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First team 1971-72 - Football League : Division Four

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Home Matches   Away Matches   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A W D L F A
0-2 1-4   1 Grimsby Town   46   18 3 2 61 26   10 4 9 27 30   1.57   63
2-2 2-4   2 Southend United   46   18 2 3 56 26   6 10 7 25 29   1.47   60
0-1 0-2   3 Brentford   46   16 2 5 52 21   8 9 6 24 23   1.73   59
0-0 2-0   4 Scunthorpe United   46   13 8 2 34 15   9 5 9 22 22   1.51   57
4-2 1-2   5 Lincoln City   46   17 5 1 46 15   4 9 10 31 44   1.31   56
1-1 1-1   6 Workington   46   12 9 2 34 7   4 10 9 16 27   1.47   51
1-1 0-1   7 Southport   46   15 5 3 48 21   3 9 11 18 25   1.43   50
0-0 2-4   8 Peterborough United   46   14 6 3 51 24   3 10 10 31 40   1.28   50
2-2 0-4   9 Bury   46   16 4 3 55 22   3 8 12 18 37   1.24   50
3-0 0-2   10 Cambridge United   46   11 8 4 38 22   6 6 11 24 38   1.03   48
2-2 2-3   11 Colchester United   46   13 6 4 38 23   6 4 13 32 46   1.01   48
1-2 2-2   12 Doncaster Rovers   46   11 8 4 35 24   5 6 12 21 39   0.89   46
2-1 2-3   13 Gillingham   46   11 5 7 33 24   5 8 10 28 43   0.91   45
4-4 0-1   14 Newport County [wal]   46   13 5 5 34 20   5 3 15 26 52   0.83   44
0-4 0-2   15 Exeter City   46   11 5 7 40 30   5 6 12 21 38   0.90   43
0-1 2-2   16 Reading   46   14 3 6 37 26   3 5 15 19 50   0.74   42
0-0 0-4   17 Aldershot   46   5 13 5 27 20   4 9 10 21 34   0.89   40
2-1 0-5   18 Hartlepool   46   14 2 7 39 25   3 4 16 19 44   0.84   40
2-1 2-1   19 Darlington   46   9 9 5 37 24   5 2 16 27 58   0.78   39
0-0 0-0   20 Chester   46   10 11 2 34 16   0 7 16 13 40   0.84   38
3-1 0-2   21 Northampton Town   46   8 9 6 43 27   4 4 15 23 52   0.84   37
1-3 2-3   22 Barrow   46   8 8 7 23 26   5 3 15 17 45   0.56   37
x x   23 Stockport County   46   7 10 6 33 32   2 4 17 22 55   0.63   32
3-1 1-3   24 Crewe Alexandra   46   9 4 10 27 25   1 5 17 16 44   0.62   29
     

Football League election results.
49 Northampton T, 46 Crewe Alex and Stockport Co, 26 Barrow and Hereford U, 1 Bradford PA, Cambridge C and Wimbledon, 0 Bangor C, Bedford T, Boston U, Hillingdon Bor, Romford, Telford U, Wigan Ath and Yeovil T.
A second vote was then taken
29 Hereford U, 20 Barrow.
Hereford United replace Barrow.

Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Jul A Manchester U FR 0-0  
Wed 21 Jul A Southport FR 0-1  
Wed 28 Jul A Southport FR 0-1  
Mon 2 Aug A Wigan Ath FR 1-3 Wright
Wed 4 Aug A Chester CM 1-0 McMillan
Mon 9 Aug A Rochdale FR 1-3 Lawther
Sat 14 Aug A Crewe Alex LG 1-3 McMillan
Wed 18 Aug H Walsall FL 1-0 Lawther
Fri 20 Aug H Bury LG 2-2 Lawther 2
Sat 28 Aug A Peterborough U LG 2-4 Webber, Griffiths
Mon 30 Aug H Reading LG 0-1  
Fri 3 Sep H Lincoln C LG 4-2 Chapman 1p, Collier, Webber, Griffiths
Tue 7 Sep H Watford FL 0-1  
Fri 10 Sep A Northampton T LG 0-2  
Fri 17 Sep H Doncaster Rov LG 1-2 Ryden
Sat 25 Sep A Grimsby T LG 1-4 Collier
Mon 27 Sep A Brentford LG 0-2  
Fri 1 Oct H Hartlepool LG 2-1 McMillan, Webber
Sat 9 Oct A Darlington LG 2-1 McMillan, Webber
Fri 15 Oct H Crewe Alex LG 3-1 Lawther 3
Mon 18 Oct H Barrow LG 1-3 McMillan
Sat 23 Oct A Exeter C LG 0-2  
Fri 29 Oct H Workington LG 1-1 Lawther 1p
Sat 6 Nov A Gillingham LG 2-3 McMillan, Chisnall
Fri 12 Nov H Cambridge U LG 3-0 McMillan, Ryden, Lawther
Sat 20 Nov A Doncaster Rov FA 2-1 McMillan, Lawther
Fri 26 Nov A Southend U LG 2-4 Webber, Lawther
Fri 3 Dec H Colchester U LG 2-2 Lawther 1p, Garvey og
Sat 11 Dec A Blyth Spartans FA 0-1  
Sat 18 Dec A Lincoln C LG 1-2 McMillan
Mon 27 Dec H Southport LG 1-1 McPhee og
Sat 1 Jan A Doncaster Rov LG 2-2 McMillan 2
Fri 7 Jan H Peterborough U LG 0-0  
Sat 15 Jan A Chester LG 0-0  
Fri 21 Jan H Brentford LG 0-1  
Fri 28 Jan A Barrow LG 2-3 McMillan 2
Sat 5 Feb H Scunthorpe U LG 0-0  
Sat 12 Feb H Exeter C LG 0-4  
Sat 19 Feb A Workington LG 1-1 Wilson
Sat 26 Feb H Gillingham LG 2-1 Ingham, Brennan
Sat 4 Mar A Cambridge U LG 0-2  
Fri 10 Mar H Darlington LG 2-1 Renwick, Ryden
Mon 13 Mar H Chester LG 0-0  
Sat 18 Mar A Bury LG 0-4  
Fri 24 Mar H Northampton T LG 3-1 Lawther 2, Chisnall
Fri 31 Mar A Hartlepool LG 0-5  
Sat 1 Apr A Southport LG 0-1  
Mon 3 Apr H Grimsby T LG 0-2  
Sat 8 Apr A Scunthorpe U LG 2-0 McMillan, Mulvaney
Tue 11 Apr A Newport Co LG 0-1  
Fri 14 Apr H Southend U LG 2-2 Chapman 1p, Ryden
Mon 17 Apr H Aldershot LG 0-0  
Fri 21 Apr A Colchester U LG 2-3 Griffiths, McMillan
Wed 26 Apr A Reading LG 2-2 Griffiths, Webber
Fri 28 Apr H Newport Co LG 4-4 Griffiths, Brennan 2, Webber
Wed 3 May A Aldershot LG 0-4  
Wed 10 May A Crewe Alex CM 0-4  

First Team 1971-72 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  LG FA FL CM FR
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
Mick Brennan 18   3 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
John Chapman 28 1 2 0   0 2   0 1   0 0   0
Ray Charter 30 2 0 1   0 2   0 1   0 0   0
Phil Chisnall 30   2 2   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Peter Clarke 17   0 0   0 2   0 2   0 0   0
Jim Collier 13   2 1   0 1   0 1   0 0   0
Ken Fogarty 13 1 0 0   0 0   0 1   0 1   0
David Gibbons 1   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Jimmy Golder 0 1 0 0   0 0   0 1   0 1   0
John Griffiths 26 2 5 1   0 2   0 2   0 0   0
Paul Hart 36   0 2   0 1   0 2   0 0   0
Fred Ingham 12 3 1 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Tony Keyes 1   0 0   0 0   0 1   0 0   0
Ian Lawther 43   11 2   1 2   1 2   0 0   0
Sammy McMillan 36   13 2   1 2   0 1   1 0   0
Jimmy Mulvaney 5 2 1 0   0 0   0 1   0 1   0
Alan Ogley 29   0 2   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Les Ormrod 16 2 0 0   0 0   0 1   0 1   0
Johnny Price 7   0 0   0 2   0 1   0 0   0
Dick Renwick 30   1 2   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Hugh Ryden 33 6 4 2   0 1   0 2   0 0   0
Jim Smith 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Martin Stevens 0   0 0   0 0   0 0 1 0 1   0
Keith Webber 36 4 7 2   0 2   0 0   0 0   0
Bev Wilson 27   1 1   0 2   0 1   0 0   0
Ralph Wright 19 2 0 2   0 1 1 0 1   0 0   0