1972-04-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Port Vale	Prenton Park	3,544
Yeats, Russell, Fagan	Lineups		McLaren, Farrimond OG
Walsall	0	0	Halifax Town	Fellows Park	6,096
	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	42	18	1	2	39	9	11	4	6	38	21	2.567	63	W	L	W	W	W	1972-04-22	Bradford City	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	3	3	35	15	11	6	5	41	28	1.767	59	W	W	D	W	W	1972-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	42	15	5	1	41	13	6	10	5	27	22	1.943	57	W	D	W	D	D	1972-04-22	York City	A
4	0	Notts County	41	13	3	4	37	17	9	9	3	30	21	1.763	56	L	W	W	D	W	1972-04-22	Barnsley	A
5	0	Rotherham United	40	10	8	3	39	24	7	6	6	17	17	1.366	48	W	D	W	L	W	1972-04-22	Rochdale	H
6	0	Bristol Rovers	42	14	2	4	46	23	3	10	9	18	29	1.231	46	L	L	W	L	L	1972-04-22	Wrexham	H
7	1	Walsall	45	11	8	3	34	15	3	10	10	24	41	1.036	46	D	W	D	W	D	1972-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	-1	Plymouth Argyle	43	12	5	4	38	24	6	4	12	29	37	1.098	45	L	W	L	D	D	1972-04-22	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	40	11	7	4	23	11	5	5	8	19	22	1.273	44	W	W	W	D	W	1972-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	0	Swansea City	42	10	6	6	26	18	7	4	9	17	30	0.896	44	D	W	L	D	L	1972-04-22	Chesterfield	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	43	10	4	8	32	34	6	6	9	22	26	0.9	42	D	L	W	D	D	1972-04-24	York City	A
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	4	5	35	21	4	5	13	14	35	0.875	41	L	W	D	D	W	1972-04-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	0	Chesterfield	41	10	5	7	24	20	6	3	10	26	28	1.042	40	L	L	L	W	D	1972-04-22	Swansea City	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	12	5	4	46	27	3	4	13	18	32	1.085	39	W	L	W	W	L	1972-04-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Port Vale	42	9	9	2	24	18	3	5	14	15	36	0.722	38	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-26	Notts County	A
16	0	Wrexham	43	9	5	8	31	26	6	2	13	24	33	0.932	37	W	D	W	L	W	1972-04-22	Bristol Rovers	A
17	1	Halifax Town	42	11	5	6	31	22	2	5	13	16	33	0.855	36	D	W	L	L	L	1972-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	-1	York City	43	8	7	5	32	19	4	4	15	25	44	0.905	35	W	D	L	L	W	1972-04-22	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	0	Rochdale	41	11	6	4	32	22	1	4	15	19	50	0.708	34	L	D	L	L	L	1972-04-22	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Barnsley	43	5	10	7	21	29	3	7	11	9	33	0.484	33	L	D	D	L	W	1972-04-22	Notts County	H
21	2	Tranmere Rovers	40	8	6	5	31	23	1	8	12	16	40	0.746	32	W	L	L	L	L	1972-04-24	Barnsley	H
22	-1	Bradford City	42	6	8	6	27	27	5	1	16	17	44	0.62	31	W	L	D	L	L	1972-04-22	Aston Villa	H
23	-1	Mansfield Town	42	5	9	6	16	23	2	8	12	21	37	0.617	31	L	D	L	L	D	1972-04-22	Torquay United	A
24	0	Torquay United	41	8	5	8	30	29	1	6	13	7	31	0.617	29	L	D	W	D	W	1972-04-22	Mansfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Colchester United	3	2	Stockport County	Layer Road	4,018
Burgess 2, Simmons	Lineups		Griffiths, McMillan
Southend United	1	2	Cambridge United	Roots Hall	17,059	Largest home gate 1971-72
Garner	Lineups		Greenhalgh 2

				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	42	16	3	2	55	24	10	3	8	25	27	1.569	58	W	D	W	W	W	1972-04-22	Bury	A
2	0	Southend United	43	18	1	3	54	24	6	8	7	24	28	1.5	57	L	W	D	D	W	1972-04-25	Scunthorpe United	A
3	0	Brentford	43	15	2	5	51	21	7	9	5	21	20	1.756	55	W	W	W	D	L	1972-04-22	Exeter City	H
4	0	Scunthorpe United	42	13	6	2	30	11	9	5	7	22	19	1.733	55	D	L	W	L	W	1972-04-22	Gillingham	H
5	0	Lincoln City	43	16	4	1	42	15	4	8	10	31	44	1.237	52	D	L	W	L	D	1972-04-22	Aldershot	A
6	0	Bury	43	16	2	3	53	20	3	8	11	17	33	1.321	48	L	D	D	W	L	1972-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
7	0	Workington	43	11	9	2	31	7	3	10	8	14	25	1.406	47	W	W	L	D	L	1972-04-22	Barrow	A
8	2	Colchester United	44	13	6	3	36	20	5	4	13	28	44	1	46	W	L	D	W	W	1972-04-24	Newport County	H
9	-1	Peterborough United	42	12	6	3	46	22	3	9	9	28	36	1.276	45	W	W	W	D	D	1972-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	-1	Southport	42	13	5	3	42	19	3	7	11	18	25	1.364	44	D	L	L	L	L	1972-04-22	Darlington	A
11	0	Cambridge United	44	9	8	4	34	21	6	6	11	24	38	0.983	44	W	L	W	L	L	1972-04-26	Gillingham	H
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	11	21	37	0.847	42	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-22	Peterborough United	A
13	0	Gillingham	41	11	4	7	33	24	5	5	9	22	36	0.917	41	D	L	L	D	D	1972-04-22	Scunthorpe United	A
14	0	Exeter City	42	10	5	6	33	27	5	6	10	21	34	0.885	41	W	D	D	W	D	1972-04-22	Brentford	A
15	0	Reading	41	14	2	5	33	20	3	5	12	14	40	0.783	41	D	W	L	L	W	1972-04-22	Newport County	A
16	0	Chester	43	10	9	2	34	16	0	7	15	13	36	0.904	36	D	D	L	W	W	1972-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	0	Northampton Town	43	8	8	5	42	25	4	4	14	23	50	0.867	36	L	D	D	L	D	1972-04-22	Hartlepool	A
18	0	Aldershot	42	4	12	5	23	20	4	8	9	20	32	0.827	36	D	D	D	W	L	1972-04-22	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Hartlepool	43	13	2	7	37	25	2	4	15	17	42	0.806	36	L	W	W	W	L	1972-04-22	Northampton Town	H
20	0	Darlington	42	9	7	4	36	22	4	2	16	25	57	0.772	35	W	W	D	L	W	1972-04-22	Southport	H
21	0	Newport County	41	11	5	5	31	19	3	2	15	17	45	0.75	35	W	L	W	D	W	1972-04-22	Reading	H
22	0	Barrow	43	7	8	6	21	23	5	3	14	16	38	0.607	35	L	L	L	W	W	1972-04-22	Workington	H
23	0	Stockport County	43	7	9	6	29	28	2	3	16	20	49	0.636	30	L	D	D	L	W	1972-04-26	Reading	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	8	4	9	24	22	1	3	17	16	44	0.606	25	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-22	Chester	A