Fourth Division Table 1971/72

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	28	7	11	88	56	+32	63
2	Southend United	46	24	12	10	81	55	+26	60
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	76	44	+32	59
4	Scunthorpe United	46	22	13	11	56	37	+19	57
5	Lincoln City	46	21	14	11	77	59	+18	56
6	Workington	46	16	19	11	50	34	+16	51
7	Southport	46	18	14	14	66	46	+20	50
8	Peterborough United	46	17	16	13	82	64	+18	50
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	73	59	+14	50
10	Cambridge United	46	17	14	15	62	60	+2	48
11	Colchester United	46	19	10	17	70	69	+1	48
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	14	16	56	63	-7	46
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	61	67	-6	45
14	Newport County	46	18	8	20	60	72	-12	44
15	Exeter City	46	16	11	19	61	68	-7	43
16	Reading	46	17	8	21	56	76	-20	42
17	Aldershot	46	9	22	15	48	54	-6	40
18	Hartlepool United	46	17	6	23	58	69	-11	40
19	Darlington	46	14	11	21	64	82	-18	39
20	Chester City	46	10	18	18	47	56	-9	38
21	Northampton Town	46	12	13	21	66	79	-13	37
22	Barrow	46	13	11	22	40	71	-31	37
23	Stockport County	46	9	14	23	55	87	-32	32
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	9	27	43	69	-26	29