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Season 1971/72

Below is the fixture list for the 1971/72 season. It has been adapted from the results history that we have on this site.

I have not been able to validate all the information and I fully expect there to be some errors. If you think anything is wrong please let me know on info@bfcsa.co.uk

If you have a copy of the final league table please send it to me so it can be displayed on this page. Thanks.

League

Southern League Premier Division
4th of 22

Cups

FA Cup
Knocked out by Torquay United in the 2nd Round.

FA Trophy
Runners up to Stafford Rangers.

Southern League Cup
Eventual champions, beating Hereford United on 17 October the following season.

London Challenge Cup
Knocked out by Leyton Orient in the 1st Round.

  
     
 
Date H/A/Cup Opposition Result Scorers Attendance Notes
14/8/71 A Folkestone 3-2 Powell
Adams (2)		 1271  
17/08/71 H Bath City 2-0 Eason (2) 1277  
21/08/1971 H Merthyr Tydfil 3-0 Powell
Eason
Adams		 1289  
23/08/71 A Bath City 0-1   1425  
28/08/1971 A Margate 1-2 Powell 1115  
31/8/71 A Dartford 2-1 Ward (pen)
Powell		 1176  
04/09/1971 H Worcester City 0-2   1192  
7/9/71 H Dartford 4-0 Powell
Embury (2)
Godfrey		 1040  
11/09/71 A Hereford United 1-2 Embury 4732  
14/09/1971 H Margate 5-1 Eason (2)
Adams (3)		 1192  
18/09/71 H Hillingdon Borough 4-0 Powell (2)
Embury
Adams		 1532  
20/09/1971 H LCC R1 Leyton Orient 1-2 Powell 1639 Called themselves just 'Orient' between 1966 to 1987.
25/9/71 A Gravesend & Northfleet 2-0 Powell
Adams		 605  
28/9/71 H SLC R1 L1 Gravesend & Northfleet 5-1 Powell (2)
Eason (2)
Adams		 1131  
2/10/71 H Folkestone 3-0 Powell
Plume
Flatt		 1560  
09/10/1971 A Yeovil Town 3-2 Plume (2 pens)
Ward		 2871  
12/10/71 A SLC R1 L2 Gravesend & Northfleet 0-1   412  
16/10/1971 H Weymouth 1-0 Lye 1281  
23/10/1971 H Telford United 1-1 Flatt 1856  
30/10/71 A Romford 0-3   2068  
06/11/1971 A FAC QR4 Hendon 2-2 Embery
Eason		 2591  
09/11/1971 H FAC QR4 R Hendon 2-0 Own Goal
Eason		 2622  
20/11/71 A FAC R1 Kettering Town 4-2 Embury (2)
Eason (2)		 3713  
23/11/1971 H SLC R2 Stevenage Athletic 5-1 Powell (2)
Eason
Flatt (2)		 759  
27/11/71 A Hillingdon Borough 1-1 Eason 1140  
04/12/1971 A Worcester City 1-0 Flatt 980  
11/12/1971 H FAC R2 Torquay United 1-4 Flatt 4411  
18/12/1971 A Weymouth 0-1   940  
27/12/71 H Chelmsford City 3-1 Flatt
Eason
Adams		 2,079  
1/1/72 A Chelmsford City 2-5 Adams
Ward		 3,080  
8/1/72 H Gravesend & Northfleet 5-1 Powell
Flatt
Eason
Adams(2)		 1168  
22/01/1972 A FAT R1 Dover 6-0 Powell (2)
Eason
Adams (3)		 1494  
29/01/1972 A Merthyr Tydfil 2-1 Powell (2) 768  
05/02/1972 H Yeovil Town 0-0   1382  
08/02/72 H SLC R3 Ramsgate Athletic 3-0 Plume
Flatt
Adams		 1004  
12/02/1972 A FAT R3 Lowestoft Town 0-0   1338  
15/02/1972 H FAT R2 R Lowestoft Town 5-1 Flatt
Eason (2)
Adams
Own Goal		 727  
26/2/1972 A FAT R3 Wigan Athletic 2-1 Flatt (2) 4830  
4/3/72 H Guildford City 2-1 Plume
Embury		 1264  
11/3/72 A FAT R4 Dartford 2-0 Powell
Eason		 2729  
14/3/1972 H Wimbledon 2-0 Powell (2) 1423  
16/3/72 H SLC SF Bedford Town 4-2 Lye
Powell
Eason
Plume		 1831  
20/3/72 H Bedford Town 2-2 Plume
Adams		 1040  
25/3/1972 N FAT SF Telford United 1-0 Plume (pen) 4481 Played at Northampton Town
28/3/1972 A Wimbledon 0-5   1280  
31/03/1972 H Dover 1-1 Adams 1990  
1/4/1972 A Telford United 2-3 Jenkins
Eason		 1712  
03/04/1972 A Dover 0-1   1551  
05/04/72 H SLC F L1 Hereford United 2-0 Plume (2) 2803  
08/04/72 A SLC F L2 Hereford United 0-2   6048 Replayed 17/10/72
10/4/72 A Bedford Town 1-1 Flatt 1048  
15/4/1972 N FAT F Stafford Rangers 0-3   24,000 Wembley Stadium
18/04/72 H Nuneaton Borough 0-1   1094  
20/04/72 H Romford 3-1 Powell
Flatt
Eason		 917  
22/04/1972 A Cambridge City 4-3 Flatt
Adams (2)
Godfrey		 1491  
24/04/72 A Poole Town 3-0 King, B.
Adams (2)		 188  
26/04/72 H Poole Town 1-1 Adams 1041  
28/4/72 A Guildford City 0-3   3007  
01/05/72 A Nuneaton Borough 1-2 Powell 1361  
04/05/72 H Hereford United 1-2 Eason 1619  
06/05/1972 H Cambridge City 8-3 Powell (2)
Plume (2)
Eason
Adams (3)		 747  
A = Away
F = Final
FAC = FA Cup
FAT = FA Trophy
H = Home
L1 = Leg 1
LCC = London Challenge Cup
N = Neutral
PR = Preliminary Round
QR1 = Qualifying Round 1
R = Replay
R1 = Round 1
SF = Semi Final
SLC = Southern League Cup

Notes
If you are looking for any "see below for notes" you need to visit the relevant page in our A to Z history. It is usually about missing attendances but sometimes there are additional (and even amusing) footnotes.

Make a note of the team name and find them on the page linked to above.

If you can help with any missing information (or have a correction to make) I would love to hear from you on info@bfcsa.co.uk

Thanks, John Snow, Website Editor.
 
     
  Attendance Graph

Below is an attendance graph for the 1971/72 season. Also shown is the average up to that game.

See notes below for further explanations, notes and caveats.

  
     
 
This season's average attendance: 1497    
This season's highest attendance: 4411   Torquay United, FA Cup 2nd Round, 11 December.
This season's lowest attendance: 727   Lowestoft Town, FA Trophy 2nd Round (replay), 15 February.
This season's league-only average attendance: 1333    
 
     
   
     
  Notes

Apart from the league-only average these figures also include cup games (including London Challenge).

The following plots are shown:

This season: The blue bars. This season's attendances.

Running Average: The pink line. The mean average total attendance up to that match number.

Last season's average: The yellow line. Last season's mean average total attendance up to that match number. Note that last season's last game has been repeated three times as there were three more games this season.

  
     
 

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