1971–72 in English football

none February 2020 England 1971–72 First Division Derby County Second Division Norwich City Third Division Aston Villa Fourth Division Grimsby Town FA Cup Leeds United Texaco Cup Derby County League Cup Stoke City Charity Shield Leicester City 1970–71 1972–73 yes The 1971–72 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in England. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upFirst DivisionDerby County (1)Leeds UnitedSecond DivisionNorwich CityBirmingham CityThird DivisionAston VillaBrighton & Hove AlbionFourth DivisionGrimsby TownSouthend UnitedFA CupLeeds United (1)ArsenalLeague CupStoke City (1)ChelseaCharity ShieldLeicester CityLiverpoolHome ChampionshipShared by ENG and SCO Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition FA Cup 1971–72 FA Cup Leeds United won the FA Cup for the first time in their history by beating the previous year's winners, Arsenal, 1–0 in the final at Wembley. Allan Clarke scored the winning goal.http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1972.htm FA Cup Final 1972 Fa-cupfinals.co.uk 9 April 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080608141001/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1972.htm 8 June 2008 1971–72 marked the centenary of the FA Cup. Non-League club Hereford United of the Southern League provided one of the shocks of the season by knocking out Newcastle United 2–1 after extra time in the 3rd Round Replay. League Cup 1971–72 Football League Cup 1972 Football League Cup Final Stoke City won the 1972 Football League Cup Final to claim the only major trophy in their history. in the semi-final against West Ham United, John Ritchie's goal and a penalty save from Gordon Banks had earned Stoke a replay at Hillsborough,17 December 1971 Stoke City earn Cup replay https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XZAQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7094%2C3677126 26 September 2014 The Age Melbourne 26 Australian Associated Press; Reuters which ended in a draw. In the second semi-final replay, at Old Trafford, Stoke overcame a West Ham side forced to make Bobby Moore their stand-in goalkeeper, putting them through to the League Cup Final for the first time.Edwards Richard 26 January 2016 The most mental semi-final ever: when Bobby Moore went in goal... and saved a penalty https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/most-mental-semi-final-ever-when-bobby-moore-went-goal-and-saved-penalty 15 July 2017 fourfourtwo.com Football League 1971–72 Football League First Division Brian Clough, 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first league championship. They overcame Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester City to win a four-horse race, with only a single point separating them. It was so close that when Manchester City won their last game of the season – against Derby on 22 April 1972 – they were top of the league by a point but had no chance of being champions, as Derby and Liverpool both had games in hand, were still to play each other, and both boasted a superior goal average to City's.Manchester City football club match record: 1972 https://www.11v11.com/teams/manchester-city/tab/matches/season/1972/ 11v11.com 15 December 2017Derby County football club match record: 1972 https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/matches/season/1972/ 11v11.com 15 December 2017 Although Derby beat Liverpool to pass Manchester City at the top of the table, Liverpool (two points back) and Leeds (one point back) each still had a game left. Leeds, who had won the FA Cup for the first time of their history, could have completed the double by avoiding defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but instead lost 2–1.Leeds United football club match record: 1972 https://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/matches/season/1972/ 11v11.com 15 December 2017Classic match report - Wolves 2 Leeds 1, 1972 https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2015/06/29/classic-match-report-wolves-v-leeds/ 15 December 2017 Express & Star 29 June 2015 Liverpool could also have overtaken Derby by defeating Arsenal, but could muster only a 0–0 draw.Liverpool football club match record: 1972 https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/matches/season/1972/ 11v.11.com 3 January 2018 This assured Derby the title by a single point. There were bribery allegations from The Sun newspaper regarding Leeds's manager Don Revie, who stood accused of attempting to bribe Wolves on the final day of the season. Their captain Billy Bremner won a high court battle to clear his name of the allegations, with evidence provided by the Wolves striker Derek Dougan. Stoke City won the League Cup, their first major trophy. Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town lost their First Division status. 1971–72 was Huddersfield's last season in the top flight until 2017, and within a few seasons they fell into the Fourth Division. y Second Division Norwich City won the Second Division and were promoted along with Birmingham City. This marked the first time that Norwich City reached the top flight in their history, less than 70 years after the club was founded. Charlton Athletic and Watford were relegated. y Second Division Third Division Aston Villa ended their two-year spell in the Third Division by gaining promotion as champions, and by the end of the decade would be firmly re-established as a First Division club. Brighton & Hove Albion followed Villa into the Second Division. Mansfield Town, Barnsley, Torquay United and Bradford City were relegated. y Third Division Fourth Division Grimsby Town, Southend United, Brentford and Scunthorpe United were promoted from the Fourth Division. Barrow were voted out of the Football League and replaced by Hereford United, who a short time earlier had achieved a shock FA Cup victory over Newcastle United. Ernie Tagg sacked himself as manager of Crewe Alexandra because he felt that a younger manager should take charge of the club. y Fourth Division Top goalscorers First Division Francis Lee (Manchester City) – 33 goalshttps://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 4 June 2017 Second Division Bob Latchford (Birmingham City) – 23 goals Third Division Ted MacDougall (AFC Bournemouth) – 35 goals Fourth Division Peter Price (Peterborough United) – 28 goals European competitions The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever UEFA Cup and was contested by two English teams, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs won 2–1 in the first leg at the Molineux on 3 May. The second leg, played on 17 May at White Hart Lane, ended 1–1. The 3–2 aggregate win by Tottenham Hotspur gave them the second European trophy in their historyhttp://www.spursmemorabilia.co.uk/1972.html 1972 UEFA Cup Final Spurs Memorabilia 9 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521011354/http://www.spursmemorabilia.co.uk/1972.html 21 May 2011 dead Diary of the season September 2014 8 July 1971: Bill Shankly signs a three-year contract as Liverpool manager which will keep him in charge until the end of the 1973–74 season.http://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/Article/2561 A timeline for Liverpool Football Club - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! 7 August 1971: The 1971 FA Charity Shield is held, but without reigning League and Cup winners Arsenal, who are on a pre-season tour abroad. The Shield was won by Second Division champions Leicester City, who beat 1971 FA Cup Final runners-up Liverpool with a Steve Whitworth goal; Arsenal were beaten 1–0 by Feyenoord. The forgotten story of … Leicester City winning the 1971 Charity Shield Nick Miller 4 August 2016 5 August 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/04/leicester-city-charity-shield-1971-forgotten-story The Guardian 20 August 1971: Manchester United beat Arsenal 3–1 in a "home" tie, played at Anfield in Liverpool as a result of a ban from hosting their first two home games in Manchester, the second would be held at the Victoria Ground in Stoke-on-Trent. The forgotten story of ... When Anfield was Manchester United's home ground Gregg Roughley 17 March 2010 15 July 2017 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/17/manchester-united-home-anfield-1971 13 October 1971: England earn a vital European Championship qualifying win in Switzerland. Anton Weibel scores a late own goal as England win 3–2 in Basel to go top of Group 3. 6 November 1971: The Manchester derby at Maine Road ends in a 3–3 thriller, with debutant 17-year-old winger Sammy McIlroy on the scoresheet for United.Ley John https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/6203134/Top-10-Manchester-derbies.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101113065610/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/6203134/Top-10-Manchester-derbies.html dead 13 November 2010 Top 10: Manchester derbies Telegraph 10 November 2010 9 April 2011 10 November 1971: England draw 1–1 with Switzerland at Wembley to leave them in pole position to qualify for the European Championship quarter finals. Mike Summerbee scores early, with Karl Odermatt equalizing for the Swiss. 27 November 1971: Alan Woodward scores four of the seven Sheffield United put past Ipswich Town without reply, while elsewhere, George Best is the hat-trick hero as Manchester United beat Southampton 5–2, and Wolverhampton Wanderers beat West Bromwich Albion 3–2 in the Black Country derby.Best kicks three goals https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c_djAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=987%2C11058671 29 November 1971 26 September 2014 The Sydney Morning Herald 17 1 December 1971: England win their European Championship qualifying group with a 2–0 win in Greece. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters score the goals. 31 December 1971: At the end of the year, Manchester United are top of the First Division, three points ahead of Manchester City and four ahead of Leeds United. West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest occupy the relegation places.Smailes Gordon The Breedon Book of Football Records 2000 Breedon Books Derby 1859832148 19 February 1972: Leeds United thrash Manchester United 5–1 at Elland Road and are two points behind Manchester City at the top of the table. Manchester United have now lost six League matches in a row. 23 February 1972: Second division Sheffield Wednesday host touring Brazilians Santos at Hillsborough stadium in a match played on a weekday afternoon due to the miners' strike. 37,000 spectators witness a 2–0 win for the Brazilian side who have Pelé in their line-up. 4 March 1972: Leeds United beat Southampton 7–0 and will overtake Manchester City at the top of the table if they win their two games in hand. Manchester United are beaten for the seventh consecutive match in the League when they lose 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur. 6, 7 Match 1972: Derby County manager Brian Clough announces the signing of Nottingham Forest striker Ian Storey-Moore; this is disputed by the selling club and the player is in fact sold to Manchester United for £200,000. 8 March 1972: Rodney Marsh moves from Queens Park Rangers to Manchester City for £200,000.Derby should go three points ahead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P-s9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2789%2C251364 27 January 2018 The Herald Glasgow 3 April 1972 4 31 March 1972: Brian Clough dismisses reports that he is to be Noel Cantwell's successor as Coventry City manager.RUMOUR DENIED https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pus9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2872%2C26624 1 April 1972 27 January 2018 The Herald Glasgow 2 Meanwhile, on the pitch, in the First Division, Leeds' failure to beat West Ham sees them miss the opportunity to top the table, victory for Millwall allows them to ascend to the summit of the Second Division ahead of Norwich City and Birmingham City, Third Division table-toppers Aston Villa pull away from AFC Bournemouth, and Grimsby Town move into second in the bottom tier (behind rivals Scunthorpe United) with a win over Reading, becoming the first League side to score 50 this season.Leeds lose chance of going to top https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pus9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2516%2C27193 1 April 1972 27 January 2018 The Herald Glasgow 2 1 April 1972: Derby County beat Leeds United 2–0 and take over at the top of the First Division. 26 April 1972: Derby County win the Texaco Cup by beating Airdrieonians 2–1 on aggregate.Disputed penalty decision robs Airdrie of cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VOs9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1773%2C5096659 The Herald Glasgow 9 27 April 1972 26 September 2014 Crystal Palace's 2–0 win over Stoke City relegates both Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town from the First Division. 1 May 1972: Derby County, in their last League game of the season, beat Liverpool 1–0. Leeds United beat Chelsea 2–0 and will win the title if they can beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in their final fixture. 8 May 1972: Derby County win the League Championship as neither Leeds United nor Liverpool manage to win their final league games. Leeds would have overtaken Derby on goal average had they drawn with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, but lose 2–1, while Liverpool draw 0–0 with Arsenal at Highbury. 11 May 1972: The First Division season ends when Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 2–0 in the North London derby at Highbury. Star players Gordon Banks was voted FWA Footballer of the Year to add to his League Cup winners medal. Norman Hunter and Billy Bremner helped Leeds win the FA Cup. Roy McFarland and Colin Todd helped Derby win the League Championship. Star managers Brian Clough guided Derby to their first league championship triumph. Don Revie helped Leeds lift the FA Cup for the first time. Tony Waddington ended Stoke City's trophyless history by winning the League Cup. National team England were eliminated from the 1972 European Championships in the quarter-finals after losing 3–1 on aggregate over two legs (1–3 at Wembley and 0–0 in West Berlin) to West Germany, who went on to win the tournament. References 1971 Category:Seasons in English football English Football Football