1972-01-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Highbury	36,670
Armstrong	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	18,183
Blockley (p)	Lineups		Hunter
Crystal Palace	1	2	Manchester City	Selhurst Park	31,480
Tambling	Lineups		Lee, Blyth OG
Everton	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Goodison Park	36,412
Husband, Kendall	Lineups		Gould
Leeds United	1	0	Sheffield United	Elland Road	41,038
Clarke	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Chelsea	Old Trafford	55,927
	Lineups		Osgood
Newcastle United	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	30,113
Tudor, Macdonald, Nattrass	Lineups		Gilzean
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Leicester City	City Ground	27,250
Storey-Moore	Lineups		Weller, Birchenall
Stoke City	3	1	Southampton	Victoria Ground	17,480
Ritchie, Greenhoff 2	Lineups		Byrne
West Ham United	3	3	Derby County	Upton Park	31,045
Brooking, Lampard, Robson	Lineups		Hector, Hinton, Durban
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Liverpool	Molineux	33,692
	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	2	Leeds United	26	10	4	0	27	7	5	2	5	12	13	1.95	36	W	D	W	W	D	1972-01-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Manchester City	26	9	3	1	31	9	5	5	3	19	17	1.923	36	W	D	D	W	D	1972-01-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	-2	Manchester United	26	9	1	3	26	16	5	6	2	24	18	1.471	35	L	L	L	D	D	1972-01-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Derby County	26	8	4	0	26	8	5	4	5	19	18	1.731	34	D	W	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Coventry City	H
5	0	Sheffield United	26	7	5	1	29	12	6	1	6	16	22	1.324	32	L	D	D	W	W	1972-01-29	Arsenal	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	8	6	0	29	14	4	2	6	16	21	1.286	32	D	W	W	W	W	1972-01-29	Manchester City	A
7	1	Arsenal	26	9	1	3	23	9	4	4	5	13	18	1.333	31	W	D	D	D	W	1972-01-29	Sheffield United	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	26	9	3	1	30	9	1	6	6	11	22	1.323	29	L	D	D	L	D	1972-01-29	Leeds United	H
9	1	Chelsea	26	6	5	2	23	14	4	4	5	10	14	1.179	29	W	D	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Everton	H
10	-1	Liverpool	26	8	3	1	21	13	3	4	7	9	13	1.154	29	D	L	L	L	D	1972-01-29	Crystal Palace	H
11	0	Stoke City	26	6	4	3	18	12	3	4	6	9	17	0.931	26	W	D	D	L	L	1972-01-29	Leicester City	A
12	0	West Ham United	26	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	6	12	16	1.071	24	D	L	W	W	L	1972-01-29	Ipswich Town	A
13	1	Everton	26	8	3	3	23	11	0	4	8	5	17	1	23	W	W	D	D	L	1972-01-29	Chelsea	A
14	1	Leicester City	26	4	4	5	10	9	3	5	5	17	22	0.871	23	W	W	D	L	D	1972-01-29	Stoke City	H
15	-2	Coventry City	26	5	7	1	16	12	1	4	8	13	31	0.674	23	D	L	W	D	D	1972-01-29	Derby County	A
16	1	Newcastle United	26	6	3	4	21	15	2	3	8	11	23	0.842	22	W	W	L	L	W	1972-01-29	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Ipswich Town	26	4	6	3	12	11	1	6	6	9	24	0.6	22	D	D	L	L	D	1972-01-29	West Ham United	H
18	0	Southampton	26	5	3	4	20	19	3	1	10	13	34	0.623	20	L	L	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Nottingham Forest	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	27	4	3	6	10	15	2	4	8	13	24	0.59	19	L	D	D	D	L	1972-01-29	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	26	3	4	6	17	20	3	2	8	7	21	0.585	18	L	W	D	L	D	1972-01-29	Liverpool	A
21	0	West Bromwich Albion	26	2	3	7	9	16	3	3	8	12	22	0.553	16	L	D	W	W	L	1972-01-29	Manchester United	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	27	3	3	8	17	22	1	4	8	15	29	0.627	15	L	L	D	D	L	1972-01-29	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Bristol City	Bloomfield Road	9,923
Suddick	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Carlisle United	The Valley	8,195
Plumb	Lineups		Bowles
Fulham	3	1	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	11,328
Barrett, Johnston 2	Lineups		Anderson
Middlesbrough	2	0	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	34,446	Largest home gate 1971-72
Hickton 2	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Preston North End	Carrow Road	21,390
Paddon (p)	Lineups		Bird
Orient	1	0	Burnley	Brisbane Road	9,231
Bullock	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	0	Cardiff City	Fratton Park	11,039
Ley, Trebilcock	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Oxford United	Loftus Road	13,283
Marsh 2, Saul, Leach	Lineups		Cassidy 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Millwall	Hillsborough	16,829
Craig (p)	Lineups		Allder
Swindon Town	2	1	Hull City	County Ground	11,796
Noble, Horsfield	Lineups		Wagstaff
Watford	0	1	Birmingham City	Vicarage Road	10,884
	Lineups		Francis

				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	26	9	5	0	26	10	6	4	2	14	10	2	39	D	W	W	W	L	1972-01-29	Burnley	A
2	1	Queens Park Rangers	26	11	2	0	29	8	2	6	5	12	13	1.952	34	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Luton Town	A
3	-1	Millwall	26	8	5	0	25	12	3	7	3	18	20	1.344	34	D	D	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Middlesbrough	H
4	1	Birmingham City	26	8	4	0	29	11	1	8	5	8	14	1.48	30	W	W	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Swindon Town	H
5	2	Middlesbrough	26	11	2	1	20	8	2	2	8	15	25	1.061	30	W	W	L	D	D	1972-01-29	Millwall	A
6	0	Carlisle United	26	8	2	2	20	12	4	3	7	18	19	1.226	29	D	D	W	D	W	1972-01-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	-3	Sunderland	26	6	6	1	23	16	3	5	5	14	24	0.925	29	L	L	W	W	D	1972-01-29	Charlton Athletic	H
8	0	Burnley	26	6	3	3	24	14	5	2	7	19	20	1.265	27	L	D	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Norwich City	H
9	0	Preston North End	26	9	0	4	21	10	1	7	5	15	20	1.2	27	D	L	L	W	L	1972-01-29	Orient	H
10	0	Luton Town	26	5	5	2	17	13	2	7	5	13	18	0.968	26	L	W	W	D	W	1972-01-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	2	Swindon Town	26	5	4	4	14	10	4	4	5	10	15	0.96	26	W	D	W	W	L	1972-01-29	Birmingham City	A
12	3	Blackpool	26	7	4	2	25	9	3	1	9	11	20	1.241	25	W	W	W	L	D	1972-01-29	Cardiff City	A
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	6	5	2	21	15	2	4	7	12	18	1	25	D	L	L	D	W	1972-01-29	Carlisle United	A
14	0	Charlton Athletic	26	7	4	2	22	13	3	1	9	17	31	0.886	25	D	W	W	L	D	1972-01-29	Sunderland	A
15	-4	Bristol City	26	7	2	4	25	17	2	4	7	10	16	1.061	24	L	L	W	L	L	1972-01-29	Portsmouth	H
16	1	Portsmouth	26	6	6	2	23	16	2	2	8	18	26	0.976	24	W	L	D	L	L	1972-01-29	Bristol City	A
17	-1	Oxford United	25	6	5	2	17	10	1	4	7	9	19	0.897	23	L	D	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Fulham	H
18	0	Orient	26	8	3	2	24	13	1	2	10	10	30	0.791	23	W	W	L	W	L	1972-01-29	Preston North End	A
19	0	Fulham	26	7	3	4	21	19	2	0	10	11	33	0.615	21	W	L	L	L	D	1972-01-29	Oxford United	A
20	0	Cardiff City	25	5	3	3	20	13	1	3	10	12	31	0.727	18	L	D	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Blackpool	H
21	0	Hull City	26	5	3	5	16	16	1	3	9	9	21	0.676	18	L	D	D	L	D	1972-01-29	Watford	H
22	0	Watford	26	4	4	6	12	16	0	1	11	6	31	0.383	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-01-29	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Notts County	Dean Court	21,154
Boyer, MacDougall	Lineups
Aston Villa	2	0	Barnsley	Villa Park	30,531
Lochhead, Rioch B	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Port Vale	Ewood Park	8,495
Field (p), Eccles, Price	Lineups		Loska
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eastville	9,744
Higgins, Stephens	Lineups		Napier J, Irvine
Chesterfield	1	1	Walsall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,743
McHale	Lineups		Manning
Halifax Town	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Shay	3,919
	Lineups		Hunt
Mansfield Town	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	4,752
Fairbrother	Lineups		Beamish
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Torquay United	Boundary Park	7,104
Robins	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Rochdale	Home Park	9,187
Hinch, Hutchins, Rickard 2	Lineups		Darling
Swansea City	0	2	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	8,717
	Lineups		Ham, Mullen
Wrexham	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	7,043
Mason, Whittle (p)	Lineups		Wood

				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	Aston Villa	25	12	0	2	29	7	5	2	4	21	15	2.273	36	W	W	L	W	W	1972-01-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	1	AFC Bournemouth	24	12	1	0	32	9	2	6	3	14	11	2.3	35	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Port Vale	A
3	-2	Notts County	24	8	1	2	21	6	7	4	2	20	12	2.278	35	L	W	W	D	W	1972-01-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	7	3	1	17	8	6	4	4	23	19	1.481	33	D	W	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Swansea City	H
5	0	Swansea City	24	7	3	3	17	8	6	2	3	14	12	1.55	31	L	D	W	L	W	1972-01-24	York City	A
6	0	Rotherham United	24	6	5	1	26	15	6	2	4	13	11	1.5	31	W	D	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Bristol Rovers	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	26	8	2	3	29	16	4	3	6	21	24	1.25	29	W	D	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	1	Chesterfield	24	8	2	3	18	10	3	2	6	15	15	1.32	26	D	W	L	W	L	1972-01-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-1	Shrewsbury Town	25	8	2	2	25	10	3	2	8	15	22	1.25	26	L	L	W	L	D	1972-01-28	Chesterfield	H
10	0	Bristol Rovers	24	8	2	2	31	15	1	6	5	10	18	1.242	26	D	W	D	W	D	1972-01-29	Rotherham United	A
11	0	Oldham Athletic	26	6	3	6	19	28	5	1	5	16	17	0.778	26	W	L	W	W	L	1972-01-29	Bradford City	A
12	1	Blackburn Rovers	26	7	2	4	18	13	2	4	7	10	23	0.778	24	W	W	D	D	W	1972-01-29	Notts County	A
13	1	Wrexham	24	6	3	3	21	15	3	2	7	13	20	0.971	23	W	D	L	D	L	1972-01-29	Walsall	A
14	-2	Port Vale	24	5	5	2	16	16	3	2	7	10	18	0.765	23	L	L	W	L	W	1972-01-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	4	1	16	8	0	6	7	11	22	0.9	22	D	D	W	D	W	1972-01-28	Aston Villa	H
16	3	Bolton Wanderers	23	3	5	3	9	8	3	4	5	12	14	0.955	21	W	L	D	D	L	1972-01-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	-1	Rochdale	24	7	2	2	20	11	1	3	9	13	33	0.75	21	L	W	L	L	L	1972-01-29	Halifax Town	H
18	-1	Bradford City	25	5	5	2	21	16	3	0	10	11	27	0.744	21	L	D	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-1	Halifax Town	24	6	3	4	18	13	1	3	7	6	16	0.828	20	L	W	L	L	L	1972-01-29	Rochdale	A
20	1	Walsall	25	4	4	3	15	10	1	4	9	15	33	0.698	18	D	L	D	W	L	1972-01-29	Wrexham	H
21	-1	York City	25	3	5	4	15	14	2	2	9	16	30	0.705	17	W	L	L	D	L	1972-01-24	Swansea City	H
22	0	Barnsley	25	2	5	6	14	24	1	5	6	4	17	0.439	16	L	D	L	D	D	1972-01-29	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Torquay United	25	4	4	5	21	22	0	3	9	4	23	0.556	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-01-29	York City	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	25	1	5	6	5	17	2	4	7	12	21	0.447	15	D	D	L	W	L	1972-01-29	Barnsley	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bury	3	2	Darlington	Gigg Lane	4,129
Jones, Rudd, Murray (p)	Lineups		Graham, Gauden
Exeter City	3	4	Cambridge United	St James Park	3,649
Morrin, Binney, Giles J	Lineups		Lill, Walton 2, Greenhalgh
Grimsby Town	2	2	Lincoln City	Blundell Park	15,856
Worthington, Brace	Lineups		McNeil, Freeman
Newport County	2	0	Southend United	Somerton Park	3,535
Hill, Thomas	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	2	Chester	County Ground	3,161
Chatterley, Large 3	Lineups		Edwards, Pountney
Peterborough United	2	2	Hartlepool	London Road	4,516
Turner, Barker	Lineups		Young, Ward
Reading	1	0	Barrow	Elm Park	11,689	Largest home gate 1971-72
Chappell	Lineups
Southport	0	0	Aldershot	Haig Avenue	3,242
	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Gillingham	Borough Park	2,405
Helliwell	Lineups		Williams

				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	26	10	1	2	39	11	4	6	3	12	13	2.125	35	W	L	W	D	W	1972-01-29	Reading	H
2	0	Scunthorpe United	25	6	5	1	17	7	7	3	3	17	13	1.7	34	D	D	W	W	D	1972-01-29	Newport County	H
3	0	Southport	26	9	5	0	33	11	3	3	6	11	13	1.833	32	D	D	D	W	D	1972-01-29	Chester	A
4	1	Grimsby Town	25	10	2	2	38	18	3	3	5	14	21	1.333	31	D	W	D	W	L	1972-01-29	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	-1	Southend United	25	10	1	1	28	11	3	4	6	12	20	1.29	31	L	W	W	L	W	1972-01-28	Colchester United	H
6	0	Lincoln City	25	10	2	0	29	9	1	5	7	16	28	1.216	29	D	W	W	L	W	1972-01-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	0	Workington	25	5	6	2	20	5	3	6	3	13	13	1.833	28	D	W	D	L	D	1972-02-05	Colchester United	H
8	0	Gillingham	23	8	1	3	20	10	4	3	4	16	18	1.286	28	D	W	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Exeter City	H
9	1	Cambridge United	25	6	4	1	25	10	4	4	6	15	25	1.143	28	W	W	D	L	W	1972-02-05	Brentford	H
10	-1	Doncaster Rovers	25	6	4	3	21	14	4	3	5	11	17	1.032	27	D	W	W	D	L	1972-01-29	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Colchester United	25	7	5	0	21	9	2	3	8	14	27	0.972	26	D	L	D	W	D	1972-01-28	Southend United	A
12	0	Bury	24	8	1	3	25	15	1	6	5	7	15	1.067	25	W	D	W	D	W	1972-01-29	Hartlepool	A
13	0	Northampton Town	25	7	3	3	28	14	2	4	6	13	27	1	25	W	L	W	L	L	1972-01-29	Aldershot	A
14	1	Reading	24	9	0	3	23	12	2	3	7	7	24	0.833	25	W	W	L	W	L	1972-01-29	Brentford	A
15	-1	Aldershot	25	2	8	3	14	13	4	4	4	13	19	0.844	24	D	D	L	W	L	1972-01-29	Northampton Town	H
16	0	Peterborough United	24	8	3	2	31	14	0	4	7	12	24	1.132	23	D	D	D	D	D	1972-01-29	Darlington	A
17	1	Newport County	24	7	2	3	19	12	2	2	8	15	30	0.81	22	W	L	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Chester	26	5	6	1	20	9	0	4	10	8	23	0.875	20	L	D	L	L	L	1972-01-29	Southport	H
19	0	Darlington	24	5	5	1	15	10	2	1	10	14	39	0.592	20	L	W	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Peterborough United	H
20	0	Exeter City	25	5	2	5	20	20	2	3	8	14	30	0.68	19	L	L	L	W	W	1972-01-29	Gillingham	A
21	0	Stockport County	25	4	5	4	20	17	1	2	9	13	29	0.717	17	L	D	D	D	D	1972-01-28	Barrow	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	3	5	17	15	1	1	10	11	27	0.667	16	D	L	L	L	L	1972-01-29	Grimsby Town	H
23	0	Barrow	25	1	6	4	9	13	3	2	9	10	26	0.487	16	L	D	L	L	D	1972-01-28	Stockport County	H
24	0	Hartlepool	25	5	2	6	19	19	0	3	9	10	30	0.592	15	D	L	L	W	D	1972-01-29	Bury	H