1972-02-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Derby County	Highbury	52,055	Largest home gate 1971-72
George 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	19,339
Craven, Queen	Lineups		Carr, Chilton
Everton	0	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	45,935
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Liverpool	Leeds Road	18,702
	Lineups		Whitham
Leicester City	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	24,255
	Lineups		Brown T
Manchester United	0	2	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	44,983
	Lineups		Tudor, Barrowclough
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	20,209
	Lineups		Peters
Sheffield United	3	3	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	38,184
Dearden, Woodward (p), Currie	Lineups		Lee 2 (1p), Bell
Stoke City	3	3	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	20,247
Ritchie, Greenhoff, Smith T	Lineups		Lambert 2, Miller
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	West Ham United	Molineux	26,852
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 City	28	10	3	1	36	11	5	6	3	22	20	1.871	39	D	W	W	D	D	1972-02-19	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Leeds United	28	10	4	0	27	7	5	3	6	12	14	1.857	37	D	L	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Manchester United	H
3	0	Derby County	28	9	4	0	27	8	5	4	6	19	20	1.643	36	L	W	D	W	W	1972-02-19	Nottingham Forest	H
4	1	Arsenal	28	10	1	3	25	9	5	4	5	18	18	1.593	35	W	W	W	D	D	1972-02-19	Ipswich Town	A
5	-1	Manchester United	28	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	3	25	20	1.342	35	L	L	L	L	L	1972-02-19	Leeds United	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	6	0	30	14	4	2	7	18	26	1.2	34	W	L	D	W	W	1972-02-19	Coventry City	A
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	28	10	3	1	31	9	2	6	6	12	22	1.387	33	W	W	L	D	D	1972-02-19	Stoke City	H
8	2	Liverpool	28	9	3	1	25	14	4	4	7	10	13	1.296	33	W	W	D	L	L	1972-02-19	Sheffield United	H
9	-2	Sheffield United	28	7	6	2	32	20	6	1	6	16	22	1.143	33	D	L	L	D	D	1972-02-19	Liverpool	A
10	-1	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
11	0	Stoke City	28	6	5	3	21	15	3	4	7	10	19	0.912	27	D	L	W	D	D	1972-02-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	4	Newcastle United	28	6	3	4	21	15	3	4	8	13	23	0.895	25	W	D	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Everton	H
13	-1	Leicester City	28	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	5	17	22	0.879	25	L	W	W	W	D	1972-02-19	Chelsea	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	28	5	6	3	13	11	1	7	6	12	27	0.658	25	D	W	D	D	L	1972-02-19	Arsenal	H
15	-2	West Ham United	28	6	4	4	18	12	2	4	8	12	18	1	24	L	L	D	L	W	1972-02-19	Crystal Palace	H
16	-1	Everton	28	8	4	3	23	11	0	4	9	5	21	0.875	24	D	L	W	W	D	1972-02-19	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Coventry City	28	5	7	1	16	12	1	5	9	15	34	0.674	24	D	L	D	L	W	1972-02-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
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	1	West Bromwich Albion	28	3	3	7	11	17	4	3	8	13	22	0.615	20	W	W	L	D	W	1972-02-19	Southampton	H
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	29	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	8	13	24	0.575	20	L	D	L	D	D	1972-02-19	Manchester City	A
21	0	Crystal Palace	28	3	5	6	19	22	3	2	9	8	25	0.574	19	D	L	L	W	D	1972-02-19	West Ham United	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	29	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	9	16	33	0.589	15	L	L	L	L	D	1972-02-19	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	2	Hull City	Turf Moor	11,751
	Lineups		Wagstaff, Butler
Carlisle United	0	0	Luton Town	Brunton Park	8,731
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Cardiff City	The Valley	7,526
Went, Peacock	Lineups		Woodruff, Clark
Fulham	1	1	Portsmouth	Craven Cottage	8,390
Cross	Lineups		Reynolds
Norwich City	2	2	Millwall	Carrow Road	34,118
Burnett OG, Cross	Lineups		Possee, Bolland
Orient	2	0	Bristol City	Brisbane Road	13,112
Bullock 2	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Birmingham City	Deepdale	17,794
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Blackpool	Loftus Road	13,690
	Lineups		Dyson
Sunderland	3	0	Oxford United	Roker Park	15,368
Tueart 2, Porterfield	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	County Ground	11,589
Burrows	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road	8,109
	Lineups		Hickton

				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	28	9	6	0	28	12	6	4	3	14	11	1.826	40	D	L	D	W	W	1972-02-19	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Millwall	28	9	5	0	26	12	3	8	3	20	22	1.353	37	D	W	D	D	L	1972-02-19	Orient	H
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	11	2	1	29	9	2	7	5	13	14	1.826	35	L	D	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Portsmouth	A
4	0	Birmingham City	28	9	4	0	33	12	1	9	5	8	14	1.577	33	D	W	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Burnley	H
5	0	Sunderland	28	8	6	1	29	16	3	5	5	14	24	1.075	33	W	W	L	L	W	1972-02-19	Luton Town	A
6	1	Middlesbrough	28	11	2	1	20	8	3	2	9	16	26	1.059	32	W	L	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Swindon Town	H
7	-1	Carlisle United	28	8	4	2	22	14	4	3	7	18	19	1.212	31	D	D	D	D	W	1972-02-19	Oxford United	A
8	2	Blackpool	28	7	4	2	25	9	5	1	9	16	23	1.281	29	W	W	W	W	W	1972-02-19	Fulham	H
9	-1	Burnley	28	7	3	4	25	16	5	2	7	19	20	1.222	29	L	W	L	D	L	1972-02-19	Birmingham City	A
10	-1	Preston North End	28	9	2	4	22	11	1	7	5	15	20	1.194	29	D	D	D	L	L	1972-02-19	Hull City	A
11	1	Luton Town	29	5	6	3	19	16	2	8	5	13	18	0.941	28	D	L	D	L	W	1972-02-19	Sunderland	H
12	2	Swindon Town	28	6	4	4	15	10	4	4	6	11	19	0.897	28	W	L	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Middlesbrough	A
13	-2	Oxford United	28	7	5	2	18	10	2	4	8	11	23	0.879	27	L	W	W	L	D	1972-02-19	Carlisle United	H
14	2	Portsmouth	28	6	6	2	23	16	2	4	8	20	28	0.977	26	D	D	W	L	D	1972-02-19	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	28	6	5	2	21	15	2	5	8	14	21	0.972	26	L	D	D	L	L	1972-02-19	Watford	H
16	2	Orient	28	9	3	2	26	13	1	3	10	11	31	0.841	26	W	D	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Millwall	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	28	7	5	2	24	15	3	1	10	17	34	0.837	26	D	L	D	W	W	1972-02-19	Bristol City	A
18	-3	Bristol City	28	7	3	4	26	18	2	4	8	10	18	1	25	L	D	L	L	W	1972-02-19	Charlton Athletic	H
19	1	Hull City	28	6	3	5	20	16	2	3	9	11	21	0.838	22	W	W	L	D	D	1972-02-19	Preston North End	H
20	-1	Fulham	28	7	4	4	22	20	2	0	11	11	34	0.611	22	D	L	W	L	L	1972-02-19	Blackpool	A
21	0	Cardiff City	27	5	3	4	23	17	1	4	10	14	33	0.74	19	D	L	L	D	W	1972-02-19	Norwich City	H
22	0	Watford	28	4	4	7	12	17	0	1	12	6	35	0.346	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-02-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Villa Park	48,110	Largest home & D 3 gate 1971-72
Vowden, Lochhead	Lineups		MacDougall
Bradford City	0	2	Barnsley	Valley Parade	4,254
	Lineups		Lea, Seal
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	14,437
Spearritt	Lineups		Bennett, Taylor B
Bristol Rovers	5	2	Rochdale	Eastville	7,344
Stephens, Bannister 2, Jones W, Prince	Lineups		Darling 2
Chesterfield	2	1	Halifax Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,477
McHale, Moss	Lineups		Wallace (p)
Mansfield Town	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Field Mill	5,155
Wignall	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Notts County	Boundary Park	8,621
	Lineups		Hateley
Rotherham United	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Millmoor	6,677
Johnson, Swift	Lineups		Moir R
Swansea City	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Vetch Field	4,962
Slattery, Thomas G 2 (2p)	Lineups		Greaves, Byrom
Torquay United	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Plainmoor	3,569
	Lineups		Moore M
Wrexham	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Racecourse Ground	4,124
	Lineups		Ashcroft OG, Hutchins
York City	2	1	Port Vale	Bootham Crescent	4,319
Aimson 2	Lineups		Gough

				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	28	14	0	2	32	8	6	2	4	22	15	2.348	42	W	W	W	W	W	1972-02-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	1	Notts County	26	9	1	2	22	6	8	4	2	21	12	2.389	39	W	W	L	W	W	1972-02-19	York City	H
3	-1	AFC Bournemouth	27	13	1	0	33	9	2	7	4	16	14	2.13	38	L	W	D	W	D	1972-02-19	Mansfield Town	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	8	3	2	19	10	7	4	4	25	20	1.467	37	L	W	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	0	Rotherham United	26	7	6	1	28	16	6	2	4	13	11	1.519	34	W	D	W	D	L	1972-02-19	Walsall	A
6	0	Swansea City	27	8	3	3	20	10	6	3	4	15	14	1.458	34	W	L	D	L	D	1972-02-19	Rochdale	A
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	29	8	2	3	29	16	5	3	8	24	27	1.233	31	W	L	L	W	D	1972-02-19	Chesterfield	H
8	0	Chesterfield	26	9	2	3	20	11	4	2	6	19	18	1.345	30	W	W	D	W	L	1972-02-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	0	Bristol Rovers	27	9	2	2	36	17	1	7	6	11	20	1.27	29	W	L	D	D	W	1972-02-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	8	2	3	28	14	3	3	9	16	24	1.158	27	L	D	L	L	L	1972-02-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	29	6	3	7	19	29	5	2	6	19	21	0.76	27	L	L	D	W	L	1972-02-19	Port Vale	A
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	8	2	4	22	13	2	4	9	10	25	0.842	26	L	W	L	W	W	1972-02-19	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Port Vale	27	6	6	2	18	17	3	2	8	11	20	0.784	26	L	W	D	L	L	1972-02-19	Oldham Athletic	H
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	26	6	4	2	16	9	1	6	7	12	22	0.903	24	W	L	D	D	W	1972-02-19	Bradford City	H
15	-1	Rochdale	27	8	3	2	23	13	1	3	10	15	38	0.745	24	L	D	W	L	W	1972-02-19	Swansea City	H
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	25	4	5	3	11	9	3	4	6	14	17	0.962	23	L	W	W	L	D	1972-02-19	Bristol Rovers	H
17	-1	Wrexham	27	6	3	5	22	19	3	2	8	14	22	0.878	23	L	L	L	W	D	1972-02-19	Halifax Town	A
18	0	Halifax Town	27	7	3	4	20	14	1	3	9	9	21	0.829	22	L	W	L	L	W	1972-02-19	Wrexham	H
19	1	Walsall	27	5	4	3	17	11	2	4	9	17	34	0.756	22	W	W	D	L	D	1972-02-19	Rotherham United	H
20	1	York City	29	4	6	4	18	16	3	2	10	17	31	0.745	22	W	L	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Notts County	A
21	-2	Bradford City	28	5	6	3	23	20	3	0	11	11	28	0.708	22	L	L	D	L	D	1972-02-19	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	28	3	5	6	8	18	2	5	7	13	22	0.525	20	W	W	D	D	D	1972-02-19	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	0	Barnsley	28	2	6	6	15	25	2	5	7	6	21	0.457	19	W	L	D	L	D	1972-02-19	Torquay United	H
24	0	Torquay United	27	4	4	7	21	24	0	3	9	4	23	0.532	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-02-19	Barnsley	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Gigg Lane	3,502
Jones, Connelly	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Cambridge United	Layer Road	5,663
Lewis	Lineups		Lill
Darlington	4	2	Aldershot	Feethams Ground	2,151
Graham 2, Sinclair 2	Lineups		Brown, Brodie
Hartlepool	2	1	Chester	Victoria Park	2,718
Young 2	Lineups		Edwards
Newport County	1	2	Gillingham	Somerton Park	3,148
Jones D	Lineups		Galvin, Yeo
Northampton Town	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	County Ground	3,565
Felton	Lineups		Elwiss
Peterborough United	4	4	Lincoln City	London Road	6,611
Price, Branston OG, Barker, Robson	Lineups		Spencer 2, Smith, Worsdale
Reading	0	0	Workington	Elm Park	7,852
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Barrow	Old Showground	5,340
Fletcher 2	Lineups		Irvine
Southend United	3	1	Brentford	Roots Hall	9,662
Johnson, Moore, Taylor	Lineups		Ross (p)
Southport	1	0	Grimsby Town	Haig Avenue	2,670
Fryatt	Lineups
Stockport County	0	4	Exeter City	Edgeley Park	2,166
	Lineups		Gibson, Parker, Binney, Banks

				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	Scunthorpe United	28	8	5	1	20	8	7	4	3	17	13	1.762	39	W	D	W	D	D	1972-02-19	Brentford	A
2	0	Brentford	29	10	1	3	40	13	4	7	4	14	17	1.8	36	L	D	L	W	L	1972-02-19	Scunthorpe United	H
3	1	Southport	29	10	5	1	34	12	3	4	6	12	14	1.769	35	W	L	D	D	D	1972-02-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-1	Grimsby Town	28	11	2	2	39	18	4	3	6	15	22	1.35	35	L	W	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Lincoln City	28	12	2	0	33	10	1	6	7	20	32	1.262	34	D	W	W	D	W	1972-02-19	Bury	H
6	0	Southend United	27	11	1	2	32	16	3	4	6	12	20	1.222	33	W	L	L	W	W	1972-02-19	Barrow	A
7	0	Workington	27	6	6	2	21	5	3	7	3	13	13	1.889	31	D	W	D	W	D	1972-02-19	Stockport County	H
8	0	Gillingham	26	8	2	4	21	13	5	3	4	18	19	1.219	31	W	D	L	D	W	1972-02-19	Colchester United	H
9	0	Cambridge United	27	6	5	1	26	11	4	5	6	16	26	1.135	30	D	D	W	W	D	1972-02-19	Newport County	H
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	28	7	4	3	23	15	4	4	6	12	20	1	30	D	W	L	D	W	1972-02-19	Southport	H
11	2	Bury	27	9	1	3	27	15	2	6	6	9	18	1.091	29	W	W	L	W	D	1972-02-19	Lincoln City	A
12	-1	Northampton Town	28	7	5	3	30	16	3	4	6	15	27	1.047	29	D	D	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Grimsby Town	A
13	-1	Colchester United	28	7	6	0	22	10	3	3	9	18	29	1.026	29	D	L	W	D	L	1972-02-19	Gillingham	A
14	0	Reading	26	9	1	3	23	12	3	3	7	9	25	0.865	28	D	W	W	W	L	1972-02-19	Exeter City	A
15	0	Peterborough United	27	8	4	2	35	18	0	6	7	14	26	1.114	26	D	D	D	D	D	1972-02-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	1	Exeter City	28	6	2	5	21	20	4	3	8	20	30	0.82	25	W	W	W	L	L	1972-02-19	Reading	H
17	-1	Aldershot	28	2	8	4	14	15	4	4	6	16	25	0.75	24	L	L	L	D	D	1972-02-19	Hartlepool	H
18	1	Darlington	27	6	6	1	20	13	2	2	10	15	40	0.66	24	W	D	D	L	W	1972-02-19	Chester	A
19	-1	Newport County	27	7	2	4	20	14	2	2	10	15	32	0.761	22	L	L	L	W	L	1972-02-19	Cambridge United	A
20	0	Chester	29	5	7	1	21	10	0	4	12	9	26	0.833	21	L	L	D	L	D	1972-02-19	Darlington	H
21	3	Hartlepool	28	7	2	6	24	21	0	3	10	11	32	0.66	19	W	L	W	D	L	1972-02-19	Aldershot	A
22	-1	Barrow	28	2	6	4	12	15	3	3	10	12	29	0.545	19	L	D	W	L	D	1972-02-19	Southend United	H
23	-1	Stockport County	28	4	6	5	20	21	1	2	10	15	32	0.66	18	L	D	L	L	D	1972-02-19	Workington	A
24	-1	Crewe Alexandra	28	5	4	6	18	17	1	1	11	11	29	0.63	17	L	D	L	D	L	1972-02-19	Peterborough United	H