# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1971/72

1971/72 was het 74ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Derby County werd voor het eerst landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Derby County | Leeds United |
| Second Division | Norwich City | Birmingham City |
| Third Division | Aston Villa | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Fourth Division | Grimsby Town | Southend United |
| FA Cup | Leeds United | Arsenal |
| League Cup | Stoke City | Chelsea |
| Charity Shield | Leicester City | Liverpool |
| Home Championship | Shared by Engeland and Schotland | Shared by Engeland and Schotland |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Derby County | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 33 | 2.091 | 58 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 31 | 2.355 | 57 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 30 | 2.133 | 57 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 81 | 0.580 | 25 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 59 | 0.458 | 25 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | CHE | COV | CPA | DER | EVE | HUD | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NOT | SHE | SOT | STO | 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 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Norwich City | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 60 | 36 | 1.667 | 57 |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 1.935 | 56 |
| 3 | Millwall | 42 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 64 | 46 | 1.391 | 55 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 57 | 28 | 2.036 | 54 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 67 | 57 | 1.175 | 50 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 47 |
| 7 | Burnley | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 70 | 55 | 1.273 | 46 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 49 | 1.245 | 46 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 48 | 1.042 | 46 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 43 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 1.000 | 42 |
| 12 | Hull City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 53 | 0.925 | 38 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 38 |
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 38 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 55 | 0.782 | 38 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 68 | 0.868 | 37 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 61 | 0.820 | 37 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 36 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 56 | 69 | 0.812 | 34 |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 68 | 0.662 | 34 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 77 | 0.714 | 33 |
| 22 | Watford | 42 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 75 | 0.320 | 19 |

## Third Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 46 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 85 | 32 | 2.656 | 70 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 47 | 1.745 | 65 |
| 3 | Bournemouth | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 37 | 1.973 | 62 |
| 4 | Notts County | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 1.682 | 62 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 52 | 1.327 | 55 |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 75 | 56 | 1.339 | 54 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 50 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | 50 |
| 9 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 | 48 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 57 | 0.947 | 47 |
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 45 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 73 | 65 | 1.123 | 44 |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 1.000 | 44 |
| 14 | Swansea City | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 59 | 0.780 | 44 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 59 | 0.729 | 41 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 40 |
| 17 | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 61 | 0.787 | 38 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 57 | 83 | 0.687 | 37 |
| 19 | York City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 57 | 66 | 0.864 | 36 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 50 | 71 | 0.704 | 36 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 0.651 | 36 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 64 | 0.500 | 36 |
| 23 | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 69 | 0.594 | 32 |
| 24 | Bradford City | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 77 | 0.584 | 32 |

## Fourth Division

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