1971-12-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	28,177
Roberts 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	31,456
Craven	Lineups		Lorimer
Derby County	2	0	Everton	Baseball Ground	27,895
Hinton 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Southampton	Leeds Road	10,436
	Lineups		Davies, Stokes
Ipswich Town	0	0	Manchester United	Portman Road	29,229	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups
Liverpool	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Anfield Road	43,409
	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Leicester City	Maine Road	29,524
Lee (p)	Lineups		Weller
Sheffield United	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Bramall Lane	27,663
Woodward, Currie	Lineups		Martin
West Ham United	0	1	Newcastle United	Upton Park	21,991
	Lineups		Busby
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Stoke City	Molineux	25,619
Dougan, Bloor OG	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	22	9	0	1	23	10	5	6	1	24	15	1.88	34	D	D	W	W	W	1971-12-27	Coventry City	H
2	0	Manchester City	22	9	2	1	29	7	3	4	3	13	14	2	30	D	W	L	W	W	1971-12-27	Stoke City	A
3	1	Derby County	22	7	4	0	25	8	4	3	4	14	11	2.053	29	W	L	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Leeds United	A
4	-1	Leeds United	22	8	3	0	21	5	4	2	5	10	13	1.722	29	D	D	W	W	W	1971-12-27	Derby County	H
5	2	Sheffield United	22	7	4	1	28	11	5	0	5	12	18	1.379	28	W	D	L	W	L	1971-12-27	Newcastle United	A
6	-1	Liverpool	22	8	3	0	21	11	3	3	5	9	11	1.364	28	D	W	D	W	W	1971-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	2	0	29	7	1	5	5	9	18	1.52	27	D	W	W	L	D	1971-12-27	West Ham United	H
8	0	Arsenal	22	8	0	3	21	8	4	2	5	12	17	1.32	26	W	W	D	W	D	1971-12-27	Nottingham Forest	A
9	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	5	0	27	14	2	2	6	11	19	1.152	25	W	D	D	W	W	1971-12-27	Leicester City	A
10	-1	Chelsea	22	5	4	2	19	12	3	4	4	9	13	1.12	24	D	D	D	W	W	1971-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
11	0	Stoke City	22	5	3	2	14	8	3	3	6	9	17	0.92	22	L	D	D	D	L	1971-12-27	Manchester City	H
12	2	Ipswich Town	22	4	6	2	10	8	1	4	5	6	19	0.593	20	D	L	D	L	W	1971-12-27	Chelsea	A
13	-1	West Ham United	22	5	3	4	12	9	1	4	5	10	14	0.957	19	L	D	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	-1	Coventry City	22	4	6	1	14	11	1	3	7	9	25	0.639	19	D	L	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Manchester United	A
15	1	Leicester City	22	3	4	4	8	7	2	4	5	14	20	0.815	18	D	L	D	D	L	1971-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	1	Newcastle United	22	4	3	3	13	10	2	3	7	11	21	0.774	18	W	W	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Sheffield United	H
17	1	Southampton	22	4	3	3	18	17	3	1	8	12	30	0.638	18	W	D	L	L	L	1971-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
18	-3	Everton	22	6	2	3	17	7	0	3	8	4	16	0.913	17	L	L	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	23	4	2	6	10	15	2	2	7	9	19	0.559	16	L	L	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Everton	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	22	3	3	5	15	17	2	2	7	6	20	0.568	15	D	W	W	L	L	1971-12-27	Southampton	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	23	3	2	6	15	18	1	3	8	13	27	0.622	13	L	W	L	L	L	1971-12-27	Arsenal	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	1	2	7	6	14	2	3	7	8	18	0.438	11	L	L	L	L	L	1971-12-27	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Hull City	Bloomfield Road	9,349
Burns	Lineups		McGill
Bristol City	0	2	Burnley	Ashton Gate	12,909
	Lineups		Fletcher 2
Cardiff City	2	0	Watford	Ninian Park	11,092
King, Warboys	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	0	Norwich City	Brunton Park	9,079
Bowles 3	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Birmingham City	The Valley	8,313
Peacock	Lineups		Hatton
Fulham	2	2	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage	7,571
Cross, Barrett	Lineups		Stiles, Hickton
Luton Town	2	0	Orient	Kenilworth Road	9,193
Slough, Givens	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Preston North End	Manor Ground	7,758
Aylott, Skeen	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Fratton Park	10,280
Trebilcock	Lineups		Pugh, Craig (p)
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	13,517
Marsh 2, Venables	Lineups
Sunderland	3	3	Millwall	Roker Park	16,484
Pitt, Hughes, Kerr	Lineups		Bolland, Smethurst, Possee

				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	22	7	4	0	20	8	5	4	2	12	10	1.778	32	L	D	W	W	D	1971-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Millwall	22	7	4	0	21	11	3	6	2	16	17	1.321	30	D	L	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Fulham	H
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	9	2	0	22	5	2	5	4	12	11	2.125	29	W	W	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Orient	A
4	1	Sunderland	22	5	6	1	21	16	2	5	3	11	15	1.032	25	D	W	L	D	W	1971-12-27	Hull City	A
5	1	Middlesbrough	22	9	1	1	15	6	2	2	7	15	24	1	25	D	L	D	L	W	1971-12-27	Carlisle United	H
6	2	Burnley	22	5	2	3	21	12	5	2	5	18	16	1.393	24	W	L	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Blackpool	H
7	0	Birmingham City	22	6	4	0	20	8	0	8	4	7	13	1.286	24	D	D	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Cardiff City	H
8	-4	Preston North End	22	8	0	3	20	9	1	6	4	13	17	1.269	24	L	W	D	W	D	1971-12-27	Bristol City	H
9	1	Carlisle United	22	7	2	2	18	12	4	0	7	15	16	1.179	24	W	L	W	W	W	1971-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
10	2	Sheffield Wednesday	22	6	3	1	17	10	2	4	6	12	16	1.115	23	W	D	W	W	D	1971-12-27	Luton Town	H
11	-2	Bristol City	22	6	2	4	24	17	2	4	4	10	13	1.133	22	L	D	D	D	L	1971-12-27	Preston North End	A
12	-1	Portsmouth	22	5	5	2	21	16	2	2	6	14	17	1.061	21	L	W	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Swindon Town	A
13	0	Luton Town	22	4	5	2	15	12	1	6	4	9	13	0.96	21	W	D	D	W	W	1971-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	3	Oxford United	21	6	5	1	17	8	0	3	6	5	14	1	20	W	D	W	L	L	1971-12-27	Watford	A
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	22	6	3	2	19	11	2	1	8	14	28	0.846	20	D	L	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Norwich City	A
16	0	Blackpool	22	5	4	2	19	9	2	1	8	8	17	1.038	19	D	W	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Burnley	A
17	-2	Swindon Town	22	3	3	4	9	8	3	4	5	6	13	0.714	19	L	W	L	W	D	1971-12-27	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Fulham	22	6	3	3	16	14	2	0	8	9	27	0.61	19	D	L	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Millwall	A
19	0	Orient	22	5	3	2	16	13	1	2	9	10	28	0.634	17	L	L	W	L	L	1971-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	0	Hull City	22	5	2	4	14	13	1	2	8	8	19	0.688	16	D	W	L	D	L	1971-12-27	Sunderland	H
21	0	Cardiff City	21	4	3	3	19	13	1	2	8	12	26	0.795	15	W	D	W	L	L	1971-12-27	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Watford	22	4	4	3	12	11	0	1	10	6	26	0.486	13	L	D	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Oxford United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Halifax Town	Dean Court	10,853
Scott, Kitchener, Jones	Lineups		Chadwick
Aston Villa	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	27,767
Lochhead, Graydon, Aitken	Lineups		Seddon, Waldron
Barnsley	0	1	Swansea City	Oakwell	4,273
	Lineups		Winstanley OG
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Chesterfield	Ewood Park	5,643
Parkes	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Valley Parade	5,423
O'Neill (p)	Lineups		Stephens
Mansfield Town	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Field Mill	3,784
Thompson, Fairbrother	Lineups		Rickard, Reed 2
Notts County	3	0	Walsall	Meadow Lane	11,775
Bradd 2, Hateley	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	4	Shrewsbury Town	Boundary Park	6,296
Robins	Lineups		Wood 2 (1p), Roberts D 2
Port Vale	1	0	Wrexham	Vale Park	4,310
Summerscales	Lineups
Torquay United	0	1	Rotherham United	Plainmoor	4,727
	Lineups		Ham
York City	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bootham Crescent	3,451
Rowles	Lineups		Murray, Templeman

				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	Notts County	20	7	1	2	20	6	6	3	1	17	8	2.643	30	W	W	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Wrexham	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	20	10	1	0	26	9	2	5	2	14	9	2.222	30	W	D	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Aston Villa	20	9	0	2	23	7	4	2	3	19	13	2.1	28	W	W	W	W	D	1971-12-27	Swansea City	A
4	0	Swansea City	20	7	2	1	15	3	5	2	3	10	11	1.786	28	W	W	W	W	L	1971-12-27	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Rotherham United	20	5	4	1	23	14	5	2	3	11	10	1.417	26	W	L	D	W	W	1971-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H
6	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	5	3	1	14	8	5	3	3	17	14	1.409	26	W	D	W	W	W	1971-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	1	Shrewsbury Town	20	7	1	2	24	10	3	2	5	13	15	1.48	23	W	W	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
8	1	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	2	3	18	14	4	2	5	17	19	1.061	22	W	L	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Torquay United	H
9	-2	Chesterfield	20	6	1	3	13	7	3	2	5	14	13	1.35	21	L	L	L	W	W	1971-12-27	York City	H
10	4	Port Vale	20	4	5	2	14	15	3	2	4	7	11	0.808	21	W	W	L	W	D	1971-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Bristol Rovers	20	6	1	2	25	12	1	5	5	10	18	1.167	20	D	D	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Port Vale	H
12	-2	Oldham Athletic	21	4	3	5	13	22	4	1	4	12	12	0.735	20	L	D	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Wrexham	20	5	1	3	17	12	3	2	6	13	16	1.071	19	L	D	D	L	W	1971-12-27	Notts County	H
14	-1	Rochdale	20	6	2	1	19	10	1	3	7	10	26	0.806	19	L	W	L	W	L	1971-12-27	Bradford City	H
15	0	Halifax Town	20	5	3	2	16	10	1	3	6	6	15	0.88	18	L	W	L	L	L	1971-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	19	3	4	2	8	6	2	3	5	11	14	0.95	17	L	D	L	L	L	1971-12-27	Barnsley	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	4	1	13	6	0	3	7	9	20	0.846	17	W	L	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	0	Bradford City	20	4	4	2	18	14	2	0	8	8	22	0.722	16	D	L	L	D	L	1971-12-27	Rochdale	A
19	3	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	1	4	11	11	1	3	7	8	22	0.576	16	W	D	L	W	L	1971-12-27	Halifax Town	A
20	-1	Torquay United	21	4	4	4	20	18	0	3	6	3	17	0.657	15	L	D	W	W	L	1971-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	-1	York City	20	2	4	4	12	13	2	2	6	15	21	0.794	14	L	D	L	D	L	1971-12-27	Chesterfield	A
22	-1	Walsall	21	3	4	2	11	6	1	2	9	13	31	0.649	14	L	L	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Barnsley	20	2	3	6	12	22	1	4	4	4	14	0.444	13	L	L	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	20	0	4	6	2	15	2	3	5	9	16	0.355	11	L	D	W	L	L	1971-12-27	Walsall	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	3,746
	Lineups		Bickle, Peach
Bury	2	0	Southend United	Gigg Lane	3,176
Connelly, Jones	Lineups
Chester	2	1	Workington	Sealand Road	2,697
Sinclair, Loyden	Lineups		Goodfellow
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Cambridge United	Gresty Road	1,868
Gater	Lineups		Phillips
Darlington	1	0	Reading	Feethams Ground	2,513
Graham	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	5,534
	Lineups		Fletcher, Kerr
Grimsby Town	2	0	Barrow	Blundell Park	7,046
Tees, Hickman	Lineups
Hartlepool	1	2	Brentford	Victoria Park	2,199
Sharkey	Lineups		Allen 2
Lincoln City	2	1	Stockport County	Sincil Bank	5,248
Hubbard 2	Lineups		McMillan
Northampton Town	1	1	Newport County	County Ground	4,151
McNeil	Lineups		Hooper
Peterborough United	3	3	Exeter City	London Road	5,341
Robson, Price, Moss	Lineups		Rowan, Banks 2
Southport	3	0	Colchester United	Haig Avenue	2,667
Redrobe, Peat, Sibbald (p)	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	21	8	1	2	32	9	3	5	2	8	7	2.5	28	W	W	W	L	D	1971-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	1	Scunthorpe United	20	5	4	1	13	5	6	1	3	13	11	1.625	27	W	W	W	D	W	1971-12-27	Hartlepool	H
3	1	Southport	21	8	3	0	31	10	3	1	6	10	12	1.864	26	W	L	W	L	D	1971-12-27	Stockport County	A
4	-2	Southend United	20	8	1	1	23	9	2	4	4	9	13	1.455	25	L	D	W	W	L	1971-12-27	Lincoln City	H
5	1	Grimsby Town	20	8	1	2	28	13	3	2	4	13	18	1.323	25	W	W	D	L	W	1971-12-27	Cambridge United	A
6	1	Lincoln City	21	8	2	0	24	8	1	4	6	13	24	1.156	24	W	L	D	D	D	1971-12-27	Southend United	A
7	-2	Workington	20	5	3	2	19	4	2	6	2	11	11	2	23	L	L	W	L	W	1971-12-27	Darlington	H
8	0	Gillingham	19	6	1	3	15	9	4	2	3	14	14	1.261	23	W	L	W	W	W	1971-12-27	Northampton Town	H
9	2	Cambridge United	20	5	3	1	22	9	2	4	5	8	19	1.071	21	D	D	D	L	W	1971-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
10	2	Northampton Town	20	6	3	1	23	8	1	4	5	9	22	1.067	21	D	W	L	W	L	1971-12-27	Gillingham	A
11	-2	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	2	3	17	12	3	3	4	8	13	1	21	L	W	D	D	W	1971-12-27	Reading	A
12	-2	Colchester United	20	7	2	0	19	7	1	3	7	10	23	0.967	21	L	D	W	D	D	1971-12-27	Peterborough United	H
13	0	Aldershot	20	1	7	3	10	12	4	3	2	13	16	0.821	20	L	D	D	L	D	1971-12-27	Exeter City	A
14	1	Peterborough United	20	8	1	2	27	10	0	2	7	11	23	1.152	19	D	L	W	W	D	1971-12-27	Colchester United	A
15	1	Chester	21	5	5	0	19	7	0	4	7	6	17	1.042	19	W	L	L	D	L	1971-12-27	Newport County	A
16	1	Bury	20	6	1	3	20	12	1	4	5	6	14	1	19	W	L	W	W	L	1971-12-27	Barrow	A
17	-3	Reading	20	6	0	3	17	11	2	3	6	6	22	0.697	19	L	W	D	L	L	1971-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	0	Newport County	20	5	2	3	16	12	2	2	6	13	23	0.829	18	D	W	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Chester	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	3	3	14	9	1	0	8	11	24	0.758	15	D	W	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Brentford	A
20	0	Exeter City	20	4	2	3	15	13	1	3	7	11	27	0.65	15	D	L	L	L	W	1971-12-27	Aldershot	H
21	2	Darlington	19	3	5	1	11	8	2	0	8	10	30	0.553	15	W	L	D	W	L	1971-12-27	Workington	A
22	-1	Barrow	20	1	5	3	7	10	3	1	7	9	23	0.485	14	L	W	D	L	D	1971-12-27	Bury	H
23	-1	Stockport County	20	4	3	3	19	15	1	0	9	11	27	0.714	13	L	D	L	W	L	1971-12-27	Southport	H
24	0	Hartlepool	20	4	2	5	15	16	0	1	8	5	23	0.513	11	L	L	W	D	L	1971-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A