1972-01-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	4	0	Everton	Stamford Bridge	38,558
Hollins (p), Dempsey, Osgood 2	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	Coventry City	Baseball Ground	29,385
Robson	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Newcastle United	Leeds Road	12,829
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	West Ham United	Portman Road	22,766
Morris	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Stoke City	Filbert Street	26,931
Glover, Farrington	Lineups		Greenhoff
Liverpool	4	1	Crystal Palace	Anfield Road	39,538
Lawler 2, Callaghan, Keegan	Lineups		Wall
Manchester City	5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	37,639
Lee 3, Booth, Towers	Lineups		Richards 2
Sheffield United	0	5	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	30,778
	Lineups		George 2, Graham, Simpson, Kennedy
Southampton	4	1	Nottingham Forest	The Dell	17,043
Channon, Davies, Stokes, OG	Lineups		Storey-Moore
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Leeds United	White Hart Lane	46,774
Chivers	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	46,992	Largest home gate 1971-72
Gould, Astle	Lineups		Kidd

				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	1	Manchester City	27	10	3	1	36	11	5	5	3	19	17	1.964	38	W	W	D	D	W	1972-02-12	Sheffield United	A
2	-1	Leeds United	27	10	4	0	27	7	5	2	6	12	14	1.857	36	L	W	D	W	W	1972-02-12	Everton	A
3	1	Derby County	27	9	4	0	27	8	5	4	5	19	18	1.769	36	W	D	W	W	L	1972-02-12	Arsenal	A
4	-1	Manchester United	27	9	1	3	26	16	5	6	3	25	20	1.417	35	L	L	L	L	D	1972-02-12	Newcastle United	H
5	2	Arsenal	27	9	1	3	23	9	5	4	5	18	18	1.519	33	W	W	D	D	D	1972-02-12	Derby County	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	8	6	0	29	14	4	2	7	18	26	1.175	32	L	D	W	W	W	1972-02-12	West Ham United	H
7	-2	Sheffield United	27	7	5	2	29	17	6	1	6	16	22	1.154	32	L	L	D	D	W	1972-02-12	Manchester City	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27	10	3	1	31	9	1	6	6	11	22	1.355	31	W	L	D	D	L	1972-02-12	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Chelsea	27	7	5	2	27	14	4	4	5	10	14	1.321	31	W	W	D	L	W	1972-02-19	Leicester City	H
10	0	Liverpool	27	9	3	1	25	14	3	4	7	9	13	1.259	31	W	D	L	L	L	1972-02-12	Huddersfield Town	A
11	0	Stoke City	27	6	4	3	18	12	3	4	7	10	19	0.903	26	L	W	D	D	L	1972-02-12	Ipswich Town	H
12	2	Leicester City	27	5	4	5	12	10	3	5	5	17	22	0.906	25	W	W	W	D	L	1972-02-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-1	West Ham United	27	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	7	12	17	1.034	24	L	D	L	W	W	1972-02-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	3	Ipswich Town	27	5	6	3	13	11	1	6	6	9	24	0.629	24	W	D	D	L	L	1972-02-12	Stoke City	A
15	-2	Everton	27	8	3	3	23	11	0	4	9	5	21	0.875	23	L	W	W	D	D	1972-02-12	Leeds United	H
16	0	Newcastle United	27	6	3	4	21	15	2	4	8	11	23	0.842	23	D	W	W	L	L	1972-02-12	Manchester United	A
17	-2	Coventry City	27	5	7	1	16	12	1	4	9	13	32	0.659	23	L	D	L	W	D	1972-02-12	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Southampton	27	6	3	4	24	20	3	1	10	13	34	0.685	22	W	L	L	L	W	1972-02-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	28	4	4	6	10	15	2	4	8	13	24	0.59	20	D	L	D	D	D	1972-02-12	Liverpool	H
20	1	West Bromwich Albion	27	3	3	7	11	17	3	3	8	12	22	0.59	18	W	L	D	W	W	1972-02-12	Leicester City	A
21	-1	Crystal Palace	27	3	4	6	17	20	3	2	9	8	25	0.556	18	L	L	W	D	L	1972-02-12	Coventry City	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	28	3	3	8	17	22	1	4	9	16	33	0.6	15	L	L	L	D	D	1972-02-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	4	1	Swindon Town	St Andrew's	27,824
Francis, Latchford R 2, Hatton	Lineups		Horsfield
Bristol City	1	1	Portsmouth	Ashton Gate	10,949
Galley J	Lineups		Bruton OG
Burnley	1	0	Norwich City	Turf Moor	13,713
Casper (p)	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	4	Blackpool	Ninian Park	11,197
Clark, Warboys, Gibson	Lineups		Burns, Suddick (p), Dyson 2
Carlisle United	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Brunton Park	9,011
Martin, Balderstone (p)	Lineups		Prendergast 2
Hull City	4	0	Watford	Boothferry Park	10,546
Butler (p), Pearson, Wagstaff 2	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	17,280	Largest home gate 1971-72
Ryan JG	Lineups		Francis
Millwall	1	0	Middlesbrough	The Den, New Cross	14,127
Kitchener	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Fulham	Manor Ground	8,113
Evanson	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Orient	Deepdale	19,692
Ingram	Lineups		Bullock
Sunderland	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	12,877
Chambers 2, Hughes	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	27	9	5	0	26	10	6	4	3	14	11	1.905	39	L	D	W	W	W	1972-02-12	Millwall	H
2	1	Millwall	27	9	5	0	26	12	3	7	3	18	20	1.375	36	W	D	D	L	W	1972-02-12	Norwich City	A
3	-1	Queens Park Rangers	27	11	2	0	29	8	2	7	5	13	14	1.909	35	D	W	D	W	L	1972-02-12	Blackpool	H
4	0	Birmingham City	27	9	4	0	33	12	1	8	5	8	14	1.577	32	W	W	W	L	W	1972-02-12	Preston North End	A
5	2	Sunderland	27	7	6	1	26	16	3	5	5	14	24	1	31	W	L	L	W	W	1972-02-12	Oxford United	H
6	0	Carlisle United	27	8	3	2	22	14	4	3	7	18	19	1.212	30	D	D	D	W	D	1972-02-12	Luton Town	H
7	-2	Middlesbrough	27	11	2	1	20	8	2	2	9	15	26	1.029	30	L	W	W	L	D	1972-02-12	Watford	A
8	0	Burnley	27	7	3	3	25	14	5	2	7	19	20	1.294	29	W	L	D	L	W	1972-02-12	Hull City	H
9	0	Preston North End	27	9	1	4	22	11	1	7	5	15	20	1.194	28	D	D	L	L	W	1972-02-12	Birmingham City	H
10	2	Blackpool	27	7	4	2	25	9	4	1	9	15	23	1.25	27	W	W	W	W	L	1972-02-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-1	Luton Town	27	5	6	2	18	14	2	7	5	13	18	0.969	27	D	L	W	W	D	1972-02-05	Oxford United	H
12	1	Sheffield Wednesday	27	6	5	2	21	15	2	5	7	14	20	1	26	D	D	L	L	D	1972-02-12	Swindon Town	A
13	-2	Swindon Town	27	5	4	4	14	10	4	4	6	11	19	0.862	26	L	W	D	W	W	1972-02-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	1	Bristol City	27	7	3	4	26	18	2	4	7	10	16	1.059	25	D	L	L	W	L	1972-02-12	Orient	A
15	1	Portsmouth	27	6	6	2	23	16	2	3	8	19	27	0.977	25	D	W	L	D	L	1972-02-12	Fulham	A
16	1	Oxford United	26	7	5	2	18	10	1	4	7	9	19	0.931	25	W	L	D	L	W	1972-02-05	Luton Town	A
17	-3	Charlton Athletic	27	7	4	2	22	13	3	1	10	17	34	0.83	25	L	D	W	W	L	1972-02-12	Cardiff City	H
18	0	Orient	27	8	3	2	24	13	1	3	10	11	31	0.795	24	D	W	W	L	W	1972-02-12	Bristol City	H
19	0	Fulham	27	7	3	4	21	19	2	0	11	11	34	0.604	21	L	W	L	L	L	1972-02-12	Portsmouth	H
20	1	Hull City	27	6	3	5	20	16	1	3	9	9	21	0.784	20	W	L	D	D	L	1972-02-12	Burnley	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	26	5	3	4	23	17	1	3	10	12	31	0.729	18	L	L	D	W	L	1972-02-12	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Watford	27	4	4	6	12	16	0	1	12	6	35	0.353	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-02-12	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	3,924
Seal	Lineups		Thompson
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Burnden Park	6,148
Greaves, Seddon	Lineups		Rickard
Bradford City	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Valley Parade	4,604
Middleton, Oates	Lineups		Shaw 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Swansea City	Goldstone Ground	13,083
Murray	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	12,375
Bradd	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Vale Park	4,937
Gough	Lineups		Howe
Rochdale	3	2	Halifax Town	Spotland	3,124
Parry, Howarth 2	Lineups		Atkins, Wallace
Rotherham United	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	7,728
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	1	York City	Plainmoor	2,871
	Lineups		Aimson
Walsall	2	1	Wrexham	Fellows Park	3,635
Harrison (p), Taylor B	Lineups		Ashcroft

				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	Aston Villa	26	12	0	2	29	7	6	2	4	22	15	2.318	38	W	W	W	L	W	1972-02-05	York City	H
2	1	Notts County	25	9	1	2	22	6	7	4	2	20	12	2.333	37	W	L	W	W	D	1972-02-12	Oldham Athletic	A
3	-1	AFC Bournemouth	25	12	1	0	32	9	2	7	3	15	12	2.238	36	D	W	D	W	L	1972-02-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	8	3	1	18	8	6	4	4	23	19	1.519	35	W	D	W	W	L	1972-02-05	Wrexham	A
5	1	Rotherham United	25	6	6	1	26	15	6	2	4	13	11	1.5	32	D	W	D	L	W	1972-02-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	-1	Swansea City	26	7	3	3	17	8	6	3	4	15	14	1.455	32	L	D	L	D	W	1972-02-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	27	8	2	3	29	16	4	3	7	22	26	1.214	29	L	W	D	W	L	1972-02-05	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	0	Chesterfield	25	8	2	3	18	10	4	2	6	19	18	1.321	28	W	D	W	L	W	1972-02-12	Halifax Town	H
9	0	Bristol Rovers	25	8	2	2	31	15	1	7	5	10	18	1.242	27	D	D	W	D	W	1972-02-05	Halifax Town	A
10	1	Oldham Athletic	27	6	3	6	19	28	5	2	5	18	19	0.787	27	D	W	L	W	W	1972-02-05	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Shrewsbury Town	26	8	2	3	28	14	3	2	8	15	22	1.194	26	L	L	L	W	L	1972-02-05	Rochdale	A
12	2	Port Vale	25	5	6	2	17	17	3	2	7	10	18	0.771	24	D	L	L	W	L	1972-02-05	Bradford City	H
13	-1	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	2	4	18	13	2	4	8	10	24	0.757	24	L	W	W	D	D	1972-02-05	Barnsley	H
14	2	Bolton Wanderers	24	4	5	3	11	9	3	4	5	12	14	1	23	W	W	L	D	D	1972-02-12	Swansea City	A
15	-2	Wrexham	25	6	3	3	21	15	3	2	8	14	22	0.946	23	L	W	D	L	D	1972-02-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	1	Rochdale	25	8	2	2	23	13	1	3	9	13	33	0.783	23	W	L	W	L	L	1972-02-05	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	25	6	4	2	16	9	0	6	7	11	22	0.871	22	L	D	D	W	D	1972-02-12	Torquay United	A
18	0	Bradford City	26	5	6	2	23	18	3	0	10	11	27	0.756	22	D	L	D	L	W	1972-02-05	Port Vale	A
19	0	Halifax Town	25	6	3	4	18	13	1	3	8	8	19	0.813	20	L	L	W	L	L	1972-02-05	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	York City	27	3	6	4	16	15	3	2	9	17	30	0.733	20	W	D	W	L	L	1972-02-05	Aston Villa	A
21	0	Walsall	26	5	4	3	17	11	1	4	9	15	33	0.727	20	W	D	L	D	W	1972-02-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Barnsley	26	2	6	6	15	25	1	5	6	4	17	0.452	17	D	L	D	L	D	1972-02-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
23	1	Mansfield Town	26	1	5	6	5	17	2	5	7	13	22	0.462	16	D	D	D	L	W	1972-02-05	Oldham Athletic	H
24	-1	Torquay United	26	4	4	6	21	23	0	3	9	4	23	0.543	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-02-12	Tranmere Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	2,471
	Lineups		Large, Felton
Brentford	1	2	Reading	Griffin Park	12,150
Docherty	Lineups		Wagstaff B, Harman
Chester	1	1	Southport	Sealand Road	2,585
Clapham	Lineups		Arnold
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Grimsby Town	Gresty Road	1,960
	Lineups		Brace
Darlington	1	1	Peterborough United	Feethams Ground	2,065
Harding	Lineups		Price
Gillingham	0	2	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium	3,755
	Lineups		Rowan 2 (1p)
Hartlepool	3	1	Bury	Victoria Park	2,128
Warnock, Veart 2	Lineups		Tinsley
Lincoln City	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	7,568
Worsdale, McNeil	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Newport County	Old Showground	4,717
Davidson	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	1	Scunthorpe United	26	7	5	1	18	7	7	3	3	17	13	1.75	36	W	D	D	W	W	1972-02-05	Stockport County	A
2	-1	Brentford	27	10	1	3	40	13	4	6	3	12	13	2	35	L	W	L	W	D	1972-02-05	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Southport	27	9	5	0	33	11	3	4	6	12	14	1.8	33	D	D	D	D	W	1972-02-05	Bury	H
4	0	Grimsby Town	26	10	2	2	38	18	4	3	5	15	21	1.359	33	W	D	W	D	W	1972-02-05	Chester	H
5	1	Lincoln City	26	11	2	0	31	9	1	5	7	16	28	1.27	31	W	D	W	W	L	1972-02-05	Hartlepool	H
6	-1	Southend United	26	10	1	2	29	15	3	4	6	12	20	1.171	31	L	L	W	W	L	1972-02-12	Brentford	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	24	8	1	4	20	12	4	3	4	16	18	1.2	28	L	D	W	L	W	1972-02-05	Barrow	H
9	0	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	0	Colchester United	26	7	5	0	21	9	3	3	8	18	28	1.054	28	W	D	L	D	W	1972-02-05	Workington	A
11	2	Northampton Town	26	7	3	3	28	14	3	4	6	15	27	1.049	27	W	W	L	W	L	1972-02-05	Peterborough United	H
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	4	3	21	14	4	3	6	11	19	0.97	27	L	D	W	W	D	1972-02-05	Aldershot	H
13	1	Reading	25	9	0	3	23	12	3	3	7	9	25	0.865	27	W	W	W	L	W	1972-02-12	Workington	H
14	-2	Bury	25	8	1	3	25	15	1	6	6	8	18	1	25	L	W	D	W	D	1972-02-05	Southport	A
15	1	Peterborough United	25	8	3	2	31	14	0	5	7	13	25	1.128	24	D	D	D	D	D	1972-02-05	Northampton Town	A
16	-1	Aldershot	26	2	8	4	14	15	4	4	4	13	19	0.794	24	L	D	D	L	W	1972-02-05	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	0	Newport County	25	7	2	3	19	12	2	2	9	15	31	0.791	22	L	W	L	L	W	1972-02-05	Exeter City	A
18	0	Chester	27	5	7	1	21	10	0	4	10	8	23	0.879	21	D	L	D	L	L	1972-02-05	Grimsby Town	A
19	1	Exeter City	26	5	2	5	20	20	3	3	8	16	30	0.72	21	W	L	L	L	W	1972-02-05	Newport County	H
20	-1	Darlington	25	5	6	1	16	11	2	1	10	14	39	0.6	21	D	L	W	L	W	1972-02-05	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	0	Barrow	26	2	6	4	12	15	3	2	9	10	26	0.537	18	W	L	D	L	L	1972-02-05	Gillingham	A
22	0	Stockport County	26	4	5	4	20	17	1	2	10	15	32	0.714	17	L	L	D	D	D	1972-02-05	Scunthorpe United	H
23	1	Hartlepool	26	6	2	6	22	20	0	3	9	10	30	0.64	17	W	D	L	L	W	1972-02-05	Lincoln City	A
24	-1	Crewe Alexandra	26	5	3	6	17	16	1	1	10	11	27	0.651	16	L	D	L	L	L	1972-02-05	Darlington	H