1972-03-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Leeds United	6	1	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road	40,866
Lorimer 2, Gray 2, Clarke 2	Lineups		Cormack

				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	1	Leeds United	34	15	4	0	49	9	5	4	6	12	14	2.652	48	W	W	D	W	W	1972-03-31	West Ham United	A
3	-1	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
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	36	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	13	19	48	0.568	19	L	W	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Arsenal	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park	5,740
Price	Lineups		Jones W, Jones B
Mansfield Town	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Field Mill	5,398
Wignall	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	3	Walsall	Prenton Park	2,320
Storton 2, Maher	Lineups		Shinton, Morris, Harrison (p)

				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	0	Bristol Rovers	36	13	2	2	44	19	3	9	7	16	25	1.364	43	W	W	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Port Vale	A
6	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	7	7	4	16	10	5	4	7	18	20	1.133	35	L	W	L	W	D	1972-04-01	Barnsley	A
11	1	Walsall	37	8	6	3	26	12	3	7	10	22	39	0.941	35	D	W	W	D	D	1972-04-01	Mansfield Town	A
12	-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
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	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	10	3	5	28	18	3	4	12	13	32	0.82	33	L	L	W	L	L	1972-03-31	Shrewsbury Town	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	0	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	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	7	6	3	25	16	1	8	9	14	31	0.83	30	D	D	L	D	L	1972-03-31	Halifax Town	H
19	0	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	2	Mansfield Town	37	5	7	6	15	22	2	8	9	17	28	0.64	29	W	D	D	W	D	1972-04-01	Walsall	H
21	-1	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
22	-1	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
23	0	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
Brentford	2	0	Workington	Griffin Park	13,972
Docherty, Houston	Lineups
Darlington	0	1	Barrow	Feethams Ground	2,002
	Lineups		Garbett
Hartlepool	1	0	Exeter City	Victoria Park	3,501
Veart	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	2	Grimsby Town	London Road	4,961
	Lineups		Hickman, Tees

				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	Brentford	37	13	1	5	46	18	6	8	4	19	18	1.806	47	W	W	W	W	W	1972-03-31	Chester	H
3	2	Grimsby Town	36	14	2	2	48	20	7	3	8	20	26	1.478	47	W	L	W	L	W	1972-03-31	Reading	H
4	-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
5	-2	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
6	0	Workington	37	9	8	2	27	7	3	9	6	13	19	1.538	41	L	D	D	D	W	1972-03-31	Southport	H
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Peterborough United	36	10	5	3	40	21	1	8	9	18	31	1.115	35	L	D	W	L	W	1972-04-01	Colchester United	H
14	0	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	0	Exeter City	36	8	4	6	26	22	4	4	10	20	34	0.821	32	L	W	D	W	L	1972-03-31	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	0	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	2	Barrow	37	5	8	5	18	19	5	3	11	14	30	0.653	31	W	W	D	L	D	1972-04-01	Bury	A
18	-1	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
19	-1	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
20	0	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	0	Darlington	36	8	6	3	31	20	2	2	15	20	53	0.699	28	L	L	W	L	L	1972-03-31	Scunthorpe United	H
22	1	Hartlepool	36	9	2	7	28	24	1	4	13	15	38	0.694	26	W	D	W	L	W	1972-03-31	Stockport County	H
23	-1	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
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