1971–72 Football League 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 2010 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	Francis Lee (Manchester City), 33 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Everton – Southampton 8–0 (20 Nov 1971)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United – Arsenal 0–5 (29 Jan 1972)
Highest scoring	Everton – Southampton 8–0 (20 Nov 1971)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

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

Overview

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	69	33	2.091	+ 36	58
2	Leeds United	42	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	73	31	2.355	+ 42	57
3	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	64	30	2.133	+ 30	57
4	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	77	45	1.711	+ 32	57
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
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
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

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.

Team locations

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1971–1972 teams

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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Francis Lee	Manchester City	33
2	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	25
3	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	23
=	Malcolm Macdonald	Newcastle United	23
4	George Best	Manchester United	18
=	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest / Manchester United	18
=	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	18
5	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	17
=	Clyde Best	West Ham United	17

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

1971–72 in English football

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FA competitions

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European competitions

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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

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