English First Division 1971/1972
Historical league standings at 28th 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 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1.71 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1.50 |
| 4 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1.67 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1.50 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1.25 |
| 7 | Southampton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1.13 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2.20 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0.88 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0.86 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.60 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.67 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0.64 |
| 18 | Chelsea | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0.55 |
| 19 | Everton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0.44 |
| 21 | West Ham United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0.44 |
