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SEASON: 1971-72

Prev Season: 1970-71
This Season: 1971-72
Next Season: 1972-73

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Millwall (A) 1-3)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Chelsea (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (14 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	22 times	10 times		2 times	1 time
Conceded	12 times	12 times	8 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	5 times	1 time	1 time	2 times
Lost By	13 times	9 times	2 times	1 time	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 42,750
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,205
Average League Attendance:: 21,954
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,811
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 16,811

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Derby County	42	24	10	8	69	33	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	2.091	58		0-2	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	2.355	57		0-2	1-6
3	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	2.133	57		2-3	1-3
4	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	1.711	57		2-2	2-2
5	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	1.450	52		1-1	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	1.500	51		0-1	1-6
7	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	1.184	48		2-1	0-2
8	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	1.131	48		0-0	2-3
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	1.140	47		1-3	2-4
10	Sheffield United	42	17	12	13	61	60	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	1.017	46		2-3	1-2
11	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	.942	41		1-0	1-2
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	.891	39		1-2	1-2
13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	.736	38		0-2	1-1
14	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	47	51	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	.922	36		1-0	2-4
15	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	.771	36		1-0	1-1
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	11	19	42	54	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	.778	35		4-1	0-1
17	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	.696	35		0-0	2-0
18	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	.657	33		4-0	1-1
19	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	.650	31		2-3	1-4
20	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	.600	29		0-1	1-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	.580	25
22	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	.458	25		1-2	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 14, 1971	Liverpool	A	1-3	Loss	51,427	17	Storey-Moore (?)
2	Wed Aug 18, 1971	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	-	20	Cormack (?)
3	Sat Aug 21, 1971	West Ham United	H	1-0	Win	14,350	17	Storey-Moore (?)
4	Tue Aug 24, 1971	Southampton	H	2-3	Loss	14,350	18	Martin (?), Storey-Moore (?)
5	Sat Aug 28, 1971	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	Draw	-	16	McKenzie (?)
6	Tue Aug 31, 1971	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	-	17
7	Sat Sep 04, 1971	Sheffield United	H	2-3	Loss	-	19	Martin (?), Storey-Moore (?)
8	Sat Sep 11, 1971	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	20,380	20	Cormack (?)
9	Sat Sep 18, 1971	Manchester City	H	2-2	Draw	-	18	McKenzie (?), Storey-Moore (?)
10	Sat Sep 25, 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-4	Loss	-	20	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?)
11	Sat Oct 02, 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	1-2	Loss	-	21	McKenzie (?)
12	Sat Oct 09, 1971	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	-	21	Storey-Moore (?)
13	Sat Oct 16, 1971	Liverpool	H	2-3	Loss	20,945	22	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
14	Sat Oct 23, 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-6	Loss	35,846	22	Richardson (?)
15	Tue Oct 26, 1971	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	Win	-	20	Lyons (?)
16	Sat Oct 30, 1971	Derby County	H	0-2	Loss	37,170	20
17	Sat Nov 06, 1971	Chelsea	A	0-2	Loss	25,812	21
18	Sat Nov 13, 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-1	Win	-	19	Richardson (?), McKenzie (?), Storey-Moore (?), O'Neill (?)
19	Sat Nov 20, 1971	Newcastle United	A	1-2	Loss	24,583	20	Cormack (?)
20	Sat Nov 27, 1971	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	-	20
21	Sat Dec 04, 1971	Manchester United	A	2-3	Loss	45,411	21	Cormack (?), O'Neill (?)
22	Sat Dec 11, 1971	Everton	H	1-0	Win	18,639	21	Jackson (?)
23	Sat Dec 18, 1971	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Loss	-	21	Martin (?)
24	Mon Dec 27, 1971	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	42,750	21	Storey-Moore (?)
25	Sat Jan 01, 1972	Manchester City	A	2-2	Draw	-	21	Richardson (?), Martin (?)
26	Sat Jan 08, 1972	Crystal Palace	H	0-1	Loss	-	22
27	Sat Jan 22, 1972	Leicester City	H	1-2	Loss	-	22	Storey-Moore (?)
28	Sat Jan 29, 1972	Southampton	A	1-4	Loss	17,043	22	Storey-Moore (?)
29	Sat Feb 12, 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	20,209	22
30	Sat Feb 19, 1972	Derby County	A	0-4	Loss	31,801	22
31	Sat Mar 04, 1972	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	Loss	-	22
32	Sat Mar 11, 1972	Ipswich Town	H	0-2	Loss	-	22
33	Tue Mar 14, 1972	Chelsea	H	2-1	Win	13,346	22	Gemmell (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 18, 1972	West Ham United	A	2-4	Loss	20,960	22	McKenzie (?, ?)
35	Sat Mar 25, 1972	Coventry City	H	4-0	Win	12,205	22	Gemmell (?), Richardson (?, ?), McKenzie (?)
36	Mon Mar 27, 1972	Leeds United	A	1-6	Loss	-	22	Cormack (?)
37	Sat Apr 01, 1972	Arsenal	A	0-3	Loss	33,895	22
38	Sat Apr 08, 1972	Newcastle United	H	1-0	Win	12,470	22	Cormack (?)
39	Mon Apr 10, 1972	Stoke City	A	2-0	Win	-	22	Gemmell (?), McIntosh (?)
40	Sat Apr 22, 1972	Manchester United	H	0-0	Draw	35,063	21
41	Tue Apr 25, 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-3	Loss	-	21	Gemmell (?)
42	Tue May 02, 1972	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	21,513	21	Cormack (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 15, 1972	Millwall	3			A	1-3	Loss	-	Richardson (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 07, 1971	Aldershot	2			H	5-1	Win	-	Fraser (?), McKenzie (?, ?), Martin (?), Cormack (?)
Wed Oct 06, 1971	Chelsea	3			H	1-1	Draw	16,811	McKenzie (?)
Mon Oct 11, 1971	Chelsea	3	Y	1	A	1-2	Loss	24,817	Storey-Moore (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 10, 1972	Notts County		A	0-3	Loss	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 03, 1971	Kaiserslautern	Germany	A	0-1	Loss	-
Thu Aug 05, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	A	2-1	Win	-	Richardson (?), Martin (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 07, 1971	Hannover 96	Germany	H	3-2	Win	-	Storey-Moore (?), Martin (?, ?)
Mon Nov 08, 1971	Notts County	England	A	2-0	Win	-	O'Neill (?), Storey-Moore (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Eric Hulme	6	1		5
GK		Jim Barron	40	8	10	22
D		Tommy Gemmell	19	4	3	12	5
M		David Serella	8	3	2	3
M		Doug Fraser	39	8	9	22	1
M		James McCaffrey										2
M		John Cottam	18	4	2	12
M		Liam O'Kane	25	5	6	14
F		Alan Buckley	9	4		5						1
F		Barry Lyons	22	3	3	16	1
F		Duncan McKenzie	35	8	8	19	10					2
F		Ian Storey-Moore	34	5	8	21	14
F		Jim McIntosh	12	3	2	7	1					3
F		John Robertson	12	3		9						1
F		John Winfield	20	2	7	11
F		Martin O'Neill	10	2	1	7	2					6
F		Neil Martin	26	4	9	13	6					2
F		Paul Richardson	34	7	5	22	6					2
F		Peter Cormack	34	7	8	19	8
F		Peter Hindley	44	9	10	25
F		Ronnie Rees	7	1	2	4						1
F		Sammy Chapman	38	6	8	24
F		Tommy Jackson	14	2	7	5	1					3
		Thomas White										1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	Ian Storey-Moore	34
10	Duncan McKenzie	35
8	Peter Cormack	34
6	Neil Martin	26
6	Paul Richardson	34
5	Tommy Gemmell	19
2	Martin O'Neill	10
1	Barry Lyons	22
1	Doug Fraser	39
1	Jim McIntosh	12
1	Tommy Jackson	14

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season