1972-03-11

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	0	0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	38,691
	Lineups
Everton	1	2	Manchester City	Goodison Park	44,649
Lyons	Lineups		Hill, Wright T OG
Leeds United	1	0	Coventry City	Elland Road	43,154
Charlton	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	West Ham United	Filbert Street	23,339
Nish 2	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Old Trafford	41,464
Best, Storey-Moore	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Arsenal	St James' Park	33,907
Macdonald, Smith	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Ipswich Town	City Ground	9,872
	Lineups		Viljoen, Whymark
Southampton	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Dell	16,958
Channon	Lineups		McCalliog, Taylor
Stoke City	2	2	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	31,685
Smith T, Ritchie	Lineups		Woodward 2
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Derby County	White Hart Lane	36,310
	Lineups		Hinton (p)
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns	17,105
Brown A	Lineups		Craven

				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	33	13	3	1	41	12	6	6	4	24	24	1.806	47	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Chelsea	H
2	0	Leeds United	31	13	4	0	40	8	5	3	6	12	14	2.364	43	W	W	W	D	L	1972-03-22	Leicester City	A
3	0	Derby County	31	11	4	0	33	9	6	4	6	20	20	1.828	42	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Leicester City	H
4	0	Liverpool	32	12	3	1	34	14	4	5	7	10	13	1.63	40	D	W	W	W	W	1972-03-18	Newcastle United	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	3	2	35	10	2	7	6	13	23	1.455	38	L	W	D	W	W	1972-03-25	Sheffield United	H
6	2	Manchester United	32	10	2	4	28	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.2	38	W	D	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	7	0	32	16	5	3	8	21	29	1.178	38	W	L	D	D	W	1972-03-18	Crystal Palace	A
8	-2	Arsenal	31	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	7	19	22	1.419	37	L	L	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Leeds United	A
9	0	Sheffield United	31	8	6	2	35	20	6	2	7	18	26	1.152	36	D	W	L	D	L	1972-03-18	Everton	H
10	0	Chelsea	29	8	6	2	29	15	4	4	5	10	14	1.345	34	D	W	W	W	D	1972-03-14	Nottingham Forest	A
11	0	Newcastle United	32	8	4	4	25	15	4	4	8	15	24	1.026	32	W	W	W	D	W	1972-03-18	Liverpool	A
12	1	Stoke City	30	6	6	3	23	17	3	4	8	10	21	0.868	28	D	L	D	L	W	1972-03-25	Derby County	H
13	2	Ipswich Town	32	5	6	5	13	14	2	8	6	16	29	0.674	28	W	L	D	L	D	1972-03-18	Southampton	H
14	-2	West Ham United	32	7	5	4	22	13	2	4	10	12	23	0.9	27	L	W	L	D	L	1972-03-18	Nottingham Forest	H
15	1	Leicester City	31	6	4	6	14	11	3	5	7	18	26	0.865	27	W	L	L	L	W	1972-03-18	Derby County	A
16	-2	Everton	33	8	5	4	25	14	0	6	10	5	25	0.769	27	L	D	L	D	D	1972-03-18	Sheffield United	A
17	1	West Bromwich Albion	32	5	4	7	16	20	4	3	9	14	24	0.682	25	D	W	L	W	W	1972-03-17	Coventry City	A
18	-1	Coventry City	30	5	8	1	16	12	1	5	10	15	35	0.66	25	L	D	D	L	D	1972-03-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Crystal Palace	31	3	5	6	19	22	4	4	9	12	27	0.6	23	D	W	D	D	L	1972-03-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Southampton	31	6	3	6	26	24	3	1	12	15	44	0.603	22	L	L	L	L	W	1972-03-18	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	32	4	4	7	10	16	2	4	11	13	30	0.5	20	L	L	L	L	D	1972-03-21	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	32	3	3	10	17	25	1	4	11	16	38	0.524	15	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-14	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's	35,557
	Lineups
Burnley	3	1	Carlisle United	Turf Moor	10,346
Thomas, Fletcher, Collins	Lineups		Barton
Hull City	4	0	Fulham	Boothferry Park	11,112
Pearson 2, Wagstaff 2	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Oxford United	Ayresome Park	13,334
Mills 2	Lineups		Sloan
Millwall	1	1	Cardiff City	The Den, New Cross	13,702
Possee	Lineups		Warboys
Norwich City	1	1	Sunderland	Carrow Road	22,143
Bone	Lineups		Harvey
Orient	0	1	Blackpool	Brisbane Road	11,582
	Lineups		Burns
Preston North End	4	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	10,575
McIlmoyle, Tarbuck, Lyall (p), Young	Lineups
Watford	0	2	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	5,384
	Lineups		Bartley, Galley J

				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	Millwall	32	10	7	0	31	16	4	8	3	21	22	1.368	43	D	D	W	W	D	1972-03-18	Blackpool	A
2	0	Norwich City	31	9	7	0	29	13	6	5	4	14	15	1.536	42	D	L	D	D	L	1972-03-15	Hull City	H
3	0	Sunderland	32	9	6	1	32	18	4	7	5	18	27	1.111	39	D	D	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Birmingham City	31	11	5	0	39	12	1	9	5	8	14	1.808	38	D	W	W	D	W	1972-03-21	Carlisle United	A
5	0	Middlesbrough	31	14	2	1	25	9	3	2	9	16	26	1.171	38	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-14	Carlisle United	A
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	31	11	2	1	29	9	2	8	7	13	17	1.615	36	D	L	L	L	D	1972-03-18	Middlesbrough	H
7	1	Blackpool	32	8	5	2	28	11	6	1	10	17	25	1.25	34	W	D	L	W	W	1972-03-18	Millwall	H
8	1	Burnley	32	9	3	4	33	20	5	2	9	19	23	1.209	33	W	L	W	L	L	1972-03-18	Luton Town	A
9	-2	Carlisle United	32	9	4	2	24	14	4	3	10	20	26	1.1	33	L	L	W	L	D	1972-03-14	Middlesbrough	H
10	4	Preston North End	31	10	2	4	26	11	1	7	7	17	24	1.229	31	W	L	L	D	D	1972-03-18	Fulham	A
11	4	Bristol City	32	9	3	4	30	18	3	4	9	12	20	1.105	31	W	W	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	-2	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
13	-2	Oxford United	32	9	5	2	23	12	2	4	10	12	29	0.854	31	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Hull City	H
14	-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
15	-3	Portsmouth	32	8	6	2	25	16	2	4	10	22	35	0.922	30	L	W	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Norwich City	H
16	0	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	0	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	1	Hull City	31	8	4	5	28	19	2	3	9	11	21	0.975	27	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-15	Norwich City	A
19	-1	Orient	31	9	3	3	26	14	1	4	11	13	34	0.813	27	L	D	L	W	D	1972-03-24	Portsmouth	H
20	0	Fulham	32	8	4	4	24	20	2	0	14	12	41	0.59	24	L	L	W	L	D	1972-03-18	Preston North End	H
21	0	Cardiff City	30	6	4	4	24	17	1	5	10	15	34	0.765	23	D	W	D	D	L	1972-03-21	Oxford United	H
22	0	Watford	32	4	4	9	12	20	0	2	13	7	37	0.333	14	L	D	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Carlisle United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Port Vale	Burnden Park	6,240
Nicholson, Hunt, McMahon	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Goldstone Ground	17,230
Bromley, Templeman	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Mansfield Town	Eastville	5,574
Bannister, Pate OG	Lineups		Fairbrother
Chesterfield	0	0	Barnsley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,543
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Oldham Athletic	The Shay	3,404
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Notts County	Home Park	12,157
Latcham	Lineups		Bradd
Rochdale	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Spotland	6,542
Howarth, Gowans	Lineups		Field
Rotherham United	0	2	Aston Villa	Millmoor	16,290	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Lochhead, Graydon
Swansea City	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	Vetch Field	7,718
Slattery	Lineups		Boyer, Kitchener
Walsall	3	0	Bradford City	Fellows Park	4,100
Shinton 2, Jones C	Lineups
Wrexham	1	2	Torquay United	Racecourse Ground	3,440
May	Lineups		Jackson, Hill BW

				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	32	15	0	2	34	8	8	3	4	28	16	2.583	49	W	W	W	D	W	1972-03-15	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	33	15	3	0	39	10	4	7	4	20	15	2.36	48	W	W	W	W	D	1972-03-14	Walsall	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	10	3	2	24	10	9	4	4	35	23	1.788	45	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-15	Oldham Athletic	H
4	0	Notts County	30	9	2	3	24	11	8	6	2	23	14	1.88	42	D	L	D	D	W	1972-03-14	Rotherham United	A
5	0	Rotherham United	30	8	6	2	31	20	6	3	5	14	13	1.364	37	L	L	W	D	W	1972-03-14	Notts County	H
6	0	Swansea City	31	9	3	4	22	12	6	4	5	16	19	1.226	37	L	L	W	D	W	1972-03-14	York City	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	10	3	3	33	18	5	3	9	24	30	1.188	36	D	W	L	W	W	1972-03-14	Barnsley	H
8	0	Bristol Rovers	32	11	2	2	40	19	1	9	7	13	24	1.233	35	W	L	D	W	D	1972-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	0	Chesterfield	30	10	3	3	22	11	4	2	8	19	20	1.323	33	D	L	W	L	W	1972-03-15	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	9	3	4	24	14	3	4	10	13	28	0.881	31	L	W	W	D	L	1972-03-14	Bristol Rovers	A
11	1	Oldham Athletic	33	7	3	7	25	29	5	4	7	21	24	0.868	31	D	D	W	L	L	1972-03-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	2	Bolton Wanderers	29	6	6	3	15	9	4	4	6	16	18	1.148	30	W	W	W	D	L	1972-03-15	Bradford City	H
13	-2	Shrewsbury Town	32	9	3	4	35	22	3	3	10	16	25	1.085	30	W	D	L	L	L	1972-03-15	Aston Villa	H
14	-1	Port Vale	31	8	6	2	20	17	3	2	10	11	25	0.738	30	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-13	Rochdale	A
15	1	Rochdale	31	10	4	2	27	15	1	3	11	15	40	0.764	29	W	W	L	D	L	1972-03-13	Port Vale	H
16	1	Walsall	32	7	5	3	24	11	2	5	10	18	36	0.894	28	W	W	L	D	D	1972-03-14	AFC Bournemouth	H
17	-2	Tranmere Rovers	30	7	5	2	22	12	1	6	9	12	29	0.829	27	L	D	L	W	W	1972-03-15	Chesterfield	A
18	0	York City	33	5	6	4	23	16	3	3	12	21	37	0.83	25	L	L	W	D	W	1972-03-14	Swansea City	A
19	0	Halifax Town	31	8	4	5	24	20	1	3	10	11	24	0.795	25	D	L	L	W	L	1972-03-14	Torquay United	H
20	0	Barnsley	33	4	7	6	19	27	2	6	8	6	27	0.463	25	D	W	W	L	D	1972-03-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Wrexham	32	6	3	7	24	23	3	2	11	16	29	0.769	23	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-13	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Bradford City	32	5	6	4	24	22	3	0	14	12	38	0.6	22	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
23	0	Mansfield Town	32	3	6	6	9	19	2	6	9	15	26	0.533	22	L	L	D	D	W	1972-03-13	Wrexham	A
24	0	Torquay United	31	4	4	8	21	26	1	4	10	6	25	0.529	18	W	L	L	D	L	1972-03-14	Halifax Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	2	Peterborough United	Holker Street	2,658
	Lineups		Noble OG, Turpie
Cambridge United	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Abbey Stadium	3,207
Greenhalgh	Lineups		Irvine
Colchester United	1	0	Aldershot	Layer Road	3,772
Lewis	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Lincoln City	St James Park	2,970
Rowan (p)	Lineups		Freeman, Gilliver
Gillingham	0	1	Grimsby Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,279
	Lineups		Brace
Reading	2	1	Northampton Town	Elm Park	4,078
Cumming 2	Lineups		Large
Scunthorpe United	3	0	Bury	Old Showground	5,267
Saile OG, Fletcher 2	Lineups
Workington	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	1,879
Hawkins	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	0	Scunthorpe United	32	10	5	1	26	8	8	4	4	21	15	2.043	45	W	L	W	W	W	1972-03-14	Southport	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	32	13	2	2	45	20	6	3	6	17	22	1.476	43	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-13	Newport County	A
3	0	Lincoln City	33	14	3	0	38	12	3	6	7	25	35	1.34	43	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-13	Brentford	A
4	0	Southend United	31	13	1	2	38	18	3	5	7	13	22	1.275	38	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-13	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	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
6	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
7	0	Workington	32	8	7	2	25	7	3	7	5	13	17	1.583	36	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-15	Northampton Town	H
8	3	Colchester United	32	8	6	1	23	11	5	3	9	22	29	1.125	35	W	W	L	W	D	1972-03-13	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	1	Doncaster Rovers	32	9	4	3	27	17	4	5	7	14	25	0.976	35	D	W	L	W	D	1972-03-13	Colchester United	A
10	-2	Gillingham	31	9	2	6	25	18	5	4	5	20	22	1.125	34	L	D	W	L	L	1972-03-15	Bury	H
11	-2	Bury	32	11	1	3	32	16	2	7	8	11	25	1.049	34	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-15	Gillingham	A
12	0	Cambridge United	32	7	6	2	29	13	4	5	8	16	29	1.071	33	D	L	W	L	L	1972-03-15	Hartlepool	H
13	1	Reading	30	11	1	3	26	13	3	4	8	11	29	0.881	33	W	L	W	D	D	1972-03-15	Peterborough United	H
14	1	Peterborough United	32	9	5	2	37	18	1	7	8	17	29	1.149	32	W	W	D	D	L	1972-03-15	Reading	A
15	-2	Northampton Town	32	7	5	4	32	19	4	4	8	19	33	0.981	31	L	W	L	L	D	1972-03-15	Workington	A
16	0	Aldershot	32	3	9	4	18	17	4	5	7	16	26	0.791	28	L	D	D	W	L	1972-03-13	Barrow	A
17	0	Exeter City	32	6	4	6	22	22	4	3	9	20	33	0.764	27	L	D	L	D	W	1972-03-15	Darlington	H
18	0	Darlington	31	7	6	1	24	14	2	2	13	17	46	0.683	26	L	L	W	L	W	1972-03-15	Exeter City	A
19	0	Newport County	31	7	3	5	20	16	3	2	11	16	33	0.735	25	L	L	D	W	L	1972-03-13	Grimsby Town	H
20	0	Barrow	32	4	6	5	15	18	4	3	10	13	29	0.596	25	L	W	W	W	L	1972-03-13	Aldershot	H
21	0	Chester	33	6	8	1	24	12	0	4	14	12	33	0.8	24	L	D	L	W	L	1972-03-13	Stockport County	A
22	0	Stockport County	32	6	6	5	24	23	1	3	11	16	35	0.69	23	W	L	W	D	L	1972-03-13	Chester	H
23	0	Hartlepool	32	7	2	7	24	22	1	3	12	14	36	0.655	21	W	L	L	L	W	1972-03-15	Cambridge United	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	6	4	7	20	18	1	1	13	13	34	0.635	19	L	L	L	W	L	1972-03-13	Southend United	A