1971–72 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1971–72 season, Jimmy Bloomfield was appointed as new Leicester boss for the new season, and kept them in the First Division in their first season back in the top flight after a 2-year absence with a satisfying 12th place finish. Unusually, due to Division One champions Arsenal's commitments in European competition, Division Two winners Leicester were invited to play FA Cup winners Liverpool, beating them 1–0 to win the Charity Shield for the first and only time.^[1]^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 1971–72 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	10	8	6	7	26	23	69	33	2.091	+36	58
2	Leeds United	42	17	4	0	54	10	7	5	9	19	21	73	31	2.355	+42	57
3	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	48	16	7	6	8	16	14	64	30	2.133	+30	57
4	Manchester City	42	16	3	2	48	15	7	8	6	29	30	77	45	1.711	+32	57
5	Arsenal	42	15	2	4	36	13	7	6	8	22	27	58	40	1.450	+18	52
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	3	2	45	13	3	10	8	18	29	63	42	1.500	+21	51
7	Chelsea	42	12	7	2	41	20	6	5	10	17	29	58	49	1.184	+9	48
8	Manchester United	42	13	2	6	39	26	6	8	7	30	35	69	61	1.131	+8	48
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	7	4	35	23	8	4	9	30	34	65	57	1.140	+8	47
10	Sheffield United	42	10	8	3	39	26	7	4	10	22	34	61	60	1.017	+1	46
11	Newcastle United	42	10	6	5	30	18	5	5	11	19	34	49	52	0.942	–3	41
12	Leicester City	42	9	6	6	18	11	4	7	10	23	35	41	46	0.891	–5	39
13	Ipswich Town	42	7	8	6	19	19	4	8	9	20	34	39	53	0.736	–14	38
14	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	31	19	2	6	13	16	32	47	51	0.922	–4	36
15	Everton	42	8	9	4	28	17	1	9	11	9	31	37	48	0.771	–11	36
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	7	8	22	23	6	4	11	20	31	42	54	0.778	–12	35
17	Stoke City	42	6	10	5	26	25	4	5	12	13	31	39	56	0.696	–17	35
18	Coventry City	42	7	10	4	27	23	2	5	14	17	44	44	67	0.657	–23	33
19	Southampton	42	8	5	8	31	28	4	2	15	21	52	52	80	0.650	–28	31
20	Crystal Palace	42	4	8	9	26	31	4	5	12	13	34	39	65	0.600	–26	29
21	Nottingham Forest	42	6	4	11	25	29	2	5	14	22	52	47	81	0.580	–34	25
22	Huddersfield Town	42	4	7	10	12	22	2	6	13	15	37	27	59	0.458	–32	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup Winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1971	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	16,285	Brown, Nish
18 August 1971	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	32,079	Brown, O'Kane (own goal)
21 August 1971	Derby County	H	0–2	35,460
25 August 1971	Stoke City	A	1–3	21,678	Brown
28 August 1971	Liverpool	A	2–3	50,970	Fern, Farrington
1 September 1971	Southampton	H	0–1	22,055
4 September 1971	Manchester City	H	0–0	25,238
11 September 1971	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	18,483	Sammels, Kellard
18 September 1971	Sheffield United	H	0–1	30,143
25 September 1971	Arsenal	A	0–3	40,201
2 October 1971	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	28,493
9 October 1971	West Ham United	A	1–1	31,060	Cross
16 October 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	22,412	Sammels, Weller
23 October 1971	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	23,088	Weller
30 October 1971	Chelsea	H	1–1	36,574	Birchenall
6 November 1971	Leeds United	A	1–2	39,877	Brown
13 November 1971	Newcastle United	H	3–0	28,792	Brown, Sammels, Fern
20 November 1971	Manchester United	A	2–3	48,757	Birchenall, Glover
27 November 1971	Everton	H	0–0	29,662
4 December 1971	Coventry City	A	1–1	26,300	Brown
11 December 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	30,721
18 December 1971	Manchester City	A	1–1	29,524	Weller
27 December 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	37,966	Sammels
1 January 1972	Sheffield United	A	1–1	34,406	Sjoberg
8 January 1972	Liverpool	H	1–0	26,421	Brown
22 January 1972	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	27,250	Weller, Birchenall
29 January 1972	Stoke City	H	2–1	26,931	Glover, Farrington
12 February 1972	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–1	24,225
19 February 1972	Chelsea	A	1–2	38,783	Glover
4 March 1972	Newcastle United	A	0–2	25,256
11 March 1972	West Ham United	H	2–0	23,345	Nish (2)
18 March 1972	Derby County	A	0–3	34,019
22 March 1972	Leeds United	H	0–0	32,152
25 March 1972	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	19,769	Tomlin
1 April 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	23,981	Shaw (own goal)
3 April 1972	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	23,736	Fern
4 April 1972	Arsenal	H	0–0	27,431
8 April 1972	Manchester United	H	2–0	35,970	Weller, Birchenall
11 April 1972	Southampton	A	0–1	18,752
15 April 1972	Everton	A	0–0	33,342
22 April 1972	Coventry City	H	1–0	24,254	Glover
29 April 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–4	19,631	Glover, Sammels (pen), Partridge

FA Cup

Main article: 1971-72 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	15 January 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	38,121	Farrington
R3R	19 January 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	37,060	Farrington, Glover
R4	5 February 1972	Leyton Orient	H	0–2	31,402

League Cup

Main article: 1971–72 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	7 September 1971	Charlton Athletic	A	1–3	11,694	Partridge

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1971 FA Charity Shield


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
7 August 1971	Liverpool	H	1–0	25,014	Whitworth

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 2	1 June 1972	Cagliari	A	0–1	4,000
Group 2	4 June 1972	Atalanta	A	3–5	7,000	Weller, Sammels (2)
Group 2	7 June 1972	Cagliari	H	2–1	16,027	Weller, Nish
Group 2	10 June 1972	Atalanta	H	6–0	10,949	Glover, Nish, Sammels, Weller (2), Farrington

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Peter Shilton
-	DF	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	David Nish
-	MF	Bobby Kellard
-	DF	John Sjoberg
-	DF	Graham Cross
-	MF	John Farrington
-	FW	Alistair Brown
-	FW	Rodney Fern
-	MF	Jon Sammels
-	MF	Len Glover
-	MF	Willie Carlin
-	DF	Joe Jopling

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Malcolm Manley
-	DF	Alan Woollett
-	FW	Malcolm Partridge
-	MF	Paul Matthews
-	DF	Malcolm Munro
-	MF	Keith Weller
-	MF	Alan Birchenall
-	MF	David Tomlin
-	GK	Carl Jayes
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	FW	Bob Lee
-	DF	Steve Yates

References

↑ http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1971-72CharityShield.htm
↑ "1971 FA Charity Shield on ITV". ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1971-1972/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1972

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