0	0	14	4	1	3	2	7	7	1.909	17	L	W	D	D	W	1971-10-19	Port Vale	H
2	2	Plymouth Argyle	13	5	2	0	15	8	2	1	3	7	9	1.294	17	W	W	L	D	L	1971-10-23	Wrexham	H
3	0	Notts County	12	3	1	2	10	6	3	3	0	10	5	1.818	16	D	W	D	D	L	1971-10-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	-2	Aston Villa	12	4	0	2	10	4	3	1	2	9	6	1.9	15	L	L	W	W	W	1971-10-20	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	12	3	2	1	7	3	2	3	1	8	6	1.667	15	W	L	D	W	D	1971-10-23	Swansea City	H
6	2	Swansea City	12	3	2	1	7	2	3	1	2	7	7	1.556	15	W	L	D	L	W	1971-10-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Rotherham United	12	4	2	1	16	8	2	1	2	5	6	1.5	15	W	W	D	W	W	1971-10-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	2	Chesterfield	12	4	0	2	8	3	2	2	2	11	8	1.727	14	W	W	W	L	D	1971-10-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	-4	Shrewsbury Town	12	5	1	1	20	9	1	1	3	6	8	1.529	14	W	D	W	W	L	1971-10-20	Chesterfield	A
10	2	Bristol Rovers	12	4	0	1	17	7	1	3	3	7	11	1.333	13	W	D	L	L	W	1971-10-23	Rochdale	A
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	2	3	1	8	6	2	2	2	10	9	1.2	13	D	L	D	W	D	1971-10-19	Swansea City	A
12	-3	Oldham Athletic	12	2	2	2	7	8	3	1	2	10	8	1.063	13	L	D	W	W	L	1971-10-19	Bradford City	H
13	0	Halifax Town	11	3	1	1	8	5	1	3	2	4	5	1.2	12	D	D	W	D	L	1971-10-19	Rochdale	H
14	0	Rochdale	12	4	2	0	14	6	0	2	4	5	17	0.826	12	D	L	W	W	D	1971-10-19	Halifax Town	A
15	0	Port Vale	12	1	4	2	3	7	2	2	1	4	4	0.636	12	D	D	L	D	W	1971-10-19	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	1	York City	12	1	3	1	6	5	2	1	4	10	13	0.889	10	L	D	D	L	W	1971-10-18	Torquay United	H
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	12	2	4	0	6	3	0	2	4	6	12	0.8	10	L	W	L	D	D	1971-10-20	Aston Villa	A
18	0	Torquay United	13	2	4	2	13	14	0	2	3	2	11	0.6	10	L	L	L	L	D	1971-10-18	York City	A
19	3	Wrexham	12	3	0	2	10	7	1	1	5	7	12	0.895	9	W	W	L	W	L	1971-10-18	Walsall	H
20	0	Walsall	13	1	4	1	6	5	1	1	5	10	19	0.667	9	D	L	W	D	L	1971-10-18	Wrexham	A
21	-2	Bradford City	12	4	1	1	12	7	0	0	6	4	18	0.64	9	L	W	L	W	W	1971-10-19	Oldham Athletic	A
22	-1	Blackburn Rovers	12	3	0	2	8	7	0	2	5	2	13	0.5	8	L	W	L	D	L	1971-10-20	Notts County	H
23	0	Barnsley	12	1	2	4	10	18	0	2	3	1	9	0.407	6	D	L	D	L	D	1971-10-18	Mansfield Town	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	12	0	2	3	0	6	1	2	4	6	12	0.333	6	D	D	L	D	L	1971-10-18	Barnsley	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	2	0	Bury	Griffin Park	9,850
O'Mara, Graham	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	Chester	Abbey Stadium	3,289
Phillips, Harris	Lineups
Exeter City	1	3	Southport	St James Park	3,408
Binney	Lineups		Hartle 3
Gillingham	4	2	Darlington	Priestfield Stadium	4,625
Peach (p), Yeo 2, Wilks	Lineups		Harding, Gauden
Newport County	1	3	Doncaster Rovers	Somerton Park	2,770
Brown	Lineups		Elwiss 2, Gilchrist
Reading	3	0	Hartlepool	Elm Park	3,176
Harman, Chappell, Bell	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	2	Grimsby Town	Old Showground	11,754	Largest home gate 1971-72
Deere	Lineups		Tees 2
Workington	5	0	Aldershot	Borough Park	2,452
Grummett OG, Goodfellow, Hopkinson 2, Helliwell	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	Brentford	12	6	1	0	26	3	1	3	1	3	3	4.833	18	W	D	W	W	D	1971-10-20	Reading	A
2	1	Grimsby Town	12	5	1	0	17	6	3	1	2	10	11	1.588	18	W	W	W	L	W	1971-10-19	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	2	Workington	12	3	3	0	11	1	1	5	0	8	6	2.714	16	W	D	W	D	D	1971-10-20	Cambridge United	H
4	-2	Southend United	12	5	1	1	15	7	1	3	1	5	5	1.667	16	W	D	W	W	W	1971-10-18	Colchester United	A
5	1	Southport	12	4	2	0	18	5	2	1	3	8	7	2.167	15	W	D	L	D	D	1971-10-18	Chester	H
6	-2	Scunthorpe United	12	3	2	1	8	4	3	1	2	9	10	1.214	15	L	L	W	W	D	1971-10-23	Barrow	A
7	0	Lincoln City	12	5	1	0	15	3	0	2	4	8	16	1.211	13	L	W	D	W	W	1971-10-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	5	Gillingham	11	5	1	1	11	4	1	0	3	4	9	1.154	13	W	L	W	D	L	1971-10-20	Exeter City	A
9	-1	Northampton Town	12	3	2	0	11	2	1	3	3	6	15	1	13	W	W	L	L	D	1971-10-19	Aldershot	H
10	-1	Colchester United	12	5	0	0	12	4	1	1	5	4	12	1	13	W	W	W	L	D	1971-10-18	Southend United	H
11	4	Cambridge United	12	3	2	1	13	5	1	2	3	5	11	1.125	12	W	D	D	L	L	1971-10-20	Workington	A
12	4	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	1	2	7	7	3	1	3	7	9	0.875	12	W	D	L	W	L	1971-10-19	Lincoln City	H
13	4	Reading	12	3	0	2	7	5	2	2	3	4	11	0.688	12	W	L	L	D	L	1971-10-20	Brentford	H
14	-2	Peterborough United	12	5	0	1	17	4	0	1	5	6	16	1.15	11	L	W	L	L	W	1971-10-18	Darlington	H
15	-5	Chester	12	2	4	0	10	5	0	3	3	1	5	1.1	11	L	D	L	W	D	1971-10-18	Southport	A
16	-5	Bury	12	3	0	2	10	7	1	3	3	5	8	1	11	L	W	L	D	W	1971-10-19	Hartlepool	H
17	-3	Aldershot	12	0	5	2	5	8	2	2	1	6	9	0.647	11	L	L	D	D	D	1971-10-19	Northampton Town	A
18	1	Stockport County	12	3	1	2	12	9	1	0	5	6	16	0.72	9	W	W	W	L	L	1971-10-18	Barrow	H
19	-1	Exeter City	12	2	1	2	11	11	1	2	4	7	15	0.692	9	L	L	W	W	L	1971-10-20	Gillingham	H
20	0	Newport County	12	2	2	2	9	10	1	1	4	7	14	0.667	9	L	W	W	L	D	1971-10-23	Gillingham	A
21	0	Barrow	12	1	3	2	4	6	1	1	4	4	17	0.348	8	L	L	D	D	L	1971-10-18	Stockport County	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	1	3	8	6	0	0	5	7	15	0.714	7	L	D	L	L	W	1971-10-19	Grimsby Town	A
23	0	Hartlepool	12	3	1	3	13	13	0	0	5	1	13	0.538	7	L	L	L	W	W	1971-10-19	Bury	A
24	0	Darlington	11	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	5	6	20	0.409	7	L	L	L	D	D	1971-10-18	Peterborough United	A