Football : Season Details : 1972

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in RED qualified for European football.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup; UEFA UEFA / Fairs Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Derby County
58
5-3
  
2
 Leeds United
57
5-8
 FAC-W
3
 Liverpool
57
4-10
  
4
 Manchester City
57
7-6
  
5
 Arsenal
52
2-46
 FAC-F
6
 Tottenham Hotspur
51
4-22
 UEFA-W
7
 Chelsea
48
4-9
 LC-F
8
 Manchester United
48
5-27
  
9
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
47
3-5
 UEFA-F
10
 Sheffield United
46
5-1
  
11
 Newcastle United
41
3-7
  
12
 Leicester City
39
6-1
  
13
 Ipswich Town
38
2-4
  
14
 West Ham United
36
2-14
  
15
 Everton
36
3-18
  
16
 West Bromwich Albion
35
5-23
  
17
 Stoke City
35
5-9
 LC-W
18
 Coventry City
33
1-5
  
19
 Southampton
31
1-6
  
20
 Crystal Palace
29
1-3
  
21
 Nottingham Forest
25
4-15
  
22
 Huddersfield Town
25
3-2
  

League Cup Final Stoke City 2 Chelsea 1
FA Cup Final Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0

History

Leeds United won the FA Cup on the 100th anniversary of the competition. Two days later they visited Wolverhampton Wanderers needing a draw to win the League and become only the fifth club to complete the double. They lost 1-2. On the same night, Liverpool needed to win at Arsenal to become Champions. They drew 0-0 after having a goal disallowed two minutes from the end. Derby County (whose players had gone on holiday expecting to be caught) became League Champions.

Arsenal reach their second successive FA Cup final with no home draws in either season.

The Fairs Cup is renamed as the UEFA Cup. For the first and only time, a European final was between two English clubs. Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the two legged UEFA Cup final to become the first English club to win two different European finals.

Stoke City (founder member of the League) won the League Cup, their only trophy.

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