1971–72 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Norwich City (1st title)
Promoted	Birmingham City
Relegated	Charlton Athletic,; Watford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,194 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Latchford (Birmingham City), 23
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 City – Portsmouth 6–3 (8 January 1972); Portsmouth – Fulham 6–3 (23 October 1971)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Derby County (1st English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town,; Nottingham Forest
European Cup	Derby County
FA Cup winners; Cup Winners' Cup	Leeds United (1st title)
UEFA Cup	Liverpool, ; Manchester City,; Stoke City ; Tottenham Hotspur
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,160 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Francis Lee (Manchester City), 33
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 →

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

The 1971–72 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, Liverpool and Manchester City to win a four-horse race, with only a single point separating them. There were later bribery allegations from The Sun newspaper regarding Leeds manager Don Revie and Leeds' final opponents Wolverhampton Wanderers.^{[citation needed]} 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 until their promotion in 2016-17, 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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.091	58	European Cup
2	Leeds United	42	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	2.355	57	European Cup Winners' Cup
3	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	2.133	57	UEFA Cup
4	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57	UEFA Cup
5	Arsenal	42	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	1.450	52
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	1.500	51	UEFA Cup^[a]
7	Chelsea	42	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	1.184	48
8	Manchester United	42	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.131	48
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	1.140	47
10	Sheffield United	42	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.017	46
11	Newcastle United	42	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	0.942	41
12	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	0.891	39
13	Ipswich Town	42	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	0.736	38
14	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	0.922	36
15	Everton	42	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	0.771	36
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	0.778	35
17	Stoke City	42	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	0.696	35	UEFA Cup^[b]
18	Coventry City	42	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	0.657	33
19	Southampton	42	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	0.650	31
20	Crystal Palace	42	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	0.600	29
21	Nottingham Forest	42	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	0.580	25	Relegated
22	Huddersfield Town	42	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	0.458	25	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

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

Results[]

Home \ Away	ARS	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	HUD	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SHU	SOU	STK	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
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	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	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	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	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	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	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		0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
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	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2		2–2		2–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	5–1	6–1		7–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0
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	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	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	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	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	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	0–5	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–4	1–1		7–0		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	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	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
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	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		1–1		0–0	2–3
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	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		2–2	0–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham

West Ham

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

Arsenal

Chelsea

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Everton

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield United

Southampton

Stoke

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1971–1972 teams

Second Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norwich City	42	13	8	0	40	16	8	7	6	20	20	1.667	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Birmingham City	42	15	6	0	46	14	4	12	5	14	17	1.935	56	Promoted
3	Millwall	42	14	7	0	38	17	5	10	6	26	29	1.391	55
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	4	1	39	9	4	10	7	18	19	2.036	54
5	Sunderland	42	11	7	3	42	24	6	9	6	25	33	1.175	50
6	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	43	16	8	1	12	27	34	1.400	47
7	Burnley	42	13	4	4	43	22	7	2	12	27	33	1.273	46
8	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	43	22	4	7	10	18	27	1.245	46
9	Middlesbrough	42	16	4	1	31	11	3	4	14	19	37	1.042	46
10	Carlisle United	42	12	6	3	38	22	5	3	13	23	35	1.070	43
11	Swindon Town	42	10	6	5	29	16	5	6	10	18	31	1.000	42
12	Hull City	42	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	13	16	32	0.925	38
13	Luton Town	42	7	8	6	25	24	3	10	8	18	24	0.896	38
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	7	3	33	22	2	5	14	18	36	0.879	38
15	Oxford United	42	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	13	15	38	0.782	38
16	Portsmouth	42	9	7	5	31	26	3	6	12	28	42	0.868	37
17	Orient	42	12	4	5	32	19	2	5	14	18	42	0.820	37
18	Preston North End	42	11	4	6	32	21	1	8	12	20	37	0.897	36
19	Cardiff City	42	9	7	5	37	25	1	7	13	19	44	0.812	34
20	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	20	2	3	16	16	48	0.662	34
21	Charlton Athletic	42	9	7	5	33	25	3	2	16	22	52	0.714	33	Relegated
22	Watford	42	5	5	11	15	25	0	4	17	9	50	0.320	19	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	BIR	BLP	BRI	BUR	CAR	CRL	CHA	FUL	HUL	LUT	MID	MIL	NWC	ORI	OXF	POR	PNE	QPR	SHW	SUN	SWI	WAT
Birmingham		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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	4–0		0–0		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–0
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	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0		0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2		2–0	2–0	2–1
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	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	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	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		0–0
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	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	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	1–2	1–2	1–5	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2		1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–1
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	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		3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–0
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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Orient

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

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

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bristol City

Burnley

Carlisle United

Cardiff City

Charlton

Fulham

Hull

Orient

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Oxford

Portsmouth

Preston North End

QPR

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1971–1972 teams

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	1,407 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted MacDougall (AFC Bournemouth), 35 ^[3]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aston Villa	46	20	1	2	45	10	12	5	6	40	22	2.656	70	Division Champions, promoted
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	5	3	39	18	12	6	5	43	29	1.745	65	Promoted
3	Bournemouth	46	16	6	1	43	13	7	10	6	30	24	1.973	62
4	Notts County	46	16	3	4	42	19	9	9	5	32	25	1.682	62
5	Rotherham United	46	12	8	3	46	25	8	7	8	23	27	1.327	55
6	Bristol Rovers	46	17	2	4	54	26	4	10	9	21	30	1.339	54
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	11	8	4	25	13	6	8	9	26	28	1.244	50
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	6	4	43	26	7	4	12	31	38	1.156	50
9	Walsall	46	12	8	3	38	16	3	10	10	24	41	1.088	48
10	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	4	5	39	22	5	5	13	15	35	0.947	47
11	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	37	35	6	7	10	22	28	0.937	45
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	5	5	50	29	4	5	14	23	36	1.123	44
13	Chesterfield	46	10	5	8	25	23	8	3	12	32	34	1.000	44
14	Swansea City	46	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	12	19	38	0.780	44
15	Port Vale	46	10	10	3	27	21	3	5	15	16	38	0.729	41
16	Wrexham	46	10	5	8	33	26	6	3	14	26	37	0.937	40	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup: First round
17	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	31	22	2	6	15	17	39	0.787	38
18	Rochdale	46	11	7	5	35	26	1	6	16	22	57	0.687	37
19	York City	46	8	8	7	32	22	4	4	15	25	44	0.864	36
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	7	7	34	30	1	9	13	16	41	0.704	36
21	Mansfield Town	46	5	12	6	19	26	3	8	12	22	37	0.651	36	Relegated
22	Barnsley	46	6	10	7	23	30	3	8	12	9	34	0.500	36
23	Torquay United	46	8	6	9	31	31	2	6	15	10	38	0.594	32
24	Bradford City	46	6	8	9	27	32	5	2	16	18	45	0.584	32

Source: rsssf.com

Results[]

Home \ Away	AST	BAR	BLB	BOL	B&BA	BRA	B&HA	BRR	CHF	HAL	MAN	NTC	OLD	PLY	PTV	ROC	ROT	SHR	SWA	TOR	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
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	1–2	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–0		2–0	1–0
Barnsley	0–4		0–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–0	1–4		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–3		1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–1
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	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	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	0–1		1–2	0–3	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–2		2–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1		2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2
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	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	0–4	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–3		2–1		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	0–1		0–1	0–1	1–0		0–5	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2		0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–1
Mansfield Town	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–5	1–1	0–3	0–0		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	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	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	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		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		1–0	4–3
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	0–2		2–1	2–0	0–0		2–4	0–0	0–1		3–1	2–2	3–1	4–3	3–0	5–1		2–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2
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	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		2–1
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	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		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		3–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	4–1		2–1	2–1
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		1–2		3–1		2–0
York City	0–1		0–1	0–0	0–2		1–2	0–0	4–1		1–2	0–2	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Aston Villa

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove

Bradford City

Bristol Rovers

Chesterfield

Halifax Town

Mansfield Town

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Rochdale

Rotherham

Shrewsbury

Swansea City

Tranmere

Torquay

Walsall

Wrexham

York City

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	1,496 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Price (Peterborough United), 28 ^[3]
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grimsby Town	46	18	3	2	61	26	10	4	9	27	30	1.571	63	Division Champions, promoted
2	Southend United	46	18	2	3	56	26	6	10	7	25	29	1.473	60	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	16	2	5	52	21	8	9	6	24	23	1.727	59
4	Scunthorpe United	46	13	8	2	34	15	9	5	9	22	22	1.514	57
5	Lincoln City	46	17	5	1	46	15	4	9	10	31	44	1.305	56
6	Workington	46	12	9	2	34	7	4	10	9	16	27	1.471	51
7	Southport	46	15	5	3	48	21	3	9	11	18	25	1.435	50
8	Peterborough United	46	14	6	3	51	24	3	10	10	31	40	1.281	50
9	Bury	46	16	4	3	55	22	3	8	12	18	37	1.237	50
10	Cambridge United	46	11	8	4	38	22	6	6	11	24	38	1.033	48
11	Colchester United	46	13	6	4	38	23	6	4	13	32	46	1.014	48
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	35	24	5	6	12	21	39	0.889	46
13	Gillingham	46	11	5	7	33	24	5	8	10	28	43	0.910	45
14	Newport County	46	13	5	5	34	20	5	3	15	26	52	0.833	44
15	Exeter City	46	11	5	7	40	30	5	6	12	21	38	0.897	43
16	Reading	46	14	3	6	37	26	3	5	15	19	50	0.737	42
17	Aldershot	46	5	13	5	27	20	4	9	10	21	34	0.889	40
18	Hartlepool	46	14	2	7	39	25	3	4	16	19	44	0.841	40
19	Darlington	46	9	9	5	37	24	5	2	16	27	58	0.780	39
20	Chester	46	10	11	2	34	16	0	7	16	13	40	0.839	38
21	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	43	27	4	4	15	23	52	0.835	37	Re-elected
22	Barrow	46	8	8	7	23	26	5	3	15	17	45	0.563	37	Failed re-election
23	Stockport County	46	7	10	6	33	32	2	4	17	22	55	0.632	32	Re-elected
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	4	10	27	25	1	5	17	16	44	0.623	29	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Results[]

Home \ Away	ALD	BRW	BRE	BRY	CAM	CHE	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	GIL	GRI	HAR	LIN	NPC	NOR	PET	REA	SCU	STD	SOU	STP	WRK
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Barrow

Bury

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Hartlepool

Lincoln City

Newport County

Northampton Town

Peterborough

Reading

Scunthorpe United

Southport

Stockport

Southend

Workington

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1971–1972

References[]

^ "England 1971–72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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

External links[]

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

[table_note_res_UC1b0.88101061567711-4] Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup as winners of the inaugural competition in 1971–72.

[table_note_res_UC1c0.88101061567711-5] Stoke City qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup by winning the 1972 League Cup.

[rsssf-1] "England 1971–72". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[Rothmans-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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1971–72 Football League

Contents

Final league tables and results[]

First Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Second Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Third Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Fourth Division[]

Results[]

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See also[]

References[]

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