1972-03-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	32,542
Chivers	Lineups
West Ham United	2	2	Leeds United	Upton Park	41,003
Bonds, Hurst	Lineups		Gray 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	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	35	15	4	0	49	9	5	5	6	14	16	2.52	49	D	W	W	D	W	1972-04-01	Derby County	A
3	-1	Derby County	35	13	4	0	37	9	7	5	6	22	21	1.967	49	W	D	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Leeds United	H
4	0	Liverpool	35	14	3	1	41	15	5	5	7	11	13	1.857	46	W	W	W	D	W	1972-04-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	3	2	38	10	2	8	6	14	24	1.529	43	W	D	W	L	W	1972-04-01	West Ham United	A
6	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
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	Arsenal	33	11	1	3	26	9	6	4	8	19	25	1.324	39	W	L	L	L	W	1972-04-01	Nottingham Forest	H
9	0	Chelsea	33	10	6	2	34	16	4	4	7	11	17	1.364	38	W	W	L	L	D	1972-04-01	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Sheffield United	35	8	7	2	36	21	6	3	9	18	30	1.059	38	L	L	D	D	D	1972-04-01	Newcastle 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	36	8	6	4	28	17	2	5	11	14	27	1	31	D	L	D	W	L	1972-04-01	Tottenham Hotspur	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	32	6	7	3	24	18	3	4	9	11	23	0.854	29	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-01	Manchester City	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	34	5	9	2	17	15	1	5	12	15	40	0.582	26	L	L	D	L	L	1972-04-01	Manchester United	H
19	0	Crystal Palace	35	3	5	8	19	25	4	5	10	12	31	0.6	24	L	L	D	L	D	1972-04-01	Southampton	H
20	0	Southampton	34	6	3	7	26	25	3	2	13	16	46	0.592	23	L	L	D	L	L	1972-04-01	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	35	4	6	7	11	17	2	5	11	14	31	0.521	23	D	D	D	L	L	1972-04-01	Everton	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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	1	0	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	21,496
Galley J	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Orient	The Valley	12,419
Peacock	Lineups		Dyson (p), Shipperley OG
Middlesbrough	0	0	Luton Town	Ayresome Park	11,720
	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Portsmouth	The Den, New Cross	22,304
Bridges	Lineups
Oxford United	0	1	Birmingham City	Manor Ground	18,740	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Hatton
Watford	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	14,719
	Lineups		Evans, Salvage

				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	Millwall	35	12	7	0	34	16	4	9	3	21	22	1.447	48	W	W	D	D	D	1972-04-01	Fulham	A
2	-1	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
3	0	Birmingham City	34	12	5	0	40	12	2	10	5	11	16	1.821	43	W	W	D	D	W	1972-04-01	Cardiff City	A
4	1	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	2	1	30	9	3	9	7	16	18	1.704	41	W	D	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Orient	H
5	-1	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
6	0	Middlesbrough	35	14	4	1	27	11	3	2	11	16	30	1.049	40	D	D	L	L	W	1972-04-03	Blackpool	A
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	2	Bristol City	35	11	3	4	32	18	3	5	9	13	21	1.154	36	W	D	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Preston North End	H
9	-1	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
10	-1	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
11	0	Preston North End	34	10	3	4	27	12	1	8	8	19	29	1.122	33	L	D	D	W	L	1972-04-01	Bristol City	A
12	0	Oxford United	36	9	6	3	25	15	2	5	11	13	32	0.809	33	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-01	Watford	H
13	0	Portsmouth	35	9	6	2	27	17	2	4	12	23	38	0.909	32	L	L	W	L	W	1972-04-01	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Swindon Town	34	7	5	4	20	11	4	5	9	14	27	0.895	32	L	D	L	D	W	1972-04-01	Portsmouth	A
15	2	Luton Town	35	6	7	4	21	18	2	9	7	13	21	0.872	32	D	L	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	8	6	2	26	18	2	5	11	17	31	0.878	31	L	D	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Luton Town	A
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	34	9	5	3	30	18	3	2	12	20	40	0.862	31	L	D	W	L	W	1972-04-01	Norwich City	H
18	1	Orient	33	10	3	3	28	15	2	4	11	15	35	0.86	31	W	W	L	D	L	1972-04-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-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
20	0	Fulham	35	9	5	4	28	20	2	1	14	13	42	0.661	28	W	D	D	L	L	1972-04-01	Millwall	H
21	0	Cardiff City	33	7	5	4	30	20	1	6	10	17	36	0.839	27	W	D	D	D	W	1972-04-01	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Watford	34	4	4	11	13	24	0	2	13	7	37	0.328	14	L	L	L	D	L	1972-04-01	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Ewood Park	8,928
Martin	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	27,513
Murray (p), Beamish, Lutton	Lineups		Tearse
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Chesterfield	Boundary Park	8,019
Whittle	Lineups		Moss
Tranmere Rovers	2	3	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	5,125
King, Storton	Lineups		Waddle, Atkins, Shanahan
Wrexham	0	2	Aston Villa	Racecourse Ground	16,846	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Anderson, Graydon
York City	2	0	Rotherham United	Bootham Crescent	6,117
Rowles 2	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	36	15	1	2	34	8	9	4	5	32	19	2.444	53	W	L	D	D	W	1972-04-01	Swansea City	H
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	36	12	3	3	29	13	9	4	5	36	25	1.711	49	W	W	L	L	W	1972-04-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
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	35	8	8	2	33	22	6	5	6	16	17	1.256	41	L	D	D	D	D	1972-04-03	Mansfield Town	H
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	35	10	4	4	25	14	6	4	7	16	23	1.108	40	L	D	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Aston Villa	A
9	0	Oldham Athletic	39	9	4	8	30	33	6	4	8	22	25	0.897	38	D	W	L	W	L	1972-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	0	Chesterfield	35	10	4	4	24	14	5	3	9	24	24	1.263	37	D	L	L	W	D	1972-04-01	York City	A
11	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
12	0	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
13	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	3	5	29	18	3	4	12	13	32	0.84	35	W	L	L	W	L	1972-04-04	Swansea City	A
14	-1	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
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	37	9	5	4	37	24	3	4	12	18	30	1.019	33	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-04	Bradford City	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	2	Halifax Town	36	9	5	5	26	20	2	4	11	15	29	0.837	31	W	W	L	D	D	1972-04-04	Port Vale	H
18	3	York City	38	7	7	4	28	17	3	3	14	22	41	0.862	30	W	L	W	D	L	1972-04-01	Chesterfield	H
19	-2	Wrexham	37	8	4	8	29	26	4	2	11	18	29	0.855	30	L	W	W	W	D	1972-04-01	Notts County	A
20	-2	Tranmere Rovers	35	7	6	4	27	19	1	8	9	14	31	0.82	30	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-1	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
22	0	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	36	6	4	8	25	26	1	5	12	7	29	0.582	23	L	L	W	W	D	1972-04-01	Plymouth Argyle	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Cambridge United	Recreation Ground	4,437
Eades OG	Lineups		Greenhalgh
Brentford	1	1	Chester	Griffin Park	18,520	Largest home gate 1971-72
Docherty	Lineups		Clapham
Bury	3	0	Newport County	Gigg Lane	5,719	Largest home gate 1971-72
Connelly 3	Lineups
Colchester United	2	0	Northampton Town	Layer Road	5,375
Simmons, Lewis (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Exeter City	Gresty Road	2,354
	Lineups		Wingate
Darlington	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Feethams Ground	2,960
	Lineups		Fletcher
Grimsby Town	2	0	Reading	Blundell Park	16,657
Boylen, Tees	Lineups
Hartlepool	5	0	Stockport County	Victoria Park	5,537
Green, Young 2, Waddell, Smith	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Roots Hall	15,814
Garner, Best	Lineups		Kitchen
Workington	0	0	Southport	Borough Park	2,313
	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	36	11	6	1	27	8	9	4	5	22	16	2.042	50	W	D	L	W	W	1972-04-01	Hartlepool	A
2	1	Grimsby Town	37	15	2	2	50	20	7	3	8	20	26	1.522	49	W	W	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Cambridge United	H
3	-1	Brentford	38	13	2	5	47	19	6	8	4	19	18	1.784	48	D	W	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	1	Southend United	36	16	1	2	45	20	5	5	7	20	25	1.444	48	W	W	W	W	W	1972-04-01	Lincoln City	A
5	-1	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
6	0	Workington	38	9	9	2	27	7	3	9	6	13	19	1.538	42	D	L	D	D	D	1972-04-01	Darlington	A
7	1	Bury	37	14	1	3	44	16	3	7	9	13	27	1.326	42	W	W	W	W	L	1972-04-01	Barrow	H
8	-1	Southport	36	12	5	1	39	14	3	6	9	16	21	1.571	41	D	D	W	L	L	1972-04-01	Stockport County	H
9	0	Cambridge United	37	8	7	3	31	16	5	6	8	19	31	1.064	39	D	L	D	W	W	1972-04-01	Grimsby Town	A
10	2	Colchester United	37	10	6	2	30	16	5	3	11	24	35	1.059	39	W	W	L	L	L	1972-04-01	Peterborough United	A
11	-1	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
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	5	4	27	20	5	5	9	17	29	0.898	38	L	L	L	D	W	1972-04-01	Reading	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	35	12	1	5	29	19	3	4	10	11	33	0.769	35	L	L	L	L	W	1972-04-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	0	Exeter City	37	8	4	6	26	22	5	4	10	21	34	0.839	34	W	L	W	D	W	1972-04-01	Aldershot	A
16	0	Northampton Town	37	7	5	5	33	21	4	4	12	22	45	0.833	31	L	L	L	L	L	1972-04-01	Gillingham	H
17	0	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	0	Chester	38	8	8	1	28	13	0	6	15	13	36	0.837	30	D	L	W	W	D	1972-04-01	Newport County	H
19	0	Aldershot	36	3	10	5	20	20	4	6	8	17	28	0.771	30	D	L	L	D	L	1972-04-01	Exeter City	H
20	2	Hartlepool	37	10	2	7	33	24	1	4	13	15	38	0.774	28	W	W	D	W	L	1972-04-01	Scunthorpe United	H
21	-1	Newport County	35	8	4	5	24	19	3	2	13	17	39	0.707	28	L	D	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Chester	A
22	-1	Darlington	37	8	6	4	31	21	2	2	15	20	53	0.689	28	L	L	L	W	L	1972-04-01	Workington	H
23	0	Stockport County	36	7	7	5	27	24	1	3	13	16	44	0.632	26	L	W	L	D	W	1972-04-01	Southport	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	7	4	8	21	19	1	1	15	15	40	0.61	21	L	L	W	L	L	1972-04-01	Brentford	H