1972-02-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 5						Venue	Gate
D 2	Birmingham City	3	1	Portsmouth	D 2	St Andrew's	43,886
	Hatton, Latchford R 2	Lineups		Reynolds
D 2	Cardiff City	0	2	Leeds United	D 1	Ninian Park	50,000
		Lineups		Giles 2
D 1	Derby County	2	2	Arsenal	D 1	Baseball Ground	39,662
	Durban, Hinton (p)	Lineups		George 2
D 1	Everton	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Goodison Park	50,511
		Lineups		Gilzean, Peters
D 1	Huddersfield Town	4	2	West Ham United	D 1	Leeds Road	27,080
	Lawson J, Dolan, Smith D, Worthington	Lineups		Best, Robson
D 1	Manchester United	0	0	Middlesbrough	D 2	Old Trafford	54,000
		Lineups
D 2	Orient	3	2	Chelsea	D 1	Brisbane Road	30,329
	Hoadley, Bullock, Fairbrother	Lineups		Webb, Osgood
D 1	Stoke City	4	1	Hull City	D 2	Victoria Ground	34,558
	Greenhoff 2, Conroy, Ritchie	Lineups		Wagstaff

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Liverpool	3	0	Manchester City	Anfield Road	50,074
Lloyd, Keegan, Graham	Lineups
Southampton	1	2	Newcastle United	The Dell	18,894
OG	Lineups		Macdonald (p), Barrowclough
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Ipswich Town	Molineux	19,349
Hibbitt, McCalliog (p)	Lineups		Belfitt 2

				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	30	11	3	1	37	11	5	6	4	22	23	1.735	41	L	W	D	W	W	1972-03-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Leeds United	29	11	4	0	32	8	5	3	6	12	14	2	39	W	D	L	W	D	1972-03-04	Southampton	H
3	0	Derby County	29	10	4	0	31	8	5	4	6	19	20	1.786	38	W	L	W	D	W	1972-03-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	0	Arsenal	29	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	5	19	18	1.63	37	W	W	W	W	D	1972-03-04	Manchester City	A
5	1	Liverpool	30	11	3	1	30	14	4	4	7	10	13	1.481	37	W	W	W	W	D	1972-03-04	Everton	H
6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	7	0	32	16	4	3	7	18	26	1.19	36	D	D	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Derby County	A
7	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	29	11	3	1	33	9	2	6	6	12	22	1.452	35	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-01	Everton	A
8	-1	Manchester United	29	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	4	26	25	1.209	35	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	0	Chelsea	28	8	5	2	29	15	4	4	5	10	14	1.345	33	W	W	W	D	L	1972-03-11	Liverpool	H
10	0	Sheffield United	29	7	6	2	32	20	6	1	7	16	24	1.091	33	L	D	L	L	D	1972-02-29	West Ham United	H
11	1	Newcastle United	30	6	4	4	21	15	4	4	8	15	24	0.923	28	W	D	W	D	W	1972-03-04	Leicester City	H
12	-1	Stoke City	29	6	5	3	21	15	3	4	8	10	21	0.861	27	L	D	L	W	D	1972-03-11	Sheffield United	H
13	4	Ipswich Town	30	5	6	4	13	12	1	8	6	14	29	0.659	26	D	L	D	W	D	1972-03-04	Crystal Palace	H
14	-1	West Ham United	29	6	5	4	19	13	2	4	8	12	18	1	25	D	L	L	D	L	1972-02-29	Sheffield United	A
15	-1	Everton	29	8	4	3	23	11	0	5	9	5	21	0.875	25	D	D	L	W	W	1972-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	-1	Leicester City	29	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	6	18	24	0.857	25	L	L	W	W	W	1972-03-04	Newcastle United	A
17	-1	Coventry City	29	5	8	1	16	12	1	5	9	15	34	0.674	25	D	D	L	D	L	1972-03-11	Leeds United	A
18	0	Southampton	29	6	3	5	25	22	3	1	11	15	37	0.678	22	L	L	W	L	L	1972-03-04	Leeds United	A
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	4	3	7	14	19	4	3	8	13	22	0.659	22	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-01	Manchester City	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	29	3	5	6	19	22	3	3	9	9	26	0.6	20	D	D	L	L	W	1972-03-04	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	30	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	9	13	25	0.561	20	L	L	D	L	D	1972-03-04	West Ham United	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	30	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	10	16	37	0.55	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-04	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	5	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor	10,617
Fletcher 2, Thomas, Casper, James	Lineups		Sissons 3 (1p)
Carlisle United	2	0	Blackpool	Brunton Park	9,985
Bowles 2	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Luton Town	The Valley	7,968
Rogers, Went (p)	Lineups
Fulham	2	0	Bristol City	Craven Cottage	9,276
Callaghan, Earle	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	0	Oxford United	County Ground	14,743
Horsfield 3, Trollope	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Millwall	Vicarage Road	14,575
	Lineups		Bolland (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	29	9	6	0	28	12	6	5	3	14	11	1.826	41	D	D	L	D	W	1972-03-04	Birmingham City	A
2	0	Millwall	30	10	5	0	28	13	4	8	3	21	22	1.4	41	W	W	D	W	D	1972-03-04	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	11	2	1	29	9	2	7	6	13	15	1.75	35	L	L	D	W	D	1972-03-04	Bristol City	A
4	0	Birmingham City	29	10	4	0	35	12	1	9	5	8	14	1.654	35	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-04	Norwich City	H
5	0	Sunderland	29	8	6	1	29	16	4	5	5	16	25	1.098	35	W	W	W	L	L	1972-03-01	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	29	12	2	1	22	8	3	2	9	16	26	1.118	34	W	W	L	W	W	1972-03-04	Burnley	H
7	1	Carlisle United	30	9	4	2	24	14	4	3	8	19	22	1.194	33	W	L	D	D	D	1972-03-04	Portsmouth	A
8	-1	Blackpool	30	8	4	2	27	10	5	1	10	16	25	1.229	31	L	W	W	W	W	1972-03-04	Sunderland	H
9	0	Burnley	30	8	3	4	30	19	5	2	8	19	22	1.195	31	W	L	L	W	L	1972-03-04	Middlesbrough	A
10	5	Swindon Town	30	7	4	4	19	10	4	4	7	11	21	0.968	30	W	L	W	L	W	1972-03-04	Millwall	A
11	-1	Preston North End	29	9	2	4	22	11	1	7	6	17	23	1.147	29	L	D	D	D	L	1972-03-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	-1	Oxford United	30	8	5	2	21	11	2	4	9	11	27	0.842	29	L	W	L	W	W	1972-03-04	Charlton Athletic	H
13	-1	Portsmouth	29	7	6	2	24	16	2	4	8	20	28	1	28	W	D	D	W	L	1972-03-01	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	7	5	2	23	16	2	5	9	17	26	0.952	28	L	W	L	D	D	1972-03-04	Preston North End	H
15	-1	Luton Town	31	5	6	4	20	18	2	8	6	13	20	0.868	28	L	L	D	L	D	1972-03-04	Watford	H
16	2	Charlton Athletic	30	8	5	2	26	15	3	1	11	17	36	0.843	28	W	L	D	L	D	1972-03-04	Oxford United	A
17	-1	Bristol City	30	8	3	4	28	18	2	4	9	10	20	1	27	L	W	L	D	L	1972-03-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	-1	Orient	29	9	3	2	26	13	1	3	11	12	33	0.826	26	L	W	D	W	W	1972-03-04	Hull City	A
19	0	Hull City	29	7	3	5	23	18	2	3	9	11	21	0.872	24	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Orient	H
20	0	Fulham	30	8	4	4	24	20	2	0	12	12	36	0.643	24	W	L	D	L	W	1972-03-04	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Cardiff City	28	5	4	4	23	17	1	4	10	14	33	0.74	20	D	D	L	L	D	1972-03-04	Fulham	H
22	0	Watford	30	4	4	8	12	18	0	1	13	7	37	0.345	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Luton Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Port Vale	Villa Park	32,806
Lochhead, McMahon	Lineups
Bradford City	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Valley Parade	4,775
Hall J	Lineups		Martin, Field
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Goldstone Ground	15,198
Murray 2, Napier K	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Walsall	Eastville	8,665
Stephens, Godfrey	Lineups		Morris
Chesterfield	2	0	Rochdale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,599
Randall, Wilson	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Notts County	Field Mill	16,784	Largest home gate 1971-72
Roberts B	Lineups		Bradd
Oldham Athletic	6	0	Barnsley	Boundary Park	5,783
Mulvaney, Bebbington, Shaw 2, Robins 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	2	Halifax Town	Millmoor	7,869
Gilbert, Mielczarek, Phillips	Lineups		Robertson 2
Swansea City	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	5,068
Gwyther	Lineups
Torquay United	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Plainmoor	9,805
	Lineups		MacDougall 2
Wrexham	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Racecourse Ground	3,851
Thomas	Lineups		Hunt 2
York City	5	0	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	4,632
Rowles 2, Wann, Lally, Aimson	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	Aston Villa	30	15	0	2	34	8	6	3	4	23	16	2.375	45	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-04	Notts County	A
2	1	AFC Bournemouth	30	13	3	0	34	10	3	7	4	18	14	2.167	42	W	D	D	L	W	1972-03-04	Bradford City	H
3	-1	Notts County	28	9	2	2	24	8	8	5	2	22	13	2.19	41	D	D	W	W	L	1972-03-04	Aston Villa	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	9	3	2	22	10	8	4	4	30	23	1.576	41	W	W	L	W	W	1972-03-04	Halifax Town	A
5	0	Rotherham United	28	8	6	1	31	18	6	3	4	13	11	1.517	37	W	D	W	D	W	1972-03-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	0	Swansea City	29	9	3	3	21	10	6	4	4	16	15	1.48	37	W	D	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Walsall	A
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	31	9	2	3	30	16	5	3	9	24	30	1.174	33	L	W	W	L	L	1972-03-04	Rotherham United	H
8	0	Chesterfield	28	10	2	3	22	11	4	2	7	19	19	1.367	32	W	L	W	W	D	1972-03-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Bristol Rovers	29	10	2	2	38	18	1	8	6	11	20	1.289	32	W	D	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	2	Blackburn Rovers	31	8	3	4	23	14	3	4	9	12	26	0.875	29	W	D	L	W	L	1972-03-04	Torquay United	H
11	2	Oldham Athletic	31	7	3	7	25	29	5	2	7	19	22	0.863	29	W	L	L	L	D	1972-03-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	-2	Port Vale	29	7	6	2	19	17	3	2	9	11	22	0.769	28	L	W	L	W	D	1972-03-04	Mansfield Town	H
13	-2	Shrewsbury Town	30	8	2	4	31	19	3	3	10	16	25	1.068	27	L	L	L	D	L	1972-03-04	Bristol Rovers	H
14	2	Bolton Wanderers	27	4	6	3	11	9	4	4	6	16	18	1	26	W	D	L	W	W	1972-03-04	Chesterfield	H
15	-1	Tranmere Rovers	28	7	4	2	20	10	1	6	8	12	27	0.865	26	L	W	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Oldham Athletic	H
16	4	York City	31	5	6	4	23	16	3	3	10	19	33	0.857	25	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-04	Barnsley	A
17	-2	Rochdale	29	8	4	2	24	14	1	3	11	15	40	0.722	25	L	D	L	D	W	1972-03-04	Wrexham	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	29	8	3	4	24	15	1	3	10	11	24	0.897	24	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	-1	Walsall	30	5	5	3	17	11	2	5	10	18	36	0.745	24	L	D	D	W	W	1972-03-04	Swansea City	H
20	-1	Wrexham	29	6	3	6	23	21	3	2	9	15	26	0.809	23	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Rochdale	A
21	0	Bradford City	30	5	6	4	24	22	3	0	12	12	32	0.667	22	L	L	L	L	D	1972-03-04	AFC Bournemouth	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	30	3	6	6	9	19	2	6	7	14	23	0.548	22	D	D	W	W	D	1972-03-04	Port Vale	A
23	0	Barnsley	30	2	7	6	15	25	2	5	8	6	27	0.404	20	L	D	W	L	D	1972-03-04	York City	H
24	0	Torquay United	29	4	4	8	21	26	0	4	9	4	23	0.51	16	L	D	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Blackburn Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	3	1	Chester	Gigg Lane	3,212
Hamstead, Alcock, Murray	Lineups		Clapham
Colchester United	0	1	Barrow	Layer Road	4,618
	Lineups		Rowlands
Darlington	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	2,330
Hale, Peverell, Graham, Sinclair	Lineups		Irvine
Hartlepool	0	1	Grimsby Town	Victoria Park	3,194
	Lineups		Tees
Newport County	0	0	Brentford	Somerton Park	3,271
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	3	Lincoln City	County Ground	4,970
Large, Felton	Lineups		Worsdale 2, McNeil
Peterborough United	0	0	Aldershot	London Road	4,395
	Lineups
Reading	1	0	Cambridge United	Elm Park	6,608
Chappell	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	0	Exeter City	Old Showground	6,438
Giles OG, Jackson, Fletcher	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Workington	Roots Hall	7,537
Moore, Best	Lineups
Southport	4	2	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	2,321
Lee, Fryatt, Dunleavy, Hartle	Lineups		Tewley 2 (1p)
Stockport County	2	1	Gillingham	Edgeley Park	1,596
Brennan, Ingham	Lineups		Bickle

				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	30	9	5	1	23	8	8	4	3	20	13	2.048	43	W	W	W	D	W	1972-03-04	Workington	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	30	12	2	2	43	20	5	3	6	16	22	1.405	39	W	W	L	W	W	1972-03-04	Darlington	H
3	1	Lincoln City	30	13	2	0	35	10	2	6	7	23	34	1.318	38	W	W	D	W	W	1972-03-04	Southport	H
4	1	Southport	31	11	5	1	38	14	3	4	7	13	16	1.7	37	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-04	Lincoln City	A
5	-2	Brentford	31	10	1	4	40	16	4	8	4	14	17	1.636	37	D	L	L	D	L	1972-03-04	Colchester United	H
6	0	Southend United	29	12	1	2	34	16	3	4	7	13	22	1.237	35	W	L	W	L	L	1972-03-04	Exeter City	A
7	0	Workington	29	6	7	2	22	6	3	7	4	13	15	1.667	32	L	D	D	W	D	1972-03-04	Scunthorpe United	H
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	4	3	25	16	4	4	7	13	24	0.95	32	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-04	Hartlepool	H
9	0	Gillingham	28	8	2	5	21	15	5	3	5	19	21	1.111	31	L	L	W	D	L	1972-03-04	Reading	H
10	2	Bury	29	10	1	3	30	16	2	6	7	9	20	1.083	31	W	L	W	W	L	1972-03-04	Aldershot	A
11	-1	Colchester United	30	7	6	1	22	11	4	3	9	20	29	1.05	31	L	W	D	L	W	1972-03-04	Brentford	A
12	2	Reading	28	10	1	3	24	12	3	4	7	9	25	0.892	31	W	D	D	W	W	1972-03-04	Gillingham	A
13	-2	Cambridge United	29	6	5	2	26	12	4	5	7	16	27	1.077	30	L	L	D	D	W	1972-03-04	Stockport County	H
14	-1	Northampton Town	30	7	5	4	32	19	3	4	7	17	31	0.98	29	L	L	D	D	W	1972-03-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	0	Peterborough United	29	8	5	2	35	18	0	6	8	14	28	1.065	27	D	L	D	D	D	1972-03-04	Chester	A
16	1	Aldershot	30	3	8	4	16	15	4	5	6	16	25	0.8	27	D	W	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Bury	H
17	-1	Exeter City	30	6	3	5	21	20	4	3	9	20	33	0.774	26	L	D	W	W	W	1972-03-04	Southend United	H
18	1	Darlington	29	7	6	1	24	14	2	2	11	16	42	0.714	26	W	L	W	D	D	1972-03-04	Grimsby Town	A
19	-1	Newport County	29	7	3	4	20	14	3	2	10	16	32	0.783	25	D	W	L	L	L	1972-03-04	Barrow	A
20	0	Chester	31	6	7	1	23	11	0	4	13	10	29	0.825	23	L	W	L	L	D	1972-03-04	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Barrow	30	3	6	4	14	16	4	3	10	13	29	0.6	23	W	W	L	D	W	1972-03-04	Newport County	H
22	1	Stockport County	30	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	10	16	33	0.691	21	W	D	L	D	L	1972-03-04	Cambridge United	A
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	30	6	4	6	20	17	1	1	12	13	33	0.66	19	L	W	L	D	L	1972-03-04	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Hartlepool	30	7	2	7	24	22	0	3	11	11	34	0.625	19	L	L	W	L	W	1972-03-04	Doncaster Rovers	A