English First Division 1971/1972
Historical league standings at 18th August 1971
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 6 | Derby County | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.25 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 13 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.33 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.40 |
| 21 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 22 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
