Pre Season Friendly Matches 1972

[Steve Bell]

Hello all,

I wonder if anyone can help me with these matches please? They all took place before the start of the 1972 season.
I am looking for the team line-ups and goalscorers if possible.

Saturday 29th July
Crystal Palace 3 Dundee United 1
Halifax Town 2 Arbroath 0

Monday 31st July
Barnsley 3 Queen of the South 1
Clydebank 1 Rochdale 0
Guildford City 1 Dundee United 1
Partick Thistle 2 Newcastle United 2
Tranmere Rovers 2 Arbroath 0

Wednesday 2nd August
Arbroath 0 Halifax Town 1
Bournemouth 1 Dundee United 1
Dundee 2 Preston North End 1
Dunfermline Athletic 0 Huddersfield Town 1
East Stirling 1 Rochdale 1
Portsmouth 1 Morton 0
St Johnstone 1 Sheffield Wednesday 3

Friday 4th August
Clyde ? Barrow ?

Saturday 5th August
Cambridge United 1 Ayr United 0
Hamilton Academical ? Barrow ?

Monday 7th August
Celtic 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0
Colchester United 2 St Mirren 0
Dumbarton 3 Carlisle United 2
Peterborough United 2 Motherwell 0
Portsmouth 0 Partick Thistle 0
Southend United 0 St Johnstone 0
Southport 5 Airdrieonians 0
Stevenage Athletic 0 Ayr United 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Rangers 0

Tuesday 8th August
Hibernian 0 West Bromwich Albion 2

Thanks in advance.

Steve

[Gordon Baird]

The Dunfermline team against Huddersfield was:
Arrol, Callaghan, Lunn, Fraser, McNicoll, Leishman (Thomson), Scott, Nelson, Mackie (Edmonds), Kinninmonth, Gillespie.
I don't know the Huddersfield team but their scorer was Lawson.

[Scottish]

Have you checked the Evening Times and Glasgow Herald ?

[gogsy1968]

Bournemouth 1-1 Dundee United

Bournemouth team was Baker, Machin , Howe, Benson, Kitchener, Gabriel, Chadwick, McDougall, Boyer, Cave, Taylor Subs Sainty & Jones
Dundee Utd team was McAlpine, Rolland, J Cameron, Copland, Smith, Markland, Fleming, Gadner, Knox, Henry , Fascione Subs Kopel & K Cameron

Referee T Spencer Attendance 5614
Bournemouth opened the scoring in 28 minutes with McDougall scoring a penalty, George Fleming equalised with two minutes to go. I don't know if any of the subs were used.

For the game v Crystal Palace Knox scored the Dundee United goal
For the game v Guildford City Gardner scored the Dundee United goal

[Shawfield Boy]

Clyde 4 Barrow 1 HT 2-1

Clyde team Cairney, Anderson, Swan, McGrain, McVie, McGoldrick, Sullivan, McGuiness, Miller, Ahern, Boyle Subs Beattie and Thomson

Clyde scorers McGuiness, Boyle (2) and Sullivan

Let me know if you need any additional info.

[Steve Bell]

Have you checked the Evening Times and Glasgow Herald ?

Yes, these details come from the Evening Times. The Glasgow Herald online archive is missing for July and August 1972.

I have traced another seventeen matches between English and Scottish teams played in that period. These are in the Saturday editions and the reports usually finish at half-time, therefore few second half scorers are given and if subs have been used.

[bobby s]

Tuesday 8th August
Hibernian 0 West Bromwich Albion 2

Herriot, Brownlie, Schaedler, Stanton, Black, Blackley, Hamilton, Hazel, Gordon, Cropley, Duncan
Subs: Davidson, O'Rourke

[caskie]

Clydebank 1 Rochdale 0

Scorer was Jimmy Caskie sorry dont know team lines.

[sureitsza]

CELTIC 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0
CELTIC: Connaghan, McGrain, Quinn, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Davidson, Macari, Callaghan, Wilson
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Coates, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pratt
REFEREE: A. McKenzie
CELTIC SCORER: Callaghan
Att: 33,000

[smokiesnwine]

Hibs 0 West Brom 2
Scorers were A. Brown & Gould
West Brom Team
Smith, Nisbet, Wilson, Cantello, Wile, Robertson, Sugget, T. Brown, Gould, A. Brown & Hartford

[Steve Bell]

Thanks to those who have responded so far. Since my original post I have found another four matches played in this period, namely:-

Saturday 29th July
Berwick Rangers ? Sunderland ?
Chesterfield 2 Albion Rovers 0

Thursday 3rd August
Motherwell 0 Scunthorpe United 2

Saturday 5th August
Rochdale ? Clydebank ?

Any assistance with these or with my original list would be most appreciated.

Steve

[prorege]

Hamilton Accies 2 Barrow 1

[Spireite historian]

July 29th
Chesterfield 2 (McHale 2) Albion Rovers 0. Att. 1,700
Chesterfield: Tingay, Holmes, Phelan, Pugh, Bell, Stott, McHale, Moss, Randall, Bellamy, Wilson.

No other details known, beyond Jim Brown being in the nets for Rovers.