1972-04-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	1	1	Stoke City	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	56,576
	Armstrong	Lineups		Simpson OG
D 1	Leeds United	3	0	Birmingham City	D 2	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000
	Jones 2, Lorimer	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	1	1	Manchester City	Highfield Road	34,302
Mortimer	Lineups		Towers
Derby County	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	31,414
McFarland, O'Hare, Hector	Lineups
Everton	0	0	Leicester City	Goodison Park	33,342
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	0	Sheffield United	Portman Road	17,052
	Lineups
Manchester United	3	2	Southampton	Old Trafford	38,437
Best, Kidd, Storey-Moore	Lineups		Davies 2
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	45,799
Chivers 2, Coates	Lineups
West Ham United	0	2	Liverpool	Upton Park	32,660
	Lineups		Toshack, Heighway
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	30,619
	Lineups		Brown T

				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	Derby County	40	15	4	1	42	10	8	6	6	26	21	2.194	56	W	W	D	L	W	1972-04-22	Manchester City	A
2	0	Manchester City	40	15	3	2	46	15	7	8	5	28	28	1.721	55	D	W	W	L	L	1972-04-18	Ipswich Town	A
3	1	Liverpool	39	16	3	1	46	16	7	5	7	16	13	2.138	54	W	W	W	W	W	1972-04-22	Ipswich Town	H
4	-1	Leeds United	38	16	4	0	52	10	6	5	7	17	18	2.464	53	W	W	L	D	W	1972-04-19	Newcastle United	A
5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	39	15	3	2	41	10	2	9	8	16	29	1.462	46	W	D	L	L	W	1972-04-22	Southampton	A
6	-1	Arsenal	37	13	1	3	31	10	6	6	8	21	27	1.405	45	D	W	D	W	W	1972-04-22	West Ham United	H
7	1	Manchester United	39	12	2	6	36	26	6	7	6	30	32	1.138	45	W	L	L	D	L	1972-04-22	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-2	Chelsea	37	11	6	2	36	17	6	4	8	15	21	1.342	44	L	W	W	W	W	1972-04-18	Southampton	A
9	1	Sheffield United	39	9	8	3	38	26	6	4	9	18	30	1	42	D	L	D	W	L	1972-04-18	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	9	7	3	32	20	6	4	9	26	33	1.094	41	L	L	L	L	D	1972-04-22	Huddersfield Town	A
11	0	Leicester City	40	8	6	6	17	11	4	7	9	20	31	0.881	37	D	L	W	D	D	1972-04-22	Coventry City	H
12	1	Ipswich Town	40	6	8	6	17	18	4	8	8	20	32	0.74	36	D	W	W	W	L	1972-04-18	Manchester City	H
13	-1	Newcastle United	38	8	5	5	25	16	5	4	11	16	31	0.872	35	L	L	W	L	D	1972-04-19	Leeds United	H
14	0	West Ham United	40	9	6	5	30	19	2	6	12	15	30	0.9	34	L	L	D	W	D	1972-04-22	Arsenal	A
15	0	Everton	40	8	8	4	27	16	1	8	11	8	30	0.761	34	D	W	L	D	D	1972-04-22	Stoke City	A
16	0	Stoke City	36	6	8	5	24	23	4	4	9	13	24	0.787	32	L	L	D	W	L	1972-04-22	Everton	H
17	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	5	7	7	18	22	6	3	10	17	26	0.729	32	W	D	D	L	D	1972-04-22	Leeds United	H
18	0	Coventry City	39	6	10	3	24	20	2	5	13	17	43	0.651	31	D	W	L	W	L	1972-04-18	Sheffield United	H
19	0	Southampton	39	8	3	8	29	26	4	2	14	21	51	0.649	29	L	W	L	W	W	1972-04-18	Chelsea	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	39	3	7	9	24	31	4	5	11	13	33	0.6	26	D	L	D	L	L	1972-04-22	Sheffield United	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	40	4	7	9	12	21	2	5	13	15	37	0.466	24	L	L	L	L	D	1972-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Nottingham Forest	39	6	3	10	24	26	2	4	14	21	51	0.584	23	W	W	L	L	W	1972-04-22	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	0	Oxford United	Bloomfield Road	10,131
Burns, Suddick	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Sunderland	Ashton Gate	12,178
Drysdale, Galley J, Gow (p)	Lineups		Kerr
Cardiff City	3	1	Carlisle United	Ninian Park	17,712
King, Clark, Woodruff	Lineups		Barton
Middlesbrough	1	0	Norwich City	Ayresome Park	14,279
Spraggon	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	15,494
Bridges, Possee	Lineups		Pearson
Portsmouth	0	3	Luton Town	Fratton Park	8,552
	Lineups		Givens (p), Ryan JG 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Loftus Road	12,976
Francis, Leach	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Burnley	County Ground	11,818
	Lineups		Probert
Watford	1	0	Preston North End	Vicarage Road	5,507
Eddy	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	39	12	8	0	39	16	7	6	6	17	18	1.647	52	L	W	D	D	W	1972-04-22	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Millwall	39	13	7	0	36	17	4	10	5	24	27	1.364	51	W	L	D	L	W	1972-04-22	Burnley	A
3	0	Birmingham City	37	14	5	0	43	13	2	11	5	11	16	1.862	48	W	W	D	W	W	1972-04-18	Fulham	A
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	3	1	33	9	3	10	7	17	19	1.786	47	W	D	D	W	W	1972-04-22	Sunderland	A
5	0	Sunderland	38	10	7	2	37	23	5	8	6	23	32	1.091	45	L	D	W	W	L	1972-04-17	Watford	H
6	0	Blackpool	39	11	6	2	37	14	7	1	12	23	33	1.277	43	W	W	L	W	W	1972-04-22	Preston North End	A
7	1	Middlesbrough	38	15	4	1	28	11	3	3	12	18	34	1.022	43	W	D	L	D	D	1972-04-17	Preston North End	A
8	1	Bristol City	39	13	3	4	39	20	3	6	10	15	25	1.2	41	W	L	D	W	W	1972-04-22	Luton Town	A
9	-2	Carlisle United	39	11	6	2	34	19	5	3	12	23	32	1.118	41	L	W	D	L	W	1972-04-22	Fulham	H
10	0	Burnley	39	11	4	4	40	22	6	2	12	25	32	1.204	40	W	W	W	L	L	1972-04-22	Millwall	H
11	0	Hull City	39	9	6	5	32	21	4	4	11	16	27	1	36	L	D	W	W	W	1972-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	0	Swindon Town	37	8	5	5	23	13	5	5	9	16	28	0.951	36	L	W	W	L	D	1972-04-18	Luton Town	H
13	4	Luton Town	39	7	7	6	25	24	3	9	7	16	21	0.911	36	W	L	L	W	D	1972-04-18	Swindon Town	A
14	-1	Oxford United	40	9	8	3	27	17	2	6	12	13	34	0.784	36	L	D	D	D	L	1972-04-22	Cardiff City	H
15	-1	Portsmouth	39	9	7	4	30	24	2	5	12	25	40	0.859	34	L	D	D	L	L	1972-04-22	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	9	7	2	28	19	2	5	13	18	35	0.852	34	W	L	D	L	L	1972-04-17	Orient	H
17	-1	Orient	37	11	4	3	30	16	2	4	13	15	37	0.849	34	L	D	W	L	W	1972-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	0	Preston North End	37	10	3	5	28	15	1	8	10	20	34	0.98	33	L	L	L	L	D	1972-04-17	Middlesbrough	H
19	1	Cardiff City	38	9	6	4	34	21	1	7	11	19	40	0.869	33	W	W	D	L	D	1972-04-22	Oxford United	A
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	39	9	6	4	32	22	3	2	15	22	47	0.783	32	L	L	D	L	L	1972-04-22	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Fulham	38	10	5	4	29	20	2	2	15	15	45	0.677	31	D	L	W	W	D	1972-04-18	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Watford	38	5	4	11	14	24	0	4	14	9	42	0.348	18	W	L	D	D	L	1972-04-17	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Barnsley	Dean Court	13,976
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Ewood Park	7,676
Martin 2, Price, Field	Lineups		Bradford OG
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Burnden Park	5,720
Greaves (p), Phillips	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,918
	Lineups		Napier K
Halifax Town	0	1	Swansea City	The Shay	2,620
	Lineups		Gwyther
Mansfield Town	0	0	York City	Field Mill	5,006
	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Bradford City	Meadow Lane	16,315
Bradd, Cozens	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	8,938
Hore, Provan (p)	Lineups		Rudge
Port Vale	0	0	Torquay United	Vale Park	2,737
	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Walsall	Spotland	3,027
	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Rotherham United	Racecourse Ground	4,426
	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	41	18	1	2	39	9	10	4	6	34	21	2.433	61	L	W	W	W	W	1972-04-19	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	13	3	3	32	15	11	6	5	41	28	1.698	57	W	D	W	W	D	1972-04-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	1	Notts County	40	13	3	4	37	17	9	9	2	29	18	1.886	56	W	W	D	W	W	1972-04-18	Halifax Town	A
4	-1	AFC Bournemouth	41	15	5	1	41	13	5	10	5	25	21	1.941	55	D	W	D	D	D	1972-04-18	Bristol Rovers	A
5	1	Rotherham United	39	9	8	3	36	24	7	6	6	17	17	1.293	46	D	W	L	W	L	1972-04-18	Port Vale	H
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	41	14	2	3	45	21	3	10	9	18	29	1.26	46	L	W	L	L	D	1972-04-18	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	5	3	37	20	6	4	12	29	37	1.158	45	W	L	D	D	L	1972-04-18	Bradford City	H
8	0	Walsall	43	10	7	3	30	14	3	10	10	24	41	0.982	43	D	W	D	W	D	1972-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	1	Swansea City	41	10	5	6	26	18	7	4	9	17	30	0.896	43	W	L	D	L	L	1972-04-18	Oldham Athletic	H
10	2	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	7	4	21	11	5	5	8	19	22	1.212	42	W	W	D	W	L	1972-04-19	Torquay United	H
11	2	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	35	21	4	5	12	14	32	0.925	41	W	D	D	W	W	1972-04-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-3	Oldham Athletic	42	10	4	8	32	34	6	5	9	22	26	0.9	41	L	W	D	D	W	1972-04-18	Swansea City	A
13	-2	Chesterfield	40	10	5	6	24	16	6	3	10	26	28	1.136	40	L	L	W	D	L	1972-04-19	Aston Villa	H
14	1	Port Vale	40	9	9	2	24	18	3	5	12	13	30	0.771	38	D	D	L	D	D	1972-04-18	Rotherham United	A
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	40	11	5	4	42	25	3	4	13	18	32	1.053	37	L	W	W	L	D	1972-04-19	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	Wrexham	42	8	5	8	29	26	6	2	13	24	33	0.898	35	D	W	L	W	L	1972-04-17	Barnsley	H
17	1	Rochdale	40	11	6	3	31	20	1	4	15	19	50	0.714	34	D	L	L	L	D	1972-04-17	York City	H
18	1	York City	42	8	7	5	32	19	3	4	15	23	43	0.887	33	D	L	L	W	W	1972-04-17	Rochdale	A
19	-2	Halifax Town	40	10	5	6	28	21	2	4	13	16	33	0.815	33	L	L	L	W	W	1972-04-18	Notts County	H
20	0	Barnsley	42	5	10	7	21	29	3	7	10	9	31	0.5	33	D	D	L	W	W	1972-04-17	Wrexham	A
21	1	Mansfield Town	41	5	9	6	16	23	2	8	11	19	33	0.625	31	D	L	L	D	W	1972-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	6	5	28	21	1	8	11	15	36	0.754	30	L	L	L	L	D	1972-04-18	Walsall	A
23	1	Torquay United	40	8	5	8	30	29	1	6	12	7	29	0.638	29	D	W	D	W	L	1972-04-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
24	-1	Bradford City	41	6	8	6	27	27	4	1	16	13	43	0.571	29	L	D	L	L	D	1972-04-18	Plymouth Argyle	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	1	0	Barrow	Abbey Stadium	3,887
Lill	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Hartlepool	Gresty Road	1,686
Riley	Lineups		Waddell 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Chester	Belle Vue	2,370
	Lineups
Exeter City	3	3	Colchester United	St James Park	4,052
Binney, Rowan, Banks	Lineups		Gibbs (p), Burgess, Mahon
Gillingham	0	1	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium	5,819
	Lineups		Docherty
Grimsby Town	3	3	Aldershot	Blundell Park	13,576
Tees 2, Gauden	Lineups		Grummett, Brodie, Davidson
Lincoln City	0	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	9,555
	Lineups		Graham
Northampton Town	2	2	Bury	County Ground	3,175
Felton, Hold	Lineups		Hamstead, Murray
Reading	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Elm Park	4,308
Chappell 2	Lineups
Southport	2	4	Peterborough United	Haig Avenue	1,713
Lee 2	Lineups		Price 4
Workington	3	0	Newport County	Borough Park	1,342
Spratt 2, Irving	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	Grimsby Town	41	16	3	2	55	24	9	3	8	24	27	1.549	56	D	W	W	W	W	1972-04-17	Colchester United	A
2	0	Southend United	41	17	1	2	49	21	6	8	7	24	28	1.49	55	D	D	W	W	D	1972-04-17	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Scunthorpe United	41	13	6	2	30	11	9	4	7	22	19	1.733	54	L	W	L	W	L	1972-04-19	Chester	A
4	0	Brentford	42	14	2	5	49	20	7	9	5	21	20	1.75	53	W	W	D	L	D	1972-04-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Lincoln City	42	16	4	1	42	15	4	7	10	28	41	1.25	51	L	W	L	D	D	1972-04-19	Gillingham	A
6	0	Bury	42	16	2	3	53	20	3	8	10	17	32	1.346	48	D	D	W	L	W	1972-04-19	Workington	A
7	1	Workington	42	10	9	2	30	7	3	10	8	14	25	1.375	45	W	L	D	L	D	1972-04-19	Bury	H
8	1	Colchester United	42	12	6	2	33	17	5	4	13	28	44	1	44	D	W	W	L	L	1972-04-17	Grimsby Town	H
9	-2	Southport	41	13	5	3	42	19	3	6	11	17	24	1.372	43	L	L	L	L	W	1972-04-19	Reading	A
10	0	Peterborough United	41	12	6	3	46	22	2	9	9	23	34	1.232	43	W	W	D	D	W	1972-04-19	Cambridge United	A
11	1	Cambridge United	42	9	8	3	32	16	5	6	11	22	37	1.019	42	W	L	L	D	L	1972-04-19	Peterborough United	H
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	10	20	35	0.86	42	D	D	L	D	D	1972-04-17	Brentford	A
13	0	Gillingham	40	11	3	7	30	21	5	5	9	22	36	0.912	40	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-19	Lincoln City	H
14	1	Reading	40	14	1	5	32	19	3	5	12	14	40	0.78	40	W	L	L	W	D	1972-04-19	Southport	H
15	-1	Exeter City	41	9	5	6	32	27	5	6	10	21	34	0.869	39	D	D	W	D	W	1972-04-19	Hartlepool	H
16	0	Northampton Town	42	8	8	5	42	25	4	4	13	22	46	0.901	36	D	D	L	D	W	1972-04-17	Southend United	A
17	3	Hartlepool	42	13	2	7	37	25	2	4	14	17	41	0.818	36	W	W	W	L	W	1972-04-19	Exeter City	A
18	0	Chester	42	10	8	2	34	16	0	7	15	13	36	0.904	35	D	L	W	W	D	1972-04-19	Scunthorpe United	H
19	0	Aldershot	41	4	12	5	23	20	4	7	9	20	32	0.827	35	D	D	W	L	D	1972-04-17	Stockport County	A
20	-3	Barrow	42	7	8	5	21	19	5	3	14	16	38	0.649	35	L	L	W	W	L	1972-04-17	Darlington	H
21	1	Darlington	41	9	7	4	36	22	3	2	16	21	57	0.722	33	W	D	L	W	L	1972-04-17	Barrow	A
22	-1	Newport County	40	10	5	5	29	19	3	2	15	17	45	0.719	33	L	W	D	W	L	1972-04-18	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Stockport County	41	7	8	6	29	28	2	3	15	18	46	0.635	29	D	L	W	L	L	1972-04-17	Aldershot	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	8	4	9	24	22	1	3	16	16	42	0.625	25	L	D	D	L	W	1972-04-18	Newport County	A