First Division Table 1971/72

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	42	24	10	8	69	33	+36	58
2	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	+42	57
3	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	+34	57
4	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	+32	57
5	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	+18	52
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	+21	51
7	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	+9	48
8	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	+8	48
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	+8	47
10	Sheffield United	42	17	12	13	61	60	+1	46
11	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	-3	41
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	-5	39
13	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	-14	38
14	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	47	51	-4	36
15	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	-11	36
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	11	19	42	54	-12	35
17	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	-17	35
18	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	-23	33
19	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	-28	31
20	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	-26	29
21	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	-34	25
22	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	-32	25