1971-12-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	1	1	Leicester City	Highfield Road	26,300
McGuire	Lineups		Brown
Crystal Palace	5	1	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park	20,176
Taylor, Hughes 2, Queen, McCormick	Lineups		Dearden
Derby County	3	1	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	35,354
Webster, Durban, Hinton (p)	Lineups		Lee (p)
Everton	0	0	Stoke City	Goodison Park	35,463
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	0	Liverpool	Portman Road	21,359
	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	32,521
Giles 2, Lorimer	Lineups
Manchester United	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	45,411
Kidd 2, Law	Lineups		Cormack, O'Neill
Newcastle United	0	0	Chelsea	St James' Park	37,562
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Southampton	White Hart Lane	31,351
Gilzean	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Arsenal	Upton Park	35,155
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	21,498
Dougan, Richards	Lineups		Lawson J, Dolan

				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	20	9	0	1	23	10	5	4	1	23	14	1.917	32	W	W	W	W	D	1971-12-11	Stoke City	A
2	1	Derby County	20	6	4	0	23	8	4	3	3	12	8	2.188	27	W	L	W	L	W	1971-12-11	Liverpool	A
3	-1	Manchester City	20	8	1	1	24	6	3	4	3	13	14	1.85	27	L	W	W	W	D	1971-12-11	Ipswich Town	H
4	1	Leeds United	20	8	3	0	21	5	4	0	5	9	12	1.765	27	W	W	W	L	W	1971-12-11	Chelsea	A
5	-1	Sheffield United	20	6	3	1	24	8	5	0	5	12	18	1.385	25	L	W	L	W	W	1971-12-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	0	Liverpool	20	7	2	0	18	9	3	3	5	9	11	1.35	25	D	W	W	L	W	1971-12-11	Derby County	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	9	2	0	29	7	0	4	5	8	18	1.48	24	W	L	D	W	L	1971-12-11	Leicester City	A
8	0	Arsenal	20	6	0	3	17	8	4	2	5	12	17	1.16	22	D	W	D	L	L	1971-12-11	Coventry City	H
9	0	Chelsea	20	5	3	2	19	12	3	3	4	8	12	1.125	22	D	W	W	W	W	1971-12-11	Leeds United	H
10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	6	5	0	25	14	2	1	6	9	17	1.097	22	D	W	W	W	L	1971-12-11	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Stoke City	20	5	2	2	13	7	3	3	5	9	15	1	21	D	D	L	L	W	1971-12-11	Manchester United	H
12	0	Ipswich Town	20	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	4	6	15	0.696	19	D	L	W	D	W	1971-12-11	Manchester City	A
13	0	West Ham United	20	5	3	3	12	8	1	3	5	7	11	1	18	D	L	L	L	L	1971-12-11	Southampton	A
14	0	Coventry City	20	4	5	1	13	10	1	3	6	9	23	0.667	18	D	L	L	L	W	1971-12-11	Arsenal	A
15	0	Everton	20	6	2	3	17	7	0	3	6	4	13	1.05	17	D	D	W	W	L	1971-12-11	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Leicester City	20	3	4	3	8	6	2	3	5	13	19	0.84	17	D	D	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	0	Huddersfield Town	21	4	2	4	10	12	2	2	7	9	19	0.613	16	D	W	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Southampton	20	4	2	3	15	14	2	1	8	10	30	0.568	15	L	L	L	W	L	1971-12-11	West Ham United	H
19	0	Newcastle United	20	4	3	3	13	10	0	3	7	7	21	0.645	14	D	D	W	L	W	1971-12-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	2	Crystal Palace	20	3	2	5	14	16	1	2	7	5	20	0.528	12	W	L	L	D	L	1971-12-11	Huddersfield Town	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	2	2	6	14	18	1	3	7	12	25	0.605	11	L	L	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Everton	H
22	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	1	2	6	6	11	2	3	6	8	16	0.519	11	L	L	L	L	L	1971-12-11	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	18,912
Dyson	Lineups		Clark
Bristol City	0	0	Luton Town	Ashton Gate	12,921
	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Carlisle United	Craven Cottage	8,101
	Lineups		Bowles
Middlesbrough	0	0	Birmingham City	Ayresome Park	15,671
	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Burnley	The Den, New Cross	14,747
Dunphy	Lineups		West
Portsmouth	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	10,017
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Sunderland	Loftus Road	13,576
Marsh, O'Rourke	Lineups		Kerr
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Hull City	Hillsborough	20,173
Joicey, Prendergast	Lineups		Pearson
Swindon Town	0	1	Norwich City	County Ground	14,167
	Lineups		Silvester
Watford	0	1	Orient	Vicarage Road	9,518
	Lineups		Harris

				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	20	7	3	0	19	7	5	4	1	12	7	2.214	31	W	W	D	D	W	1971-12-11	Watford	H
2	0	Millwall	20	7	4	0	21	11	3	5	1	13	10	1.619	29	D	D	W	W	W	1971-12-11	Preston North End	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	20	8	2	0	19	5	1	5	4	8	10	1.8	25	W	L	W	W	D	1971-12-11	Carlisle United	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	20	9	1	1	15	6	2	1	6	10	18	1.042	24	D	L	W	L	L	1971-12-11	Hull City	A
5	1	Burnley	20	5	2	2	20	9	4	2	5	16	16	1.44	22	D	L	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Portsmouth	H
6	1	Birmingham City	20	6	3	0	20	8	0	7	4	6	12	1.3	22	D	W	L	D	W	1971-12-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	3	Carlisle United	20	6	2	1	14	8	4	0	7	15	16	1.208	22	W	W	W	W	L	1971-12-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	0	Preston North End	20	7	0	3	16	9	1	6	3	13	15	1.208	22	D	W	D	W	W	1971-12-11	Millwall	H
9	-4	Sunderland	20	4	5	1	16	12	2	5	3	11	15	1	22	L	D	W	D	D	1971-12-11	Fulham	H
10	-1	Bristol City	20	6	2	3	24	15	2	3	4	10	13	1.214	21	D	D	L	L	L	1971-12-11	Oxford United	A
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	3	1	17	10	1	3	6	10	15	1.08	20	W	W	D	L	W	1971-12-11	Birmingham City	A
12	0	Portsmouth	20	5	5	1	20	14	1	2	6	11	16	1.033	19	D	L	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Burnley	A
13	0	Charlton Athletic	20	6	2	1	16	7	2	1	8	14	28	0.857	19	D	W	L	W	W	1971-12-11	Blackpool	H
14	2	Luton Town	20	3	4	2	11	10	1	6	4	9	13	0.87	18	D	W	W	L	L	1971-12-11	Cardiff City	H
15	-1	Fulham	20	6	2	3	14	12	2	0	7	8	25	0.595	18	L	L	W	W	W	1971-12-11	Sunderland	A
16	-1	Oxford United	19	5	4	1	15	8	0	3	6	5	14	0.909	17	W	L	L	D	L	1971-12-11	Bristol City	H
17	0	Swindon Town	20	3	3	4	9	8	2	4	4	5	10	0.778	17	L	W	D	L	D	1971-12-11	Orient	A
18	1	Orient	20	5	3	1	16	12	1	2	8	10	26	0.684	17	W	L	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Swindon Town	H
19	-1	Blackpool	20	5	3	2	18	8	1	1	8	5	15	1	16	D	L	L	D	W	1971-12-11	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Hull City	20	4	2	4	10	10	1	1	8	7	18	0.607	13	L	D	L	L	L	1971-12-11	Middlesbrough	H
21	0	Cardiff City	19	3	3	3	17	13	1	1	8	10	24	0.73	12	W	L	L	L	D	1971-12-11	Luton Town	A
22	0	Watford	20	4	4	3	12	11	0	0	9	5	23	0.5	12	L	L	W	W	L	1971-12-11	Norwich City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	2	York City	Dean Court	11,244
MacDougall 2	Lineups		Rowles, Swallow
Aston Villa	3	0	Bradford City	Villa Park	27,847
Anderson (p), Rioch B 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Ewood Park	7,593
	Lineups		McNeill
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnden Park	5,209
Greaves	Lineups		Irvine
Chesterfield	1	2	Swansea City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,018
Wilson	Lineups		Gwyther, Sullivan
Halifax Town	3	1	Walsall	The Shay	3,421
Chadwick, Shanahan, Wallace (p)	Lineups		Jones C
Mansfield Town	0	0	Torquay United	Field Mill	5,145
	Lineups
Notts County	3	0	Barnsley	Meadow Lane	12,639
Cozens 2, Bradd	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	8,717
Hore	Lineups		Holton, Wood
Port Vale	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	3,701
Morgan, McLaren	Lineups		Beamish
Rochdale	2	1	Rotherham United	Spotland	3,384
Jenkins, Gowans	Lineups		Bentley
Wrexham	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Racecourse Ground	6,333
May	Lineups		Godfrey

				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	Notts County	19	6	1	2	17	6	6	3	1	17	8	2.429	28	W	W	L	W	W	1971-12-18	Walsall	H
2	-1	AFC Bournemouth	19	9	1	0	23	8	2	5	2	14	9	2.176	28	D	D	D	W	W	1971-12-18	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Aston Villa	19	8	0	2	20	5	4	2	3	19	13	2.167	26	W	W	W	D	W	1971-12-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	0	Swansea City	19	7	2	1	15	3	4	2	3	9	11	1.714	26	W	W	W	L	W	1971-12-18	Barnsley	A
5	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	5	3	1	14	8	4	3	3	15	13	1.381	24	D	W	W	W	W	1971-12-18	York City	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	19	5	4	1	23	14	4	2	3	10	10	1.375	24	L	D	W	W	D	1971-12-18	Torquay United	A
7	0	Chesterfield	19	6	1	3	13	7	3	2	4	14	12	1.421	21	L	L	W	W	W	1971-12-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	1	Shrewsbury Town	19	7	1	2	24	10	2	2	5	9	14	1.375	21	W	W	L	W	L	1971-12-18	Oldham Athletic	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	2	3	18	14	3	2	5	14	17	1.032	20	L	D	W	L	L	1971-12-18	Mansfield Town	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	19	6	1	2	25	12	1	4	5	9	17	1.172	19	D	D	W	L	L	1971-12-18	Bradford City	A
11	0	Wrexham	19	5	1	3	17	12	3	2	5	13	15	1.111	19	D	D	L	W	W	1971-12-18	Port Vale	A
12	0	Rochdale	19	6	2	1	19	10	1	3	6	10	24	0.853	19	W	L	W	L	L	1971-12-17	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Oldham Athletic	19	4	2	4	11	17	4	1	4	12	12	0.793	19	W	L	W	L	W	1971-12-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	0	Port Vale	19	3	5	2	13	15	3	2	4	7	11	0.769	19	W	L	W	D	L	1971-12-18	Wrexham	H
15	1	Halifax Town	19	5	3	2	16	10	1	3	5	5	12	0.955	18	W	L	L	L	D	1971-12-18	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	18	3	4	2	8	6	2	3	4	9	11	1	17	D	L	L	L	L	1971-12-18	Aston Villa	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	4	4	1	11	6	0	3	7	9	20	0.769	15	L	L	L	W	D	1971-12-17	Rochdale	H
18	0	Bradford City	19	4	3	2	17	13	2	0	8	8	22	0.714	15	L	L	D	L	D	1971-12-18	Bristol Rovers	H
19	1	Torquay United	20	4	4	3	20	17	0	3	6	3	17	0.676	15	D	W	W	L	L	1971-12-18	Rotherham United	H
20	1	York City	19	2	4	3	11	11	2	2	6	15	21	0.813	14	D	L	D	L	L	1971-12-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	-2	Walsall	20	3	4	2	11	6	1	2	8	13	28	0.706	14	L	W	L	W	D	1971-12-18	Notts County	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	1	4	10	11	1	2	7	7	21	0.531	13	L	W	L	W	L	1971-12-11	Oldham Athletic	A
23	0	Barnsley	19	2	3	5	12	21	1	4	4	4	14	0.457	13	L	D	D	W	W	1971-12-18	Swansea City	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	19	0	4	5	0	12	2	3	5	9	16	0.321	11	D	W	L	L	L	1971-12-18	Plymouth Argyle	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	1	1	Southend United	Abbey Stadium	6,260
Greenhalgh	Lineups		Lewis
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Chester	Gresty Road	2,671
Tewley 2, East	Lineups		Loyden
Doncaster Rovers	3	2	Peterborough United	Belle Vue	3,258
Elwiss, Briggs 2	Lineups		Conmy (p), Price
Exeter City	0	1	Brentford	St James Park	3,809
	Lineups		O'Mara
Gillingham	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Priestfield Stadium	6,488
	Lineups		Fletcher
Grimsby Town	4	1	Bury	Blundell Park	6,779
Thomson 2 (2p), Hickman, Tees	Lineups		Jones
Lincoln City	2	2	Aldershot	Sincil Bank	5,366
Hubbard 2 (1p)	Lineups		Walker (p), Joslyn
Northampton Town	2	1	Hartlepool	County Ground	4,507
McNeil 2	Lineups		Welsh
Reading	4	2	Newport County	Elm Park	3,835
Cumming 2, Bell, Chappell	Lineups		Jones D, Young
Southport	2	1	Darlington	Haig Avenue	2,679
Redrobe, Moore	Lineups		Harding
Workington	0	1	Barrow	Borough Park	4,329	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Hollis

				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	Southend United	19	8	1	1	23	9	2	4	3	9	11	1.6	25	D	W	W	L	W	1971-12-18	Bury	A
2	1	Brentford	19	7	1	2	31	9	2	5	2	6	6	2.467	24	W	L	D	W	D	1971-12-11	Southport	H
3	1	Southport	19	7	3	0	28	10	3	1	5	10	11	1.81	24	W	L	D	L	W	1971-12-11	Brentford	A
4	-2	Workington	19	5	3	2	19	4	2	6	1	10	9	2.231	23	L	W	L	W	D	1971-12-18	Chester	A
5	0	Scunthorpe United	18	4	4	1	11	5	5	1	3	11	11	1.375	23	W	D	W	L	D	1971-12-11	Chester	H
6	2	Grimsby Town	19	7	1	2	26	13	3	2	4	13	18	1.258	23	W	D	L	W	L	1971-12-18	Barrow	H
7	0	Lincoln City	19	7	2	0	22	7	1	4	5	13	22	1.207	22	D	D	D	W	W	1971-12-11	Newport County	A
8	-2	Gillingham	18	6	1	3	15	9	3	2	3	12	14	1.174	21	L	W	W	W	D	1971-12-18	Aldershot	A
9	2	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	2	2	17	10	3	3	4	8	13	1.087	21	W	D	D	W	L	1971-12-18	Scunthorpe United	H
10	-1	Colchester United	19	7	2	0	19	7	1	3	6	10	20	1.074	21	D	W	D	D	D	1971-12-18	Southport	A
11	-1	Cambridge United	19	5	3	1	22	9	2	3	5	7	18	1.074	20	D	D	L	W	L	1971-12-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	2	Northampton Town	19	6	2	1	22	7	1	4	5	9	22	1.069	20	W	L	W	L	W	1971-12-18	Newport County	H
13	-1	Aldershot	19	1	7	2	10	10	4	3	2	13	16	0.885	20	D	D	L	D	W	1971-12-18	Gillingham	H
14	3	Reading	19	6	0	3	17	11	2	3	5	6	21	0.719	19	W	D	L	L	W	1971-12-18	Darlington	A
15	-2	Peterborough United	19	8	0	2	24	7	0	2	7	11	23	1.167	18	L	W	W	D	W	1971-12-18	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Chester	19	4	5	0	17	6	0	4	6	6	15	1.095	17	L	D	L	W	D	1971-12-11	Scunthorpe United	A
17	-1	Bury	19	5	1	3	18	12	1	4	5	6	14	0.923	17	L	W	W	L	L	1971-12-18	Southend United	H
18	0	Newport County	18	4	2	3	14	12	2	1	6	12	22	0.765	15	L	L	W	L	W	1971-12-11	Lincoln City	H
19	3	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	2	3	13	8	1	0	8	11	24	0.75	14	W	L	L	W	L	1971-12-18	Cambridge United	H
20	-1	Exeter City	19	4	2	3	15	13	1	2	7	8	24	0.622	14	L	L	L	W	L	1971-12-18	Peterborough United	A
21	2	Barrow	19	1	5	3	7	10	3	1	6	9	21	0.516	14	W	D	L	D	L	1971-12-18	Grimsby Town	A
22	-2	Stockport County	19	4	3	3	19	15	1	0	8	10	25	0.725	13	D	L	W	L	D	1971-12-18	Lincoln City	A
23	-2	Darlington	18	2	5	1	10	8	2	0	8	10	30	0.526	13	L	D	W	L	D	1971-12-18	Reading	H
24	0	Hartlepool	19	4	2	4	14	14	0	1	8	5	23	0.514	11	L	W	D	L	L	1971-12-18	Brentford	H