Football League Third Division 1971/72
Football League Third Division 1971/72 | |
master | Aston Villa |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup Winner) |
Climbers | Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion |
Relegated |
Mansfield Town FC Barnsley Torquay United Bradford City |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,407 (ø 2.55 per game) |
Top scorer |
Alf Wood ( Shrewsbury Town ) / Ted MacDougall ( Bournemouth AFC ) |
← Football League Third Division 1970/71 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1971/72 |
The Football League Third Division 1971/72 was the 45th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Aston Villa and also the second-placed Brighton & Hove Albion rose to the Football League Second Division . In the following third division season 1972/73, the two second division clubs Charlton Athletic and FC Watford, ranked in the table below, took the places for the two promoted teams . Mansfield Town , Barnsley FC , Torquay United and Bradford City had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Grimsby Town and behind them Southend United , FC Brentford and Scunthorpe United took the vacant positions in the following season 1972/73 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Aston Villa | 46 | 32 | 6th | 8th | 85:32 | 2.66 | 70:22 |
2. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8th | 82:47 | 1.74 | 65:27 |
3. | AFC Bournemouth (N) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7th | 73:37 | 1.97 | 62:30 |
4th | Notts County (N) | 46 | 25th | 12 | 9 | 74:44 | 1.68 | 62:30 |
5. | Rotherham United | 46 | 20th | 15th | 11 | 69:52 | 1.33 | 55:37 |
6th | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 21st | 12 | 13 | 75:56 | 1.34 | 54:38 |
7th | Bolton Wanderers (A) | 46 | 17th | 16 | 13 | 51:41 | 1.24 | 50:42 |
8th. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 74:64 | 1.16 | 50:42 |
9. | Walsall FC | 46 | 15th | 18th | 13 | 62:57 | 1.09 | 48:44 |
10. | Blackburn Rovers (A) | 46 | 19th | 9 | 18th | 54:57 | 0.95 | 47:45 |
11. | Oldham Athletic (N) | 46 | 17th | 11 | 18th | 59:63 | 0.94 | 45:47 |
12. | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 73:65 | 1.12 | 44:48 |
13. | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 18th | 8th | 20th | 57:57 | 1.00 | 44:48 |
14th | Swansea City | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 46:59 | 0.78 | 44:48 |
15th | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 43:59 | 0.73 | 41:51 |
16. | Wrexham AFC | 46 | 16 | 8th | 22nd | 59:63 | 0.94 | 40:52 |
17th | Halifax Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21st | 48:61 | 0.79 | 38:54 |
18th | Rochdale AFC | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 57:83 | 0.69 | 37:55 |
19th | York City (N) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22nd | 57:66 | 0.86 | 36:56 |
20th | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20th | 50:71 | 0.70 | 36:56 |
21st | Mansfield Town | 46 | 8th | 20th | 18th | 41:63 | 0.65 | 36:56 |
22nd | Barnsley FC | 46 | 9 | 18th | 19th | 32:64 | 0.50 | 36:56 |
23. | Torquay United | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 41:69 | 0.59 | 32:60 |
24. | Bradford City | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25th | 45:77 | 0.58 | 32:60 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1970/71 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1970/71 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
AST | BSL | BLA | BOL | BOU | BRA | BHA | BRR | CHF | HAL | MFT | NOC | OLD | PLY | PVA | ROC | RED | SHR | SWA | GOAL | TRA | WHALE | WRE | YOR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Barnsley FC | 0: 4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | |
Bournemouth AFC | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | |
Bradford City | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | |
Bristol Rovers | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 7: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 4 | |
Chesterfield FC | 0: 4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | |
Halifax Town | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 5 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Mansfield Town | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 5 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | |
Notts County | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 4 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | |
Oldham Athletic | 0: 6 | 6-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 4 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | |
Port Vale | 4: 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 3 | |
Rochdale AFC | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | |
Rotherham United | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 4 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 3 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 7: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 5 | 2: 2 | 3: 4 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Swansea City | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Torquay United | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
Walsall FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
Wrexham AFC | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | |
York city | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ted MacDougall | Bournemouth AFC | 35 |
= | Alf Wood | Shrewsbury Town | = |
3 | Carl Gilbert | Rotherham United | 22nd |
4th | Les Bradd | Notts County | 21st |
5 | Andy Lochhead | Aston Villa | 19th |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 426