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| 05.10.1971 | Blackpool FC | - | Colchester United | 4:0 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | - | Manchester City | 3:0 | |||
| Bristol Rovers | - | Charlton Athletic | 2:1 | |||
| Crystal Palace | - | Aston Villa | 2:2 | |||
| Liverpool FC | - | Southampton FC | 1:0 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | - | Lincoln City | 4:2 | |||
| Sheffield United | - | York City | 3:2 | |||
| 06.10.1971 | Arsenal FC | - | Newcastle United | 4:0 | ||
| Gillingham FC | - | Grimsby Town | 1:1 | |||
| Manchester United | - | Burnley FC | 1:1 | |||
| Norwich City | - | Carlisle United | 4:1 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | - | Chelsea FC | 1:1 | |||
| Oxford United | - | Stoke City | 1:1 | |||
| Torquay United | - | Tottenham Hotspur | 1:4 | |||
| Watford FC | - | Preston North End | 1:1 | |||
| West Ham United | - | Leeds United | 0:0 | |||
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| 11.10.1971 | Chelsea FC | - | Nottingham Forest | 2:1 | ||
| Preston North End | - | Watford FC | 2:1 | |||
| 12.10.1971 | Grimsby Town | - | Gillingham FC | 1:0 | ||
| 13.10.1971 | Aston Villa | - | Crystal Palace | 2:0 | ||
| 18.10.1971 | Burnley FC | - | Manchester United | 0:1 | ||
| Stoke City | - | Oxford United | 2:0 | |||
| 20.10.1971 | Leeds United | - | West Ham United | 0:1 n.V. | ||
