1971–72 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 1971–72 football season
During the 1971–72 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
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 in the Charity Shield , winning it for the first time, by 1-0.[ 1] [ 2]
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
^ Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition. Leicester City's score comes first [ 3]
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
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers 7 August 1971 Liverpool H 1–0 25,014 Whitworth
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
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