1972-03-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	3	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	45,137
Hollins, Osgood, Mulligan	Lineups		Best
Everton	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	29,675
Kendall, Lyons	Lineups		Hibbitt 2
Leeds United	3	0	Arsenal	Elland Road	45,055
Clarke, Jones, Lorimer	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Ipswich Town	Filbert Street	19,769
Tomlin	Lineups
Manchester United	4	0	Crystal Palace	Old Trafford	41,550
Charlton, Gowling, Law, Storey-Moore	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	0	Manchester City	St James' Park	37,506
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Coventry City	City Ground	12,205
Richardson 2, Gemmell, McKenzie	Lineups
Southampton	0	1	Liverpool	The Dell	21,680
	Lineups		Toshack
Stoke City	1	1	Derby County	Victoria Ground	33,592
Greenhoff (p)	Lineups		Durban
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Sheffield United	White Hart Lane	30,984
Chivers, Gilzean	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	18,373
Gould	Lineups		Robertson OG

				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	35	14	3	1	42	12	6	7	4	24	24	1.833	50	D	W	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Stoke City	H
2	0	Derby County	34	13	4	0	37	9	6	5	6	21	21	1.933	47	D	W	W	W	W	1972-03-28	Crystal Palace	A
3	0	Leeds United	33	14	4	0	43	8	5	4	6	12	14	2.5	46	W	D	W	W	W	1972-03-27	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Liverpool	34	13	3	1	39	14	5	5	7	11	13	1.852	44	W	W	D	W	W	1972-03-28	Stoke City	H
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	7	0	32	16	6	4	8	25	31	1.213	41	D	W	W	L	D	1972-04-01	Leicester City	H
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	33	13	3	2	37	10	2	7	6	13	23	1.515	40	W	L	W	D	W	1972-03-28	Huddersfield Town	A
7	0	Manchester United	33	11	2	4	32	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.289	40	W	W	D	L	L	1972-04-01	Coventry City	A
8	0	Sheffield United	34	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	8	18	28	1.102	38	L	D	D	D	W	1972-03-29	Chelsea	A
9	0	Arsenal	32	10	1	3	25	9	6	4	8	19	25	1.294	37	L	L	L	W	W	1972-03-28	Southampton	H
10	0	Chelsea	32	9	6	2	32	16	4	4	7	11	17	1.303	36	W	L	L	D	W	1972-03-29	Sheffield United	H
11	0	Newcastle United	34	8	5	4	25	15	4	4	9	15	29	0.909	33	D	L	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Sheffield United	A
12	0	West Ham United	35	8	5	4	26	15	2	5	11	14	27	1	30	L	D	W	L	W	1972-03-31	Leeds United	H
13	3	Leicester City	34	7	5	6	15	11	3	5	8	18	29	0.825	30	W	D	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Everton	36	8	7	4	27	16	0	7	10	6	26	0.786	30	D	D	D	L	D	1972-04-01	Huddersfield Town	A
15	0	Stoke City	31	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	8	10	21	0.872	29	D	D	L	D	L	1972-03-28	Liverpool	A
16	-2	Ipswich Town	35	5	7	5	14	15	2	8	8	16	31	0.652	29	L	L	D	W	L	1972-04-01	Chelsea	H
17	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	5	5	7	17	21	5	3	9	16	24	0.733	28	D	W	D	W	L	1972-04-01	Liverpool	A
18	0	Coventry City	33	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	11	15	39	0.593	26	L	D	L	L	D	1972-03-31	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Crystal Palace	34	3	5	7	19	24	4	5	10	12	31	0.6	24	L	D	L	D	W	1972-03-28	Derby County	H
20	0	Southampton	33	6	3	7	26	25	3	2	12	16	45	0.6	23	L	D	L	L	L	1972-03-28	Arsenal	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	34	4	5	7	10	16	2	5	11	14	31	0.511	22	D	D	L	L	L	1972-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	35	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	12	18	42	0.603	19	W	L	W	L	L	1972-03-27	Leeds United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Luton Town	St Andrew's	34,395
Hatton	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Fulham	Turf Moor	10,107
Collins	Lineups		Lloyd
Hull City	1	1	Bristol City	Boothferry Park	11,700
Wagstaff	Lineups		Tainton
Middlesbrough	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	11,100
Hickton, McMordie	Lineups		Plumb, Hunt
Millwall	2	0	Oxford United	The Den, New Cross	15,382
Bolland, Possee	Lineups
Norwich City	5	1	Blackpool	Carrow Road	23,605
Paddon 2 (1p), Foggo, Cross, Bone	Lineups		Burns
Preston North End	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Deepdale	12,304
Tarbuck	Lineups		O'Rourke
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	12,511
Sissons, Craig (p)	Lineups		Warboys, Woodruff
Swindon Town	1	1	Sunderland	County Ground	12,102
Noble	Lineups		Lathan
Watford	1	2	Carlisle United	Vicarage Road	6,004
Kenning	Lineups		Owen, Martin

				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	34	11	7	0	36	14	6	5	5	15	17	1.645	46	W	L	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Millwall	34	11	7	0	33	16	4	9	3	21	22	1.421	46	W	D	D	D	W	1972-03-31	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Birmingham City	33	12	5	0	40	12	1	10	5	10	16	1.786	41	W	D	D	W	W	1972-03-31	Oxford United	A
4	0	Sunderland	33	9	6	1	32	18	4	8	5	19	28	1.109	40	D	D	D	W	W	1972-04-01	Hull City	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	12	2	1	30	9	2	9	7	14	18	1.63	39	D	W	D	L	L	1972-03-31	Watford	A
6	0	Middlesbrough	34	14	3	1	27	11	3	2	11	16	30	1.049	39	D	L	L	W	W	1972-03-31	Luton Town	H
7	0	Carlisle United	35	10	5	2	29	16	5	3	10	22	27	1.186	38	W	D	W	L	L	1972-04-03	Hull City	A
8	0	Blackpool	34	8	6	2	28	11	6	1	11	18	30	1.122	35	L	D	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Burnley	H
9	0	Burnley	34	9	4	4	34	21	5	2	10	19	24	1.178	34	D	L	W	L	W	1972-04-01	Blackpool	A
10	0	Bristol City	34	10	3	4	31	18	3	5	9	13	21	1.128	34	D	W	W	W	L	1972-03-31	Swindon Town	H
11	1	Preston North End	33	10	3	4	27	12	1	8	7	17	24	1.222	33	D	D	W	L	L	1972-03-29	Cardiff City	A
12	-1	Oxford United	35	9	6	2	25	14	2	5	11	13	32	0.826	33	L	D	D	L	W	1972-03-31	Birmingham City	H
13	0	Portsmouth	34	9	6	2	27	17	2	4	11	23	37	0.926	32	L	W	L	W	L	1972-03-31	Millwall	A
14	0	Swindon Town	33	7	5	4	20	11	4	5	8	14	26	0.919	32	D	L	D	W	L	1972-03-31	Bristol City	A
15	1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	8	6	2	26	18	2	5	10	17	27	0.956	31	D	L	W	L	W	1972-03-28	Fulham	A
16	1	Charlton Athletic	33	9	5	2	29	16	3	2	12	20	40	0.875	31	D	W	L	W	L	1972-03-31	Orient	H
17	-2	Luton Town	34	6	7	4	21	18	2	8	7	13	21	0.872	31	L	W	D	L	L	1972-03-31	Middlesbrough	A
18	1	Hull City	34	8	5	5	29	20	2	4	10	13	25	0.933	29	D	D	L	W	D	1972-04-01	Sunderland	A
19	-1	Orient	32	10	3	3	28	15	1	4	11	13	34	0.837	29	W	L	D	L	W	1972-03-31	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Fulham	34	8	5	4	24	20	2	1	14	13	42	0.597	26	D	D	L	L	W	1972-03-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	0	Cardiff City	32	6	5	4	25	18	1	6	10	17	36	0.778	25	D	D	D	W	D	1972-03-29	Preston North End	H
22	0	Watford	33	4	4	10	13	22	0	2	13	7	37	0.339	14	L	L	D	L	L	1972-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Burnden Park	11,330
Jones G	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Aston Villa	Goldstone Ground	28,833
Irvine, Napier K	Lineups		Rioch B
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	7,613
Cranston OG	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Bradford City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,159
	Lineups		O'Neill
Halifax Town	2	0	Barnsley	The Shay	2,702
Wallace (p), Atkins	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Port Vale	Home Park	8,801
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Spotland	4,437
Howarth	Lineups		MacDougall
Rotherham United	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	6,058
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Notts County	Gay Meadow	5,211
Wood (p)	Lineups		Bradd
Walsall	1	0	Torquay United	Fellows Park	5,511
Bennett	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	York City	Racecourse Ground	3,830
May, Smith	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	35	15	1	2	34	8	8	4	5	30	19	2.37	51	L	D	D	W	W	1972-03-31	Wrexham	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	37	15	3	1	40	12	4	9	5	23	20	1.969	50	D	L	L	D	W	1972-04-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	11	3	3	26	12	9	4	5	36	25	1.676	47	W	L	L	W	W	1972-03-31	Torquay United	H
4	0	Notts County	34	9	3	4	26	16	8	8	2	26	17	1.576	45	D	D	L	D	D	1972-04-01	Wrexham	H
5	3	Bristol Rovers	35	13	2	2	44	19	2	9	7	14	24	1.349	41	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	34	8	8	2	33	22	6	5	5	16	15	1.324	41	D	D	D	D	L	1972-03-31	York City	A
7	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	4	3	35	19	6	3	10	27	33	1.192	41	D	W	L	W	D	1972-04-01	Torquay United	A
8	-1	Swansea City	34	10	4	4	25	14	6	4	6	16	22	1.139	40	D	L	W	L	L	1972-03-28	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Chesterfield	34	10	4	4	24	14	5	2	9	23	23	1.27	36	L	L	W	D	D	1972-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
10	1	Bolton Wanderers	33	7	7	4	16	10	5	4	6	18	19	1.172	35	W	L	W	D	W	1972-03-27	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Oldham Athletic	37	8	3	8	28	32	6	4	8	22	25	0.877	35	L	W	L	W	D	1972-03-28	Swansea City	H
12	3	Walsall	36	8	6	3	26	12	3	6	10	19	36	0.938	34	W	W	D	D	W	1972-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Port Vale	35	9	6	2	23	17	3	4	11	13	28	0.8	34	D	D	W	L	L	1972-04-01	Bristol Rovers	H
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	9	5	4	37	24	3	4	11	18	29	1.038	33	D	D	L	D	W	1972-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-3	Blackburn Rovers	36	10	3	4	27	16	3	4	12	13	32	0.833	33	L	W	L	L	W	1972-03-27	Bristol Rovers	H
16	0	Rochdale	35	11	5	2	31	18	1	3	13	16	45	0.746	32	D	L	L	W	W	1972-04-01	Bradford City	A
17	1	Wrexham	36	8	4	7	29	24	4	2	11	18	29	0.887	30	W	W	W	D	L	1972-03-31	Aston Villa	H
18	1	Tranmere Rovers	33	7	5	3	22	13	1	8	9	14	31	0.818	29	D	L	D	L	D	1972-03-27	Walsall	H
19	1	Halifax Town	35	9	5	5	26	20	1	4	11	12	27	0.809	29	W	L	D	D	D	1972-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-3	York City	37	6	7	4	26	17	3	3	14	22	41	0.828	28	L	W	D	L	L	1972-03-31	Rotherham United	H
21	2	Bradford City	36	6	6	5	26	24	4	1	14	13	38	0.629	27	W	L	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Rochdale	H
22	-1	Mansfield Town	36	4	7	6	14	22	2	8	9	17	28	0.62	27	D	D	W	D	L	1972-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
23	-1	Barnsley	37	4	9	6	20	28	2	6	10	7	31	0.458	27	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
24	0	Torquay United	35	6	4	8	25	26	1	5	11	6	26	0.596	23	L	W	W	D	W	1972-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	0	Chester	Holker Street	2,105
Garbett, Hollis	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	14,635
Docherty, O'Mara	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	2	Bury	Abbey Stadium	4,413
	Lineups		Jones 2
Exeter City	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	St James Park	3,370
Balson	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Priestfield Stadium	3,733
Woolcott 2	Lineups		Wain
Reading	0	1	Lincoln City	Elm Park	4,663
	Lineups		Trevis
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Peterborough United	Old Showground	5,767
	Lineups
Workington	0	0	Hartlepool	Borough Park	2,147
	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	35	11	6	1	27	8	8	4	5	21	16	2	48	D	L	W	W	L	1972-03-31	Darlington	A
2	2	Lincoln City	37	15	3	0	39	12	4	6	9	27	39	1.294	47	W	L	W	L	W	1972-04-01	Southend United	H
3	-1	Southend United	35	15	1	2	43	19	5	5	7	20	25	1.432	46	W	W	W	W	W	1972-03-31	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	1	Brentford	36	12	1	5	44	18	6	8	4	19	18	1.75	45	W	W	W	W	L	1972-03-27	Workington	H
5	-2	Grimsby Town	35	14	2	2	48	20	6	3	8	18	26	1.435	45	L	W	L	W	W	1972-03-27	Peterborough United	A
6	0	Workington	36	9	8	2	27	7	3	9	5	13	17	1.667	41	D	D	D	W	W	1972-03-27	Brentford	A
7	0	Southport	35	12	5	1	39	14	3	5	9	16	21	1.571	40	D	W	L	L	W	1972-03-31	Workington	A
8	0	Bury	36	13	1	3	41	16	3	7	9	13	27	1.256	40	W	W	W	L	L	1972-03-31	Newport County	H
9	0	Cambridge United	36	8	7	3	31	16	5	5	8	18	30	1.065	38	L	D	W	W	D	1972-03-31	Aldershot	A
10	2	Gillingham	35	11	2	6	29	19	5	4	7	20	28	1.043	38	W	L	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Northampton Town	A
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	36	9	5	4	27	20	5	5	8	16	27	0.915	38	L	L	D	W	D	1972-03-31	Southend United	A
12	-1	Colchester United	36	9	6	2	28	16	5	3	11	24	35	1.02	37	W	L	L	L	W	1972-03-31	Northampton Town	H
13	1	Peterborough United	35	10	5	2	40	19	1	8	9	18	31	1.16	35	D	W	L	W	W	1972-03-27	Grimsby Town	H
14	-1	Reading	34	12	1	5	29	19	3	4	9	11	31	0.8	35	L	L	L	W	W	1972-03-31	Grimsby Town	A
15	1	Exeter City	35	8	4	6	26	22	4	4	9	20	33	0.836	32	W	D	W	L	D	1972-03-27	Hartlepool	A
16	-1	Northampton Town	36	7	5	5	33	21	4	4	11	22	43	0.859	31	L	L	L	L	L	1972-03-31	Colchester United	A
17	0	Chester	37	8	8	1	28	13	0	5	15	12	35	0.833	29	L	W	W	D	L	1972-03-31	Brentford	A
18	0	Aldershot	35	3	9	5	19	19	4	6	8	17	28	0.766	29	L	L	D	L	D	1972-03-31	Cambridge United	H
19	2	Barrow	36	5	8	5	18	19	4	3	11	13	30	0.633	29	W	D	L	D	L	1972-03-27	Darlington	A
20	-1	Newport County	34	8	4	5	24	19	3	2	12	17	36	0.745	28	D	L	W	L	L	1972-03-31	Bury	A
21	-1	Darlington	35	8	6	2	31	19	2	2	15	20	53	0.708	28	L	W	L	L	L	1972-03-27	Barrow	H
22	0	Stockport County	35	7	7	5	27	24	1	3	12	16	39	0.683	26	W	L	D	W	L	1972-03-31	Hartlepool	A
23	0	Hartlepool	35	8	2	7	27	24	1	4	13	15	38	0.677	24	D	W	L	W	L	1972-03-27	Exeter City	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	35	7	4	7	21	18	1	1	15	15	40	0.621	21	L	W	L	L	L	1972-03-31	Exeter City	H