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Football League First Division; Season: 1971–72: Champions: Derby County 1st English title: Relegated: Nottingham Forest Huddersfield Town: European Cup: Derby County: European Cup Winners' Cup: Leeds United: UEFA Cup: Liverpool Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur Stoke City: Watney Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield United: Matches played ...
The 1971–72 season was the 73rd completed season of The Football League. Brian Clough , 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first ever league championship.
1 December 1971: England win their European Championship qualifying group with a 2-0 win in Greece. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters score the goals. 31 December 1971: At the end of the year, Manchester United are top of the First Division, three points ahead of Manchester City and four ahead of Leeds United.
Their first season in Europe came when they entered the 1972–73 European Cup after winning the 1971–72 First Division Title, reaching the semi-final stages, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to Juventus in controversial circumstances.
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
Leeds won the first leg 1–0, and a month later defended their lead with a 0–0 draw in Budapest, [6] before winning the First Division for the first time in the 1968–69 campaign. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Having rejected an offer to manage Birmingham City, Revie chose to remain at Leeds for the 1970–71 campaign. [ 9 ]
The 1971 title was special for the Milwaukee Bucks, but 50 years later, sports fans in town still are looking for another from the Bucks or Brewers.
The 1971–72 season was Liverpool Football Club's 80th season in existence and their tenth consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool fought for the league title for the first time in three years, finishing third, just one point behind champions Derby .