1971–72 Football League

The Football League
Season	1971–72
Champions	Derby County
Relegated	Barrow
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–1972 season was the 73rd completed season of The Football League.

Brian Clough, 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first ever league championship. They overcame Leeds United to win a four-horse race also contested with Liverpool and Manchester City. There were later bribery allegations from The Sun newspaper regarding Leeds manager Don Revie and Leeds' final opponents Wolverhampton Wanderers. The footballing authorities never investigated these allegations to decide whether they were true or not.

Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town lost their First Division status. By the end of the decade, Forest had made an explosive comeback to the top flight. 1971 – 1972 was Huddersfield's last season in the top flight to date, and within a few seasons they would be in the Fourth Division — most of their existence since 1972 has been spent in the league's lower two divisions.

In the Second Division Norwich City and Birmingham City were promoted. This was the first time that Norwich City had reached the top flight. Charlton Athletic and Watford were relegated.

Aston Villa ended their two-year spell in the Third Division by gaining promotion as champions, and by the end of the decade would be firmly re-established as a First Division club. Brighton & Hove Albion followed Villa into the Second Division, but would not reach the heady heights that the midlanders would experience. Mansfield Town, Barnsley, Torquay United and Bradford City were relegated.

Grimsby Town, Southend United, Brentford and Scunthorpe United were promoted from the Fourth Division. Barrow were voted out of the Football League and replaced by Hereford United, who a short time earlier had achieved a shock FA Cup victory over Newcastle United.

Ernie Tagg sacked himself as manager of Crewe Alexandra because he felt that a younger manager should take charge of the club.

Final league tables and results

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average. During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Derby County (1st English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town, Nottingham Forest
European Cup 1972–73	Derby County
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73	Leeds United (1st and, as of 2016, only FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1972–73	Liverpool, Manchester City, Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1160 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lee (Manchester City), 33 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Everton – Southampton 8–0 (20 November 1971)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United – Arsenal 0–5 (29 January 1972)
Highest scoring	Everton – Southampton 8–0 (20 November 1971)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	69	33	2.091	+36	58	European Cup 1972–73 First round
2	Leeds United	42	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	73	31	2.355	+42	57	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 First round
3	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	64	30	2.133	+30	57	UEFA Cup 1972–73 First round
4	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	77	45	1.711	+32	57	UEFA Cup 1972–73 First round
5	Arsenal	42	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	58	40	1.450	+18	52
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	63	42	1.500	+21	51	UEFA Cup 1972–73 First round ^{[notes 1]}
7	Chelsea	42	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	58	49	1.184	+9	48
8	Manchester United	42	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	69	61	1.131	+8	48
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	65	57	1.140	+8	47
10	Sheffield United	42	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	61	60	1.017	+1	46
11	Newcastle United	42	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	49	52	0.942	–3	41
12	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	41	46	0.891	–5	39
13	Ipswich Town	42	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	39	53	0.736	–14	38
14	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	47	51	0.922	–4	36
15	Everton	42	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	37	48	0.771	–11	36
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	42	54	0.778	–12	35
17	Stoke City	42	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	39	56	0.696	–17	35	UEFA Cup 1972–73 First round ^{[notes 2]}
18	Coventry City	42	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	44	67	0.657	–23	33
19	Southampton	42	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	52	80	0.650	–28	31
20	Crystal Palace	42	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	39	65	0.600	–26	29
21	Nottingham Forest	42	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	47	81	0.580	–34	25
22	Huddersfield Town	42	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	27	59	0.458	–32	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup 1972–73 as winners of the inaugural UEFA Cup 1971–72.
↑ Stoke City qualified for the UEFA Cup 1972–73 by winning the Football League Cup 1972–73.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup Winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	4–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	1–2		3–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	3–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	2–2	2–3	2–2		0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–2
Derby County !Derby County	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	4–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1
Everton !Everton	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–2		2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	8–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0		1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–1
Leeds United !Leeds United	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–2		2–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	5–1	6–1	1–0	7–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2
Liverpool !Liverpool	3–2	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–2		3–0	2–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		3–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	5–2
Manchester United !Manchester United	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–3		0–2	3–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–3
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–1		2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–0		2–3	2–3	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–3
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	0–5	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	3–1	7–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–2
Southampton !Southampton	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–5	1–2	4–1	3–2		3–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–2	3–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	1–0	2–0		3–2	0–1	4–1
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–1		0–0	2–3
West Ham United !West Ham United	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	0–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1		1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–2	4–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1971–1972 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1971–1972

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Norwich City (1st title)
Promoted	Birmingham City
Relegated	Charlton Athletic, Watford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1194 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Latchford (Birmingham City), 23 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Burnley – Orient 6–1 (28 September 1971) Cardiff – Charlton Athletic 6–1 (23 October 1971) Blackpool – Charlton Athletic 5–0 (29 April 1972) Blackpool – Watford 5–0 (1 January 1972) Orient – Sunderland 5–0 (8 January 1972) Sunderland –Watford 5–0 (17 April 1972)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Wednesday – Bristol City 1–5 (21 April 1972)
Highest scoring	Birmingham – Portsmouth 6–3 (8 January 1972) Portsmouth –Fulham 6–3 (23 October 1971)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norwich City	42	13	8	0	40	16	8	7	6	20	20	60	36	1.667	+24	57
2	Birmingham City	42	15	6	0	46	14	4	12	5	14	17	60	31	1.935	+29	56
3	Millwall	42	14	7	0	38	17	5	10	6	26	29	64	46	1.391	+18	55
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	4	1	39	9	4	10	7	18	19	57	28	2.036	+29	54
5	Sunderland	42	11	7	3	42	24	6	9	6	25	33	67	57	1.175	+10	50
6	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	43	16	8	1	12	27	34	70	50	1.400	+20	47
7	Burnley	42	13	4	4	43	22	7	2	12	27	33	70	55	1.273	+15	46
8	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	43	22	4	7	10	18	27	61	49	1.245	+12	46
9	Middlesbrough	42	16	4	1	31	11	3	4	14	19	37	50	48	1.042	+2	46
10	Carlisle United	42	12	6	3	38	22	5	3	13	23	35	61	57	1.070	+4	43
11	Swindon Town	42	10	6	5	29	16	5	6	10	18	31	47	47	1.000	±0	42
12	Hull City	42	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	13	16	32	49	53	0.925	–4	38
13	Luton Town	42	7	8	6	25	24	3	10	8	18	24	43	48	0.896	–5	38
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	7	3	33	22	2	5	14	18	36	51	58	0.879	–7	38
15	Oxford United	42	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	13	15	38	43	55	0.782	–12	38
16	Portsmouth	42	9	7	5	31	26	3	6	12	28	42	59	68	0.868	–9	37
17	Orient	42	12	4	5	32	19	2	5	14	18	42	50	61	0.820	–11	37
18	Preston North End	42	11	4	6	32	21	1	8	12	20	37	52	58	0.897	–6	36
19	Cardiff City	42	9	7	5	37	25	1	7	13	19	44	56	69	0.812	–13	34
20	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	20	2	3	16	16	48	45	68	0.662	–23	34
21	Charlton Athletic	42	9	7	5	33	25	3	2	16	22	52	55	77	0.714	–22	33
22	Watford	42	5	5	11	15	25	0	4	17	9	50	24	75	0.320	–53	19

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Fulham !FUL	Hull City !HUL	Luton Town !LUT	Middlesbrough !MID	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Orient !ORI	Oxford United !OXF	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Sunderland !SUN	Swindon Town !SWI	Watford !WAT
Birmingham City !Birmingham City		2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	6–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	4–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–1		1–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	5–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	1–0	4–0		0–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	5–3	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1
Burnley !Burnley	1–1	2–1	1–1		3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	5–3	0–1	1–2	3–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	0–0	3–4	2–3	2–2		3–1	6–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	5–2	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	2–0
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–1		5–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1		2–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–0
Fulham !Fulham	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–3	0–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	4–0	0–0	2–4	3–0
Hull City !Hull City	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	4–0		0–0	4–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–0
Luton Town !Luton Town	0–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1		3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1
Millwall !Millwall	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–0		2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–2
Norwich City !Norwich City	2–2	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2		0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Orient !Orient	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2		1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–3	5–0	0–1	1–0
Oxford United !Oxford United	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–1		2–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	6–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0		1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–2
Preston North End !Preston North End	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0		1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	1–2	1–5	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	4–3	0–1	2–0		1–0	5–0
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–0
Watford !Watford	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1971–1972 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1971–1972

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Aston Villa (1st title)
Promoted	Brighton & Hove Albion
Relegated	Barnsley, Bradford City, Mansfield Town, Torquay United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1407 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted MacDougall (Bournemouth), 35 ^[3]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Aston Villa	46	20	1	2	45	10	12	5	6	40	22	85	32	2.656	+53	70
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	5	3	39	18	12	6	5	43	29	82	47	1.745	+35	65
3	Bournemouth	46	16	6	1	43	13	7	10	6	30	24	73	37	1.973	+36	62
4	Notts County	46	16	3	4	42	19	9	9	5	32	25	74	44	1.682	+30	62
5	Rotherham United	46	12	8	3	46	25	8	7	8	23	27	69	52	1.327	+17	55
6	Bristol Rovers	46	17	2	4	54	26	4	10	9	21	30	75	56	1.339	+19	54
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	11	8	4	25	13	6	8	9	26	28	51	41	1.244	+10	50
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	6	4	43	26	7	4	12	31	38	74	64	1.156	+10	50
9	Walsall	46	12	8	3	38	16	3	10	10	24	41	62	57	1.088	+5	48
10	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	4	5	39	22	5	5	13	15	35	54	57	0.947	–3	47
11	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	37	35	6	7	10	22	28	59	63	0.937	–4	45
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	5	5	50	29	4	5	14	23	36	73	65	1.123	+8	44
13	Chesterfield	46	10	5	8	25	23	8	3	12	32	34	57	57	1.000	±0	44
14	Swansea City	46	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	12	19	38	46	59	0.780	–13	44
15	Port Vale	46	10	10	3	27	21	3	5	15	16	38	43	59	0.729	–16	41
16	Wrexham	46	10	5	8	33	26	6	3	14	26	37	59	63	0.937	–4	40	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 First round
17	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	31	22	2	6	15	17	39	48	61	0.787	–13	38
18	Rochdale	46	11	7	5	35	26	1	6	16	22	57	57	83	0.687	–26	37
19	York City	46	8	8	7	32	22	4	4	15	25	44	57	66	0.864	–9	36
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	7	7	34	30	1	9	13	16	41	50	71	0.704	–21	36
21	Mansfield Town	46	5	12	6	19	26	3	8	12	22	37	41	63	0.651	–22	36
22	Barnsley	46	6	10	7	23	30	3	8	12	9	34	32	64	0.500	–32	36
23	Torquay United	46	8	6	9	31	31	2	6	15	10	38	41	69	0.594	–28	32
24	Bradford City	46	6	8	9	27	32	5	2	16	18	45	45	77	0.584	–32	32

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Barnsley !BAR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Bradford City !BRA	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Chesterfield !CHF	Halifax Town !HAL	Mansfield Town !MAN	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Port Vale !PTV	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham United !ROT	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Swansea City !SWA	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		2–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Barnsley !Barnsley	0–4		0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–1	4–0		0–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	2–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	3–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1		3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–2
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	7–1	2–2		3–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–4
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	0–4	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–3		2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–5	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–1	3–1
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–5	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Notts County !Notts County	0–3	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–4	3–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	0–6	6–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–4	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	1–0
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0		0–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	4–0
Port Vale !Port Vale	4–4	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–3
Rochdale !Rochdale	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2		2–1	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–4	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–3	3–0	5–1		2–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	1–1	1–0	7–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	3–5	2–2	3–4	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1
Swansea City !Swansea City	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1
Torquay United !Torquay United	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–4		0–1	2–2	2–3	0–1
Tranmere !Tranmere	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	2–0		3–3	2–1	2–0
Walsall !Walsall	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	4–1		2–1	2–1
Wrexham !Wrexham	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–1		2–0
York City !York City	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–1

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1971–1972

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Grimsby Town (1st title)
Promoted	Brentford, Scunthorpe United, Southend United
Failed re-election	Barrow
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1496 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Price (Peterborough United), 28 ^[3]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	18	3	2	61	26	10	4	9	27	30	88	56	1.571	+32	63
2	Southend United	46	18	2	3	56	26	6	10	7	25	29	81	55	1.473	+26	60
3	Brentford	46	16	2	5	52	21	8	9	6	24	23	76	44	1.727	+32	59
4	Scunthorpe United	46	13	8	2	34	15	9	5	9	22	22	56	37	1.514	+19	57
5	Lincoln City	46	17	5	1	46	15	4	9	10	31	44	77	59	1.305	+18	56
6	Workington	46	12	9	2	34	7	4	10	9	16	27	50	34	1.471	+16	51
7	Southport	46	15	5	3	48	21	3	9	11	18	25	66	46	1.435	+20	50
8	Peterborough United	46	14	6	3	51	24	3	10	10	31	40	82	64	1.281	+16	50
9	Bury	46	16	4	3	55	22	3	8	12	18	37	73	59	1.237	+14	50
10	Cambridge United	46	11	8	4	38	22	6	6	11	24	38	62	60	1.033	+2	48
11	Colchester United	46	13	6	4	38	23	6	4	13	32	46	70	69	1.014	+1	48
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	35	24	5	6	12	21	39	56	63	0.889	–7	46
13	Gillingham	46	11	5	7	33	24	5	8	10	28	43	61	67	0.910	–6	45
14	Newport County	46	13	5	5	34	20	5	3	15	26	52	60	72	0.833	–12	44
15	Exeter City	46	11	5	7	40	30	5	6	12	21	38	61	68	0.897	–7	43
16	Reading	46	14	3	6	37	26	3	5	15	19	50	56	76	0.737	–20	42
17	Aldershot	46	5	13	5	27	20	4	9	10	21	34	48	54	0.889	–6	40
18	Hartlepool	46	14	2	7	39	25	3	4	16	19	44	58	69	0.841	–11	40
19	Darlington	46	9	9	5	37	24	5	2	16	27	58	64	82	0.780	–18	39
20	Chester	46	10	11	2	34	16	0	7	16	13	40	47	56	0.839	–9	38
21	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	43	27	4	4	15	23	52	66	79	0.835	–13	37
22	Barrow	46	8	8	7	23	26	5	3	15	17	45	40	71	0.563	–31	37
23	Stockport County	46	7	10	6	33	32	2	4	17	22	55	55	87	0.632	–32	32
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	4	10	27	25	1	5	17	16	44	43	69	0.623	–26	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Barrow !BRW	Brentford !BRE	Bury !BRY	Cambridge United !CAM	Chester !CHR	Colchester United !COL	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hartlepool United !HAR	Lincoln City !LIN	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Peterborough United !PET	Reading !REA	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Southend !STD	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Workington !WRK
Aldershot !Aldershot		1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–2
Barrow !Barrow	1–1		0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	2–0
Brentford !Brentford	1–1	4–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	6–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	6–1	5–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0
Bury !Bury	3–1	4–0	0–2		0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	3–3	4–3	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–0
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2		2–0	4–2	3–2	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–5	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Chester !Chester	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Colchester United !Colchester United	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		4–2	4–3	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	5–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–4		1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–0
Darlington !Darlington	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1		4–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–3	0–0	5–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	4–0
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	2–1	0–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	1–0	7–1	0–1	3–2	3–4	1–1	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–0		1–1	3–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–2
Gillingham !Gillingham	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–2	2–0	0–2		0–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	3–3	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1		3–2	2–2	4–2	4–2	3–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	1–1
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	0–1	4–3	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1		2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	5–0	1–3
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	2–2	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		3–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Newport County !Newport County	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	6–1	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–1		1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	0–0	7–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–4	3–1	1–0		3–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1
Reading !Reading	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	0–0
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0
Southend !Southend	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–4	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–3		2–1	4–2	2–0
Southport !Southport	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	4–3	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	2–4	5–2	1–1	0–1		1–0	2–2
Stockport County !Stockport County	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	4–4	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1		1–1
Workington !Workington	5–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1971–1972

External links

Season 1971-72 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups

References

↑ "England 1971–72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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1971–72 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

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Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Halifax Town Mansfield Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)

« 1970–71 1972–73 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Estonia '71 '72 Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Latvia '71 '72 Lithuania '71 '72 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

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1971–72 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

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Second Division results

Second Division maps

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Third Division results

Third Division maps

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Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

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