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Saturday January 15th, 1972

Football Association Challenge Cup

Third Round

Swindon Town

0 - 2

0

Arsenal

Arsenal

2

G. Armstrong (31'), A. Ball (73')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 31,668

G. Armstrong (31'), A. Ball (73')
T.H.C. Reynolds

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The biggest attendance ever at the County Ground - 32,000 people cram in to see the Gunners gain some sort of revenge for their defeat at Wembley two-and-a-half years previously.

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Results


Football Association Challenge Cup results on Saturday January 15th, 1972:

Birmingham City Birmingham 3-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Blackpool Blackpool 0-1 Chelsea Chelsea
Blyth Spartans Blyth 2-2 Reading Reading
Bolton Wanderers Bolton 2-1 Torquay United Torquay United
Boston United Boston Utd 0-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Burnley Burnley 0-1 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Bury Bury 1-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 0-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton Everton
Derby County Derby County 2-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Leeds United Leeds United 4-1 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers
Manchester City Man City 1-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Millwall Millwall 3-1 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
Norwich City Norwich City 0-3 Hull City Hull City
Orient Orient 3-0 Wrexham Wrexham
Oxford United Oxford United 0-3 Liverpool Liverpool
Peterborough United Peterborough United 0-2 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Preston North End Preston North End 4-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 1-1 Fulham Fulham
Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-3 Cardiff City Cardiff City
Southampton Southampton 1-1 Manchester United Man Utd
Stoke City Stoke City 2-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Sunderland Sunderland 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Swansea City Swansea City 1-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Swindon Town Swindon 0-2 Arsenal Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham 1-1 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Walsall Walsall 1-0 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth
Watford Watford 1-4 Notts County Notts County
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Coventry City Coventry City
West Ham United West Ham United 2-1 Luton Town Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 1-1 Leicester City Leicester City

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