1972-10-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

European Cup Round 2 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Derby County	3	0	Benfica SL		Baseball Ground	38,100
	Hector, McFarland, McGovern	Lineups
European Cup Winners Cup Round 2 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Carl Zeiss Jena	0	0	Leeds United	D 1	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	18,000
		Lineups
D 3	Wrexham	3	1	Hajduk Split		Racecourse Ground	19,013
	Muzinic OG, Smallman, Tinnion	Lineups		Hellingrath
European UEFA Cup Round 2 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Olympiakos		White Hart Lane	27,815
	Chivers, Coates, Pearce 2	Lineups
Texaco Cup Rd 2 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Newcastle United	D 1	The Hawthorns	7,927

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Walsall	Ewood Park	5,943
Field (p), O'Mara	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Rotherham United	Meadow Lane	6,199
Needham, Bradd	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	Walsall	16	8	0	0	17	5	2	1	5	7	11	1.5	21	L	W	L	W	W	1972-10-28	York City	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	16	5	3	1	17	7	2	3	2	13	10	1.765	20	W	L	W	W	D	1972-10-28	Grimsby Town	A
3	0	Port Vale	16	6	2	1	14	9	2	2	3	4	15	0.75	20	D	D	W	D	L	1972-10-28	Notts County	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	15	7	0	1	25	6	2	1	4	8	11	1.941	19	W	L	W	W	W	1972-10-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	15	6	1	0	13	1	1	3	4	10	12	1.769	18	D	D	W	L	D	1972-10-28	Southend United	H
6	0	Grimsby Town	16	6	0	1	12	4	2	2	5	11	18	1.045	18	W	D	L	L	L	1972-10-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	0	Rochdale	16	3	4	1	7	6	3	2	3	14	15	1	18	L	D	L	D	W	1972-10-28	Brentford	A
8	0	Oldham Athletic	16	4	2	2	14	8	3	1	4	11	13	1.19	17	W	L	D	W	W	1972-10-28	Swansea City	H
9	0	Wrexham	15	5	2	0	9	2	1	3	4	8	13	1.133	17	W	D	L	D	D	1972-10-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	0	Watford	16	5	2	0	10	5	0	5	4	2	7	1	17	D	D	W	D	L	1972-10-28	Bristol Rovers	H
11	0	Bristol Rovers	15	5	2	1	18	7	1	2	4	6	12	1.263	16	D	W	D	L	W	1972-10-28	Watford	A
12	0	Chesterfield	16	5	2	1	17	8	1	2	5	6	11	1.211	16	L	D	W	L	W	1972-10-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	16	5	2	1	13	6	0	4	4	3	10	1	16	D	D	D	L	D	1972-10-27	Wrexham	H
14	4	Notts County	15	4	2	1	9	5	2	2	4	6	12	0.882	16	W	L	L	W	W	1972-10-28	Port Vale	H
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	16	5	3	0	11	5	1	1	6	5	18	0.696	16	D	L	W	W	L	1972-10-27	Chesterfield	H
16	-1	Halifax Town	16	1	4	3	8	8	3	3	2	7	4	1.25	15	D	D	D	D	L	1972-10-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	-1	Rotherham United	16	4	1	2	15	10	2	1	6	6	11	1	14	L	L	D	L	L	1972-10-28	Scunthorpe United	H
18	-1	Brentford	15	5	1	2	13	6	1	1	5	2	11	0.882	14	L	W	W	L	L	1972-10-28	Rochdale	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	16	4	1	3	13	9	1	2	5	5	14	0.783	13	D	W	W	D	L	1972-10-28	Halifax Town	H
20	0	York City	16	2	5	1	4	2	1	1	6	5	11	0.692	12	D	L	W	W	W	1972-10-28	Walsall	H
21	3	Blackburn Rovers	16	3	2	2	9	6	1	2	6	5	18	0.583	12	W	D	L	L	D	1972-10-28	Charlton Athletic	H
22	-1	Scunthorpe United	16	4	2	3	9	10	0	2	5	2	12	0.5	12	L	W	D	D	W	1972-10-28	Rotherham United	A
23	-1	Southend United	16	5	1	3	14	7	0	0	7	4	17	0.75	11	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
24	-1	Swansea City	16	3	2	3	15	13	1	0	7	5	20	0.606	10	W	D	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Oldham Athletic	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	0	Stockport County	Recreation Ground	4,005
Melledew 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Cambridge United	Gresty Road	1,701
Peat	Lineups		Watson
Hereford United	3	1	Mansfield Town	Edgar Street	10,095
Wallace, Redrobe, Owen	Lineups		Wignall

				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	Mansfield Town	16	7	2	0	24	9	4	1	2	9	8	1.941	25	L	W	D	W	D	1972-10-28	Colchester United	A
2	0	Southport	16	7	1	0	13	4	2	4	2	10	11	1.533	23	L	D	D	W	D	1972-10-27	Torquay United	H
3	1	Aldershot	16	5	1	1	11	4	4	2	3	13	9	1.846	21	W	L	W	W	L	1972-10-28	Barnsley	H
4	3	Cambridge United	16	6	1	1	14	7	2	3	3	11	14	1.19	20	D	W	D	W	W	1972-10-28	Chester	A
5	-2	Newport County	16	5	1	2	15	9	3	3	2	10	12	1.19	20	W	W	W	L	W	1972-10-28	Exeter City	A
6	-1	Lincoln City	15	5	1	2	15	10	2	4	1	13	7	1.647	19	W	L	D	W	D	1972-10-28	Stockport County	A
7	-1	Chester	16	6	2	0	20	4	1	3	4	6	12	1.625	19	D	L	W	W	L	1972-10-28	Cambridge United	H
8	0	Reading	15	3	5	0	12	3	2	2	3	5	7	1.7	17	W	D	L	W	D	1972-10-28	Bradford City	A
9	0	Exeter City	15	6	1	0	15	3	1	1	6	4	12	1.267	16	L	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Newport County	H
10	0	Workington	16	6	2	1	16	9	0	2	5	1	11	0.85	16	L	W	D	W	W	1972-10-28	Gillingham	A
11	0	Bury	16	4	4	1	10	8	0	4	3	3	8	0.813	16	D	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Hartlepool	A
12	0	Barnsley	16	4	4	1	17	10	1	1	5	8	15	1	15	D	L	D	L	W	1972-10-28	Aldershot	A
13	0	Hartlepool	16	3	2	2	7	6	2	3	4	8	13	0.789	15	W	L	D	L	D	1972-10-28	Bury	H
14	0	Stockport County	15	5	2	1	14	7	0	2	5	2	11	0.889	14	L	L	W	D	D	1972-10-28	Lincoln City	H
15	0	Torquay United	15	3	3	2	9	7	1	3	3	4	8	0.867	14	D	L	L	W	D	1972-10-27	Southport	A
16	0	Northampton Town	15	2	3	1	7	6	2	3	4	11	15	0.857	14	W	L	D	D	L	1972-10-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	0	Bradford City	16	3	2	2	9	8	2	2	5	7	16	0.667	14	D	W	D	W	L	1972-10-28	Reading	H
18	0	Gillingham	16	3	1	3	11	7	1	4	4	6	11	0.944	13	L	L	W	W	D	1972-10-28	Workington	H
19	2	Hereford United	16	4	3	1	11	4	0	2	6	3	12	0.875	13	W	W	L	L	D	1972-10-28	Peterborough United	A
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	3	1	9	3	1	0	7	6	18	0.714	13	D	W	L	L	W	1972-10-28	Darlington	A
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	16	2	4	3	8	10	0	5	2	7	12	0.682	13	D	L	D	D	W	1972-10-28	Northampton Town	A
22	0	Peterborough United	16	2	3	3	12	10	1	1	6	12	24	0.706	10	D	W	W	L	L	1972-10-28	Hereford United	H
23	0	Darlington	16	1	3	4	9	15	2	1	5	8	12	0.63	10	L	W	L	L	L	1972-10-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Colchester United	16	2	3	2	12	10	0	1	8	6	22	0.563	8	D	L	D	L	L	1972-10-28	Mansfield Town	H