11 December 1971, part deux!

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Here are the other fxtures on that day. notice that in Div One there is only 1 fixture which could still be played in the top league this season.

Saturday, 11th December 1971

English First Division
Arsenal 2 Coventry City 0
Chelsea 0 Leeds United 0
Huddersfield Town 0 Crystal Palace 1
Leicester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Liverpool 3 Derby County 2
Manchester City 4 Ipswich Town 0
Nottingham Forest 1 Everton 0
Sheffield United 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Southampton 3 West Ham United 3
Stoke City 1 Manchester United 1
West Bromwich Albion 0 Newcastle United 3

English Second Division
Birmingham City 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0
Burnley 1 Portsmouth 3
Carlisle United 1 Queens Park Rangers 4
Charlton Athletic 2 Blackpool 3
Hull City 4 Middlesbrough 3
Orient 0 Swindon Town 1
Luton Town 2 Cardiff City 2
Norwich City 1 Watford 1
Oxford United 0 Bristol City 0
Preston North End 4 Millwall 0
Sunderland 2 Fulham 1

English Third Division
Oldham Athletic 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

English Fourth Division
Brentford 1 Southport 0
Newport County 2 Lincoln City 0
Scunthorpe United 2 Chester 0

The F.A. Cup
2nd Round
Barnet 1 Torquay United 4
Barnsley 0 Chesterfield 0
Blyth Spartans 1 Stockport County 0
Boston United 2 Hartlepool 1
Bournemouth 2 Southend United 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Walsall 1
Bristol Rovers 3 Cambridge United 0
Hereford United 0 Northampton Town 0
Mansfield Town 2 Tranmere Rovers 2
Peterborough United 4 Enfield 0
Port Vale 1 Darlington 0
Reading 1 Aldershot 0
Romford 0 Gillingham 1
Rossendale United 1 Bolton Wanderers 4
Rotherham United 1 York City 1
Shrewsbury Town 2 Guildford City 1
South Shields 1 Notts. County 3
Swansea City 0 Exeter City 0
Workington 1 Bury 3
Wrexham 4 Wigan Athletic 0

 

[Questions]

Brighton 1 v 1 Walsall

was that the game in which Sidebottom got knocked out and it practically ended his career FG ?

I remember play being allowed to carry on with poor old Geoff S totally sparko but in them days the game would continue however serious an injury was until the ball left the field of play.

Ee up, you try telling the kids of today that and they wunt believe thee.

 

[Midikilledmydog]

Here are the other fxtures on that day. notice that in Div One there is only 1 fixture which could still be played in the top league this season.

That is why English football was / is so good and why the premier league should not be the be all and end all, that it is rapidly becomming / has become

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Brighton 1 v 1 Walsall

was that the game in which Sidebottom got knocked out and it practically ended his career FG ?

I remember play being allowed to carry on with poor old Geoff S totally sparko but in them days the game would continue however serious an injury was until the ball left the field of play.

Ee up, you try telling the kids of today that and they wunt believe thee.

Sure was and it has it's very own thread!