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Season 1971-72

Division 4 1971-72 (16th)

PL W D L GF GA GF/A PTS
1 Grimsby TownP 46 28 7 11 88 56 1.571 63
2 Southend UnitedP 46 24 12 10 81 55 1.473 60
3 BrentfordP 46 24 11 11 76 44 1.727 59
4 Scunthorpe UnitedP 46 22 13 11 56 37 1.514 57
5 Lincoln City 46 21 14 11 77 59 1.305 56
6 Workington 46 16 19 11 50 34 1.471 51
7 Southport 46 18 14 14 66 46 1.435 50
8 Peterborough United 46 17 16 13 82 64 1.281 50
9 Bury 46 19 12 15 73 59 1.237 50
10 Cambridge United 46 17 14 15 62 60 1.033 48
11 Colchester United 46 19 10 17 70 69 1.014 48
12 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 14 16 56 63 0.889 46
13 Gillingham 46 16 13 17 61 67 0.910 45
14 Newport County 46 18 8 20 60 72 0.833 44
15 Exeter City 46 16 11 19 61 68 0.897 43
16 READING 46 17 8 21 56 76 0.737 42
17 Aldershot 46 9 22 15 48 54 0.889 40
18 Hartlepool 46 17 6 23 58 69 0.841 40
19 Darlington 46 14 11 21 64 82 0.780 39
20 Chester 46 10 18 18 47 56 0.839 38
21 Northampton Town 46 12 13 21 66 79 0.835 37
22 Barrow1 46 13 11 22 40 71 0.563 37
23 Stockport County 46 9 14 23 55 87 0.632 32
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 10 9 27 43 69 0.623 29
1 Barrow not re-elected (replaced by Hereford)

Division 4 1971-72

14 Aug Hartlepool A 1-3
21 Aug Chester H 1-0
28 Aug Aldershot A 2-1
30 Aug Stockport County A 1-0
4 Sep Darlington H 2-0
11 Sep Lincoln City A 0-0
18 Sep Bury H 0-2
25 Sep Crewe Alexandra A 0-2
27 Sep Barrow A 0-0
2 Oct Grimsby Town H 1-3
9 Oct Northampton Town A 0-5
16 Oct Hartlepool H 3-0
20 Oct Brentford H 2-1
23 Oct Workington A 0-5
30 Oct Exeter City H 3-1
6 Nov Cambridge United A 1-4
13 Nov Gillingham H 1-2
27 Nov Scunthorpe United A 1-1
4 Dec Newport County H 4-2
18 Dec Darlington A 0-1
27 Dec Doncaster Rovers H 3-1
1 Jan Bury A 1-2
8 Jan Aldershot H 2-0
22 Jan Barrow H 1-0
29 Jan Brentford A 2-1
12 Feb Workington H 0-0
19 Feb Exeter City A 0-0
26 Feb Cambridge United H 1-0
4 Mar Gillingham A 2-4
11 Mar Northampton Town H 2-1
15 Mar Peterborough United H 2-1
18 Mar Chester A 0-2
22 Mar Southend United H 1-4
25 Mar Lincoln City H 0-1
31 Mar Grimsby Town A 0-2
1 Apr Doncaster Rovers A 1-1
3 Apr Crewe Alexandra H 1-0
7 Apr Southend United A 1-4
10 Apr Colchester United A 1-2
15 Apr Scunthorpe United H 2-0
19 Apr Southport H 1-1
22 Apr Newport County A 1-2
26 Apr Stockport County H 2-2
29 Apr Colchester United H 2-4
1 May Peterborough United A 2-3
4 May Southport A 2-5

FA Cup 1971-72

20 Nov R1 Bridgwater Town A 3-0
11 Dec R2 Aldershot H 1-0
15 Jan R3 Blyth Spartans A 2-2
19 Jan (R) Blyth Spartans H 6-1
5 Feb R4 Arsenal H 1-2

League Cup 1971-72

18 Aug R1 Gillingham A 0-4