date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT | Sat 23.10.71 | Birmingham City | 2-2 | Preston North End | 2-1 | 28,956 | Bob Latchford, Trevor Francis --- Gerry Ingram , Alan Tarbuck | Sat 23.10.71 | Blackpool | 1-1 | Queens Park Rangers | 1-1 | 16,417 | Dave Lennard --- Rodney Marsh | Sat 23.10.71 | Bristol City | 5-3 | Orient | 1-3 | 17,772 | 0-1 Ian Bowyer 19' 0-2 Terry Brisley 26' 1-2 Dickie Rooks 35' 1-3 Ian Bowyer 42' 2-3 Peter Spring 52' 3-3 John Galley 55' 4-3 Trevor Tainton 71' 5-3 John Galley 90' | Sat 23.10.71 | Cardiff City | 6-1 | Charlton Athletic | 1-0 | 13,092 |  Brian Clark 2,  John Parsons 2, Ian Gibson pen. PAul Went --- Cyril Davies | Sat 23.10.71 | Hull City | 1-2 | Burnley | 0-1 | 15,469 | 0-1 Paul Fletcher 40' 1-1 Stuart Pearson 60' 1-2 Leighton James 68' | Sat 23.10.71 | Luton Town | 0-2 | Carlisle United | 0-1 | 11,963 | 0-1 Bob Hatton 22' 0-2 Chris Balderstone 80' | Sat 23.10.71 | Middlesbrough | 2-1 | Watford | 2-0 | 19,947 | John Craggs, Joe Laidlaw --- Ron Wigg | Sat 23.10.71 | Millwall | 2-1 | Norwich City | 1-1 | 22,763 | 1-0 Dave Stringer 4'OG 1-1 Peter Silvester 36' 2-1 Barry Kitchener 75' | Sat 23.10.71 | Oxford United | 2-0 | Sunderland | 2-0 | 10,735 | 1-0 Roy Clayton 8' 2-0 Nigel Cassidy 22' | Sat 23.10.71 | Portsmouth | 6-3 | Fulham | 2-0 | 14,172 | 1-0 Nicky Jennings 25' 2-0 Richard Reynolds 31' 3-0 Mike Trebilock 54' 4-0 Eoin Hand 57' 4-1 Jimmy Conway 57'pen. 5-1 Fred Smith 71' 5-2 Jimmy Conway 79' 5-3 Les Barrett 81' 6-3 Nicky Jennings 87' | Sat 23.10.71 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | Swindon Town | 0-0 | 19,993 | 1-0 Jack Sinclair 87' |
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Ranking | pts | gls | m | 1. Norwich City | 57 | 60:36 | 14 | 2. Birmingham C | 56 | 60:31 | 14 | 3. Millwall | 55 | 64:46 | 14 | 4. Queens Park R | 54 | 57:28 | 14 | 5. Sunderland | 50 | 67:57 | 14 | 6. Blackpool | 47 | 70:50 | 14 | ------------ | 17.Orient | 37 | 50:61 | 14 | 18.Preston NE | 36 | 52:58 | 14 | 19.Cardiff City | 34 | 56:69 | 13 | 20.Fulham | 34 | 45:68 | 14 | 21.Charlton At | 33 | 55:77 | 14 | 22.Watford | 19 | 24:75 | 14 |
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