Football League First Division  1971/72

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Notes
1st	Derby County	42	24	10	8	69	33	2.091	58	Champions ♦EC
2nd	Leeds United	42	24	9	9	73	31	2.355	57	Runners Up ♦ECWC
3rd	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	64	30	2.133	57	♦UC
4th	Manchester City	42	23	11	8	77	45	1.711	57	♦UC
5th	Arsenal	42	22	8	12	58	40	1.450	52	-
6th	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	13	10	63	42	1.500	51	♦UC
7th	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	58	49	1.184	48	-
8th	Manchester United	42	19	10	13	69	61	1.131	48	-
9th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	11	13	65	57	1.140	47	-
10th	Sheffield United	42	17	12	13	61	60	1.017	46	-
11th	Newcastle United	42	15	11	16	49	52	0.942	41	-
12th	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	41	46	0.891	39	-
13th	Ipswich Town	42	11	16	15	39	53	0.736	36	-
14th	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	47	51	0.922	36	-
15th	Everton	42	9	18	15	37	48	0.771	36	-
16th	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	11	19	42	54	0.778	35	-
17th	Stoke City	42	10	15	17	39	56	0.696	35	♦UC
18th	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	44	67	0.657	33	-
19th	Southampton	42	12	7	23	52	80	0.650	31	-
20th	Crystal Palace	42	8	13	21	39	65	0.600	29	-
21st	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	25	47	81	0.580	25	▼Relegated
22nd	Huddersfield Town	42	6	13	23	27	59	0.458	25	▼Relegated