1972-03-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

League Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

League Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	2	1	Chelsea	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Conroy, Eastham	Lineups		Osgood

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Derby County	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	33,456
Hinton (p), McFarland	Lineups		McCalliog (p)
Ipswich Town	0	2	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	17,222
	Lineups		Wallace, Tambling
Leeds United	7	0	Southampton	Elland Road	34,275
Clarke 2, Lorimer 3, Charlton, Jones	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Everton	Anfield Road	53,922
Wright T OG, McClaughlin OG, Lawler, Hughes	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Arsenal	Maine Road	44,213
Lee 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Leicester City	St James' Park	25,256
Macdonald, Gibb	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	54,814	Largest home gate 1971-72
Perryman, Chivers	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	16,702
Wile	Lineups
West Ham United	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Upton Park	18,521
Best 2, Robson	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	32	13	3	1	41	12	5	6	4	22	23	1.8	45	W	W	L	W	D	1972-03-11	Everton	A
2	0	Leeds United	30	12	4	0	39	8	5	3	6	12	14	2.318	41	W	W	D	L	W	1972-03-11	Coventry City	H
3	0	Derby County	30	11	4	0	33	9	5	4	6	19	20	1.793	40	W	W	L	W	D	1972-03-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	1	Liverpool	31	12	3	1	34	14	4	4	7	10	13	1.63	39	W	W	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Chelsea	A
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	3	1	35	9	2	7	6	13	23	1.5	38	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Derby County	H
6	-2	Arsenal	30	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	6	19	20	1.517	37	L	W	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Newcastle United	A
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	7	0	32	16	4	3	8	19	28	1.159	36	L	D	D	W	L	1972-03-11	Southampton	A
8	1	Sheffield United	30	8	6	2	35	20	6	1	7	16	24	1.159	35	W	L	D	L	L	1972-03-11	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Manchester United	30	9	1	4	26	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.156	35	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-08	Everton	H
10	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
11	0	Newcastle United	31	7	4	4	23	15	4	4	8	15	24	0.974	30	W	W	D	W	D	1972-03-11	Arsenal	H
12	3	West Ham United	31	7	5	4	22	13	2	4	9	12	21	1	27	W	L	D	L	L	1972-03-11	Leicester City	A
13	-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
14	-1	Everton	31	8	5	3	24	12	0	5	10	5	25	0.784	26	L	D	D	D	L	1972-03-08	Manchester United	A
15	-1	Ipswich Town	31	5	6	5	13	14	1	8	6	14	29	0.628	26	L	D	L	D	W	1972-03-11	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Leicester City	30	5	4	6	12	11	3	5	7	18	26	0.811	25	L	L	L	W	W	1972-03-11	West Ham United	H
17	0	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	1	West Bromwich Albion	31	5	3	7	15	19	4	3	9	14	24	0.674	24	W	L	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Crystal Palace	H
19	1	Crystal Palace	30	3	5	6	19	22	4	3	9	11	26	0.6	22	W	D	D	L	L	1972-03-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	-2	Southampton	30	6	3	5	25	22	3	1	12	15	44	0.606	22	L	L	L	W	L	1972-03-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Huddersfield Town	31	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	10	13	28	0.523	20	L	L	L	D	L	1972-03-11	Manchester United	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	31	3	3	9	17	23	1	4	11	16	38	0.541	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-11	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	4	0	Norwich City	St Andrew's	40,899
Hatton 2, Latchford R, Hynd	Lineups
Blackpool	1	1	Sunderland	Bloomfield Road	10,989
Suddick	Lineups		Watson
Bristol City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	11,105
Galley J, Rodgers	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	0	Fulham	Ninian Park	13,122
Clark	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Orient	Boothferry Park	12,845
Butler	Lineups		Allen
Luton Town	0	0	Watford	Kenilworth Road	10,816
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	0	Burnley	Ayresome Park	17,069
Dobson OG	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	16,036
Kitchener, Possee	Lineups		Mackay, Noble
Oxford United	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Manor Ground	7,424
Clayton, Sloan	Lineups		Hunt
Portsmouth	1	0	Carlisle United	Fratton Park	9,098
Ley	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Preston North End	Hillsborough	12,162
Craig (p)	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	1	Millwall	31	10	6	0	30	15	4	8	3	21	22	1.378	42	D	W	W	D	W	1972-03-11	Cardiff City	H
2	-1	Norwich City	30	9	6	0	28	12	6	5	4	14	15	1.556	41	L	D	D	L	D	1972-03-11	Sunderland	H
3	0	Sunderland	31	9	6	1	32	18	4	6	5	17	26	1.114	38	D	W	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Norwich City	A
4	1	Birmingham City	30	11	4	0	39	12	1	9	5	8	14	1.808	37	W	W	D	W	W	1972-03-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	1	Middlesbrough	30	13	2	1	23	8	3	2	9	16	26	1.147	36	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Oxford United	H
6	-2	Queens Park Rangers	30	11	2	1	29	9	2	7	7	13	17	1.615	35	L	L	L	D	W	1972-03-11	Birmingham City	A
7	0	Carlisle United	31	9	4	2	24	14	4	3	9	19	23	1.162	33	L	W	L	D	D	1972-03-11	Burnley	A
8	0	Blackpool	31	8	5	2	28	11	5	1	10	16	25	1.222	32	D	L	W	W	W	1972-03-11	Orient	A
9	0	Burnley	31	8	3	4	30	19	5	2	9	19	23	1.167	31	L	W	L	L	W	1972-03-11	Carlisle United	H
10	0	Swindon Town	31	7	4	4	19	10	4	5	7	13	23	0.97	31	D	W	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Charlton Athletic	A
11	1	Oxford United	31	9	5	2	23	12	2	4	9	11	27	0.872	31	W	L	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Middlesbrough	A
12	1	Portsmouth	31	8	6	2	25	16	2	4	9	22	31	1	30	W	L	W	D	D	1972-03-11	Preston North End	A
13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	5	2	24	16	2	5	9	17	26	0.976	30	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-18	Bristol City	A
14	-3	Preston North End	30	9	2	4	22	11	1	7	7	17	24	1.114	29	L	L	D	D	D	1972-03-11	Portsmouth	H
15	2	Bristol City	31	9	3	4	30	18	2	4	9	10	20	1.053	29	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-11	Watford	A
16	-1	Luton Town	32	5	7	4	20	18	2	8	6	13	20	0.868	29	D	L	L	D	L	1972-03-18	Burnley	H
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	31	8	5	2	26	15	3	1	12	18	38	0.83	28	L	W	L	D	L	1972-03-18	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Orient	30	9	3	2	26	13	1	4	11	13	34	0.83	27	D	L	W	D	W	1972-03-11	Blackpool	H
19	0	Hull City	30	7	4	5	24	19	2	3	9	11	21	0.875	25	D	W	W	W	L	1972-03-11	Fulham	H
20	0	Fulham	31	8	4	4	24	20	2	0	13	12	37	0.632	24	L	W	L	D	L	1972-03-11	Hull City	A
21	0	Cardiff City	29	6	4	4	24	17	1	4	10	14	33	0.76	22	W	D	D	L	L	1972-03-11	Millwall	A
22	0	Watford	31	4	4	8	12	18	0	2	13	7	37	0.345	14	D	L	L	L	L	1972-03-11	Bristol City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	0	Bradford City	Dean Court	12,119
Chadwick, MacDougall, Mitchinson	Lineups
Barnsley	2	1	York City	Oakwell	3,479
Mahoney, Boardman	Lineups		Mackin (p)
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Torquay United	Ewood Park	8,333
Parkes	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Chesterfield	Burnden Park	5,897
Wright R	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Shay	2,432
	Lineups		Irvine, Murray, Napier K, Templeman 2
Notts County	0	3	Aston Villa	Meadow Lane	34,208	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		McMahon 2, Graydon
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Rotherham United	Home Park	8,292
Cave 2	Lineups		Swift
Port Vale	1	0	Mansfield Town	Vale Park	2,809
Morgan	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Wrexham	Spotland	2,643
Davis OG	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Gay Meadow	3,001
Wood, Andrews	Lineups		Allan 2
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Prenton Park	3,963
Beamish, Cranston OG	Lineups		Wood (p), Robins
Walsall	4	0	Swansea City	Fellows Park	3,808
Harrison, Penman, Shinton, Morris	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	31	15	0	2	34	8	7	3	4	26	16	2.5	47	W	W	D	W	W	1972-03-11	Rotherham United	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	31	14	3	0	37	10	3	7	4	18	14	2.292	44	W	W	D	D	L	1972-03-08	Bristol Rovers	H
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	9	3	2	22	10	9	4	4	35	23	1.727	43	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	-1	Notts County	29	9	2	3	24	11	8	5	2	22	13	1.917	41	L	D	D	W	W	1972-03-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	0	Rotherham United	29	8	6	1	31	18	6	3	5	14	13	1.452	37	L	W	D	W	D	1972-03-11	Aston Villa	H
6	0	Swansea City	30	9	3	3	21	10	6	4	5	16	19	1.276	37	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-11	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	10	2	3	32	17	5	3	9	24	30	1.191	35	W	L	W	W	L	1972-03-11	Notts County	H
8	1	Bristol Rovers	30	10	2	2	38	18	1	9	6	13	22	1.275	33	D	W	D	W	L	1972-03-08	AFC Bournemouth	A
9	-1	Chesterfield	29	10	2	3	22	11	4	2	8	19	20	1.323	32	L	W	L	W	W	1972-03-11	Barnsley	H
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	9	3	4	24	14	3	4	9	12	26	0.9	31	W	W	D	L	W	1972-03-11	Rochdale	A
11	0	Oldham Athletic	32	7	3	7	25	29	5	3	7	21	24	0.868	30	D	W	L	L	L	1972-03-11	Halifax Town	A
12	0	Port Vale	30	8	6	2	20	17	3	2	9	11	22	0.795	30	W	L	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	31	8	3	4	33	21	3	3	10	16	25	1.065	28	D	L	L	L	D	1972-03-10	York City	H
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	28	5	6	3	12	9	4	4	6	16	18	1.037	28	W	W	D	L	W	1972-03-11	Port Vale	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	29	7	5	2	22	12	1	6	8	12	27	0.872	27	D	L	W	W	L	1972-03-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	1	Rochdale	30	9	4	2	25	14	1	3	11	15	40	0.741	27	W	L	D	L	D	1972-03-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	2	Walsall	31	6	5	3	21	11	2	5	10	18	36	0.83	26	W	L	D	D	W	1972-03-11	Bradford City	H
18	-2	York City	32	5	6	4	23	16	3	3	11	20	35	0.843	25	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	-1	Halifax Town	30	8	3	5	24	20	1	3	10	11	24	0.795	24	L	L	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Wrexham	30	6	3	6	23	21	3	2	10	15	27	0.792	23	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-08	Barnsley	A
21	0	Bradford City	31	5	6	4	24	22	3	0	13	12	35	0.632	22	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-11	Walsall	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	31	3	6	6	9	19	2	6	8	14	24	0.535	22	L	D	D	W	W	1972-03-11	Bristol Rovers	A
23	0	Barnsley	31	3	7	6	17	26	2	5	8	6	27	0.434	22	W	L	D	W	L	1972-03-08	Wrexham	H
24	0	Torquay United	30	4	4	8	21	26	0	4	10	4	24	0.5	16	L	L	D	L	L	1972-03-11	Wrexham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Bury	Recreation Ground	2,545
Brown, Grummett	Lineups		Murray 2
Barrow	1	0	Newport County	Holker Street	2,196
Calvert	Lineups
Brentford	0	2	Colchester United	Griffin Park	9,210
	Lineups		Mahon 2
Cambridge United	2	0	Stockport County	Abbey Stadium	3,913
Collins, Greenhalgh	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	1,868
Clapham	Lineups		Hall
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Northampton Town	Gresty Road	1,552
	Lineups		Hold
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Hartlepool	Belle Vue	2,571
Irvine (p), Gilchrist	Lineups		Young
Exeter City	0	0	Southend United	St James Park	3,336
	Lineups
Gillingham	4	2	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	4,351
Woolcott, Yeo, Wilks, Hill K	Lineups		Bell 2
Grimsby Town	2	0	Darlington	Blundell Park	10,388
Gauden, Tees	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Southport	Sincil Bank	8,001
McNeil, Worsdale	Lineups		Fryatt
Workington	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Borough Park	1,981
Martin, Ogilvie	Lineups		Fletcher

				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	31	9	5	1	23	8	8	4	4	21	15	1.913	43	L	W	W	W	D	1972-03-11	Bury	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	31	13	2	2	45	20	5	3	6	16	22	1.452	41	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-11	Gillingham	A
3	0	Lincoln City	31	14	2	0	37	11	2	6	7	23	34	1.333	40	W	W	W	D	W	1972-03-09	Gillingham	H
4	0	Southport	32	11	5	1	38	14	3	4	8	14	18	1.625	37	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-14	Scunthorpe United	A
5	0	Brentford	32	10	1	5	40	18	4	8	4	14	17	1.543	37	L	D	L	L	D	1972-03-13	Lincoln City	H
6	0	Southend United	30	12	1	2	34	16	3	5	7	13	22	1.237	36	D	W	L	W	L	1972-03-10	Chester	H
7	0	Workington	30	7	7	2	24	7	3	7	4	13	15	1.682	34	W	L	D	D	W	1972-03-09	Bury	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	9	4	3	27	17	4	4	7	13	24	0.976	34	W	L	W	D	W	1972-03-11	Cambridge United	A
9	0	Gillingham	29	9	2	5	25	17	5	3	5	19	21	1.158	33	W	L	L	W	D	1972-03-09	Lincoln City	A
10	1	Colchester United	31	7	6	1	22	11	5	3	9	22	29	1.1	33	W	L	W	D	L	1972-03-11	Aldershot	H
11	2	Cambridge United	30	7	5	2	28	12	4	5	7	16	27	1.128	32	W	L	L	D	D	1972-03-09	Peterborough United	A
12	-2	Bury	30	10	1	3	30	16	2	7	7	11	22	1.079	32	D	W	L	W	W	1972-03-09	Workington	H
13	1	Northampton Town	31	7	5	4	32	19	4	4	7	18	31	1	31	W	L	L	D	D	1972-03-11	Reading	A
14	-2	Reading	29	10	1	3	24	12	3	4	8	11	29	0.854	31	L	W	D	D	W	1972-03-11	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Peterborough United	30	8	5	2	35	18	0	7	8	15	29	1.064	28	D	D	L	D	D	1972-03-09	Cambridge United	H
16	0	Aldershot	31	3	9	4	18	17	4	5	6	16	25	0.81	28	D	D	W	L	L	1972-03-11	Colchester United	A
17	0	Exeter City	31	6	4	5	21	20	4	3	9	20	33	0.774	27	D	L	D	W	W	1972-03-11	Lincoln City	H
18	0	Darlington	30	7	6	1	24	14	2	2	12	16	44	0.69	26	L	W	L	W	D	1972-03-10	Stockport County	A
19	0	Newport County	30	7	3	4	20	14	3	2	11	16	33	0.766	25	L	D	W	L	L	1972-03-10	Hartlepool	H
20	1	Barrow	31	4	6	4	15	16	4	3	10	13	29	0.622	25	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-11	Peterborough United	H
21	-1	Chester	32	6	8	1	24	12	0	4	13	10	29	0.829	24	D	L	W	L	L	1972-03-10	Southend United	A
22	0	Stockport County	31	5	6	5	22	22	1	3	11	16	35	0.667	21	L	W	D	L	D	1972-03-10	Darlington	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	31	6	4	7	20	18	1	1	12	13	33	0.647	19	L	L	W	L	D	1972-03-11	Workington	A
24	0	Hartlepool	31	7	2	7	24	22	0	3	12	12	36	0.621	19	L	L	L	W	L	1972-03-10	Newport County	A