1972-04-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

European Championship QF 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	1	3	West Germany		Wembley Stadium, London	95,000
	Lee	Lineups		Hoeness, Netzer (p), Muller

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Crystal Palace	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Selhurst Park	18,120
	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	Stoke City	Old Trafford	34,959
Best, Charlton, Storey-Moore	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	19,631
England, Pearce, Knowles 2 (1p)	Lineups		Glover, Sammels (p), Partridge

				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	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57	W	L	D	W	W	End of Season
2	0	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	0	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	Arsenal	39	15	1	3	36	11	6	6	8	21	27	1.5	49	W	W	D	W	D	1972-05-01	Coventry City	A
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	16	3	2	45	13	2	10	8	16	29	1.452	49	W	D	W	D	L	1972-05-11	Arsenal	A
7	-1	Chelsea	41	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	9	17	27	1.234	48	L	W	D	D	L	1972-05-01	Leeds United	A
8	0	Manchester United	42	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.131	48	W	L	D	W	L	End of Season
9	0	Sheffield United	42	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.017	46	W	W	L	D	L	End of Season
10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	9	7	4	33	22	8	4	9	30	34	1.125	45	L	W	W	L	L	1972-05-08	Leeds United	H
11	0	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	0.891	39	L	W	D	L	W	End of Season
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	6	7	8	22	23	6	3	10	17	26	0.796	34	W	L	W	D	D	1972-05-03	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Stoke City	40	6	9	5	25	24	4	4	12	13	31	0.691	33	L	L	L	D	L	1972-05-05	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	0	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
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	42	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	0.6	29	D	W	L	D	L	End of Season
21	1	Huddersfield Town	42	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	0.458	25	D	L	L	L	L	End of Season
22	-1	Nottingham Forest	41	6	4	11	25	29	2	4	14	21	51	0.575	24	L	D	W	W	L	1972-05-02	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	5	0	Charlton Athletic	Bloomfield Road	8,884
Burns, James, Hutchison, Hatton, Warman OG	Lineups
Bristol City	4	2	Oxford United	Ashton Gate	10,793
Galley J 2, Gow (p), Sweeney	Lineups		Cassidy, Clarke D (p)
Cardiff City	1	1	Luton Town	Ninian Park	12,570
Warboys	Lineups		Wainwright
Fulham	0	0	Sunderland	Craven Cottage	12,360
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Hull City	Ayresome Park	9,539
McMordie, Vincent, Mills	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Preston North End	The Den, New Cross	19,123
Possee, Bridges	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	2	Burnley	Fratton Park	5,885
Reynolds	Lineups		Dobson, Thomson
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Carlisle United	Loftus Road	7,616
Clement, Leach, O'Rourke	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Birmingham City	Hillsborough	28,132
Sunley	Lineups		Hatton, Francis
Swindon Town	2	2	Orient	County Ground	8,564
Horsfield, Noble	Lineups		Walley, Allen
Watford	1	1	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	22,421	Largest home gate 1971-72
Wigg	Lineups		Stringer
Footnotes
Charlton Athletic relegated
Norwich City champions & promoted

				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	42	13	8	0	40	16	8	7	6	20	20	1.667	57	D	W	W	L	W	End of Season
2	0	Millwall	42	14	7	0	38	17	5	10	6	26	29	1.391	55	W	W	L	W	L	End of Season
3	0	Birmingham City	41	15	6	0	46	14	3	12	5	13	17	1.903	54	W	W	D	D	W	1972-05-02	Orient	A
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	15	4	1	36	9	4	10	7	18	19	1.929	52	W	D	W	W	D	1972-05-02	Cardiff City	H
5	0	Sunderland	42	11	7	3	42	24	6	9	6	25	33	1.175	50	D	W	L	W	L	End of Season
6	0	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	43	16	8	1	12	27	34	1.4	47	W	L	W	W	W	End of Season
7	0	Burnley	42	13	4	4	43	22	7	2	12	27	33	1.273	46	W	W	W	W	W	End of Season
8	0	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	43	22	4	7	10	18	27	1.245	46	W	W	D	W	L	End of Season
9	0	Middlesbrough	42	16	4	1	31	11	3	4	14	19	37	1.042	46	W	L	D	L	W	End of Season
10	0	Carlisle United	42	12	6	3	38	22	5	3	13	23	35	1.07	43	L	L	W	L	W	End of Season
11	0	Swindon Town	41	10	6	5	29	16	5	5	10	16	29	1	41	D	W	L	W	L	1972-05-01	Preston North End	A
12	0	Hull City	42	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	13	16	32	0.925	38	L	L	W	L	D	End of Season
13	2	Luton Town	42	7	8	6	25	24	3	10	8	18	24	0.896	38	D	D	L	W	L	End of Season
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	7	3	33	22	2	5	14	18	36	0.879	38	L	W	L	W	W	End of Season
15	-1	Oxford United	42	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	13	15	38	0.782	38	L	W	L	D	D	End of Season
16	0	Portsmouth	42	9	7	5	31	26	3	6	12	28	42	0.868	37	L	W	D	L	D	End of Season
17	0	Orient	41	12	4	4	32	18	2	5	14	18	42	0.833	37	D	L	W	L	L	1972-05-02	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Preston North End	41	11	3	6	30	19	1	8	12	20	37	0.893	35	L	L	L	W	L	1972-05-01	Swindon Town	H
19	0	Cardiff City	41	9	7	5	37	25	1	7	12	19	41	0.848	34	D	L	L	W	W	1972-05-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	1	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	20	2	3	16	16	48	0.662	34	D	D	L	D	D	End of Season
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	42	9	7	5	33	25	3	2	16	22	52	0.714	33	L	L	D	L	L	End of Season
22	0	Watford	42	5	5	11	15	25	0	4	17	9	50	0.32	19	D	L	L	L	W	End of Season

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Dean Court	9,748
Boyer, MacDougall	Lineups
Aston Villa	5	1	Torquay United	Villa Park	37,179
Vowden 2, Jackson OG, Little, Lochhead	Lineups		Edwards
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Rotherham United	Burnden Park	5,345
Phillips 2	Lineups		Mullen, Swift
Chesterfield	1	3	Bristol Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,542
Randall	Lineups		Higgins, Taylor, Allan
Halifax Town	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	The Shay	2,405
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Bradford City	Field Mill	4,242
Stenson	Lineups		Oates
Notts County	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Meadow Lane	9,885
Cozens	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Barnsley	Vale Park	2,614
Morris	Lineups
Rochdale	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Spotland	4,283
Jenkins (p)	Lineups		Napier K, Beamish
Wrexham	2	0	Swansea City	Racecourse Ground	3,805
Kinsey, Thomas	Lineups
York City	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Bootham Crescent	5,636
	Lineups		Price
Footnotes
Aston Villa champions
Bradford City relegated

				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	45	19	1	2	44	10	12	5	6	40	22	2.625	68	W	D	W	W	L	1972-05-05	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	15	4	3	38	17	12	6	5	43	29	1.761	64	W	W	D	W	W	1972-05-03	Rochdale	H
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	45	16	5	1	43	13	7	10	6	30	24	1.973	61	W	L	W	W	D	1972-05-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	0	Notts County	44	15	3	4	40	18	9	9	4	31	23	1.732	60	W	W	L	L	W	1972-05-03	Torquay United	H
5	1	Bristol Rovers	45	16	2	4	51	25	4	10	9	21	30	1.309	52	W	W	W	L	L	1972-05-02	Chesterfield	H
6	-1	Rotherham United	43	11	8	3	44	25	7	7	7	20	21	1.391	51	D	L	W	W	D	1972-05-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	45	12	6	4	39	25	7	4	12	31	38	1.111	48	D	W	L	W	L	1972-05-02	Swansea City	H
8	0	Walsall	46	12	8	3	38	16	3	10	10	24	41	1.088	48	W	D	W	D	W	End of Season
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	43	11	8	4	25	13	5	7	8	22	25	1.237	47	D	D	D	W	W	1972-05-02	Rotherham United	A
10	2	Blackburn Rovers	45	13	4	5	37	22	5	5	13	15	35	0.912	45	W	W	L	W	D	1972-05-08	Halifax Town	H
11	-1	Swansea City	45	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	11	18	34	0.818	44	L	L	L	D	W	1972-05-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-1	Oldham Athletic	45	10	4	8	32	34	6	7	10	22	28	0.871	43	L	D	D	L	W	1972-05-05	Rotherham United	H
13	0	Chesterfield	43	10	5	8	25	23	7	3	10	29	29	1.038	42	L	W	L	L	L	1972-05-02	Bristol Rovers	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	12	5	5	47	29	3	5	14	19	36	1.015	40	D	L	L	W	L	1972-05-03	Halifax Town	H
15	0	Port Vale	44	10	9	2	25	18	3	5	15	16	38	0.732	40	W	L	L	L	D	1972-05-08	Rotherham United	H
16	0	Wrexham	45	10	5	8	33	26	6	2	14	25	36	0.935	39	W	L	W	D	W	1972-05-01	Mansfield Town	A
17	0	Halifax Town	44	11	6	6	31	22	2	6	13	17	34	0.857	38	D	D	D	W	L	1972-05-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	0	York City	46	8	8	7	32	22	4	4	15	25	44	0.864	36	L	D	L	W	D	End of Season
19	0	Barnsley	46	6	10	7	23	30	3	8	12	9	34	0.5	36	L	D	W	L	D	End of Season
20	0	Rochdale	44	11	7	5	35	26	1	4	16	20	55	0.679	35	L	D	L	L	D	1972-05-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	45	5	11	6	18	25	3	8	12	22	37	0.645	35	D	D	W	L	D	1972-05-01	Wrexham	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	7	5	31	23	1	8	13	16	41	0.734	33	L	D	W	L	L	1972-05-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	1	Bradford City	45	6	8	8	27	29	5	2	16	18	45	0.608	32	D	L	L	W	L	1972-05-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
24	-1	Torquay United	44	8	5	9	30	30	2	6	14	9	36	0.591	31	L	W	L	L	D	1972-05-03	Notts County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium	3,927
Collins, Greenhalgh	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Aldershot	Gresty Road	1,256
Tewley (p), Riley	Lineups		Melledew
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Bury	Belle Vue	2,126
Watson, Usher, Haselden, Elwiss	Lineups		Connelly
Exeter City	7	1	Barrow	St James Park	3,050
Knox OG, Binney 2, Parker, Morrin, Neale, Banks	Lineups		Garbett
Gillingham	0	0	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	6,092
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	2	Peterborough United	Blundell Park	14,143
Wigginton, Brace (p), Gauden	Lineups		Turpie, Hall
Lincoln City	4	0	Chester	Sincil Bank	3,033
McNeil 2, Spencer 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Darlington	County Ground	2,658
Hawkins	Lineups		Sinclair 2
Reading	2	4	Colchester United	Elm Park	3,346
Habbin, Harman	Lineups		Leslie, Smith L 2, Burgess
Workington	3	0	Brentford	Borough Park	1,751
Irving 2, Goodfellow	Lineups
Footnotes
Barrow to apply for re-election
Northampton Town to apply for re-election

				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	45	17	3	2	58	26	10	4	9	27	30	1.518	61	W	L	D	W	D	1972-05-02	Exeter City	H
2	-1	Brentford	46	16	2	5	52	21	8	9	6	24	23	1.727	59	L	W	W	W	W	End of Season
3	0	Southend United	45	18	1	3	54	24	6	10	7	25	29	1.491	59	D	D	L	W	D	1972-05-03	Gillingham	H
4	0	Scunthorpe United	45	13	8	2	34	15	9	5	8	22	21	1.556	57	L	D	D	D	L	1972-05-01	Newport County	A
5	0	Lincoln City	46	17	5	1	46	15	4	9	10	31	44	1.305	56	W	D	D	D	L	End of Season
6	1	Workington	46	12	9	2	34	7	4	10	9	16	27	1.471	51	W	W	L	W	W	End of Season
7	-1	Bury	46	16	4	3	55	22	3	8	12	18	37	1.237	50	L	D	D	L	D	End of Season
8	0	Southport	45	14	5	3	43	19	3	9	11	18	25	1.386	48	W	D	D	D	L	1972-05-04	Reading	H
9	0	Peterborough United	45	13	6	3	48	22	3	10	10	31	40	1.274	48	L	D	W	W	W	1972-05-01	Reading	H
10	0	Cambridge United	46	11	8	4	38	22	6	6	11	24	38	1.033	48	W	W	W	L	W	End of Season
11	0	Colchester United	46	13	6	4	38	23	6	4	13	32	46	1.014	48	W	L	W	L	D	End of Season
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	35	24	5	6	12	21	39	0.889	46	W	W	L	L	D	End of Season
13	2	Exeter City	45	11	5	7	40	30	5	6	11	21	35	0.938	43	W	L	L	W	D	1972-05-02	Grimsby Town	A
14	-1	Gillingham	44	11	5	7	33	24	5	6	10	26	41	0.908	43	D	L	D	D	L	1972-05-01	Darlington	A
15	-1	Reading	44	14	3	6	37	26	3	5	13	15	42	0.765	42	L	D	L	D	W	1972-05-01	Peterborough United	A
16	0	Hartlepool	46	14	2	7	39	25	3	4	16	19	44	0.841	40	L	W	W	L	W	End of Season
17	0	Newport County	44	12	5	5	33	20	4	3	15	24	51	0.803	40	D	W	W	W	L	1972-05-01	Scunthorpe United	H
18	0	Chester	46	10	11	2	34	16	0	7	16	13	40	0.839	38	L	D	D	D	D	End of Season
19	0	Aldershot	45	4	13	5	23	20	4	9	10	21	34	0.815	38	L	D	D	D	D	1972-05-03	Stockport County	H
20	2	Darlington	45	9	8	5	37	24	5	2	16	27	58	0.78	38	W	L	D	W	W	1972-05-01	Gillingham	H
21	-1	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	43	27	4	4	15	23	52	0.835	37	L	D	L	L	D	End of Season
22	-1	Barrow	46	8	8	7	23	26	5	3	15	17	45	0.563	37	L	L	W	L	L	End of Season
23	0	Stockport County	45	7	10	6	33	32	2	4	16	22	51	0.663	32	D	D	L	D	D	1972-05-03	Aldershot	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	9	4	9	26	23	1	5	17	16	44	0.627	29	W	D	D	L	L	1972-05-03	Newport County	H