1972-03-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
D 2	Birmingham City	3	1	Huddersfield Town	D 1	St Andrew's	52,500
	Page, Latchford R, Hatton	Lineups		Cherry
D 1	Leeds United	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Elland Road	43,937
	Clarke, Charlton	Lineups		Pratt
D 1	Manchester United	1	1	Stoke City	D 1	Old Trafford	54,000
	Best	Lineups		Greenhoff
D 2	Orient	0	1	Arsenal	D 1	Brisbane Road	31,678
		Lineups		Ball

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Crystal Palace	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Selhurst Park	24,823
	Lineups		Dougan, McCalliog
Derby County	3	0	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	34,019
O'Hare, Hector, Durban	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Southampton	Portman Road	15,524
Whymark	Lineups		Stokes
Liverpool	5	0	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	43,899
Lawler, Keegan, Toshack, Hughes, Heighway	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Chelsea	Maine Road	53,322
Booth	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Everton	Bramall Lane	28,244
Woodward (p)	Lineups		Wright B
West Ham United	4	2	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park	20,960
Robson 2, Brooking, Hurst	Lineups		McKenzie 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	34	14	3	1	42	12	6	6	4	24	24	1.833	49	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-25	Newcastle United	A
2	1	Derby County	32	12	4	0	36	9	6	4	6	20	20	1.931	44	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-22	Ipswich Town	H
3	-1	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
4	0	Liverpool	33	13	3	1	39	14	4	5	7	10	13	1.815	42	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Southampton	A
5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	9	7	0	32	16	6	3	8	23	29	1.222	40	W	W	L	D	D	1972-03-25	Everton	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	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
8	0	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	32	8	7	2	36	21	6	2	7	18	26	1.149	37	D	D	W	L	D	1972-03-21	Huddersfield Town	A
10	0	Chelsea	31	8	6	2	29	15	4	4	7	11	17	1.25	34	L	L	D	W	W	1972-03-25	West Ham United	H
11	0	Newcastle United	33	8	4	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	0.909	32	L	W	W	W	D	1972-03-25	Manchester City	H
12	2	West Ham United	33	8	5	4	26	15	2	4	10	12	23	1	29	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-21	Coventry City	A
13	0	Ipswich Town	33	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	6	16	29	0.682	29	D	W	L	D	L	1972-03-22	Derby County	A
14	-2	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
15	1	Everton	34	8	5	4	25	14	0	7	10	6	26	0.775	28	D	L	D	L	D	1972-03-21	Crystal Palace	H
16	-1	Leicester City	32	6	4	6	14	11	3	5	8	18	29	0.8	27	L	W	L	L	L	1972-03-22	Leeds United	H
17	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	5	4	7	16	20	5	3	9	16	24	0.727	27	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-25	Huddersfield Town	H
18	0	Coventry City	31	5	8	2	16	14	1	5	10	15	35	0.633	25	L	L	D	D	L	1972-03-21	West Ham United	H
19	-1	Crystal Palace	32	3	5	7	19	24	4	4	9	12	27	0.608	23	L	D	W	D	D	1972-03-21	Everton	A
20	0	Southampton	32	6	3	6	26	24	3	2	12	16	45	0.609	23	D	L	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Liverpool	H
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	34	4	3	10	19	26	1	4	12	18	42	0.544	17	L	W	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	0	0	Millwall	Bloomfield Road	12,916
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ashton Gate	12,568
Spiring	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Swindon Town	The Valley	7,448
Went 2, Hunt	Lineups		Noble
Fulham	0	0	Preston North End	Craven Cottage	9,071
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Burnley	Kenilworth Road	8,490
Busby	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Hull City	Manor Ground	7,910
Clayton, Evanson	Lineups		Pearson, Butler (p)
Portsmouth	2	1	Norwich City	Fratton Park	13,902
Hiron 2	Lineups		Howard
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Middlesbrough	Loftus Road	11,467
Clement	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	0	Norwich City	33	10	7	0	31	13	6	5	5	15	17	1.533	44	L	W	D	L	D	1972-03-25	Blackpool	H
2	0	Millwall	33	10	7	0	31	16	4	9	3	21	22	1.368	44	D	D	D	W	W	1972-03-25	Oxford United	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	1	Queens Park Rangers	32	12	2	1	30	9	2	8	7	13	17	1.654	38	W	D	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Preston North End	A
6	-1	Middlesbrough	33	14	2	1	25	9	3	2	11	16	30	1.051	38	L	L	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Charlton Athletic	H
7	1	Blackpool	33	8	6	2	28	11	6	1	10	17	25	1.25	35	D	W	D	L	W	1972-03-25	Norwich City	A
8	-1	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
9	0	Burnley	33	9	3	4	33	20	5	2	10	19	24	1.182	33	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-25	Fulham	H
10	1	Bristol City	33	10	3	4	31	18	3	4	9	12	20	1.132	33	W	W	W	L	W	1972-03-25	Hull City	A
11	-1	Preston North End	32	10	2	4	26	11	1	8	7	17	24	1.229	32	D	W	L	L	D	1972-03-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	3	Portsmouth	33	9	6	2	27	17	2	4	10	22	35	0.942	32	W	L	W	L	W	1972-03-24	Orient	A
13	0	Oxford United	33	9	6	2	25	14	2	4	10	12	29	0.86	32	D	L	W	L	W	1972-03-21	Cardiff City	A
14	-2	Swindon Town	32	7	4	4	19	10	4	5	8	14	26	0.917	31	L	D	W	L	W	1972-03-25	Sunderland	H
15	1	Luton Town	33	6	7	4	21	18	2	8	6	13	20	0.895	31	W	D	L	L	D	1972-03-25	Birmingham City	A
16	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	5	2	24	16	2	5	10	17	27	0.953	30	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-25	Cardiff City	H
17	0	Charlton Athletic	32	9	5	2	29	16	3	1	12	18	38	0.87	30	W	L	W	L	D	1972-03-25	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Hull City	33	8	4	5	28	19	2	4	10	13	25	0.932	28	D	L	W	D	W	1972-03-25	Bristol City	H
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	33	8	5	4	24	20	2	0	14	12	41	0.59	25	D	L	L	W	L	1972-03-25	Burnley	A
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
AFC Bournemouth	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Dean Court	15,113
MacDougall	Lineups		Hunt 2
Aston Villa	0	0	Walsall	Villa Park	45,953
	Lineups
Barnsley	1	1	Rotherham United	Oakwell	7,383
Greenwood	Lineups		Eustace
Blackburn Rovers	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	7,610
Field 2, Farrell	Lineups		Hinch, Cave
Bradford City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Valley Parade	4,804
O'Neill, Ingram	Lineups		Napier K
Mansfield Town	3	1	Rochdale	Field Mill	5,121
Saunders, Wignall, Fairbrother	Lineups		Darling
Notts County	1	4	Chesterfield	Meadow Lane	14,701
Stubbs	Lineups		Randall, Moss 2, McHale
Oldham Athletic	0	2	Wrexham	Boundary Park	7,316
	Lineups		May, Mostyn
Port Vale	3	0	Swansea City	Vale Park	3,257
Gough 2, Harford	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor	4,177
Wood OG, Sandercock K	Lineups
York City	1	1	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	4,361
Mackin (p)	Lineups		Kemp

				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	34	15	1	2	34	8	8	4	4	29	17	2.52	51	D	D	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	35	15	3	1	40	12	4	8	4	21	16	2.179	49	L	D	W	W	W	1972-03-21	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	10	3	3	24	11	9	4	5	36	25	1.667	45	L	L	W	W	W	1972-03-25	Aston Villa	H
4	0	Notts County	32	9	2	4	25	15	8	7	2	25	16	1.613	43	L	D	D	L	D	1972-03-22	Rotherham United	H
5	2	Rotherham United	32	8	7	2	33	22	6	4	5	15	14	1.333	39	D	D	L	L	W	1972-03-22	Notts County	A
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	12	2	2	43	19	2	9	7	14	24	1.326	39	W	W	W	L	D	1972-03-25	Oldham Athletic	H
7	-1	Swansea City	33	10	3	4	24	13	6	4	6	16	22	1.143	39	L	W	L	L	W	1972-03-24	Mansfield Town	H
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	3	3	35	19	5	3	10	26	33	1.173	38	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-20	Bradford City	A
9	0	Chesterfield	32	10	4	3	24	13	5	2	8	23	21	1.382	36	W	D	D	L	W	1972-03-20	Wrexham	A
10	1	Bolton Wanderers	31	6	7	3	15	9	5	4	6	18	19	1.179	33	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-22	Walsall	H
11	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	7	3	8	25	31	6	4	7	22	24	0.855	33	L	W	D	D	W	1972-03-21	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	3	4	27	16	3	4	11	13	31	0.851	33	W	L	L	W	W	1972-03-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	2	Port Vale	33	9	6	2	23	17	3	2	11	13	28	0.8	32	W	L	L	W	L	1972-03-21	Barnsley	A
14	-2	Shrewsbury Town	34	9	4	4	36	23	3	3	11	16	27	1.04	31	L	D	W	D	L	1972-03-20	Mansfield Town	A
15	-1	Rochdale	33	11	4	2	30	17	1	3	12	16	43	0.767	31	L	W	W	W	L	1972-03-20	York City	A
16	0	Walsall	34	7	6	3	25	12	2	6	10	18	36	0.896	30	D	D	W	W	L	1972-03-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	7	5	3	22	13	1	7	9	14	31	0.818	28	L	D	L	D	L	1972-03-25	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Halifax Town	33	8	5	5	24	20	1	4	10	12	25	0.8	27	D	D	D	L	L	1972-03-22	Torquay United	A
19	0	York City	35	5	7	4	24	17	3	3	13	22	39	0.821	26	D	L	L	L	W	1972-03-20	Rochdale	H
20	1	Wrexham	34	6	4	7	25	24	4	2	11	18	29	0.811	26	W	D	L	L	L	1972-03-20	Chesterfield	H
21	-1	Barnsley	35	4	8	6	20	28	2	6	9	7	29	0.474	26	D	L	D	W	W	1972-03-21	Port Vale	H
22	0	Bradford City	34	6	6	4	26	23	3	1	14	12	38	0.623	25	W	D	L	L	L	1972-03-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Mansfield Town	34	4	6	6	12	20	2	7	9	16	27	0.596	25	W	D	L	L	D	1972-03-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Torquay United	33	5	4	8	23	26	1	5	10	6	25	0.569	21	W	D	W	L	L	1972-03-22	Halifax Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Brentford	Recreation Ground	6,989
Storrie	Lineups		O'Mara, Ross
Bury	4	0	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	3,316
Murray 2 (2p), Connelly 2	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Reading	Sealand Road	2,165
Cheetham (p), Bingham	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Barrow	Gresty Road	1,457
Tewley	Lineups
Darlington	2	3	Southend United	Feethams Ground	2,280
Graham, Harding	Lineups		Garner, Best, Peddelty OG
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Workington	Belle Vue	4,214
	Lineups
Hartlepool	3	2	Colchester United	Victoria Park	2,729
Waddell, Smith (p), Young	Lineups		Mahon, Garvey
Lincoln City	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	16,498	Largest home gate 1971-72
Gilliver	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Cambridge United	County Ground	3,781
Large	Lineups		Collins, Greenhalgh
Peterborough United	3	1	Newport County	London Road	4,025
Hall, Darrell, Price	Lineups		Hill
Southport	1	0	Gillingham	Haig Avenue	2,561
Arnold	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	34	11	5	1	27	8	8	4	5	21	16	2	47	L	W	W	L	W	1972-03-25	Peterborough United	H
2	1	Lincoln City	35	15	3	0	39	12	3	6	8	25	37	1.306	45	W	L	W	D	W	1972-03-21	Chester	A
3	-1	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
4	0	Southend United	33	14	1	2	42	19	4	5	7	16	24	1.349	42	W	W	W	D	W	1972-03-22	Reading	A
5	0	Brentford	34	11	1	5	42	18	5	8	4	16	18	1.611	41	W	W	L	D	L	1972-03-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	Workington	34	9	7	2	27	7	3	8	5	13	17	1.667	39	D	W	W	L	W	1972-03-20	Cambridge United	A
7	0	Southport	34	12	5	1	39	14	3	4	9	14	19	1.606	39	W	L	L	W	L	1972-03-24	Newport County	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	9	5	3	27	17	5	5	7	16	26	1	38	D	W	D	W	L	1972-03-21	Brentford	H
9	2	Cambridge United	34	8	6	2	31	14	5	5	8	18	30	1.114	37	W	W	D	L	W	1972-03-20	Workington	H
10	-1	Gillingham	33	10	2	6	27	18	5	4	6	20	23	1.146	36	L	W	L	D	W	1972-03-21	Bury	A
11	2	Bury	34	12	1	3	36	16	2	7	9	11	27	1.093	36	W	L	L	W	D	1972-03-21	Gillingham	H
12	-2	Colchester United	34	8	6	2	24	13	5	3	10	24	32	1.067	35	L	L	W	W	L	1972-03-21	Grimsby Town	A
13	-1	Reading	32	12	1	3	28	14	3	4	9	11	31	0.867	35	L	W	W	L	W	1972-03-22	Southend United	H
14	0	Peterborough United	34	10	5	2	40	19	1	7	9	18	31	1.16	34	W	L	W	W	D	1972-03-25	Scunthorpe United	A
15	0	Northampton Town	34	7	5	5	33	21	4	4	9	19	35	0.929	31	L	L	L	W	L	1972-03-20	Darlington	A
16	0	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	0	Aldershot	34	3	9	5	19	19	4	6	7	17	27	0.783	29	L	D	L	D	D	1972-03-24	Southend United	A
18	3	Chester	35	7	8	1	26	12	0	5	14	12	33	0.844	27	W	D	L	D	L	1972-03-21	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Newport County	33	8	3	5	22	17	3	2	12	17	36	0.736	27	L	W	L	L	D	1972-03-24	Southport	H
20	-1	Darlington	33	7	6	2	26	17	2	2	14	17	49	0.652	26	L	L	L	L	W	1972-03-20	Northampton Town	H
21	-1	Barrow	34	4	7	5	16	19	4	3	11	13	30	0.592	26	L	D	L	W	W	1972-03-20	Exeter City	H
22	0	Stockport County	34	6	7	5	24	23	1	3	12	16	39	0.645	24	L	D	W	L	W	1972-03-24	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Hartlepool	34	8	2	7	27	24	1	3	13	15	38	0.677	23	W	L	W	L	L	1972-03-25	Workington	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	7	4	7	21	18	1	1	14	14	38	0.625	21	W	L	L	L	L	1972-03-25	Gillingham	A