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1971–72 Football League First Division

April 12, 2024

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1971–72 season.

Overview edit

Derby County won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season. Derby's first ever First Division title was confirmed on May 8, after title challengers Liverpool and Leeds United failed to win their final games at Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively. On April 26, Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest were relegated after Crystal Palace beat Stoke City 2-0 at Selhurst Park to ensure their survival.

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Derby County (C) 42 24 10 8 69 33 2.091 58 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Leeds United 42 24 9 9 73 31 2.355 57 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Liverpool 42 24 9 9 64 30 2.133 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Manchester City 42 23 11 8 77 45 1.711 57
5 Arsenal 42 22 8 12 58 40 1.450 52
6 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 13 10 63 42 1.500 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
7 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 58 49 1.184 48
8 Manchester United 42 19 10 13 69 61 1.131 48
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 18 11 13 65 57 1.140 47 Qualification for the Watney Cup[c]
10 Sheffield United 42 17 12 13 61 60 1.017 46
11 Newcastle United 42 15 11 16 49 52 0.942 41
12 Leicester City 42 13 13 16 41 46 0.891 39
13 Ipswich Town 42 11 16 15 39 53 0.736 38
14 West Ham United 42 12 12 18 47 51 0.922 36
15 Everton 42 9 18 15 37 48 0.771 36
16 West Bromwich Albion 42 12 11 19 42 54 0.778 35
17 Stoke City 42 10 15 17 39 56 0.696 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
18 Coventry City 42 9 15 18 44 67 0.657 33
19 Southampton 42 12 7 23 52 80 0.650 31
20 Crystal Palace 42 8 13 21 39 65 0.600 29
21 Nottingham Forest (R) 42 8 9 25 47 81 0.580 25 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Huddersfield Town (R) 42 6 13 23 27 59 0.458 25
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Leeds United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1971-72 FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1971-72 UEFA Cup winners.
  3. ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

Results edit

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 0–0 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 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 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 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 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 0–0 0–1
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 0–1 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 2–0 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.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Manchester United   Matt Busby End of caretaker spell 6 June 1971 Pre-season   Frank O'Farrell 6 June 1971
Leicester City   Frank O'Farrell Signed by Manchester United 6 June 1971   Jimmy Bloomfield 23 June 1971
West Bromwich Albion   Alan Ashman Sacked 1 July 1971   Don Howe 8 July 1971
Manchester City   Joe Mercer Resigned 7 October 1971 4th   Malcolm Allison 7 October 1971
Coventry City   Noel Cantwell Sacked 12 March 1972 18th   Bob Dennison (caretaker) 12 March 1972


Team locations edit

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

Top scorers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  • RSSSF

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Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1971 72 season Football League First DivisionSeason1971 72ChampionsDerby County1st English titleRelegatedNottingham ForestHuddersfield TownEuropean CupDerby CountyEuropean Cup Winners CupLeeds UnitedUEFA CupLiverpoolManchester CityTottenham HotspurStoke CityWatney CupWolverhampton WanderersSheffield UnitedMatches played462Goals scored1 160 2 51 per match Top goalscorerFrancis Lee 33 goals 1 Biggest home winEverton 8 0 Southampton 20 November 1971 Biggest away winSheffield United 0 5 Arsenal 29 January 1972 Highest scoringEverton 8 0 Southampton 20 November 1971 1970 711972 73 Contents 1 Overview 2 League standings 3 Results 4 Managerial changes 5 Team locations 6 Top scorers 7 ReferencesOverview editDerby County won the First Division title for the first time in the club s history that season Derby s first ever First Division title was confirmed on May 8 after title challengers Liverpool and Leeds United failed to win their final games at Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively On April 26 Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest were relegated after Crystal Palace beat Stoke City 2 0 at Selhurst Park to ensure their survival League standings editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation1 Derby County C 42 24 10 8 69 33 2 091 58 Qualification for the European Cup first round2 Leeds United 42 24 9 9 73 31 2 355 57 Qualification for the European Cup Winners Cup first round a 3 Liverpool 42 24 9 9 64 30 2 133 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round4 Manchester City 42 23 11 8 77 45 1 711 575 Arsenal 42 22 8 12 58 40 1 450 526 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 13 10 63 42 1 500 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round b 7 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 58 49 1 184 488 Manchester United 42 19 10 13 69 61 1 131 489 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 18 11 13 65 57 1 140 47 Qualification for the Watney Cup c 10 Sheffield United 42 17 12 13 61 60 1 017 4611 Newcastle United 42 15 11 16 49 52 0 942 4112 Leicester City 42 13 13 16 41 46 0 891 3913 Ipswich Town 42 11 16 15 39 53 0 736 3814 West Ham United 42 12 12 18 47 51 0 922 3615 Everton 42 9 18 15 37 48 0 771 3616 West Bromwich Albion 42 12 11 19 42 54 0 778 3517 Stoke City 42 10 15 17 39 56 0 696 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round18 Coventry City 42 9 15 18 44 67 0 657 3319 Southampton 42 12 7 23 52 80 0 650 3120 Crystal Palace 42 8 13 21 39 65 0 600 2921 Nottingham Forest R 42 8 9 25 47 81 0 580 25 Relegation to the Second Division22 Huddersfield Town R 42 6 13 23 27 59 0 458 25Source World FootballRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal average 3 Goals scored C Champions R RelegatedNotes Leeds United qualified for the European Cup Winners Cup as the 1971 72 FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1971 72 UEFA Cup winners Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn t already qualified for a European competition Results editHome Away ARS CHE COV CRY DER EVE HUD IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SHU SOU STK TOT WBA WHU WOLArsenal 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 1Chelsea 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 1Coventry 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 0Crystal 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 2Derby 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 1Everton 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 2Huddersfield 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 1Ipswich 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 1Leeds 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 0Leicester 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 2Liverpool 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 2Manchester 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 2Manchester 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 3Newcastle 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 0Nottingham 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 3Sheffield 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 2Southampton 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 2Stoke 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 1Tottenham 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 1West 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 3West 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 0Wolverhampton 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 0Updated 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 amp Sydney 1980 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Managerial changes editTeam Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentManchester United nbsp Matt Busby End of caretaker spell 6 June 1971 Pre season nbsp Frank O Farrell 6 June 1971Leicester City nbsp Frank O Farrell Signed by Manchester United 6 June 1971 nbsp Jimmy Bloomfield 23 June 1971West Bromwich Albion nbsp Alan Ashman Sacked 1 July 1971 nbsp Don Howe 8 July 1971Manchester City nbsp Joe Mercer Resigned 7 October 1971 4th nbsp Malcolm Allison 7 October 1971Coventry City nbsp Noel Cantwell Sacked 12 March 1972 18th nbsp Bob Dennison caretaker 12 March 1972Team locations edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp ArsenalChelseaCoventryCrystal PalaceDerby CountyEvertonHuddersfieldIpswich TownLeeds UnitedLeicester CityLiverpoolManchester CityManchester UnitedNewcastleNottingham ForestSheffield UnitedSouthamptonStokeTottenhamWest Bromwich AlbionWest HamWolverhampton Wanderersclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division 1971 1972 teams nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp ArsenalChelseaCrystal PalaceTottenhamWest Hamclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1971 1972Top scorers editRank Player Club Goals1 nbsp Francis Lee Manchester City 332 nbsp Martin Chivers Tottenham Hotspur 253 nbsp Peter Lorimer Leeds United 23 nbsp Malcolm Macdonald Newcastle United 234 nbsp George Best Manchester United 18 nbsp Ian Storey Moore Nottingham Forest Manchester United 18 nbsp Peter Osgood Chelsea 185 nbsp Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 17 nbsp Clyde Best West Ham United 17References edit English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF Retrieved 2010 10 31 RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 72 Football League First Division amp oldid 1160978773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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