1972-04-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Highbury	33,895
Kennedy, George (p), Graham	Lineups
Coventry City	2	3	Manchester United	Highfield Road	37,798	Largest home gate 1971-72
Barry, Graham	Lineups		Best, Charlton, Storey-Moore
Crystal Palace	2	3	Southampton	Selhurst Park	23,776
Craven, Kellard (p)	Lineups		Channon 2, Stokes
Derby County	2	0	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	38,611
O'Hare, Hunter OG	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Everton	Leeds Road	17,265
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	2	Chelsea	Portman Road	24,325
Viljoen (p)	Lineups		Webb 2
Liverpool	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Anfield Road	46,564
Smith (p), Lawler	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Stoke City	Maine Road	49,392
Lee	Lineups		Doyle OG, Ritchie
Sheffield United	1	0	Newcastle United	Bramall Lane	28,103
Ford	Lineups
West Ham United	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	30,763
Brooking, Coker	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Leicester City	Molineux	23,981
	Lineups		Shaw 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	2	Derby County	36	14	4	0	39	9	7	5	6	22	21	2.033	51	W	W	D	W	W	1972-04-03	Newcastle United	H
2	-1	Manchester City	36	14	3	2	43	14	6	7	4	24	24	1.763	50	L	D	W	W	W	1972-04-04	Southampton	A
3	-1	Leeds United	36	15	4	0	49	9	5	5	7	14	18	2.333	49	L	D	W	W	D	1972-04-05	Huddersfield Town	H
4	0	Liverpool	36	15	3	1	43	15	5	5	7	11	13	1.929	48	W	W	W	W	D	1972-04-03	Manchester United	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	3	2	38	10	2	8	7	14	26	1.444	43	L	W	D	W	L	1972-04-03	Ipswich Town	A
6	1	Manchester United	34	11	2	4	32	18	6	6	5	29	29	1.298	42	W	W	W	D	L	1972-04-03	Liverpool	H
7	1	Arsenal	34	12	1	3	29	9	6	4	8	19	25	1.412	41	W	W	L	L	L	1972-04-04	Leicester City	A
8	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	9	7	1	32	17	6	4	8	25	31	1.188	41	L	D	W	W	L	1972-04-08	Arsenal	A
9	0	Chelsea	34	10	6	2	34	16	5	4	7	13	18	1.382	40	W	W	W	L	L	1972-04-08	Crystal Palace	H
10	0	Sheffield United	36	9	7	2	37	21	6	3	9	18	30	1.078	40	W	L	L	D	D	1972-04-04	Manchester United	H
11	1	West Ham United	37	9	6	4	30	17	2	5	11	14	27	1	33	W	D	L	D	W	1972-04-04	Stoke City	A
12	-1	Newcastle United	35	8	5	4	25	15	4	4	10	15	30	0.889	33	L	D	L	W	W	1972-04-03	Derby County	A
13	0	Leicester City	35	7	5	6	15	11	4	5	8	19	29	0.85	32	W	W	D	L	W	1972-04-03	Crystal Palace	A
14	1	Stoke City	33	6	7	3	24	18	4	4	9	13	24	0.881	31	W	L	D	D	L	1972-04-04	West Ham United	H
15	-1	Everton	37	8	7	4	27	16	0	8	10	6	26	0.786	31	D	D	D	D	L	1972-04-04	Coventry City	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	36	5	7	6	15	17	2	8	8	16	31	0.646	29	L	L	L	D	W	1972-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	5	5	7	17	21	5	3	10	16	26	0.702	28	L	D	W	D	W	1972-04-05	Derby County	H
18	0	Coventry City	35	5	9	3	19	18	1	5	12	15	40	0.586	26	L	L	L	D	L	1972-04-04	Everton	H
19	1	Southampton	35	6	3	7	26	25	4	2	13	19	48	0.616	25	W	L	L	D	L	1972-04-04	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	36	3	5	9	21	28	4	5	10	12	31	0.6	24	L	L	L	D	L	1972-04-03	Leicester City	H
21	0	Huddersfield Town	36	4	7	7	11	17	2	5	11	14	31	0.521	24	D	D	D	D	L	1972-04-05	Leeds United	A
22	0	Nottingham Forest	37	5	3	10	23	26	1	4	14	19	51	0.545	19	L	L	W	L	W	1972-04-08	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	4	2	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	15,931
Suddick, Dyson 3	Lineups		Casper 2 (1p)
Bristol City	4	1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate	12,962
Emanuel, Galley J, Spiring, Tainton	Lineups		Tarbuck
Cardiff City	0	0	Birmingham City	Ninian Park	23,667	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Norwich City	The Valley	12,587
	Lineups		Cross, Bone
Fulham	1	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	20,154
Barrett	Lineups
Luton Town	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Kenilworth Road	9,121
Halom 3	Lineups		Joicey
Oxford United	0	0	Watford	Manor Ground	6,604
	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	2	Swindon Town	Fratton Park	12,157
Ley	Lineups		Noble 2
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Orient	Loftus Road	12,042
O'Rourke	Lineups
Sunderland	0	1	Hull City	Roker Park	17,621
	Lineups		Wagstaff
Footnotes
Watford relegated

				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	35	11	7	0	36	14	7	5	5	17	17	1.71	48	W	W	L	W	D	1972-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	-1	Millwall	36	12	7	0	34	16	4	9	4	21	23	1.41	48	L	W	W	D	D	1972-04-04	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Birmingham City	35	12	5	0	40	12	2	11	5	11	16	1.821	44	D	W	W	D	D	1972-04-04	Blackpool	H
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	35	13	2	1	31	9	3	9	7	16	18	1.741	43	W	W	D	W	D	1972-04-03	Norwich City	H
5	0	Sunderland	34	9	6	2	32	19	4	8	5	19	28	1.085	40	L	D	D	D	W	1972-04-03	Burnley	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	1	Bristol City	36	12	3	4	36	19	3	5	9	13	21	1.225	38	W	W	D	W	W	1972-04-04	Norwich City	A
8	-1	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
9	0	Blackpool	35	9	6	2	32	13	6	1	11	18	30	1.163	37	W	L	D	W	D	1972-04-03	Middlesbrough	H
10	0	Burnley	35	9	4	4	34	21	5	2	11	21	28	1.122	34	L	D	L	W	L	1972-04-03	Sunderland	A
11	4	Luton Town	36	7	7	4	24	19	2	9	7	13	21	0.925	34	W	D	L	W	D	1972-04-04	Hull City	H
12	2	Swindon Town	35	7	5	4	20	11	5	5	9	16	28	0.923	34	W	L	D	L	D	1972-04-04	Cardiff City	H
13	-1	Oxford United	37	9	7	3	25	15	2	5	11	13	32	0.809	34	D	L	L	D	D	1972-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	-3	Preston North End	35	10	3	4	27	12	1	8	9	20	33	1.044	33	L	L	D	D	W	1972-04-04	Sunderland	H
15	-2	Portsmouth	36	9	6	3	28	19	2	4	12	23	38	0.895	32	L	L	L	W	L	1972-04-03	Watford	H
16	3	Hull City	35	8	5	5	29	20	3	4	10	14	25	0.956	31	W	D	D	L	W	1972-04-03	Carlisle United	H
17	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	8	6	2	26	18	2	5	12	18	34	0.846	31	L	L	D	L	W	1972-04-03	Oxford United	H
18	0	Orient	34	10	3	3	28	15	2	4	12	15	36	0.843	31	L	W	W	L	D	1972-04-03	Fulham	H
19	-2	Charlton Athletic	35	9	5	4	30	20	3	2	12	20	40	0.833	31	L	L	D	W	L	1972-04-04	Burnley	A
20	0	Fulham	36	10	5	4	29	20	2	1	14	13	42	0.677	30	W	W	D	D	L	1972-04-03	Orient	A
21	0	Cardiff City	34	7	6	4	30	20	1	6	10	17	36	0.839	28	D	W	D	D	D	1972-04-04	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Watford	35	4	4	11	13	24	0	3	13	7	37	0.328	15	D	L	L	L	D	1972-04-03	Portsmouth	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	22,540	Largest home gate 1971-72
MacDougall	Lineups		Lutton
Aston Villa	2	0	Swansea City	Villa Park	33,394
Anderson, McMahon	Lineups
Barnsley	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Oakwell	4,146
Boardman	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Rochdale	Valley Parade	4,889
O'Neill	Lineups		Brogden
Mansfield Town	1	1	Walsall	Field Mill	5,770
Fairbrother	Lineups		Jones C
Notts County	1	0	Wrexham	Meadow Lane	12,060
May OG	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Vale Park	3,823
	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Plainmoor	11,165	Largest home gate 1971-72
Welsh, Tearse	Lineups		Hinch
York City	4	1	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	4,594
Aimson 3, Swallow	Lineups		McHale

				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	37	16	1	2	36	8	9	4	5	32	19	2.519	55	W	W	L	D	D	1972-04-03	Bristol Rovers	H
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	38	15	4	1	41	13	4	9	5	23	20	1.939	51	D	D	L	L	D	1972-04-05	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	12	3	3	29	13	9	5	5	37	26	1.692	50	D	W	W	L	L	1972-04-04	Barnsley	A
4	0	Notts County	35	10	3	4	27	16	8	8	2	26	17	1.606	47	W	D	D	L	D	1972-04-03	Swansea City	H
5	0	Bristol Rovers	37	13	2	2	44	19	3	10	7	16	25	1.364	44	D	W	W	W	W	1972-04-03	Aston Villa	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	38	11	4	3	35	19	6	3	11	28	35	1.167	41	L	D	W	L	W	1972-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Swansea City	36	10	4	4	25	14	6	4	8	16	25	1.051	40	L	L	D	L	W	1972-04-03	Notts County	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	36	10	4	4	24	14	5	3	10	25	28	1.167	37	L	D	L	L	W	1972-04-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	1	Walsall	38	8	6	3	26	12	3	8	10	23	40	0.942	36	D	D	W	W	D	1972-04-03	Port Vale	A
12	-1	Bolton Wanderers	35	7	7	4	16	10	5	4	8	18	21	1.097	35	L	L	W	L	W	1972-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	0	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	0	Port Vale	36	9	7	2	23	17	3	4	11	13	28	0.8	35	D	D	D	W	L	1972-04-03	Walsall	H
15	0	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	36	11	5	2	31	18	1	4	13	17	46	0.75	33	D	D	L	L	W	1972-04-03	Barnsley	H
17	1	York City	39	8	7	4	32	18	3	3	14	22	41	0.915	32	W	W	L	W	D	1972-04-04	Walsall	A
18	-1	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
19	0	Wrexham	38	8	4	8	29	26	4	2	12	18	30	0.839	30	L	L	W	W	W	1972-04-03	Bradford City	A
20	0	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	0	Mansfield Town	38	5	8	6	16	23	2	8	9	17	28	0.647	30	D	W	D	D	W	1972-04-03	Rotherham United	A
22	1	Barnsley	38	5	9	6	21	28	2	6	10	7	31	0.475	29	W	L	D	D	L	1972-04-03	Rochdale	A
23	-1	Bradford City	37	6	7	5	27	25	4	1	14	13	38	0.635	28	D	W	L	W	D	1972-04-03	Wrexham	H
24	0	Torquay United	37	7	4	8	27	27	1	5	12	7	29	0.607	25	W	L	L	W	W	1972-04-08	Notts County	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	0	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	2,918
	Lineups
Bury	4	0	Barrow	Gigg Lane	4,895
Noble OG, Robson, Hamstead 2	Lineups
Chester	3	0	Newport County	Sealand Road	2,563
Sprague OG, Kennedy, Edwards	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Brentford	Gresty Road	2,072
Nicholl, Humphreys	Lineups		Docherty
Darlington	4	0	Workington	Feethams Ground	1,708
Harding 2, Lees, Barker	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Reading	Belle Vue	2,875
Robertson	Lineups		Harman
Grimsby Town	2	1	Cambridge United	Blundell Park	12,583
Tees, Hickman	Lineups		Foote
Hartlepool	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Victoria Park	6,197
Young	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Southend United	Sincil Bank	12,199
	Lineups
Northampton Town	6	1	Gillingham	County Ground	2,625
Hawkins 2, Large 2, Rioch 2 (1p)	Lineups		Woolcott
Peterborough United	4	0	Colchester United	London Road	4,367
Price, Hall, Barker (p), Robson	Lineups
Southport	1	0	Stockport County	Haig Avenue	2,582
Webber OG	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	1	Grimsby Town	38	16	2	2	52	21	7	3	8	20	26	1.532	51	W	W	W	L	W	1972-04-03	Stockport County	A
2	-1	Scunthorpe United	37	11	6	1	27	8	9	4	6	22	17	1.96	50	L	W	D	L	W	1972-04-04	Aldershot	H
3	1	Southend United	37	16	1	2	45	20	5	6	7	20	25	1.444	49	D	W	W	W	W	1972-04-03	Southport	A
4	-1	Brentford	39	13	2	5	47	19	6	8	5	20	20	1.718	48	L	D	W	W	W	1972-04-03	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Lincoln City	38	15	4	0	39	12	4	6	9	27	39	1.294	48	D	W	L	W	L	1972-04-03	Cambridge United	A
6	1	Bury	38	15	1	3	48	16	3	7	9	13	27	1.419	44	W	W	W	W	W	1972-04-03	Exeter City	A
7	1	Southport	37	13	5	1	40	14	3	6	9	16	21	1.6	43	W	D	D	W	L	1972-04-03	Southend United	H
8	-2	Workington	39	9	9	2	27	7	3	9	7	13	23	1.333	42	L	D	L	D	D	1972-04-04	Peterborough United	A
9	0	Cambridge United	38	8	7	3	31	16	5	6	9	20	33	1.041	39	L	D	L	D	W	1972-04-03	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Colchester United	38	10	6	2	30	16	5	3	12	24	39	0.982	39	L	W	W	L	L	1972-04-03	Chester	A
11	1	Doncaster Rovers	38	9	6	4	28	21	5	5	9	17	29	0.9	39	D	L	L	L	D	1972-04-04	Gillingham	H
12	-1	Gillingham	36	11	2	6	29	19	5	4	8	21	34	0.943	38	L	W	L	L	W	1972-04-03	Peterborough United	H
13	0	Peterborough United	37	11	5	3	44	21	1	8	9	18	31	1.192	37	W	L	D	W	L	1972-04-03	Gillingham	A
14	0	Reading	36	12	1	5	29	19	3	5	10	12	34	0.774	36	D	L	L	L	L	1972-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	0	Exeter City	38	8	4	6	26	22	5	5	10	21	34	0.839	35	D	W	L	W	D	1972-04-03	Bury	H
16	0	Northampton Town	38	8	5	5	39	22	4	4	12	22	45	0.91	33	W	L	L	L	L	1972-04-03	Brentford	H
17	1	Chester	39	9	8	1	31	13	0	6	15	13	36	0.898	32	W	D	L	W	W	1972-04-03	Colchester United	H
18	1	Aldershot	37	3	11	5	20	20	4	6	8	17	28	0.771	31	D	D	L	L	D	1972-04-04	Scunthorpe United	A
19	-2	Barrow	38	5	8	5	18	19	5	3	12	14	34	0.604	31	L	W	W	D	L	1972-04-03	Hartlepool	H
20	0	Hartlepool	38	11	2	7	34	24	1	4	13	15	38	0.79	30	W	W	W	D	W	1972-04-03	Barrow	A
21	1	Darlington	38	9	6	4	35	21	2	2	15	20	53	0.743	30	W	L	L	L	W	1972-04-04	Newport County	A
22	-1	Newport County	36	8	4	5	24	19	3	2	14	17	42	0.672	28	L	L	D	L	W	1972-04-04	Darlington	H
23	0	Stockport County	37	7	7	5	27	24	1	3	14	16	45	0.623	26	L	L	W	L	D	1972-04-03	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	8	4	8	23	20	1	1	15	15	40	0.633	23	W	L	L	W	L	1972-04-03	Reading	A