Football League Second Division  1971/72

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Norwich City 42 21 15 6 60 36 1.667 57 ▲Champions
2nd  Birmingham City 42 19 18 5 60 31 1.935 56 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Millwall 42 19 17 6 64 46 1.391 55 -
4th  Queens Park Rangers 42 20 14 8 57 28 2.036 54 -
5th  Sunderland 42 17 16 9 67 57 1.175 50 -
6th  Blackpool 42 20 7 15 70 50 1.400 47 -
7th  Burnley 42 20 6 16 70 55 1.273 46 -
8th  Bristol City 42 18 10 14 61 49 1.245 46 -
9th  Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 50 48 1.042 46 -
10th  Carlisle United 42 17 9 16 61 57 1.070 43 -
11th  Swindon Town 42 15 12 15 47 47 1.000 42 -
12th  Hull City 42 14 10 18 49 53 0.925 38 -
13th  Luton Town 42 10 18 14 43 48 0.896 38 -
14th  Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 51 58 0.879 38 -
15th  Oxford United 42 12 14 16 43 55 0.782 38 -
16th  Portsmouth 42 12 13 17 59 68 0.868 37 -
17th  Orient 42 14 9 19 50 61 0.820 37 -
18th  Preston North End 42 12 12 18 52 58 0.897 36 -
19th  Cardiff City 42 10 14 18 56 69 0.812 34 -
20th  Fulham 42 12 10 20 45 68 0.662 34 -
21st  Charlton Athletic 42 12 9 21 55 77 0.714 33 ▼Relegated
22nd  Watford 42 5 9 28 24 75 0.320 19 ▼Relegated

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End of Season Notes
 ▼Nottingham Forest were Relegated from the Football League First Division
 ▼Huddersfield Town were Relegated from the Football League First Division
 ▲Norwich City were Promoted to the Football League First Division
 ▲Birmingham City were Promoted to the Football League First Division
 ▼Charlton Athletic were Relegated to the Football League Third Division
 ▼Watford were Relegated to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Aston Villa were Promoted from the Football League Third Division
 ▲Brighton & Hove Albion were Promoted from the Football League Third Division