Season 1971-72

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1972						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Leeds United	1	0	Arsenal	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Clarke

FA Cup 3/4 Place play off 1972						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Birmingham City	0	0	Stoke City	D 1	St Andrew's, Birmingham	25,841	aet 4-3p


FA Cup Semi-Finals 1972						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Leeds United	3	0	Birmingham City	D 2	Hillsborough, Sheffield	55,000
	Jones 2, Lorimer
D 1	Arsenal	1	1	Stoke City	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	56,576
	Armstrong			Simpson OG
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1972 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	2	1	Stoke City	D 1	Goodison Park, Liverpool	38,970
	George, Radford			Greenhoff

League Cup Final 1972						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	2	1	Chelsea	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Conroy, Eastham			Osgood

League Cup Semi-Finals 1972 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	1	2	West Ham United	D 1	Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent	36,400
	Dobing			Best, Hurst
D 1	West Ham United	0	1	Stoke City	D 1	Upton Park, London	38,771	aet agg 2-2
				Ritchie
D 1	Chelsea	3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Stamford Bridge, London	43,330
	Hollins (p), Osgood, Garland			Naylor, Chivers
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Chelsea	D 1	White Hart Lane, London	52,755	agg 4-5
	Chivers, Peters (p)			Hudson, Garland
League Cup Semi-Finals 1972 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	0	0	West Ham United	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	46,196	aet

League Cup Semi-Finals 1972 Replay 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	3	2	West Ham United	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	49,247
	Bernard, Dobing, Conroy			Bonds, Brooking

European Fairs Cup Final 1972						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Molineux, Wolverhampton	38,362
	McCalliog			Chivers 2
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	White Hart Lane, London	54,303	agg 3-2
	Mullery			Wagstaffe

Final Table for Season 1971-72

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	8	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.091	58	Rd 5	Rd 2
2	0	Leeds United	42	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	2.355	57	Win	Rd 3	UEFA Rd 1
3	2	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	2.133	57	Rd 4	Rd 4	CWC Rd 3
4	7	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57	Rd 3	Rd 3
5	-4	Arsenal	42	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	1.450	52	Final	Rd 4	EC QF
6	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	1.500	51	Rd 6	SF	UEFA W
7	-1	Chelsea	42	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	1.184	48	Rd 5	Final	CWC Rd 3
8	0	Manchester United	42	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.131	48	Rd 6	Rd 4
9	-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	1.140	47	Rd 3	Rd 2	UEFA F
10	D 2	Sheffield United	42	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.017	46	Rd 3	Rd 5
11	1	Newcastle United	42	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	0.942	41	Rd 3	Rd 3
12	D 2	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	0.891	39	Rd 4	Rd 2
13	6	Ipswich Town	42	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	0.736	38	Rd 4	Rd 2
14	6	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	0.922	36	Rd 5	SF
15	-1	Everton	42	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	0.771	36	Rd 5	Rd 2
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	0.778	35	Rd 3	Rd 2
17	-4	Stoke City	42	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	0.696	35	SF 4th	Win
18	-8	Coventry City	42	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	0.657	33	Rd 4	Rd 2
19	-12	Southampton	42	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	0.650	31	Rd 3	Rd 3	UEFA Rd 1
20	-2	Crystal Palace	42	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	0.600	29	Rd 3	Rd 3
21	-5	Nottingham Forest	42	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	0.580	25	Rd 3	Rd 3
22	-7	Huddersfield Town	42	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	0.458	25	Rd 6	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	9	Norwich City	42	13	8	0	40	16	8	7	6	20	20	1.667	57	Rd 3	Rd 5
2	7	Birmingham City	42	15	6	0	46	14	4	12	5	14	17	1.935	56	SF 3rd	Rd 2
3	5	Millwall	42	14	7	0	38	17	5	10	6	26	29	1.391	55	Rd 4	Rd 2
4	7	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	4	1	39	9	4	10	7	18	19	2.036	54	Rd 3	Rd 4
5	8	Sunderland	42	11	7	3	42	24	6	9	6	25	33	1.175	50	Rd 4	Rd 2
6	D 1	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	43	16	8	1	12	27	34	1.400	47	Rd 3	Rd 5
7	D 1	Burnley	42	13	4	4	43	22	7	2	12	27	33	1.273	46	Rd 3	Rd 3
8	11	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	43	22	4	7	10	18	27	1.245	46	Rd 3	Rd 1
9	-2	Middlesbrough	42	16	4	1	31	11	3	4	14	19	37	1.042	46	Rd 5	Rd 2
10	-6	Carlisle United	42	12	6	3	38	22	5	3	13	23	35	1.070	43	Rd 3	Rd 3
11	1	Swindon Town	42	10	6	5	29	16	5	6	10	18	31	1.000	42	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	-7	Hull City	42	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	13	16	32	0.925	38	Rd 5	Rd 2
13	-7	Luton Town	42	7	8	6	25	24	3	10	8	18	24	0.896	38	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	7	3	33	22	2	5	14	18	36	0.879	38	Rd 3	Rd 2
15	-1	Oxford United	42	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	13	15	38	0.782	38	Rd 3	Rd 3
16	0	Portsmouth	42	9	7	5	31	26	3	6	12	28	42	0.868	37	Rd 5	Rd 1
17	0	Orient	42	12	4	5	32	19	2	5	14	18	42	0.820	37	Rd 6	Rd 1
18	D 3	Preston North End	42	11	4	6	32	21	1	8	12	20	37	0.897	36	Rd 4	Rd 4
19	-16	Cardiff City	42	9	7	5	37	25	1	7	13	19	44	0.812	34	Rd 5	Rd 2	CWC Rd 1
20	D 3	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	20	2	3	16	16	48	0.662	34	Rd 4	Rd 2
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	42	9	7	5	33	25	3	2	16	22	52	0.714	33	Rd 3	Rd 3
22	-4	Watford	42	5	5	11	15	25	0	4	17	9	50	0.320	19	Rd 3	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	3	Aston Villa	46	20	1	2	45	10	12	5	6	40	22	2.656	70	Rd 1	Rd 4
2	12	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	15	5	3	39	18	12	6	5	43	29	1.745	65	Rd 2	Rd 2
3	D 4	AFC Bournemouth	46	16	6	1	43	13	7	10	6	30	24	1.973	62	Rd 3	Rd 2
4	D 4	Notts County	46	16	3	4	42	19	9	9	5	32	25	1.682	62	Rd 4	Rd 2
5	3	Rotherham United	46	12	8	3	46	25	8	7	8	23	27	1.327	55	Rd 4	Rd 1
6	0	Bristol Rovers	46	17	2	4	54	26	4	10	9	21	30	1.339	54	Rd 3	Rd 5
7	D 2	Bolton Wanderers	46	11	8	4	25	13	6	8	9	26	28	1.244	50	Rd 4	Rd 4
8	7	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	6	4	43	26	7	4	12	31	38	1.156	50	Rd 1	Rd 2
9	11	Walsall	46	12	8	3	38	16	3	10	10	24	41	1.088	48	Rd 4	Rd 1
10	D 2	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	4	5	39	22	5	5	13	15	35	0.947	47	Rd 1	Rd 2
11	D 4	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	37	35	6	7	10	22	28	0.937	45	Rd 1	Rd 2
12	1	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	5	5	50	29	4	5	14	23	36	1.123	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
13	-8	Chesterfield	46	10	5	8	25	23	8	3	12	32	34	1.000	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	-3	Swansea City	46	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	12	19	38	0.780	44	Rd 4	Rd 1
15	2	Port Vale	46	10	10	3	27	21	3	5	15	16	38	0.729	41	Rd 3	Rd 1
16	-7	Wrexham	46	10	5	8	33	26	6	3	14	26	37	0.937	40	Rd 3	Rd 1
17	-14	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	31	22	2	6	15	17	39	0.787	38	Rd 1	Rd 2
18	-2	Rochdale	46	11	7	5	35	26	1	6	16	22	57	0.687	37	Rd 1	Rd 1
19	D 4	York City	46	8	8	7	32	22	4	4	15	25	44	0.864	36	Rd 2	Rd 3
20	-2	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	7	7	34	30	1	9	13	16	41	0.704	36	Rd 4	Rd 2
21	-14	Mansfield Town	46	5	12	6	19	26	3	8	12	22	37	0.651	36	Rd 2	Rd 1
22	-10	Barnsley	46	6	10	7	23	30	3	8	12	9	34	0.500	36	Rd 2	Rd 2
23	-13	Torquay United	46	8	6	9	31	31	2	6	15	10	38	0.594	32	Rd 3	Rd 3
24	-5	Bradford City	46	6	8	9	27	32	5	2	16	18	45	0.584	32	Rd 1	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	18	Grimsby Town	46	18	3	2	61	26	10	4	9	27	30	1.571	63	Rd 1	Rd 4
2	16	Southend United	46	18	2	3	56	26	6	10	7	25	29	1.473	60	Rd 2	Rd 1
3	11	Brentford	46	16	2	5	52	21	8	9	6	24	23	1.727	59	Rd 1	Rd 1
4	13	Scunthorpe United	46	13	8	2	34	15	9	5	9	22	22	1.514	57	Rd 1	Rd 1
5	16	Lincoln City	46	17	5	1	46	15	4	9	10	31	44	1.305	56	Rd 1	Rd 3
6	4	Workington	46	12	9	2	34	7	4	10	9	16	27	1.471	51	Rd 2	Rd 1
7	1	Southport	46	15	5	3	48	21	3	9	11	18	25	1.435	50	Rd 1	Rd 2
8	8	Peterborough United	46	14	6	3	51	24	3	10	10	31	40	1.281	50	Rd 3	Rd 1
9	D 3	Bury	46	16	4	3	55	22	3	8	12	18	37	1.237	50	Rd 3	Rd 1
10	10	Cambridge United	46	11	8	4	38	22	6	6	11	24	38	1.033	48	Rd 2	Rd 1
11	-5	Colchester United	46	13	6	4	38	23	6	4	13	32	46	1.014	48	Rd 1	Rd 3
12	D 3	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	35	24	5	6	12	21	39	0.889	46	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	D 3	Gillingham	46	11	5	7	33	24	5	8	10	28	43	0.910	45	Rd 3	Rd 3
14	8	Newport County	46	13	5	5	34	20	5	3	15	26	52	0.833	44	Rd 1	Rd 1
15	-6	Exeter City	46	11	5	7	40	30	5	6	12	21	38	0.897	43	Rd 2	Rd 1
16	D 3	Reading	46	14	3	6	37	26	3	5	15	19	50	0.737	42	Rd 4	Rd 1
17	-4	Aldershot	46	5	13	5	27	20	4	9	10	21	34	0.889	40	Rd 2	Rd 2
18	5	Hartlepool	46	14	2	7	39	25	3	4	16	19	44	0.841	40	Rd 2	Rd 1
19	-7	Darlington	46	9	9	5	37	24	5	2	16	27	58	0.780	39	Rd 2	Rd 1
20	-15	Chester	46	10	11	2	34	16	0	7	16	13	40	0.839	38	Rd 1	Rd 1
21	-14	Northampton Town	46	8	9	6	43	27	4	4	15	23	52	0.835	37	Rd 2	Rd 1
22	2	Barrow	46	8	8	7	23	26	5	3	15	17	45	0.563	37	Rd 1	Rd 1
23	-12	Stockport County	46	7	10	6	33	32	2	4	17	22	55	0.632	32	Rd 2	Rd 2
24	-9	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	4	10	27	25	1	5	17	16	44	0.623	29	Rd 1	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
1972 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	Northampton Town	4,486	Rd 2	Rd 1	49	Re-Elected
D 4	Stockport County	2,477	Rd 2	Rd 2	46	Re-Elected
D 4	Crewe Alexandra	2,104	Rd 1	Rd 1	46	Re-Elected
D 4	Barrow	2,307	Rd 1	Rd 1	26	Tie
SL	Hereford United		Rd 4		26	Tie
NPL	Bradford Park Avenue		Q4		1	Failed
SL	Cambridge City		Q1		1	Failed
SL	Wimbledon		Q4		1	Failed
NPL	Bangor City		Rd 1		0	Failed
SL	Bedford Town		Q3		0	Failed
NPL	Boston United		Rd 3		0	Failed
SL	Hillingdon Borough		Rd 1		0	Failed
SL	Romford		Rd 2		0	Failed
SL	Telford United		Rd 1		0	Failed
NPL	Wigan Athletic		Rd 2		0	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Q4		0	Failed
	2nd Ballot
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
SL	Hereford United		Rd 4		29	Elected
D 4	Barrow	2,307	Rd 1	Rd 1	20	Not Re-elected