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FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1971-72

SEASON END TABLE								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	36	58	European Cup First Round		0-2	0-4
2	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	42	57	Cup Winners Cup First Round		0-2	1-6
3	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	34	57	UEFA Cup First Round		2-3	1-3
4	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	32	57	UEFA Cup First Round		2-2	2-2
5	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	18	52			1-1	0-3
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	21	51	UEFA Cup First Round		0-1	1-6
7	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	9	48			2-1	0-2
8	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	8	48			0-0	2-3
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	8	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	46			2-3	1-2
11	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	-3	41			1-0	1-2
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	-5	39			1-2	1-2
13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	-14	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	-4	36			1-0	2-4
15	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	-11	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	-12	35			4-1	0-1
17	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	-17	35			0-0	2-0
18	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	-23	33			4-0	1-1
19	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	-28	31			2-3	1-4
20	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	-26	29			0-1	1-1
21	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	-34	25	Relegated
22	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	-32	25	Relegated		1-2	1-0

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SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1971-72

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Norwich City	42	21	15	6	60	36	13	8	0	40	16	8	7	6	20	20	24	57	Promoted as Champions
2	Birmingham City	42	19	18	5	60	31	15	6	0	46	14	4	12	5	14	17	29	56	Promoted
3	Millwall	42	19	17	6	64	46	14	7	0	38	17	5	10	6	26	29	18	55
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	20	14	8	57	28	16	4	1	39	9	4	10	7	18	19	29	54
5	Sunderland	42	17	16	9	67	57	11	7	3	42	24	6	9	6	25	33	10	50
6	Blackpool	42	20	7	15	70	50	12	6	3	43	16	8	1	12	27	34	20	47
7	Burnley	42	20	6	16	70	55	13	4	4	43	22	7	2	12	27	33	15	46
8	Bristol City	42	18	10	14	61	49	14	3	4	43	22	4	7	10	18	27	12	46
9	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	50	48	16	4	1	31	11	3	4	14	19	37	2	46
10	Carlisle United	42	17	9	16	61	57	12	6	3	38	22	5	3	13	23	35	4	43
11	Swindon Town	42	15	12	15	47	47	10	6	5	29	16	5	6	10	18	31	0	42
12	Hull City	42	14	10	18	49	53	10	6	5	33	21	4	4	13	16	32	-4	38
13	Luton Town	42	10	18	14	43	48	7	8	6	25	24	3	10	8	18	24	-5	38
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	51	58	11	7	3	33	22	2	5	14	18	36	-7	38
15	Oxford United	42	12	14	16	43	55	10	8	3	28	17	2	6	13	15	38	-12	38
16	Portsmouth	42	12	13	17	59	68	9	7	5	31	26	3	6	12	28	42	-9	37
17	Leyton Orient	42	14	9	19	50	61	12	4	5	32	19	2	5	14	18	42	-11	37
18	Preston North End	42	12	12	18	52	58	11	4	6	32	21	1	8	12	20	37	-6	36
19	Cardiff City	42	10	14	18	56	69	9	7	5	37	25	1	7	13	19	44	-13	34
20	Fulham	42	12	10	20	45	68	10	7	4	29	20	2	3	16	16	48	-23	34
21	Charlton Athletic	42	12	9	21	55	77	9	7	5	33	25	3	2	16	22	52	-22	33	Relegated
22	Watford	42	5	9	28	24	75	5	5	11	15	25	0	4	17	9	50	-51	19	Relegated

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THIRD DIVISION (Tier 3) - 1971-72

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Aston Villa	46	32	6	8	85	32	20	1	2	45	10	12	5	6	40	22	53	70	Promoted as Champions
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	27	11	8	82	47	15	5	3	39	18	12	6	5	43	29	35	65	Promoted
3	Bournemouth	46	23	16	7	73	37	16	6	1	43	13	7	10	6	30	24	36	62
4	Notts County	46	25	12	9	74	44	16	3	4	42	19	9	9	5	32	25	30	62
5	Rotherham United	46	20	15	11	69	52	12	8	3	46	25	8	7	8	23	27	17	55
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	75	56	17	2	4	54	26	4	10	9	21	30	19	54
7	Bolton Wanderers	46	17	16	13	51	41	11	8	4	25	13	6	8	9	26	28	10	50
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	20	10	16	74	64	13	6	4	43	26	7	4	12	31	38	10	50
9	Walsall	46	15	18	13	62	57	12	8	3	38	16	3	10	10	24	41	5	48
10	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	9	18	54	57	14	4	5	39	22	5	5	13	15	35	-3	47
11	Oldham Athletic	46	17	11	18	59	63	11	4	8	37	35	6	7	10	22	28	-4	45
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	10	19	73	65	13	5	5	50	29	4	5	14	23	36	8	44
13	Chesterfield	46	18	8	20	57	57	10	5	8	25	23	8	3	12	32	34	0	44
14	Swansea City	46	17	10	19	46	59	10	6	7	27	21	7	4	12	19	38	-13	44
15	Port Vale	46	13	15	18	43	59	10	10	3	27	21	3	5	15	16	38	-16	41
16	Wrexham	46	16	8	22	59	63	10	5	8	33	26	6	3	14	26	37	-4	40
17	Halifax Town	46	13	12	21	48	61	11	6	6	31	22	2	6	15	17	39	-13	38
18	Rochdale	46	12	13	21	57	83	11	7	5	35	26	1	6	16	22	57	-26	37
19	York City	46	12	12	22	57	66	8	8	7	32	22	4	4	15	25	44	-9	36
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	16	20	50	71	9	7	7	34	30	1	9	13	16	41	-21	36
21	Mansfield Town	46	8	20	18	41	63	5	12	6	19	26	3	8	12	22	37	-22	36	Relegated
22	Barnsley	46	9	18	19	32	64	6	10	7	23	30	3	8	12	9	34	-32	36	Relegated
23	Torquay United	46	10	12	24	41	69	8	6	9	31	31	2	6	15	10	38	-28	32	Relegated
24	Bradford City	46	11	10	25	45	77	6	8	9	27	32	5	2	16	18	45	-32	32	Relegated

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FOURTH DIVISION (Tier 4) - 1971-72

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Grimsby Town	46	28	7	11	88	56	18	3	2	61	26	10	4	9	27	30	32	63	Promoted as Champions
2	Southend United	46	24	12	10	81	55	18	2	3	56	26	6	10	7	25	29	26	60	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	76	44	16	2	5	52	21	8	9	6	24	23	32	59	Promoted
4	Scunthorpe United	46	22	13	11	56	37	13	8	2	34	15	9	5	9	22	22	19	57	Promoted
5	Lincoln City	46	21	14	11	77	59	17	5	1	46	15	4	9	10	31	44	18	56
6	Workington	46	16	19	11	50	34	12	9	2	34	7	4	10	9	16	27	16	51
7	Southport	46	18	14	14	66	46	15	5	3	48	21	3	9	11	18	25	20	50
8	Peterborough United	46	17	16	13	82	64	14	6	3	51	24	3	10	10	31	40	18	50
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	73	59	16	4	3	55	22	3	8	12	18	37	14	50
10	Cambridge United	46	17	14	15	62	60	11	8	4	38	22	6	6	11	24	38	2	48
11	Colchester United	46	19	10	17	70	69	13	6	4	38	23	6	4	13	32	46	1	48
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	14	16	56	63	11	8	4	35	24	5	6	12	21	39	-7	46
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	61	67	11	5	7	33	24	5	8	10	28	43	-6	45
14	Newport County	46	18	8	20	60	72	13	5	5	34	20	5	3	15	26	52	-12	44
15	Exeter City	46	16	11	19	61	68	11	5	7	40	30	5	6	12	21	38	-7	43
16	Reading	46	17	8	21	56	76	14	3	6	37	26	3	5	15	19	50	-20	42
17	Aldershot	46	9	22	15	48	54	5	13	5	27	20	4	9	10	21	34	-6	40
18	Hartlepool United	46	17	6	23	58	69	14	2	7	39	25	3	4	16	19	44	-11	40
19	Darlington	46	14	11	21	64	82	9	9	5	37	24	5	2	16	27	58	-18	39
20	Chester City	46	10	18	18	47	56	10	11	2	34	16	0	7	16	13	40	-9	38
21	Northampton Town	46	12	13	21	66	79	8	9	6	43	27	4	4	15	23	52	-13	37	Re-elected
22	Barrow	46	13	11	22	40	71	8	8	7	23	26	5	3	15	17	45	-31	37	Failed re-election
23	Stockport County	46	9	14	23	55	87	7	10	6	33	32	2	4	17	22	55	-32	32	Re-elected
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	9	27	43	69	9	4	10	27	25	1	5	17	16	44	-26	29	Re-elected

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