Football : Season Details : 1972

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Derby County	58	5-3
2	Leeds United	57	5-8	FAC-W
3	Liverpool	57	4-10
4	Manchester City	57	7-6
5	Arsenal	52	2-46	FAC-F
6	Tottenham Hotspur	51	4-22	UEFA-W
7	Chelsea	48	4-9	LC-F
8	Manchester United	48	5-27
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	47	3-5	UEFA-F
10	Sheffield United	46	5-1
11	Newcastle United	41	3-7
12	Leicester City	39	6-1
13	Ipswich Town	38	2-4
14	West Ham United	36	2-14
15	Everton	36	3-18
16	West Bromwich Albion	35	5-23
17	Stoke City	35	5-9	LC-W
18	Coventry City	33	1-5
19	Southampton	31	1-6
20	Crystal Palace	29	1-3
21	Nottingham Forest	25	4-15
22	Huddersfield Town	25	3-2

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Stoke City 2 Chelsea 1
FA Cup Final	Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0

European Cup Final	Ajax 2 Inter Milan 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Tottenham Hotspur 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (agg 3 - 2)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Rangers 3 Dynamo Moscow 2

agg Aggregate Score

History

Leeds United won the FA Cup on the 100th anniversary of the competition. Two days later they visited Wolverhampton Wanderers needing a draw to win the League and become only the fifth club to complete the double. They lost 1-2. On the same night, Liverpool needed to win at Arsenal to become Champions. They drew 0-0 after having a goal disallowed two minutes from the end. Derby County (whose players had gone on holiday expecting to be caught) became League Champions.

Arsenal reached their second successive FA Cup final with no home draws in either season.

The Fairs Cup was renamed as the UEFA Cup. This was the first time a European final was between two English clubs. Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the two legged UEFA Cup final to become the first English club to win two different European trophies.

Stoke City (founder member of the League) won the League Cup, their first (and only) trophy.

History (Europe)

The Dutch club Ajax became the second club in Europe to win the Treble of national League and Cup and the European Cup.

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