1971-10-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	3	0	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	38,940
Hollins (p), Baldwin, Kember	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Arsenal	Baseball Ground	36,480
O'Hare, Hinton (p)	Lineups		Graham
Ipswich Town	2	1	Stoke City	Portman Road	17,678
Hill 2	Lineups		Bernard
Leeds United	3	2	Everton	Elland Road	34,208
Cooper, Charlton, Lorimer	Lineups		Ball, Royle
Liverpool	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	41,627
Smith (p), Evans	Lineups
Manchester City	2	1	Sheffield United	Maine Road	41,688
Doyle, Lee	Lineups		Dearden
Newcastle United	0	1	Manchester United	St James' Park	55,603	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Best
Tottenham Hotspur	6	1	Nottingham Forest	White Hart Lane	35,846
Peters 2 (1p), Chivers, Mullery, Pearce 2	Lineups		Richardson
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	23,088
	Lineups		Weller
West Ham United	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Upton Park	33,883
Best	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	14	6	0	0	14	4	4	3	1	15	9	2.231	23	W	W	W	W	D	1971-10-30	Leeds United	H
2	1	Manchester City	14	7	0	1	17	3	1	3	2	7	9	2	19	W	L	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Huddersfield Town	A
3	1	Derby County	14	3	4	0	14	7	3	3	1	8	4	2	19	W	L	D	W	D	1971-10-30	Nottingham Forest	A
4	-2	Sheffield United	14	4	2	1	14	7	4	0	3	9	9	1.438	18	L	L	L	L	W	1971-10-30	Liverpool	H
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	13	6	1	0	21	4	0	4	2	7	12	1.75	17	W	W	D	W	L	1971-10-30	Stoke City	A
6	1	Leeds United	14	5	3	0	15	4	2	0	4	5	10	1.429	17	W	W	L	D	L	1971-10-30	Manchester United	A
7	1	Liverpool	14	5	2	0	14	7	2	1	4	6	9	1.25	17	W	W	D	D	D	1971-10-30	Sheffield United	A
8	-3	Arsenal	13	4	0	2	12	4	4	0	3	8	8	1.667	16	L	W	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Ipswich Town	H
9	3	West Ham United	14	5	2	1	11	4	0	3	3	4	9	1.154	15	W	D	D	D	W	1971-10-30	Crystal Palace	A
10	-1	Stoke City	14	4	1	1	8	3	2	2	4	8	14	0.941	15	L	W	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	3	0	15	9	1	1	5	5	13	0.909	14	L	L	W	L	W	1971-10-30	Coventry City	H
12	-1	Coventry City	14	3	4	0	10	6	1	2	4	8	16	0.818	14	D	L	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	1	Ipswich Town	14	2	4	2	7	7	1	3	2	4	5	0.917	13	W	D	D	L	D	1971-10-30	Arsenal	A
14	1	Chelsea	14	3	3	2	16	12	1	1	4	3	9	0.905	12	W	L	D	W	L	1971-10-30	Leicester City	A
15	-2	Southampton	14	3	1	2	10	7	2	1	5	9	18	0.76	12	L	W	L	L	L	1971-10-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	1	Leicester City	14	2	2	3	4	5	2	2	3	9	13	0.722	12	W	W	D	D	L	1971-10-30	Chelsea	H
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	14	1	2	4	4	7	2	2	3	4	5	0.667	10	L	D	W	L	D	1971-10-30	Southampton	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	14	2	1	3	6	9	2	1	5	6	14	0.522	10	L	L	L	W	W	1971-10-26	Nottingham Forest	H
19	0	Everton	14	3	1	3	7	7	0	2	5	4	10	0.647	9	L	D	L	L	L	1971-10-30	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	14	2	1	3	6	8	1	2	5	4	15	0.435	9	D	W	L	D	W	1971-10-30	West Ham United	H
21	0	Newcastle United	14	2	2	3	8	8	0	2	5	4	14	0.545	8	L	L	L	L	D	1971-10-30	Everton	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	14	1	2	4	10	13	0	3	4	8	18	0.581	7	L	L	D	L	L	1971-10-26	Huddersfield Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	2	Preston North End	St Andrew's	28,956
Latchford R, Francis	Lineups		Ingram, Tarbuck
Blackpool	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Bloomfield Road	16,417
Lennard	Lineups		Marsh
Bristol City	5	3	Orient	Ashton Gate	17,772
Galley J 2, Rooks, Spiring, Tainton	Lineups		Brisley, Bowyer 2
Cardiff City	6	1	Charlton Athletic	Ninian Park	13,075
Clark 2, Parsons J 2, Gibson (p), Went OG	Lineups		Davies
Hull City	1	2	Burnley	Boothferry Park	15,469
Pearson	Lineups		Fletcher, James
Luton Town	0	2	Carlisle United	Kenilworth Road	11,963
	Lineups		Hatton, Balderstone
Middlesbrough	2	1	Watford	Ayresome Park	19,947
Craggs, Laidlaw	Lineups		Wigg
Millwall	2	1	Norwich City	The Den, New Cross	23,172
Stringer OG, Kitchener	Lineups		Silvester
Oxford United	2	0	Sunderland	Manor Ground	10,735
Cassidy, Clayton	Lineups
Portsmouth	6	3	Fulham	Fratton Park	14,172
Jennings 2, Reynolds, Trebilcock, Hand, Smith	Lineups		Conway JP 2 (1p), Barrett
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Swindon Town	Hillsborough	19,993
Sinclair	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	14	5	2	0	13	4	3	3	1	8	5	2.333	21	L	W	W	D	D	1971-10-30	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Millwall	14	5	3	0	14	8	2	3	1	9	8	1.438	20	W	L	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Orient	A
3	0	Bristol City	14	6	1	1	22	9	2	2	2	9	7	1.938	19	W	D	L	W	W	1971-10-30	Charlton Athletic	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	14	8	0	0	14	5	1	1	4	7	11	1.313	19	W	W	W	D	W	1971-10-30	Swindon Town	A
5	1	Burnley	14	4	1	1	13	4	4	1	3	13	11	1.733	18	W	W	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Birmingham City	H
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	14	5	1	0	11	2	1	4	3	7	8	1.8	17	D	W	D	W	D	1971-10-30	Portsmouth	H
7	0	Sunderland	14	4	2	1	13	9	1	4	2	6	10	1	16	L	D	D	D	W	1971-10-30	Luton Town	H
8	0	Birmingham City	14	4	3	0	15	7	0	4	3	3	6	1.385	15	D	D	D	L	D	1971-10-30	Burnley	A
9	1	Oxford United	14	4	3	1	11	6	0	3	3	4	7	1.154	14	W	D	D	D	D	1971-10-30	Carlisle United	A
10	1	Portsmouth	13	4	3	1	16	12	1	1	3	6	8	1.1	14	W	D	L	D	L	1971-10-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-2	Swindon Town	14	3	2	1	8	3	1	3	4	2	8	0.909	13	L	D	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Middlesbrough	H
12	3	Blackpool	14	4	2	1	15	6	1	0	6	3	10	1.125	12	D	L	W	L	L	1971-10-30	Fulham	A
13	4	Carlisle United	14	3	2	1	9	6	2	0	6	10	13	1	12	W	L	L	L	L	1971-10-30	Oxford United	H
14	2	Preston North End	14	4	0	3	10	8	0	4	3	10	13	0.952	12	D	L	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Hull City	H
15	3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	4	2	1	12	7	0	2	5	6	13	0.9	12	W	W	D	D	W	1971-10-30	Watford	A
16	-4	Luton Town	14	2	4	1	7	6	0	4	3	5	9	0.8	12	L	L	L	D	D	1971-10-30	Sunderland	A
17	-4	Orient	14	4	2	0	13	7	0	2	6	9	23	0.733	12	L	W	D	L	W	1971-10-30	Millwall	H
18	-4	Hull City	14	4	1	3	9	8	1	1	4	4	10	0.722	12	L	W	L	L	D	1971-10-30	Preston North End	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	14	3	2	1	9	6	1	0	7	12	26	0.656	10	L	D	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Bristol City	H
20	0	Fulham	14	3	2	2	7	7	1	0	6	5	21	0.429	10	L	W	D	W	L	1971-10-30	Blackpool	H
21	0	Cardiff City	13	2	2	2	13	9	1	1	5	5	16	0.72	9	W	L	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Norwich City	A
22	0	Watford	14	2	3	2	7	7	0	0	7	3	18	0.4	7	L	L	L	L	W	1971-10-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	0	Aston Villa	Dean Court	20,305
Boyer, MacDougall, Powell	Lineups
Barnsley	0	2	Bradford City	Oakwell	6,101
	Lineups		Bannister, Corner
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Mansfield Town	Ewood Park	7,103
Arentoft	Lineups		Fairbrother
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Swansea City	Burnden Park	11,242
	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Chesterfield	The Shay	4,667
Pickering, Johnston	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	14,419
Needham 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Wrexham	Home Park	14,019
Hutchins	Lineups		McBurney, Provan
Port Vale	4	3	York City	Vale Park	4,484
McLaren 2, Gough, Morgan	Lineups		Henderson, Mackin, McMahon
Rochdale	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Spotland	4,753
Whitehead, Downes, Buck	Lineups		Stephens
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Rotherham United	Gay Meadow	6,295
	Lineups		Gilbert
Walsall	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	3,719
	Lineups		Irvine

				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	14	8	0	0	20	6	1	3	2	7	7	2.077	21	W	W	L	W	D	1971-10-29	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Notts County	14	4	1	2	12	6	4	3	0	12	5	2.182	20	W	W	D	W	D	1971-10-30	York City	A
3	1	Swansea City	14	4	2	1	9	3	3	2	2	7	7	1.6	18	D	W	W	L	D	1971-10-30	Rochdale	H
4	-1	Aston Villa	14	5	0	2	12	4	3	1	3	9	9	1.615	17	L	W	L	L	W	1971-10-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	4	Rotherham United	13	4	2	1	16	8	3	1	2	6	6	1.571	17	W	W	W	D	W	1971-10-30	Walsall	H
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	14	5	2	1	16	10	2	1	3	7	9	1.211	17	L	W	W	L	D	1971-10-30	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	13	3	3	1	7	3	2	3	1	8	6	1.667	16	D	W	L	D	W	1971-10-30	Bristol Rovers	A
8	-2	Chesterfield	14	4	1	2	8	3	2	2	3	11	10	1.462	15	L	D	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-1	Shrewsbury Town	14	5	1	2	20	10	1	2	3	6	8	1.444	15	L	D	W	D	W	1971-10-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	1	Halifax Town	13	4	2	1	12	7	1	3	2	4	5	1.333	15	W	D	D	D	W	1971-10-30	Wrexham	A
11	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	2	3	1	8	6	3	2	3	12	11	1.176	15	W	L	D	L	D	1971-10-30	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	2	Rochdale	14	5	2	0	17	7	0	3	4	7	19	0.923	15	W	D	D	L	W	1971-10-30	Swansea City	A
13	4	Port Vale	14	2	4	2	7	10	2	2	2	6	7	0.765	14	W	L	D	D	L	1971-10-30	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-4	Bristol Rovers	13	4	0	1	17	7	1	3	4	8	14	1.19	13	L	W	D	L	L	1971-10-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	3	Wrexham	14	4	0	2	13	8	2	1	5	9	13	1.048	13	W	W	W	W	L	1971-10-30	Halifax Town	H
16	-3	Oldham Athletic	14	2	2	3	7	10	3	1	3	10	10	0.85	13	L	L	L	D	W	1971-10-30	Port Vale	H
17	2	Bradford City	14	4	1	1	12	7	2	0	6	8	18	0.8	13	W	W	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-3	York City	14	2	3	1	9	6	2	1	5	13	17	0.957	12	L	W	L	D	D	1971-10-30	Notts County	H
19	-3	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	4	0	8	3	0	2	5	6	14	0.824	12	W	L	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Bradford City	A
20	0	Torquay United	15	2	4	2	13	14	0	2	5	3	16	0.533	10	L	L	L	L	L	1971-10-30	Barnsley	H
21	0	Walsall	15	1	4	2	6	6	1	1	6	11	22	0.607	9	L	L	D	L	W	1971-10-30	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	14	3	1	3	9	10	0	2	5	2	13	0.478	9	D	L	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Aston Villa	A
23	1	Mansfield Town	14	0	3	3	0	6	1	3	4	7	13	0.368	8	D	D	D	D	L	1971-10-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
24	-1	Barnsley	14	1	2	5	10	20	0	3	3	1	9	0.379	7	L	D	D	L	D	1971-10-30	Torquay United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Darlington	Recreation Ground	4,436
Melledew, Melia, Brodie	Lineups
Barrow	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Holker Street	2,190
	Lineups		Kirk
Brentford	1	2	Southend United	Griffin Park	14,001
O'Mara	Lineups		Garner, Nelmes OG
Cambridge United	4	2	Colchester United	Abbey Stadium	7,230
Foote, Lill, Harris 2	Lineups		Jones 2
Chester	4	0	Hartlepool	Sealand Road	3,466
Morrissey, Loyden, Cheetham (p), Kennedy	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Bury	Gresty Road	2,581
	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Stockport County	St James Park	3,545
Rowan, Morrin	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	5,887
Tydeman	Lineups		Brown, Coldrick
Grimsby Town	0	1	Southport	Blundell Park	10,798
	Lineups		Moore
Lincoln City	3	2	Peterborough United	Sincil Bank	6,784
Smith, Freeman, Gilliver	Lineups		Robson, Barker
Workington	5	0	Reading	Borough Park	2,791
Tyrer 2, Martin, Hopkinson, 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	2	Southport	14	5	2	0	22	8	3	1	3	9	7	2.067	19	W	W	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	-1	Brentford	14	6	1	1	27	5	1	3	2	4	5	3.1	18	L	L	W	D	W	1971-10-30	Scunthorpe United	A
3	1	Workington	14	4	3	1	16	2	1	5	0	8	6	3	18	W	L	W	D	W	1971-10-29	Stockport County	A
4	1	Southend United	14	5	1	1	15	7	2	3	2	7	7	1.571	18	W	L	W	D	W	1971-10-29	Barrow	H
5	-3	Grimsby Town	14	5	1	2	19	10	3	1	2	10	11	1.381	18	L	L	W	W	W	1971-10-30	Northampton Town	A
6	0	Scunthorpe United	13	3	2	1	8	4	4	1	2	10	10	1.286	17	W	L	L	W	W	1971-10-30	Brentford	H
7	2	Cambridge United	14	4	2	1	17	7	2	2	3	6	11	1.278	16	W	W	W	D	D	1971-10-30	Newport County	A
8	5	Lincoln City	14	6	1	0	18	5	0	2	5	8	18	1.13	15	W	L	L	W	D	1971-10-30	Bury	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	14	3	2	2	10	8	3	1	3	7	9	1	15	D	W	W	D	L	1971-10-30	Southport	A
10	-3	Colchester United	14	6	0	0	13	4	1	1	6	6	16	0.95	15	L	W	W	W	W	1971-10-29	Gillingham	H
11	3	Aldershot	14	1	5	2	8	8	3	2	1	9	11	0.895	15	W	W	L	L	D	1971-10-30	Hartlepool	A
12	-2	Gillingham	13	5	1	2	12	6	1	1	3	5	10	1.063	14	L	D	W	L	W	1971-10-29	Colchester United	A
13	-2	Northampton Town	14	3	2	1	13	5	1	4	3	7	16	0.952	14	D	L	W	W	L	1971-10-30	Grimsby Town	H
14	-2	Reading	14	4	0	2	9	6	2	2	4	4	16	0.591	14	L	W	W	L	L	1971-10-30	Exeter City	H
15	2	Chester	14	3	4	0	14	5	0	3	4	4	9	1.286	13	W	L	L	D	L	1971-10-30	Darlington	A
16	-1	Bury	14	3	1	2	11	8	1	4	3	5	8	1	13	D	D	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Lincoln City	H
17	1	Exeter City	14	3	2	2	14	12	1	2	4	7	15	0.778	12	W	D	L	L	W	1971-10-30	Reading	A
18	-2	Peterborough United	14	5	0	2	18	7	0	1	6	8	19	1	11	L	L	L	W	L	1971-10-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	3	Newport County	13	2	2	2	9	10	2	1	4	9	15	0.72	11	W	L	W	W	L	1971-10-30	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	14	3	2	3	8	6	1	0	5	10	17	0.783	10	D	W	L	D	L	1971-10-30	Peterborough United	A
21	-2	Barrow	14	1	3	3	4	7	2	1	4	7	18	0.44	10	L	W	L	L	D	1971-10-29	Southend United	A
22	-1	Stockport County	14	3	1	3	13	12	1	0	6	6	18	0.633	9	L	L	W	W	W	1971-10-29	Workington	H
23	0	Darlington	13	1	3	1	3	2	2	0	6	9	24	0.462	9	L	W	L	L	L	1971-10-30	Chester	H
24	0	Hartlepool	14	3	1	3	13	13	0	1	6	2	18	0.484	8	L	D	L	L	L	1971-10-30	Aldershot	H