1972-03-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Norwich City	2	0	Hull City	Carrow Road	30,432
Howard, Foggo	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	Norwich City	32	10	7	0	31	13	6	5	4	14	15	1.607	44	W	D	L	D	D	1972-03-18	Portsmouth	A
2	-1	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
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	32	14	2	1	25	9	3	2	10	16	29	1.079	38	L	W	W	W	W	1972-03-18	Queens Park Rangers	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	0	Carlisle United	33	10	4	2	27	14	4	3	10	20	26	1.175	35	W	L	L	W	L	1972-03-21	Birmingham City	H
8	0	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
9	0	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
10	0	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	0	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	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
13	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Hull City	32	8	4	5	28	19	2	3	10	11	23	0.929	27	L	W	D	W	W	1972-03-18	Oxford United	A
19	0	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	0	0	Bradford City	Burnden Park	8,111
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Goldstone Ground	17,916
	Lineups		Bebbington
Chesterfield	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,393
Bell, Wilson	Lineups		Moore M, Manning
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Aston Villa	Gay Meadow	16,336	Largest home gate 1971-72
Moir R	Lineups		Nicholl

				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	33	15	0	2	34	8	8	4	4	29	17	2.52	50	D	W	W	W	D	1972-03-18	Walsall	H
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	34	15	3	0	39	10	4	8	4	21	16	2.308	49	D	W	W	W	W	1972-03-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	10	3	3	24	11	9	4	4	35	23	1.735	45	L	W	W	W	W	1972-03-18	Bradford City	A
4	0	Notts County	31	9	2	3	24	11	8	7	2	25	16	1.815	43	D	D	L	D	D	1972-03-18	Chesterfield	H
5	0	Swansea City	32	10	3	4	24	13	6	4	5	16	19	1.25	39	W	L	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Port Vale	A
6	0	Rotherham United	31	8	7	2	33	22	6	3	5	14	13	1.343	38	D	L	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Barnsley	A
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	3	3	35	19	5	3	9	24	30	1.204	38	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	0	Bristol Rovers	33	12	2	2	43	19	1	9	7	13	24	1.302	37	W	W	L	D	W	1972-03-17	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Chesterfield	31	10	4	3	24	13	4	2	8	19	20	1.303	34	D	D	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Notts County	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	34	7	3	7	25	29	6	4	7	22	24	0.887	33	W	D	D	W	L	1972-03-18	Wrexham	H
11	2	Bolton Wanderers	30	6	7	3	15	9	4	4	6	16	18	1.148	31	D	W	W	W	D	1972-03-18	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	2	Shrewsbury Town	33	9	4	4	36	23	3	3	10	16	25	1.083	31	D	W	D	L	L	1972-03-18	Torquay United	A
13	-2	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	3	4	24	14	3	4	11	13	31	0.822	31	L	L	W	W	D	1972-03-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	-2	Rochdale	32	11	4	2	30	17	1	3	11	15	40	0.789	31	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-18	Mansfield Town	A
15	0	Port Vale	32	8	6	2	20	17	3	2	11	13	28	0.733	30	L	L	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Swansea City	H
16	0	Walsall	33	7	6	3	25	12	2	5	10	18	36	0.896	29	D	W	W	L	D	1972-03-18	Aston Villa	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	7	5	2	22	12	1	7	9	14	31	0.837	28	D	L	D	L	W	1972-03-17	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Halifax Town	32	8	5	5	24	20	1	3	10	11	24	0.795	26	D	D	L	L	W	1972-03-18	York City	A
19	0	York City	34	5	6	4	23	16	3	3	13	22	39	0.818	25	L	L	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Halifax Town	H
20	0	Barnsley	34	4	7	6	19	27	2	6	9	7	29	0.464	25	L	D	W	W	L	1972-03-18	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Wrexham	33	6	4	7	25	24	3	2	11	16	29	0.774	24	D	L	L	L	L	1972-03-18	Oldham Athletic	A
22	1	Bradford City	33	5	6	4	24	22	3	1	14	12	38	0.6	23	D	L	L	L	L	1972-03-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
23	-1	Mansfield Town	33	3	6	6	9	19	2	7	9	16	27	0.543	23	D	L	L	D	D	1972-03-18	Rochdale	H
24	0	Torquay United	32	4	4	8	21	26	1	5	10	6	25	0.529	19	D	W	L	L	D	1972-03-18	Shrewsbury Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	2	1	Hartlepool	Abbey Stadium	3,619
Conlon, Guild (p)	Lineups		Waddell
Exeter City	3	0	Darlington	St James Park	3,497
Binney 2, Gadston	Lineups
Gillingham	2	0	Bury	Priestfield Stadium	5,244
Yeo, Bickle	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Peterborough United	Elm Park	6,035
Chappell 2	Lineups		Hall
Workington	2	0	Northampton Town	Borough Park	2,130
Spratt, Irving	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	33	11	5	1	27	8	8	4	4	21	15	2.087	47	W	W	L	W	W	1972-03-18	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	33	13	2	2	45	20	6	3	7	18	24	1.432	43	L	W	W	W	W	1972-03-21	Colchester United	H
3	0	Lincoln City	34	14	3	0	38	12	3	6	8	25	37	1.286	43	L	W	D	W	W	1972-03-18	Scunthorpe United	H
4	0	Southend United	32	14	1	2	42	19	3	5	7	13	22	1.341	40	W	W	D	W	L	1972-03-18	Darlington	A
5	0	Brentford	33	11	1	5	42	18	4	8	4	14	17	1.6	39	W	L	D	L	L	1972-03-18	Aldershot	A
6	2	Workington	33	9	7	2	27	7	3	7	5	13	17	1.667	38	W	W	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	-1	Southport	33	11	5	1	38	14	3	4	9	14	19	1.576	37	L	L	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Gillingham	H
8	-1	Doncaster Rovers	33	9	4	3	27	17	5	5	7	16	26	1	37	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Workington	H
9	1	Gillingham	32	10	2	6	27	18	5	4	5	20	22	1.175	36	W	L	D	W	L	1972-03-18	Southport	A
10	-1	Colchester United	33	8	6	2	24	13	5	3	9	22	29	1.095	35	L	W	W	L	W	1972-03-18	Hartlepool	A
11	1	Cambridge United	33	8	6	2	31	14	4	5	8	16	29	1.093	35	W	D	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Northampton Town	A
12	1	Reading	31	12	1	3	28	14	3	4	8	11	29	0.907	35	W	W	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Chester	A
13	-2	Bury	33	11	1	3	32	16	2	7	9	11	27	1	34	L	L	W	D	W	1972-03-18	Stockport County	H
14	0	Peterborough United	33	9	5	2	37	18	1	7	9	18	31	1.122	32	L	W	W	D	D	1972-03-18	Newport County	H
15	0	Northampton Town	33	7	5	4	32	19	4	4	9	19	35	0.944	31	L	L	W	L	L	1972-03-18	Cambridge United	H
16	1	Exeter City	33	7	4	6	25	22	4	3	9	20	33	0.818	29	W	L	D	L	D	1972-03-20	Barrow	A
17	-1	Aldershot	33	3	9	4	18	17	4	6	7	17	27	0.795	29	D	L	D	D	W	1972-03-18	Brentford	H
18	0	Newport County	32	8	3	5	22	17	3	2	11	16	33	0.76	27	W	L	L	D	W	1972-03-18	Peterborough United	A
19	0	Darlington	32	7	6	1	24	14	2	2	14	17	49	0.651	26	L	L	L	W	L	1972-03-18	Southend United	H
20	0	Barrow	33	4	7	5	16	19	4	3	10	13	29	0.604	26	D	L	W	W	W	1972-03-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	0	Chester	34	6	8	1	24	12	0	5	14	12	33	0.8	25	D	L	D	L	W	1972-03-18	Reading	H
22	0	Stockport County	33	6	7	5	24	23	1	3	11	16	35	0.69	24	D	W	L	W	D	1972-03-18	Bury	A
23	0	Hartlepool	33	7	2	7	24	22	1	3	13	15	38	0.65	21	L	W	L	L	L	1972-03-18	Colchester United	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	33	6	4	7	20	18	1	1	14	14	38	0.607	19	L	L	L	L	W	1972-03-18	Barrow	H