Middlesbrough 1 Leyton Orient 0
Outcome: Won
Date: 11/20/1971
Manager: Stan Anderson
Attendance: 13288
Competition: Division Two
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
- John Hickton
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Alan Moody | |||
| Bill Gates | |||
| Gordon Jones | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Eric McMordie | |||
| Joe Laidlaw | |||
| Johnny Vincent | |||
| Willie Maddren | |||
| John Hickton |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Derrick Downing |