Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ian Umpleby)
8th April 1972
British Rail
(Football Special)
| Loco Used | 30 |
| Stock Used | load 11 |
Route : 1Z88 throughout (2)
| Loco | Route |
| 30 | Leeds - (via viaduct line) - Gelderd Road Jn - Wakefield Westgate - South Kirkby Jn - Moorthorpe - Wath Road Jn - Rotherham Masborough - Beighton Jn - Chesterfield - Derby - North Stafford Jn - Uttoxeter - Stoke-on-Trent |
| 30 | Stoke-on-Trent - (reverse of outward route) - Leeds |
Notes :
(1) Match score was Stoke City 0:3 Leeds United.
(2) Paul Green suggests a headcode of 1Z71 for this train on the return leg?
Source : Ian Umpleby
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ian Umpleby)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Leeds | 11.20d | 11.23 | 20.12a | 20.12 | |
| Gelderd Road Jn | ? | 11/28½ | ? | 20/07 | |
| Wakefield Westgate | ? | 11/40 | ? | 19/54 | |
| Hare Park Jn | ? | 11/44½ | ? | 19/48 | |
| South Kirkby Jn | ? | 11/54½ | ? | 19/38 | |
| Moorthorpe | ? | 11/56 | ? | 19/36½ | |
| Wath Road Jn | ? | 12/06 | ? | 19/23 | |
| Rotherham Masborough | ? | 12/13½ | ? | 19/12 | |
| Beighton Jn | ? | 12/26 | ? | 18/55½ | |
| Chesterfield | ? | 12/41 | ? | 18*43½ ~ 18*44 | |
| Clay Cross | ? | 12/46 | ? | 18/38½ | |
| Ambergate South Jn | ? | 12/57 | ? | 18/29 | |
| Derby | ? | 13c09 ~ 13c10½ | ? | 18c17 ~ 18c18 | |
| Pear Tree | ? | 13/13½ | ? | 18/13 | |
| Stenson Jn | ? | 13/21½ | ? | 18/09½ | |
| Uttoxeter | ? | 13/38½ | ? | 17/54½ | |
| Cresswell | ? | 13/54 | ? | 17/45 | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 14.15a | 14.22 | 17.30d | 17.31½ |
