1972-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Everton	Highbury	47,031
Simpson	Lineups		Kendall
Coventry City	1	0	Southampton	Highfield Road	17,934
Mortimer	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	35,571
Queen	Lineups		Chivers
Derby County	1	0	Chelsea	Baseball Ground	33,633
Gemmill	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Stoke City	Leeds Road	12,655
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Portman Road	17,085
Hill, Belfitt	Lineups		Brown T, Gould, McVitie
Liverpool	0	2	Leeds United	Anfield Road	53,847
	Lineups		Clarke, Jones
Manchester City	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	38,777
Davies, Lee (p)	Lineups		Richardson, Martin
Sheffield United	1	1	Leicester City	Bramall Lane	34,406
Dearden	Lineups		Sjoberg
West Ham United	3	0	Manchester United	Upton Park	41,892	Largest home gate 1971-72
Best, Hurst, Robson	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Newcastle United	Molineux	26,571
Parkin, Richards	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	24	9	1	1	25	12	5	6	2	24	18	1.633	35	L	D	D	D	W	1972-01-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	1	Leeds United	24	9	3	0	24	5	5	2	5	12	13	2	33	W	W	D	D	W	1972-01-08	Ipswich Town	H
3	-1	Manchester City	24	9	3	1	31	9	4	4	3	16	15	1.958	33	D	W	D	W	L	1972-01-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	1	Derby County	24	8	4	0	26	8	4	3	5	14	14	1.818	31	W	L	W	L	W	1972-01-08	Southampton	A
5	-1	Sheffield United	24	7	5	1	29	12	6	0	5	14	19	1.387	31	D	W	W	D	L	1972-01-08	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	8	5	0	29	14	3	2	6	13	20	1.235	29	W	W	W	D	D	1972-01-08	Manchester United	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	2	1	29	8	1	6	5	10	19	1.444	28	D	L	D	W	W	1972-01-08	Manchester City	H
8	0	Arsenal	24	8	1	3	22	9	4	3	5	13	18	1.296	28	D	D	W	W	D	1972-01-08	Stoke City	A
9	-3	Liverpool	24	8	3	1	21	13	3	3	6	9	12	1.2	28	L	L	D	W	D	1972-01-08	Leicester City	A
10	0	Chelsea	24	6	4	2	21	12	3	4	5	9	14	1.154	26	L	W	D	D	D	1972-01-08	Huddersfield Town	H
11	1	West Ham United	24	6	3	4	15	9	2	4	5	11	14	1.13	23	W	W	L	D	D	1972-01-08	Everton	A
12	-1	Stoke City	24	5	3	3	15	11	3	4	6	9	17	0.857	23	D	L	L	D	D	1972-01-08	Arsenal	H
13	1	Coventry City	24	5	6	1	15	11	1	4	7	11	27	0.684	22	W	D	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Newcastle United	A
14	-1	Southampton	24	5	3	3	19	17	3	1	9	12	31	0.646	20	L	W	W	D	L	1972-01-08	Derby County	H
15	0	Ipswich Town	24	4	6	3	12	11	1	4	6	6	21	0.563	20	L	L	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Leeds United	A
16	0	Everton	24	6	3	3	19	9	0	4	8	5	17	0.923	19	D	D	L	L	D	1972-01-08	West Ham United	H
17	0	Leicester City	24	3	4	5	9	9	2	5	5	15	21	0.8	19	D	L	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Liverpool	H
18	0	Newcastle United	24	4	3	4	14	12	2	3	8	11	23	0.714	18	L	L	W	W	D	1972-01-08	Coventry City	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	25	4	3	6	10	15	2	3	7	11	21	0.583	18	D	D	L	L	D	1972-01-08	Chelsea	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	24	3	4	5	16	18	2	2	8	6	21	0.564	16	D	L	D	W	W	1972-01-08	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	25	3	3	6	16	19	1	4	8	15	29	0.646	15	D	D	L	W	L	1972-01-08	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	2	2	7	7	14	3	3	7	11	20	0.529	15	W	W	L	L	L	1972-01-08	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	5	0	Watford	Bloomfield Road	10,745
Lennard, Suddaby, Burns 3	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Birmingham City	Ashton Gate	17,457
Galley J	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Ninian Park	12,758
Clark	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Orient	Brunton Park	11,449
Barton, Owen	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Preston North End	The Valley	8,052
Hunt, Shipperley	Lineups		Clark
Fulham	2	4	Swindon Town	Craven Cottage	7,406
Earle 2	Lineups		Horsfield 2, Rogers 2
Luton Town	2	1	Millwall	Kenilworth Road	15,113
Nicholl, Anderson	Lineups		Possee
Oxford United	0	2	Norwich City	Manor Ground	11,808
	Lineups		Cross, Paddon
Portsmouth	0	0	Hull City	Fratton Park	8,665
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Burnley	Loftus Road	14,614
Leach 2, Marsh	Lineups		Fletcher
Sunderland	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Roker Park	23,228
Kerr, Tueart	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	24	8	4	0	23	8	6	4	2	14	10	2.056	36	W	W	L	D	W	1972-01-08	Fulham	H
2	0	Millwall	24	8	4	0	25	12	3	6	3	17	19	1.355	32	L	W	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	10	2	0	25	6	2	5	5	12	13	1.947	31	W	L	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Millwall	A
4	0	Sunderland	24	6	6	1	23	16	3	5	3	14	17	1.121	29	W	W	D	W	L	1972-01-08	Orient	A
5	4	Carlisle United	24	8	2	2	20	12	4	1	7	17	18	1.233	27	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-08	Swindon Town	A
6	-1	Birmingham City	24	7	4	0	23	8	0	8	5	7	14	1.364	26	L	W	D	D	D	1972-01-08	Portsmouth	H
7	-1	Burnley	24	6	2	3	23	13	5	2	6	19	19	1.313	26	L	W	W	L	D	1972-01-08	Oxford United	H
8	-1	Preston North End	24	9	0	3	21	9	1	6	5	14	19	1.25	26	L	W	L	W	D	1972-01-08	Luton Town	H
9	-1	Middlesbrough	24	9	2	1	17	8	2	2	8	15	25	0.97	26	L	D	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Bristol City	H
10	1	Bristol City	24	7	2	4	25	17	2	4	5	10	14	1.129	24	W	L	L	D	D	1972-01-08	Middlesbrough	A
11	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	6	4	1	19	12	2	4	7	12	18	1.033	24	L	D	W	D	W	1972-01-08	Blackpool	H
12	1	Luton Town	24	5	5	2	17	13	1	7	4	11	15	1	24	W	D	W	D	D	1972-01-08	Preston North End	A
13	2	Swindon Town	24	4	3	4	12	9	4	4	5	10	15	0.917	23	W	W	L	W	L	1972-01-08	Carlisle United	H
14	0	Portsmouth	24	5	6	2	21	16	2	2	7	15	20	1	22	D	L	L	W	D	1972-01-08	Birmingham City	A
15	-3	Oxford United	23	6	5	2	17	10	1	3	6	6	14	0.958	22	L	W	W	D	W	1972-01-08	Burnley	A
16	0	Charlton Athletic	24	7	3	2	21	12	2	1	9	14	31	0.814	22	W	L	D	L	D	1972-01-08	Watford	A
17	0	Blackpool	24	6	4	2	24	9	2	1	9	9	19	1.179	21	W	L	D	W	D	1972-01-08	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	0	Orient	24	6	3	2	18	13	1	2	10	10	30	0.651	19	L	W	L	L	W	1972-01-08	Sunderland	H
19	0	Fulham	24	6	3	4	18	18	2	0	9	10	31	0.571	19	L	L	D	L	L	1972-01-08	Norwich City	A
20	1	Cardiff City	23	5	3	3	20	13	1	2	9	12	29	0.762	17	W	L	W	D	W	1972-01-08	Hull City	A
21	-1	Hull City	24	5	2	5	16	16	1	3	8	8	19	0.686	17	D	L	D	W	L	1972-01-08	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Watford	24	4	4	4	12	12	0	1	11	6	31	0.419	13	L	L	L	D	L	1972-01-08	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	4	0	Wrexham	Dean Court	12,035
Powell, Boyer 3	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	0	Halifax Town	Villa Park	32,749
Graydon	Lineups
Barnsley	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Oakwell	4,740
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Walsall	Ewood Park	10,113
Parkes	Lineups		Thomson
Bradford City	1	0	Rotherham United	Valley Parade	6,862
Hall C	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Chesterfield	Field Mill	8,331
Wignall, Fairbrother	Lineups		Roberts OG
Notts County	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Meadow Lane	16,401
Bradd	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Rochdale	Boundary Park	8,885
McNeill, Shaw, Robins	Lineups		Gowans 2
Port Vale	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Vale Park	5,056
Gough, Horton	Lineups		Wood (p)
Torquay United	1	4	Swansea City	Plainmoor	3,674
Edwards	Lineups		Holme 3, Beer
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Prenton Park	6,711
Beamish, Storton, Crossley	Lineups		Rickard, Reed
York City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bootham Crescent	4,467
	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	Notts County	22	8	1	2	21	6	6	4	1	18	9	2.6	33	W	D	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	1	AFC Bournemouth	22	11	1	0	30	9	2	5	3	14	11	2.2	32	W	L	W	D	D	1972-01-08	Rotherham United	A
3	-1	Aston Villa	22	10	0	2	24	7	5	2	3	21	14	2.143	32	W	W	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Rochdale	A
4	0	Swansea City	22	7	2	2	16	5	6	2	3	14	12	1.765	30	W	L	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	3	1	16	8	5	3	4	17	15	1.435	28	L	W	W	D	W	1972-01-08	Mansfield Town	H
6	0	Rotherham United	22	6	4	1	26	15	5	2	4	11	11	1.423	28	L	W	W	L	D	1972-01-08	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	7	2	2	24	10	3	2	6	14	17	1.407	24	L	D	W	W	W	1972-01-07	Barnsley	H
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	6	2	3	21	15	4	2	6	19	22	1.081	24	L	W	W	L	D	1972-01-08	York City	H
9	0	Chesterfield	22	7	1	3	15	8	3	2	6	15	15	1.304	23	L	W	L	L	L	1972-01-08	Port Vale	H
10	0	Bristol Rovers	22	7	1	2	27	13	1	6	5	10	18	1.194	23	D	W	D	D	D	1972-01-08	Torquay United	H
11	0	Port Vale	22	5	5	2	16	16	3	2	5	8	13	0.828	23	W	L	W	W	L	1972-01-08	Chesterfield	A
12	1	Oldham Athletic	23	5	3	5	16	24	4	1	5	13	15	0.744	22	W	L	L	D	W	1972-01-08	Walsall	A
13	-1	Wrexham	22	5	2	3	18	13	3	2	7	13	20	0.939	20	L	D	L	D	D	1972-01-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	22	6	4	1	16	8	0	4	7	9	20	0.893	20	W	D	W	L	L	1972-01-08	Swansea City	A
15	3	Bradford City	22	5	4	2	19	14	3	0	8	9	22	0.778	20	W	W	D	L	L	1972-01-08	Halifax Town	A
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	21	3	5	2	8	6	2	4	5	11	14	0.95	19	D	D	L	D	L	1972-01-08	Notts County	H
17	-3	Rochdale	22	6	2	2	19	11	1	3	8	12	29	0.775	19	L	L	L	W	L	1972-01-08	Aston Villa	H
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	5	2	4	12	12	2	3	7	9	22	0.618	19	D	W	W	D	L	1972-01-08	Wrexham	A
19	-3	Halifax Town	22	5	3	3	16	11	1	3	7	6	16	0.815	18	L	L	L	W	L	1972-01-08	Bradford City	H
20	0	Walsall	23	4	4	2	13	7	1	3	9	14	32	0.692	17	D	W	L	L	W	1972-01-08	Oldham Athletic	H
21	1	York City	22	2	5	4	12	13	2	2	7	16	23	0.778	15	D	L	L	D	L	1972-01-08	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	-1	Torquay United	23	4	4	5	21	22	0	3	7	4	20	0.595	15	L	L	L	D	W	1972-01-08	Bristol Rovers	A
23	0	Barnsley	22	2	4	6	12	22	1	5	4	4	14	0.444	15	D	D	L	L	D	1972-01-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	22	1	4	6	4	16	2	3	6	10	18	0.412	13	W	L	L	D	W	1972-01-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Newport County	Recreation Ground	3,117
Bennett 2, Brown	Lineups
Bury	2	1	Reading	Gigg Lane	4,251
Murray, Jones	Lineups		Harman
Chester	1	2	Exeter City	Sealand Road	3,610
Sinclair	Lineups		Binney 2
Crewe Alexandra	2	4	Colchester United	Gresty Road	1,992
Bradshaw, East	Lineups		Leslie, Hall, Lewis (p), Cook
Darlington	2	1	Cambridge United	Feethams Ground	3,198
Hale (p), Gauden	Lineups		Hollett
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Stockport County	Belle Vue	3,241
Gilchrist 2	Lineups		McMillan 2
Grimsby Town	4	1	Southend United	Blundell Park	9,137
Thomson (p), Lewis, Brace, Hickman	Lineups		Garner
Hartlepool	3	1	Gillingham	Victoria Park	2,932
Young 2, Spelman	Lineups		Galvin
Lincoln City	1	0	Workington	Sincil Bank	5,539
Freeman	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	2	Scunthorpe United	County Ground	3,929
	Lineups		Jackson, Kerr
Peterborough United	2	2	Brentford	London Road	7,013
Price, Darrell	Lineups		O'Mara 2
Southport	1	0	Barrow	Haig Avenue	3,870
Lloyd	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	23	9	1	2	33	9	3	6	2	10	9	2.389	31	D	W	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Darlington	H
2	0	Scunthorpe United	22	5	5	1	15	7	7	1	3	15	11	1.667	30	W	D	W	W	W	1972-01-08	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Southport	23	9	3	0	32	10	3	2	6	11	13	1.87	29	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-08	Cambridge United	A
4	2	Grimsby Town	22	9	1	2	32	14	3	2	5	14	21	1.314	27	W	L	W	W	D	1972-01-08	Workington	A
5	-1	Southend United	22	9	1	1	25	10	2	4	5	10	17	1.296	27	L	W	L	D	W	1972-01-07	Hartlepool	H
6	2	Lincoln City	23	9	2	0	25	8	1	4	7	14	26	1.147	26	W	L	W	L	D	1972-01-15	Brentford	H
7	-2	Gillingham	21	7	1	3	19	10	4	2	4	15	17	1.259	25	L	W	W	L	W	1972-01-08	Chester	H
8	-1	Workington	22	5	4	2	19	4	2	6	3	11	12	1.875	24	L	D	L	L	W	1972-01-08	Grimsby Town	H
9	1	Colchester United	22	7	3	0	20	8	2	3	7	14	25	1.03	24	W	D	L	D	W	1972-01-08	Bury	H
10	-1	Cambridge United	22	6	3	1	25	10	2	4	6	9	21	1.097	23	L	W	D	D	D	1972-01-08	Southport	H
11	4	Bury	22	7	1	3	22	13	1	5	5	7	15	1.036	22	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-08	Colchester United	A
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	3	3	19	14	3	3	5	9	16	0.933	22	D	L	L	W	D	1972-01-08	Barrow	A
13	4	Aldershot	22	2	7	3	13	12	4	3	3	13	17	0.897	22	W	L	L	D	D	1972-01-08	Reading	A
14	0	Peterborough United	22	8	2	2	29	12	0	3	7	12	24	1.139	21	D	D	D	L	W	1972-01-07	Stockport County	A
15	-4	Northampton Town	22	6	3	2	23	10	1	4	6	10	26	0.917	21	L	L	D	W	L	1972-01-08	Exeter City	A
16	-3	Reading	22	7	0	3	20	12	2	3	7	7	24	0.75	21	L	W	L	W	D	1972-01-08	Aldershot	H
17	-1	Newport County	22	6	2	3	17	12	2	2	7	13	26	0.789	20	L	W	D	W	L	1972-01-15	Grimsby Town	A
18	0	Chester	23	5	5	1	20	9	0	4	8	6	18	0.963	19	L	L	W	L	L	1972-01-08	Gillingham	A
19	0	Exeter City	22	5	2	3	16	13	2	3	7	13	28	0.707	19	W	W	D	L	L	1972-01-08	Northampton Town	H
20	0	Darlington	21	4	5	1	13	9	2	1	8	10	30	0.59	18	W	D	W	L	D	1972-01-08	Brentford	A
21	2	Stockport County	22	4	4	3	20	16	1	1	9	13	29	0.733	15	D	D	L	D	L	1972-01-07	Peterborough United	H
22	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	3	4	16	13	1	0	9	11	25	0.711	15	L	L	D	W	L	1972-01-08	Scunthorpe United	A
23	-1	Barrow	22	1	6	3	8	11	3	1	8	9	24	0.486	15	L	D	L	W	D	1972-01-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Hartlepool	22	5	2	5	18	17	0	2	8	7	25	0.595	14	W	D	L	L	W	1972-01-07	Southend United	A