1971-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	2	0	Ipswich Town	Stamford Bridge	43,896
Garland, Kember	Lineups
Everton	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Goodison Park	41,262
Johnson, Scott	Lineups		Worthington, Lawson J
Leeds United	3	0	Derby County	Elland Road	44,214
Gray, Lorimer 2	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	37,564	Largest home gate 1971-72
Sammels	Lineups		Munro, Dougan
Manchester United	2	2	Coventry City	Old Trafford	52,117
James, Law	Lineups		Young, Carr
Newcastle United	1	2	Sheffield United	St James' Park	53,079
Hibbitt	Lineups		Scullion, Currie
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Arsenal	City Ground	42,750	Largest home gate 1971-72
Storey-Moore	Lineups		Graham
Southampton	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Dell	28,310
Channon	Lineups
Stoke City	1	3	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	43,007	Largest home gate 1971-72
Smith T	Lineups		Book, Lee, Towers
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	53,868
	Lineups		Best
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	43,785
Brown T	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	23	9	1	1	25	12	5	6	1	24	15	1.815	35	D	D	D	W	W	1972-01-01	West Ham United	A
2	0	Manchester City	23	9	2	1	29	7	4	4	3	16	15	2.045	32	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
3	1	Leeds United	23	9	3	0	24	5	4	2	5	10	13	1.889	31	W	D	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Liverpool	A
4	1	Sheffield United	23	7	4	1	28	11	6	0	5	14	19	1.4	30	W	W	D	L	W	1972-01-01	Leicester City	H
5	-2	Derby County	23	7	4	0	25	8	4	3	5	14	14	1.773	29	L	W	L	W	L	1972-01-01	Chelsea	H
6	0	Liverpool	23	8	3	0	21	11	3	3	6	9	12	1.304	28	L	D	W	D	W	1972-01-01	Leeds United	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	2	1	29	8	1	5	5	9	18	1.462	27	L	D	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Crystal Palace	A
8	0	Arsenal	23	8	0	3	21	8	4	3	5	13	18	1.308	27	D	W	W	D	W	1972-01-01	Everton	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	5	0	27	14	3	2	6	13	20	1.176	27	W	W	D	D	W	1972-01-01	Newcastle United	H
10	0	Chelsea	23	6	4	2	21	12	3	4	4	9	13	1.2	26	W	D	D	D	W	1972-01-01	Derby County	A
11	0	Stoke City	23	5	3	3	15	11	3	3	6	9	17	0.857	22	L	L	D	D	D	1972-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
12	1	West Ham United	23	5	3	4	12	9	2	4	5	11	14	1	21	W	L	D	D	L	1972-01-01	Manchester United	H
13	4	Southampton	23	5	3	3	19	17	3	1	8	12	30	0.66	20	W	W	D	L	L	1972-01-01	Coventry City	A
14	0	Coventry City	23	4	6	1	14	11	1	4	7	11	27	0.658	20	D	D	L	D	L	1972-01-01	Southampton	H
15	-3	Ipswich Town	23	4	6	2	10	8	1	4	6	6	21	0.552	20	L	D	L	D	L	1972-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	2	Everton	23	6	3	3	19	9	0	3	8	4	16	0.92	18	D	L	L	D	D	1972-01-01	Arsenal	A
17	-2	Leicester City	23	3	4	5	9	9	2	4	5	14	20	0.793	18	L	D	L	D	D	1972-01-01	Sheffield United	A
18	-2	Newcastle United	23	4	3	4	14	12	2	3	7	11	21	0.758	18	L	W	W	D	D	1972-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	24	4	2	6	10	15	2	3	7	11	21	0.583	17	D	L	L	D	W	1972-01-01	Stoke City	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	23	3	3	5	15	17	2	2	8	6	21	0.553	15	L	D	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	0	Nottingham Forest	24	3	3	6	16	19	1	3	8	13	27	0.63	14	D	L	W	L	L	1972-01-01	Manchester City	A
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	2	2	7	7	14	2	3	7	8	18	0.469	13	W	L	L	L	L	1972-01-01	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	0	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	40,793
Pendrey, Hatton, Francis	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Blackpool	Turf Moor	22,015	Largest home gate 1971-72
Dobson, Kindon	Lineups		Lennard
Hull City	2	3	Sunderland	Boothferry Park	26,091	Largest home gate 1971-72
Pearson, Knighton	Lineups		Pitt, Tueart, Hughes
Middlesbrough	2	2	Carlisle United	Ayresome Park	24,796
Mills, Downing	Lineups		Bowles, Balderstone
Millwall	4	1	Fulham	The Den, New Cross	21,605
Bridges, Bolland (p), Cripps, Possee	Lineups		Lloyd
Norwich City	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Carrow Road	30,788
Foggo 2, Silvester	Lineups
Orient	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Brisbane Road	19,081
Dyson, Bullock	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Bristol City	Deepdale	19,738
Lyall	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Luton Town	Hillsborough	31,391	Largest home gate 1971-72
Craig (p), Holsgrove	Lineups		Givens, Anderson
Swindon Town	3	1	Portsmouth	County Ground	20,740
Bunkell, Rogers 2	Lineups		Piper
Watford	0	1	Oxford United	Vicarage Road	14,270
	Lineups		Clarke D (p)

				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	23	8	4	0	23	8	5	4	2	12	10	1.944	34	W	L	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Oxford United	A
2	0	Millwall	23	8	4	0	25	12	3	6	2	16	17	1.414	32	W	D	L	D	D	1972-01-01	Luton Town	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	9	2	0	22	5	2	5	5	12	13	1.889	29	L	W	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Burnley	H
4	0	Sunderland	23	5	6	1	21	16	3	5	3	14	17	1.061	27	W	D	W	L	D	1972-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	2	Birmingham City	23	7	4	0	23	8	0	8	4	7	13	1.429	26	W	D	D	D	W	1972-01-01	Bristol City	A
6	0	Burnley	23	6	2	3	23	13	5	2	5	18	16	1.414	26	W	W	L	D	L	1972-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	1	Preston North End	23	9	0	3	21	9	1	6	4	13	17	1.308	26	W	L	W	D	W	1972-01-01	Charlton Athletic	A
8	-3	Middlesbrough	23	9	2	1	17	8	2	2	7	15	24	1	26	D	D	L	D	L	1972-01-01	Cardiff City	A
9	0	Carlisle United	23	7	2	2	18	12	4	1	7	17	18	1.167	25	D	W	L	W	W	1972-01-01	Orient	H
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	4	1	19	12	2	4	6	12	16	1.107	24	D	W	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Sunderland	A
11	0	Bristol City	23	6	2	4	24	17	2	4	5	10	14	1.097	22	L	L	D	D	D	1972-01-01	Birmingham City	H
12	2	Oxford United	22	6	5	1	17	8	1	3	6	6	14	1.045	22	W	W	D	W	L	1972-01-01	Norwich City	H
13	0	Luton Town	23	4	5	2	15	12	1	7	4	11	15	0.963	22	D	W	D	D	W	1972-01-01	Millwall	H
14	-2	Portsmouth	23	5	5	2	21	16	2	2	7	15	20	1	21	L	L	W	D	L	1972-01-01	Hull City	H
15	2	Swindon Town	23	4	3	4	12	9	3	4	5	6	13	0.818	21	W	L	W	L	W	1972-01-01	Fulham	A
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	6	3	2	19	11	2	1	9	14	31	0.786	20	L	D	L	D	W	1972-01-01	Preston North End	H
17	-1	Blackpool	23	5	4	2	19	9	2	1	9	9	19	1	19	L	D	W	D	L	1972-01-01	Watford	H
18	1	Orient	23	6	3	2	18	13	1	2	9	10	28	0.683	19	W	L	L	W	L	1972-01-01	Carlisle United	A
19	-1	Fulham	23	6	3	3	16	14	2	0	9	10	31	0.578	19	L	D	L	L	L	1972-01-01	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Hull City	23	5	2	5	16	16	1	2	8	8	19	0.686	16	L	D	W	L	D	1972-01-01	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Cardiff City	22	4	3	3	19	13	1	2	9	12	29	0.738	15	L	W	D	W	L	1972-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Watford	23	4	4	4	12	12	0	1	10	6	26	0.474	13	L	L	D	L	L	1972-01-01	Blackpool	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Barnsley	Burnden Park	7,274
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Goldstone Ground	30,538
Napier K, O'Sullivan	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Port Vale	Eastville	12,073
Bannister (p), Prince	Lineups		McLaren
Chesterfield	2	1	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,467
Randall, Archer (p)	Lineups		Burluraux
Halifax Town	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Shay	7,218
	Lineups		McNamee
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Torquay United	Home Park	20,129
Hore, Rickard, Reed	Lineups		Jackson
Rochdale	0	1	Bradford City	Spotland	4,722
	Lineups		Hall J
Rotherham United	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Millmoor	9,224
Gilbert 2, Ham	Lineups		Garwood
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gay Meadow	9,359
	Lineups
Swansea City	1	2	Aston Villa	Vetch Field	24,419	Largest home gate 1971-72
Williams H	Lineups		Aitken, Graydon
Walsall	2	1	Mansfield Town	Fellows Park	7,001
Morris, Taylor C	Lineups		Thompson
Wrexham	1	1	Notts County	Racecourse Ground	12,680
Ashcroft	Lineups		Cozens

				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	21	7	1	2	20	6	6	4	1	18	9	2.533	31	D	W	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	1	Aston Villa	21	9	0	2	23	7	5	2	3	21	14	2.095	30	W	W	W	W	W	1972-01-01	Halifax Town	H
3	-1	AFC Bournemouth	21	10	1	0	26	9	2	5	3	14	11	2	30	L	W	D	D	D	1972-01-01	Wrexham	H
4	0	Swansea City	21	7	2	2	16	5	5	2	3	10	11	1.625	28	L	W	W	W	W	1972-01-01	Torquay United	A
5	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	6	3	1	16	8	5	3	3	17	14	1.5	28	W	W	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Notts County	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	21	6	4	1	26	15	5	2	3	11	10	1.48	28	W	W	L	D	W	1972-01-01	Bradford City	A
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	7	2	2	24	10	3	2	5	13	15	1.48	24	D	W	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Port Vale	A
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	2	3	21	15	4	2	5	17	19	1.118	24	W	W	L	D	W	1972-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Chesterfield	21	7	1	3	15	8	3	2	5	14	13	1.381	23	W	L	L	L	W	1972-01-01	Mansfield Town	A
10	1	Bristol Rovers	21	7	1	2	27	13	1	5	5	10	18	1.194	22	W	D	D	D	W	1972-01-01	Barnsley	A
11	-1	Port Vale	21	4	5	2	14	15	3	2	5	8	13	0.786	21	L	W	W	L	W	1972-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	1	Wrexham	21	5	2	3	18	13	3	2	6	13	16	1.069	20	D	L	D	D	L	1972-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	-1	Oldham Athletic	22	4	3	5	13	22	4	1	5	13	15	0.703	20	L	L	D	W	L	1972-01-01	Rochdale	H
14	0	Rochdale	21	6	2	2	19	11	1	3	7	10	26	0.784	19	L	L	W	L	W	1972-01-01	Oldham Athletic	A
15	1	Bolton Wanderers	20	3	5	2	8	6	2	3	5	11	14	0.95	18	D	L	D	L	L	1972-01-01	York City	A
16	-1	Halifax Town	21	5	3	3	16	11	1	3	6	6	15	0.846	18	L	L	W	L	L	1972-01-01	Aston Villa	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	4	1	13	6	0	4	7	9	20	0.846	18	D	W	L	L	L	1972-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Bradford City	21	4	4	2	18	14	3	0	8	9	22	0.75	18	W	D	L	L	D	1972-01-01	Rotherham United	H
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	1	4	11	11	2	3	7	9	22	0.606	18	W	W	D	L	W	1972-01-01	Walsall	H
20	2	Walsall	22	4	4	2	13	7	1	2	9	13	31	0.684	16	W	L	L	W	L	1972-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	-1	Torquay United	22	4	4	4	20	18	0	3	7	4	20	0.632	15	L	L	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Swansea City	H
22	-1	York City	21	2	4	4	12	13	2	2	7	16	23	0.778	14	L	L	D	L	D	1972-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
23	0	Barnsley	21	2	3	6	12	22	1	5	4	4	14	0.444	14	D	L	L	D	D	1972-01-01	Bristol Rovers	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	21	0	4	6	2	15	2	3	6	10	18	0.364	11	L	L	D	W	L	1972-01-01	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	1	Bury	Holker Street	3,656	Largest home gate 1971-72
Hollis	Lineups		Russell OG
Brentford	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Griffin Park	18,240
O'Mara	Lineups
Cambridge United	3	1	Grimsby Town	Abbey Stadium	8,691	Largest home gate 1971-72
Walton, Lill, Phillips	Lineups		Thomson
Colchester United	1	1	Peterborough United	Layer Road	7,750
Leslie	Lineups		Hall
Exeter City	1	0	Aldershot	St James Park	5,144	Largest home gate 1971-72
Morris	Lineups
Gillingham	4	1	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	11,795	Largest home gate 1971-72
Yeo 2, Wilks, Peach	Lineups		Gould
Newport County	1	0	Chester	Somerton Park	7,664	Largest home gate 1971-72
Thomas	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Elm Park	7,123
Harley, Chappell, Cumming	Lineups		Watson
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Hartlepool	Old Showground	7,270
McDonald, Kerr	Lineups		Sharkey, Young
Southend United	2	1	Lincoln City	Roots Hall	15,434
Lewis 2	Lineups		Trevis
Stockport County	1	1	Southport	Edgeley Park	3,421
McPhee OG	Lineups		Peat
Workington	0	0	Darlington	Borough Park	3,546
	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	22	9	1	2	33	9	3	5	2	8	7	2.563	30	W	W	W	W	L	1972-01-01	Peterborough United	A
2	0	Scunthorpe United	21	5	5	1	15	7	6	1	3	13	11	1.556	28	D	W	W	W	D	1972-01-01	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Southport	22	8	3	0	31	10	3	2	6	11	13	1.826	27	D	W	L	W	L	1972-01-01	Barrow	H
4	0	Southend United	21	9	1	1	25	10	2	4	4	9	13	1.478	27	W	L	D	W	W	1972-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
5	3	Gillingham	20	7	1	3	19	10	4	2	3	14	14	1.375	25	W	W	L	W	W	1972-01-01	Hartlepool	A
6	-1	Grimsby Town	21	8	1	2	28	13	3	2	5	14	21	1.235	25	L	W	W	D	L	1972-01-01	Southend United	H
7	0	Workington	21	5	4	2	19	4	2	6	2	11	11	2	24	D	L	L	W	L	1972-01-01	Lincoln City	A
8	-2	Lincoln City	22	8	2	0	24	8	1	4	7	14	26	1.118	24	L	W	L	D	D	1972-01-01	Workington	H
9	0	Cambridge United	21	6	3	1	25	10	2	4	5	8	19	1.138	23	W	D	D	D	L	1972-01-01	Darlington	A
10	2	Colchester United	21	7	3	0	20	8	1	3	7	10	23	0.968	22	D	L	D	W	D	1972-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	-1	Northampton Town	21	6	3	1	23	8	1	4	6	10	26	0.971	21	L	D	W	L	W	1972-01-01	Scunthorpe United	H
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	2	3	17	12	3	3	5	9	16	0.929	21	L	L	W	D	D	1972-01-01	Stockport County	H
13	4	Reading	21	7	0	3	20	12	2	3	6	6	22	0.765	21	W	L	W	D	L	1972-01-01	Bury	A
14	0	Peterborough United	21	8	1	2	27	10	0	3	7	12	24	1.147	20	D	D	L	W	W	1972-01-01	Brentford	H
15	1	Bury	21	6	1	3	20	12	1	5	5	7	15	1	20	D	W	L	W	W	1972-01-01	Reading	H
16	2	Newport County	21	6	2	3	17	12	2	2	6	13	23	0.857	20	W	D	W	L	L	1972-01-01	Aldershot	A
17	-4	Aldershot	21	1	7	3	10	12	4	3	3	13	17	0.793	20	L	L	D	D	L	1972-01-01	Newport County	H
18	-3	Chester	22	5	5	0	19	7	0	4	8	6	18	1	19	L	W	L	L	D	1972-01-01	Exeter City	H
19	1	Exeter City	21	5	2	3	16	13	1	3	7	11	27	0.675	17	W	D	L	L	L	1972-01-01	Chester	A
20	1	Darlington	20	3	5	1	11	8	2	1	8	10	30	0.553	16	D	W	L	D	W	1972-01-01	Cambridge United	H
21	-2	Crewe Alexandra	21	5	3	3	14	9	1	0	9	11	25	0.735	15	L	D	W	L	L	1972-01-01	Colchester United	H
22	0	Barrow	21	1	6	3	8	11	3	1	7	9	23	0.5	15	D	L	W	D	L	1972-01-01	Southport	A
23	0	Stockport County	21	4	4	3	20	16	1	0	9	11	27	0.721	14	D	L	D	L	W	1972-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
24	0	Hartlepool	21	4	2	5	15	16	0	2	8	7	25	0.537	12	D	L	L	W	D	1972-01-01	Gillingham	H