Division 11971/1972

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1160 (2.51 goals per match )

Red cards : 1

49%
Home victories

28%
Draws

23%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.53 years

Number of players participating : 473

Promoted : Leicester, Sheffield United

Relegated to lower tier : Burnley, Blackpool

Division 1 1971/1972's fixtures and results

Round 16

November 06, 1971

87'Ian Ross

0'Tommy Smith (o.g)

45+30'Gilbert Reece

46'Brian Kidd

45'Ally Brown

0'Robert Bell (o.g)

General rankingLast updated on 11/05/1972

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Derby County	58	42	24	10	8	69	33	+36
2	Leeds United	57	42	24	9	9	73	31	+42
3	Liverpool	57	42	24	9	9	64	30	+34
4	Manchester City	57	42	23	11	8	77	45	+32
5	Arsenal	52	42	22	8	12	58	40	+18
6	Tottenham	51	42	19	13	10	63	42	+21
7	Chelsea	48	42	18	12	12	58	49	+9
8	Man United	48	42	19	10	13	69	61	+8
9	Wolverhampton	47	42	18	11	13	65	57	+8
10	Sheffield United	46	42	17	12	13	61	60	+1
11	Newcastle United	41	42	15	11	16	49	52	-3
12	Leicester	39	42	13	13	16	41	46	-5
13	Ipswich Town	38	42	11	16	15	39	53	-14
14	West Ham	36	42	12	12	18	47	51	-4
15	Everton	36	42	9	18	15	37	48	-11
16	WBA	35	42	12	11	19	42	54	-12
17	Stoke City	35	42	10	15	17	39	56	-17
18	Coventry	33	42	9	15	18	44	67	-23
19	Southampton	31	42	12	7	23	52	80	-28
20	Crystal Palace	29	42	8	13	21	39	65	-26
21	Nottingham	25	42	8	9	25	47	81	-34
22	Huddersfield	25	42	6	13	23	27	59	-32

Latest transfers

May 01, 1972
George Lyall ( Preston NE)		Nottingham

April 01, 1972
John Connolly ( St. Johnstone)		Everton

March 15, 1972
Paul Gilchrist ( Doncaster)		Southampton

March 05, 1972
Ally Brown ( Leicester)		WBA

March 01, 1972
Neil Ramsbottom ( Blackpool)		Coventry
Mark Wallington ( Walsall)		Leicester
Ian Storey-Moore ( Nottingham)		Man United
Bobby Graham ( Liverpool)		Coventry
Rodney Marsh ( QPR)		Man City

February 29, 1972
Martin Buchan ( Aberdeen)		Man United

February 10, 1972
Bernie Wright ( Walsall)		Everton

February 01, 1972
Ronald Healey ( Coventry)		Man City
Alan Stephenson ( Fulham)		West Ham

All transfers

One match scorers

Malcolm Macdonaldhas scored 3 goals during the match Newcastle United 3-2 Liverpool (21/08/1971)

George Besthas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 4-2 West Ham (18/09/1971)

Derek Douganhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 4-2 Nottingham (25/09/1971)

Joe Roylehas scored 4 goals during the match Everton 8-0 Southampton (20/11/1971)

David Johnsonhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 8-0 Southampton (20/11/1971)

Alan Woodwardhas scored 4 goals during the match Sheffield United 7-0 Ipswich Town (27/11/1971)

George Besthas scored 3 goals during the match Southampton 2-5 Man United (27/11/1971)

Jack Whithamhas scored 3 goals during the match Liverpool 3-2 Derby County (11/12/1971)

Francis Leehas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 5-2 Wolverhampton (29/01/1972)

Mick Joneshas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 5-1 Man United (19/02/1972)

William Deardenhas scored 3 goals during the match Sheffield United 3-0 West Ham (29/02/1972)

Peter Lorimerhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 7-0 Southampton (04/03/1972)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 01/01/2025 at 06:32

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Francis Lee	33	0	113	3735	42	42	20	13	33	0	44%	22/04/1972
Martin Chivers	25	0	140	3494	39	39	19	6	25	0	40%	15/04/1972
Peter Lorimer	23	0	164	3780	42	42	17	6	23	0	32%	08/04/1972
Malcolm Macdonald	23	1	164	3764	42	42	14	9	23	0	49%	03/05/1972
Peter Osgood	19	0	168	3195	36	36	12	7	19	0	33%	12/04/1972
George Best	18	1	195	3516	40	40	11	7	12	6	26%	29/04/1972
Clyde Best	17	0	222	3780	42	42	11	6	17	0	37%	25/03/1972
Tony Brown	17	0	214	3645	41	41	9	8	17	0	40%	27/04/1972
Ian Storey-Moore	17	0	212	3600	40	40	12	5	16	1		29/04/1972
Alan Hinton	15	0	225	3375	38	38	10	5	15	0	22%	11/03/1972
Alan Woodward	15	0	237	3555	40	39	13	2	15	0	25%	18/03/1972
William Dearden	15	0	201	3015	35	35	10	5	15	0	25%	28/04/1972
Derek Dougan	15	0	213	3195	38	38	10	5	15	0	24%	08/05/1972
Mick Channon	14	0	267	3735	42	42	9	5	14	0	29%	01/04/1972
Denis Law	13	0	218	2838	33	32	7	6	8	5	19%	25/03/1972

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Liverpool	VMan United 0-3 03/04/1972	V 3-1 Coventry08/04/1972	VWest Ham 0-2 15/04/1972	V 2-0 Ipswich Town22/04/1972	LDerby County 1-0 01/05/1972	DArsenal 0-0 08/05/1972
2	Ipswich Town	V 2-1 Tottenham03/04/1972	VNewcastle United 0-1 05/04/1972	VHuddersfield 1-3 08/04/1972	D 0-0 Sheffield United15/04/1972	V 2-1 Manchester City18/04/1972	LLiverpool 2-0 22/04/1972
3	Leeds United	V 3-1 Huddersfield05/04/1972	VStoke City 0-3 08/04/1972	LNewcastle United 1-0 19/04/1972	VWBA 0-1 22/04/1972	V 2-0 Chelsea01/05/1972	LWolverhampton 2-1 08/05/1972
4	Tottenham	LIpswich Town 2-1 03/04/1972	DWBA 1-1 08/04/1972	V 3-0 Chelsea15/04/1972	DSouthampton 0-0 22/04/1972	V 4-3 Leicester29/04/1972	VArsenal 0-2 11/05/1972
5	Arsenal	DCrystal Palace 2-2 11/04/1972	V 2-1 West Ham22/04/1972	V 3-0 Man United25/04/1972	VCoventry 0-1 01/05/1972	D 0-0 Liverpool08/05/1972	L 0-2 Tottenham11/05/1972
6	Derby County	L 0-1 Newcastle United03/04/1972	DWBA 0-0 05/04/1972	VSheffield United 0-4 08/04/1972	V 3-0 Huddersfield15/04/1972	LManchester City 2-0 22/04/1972	V 1-0 Liverpool01/05/1972
7	Manchester City	LSouthampton 2-0 04/04/1972	V 3-1 West Ham08/04/1972	VMan United 1-3 12/04/1972	DCoventry 1-1 15/04/1972	LIpswich Town 2-1 18/04/1972	V 2-0 Derby County22/04/1972
8	Wolverhampton	L 0-2 Chelsea12/04/1972	L 0-1 WBA15/04/1972	VHuddersfield 0-1 22/04/1972	VNottingham 1-3 25/04/1972	L 1-2 Sheffield United28/04/1972	V 2-1 Leeds United08/05/1972
9	Sheffield United	D 1-1 Man United04/04/1972	L 0-4 Derby County08/04/1972	DIpswich Town 0-0 15/04/1972	LCoventry 3-2 18/04/1972	V 1-0 Crystal Palace22/04/1972	VWolverhampton 1-2 28/04/1972
10	Newcastle United	L 0-1 Ipswich Town05/04/1972	LNottingham 1-0 08/04/1972	V 1-0 Leeds United19/04/1972	DChelsea 3-3 22/04/1972	V 4-2 WBA03/05/1972	D 0-0 Stoke City08/05/1972
11	WBA	D 1-1 Tottenham08/04/1972	VWolverhampton 0-1 15/04/1972	L 0-1 Leeds United22/04/1972	V 4-0 Chelsea27/04/1972	LNewcastle United 4-2 03/05/1972	DStoke City 1-1 05/05/1972
12	Nottingham	LArsenal 3-0 01/04/1972	V 1-0 Newcastle United08/04/1972	VStoke City 0-2 10/04/1972	D 0-0 Man United22/04/1972	L 1-3 Wolverhampton25/04/1972	DEverton 1-1 02/05/1972
13	Leicester	D 0-0 Arsenal04/04/1972	V 2-0 Man United08/04/1972	LSouthampton 1-0 11/04/1972	DEverton 0-0 15/04/1972	V 1-0 Coventry22/04/1972	LTottenham 4-3 29/04/1972
14	Man United	LLeicester 2-0 08/04/1972	L 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972	V 3-2 Southampton15/04/1972	DNottingham 0-0 22/04/1972	LArsenal 3-0 25/04/1972	V 3-0 Stoke City29/04/1972
15	West Ham	V 2-0 Tottenham01/04/1972	DStoke City 0-0 04/04/1972	LManchester City 3-1 08/04/1972	L 0-2 Liverpool15/04/1972	LArsenal 2-1 22/04/1972	V 1-0 Southampton01/05/1972
16	Everton	DHuddersfield 0-0 01/04/1972	LCoventry 4-1 04/04/1972	VSouthampton 0-1 08/04/1972	D 0-0 Leicester15/04/1972	DStoke City 1-1 22/04/1972	D 1-1 Nottingham02/05/1972
17	Coventry	LLiverpool 3-1 08/04/1972	VHuddersfield 0-1 11/04/1972	D 1-1 Manchester City15/04/1972	V 3-2 Sheffield United18/04/1972	LLeicester 1-0 22/04/1972	L 0-1 Arsenal01/05/1972
18	Crystal Palace	D 1-1 Leicester03/04/1972	LChelsea 2-1 08/04/1972	D 2-2 Arsenal11/04/1972	LSheffield United 1-0 22/04/1972	V 2-0 Stoke City26/04/1972	D 0-0 Huddersfield29/04/1972
19	Southampton	L 0-1 Everton08/04/1972	V 1-0 Leicester11/04/1972	LMan United 3-2 15/04/1972	D 2-2 Chelsea18/04/1972	D 0-0 Tottenham22/04/1972	LWest Ham 1-0 01/05/1972
20	Chelsea	LTottenham 3-0 15/04/1972	DSouthampton 2-2 18/04/1972	D 3-3 Newcastle United22/04/1972	V 2-0 Stoke City24/04/1972	LWBA 4-0 27/04/1972	LLeeds United 2-0 01/05/1972
21	Stoke City	D 1-1 Everton22/04/1972	LChelsea 2-0 24/04/1972	LCrystal Palace 2-0 26/04/1972	LMan United 3-0 29/04/1972	D 1-1 WBA05/05/1972	DNewcastle United 0-0 08/05/1972
22	Huddersfield	LLeeds United 3-1 05/04/1972	L 1-3 Ipswich Town08/04/1972	L 0-1 Coventry11/04/1972	LDerby County 3-0 15/04/1972	L 0-1 Wolverhampton22/04/1972	DCrystal Palace 0-0 29/04/1972

Longest streaksLast updated on 02/01/2025 at 08:08

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Liverpool	8
Derby County	5
Chelsea	5
Arsenal	4
Sheffield United	4	2
Leeds United	4
Manchester City	4
Man United	4
Wolverhampton	4
WBA	3
Ipswich Town	3
Leicester	3
Tottenham	3	2
Stoke City	3
Newcastle United	3
Coventry	3
Crystal Palace	2
Southampton	2
Nottingham	2
Everton	2
West Ham	2
Huddersfield	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 02/01/2025 at 08:08

Team \ Rd	33	36	37	39	41	42
Derby County	1	1	1	1	1	1
Leeds United	2	2	2	2	2	2
Liverpool	3	3	3	3	3	3
Manchester City	4	4	4	4	4	4
Arsenal	5	5	5	5	5	5
Tottenham	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chelsea	7	7	7	7	7	7
Man United	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wolverhampton	9	9	9	9	9	9
Sheffield United	10	10	10	10	10	10
Newcastle United	11	11	11	11	11	11
Leicester	12	12	12	12	12	12
Ipswich Town	13	13	13	13	13	13
West Ham	14	14	14	14	14	14
Everton	15	15	15	15	15	15
WBA	16	16	16	16	16	16
Stoke City	17	17	17	17	17	17
Coventry	18	18	18	18	18	18
Southampton	19	19	19	19	19	19
Crystal Palace	20	20	20	20	20	20
Nottingham	21	21	21	21	21	21
Huddersfield	22	22	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 02/01/2025 at 08:08

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	1009
Best scorer : Francis Lee - 33 Goals
16 - 30	12
Best scorer : Kevin Keegan - 2 Goals
31 - 45+	81
Best scorer : Ally Brown - 6 Goals
46 - 60	21
Best scorer : George Best - 4 Goals
61 - 75	18
Best scorer : John Toshack - 3 Goals
76 - 90+	19
Best scorer : John Toshack - 2 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 02/01/2025 at 08:08

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	49 times
1 - 0	95 times
1 - 1	46 times
2 - 0	61 times
2 - 1	58 times
2 - 2	26 times
3 - 0	29 times
3 - 1	27 times
3 - 2	23 times
3 - 3	8 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	13 times
4 - 1	6 times
4 - 2	7 times
4 - 3	1 times
5 - 0	2 times
5 - 1	4 times
5 - 2	2 times
6 - 1	2 times
7 - 0	2 times
8 - 0	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 02/01/2025 at 08:08

General statistics by teamLast updated on 01/01/2025 at 06:32

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Coventry	26	27	15	Ernie Hunt (12 goals)
Newcastle United	26	28	12	Malcolm Macdonald (23 goals)
Everton	26	37	11	David Johnson (9 goals)
West Ham	24	15	7	Clyde Best (17 goals)
Manchester City	23	21	13	Francis Lee (33 goals)
Crystal Palace	23	24	14	Robert Tambling (8 goals)
Chelsea	23	28	12	Peter Osgood (19 goals)
Stoke City	23	36	7	John Ritchie (12 goals)
WBA	23	24	9	Tony Brown (17 goals)
Ipswich Town	22	20	13	Michael Hill (7 goals)
Wolverhampton	22	21	13	Derek Dougan (15 goals)
Southampton	22	23	12	Mick Channon (14 goals)
Nottingham	22	29	11	Ian Storey-Moore (12 goals)
Sheffield United	22	17	11	Alan Woodward (15 goals)
Tottenham	21	30	11	Martin Chivers (25 goals)
Leicester	21	26	13	Ally Brown (7 goals)
Man United	21	25	12	George Best (18 goals)
Huddersfield	21	22	8	Jimmy Lawson (9 goals)
Leeds United	20	22	11	Peter Lorimer (23 goals)
Arsenal	19	24	14	Ray Kennedy (12 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 15/12/2024 at 21:17

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Huddersfield	22.8	Roy Ellam (27 years)	Mike Barry (17 years)
WBA	23.1	John Kaye (30 years)	Ally Robertson (18 years)
West Ham	23.2	Bobby Moore (29 years)	Ade Coker (16 years)
Everton	23.4	Brian Labone (30 years)	Mick Buckley (17 years)
Leicester	23.5	Willie Carlin (30 years)	Malcolm Munro (17 years)
Coventry	23.6	Geoff Strong (33 years)	Alan Green (16 years)
Ipswich Town	23.7	Michael McNeill (30 years)	Laurie Sivell (19 years)
Liverpool	23.8	Ian Callaghan (28 years)	Phil Thompson (16 years)
Newcastle United	24.1	John McNamee (29 years)	Irving Nattrass (18 years)
Wolverhampton	24.3	Derek Dougan (32 years)	Peter Eastoe (17 years)
Sheffield United	24.3	Gilbert Reece (28 years)	Alan Ogden (16 years)
Nottingham	24.4	Neil Martin (30 years)	John Robertson (17 years)
Arsenal	24.6	Frank McLintock (31 years)	Brendon Batson (17 years)
Derby County	24.8	Frank Wignall (31 years)	Steve Powell (15 years)
Man United	24.8	Bobby Charlton (33 years)	Sammy McIlroy (16 years)
Chelsea	24.8	Marvin Hinton (30 years)	Steve Sherwood (17 years)
Tottenham	25.2	Alan Gilzean (32 years)	Phil Holder (18 years)
Manchester City	25.2	Tony Book (36 years)	Gordon Davies (15 years)
Southampton	25.6	John McGrath (32 years)	Wayne Talkes (18 years)
Stoke City	25.9	George Eastham (34 years)	Terry Lees (18 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7483	332	785
Scotland	1889	77	199
Northern Ireland	457	20	52
Wales	399	23	59
Republic of Ireland	258	12	18
Bermuda	42	1	17
United States	13	3	2
Azerbaijan	6	1	0
Canada	3	1	0
South Africa	2	1	0
Italy	2	1	0
Australia	1	1	0

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