1972-08-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Crystal Palace	St Andrew's	31,066
Francis	Lineups		Queen
Chelsea	2	1	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	30,845
Osgood, Houseman	Lineups		Mellor
Leicester City	0	0	Coventry City	Filbert Street	25,894
	Lineups
Liverpool	3	2	West Ham United	Anfield Road	50,491
Toshack, Ferguson OG, Hughes	Lineups		Robson 2
Manchester United	0	0	Arsenal	Old Trafford	48,108
	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Ipswich Town	St James' Park	24,601
Macdonald	Lineups		Lambert, Viljoen
Norwich City	1	0	Derby County	Carrow Road	29,847
Paddon	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Dell	19,456
OG	Lineups		McCalliog
Stoke City	1	1	Everton	Victoria Ground	26,360
Ritchie	Lineups		Royle
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Leeds United	White Hart Lane	41,191
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Sheffield United	The Hawthorns	15,559
	Lineups		Woodward, Cammack

				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	Liverpool	5	3	0	0	7	2	1	1	0	3	2	2.5	9	W	W	D	W	W	1972-08-30	Leicester City	A
2	0	Arsenal	5	2	0	0	7	2	1	2	0	2	1	3	8	D	D	W	W	W	1972-08-29	West Ham United	H
3	2	Chelsea	5	2	0	1	7	3	1	1	0	3	2	2	7	W	L	W	D	W	1972-08-30	Manchester United	A
4	-1	Everton	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	3	2	2	7	D	D	W	W	D	1972-08-29	Derby County	H
5	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	3	3	1.75	7	D	W	L	W	W	1972-08-30	Newcastle United	A
6	1	Ipswich Town	5	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	7	5	1.429	7	W	D	W	L	W	1972-08-29	Sheffield United	A
7	-1	Southampton	5	1	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	1	1.333	6	D	D	D	W	D	1972-08-30	Leeds United	A
8	2	Leeds United	5	1	1	0	5	3	1	1	1	2	4	1	6	D	D	W	W	L	1972-08-30	Southampton	H
9	4	Norwich City	5	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	4	0.8	6	W	D	L	W	D	1972-08-30	Stoke City	H
10	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	4	8	1	5	D	W	W	L	L	1972-08-29	Coventry City	A
11	-2	Newcastle United	5	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	1	5	L	D	W	L	W	1972-08-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-4	West Ham United	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	2	6	1	5	L	L	W	W	D	1972-08-29	Arsenal	A
13	2	Sheffield United	5	0	0	2	1	4	2	1	0	6	3	1	5	W	D	L	L	W	1972-08-29	Ipswich Town	H
14	0	Stoke City	5	1	2	0	5	3	0	0	2	0	3	0.833	4	D	D	L	L	W	1972-08-30	Norwich City	A
15	-3	Derby County	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0.75	4	L	W	L	D	D	1972-08-29	Everton	A
16	0	Crystal Palace	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	0.6	4	D	D	D	D	L	1972-08-29	Manchester City	H
17	1	Coventry City	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	3	0.6	3	D	D	D	L	L	1972-08-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	1	Birmingham City	5	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	2	0	4	0.556	3	D	L	L	W	L	1972-08-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	1	Leicester City	5	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	3	6	0.5	3	D	D	L	D	L	1972-08-30	Liverpool	H
20	-3	Manchester City	5	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	5	0.667	2	L	L	W	L	L	1972-08-29	Crystal Palace	A
21	1	Manchester United	5	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	4	0.286	2	D	D	L	L	L	1972-08-30	Chelsea	H
22	-1	West Bromwich Albion	5	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	1	3	0.167	2	L	D	L	L	D	1972-08-30	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Sunderland	Goldstone Ground	15,906
Murray, Irvine	Lineups		Lathan 2
Burnley	4	1	Aston Villa	Turf Moor	14,941
Dobson, Casper, Fletcher, Collins	Lineups		Hamilton
Cardiff City	1	2	Blackpool	Ninian Park	12,383
Bell (p)	Lineups		Dyson, Lennard
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Carlisle United	Leeds Road	9,483
Smith D	Lineups		Bowles
Middlesbrough	1	2	Fulham	Ayresome Park	11,410
McMordie	Lineups		Cross, Barrett
Millwall	0	2	Portsmouth	The Den, New Cross	12,429
	Lineups		Lewis 2
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Oxford United	City Ground	9,591
Lyall, O'Neill	Lineups		Skeen
Orient	0	1	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	6,494
	Lineups		Busby
Preston North End	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Deepdale	9,292
Young	Lineups		O'Rourke
Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	Hull City	Hillsborough	19,826
Joicey 2, Craig T (p), Sunley	Lineups		Pearson 2
Swindon Town	2	1	Bristol City	County Ground	15,304	Largest home gate 1972-73
Peplow 2	Lineups		Spiring

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	4	3	0	0	9	3	0	0	1	2	4	1.6	6	W	L	W	W	#	1972-08-29	Swindon Town	A
2	2	Portsmouth	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	5	W	W	D	#	#	1972-08-30	Huddersfield Town	H
3	5	Blackpool	3	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	4	W	W	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Sunderland	H
4	1	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Aston Villa	A
5	11	Nottingham Forest	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	W	D	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	4	Burnley	3	1	1	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.8	4	W	D	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Preston North End	H
7	4	Luton Town	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1972-08-30	Oxford United	H
8	-1	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	3	3	1.4	4	D	W	D	#	#	1972-09-02	Middlesbrough	H
9	-8	Aston Villa	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	4	1	4	L	W	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Carlisle United	H
10	-7	Oxford United	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	3	L	W	D	#	#	1972-08-30	Luton Town	A
11	-5	Millwall	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	L	D	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Cardiff City	A
12	0	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Blackpool	A
13	1	Huddersfield Town	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.7	3	D	L	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Portsmouth	A
14	5	Swindon Town	4	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	2	1	5	0.6	3	W	L	L	D	#	1972-08-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	5	Fulham	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	0.6	3	W	D	L	#	#	1972-09-02	Preston North End	H
16	-7	Bristol City	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	0.8	2	L	D	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Hull City	A
17	-4	Cardiff City	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	3	0.7	2	L	L	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Millwall	H
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	6	0.6	2	D	L	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-4	Middlesbrough	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	0.4	2	L	L	W	#	#	1972-08-28	Orient	A
20	1	Hull City	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0.3	1	L	D	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Bristol City	H
21	-4	Orient	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.3	1	L	L	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Preston North End	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.3	1	D	L	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Burnden Park	7,019
Wright R, Phillips	Lineups		Blair
Brentford	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Griffin Park	9,427
Arentoft OG, Houston, O'Mara, Graham	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Grimsby Town	Eastville	9,158
Godfrey, Fearnley	Lineups		Gauden
Chesterfield	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,971
Downes, Bellamy	Lineups		Welsh, Brown
Rochdale	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Spotland	2,584
	Lineups		Horsfield, Peacock
Rotherham United	7	0	Port Vale	Millmoor	4,788
Gilbert 3, Johnson, Swift, Whitehead, Womble	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Wrexham	Old Showground	4,308
Deere	Lineups		Ashcroft
Walsall	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Fellows Park	3,928
Jones C, Harrison	Lineups
Watford	3	2	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road	8,373
Lindsay, Franks, Morrissey	Lineups		MacDougall 2
York City	1	1	Notts County	Bootham Crescent	4,318
Taylor	Lineups		Masson (p)

				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	Halifax Town	4	1	1	0	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	6	D	D	W	W	#	1972-08-29	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Wrexham	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	3	1.667	6	D	D	W	W	#	1972-08-28	Port Vale	A
3	9	Rotherham United	3	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	4.5	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-28	York City	A
4	4	Bolton Wanderers	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.5	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-28	Brentford	A
5	2	Notts County	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-3	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Watford	H
7	-3	Chesterfield	3	1	1	0	6	3	0	1	0	2	2	1.6	4	D	D	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Bristol Rovers	A
8	2	Walsall	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	1.5	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Scunthorpe United	A
9	7	Watford	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.333	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.25	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Chesterfield	H
11	8	Brentford	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	2.5	3	W	D	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	-3	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	1.333	3	D	W	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Grimsby Town	H
13	-8	Grimsby Town	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-1	Scunthorpe United	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1972-08-29	Walsall	H
15	-9	Port Vale	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	7	0.25	3	L	W	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Wrexham	H
16	8	Charlton Athletic	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2	W	L	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Swansea City	H
17	0	Southend United	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0.75	2	W	L	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Rochdale	H
18	2	York City	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.667	2	D	L	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Rotherham United	H
19	-1	Swansea City	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	0.6	2	L	W	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Charlton Athletic	A
20	-6	Tranmere Rovers	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.5	2	L	W	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Notts County	H
21	-6	Rochdale	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0.333	2	L	D	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Southend United	A
22	-1	AFC Bournemouth	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	6	0.5	1	L	D	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Halifax Town	H
23	-1	Oldham Athletic	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	6	0.429	1	L	D	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
24	-1	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	0.125	1	L	D	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Oldham Athletic	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Hereford United	Valley Parade	3,969
Gilliver	Lineups		Johnston
Cambridge United	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Abbey Stadium	2,941
Collins, Brookes OG, Phillips	Lineups		Watson
Chester	8	2	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	3,163
Purdie, Wallace 2 (1p), Draper, Owen, Hollis 3	Lineups		Hall, Turner
Colchester United	1	3	Newport County	Layer Road	3,639
Mahon	Lineups		Coldrick, Hawkins, Thomas
Lincoln City	0	2	Aldershot	Sincil Bank	4,447
	Lineups		Brown, McMahon OG
Mansfield Town	3	0	Exeter City	Field Mill	4,177
Ellis 2 (2p), McCaffrey	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Bury	Elm Park	3,961
	Lineups
Southport	2	1	Darlington	Haig Avenue	2,284
Provan, Fryatt	Lineups		Burluraux
Torquay United	1	0	Hartlepool	Plainmoor	4,726
Trebilcock	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	1,886
Geidmintis	Lineups		Humphreys

				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	2	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	6	W	W	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Cambridge United	H
2	2	Southport	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	W	W	W	#	#	1972-09-02	Aldershot	A
3	3	Aldershot	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	5	5	W	W	D	#	#	1972-08-28	Darlington	A
4	3	Newport County	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	5	W	W	D	#	#	1972-08-29	Bury	A
5	-4	Stockport County	2	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1972-09-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	5	Chester	3	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	2	3	2.4	4	W	L	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Colchester United	H
7	7	Torquay United	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	W	D	D	#	#	1972-09-02	Bury	A
8	-6	Hartlepool	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	1.3	4	L	W	W	#	#	1972-08-28	Exeter City	A
9	-1	Hereford United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	D	W	L	#	#	1972-08-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	-5	Darlington	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	2	1.7	3	L	D	W	#	#	1972-08-28	Aldershot	H
11	2	Crewe Alexandra	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	D	D	D	#	#	1972-08-30	Hereford United	H
12	3	Workington	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	D	L	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Lincoln City	H
13	4	Bradford City	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	5	0.7	3	D	L	W	#	#	1972-09-02	Peterborough United	A
14	4	Bury	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.7	3	D	W	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Newport County	H
15	-5	Northampton Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1972-08-28	Peterborough United	A
16	-7	Exeter City	3	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	L	W	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Hartlepool	H
17	-1	Barnsley	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	5	0.7	2	L	W	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	-6	Colchester United	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.6	2	L	L	W	#	#	1972-08-30	Chester	A
19	4	Cambridge United	3	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	0.6	2	W	L	L	#	#	1972-08-30	Mansfield Town	A
20	1	Reading	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.3	2	D	L	D	#	#	1972-09-02	Hartlepool	A
21	-1	Gillingham	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.4	1	L	L	D	#	#	1972-09-02	Barnsley	A
22	-3	Lincoln City	3	0	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	0.4	1	L	D	L	#	#	1972-08-30	Workington	A
23	-1	Peterborough United	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	11	0.3	0	L	L	L	#	#	1972-08-28	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	0.2	0	L	L	L	#	#	1972-08-29	Barnsley	A