1972-04-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	West Ham United	Highbury	45,215
Ball 2	Lineups		Brooking
Chelsea	3	3	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	33,000
Baldwin 2, Kember	Lineups		Tudor 2, Macdonald
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds Road	11,677
	Lineups		Daley
Leicester City	1	0	Coventry City	Filbert Street	24,254
Glover	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	54,316
Toshack 2	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Derby County	Maine Road	55,023
Lee (p), Marsh	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Manchester United	City Ground	35,063
	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Crystal Palace	Bramall Lane	23,250
Colquhoun	Lineups
Southampton	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	24,914
	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	Everton	Victoria Ground	16,796
Lyons OG	Lineups		Kendall
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	40,675
	Lineups		Giles (p)

				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	1	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57	W	L	D	W	W	End of Season
2	1	Liverpool	40	17	3	1	48	16	7	5	7	16	13	2.207	56	W	W	W	W	W	1972-05-01	Derby County	A
3	-2	Derby County	41	15	4	1	42	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.061	56	L	W	W	D	L	1972-05-01	Liverpool	H
4	0	Leeds United	40	16	4	0	52	10	7	5	8	18	19	2.414	55	W	L	W	W	L	1972-05-01	Chelsea	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	15	3	2	41	10	2	10	8	16	29	1.462	47	D	W	D	L	L	1972-04-29	Leicester City	H
6	0	Arsenal	38	14	1	3	33	11	6	6	8	21	27	1.421	47	W	D	W	D	W	1972-04-25	Manchester United	H
7	0	Chelsea	39	11	7	2	39	20	6	5	8	17	23	1.302	46	D	D	L	W	W	1972-04-24	Stoke City	H
8	0	Manchester United	40	12	2	6	36	26	6	8	6	30	32	1.138	46	D	W	L	L	D	1972-04-25	Arsenal	A
9	0	Sheffield United	41	10	8	3	39	26	6	4	10	20	33	1	44	W	L	D	L	D	1972-04-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	7	3	32	20	7	4	9	27	33	1.113	43	W	L	L	L	L	1972-04-25	Nottingham Forest	A
11	2	Leicester City	41	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	9	20	31	0.905	39	W	D	L	W	D	1972-04-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Newcastle United	40	9	5	5	26	16	5	5	11	19	34	0.9	38	D	W	L	L	W	1972-05-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-2	Ipswich Town	42	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	0.736	38	L	W	D	W	W	End of Season
14	1	Everton	41	8	8	4	27	16	1	9	11	9	31	0.766	35	D	D	W	L	D	1972-05-02	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-1	West Ham United	41	9	6	5	30	19	2	6	13	16	32	0.9	34	L	L	L	D	W	1972-05-01	Southampton	H
16	1	Stoke City	37	6	9	5	25	24	4	4	9	13	24	0.792	33	D	L	L	D	W	1972-04-24	Chelsea	A
17	-1	Coventry City	41	7	10	3	27	22	2	5	14	17	44	0.667	33	L	W	D	W	L	1972-05-01	Arsenal	H
18	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	5	7	8	18	23	6	3	10	17	26	0.714	32	L	W	D	D	L	1972-04-27	Chelsea	H
19	0	Southampton	41	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	14	21	51	0.658	31	D	D	L	W	L	1972-05-01	West Ham United	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	40	3	7	9	24	31	4	5	12	13	34	0.6	26	L	D	L	D	L	1972-04-26	Stoke City	H
21	1	Nottingham Forest	40	6	4	10	24	26	2	4	14	21	51	0.584	24	D	W	W	L	L	1972-04-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	-1	Huddersfield Town	41	4	7	10	12	22	2	5	13	15	37	0.458	24	L	L	L	L	L	1972-04-29	Crystal Palace	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's	37,202
Francis	Lineups		Hickton
Burnley	2	0	Millwall	Turf Moor	11,271
Dobson, Fletcher	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	1	Fulham	Brunton Park	6,067
Gorman, Martin, Barton	Lineups		Cross
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Portsmouth	The Valley	7,371
Peacock	Lineups		Hiron
Hull City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Boothferry Park	13,177
O'Riley	Lineups
Luton Town	0	0	Bristol City	Kenilworth Road	8,329
	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	31,736
Forbes	Lineups
Orient	1	0	Watford	Brisbane Road	7,244
Bowyer	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Cardiff City	Manor Ground	9,092
Thompson	Lineups
Preston North End	1	4	Blackpool	Deepdale	19,819
McIlmoyle	Lineups		Suddick (p), Burns, Ainscow, Dyson
Sunderland	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Roker Park	13,751
	Lineups		Busby

				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	40	13	8	0	40	16	7	6	6	17	18	1.676	54	W	L	W	D	D	1972-04-24	Orient	A
2	0	Millwall	40	13	7	0	36	17	4	10	6	24	29	1.304	51	L	W	L	D	L	1972-04-25	Charlton Athletic	A
3	0	Birmingham City	39	14	6	0	44	14	2	12	5	11	16	1.833	50	D	D	W	W	D	1972-04-25	Hull City	H
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	14	3	1	33	9	4	10	7	18	19	1.821	49	W	W	D	D	W	1972-04-25	Fulham	H
5	0	Sunderland	40	11	7	3	42	24	5	8	6	23	32	1.161	47	L	W	L	D	W	1972-04-25	Carlisle United	A
6	0	Blackpool	40	11	6	2	37	14	8	1	12	27	34	1.333	45	W	W	W	L	W	1972-04-24	Portsmouth	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	40	15	4	1	28	11	3	4	13	19	36	1	44	D	L	W	D	L	1972-04-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	1	Carlisle United	40	12	6	2	37	20	5	3	12	23	32	1.154	43	W	L	W	D	L	1972-04-25	Sunderland	H
9	1	Burnley	40	12	4	4	42	22	6	2	12	25	32	1.241	42	W	W	W	W	L	1972-04-25	Preston North End	H
10	-2	Bristol City	40	13	3	4	39	20	3	7	10	15	25	1.2	42	D	W	L	D	W	1972-04-26	Cardiff City	A
11	1	Hull City	40	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	11	16	27	1.021	38	W	L	D	W	W	1972-04-25	Birmingham City	A
12	-1	Swindon Town	39	9	5	5	25	14	5	5	10	16	29	0.953	38	L	W	L	W	W	1972-04-25	Watford	H
13	2	Oxford United	41	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	12	13	34	0.804	38	W	L	D	D	D	1972-04-29	Bristol City	A
14	-1	Luton Town	41	7	8	6	25	24	3	9	8	17	23	0.894	37	D	L	W	L	L	1972-04-29	Cardiff City	A
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	10	7	2	31	20	2	5	14	18	36	0.875	36	L	W	W	L	D	1972-04-26	Middlesbrough	H
16	2	Orient	39	12	4	3	31	16	2	4	14	16	40	0.839	36	W	L	L	D	W	1972-04-24	Norwich City	H
17	-1	Preston North End	39	11	3	6	30	19	1	8	10	20	34	0.943	35	L	W	L	L	L	1972-04-25	Burnley	A
18	-1	Portsmouth	40	9	7	4	30	24	2	6	12	26	41	0.862	35	D	L	D	D	L	1972-04-24	Blackpool	A
19	0	Cardiff City	39	9	6	4	34	21	1	7	12	19	41	0.855	33	L	W	W	D	L	1972-04-26	Bristol City	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	40	9	7	4	33	23	3	2	15	22	47	0.786	33	D	L	L	D	L	1972-04-25	Millwall	H
21	0	Fulham	40	10	6	4	29	20	2	2	16	16	48	0.662	32	L	D	D	L	W	1972-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Watford	40	5	4	11	14	24	0	4	16	9	48	0.319	18	L	L	W	L	D	1972-04-25	Swindon Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Notts County	Oakwell	6,264
Seal 2	Lineups		Masson
Bradford City	0	1	Aston Villa	Valley Parade	9,285	Largest home gate 1971-72
	Lineups		Aitken
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Goldstone Ground	25,074
Murray (p)	Lineups		Jones G (p)
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Wrexham	Eastville	5,427
Allan, Bannister, Stephens	Lineups		Whittle
Rotherham United	5	1	Rochdale	Millmoor	4,569
Gilbert 2, Mielczarek, Swift, Ham	Lineups		Gowans
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	3,179
Andrews	Lineups		Hinch, Hague
Swansea City	1	3	Chesterfield	Vetch Field	2,887
Evans B	Lineups		Randall, Archer (p), Wilson
Torquay United	0	1	Mansfield Town	Plainmoor	3,929
	Lineups		Longhorn
York City	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Bootham Crescent	6,917
	Lineups		MacDougall, Boyer

				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	43	18	1	2	39	9	12	4	6	39	21	2.6	65	W	W	L	W	W	1972-04-24	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	14	4	3	36	16	11	6	5	41	28	1.75	60	D	W	W	D	W	1972-04-26	Rotherham United	H
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	43	15	5	1	41	13	7	10	5	29	22	2	59	W	W	D	W	D	1972-04-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	0	Notts County	42	13	3	4	37	17	9	9	4	31	23	1.7	56	L	L	W	W	D	1972-04-26	Port Vale	H
5	0	Rotherham United	41	11	8	3	44	25	7	6	6	17	17	1.452	50	W	W	D	W	L	1972-04-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	0	Bristol Rovers	43	15	2	4	49	24	3	10	9	18	29	1.264	48	W	L	L	W	L	1972-04-25	Swansea City	H
7	1	Plymouth Argyle	44	12	5	4	38	24	7	4	12	31	38	1.113	47	W	L	W	L	D	1972-04-25	Halifax Town	H
8	-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
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	41	11	7	4	23	11	5	6	8	20	23	1.265	45	D	W	W	W	D	1972-04-24	Rochdale	A
10	0	Swansea City	43	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	9	17	30	0.863	44	L	D	W	L	D	1972-04-25	Bristol Rovers	A
11	2	Chesterfield	42	10	5	7	24	20	7	3	10	29	29	1.082	42	W	L	L	L	W	1972-04-29	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	12	5	5	47	29	3	4	13	18	32	1.066	39	L	W	L	W	W	1972-04-25	Walsall	A
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	44	9	5	8	31	26	6	2	14	25	36	0.903	37	L	W	D	W	L	1972-04-29	Swansea City	H
17	0	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	0	York City	44	8	7	6	32	21	4	4	15	25	44	0.877	35	L	W	D	L	L	1972-04-24	Oldham Athletic	H
19	1	Barnsley	44	6	10	7	23	30	3	7	11	9	33	0.508	35	W	L	D	D	L	1972-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	-1	Rochdale	42	11	6	4	32	22	1	4	16	20	55	0.675	34	L	L	D	L	L	1972-04-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	2	Mansfield Town	43	5	9	6	16	23	3	8	12	22	37	0.633	33	W	L	D	L	L	1972-04-24	Aston Villa	H
22	-1	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
23	-1	Bradford City	43	6	8	7	27	28	5	1	16	17	44	0.611	31	L	W	L	D	L	1972-04-26	Torquay United	H
24	0	Torquay United	42	8	5	9	30	30	1	6	13	7	31	0.607	29	L	L	D	W	D	1972-04-26	Bradford City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	0	Lincoln City	Recreation Ground	3,087
	Lineups
Barrow	2	0	Workington	Holker Street	1,954
Irvine, Calvert	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Exeter City	Griffin Park	14,520
Ross (p)	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Grimsby Town	Gigg Lane	4,977
Hamstead	Lineups		Wigginton
Chester	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	2,608
	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Southport	Feethams Ground	2,103
	Lineups
Hartlepool	2	0	Northampton Town	Victoria Park	6,907
Waddell, Potter	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Reading	Somerton Park	3,070
Jones R, Hill	Lineups		Harman
Peterborough United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	London Road	4,737
Robson, Turner	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	3	Gillingham	Old Showground	5,752
Kirk, Kerr, McDonald	Lineups		Yeo 2, Knight
Footnotes
Stockport County to apply for re-election
Grimsby Town promoted

				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	43	16	3	2	55	24	10	4	8	26	28	1.558	59	D	W	D	W	W	1972-04-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	1	Brentford	44	16	2	5	52	21	7	9	5	21	20	1.78	57	W	W	W	W	D	1972-04-24	Barrow	A
3	-1	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
4	0	Scunthorpe United	43	13	7	2	33	14	9	5	7	22	19	1.667	56	D	D	L	W	L	1972-04-25	Southend United	H
5	0	Lincoln City	44	16	4	1	42	15	4	9	10	31	44	1.237	53	D	D	L	W	L	1972-04-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Bury	44	16	3	3	54	21	3	8	11	17	33	1.315	49	D	L	D	D	W	1972-04-25	Peterborough United	H
7	0	Workington	44	11	9	2	31	7	3	10	9	14	27	1.324	47	L	W	W	L	D	1972-04-26	Exeter City	A
8	1	Peterborough United	43	13	6	3	48	22	3	9	9	28	36	1.31	47	W	W	W	W	D	1972-04-25	Bury	A
9	-1	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
10	0	Southport	43	13	5	3	42	19	3	8	11	18	25	1.364	45	D	D	L	L	L	1972-04-25	Northampton Town	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	1	Gillingham	42	11	4	7	33	24	5	6	9	25	39	0.921	42	D	D	L	L	D	1972-04-26	Cambridge United	A
13	-1	Doncaster Rovers	44	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	12	21	39	0.82	42	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-25	Grimsby Town	H
14	0	Exeter City	43	10	5	6	33	27	5	6	11	21	35	0.871	41	L	W	D	D	W	1972-04-26	Workington	H
15	0	Reading	42	14	2	5	33	20	3	5	13	15	42	0.774	41	L	D	W	L	L	1972-04-26	Stockport County	H
16	3	Hartlepool	44	14	2	7	39	25	2	4	15	17	42	0.836	38	W	L	W	W	W	1972-04-24	Darlington	A
17	-1	Chester	44	10	10	2	34	16	0	7	15	13	36	0.904	37	D	D	D	L	W	1972-04-26	Aldershot	H
18	0	Aldershot	43	4	13	5	23	20	4	8	9	20	32	0.827	37	D	D	D	D	W	1972-04-26	Chester	A
19	2	Newport County	42	12	5	5	33	20	3	2	15	17	45	0.769	37	W	W	L	W	D	1972-04-24	Colchester United	A
20	2	Barrow	44	8	8	6	23	23	5	3	14	16	38	0.639	37	W	L	L	L	W	1972-04-24	Brentford	H
21	-4	Northampton Town	44	8	8	5	42	25	4	4	15	23	52	0.844	36	L	L	D	D	L	1972-04-25	Southport	H
22	-2	Darlington	43	9	8	4	36	22	4	2	16	25	57	0.772	36	D	W	W	D	L	1972-04-24	Hartlepool	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	43	8	4	9	24	22	1	4	17	16	44	0.606	26	D	L	L	D	D	1972-04-26	Lincoln City	A