1972-12-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
D 3	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Colchester United	D 4	Dean Court	11,164
		Lineups
NPL	Bangor City	2	3	York City	D 3	Farrar Road	3,785
	Marsden, Morton	Lineups		Rowles, Burrows, Pollard
SL	Barnet	1	1	Bilston Town	WMR	Underhill Stadium	2,300
	Fascione	Lineups		Langford
IsL	Bishop's Stortford	2	2	Peterborough United	D 4	Rhodes Avenue	5,500
	Leakey (p), Lawrence	Lineups		Coombes OG, Robson
D 3	Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	D 4	Ewood Park	9,523
		Lineups		Manning
D 3	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	D 3	Burnden Park	8,403
	Lee, Ritson, Phillips	Lineups
D 4	Bradford City	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	D 3	Valley Parade	6,108
	Gilliver, Brown	Lineups		Young
SL	Chelmsford City	5	0	Telford United	SL	New Writtle Street	4,789
	Woolcott 3, Peterson, Lewis	Lineups
D 3	Grimsby Town	2	2	Chesterfield	D 3	Blundell Park	10,646
	Hickman, Gauden	Lineups		Downes, Ferris
D 3	Notts County	2	1	Lancaster City	NPL	Meadow Lane	6,613
	Randall (p), Bradd	Lineups		Whitbread
D 3	Port Vale	1	0	Wrexham	D 3	Vale Park	5,980
	Brodie	Lineups
D 4	Reading	0	0	Hayes	IsL	Elm Park	9,545
		Lineups
D 3	Rotherham United	0	1	Stockport County	D 4	Millmoor	4,539
		Lineups		Davidson
NPL	Scarborough	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	D 4	Seamer Road	5,774
	Appleton	Lineups		Kitchen, Elwiss
D 3	Scunthorpe United	3	2	Halifax Town	D 3	Old Showground	4,037
	Heath, Fletcher, Welbourne	Lineups		Robertson 2
D 4	Torquay United	0	1	Newport County	D 4	Plainmoor	3,724
		Lineups		Brown
IsL	Walton & Hersham	0	1	Margate	SL	Stompond Lane	5,000
		Lineups		Brown
D 3	Watford	2	0	Aldershot	D 4	Vicarage Road	8,956
	Lees, Farley	Lineups
SL	Yeovil Town	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	D 3	Huish Ground	10,577
		Lineups		Dowling, Welsh

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Leicester City	St Andrew's	32,481
Calderwood	Lineups		Cross
Chelsea	3	1	Norwich City	Stamford Bridge	29,998
Garner, Hutchinson 2	Lineups		Bone
Derby County	2	0	Coventry City	Baseball Ground	31,002
Gemmill, Hinton (p)	Lineups
Everton	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	24,170
	Lineups		Hibbitt
Ipswich Town	2	1	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	18,079
Johnson, Hamilton	Lineups		Hughes
Leeds United	1	0	West Ham United	Elland Road	30,270
Jones	Lineups
Manchester United	0	2	Stoke City	Old Trafford	41,347
	Lineups		Pejic, Ritchie
Newcastle United	0	0	Southampton	St James' Park	23,750
	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	19,208
Woodward	Lineups		Bell
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	47,515
Peters	Lineups		Storey, Radford
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	27,171
Brown T	Lineups		Boersma

				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	21	10	0	0	29	11	3	5	3	13	14	1.68	31	D	W	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Arsenal	22	8	3	1	16	6	4	2	4	13	16	1.318	29	W	W	L	W	W	1972-12-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	0	Leeds United	21	8	2	1	24	8	3	4	3	15	16	1.625	28	W	L	W	D	W	1972-12-16	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	21	5	3	2	16	10	4	5	2	13	12	1.318	26	W	W	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Liverpool	H
5	1	Chelsea	21	5	3	2	18	10	3	5	3	14	15	1.28	24	W	D	D	L	D	1972-12-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	2	3	14	11	4	3	4	14	12	1.217	23	L	D	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Everton	A
7	3	Derby County	21	8	1	1	20	8	2	2	7	7	22	0.9	23	W	W	W	W	D	1972-12-16	Newcastle United	H
8	0	Newcastle United	20	6	2	2	17	10	3	2	5	16	18	1.179	22	D	D	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Derby County	A
9	-2	West Ham United	21	6	3	1	25	10	2	2	7	12	19	1.276	21	L	D	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Stoke City	H
10	2	Southampton	21	5	4	1	14	8	1	5	5	8	13	1.048	21	D	D	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Manchester City	A
11	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	5	1	4	19	16	3	4	4	14	18	0.971	21	W	L	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Chelsea	H
12	-3	Coventry City	21	5	3	3	15	13	3	2	5	6	9	0.955	21	L	L	W	W	W	1972-12-16	Norwich City	H
13	-2	Norwich City	21	5	5	1	13	8	3	0	7	9	22	0.733	21	L	L	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Coventry City	A
14	0	Manchester City	21	7	2	1	21	8	1	2	8	9	24	0.938	20	D	D	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Southampton	H
15	0	Everton	21	4	2	5	14	13	3	2	5	7	9	0.955	18	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	0	Birmingham City	22	4	5	1	19	12	1	2	9	9	23	0.8	17	D	L	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Leeds United	A
17	1	Sheffield United	20	4	3	4	10	10	2	2	5	10	19	0.69	17	D	L	L	L	D	1972-12-16	Leicester City	H
18	2	Stoke City	21	4	5	1	20	12	1	1	9	11	22	0.912	16	W	D	L	L	D	1972-12-16	West Ham United	A
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	4	4	3	13	13	1	2	7	8	17	0.7	16	D	L	W	L	D	1972-12-16	Arsenal	A
20	-3	Manchester United	21	4	3	4	11	11	1	3	6	9	18	0.69	16	L	W	W	L	W	1972-12-16	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Leicester City	20	3	4	4	13	13	1	3	5	9	15	0.786	15	D	W	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	20	3	3	4	9	12	0	5	5	7	17	0.552	14	L	D	D	D	W	1972-12-16	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ninian Park	9,890
Phillips 2, Woodruff 2	Lineups		Henderson
Hull City	1	1	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	7,075
Knighton	Lineups		Laidlaw
Luton Town	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	13,670
Butlin, Halom	Lineups		Givens, Clement
Middlesbrough	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Ayresome Park	10,326
	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	9,167
Wood	Lineups		Butler
Orient	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brisbane Road	5,387
Downing	Lineups
Oxford United	0	0	Fulham	Manor Ground	8,346
	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	3	Sunderland	Fratton Park	5,783
Lewis (p), Jennings	Lineups		Watson, Hughes W, Kerr
Preston North End	0	3	Blackpool	Deepdale	18,822
	Lineups		Ainscow 3

				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	Burnley	20	6	3	1	20	10	4	6	0	14	9	1.789	29	W	W	W	L	D	1972-12-16	Bristol City	A
2	1	Blackpool	21	6	4	1	20	8	4	3	3	15	13	1.667	27	W	W	W	W	D	1972-12-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	-1	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	4	1	22	11	4	5	2	15	15	1.423	27	D	D	W	L	W	1972-12-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
4	0	Aston Villa	20	6	3	2	12	6	3	3	3	9	12	1.167	24	W	L	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Orient	H
5	1	Luton Town	20	3	4	4	16	15	6	1	2	12	8	1.217	23	D	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Millwall	H
6	-1	Preston North End	21	4	3	3	9	7	5	2	4	11	11	1.111	23	L	D	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Sunderland	A
7	0	Middlesbrough	21	5	3	2	11	9	3	4	4	9	14	0.87	23	D	W	L	L	W	1972-12-16	Portsmouth	A
8	0	Oxford United	21	6	1	3	17	10	3	3	5	9	12	1.182	22	D	D	W	L	W	1972-12-16	Swindon Town	H
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	1	3	23	13	1	4	6	13	21	1.059	21	L	D	L	W	L	1972-12-16	Blackpool	A
10	0	Bristol City	21	1	5	3	8	10	6	2	4	17	16	0.962	21	W	W	L	W	L	1972-12-16	Burnley	H
11	0	Nottingham Forest	21	5	4	2	14	11	2	3	5	8	15	0.846	21	D	W	L	L	L	1972-12-16	Fulham	A
12	0	Fulham	20	4	4	2	15	9	2	4	4	11	15	1.083	20	D	L	D	D	W	1972-12-16	Nottingham Forest	H
13	0	Swindon Town	21	4	5	1	15	12	2	3	6	14	19	0.935	20	D	W	W	D	W	1972-12-16	Oxford United	A
14	1	Carlisle United	20	6	1	3	21	13	1	4	5	6	13	1.038	19	D	L	W	W	W	1972-12-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	1	Hull City	21	5	4	2	21	11	1	3	6	7	16	1.037	19	D	L	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Cardiff City	H
16	-2	Huddersfield Town	21	4	5	2	10	8	1	4	5	9	16	0.792	19	D	L	W	L	D	1972-12-23	Hull City	H
17	0	Millwall	21	5	2	3	13	9	2	2	7	14	17	1.038	18	D	D	W	W	W	1972-12-16	Luton Town	A
18	0	Orient	21	4	4	3	13	12	1	4	5	7	14	0.769	18	W	L	W	L	W	1972-12-16	Aston Villa	A
19	0	Sunderland	20	3	4	2	12	10	2	3	6	14	22	0.813	17	W	L	L	D	L	1972-12-16	Preston North End	H
20	1	Cardiff City	20	7	1	3	20	12	0	2	7	6	21	0.788	17	W	W	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Hull City	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	21	3	1	7	11	16	2	4	4	11	15	0.71	15	L	L	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	1	6	3	14	18	1	3	7	9	23	0.561	13	L	L	L	L	L	1972-12-16	Carlisle United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Rochdale	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Spotland	1,792
	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	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	2	0	18	3	3	3	5	15	15	1.833	27	L	W	W	W	W	1972-12-16	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	7	3	1	21	8	3	4	3	16	13	1.762	27	D	W	W	L	W	1972-12-16	Bristol Rovers	H
3	0	Port Vale	21	7	3	1	17	11	2	4	4	7	20	0.774	25	L	D	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Scunthorpe United	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	21	9	1	1	30	8	2	1	7	11	20	1.464	24	W	W	L	L	D	1972-12-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	2	Bristol Rovers	22	8	2	1	27	9	1	4	6	7	16	1.36	24	D	W	D	L	W	1972-12-16	AFC Bournemouth	A
6	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	6	3	2	24	10	4	1	5	17	21	1.323	24	D	W	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Walsall	H
7	-1	Watford	21	7	3	0	16	9	1	5	5	5	9	1.167	24	W	W	D	L	W	1972-12-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	6	4	1	19	8	1	5	4	5	11	1.263	23	W	D	D	D	W	1972-12-15	Rotherham United	H
9	0	Grimsby Town	21	8	0	2	21	8	2	3	6	13	21	1.172	23	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Brentford	H
10	0	Walsall	21	8	0	2	18	10	2	2	7	7	16	0.962	22	L	L	L	L	D	1972-12-16	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Rochdale	22	3	5	3	8	10	4	3	4	16	16	0.923	22	D	D	L	L	W	1972-12-23	Oldham Athletic	H
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	7	4	0	16	6	1	1	8	6	21	0.815	21	W	L	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Wrexham	A
13	0	Chesterfield	21	6	2	2	20	9	2	2	7	9	17	1.115	20	W	W	L	L	L	1972-12-16	Notts County	A
14	0	Rotherham United	21	6	2	2	18	11	2	2	7	8	14	1.04	20	D	L	D	W	W	1972-12-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	0	Brentford	21	8	1	2	19	7	1	1	8	4	18	0.92	20	L	L	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Grimsby Town	A
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	2	15	7	2	3	6	8	20	0.852	20	W	D	W	D	W	1972-12-16	Southend United	H
17	0	Wrexham	21	6	3	1	13	7	1	3	7	9	21	0.786	20	L	W	L	D	L	1972-12-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	0	Notts County	21	5	3	2	15	11	2	2	7	7	19	0.733	19	L	L	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Halifax Town	21	1	6	3	11	11	3	4	4	8	9	0.95	18	L	D	D	D	L	1972-12-22	Southend United	A
20	0	York City	21	4	6	1	8	3	1	2	7	7	15	0.833	18	W	L	D	W	D	1972-12-23	Swansea City	H
21	0	Scunthorpe United	21	5	3	3	10	10	1	2	7	6	19	0.552	17	L	W	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Port Vale	A
22	0	Southend United	21	6	2	3	16	7	0	2	8	5	20	0.778	16	L	D	W	D	D	1972-12-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
23	0	Swansea City	21	5	2	3	21	14	1	2	8	7	24	0.737	16	W	D	D	W	L	1972-12-23	York City	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	1	5	16	13	1	3	6	7	22	0.657	16	L	D	L	L	W	1972-12-23	Watford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	3	1	Northampton Town	Abbey Stadium	3,539
Greenhalgh 2, Lill	Lineups		Rogers
Gillingham	1	0	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	2,727
Yeo	Lineups
Hereford United	1	0	Bury	Edgar Street	6,566
Jones	Lineups
Workington	2	0	Mansfield Town	Borough Park	1,234
Irving 2	Lineups

				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	22	8	3	0	26	10	4	3	4	12	14	1.583	30	L	D	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Southport	21	10	1	0	20	8	2	4	4	11	16	1.292	29	W	L	L	W	W	1972-12-15	Northampton Town	A
3	2	Cambridge United	22	8	2	1	20	9	2	5	4	15	22	1.129	27	W	D	L	D	W	1972-12-16	Bury	A
4	-1	Chester	22	7	4	0	24	6	2	3	6	10	17	1.478	25	L	W	W	D	L	1972-12-23	Exeter City	H
5	-1	Exeter City	21	8	3	0	20	5	2	2	6	6	13	1.444	25	W	W	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Gillingham	H
6	0	Aldershot	20	5	2	2	11	6	4	3	4	14	11	1.471	23	L	D	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Bradford City	H
7	4	Hereford United	22	7	3	1	16	6	1	4	6	5	13	1.105	23	W	W	W	D	W	1972-12-22	Stockport County	A
8	-1	Newport County	21	6	1	3	16	10	3	4	4	11	15	1.08	23	L	L	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Lincoln City	H
9	3	Workington	22	8	3	1	25	12	1	2	7	4	15	1.074	23	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Peterborough United	A
10	-2	Reading	20	4	5	1	14	4	2	5	3	7	9	1.615	22	D	L	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Barnsley	A
11	-2	Barnsley	22	6	5	1	21	12	2	1	7	11	18	1.067	22	W	L	W	D	L	1972-12-16	Reading	H
12	-2	Lincoln City	21	5	3	2	16	11	2	4	5	15	16	1.148	21	L	D	D	L	L	1972-12-16	Newport County	A
13	0	Bury	22	5	4	2	13	10	1	5	5	6	14	0.792	21	L	L	L	W	W	1972-12-16	Cambridge United	H
14	0	Bradford City	21	5	3	2	16	10	2	3	6	10	21	0.839	20	W	L	D	W	D	1972-12-16	Aldershot	A
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	3	5	3	9	10	2	5	3	10	13	0.826	20	W	D	W	W	L	1972-12-16	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	Hartlepool	22	3	5	2	9	8	3	3	6	11	19	0.741	20	L	D	L	W	D	1972-12-16	Stockport County	H
17	3	Gillingham	21	6	1	4	18	12	1	4	5	7	14	0.962	19	W	W	W	L	L	1972-12-16	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Stockport County	20	7	3	1	20	10	0	2	7	2	14	0.917	19	L	W	D	L	W	1972-12-16	Hartlepool	A
19	-1	Torquay United	20	4	3	3	12	9	1	5	4	7	12	0.905	18	D	L	D	W	L	1972-12-16	Darlington	A
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	3	2	13	6	2	1	8	9	21	0.815	18	D	W	L	L	W	1972-12-16	Colchester United	H
21	0	Peterborough United	21	4	4	3	17	11	1	2	7	15	29	0.8	16	D	W	W	L	D	1972-12-16	Workington	H
22	0	Northampton Town	20	3	3	3	9	9	2	3	6	12	19	0.75	16	L	L	L	L	W	1972-12-15	Southport	H
23	0	Darlington	21	1	4	6	12	20	2	3	5	9	13	0.636	13	D	D	L	D	L	1972-12-16	Torquay United	H
24	0	Colchester United	20	3	4	2	16	12	1	1	9	7	25	0.622	13	W	W	L	D	D	1972-12-16	Doncaster Rovers	A