English First Division 1971/1972
Historical league standings at 23rd 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 | Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1.83 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Derby County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3.00 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 7 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1.67 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1.33 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.80 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.80 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.60 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.60 |
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 19 | Chelsea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| 21 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 22 | West Ham United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 |
