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
[ 4]
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