Third Division 1971-1972

Third Division 1971-1972
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	45ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 14 agosto 1971 al 15 maggio 1972
Luogo	Inghilterra  Galles
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Aston Villa (1º titolo)
Altre promozioni	Brighton & Hove Albion
Retrocessioni	Barnsley Bradford City Mansfield Town Torquay United
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Ted MacDougall (35)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 407 (2,55 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1970-1971 1972-1973

La Third Division 1971-1972 è stato il 45º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

Aggiornamenti

Cambio di denominazione:

• da Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Football Club ad Athletic Football Club Bournemouth.

Squadre partecipanti

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	4º posto in Third Division
Barnsley	Barnsley	Oakwell	12º posto in Third Division
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	Burnden Park	22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	19º posto in Third Division
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Goldstone Ground	14º posto in Third Division
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Eastville Stadium	6º posto in Third Division
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Saltergate	5º posto in Third Division
Halifax Town	Halifax	The Shay	3º posto in Third Division
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	7º posto in Third Division
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Oldham Athletic	Oldham	Boundary Park	3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	15º posto in Third Division
Port Vale	Stoke on Trent (Burslem)	Vale Park	17º posto in Third Division
Rochdale	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	16º posto in Third Division
Rotherham United	Rotherham	Millmoor	8º posto in Third Division
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Gay Meadow	13º posto in Third Division
Swansea City	Swansea	Vetch Field	11º posto in Third Division
Torquay United	Torquay	Plainmoor	10º posto in Third Division
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	18º posto in Third Division
Walsall	Walsall	Fellows Park	20º posto in Third Division
Wrexham	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	9º posto in Third Division
York City	York	Bootham Crescent	4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso

Classifica finale

	Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	QR
	1	Aston Villa	70	46	32	6	8	85	32	2.656
	2	Brighton	65	46	27	11	8	82	47	1.745
	3	Bournemouth	62	46	23	16	7	73	37	1.973
	4	Notts County	62	46	25	12	9	74	44	1.682
	5	Rotherham Utd	55	46	20	15	11	69	52	1.327
	6	Bristol Rovers	54	46	21	12	13	75	56	1.339
	7	Bolton	50	46	17	16	13	51	41	1.244
	8	Plymouth	50	46	20	10	16	74	64	1.156
	9	Walsall	48	46	15	18	13	62	57	1.088
	10	Blackburn	47	46	19	9	18	54	57	0.947
	11	Oldham Athletic	45	46	17	11	18	59	63	0.937
	12	Shrewsbury Town	44	46	17	10	19	73	65	1.123
	13	Chesterfield	44	46	18	8	20	57	57	1.000
	14	Swansea City	44	46	17	10	19	46	59	0.780
	15	Port Vale	41	46	13	15	18	43	59	0.729
	16	Wrexham	40	46	16	8	22	59	63	0.937
	17	Halifax Town	38	46	13	12	21	48	61	0.787
	18	Rochdale	37	46	12	13	21	57	83	0.687
	19	York City	36	46	12	12	22	57	66	0.864
	20	Tranmere	36	46	10	16	20	50	71	0.704
	21	Mansfield Town	36	46	8	20	18	41	63	0.651
	22	Barnsley	36	46	9	18	19	32	64	0.500
	23	Torquay Utd	32	46	10	12	24	41	69	0.594
	24	Bradford City	32	46	11	10	25	45	77	0.584

Legenda:

      Promosso in Second Division 1972-1973.

      Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1972-1973.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

Note:

Mansfield Town e Barnsley retrocesse in Fourth Division per peggior quoziente reti rispetto agli ex aequo York City e Tranmere Rovers.

Risultati

Tabellone

	AST	BSL	BLA	BOL	BOU	BRA	BRI	BRR	CHF	HAL	MFT	NOC	OLD	PLY	PVA	ROC	ROT	SHR	SWA	TOR	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
Aston Villa		2-0	4-1	3-2	2-1	3-0	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	3-1	2-0	2-0	1-2	3-0	2-0	5-1	2-0	0-0	2-0	1-0
Barnsley	0-4		0-0	1-0	0-0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1-4	1-2	1-1	2-1	2-1	2-2	0-0	3-3	1-1	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-2	2-1	2-1
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	4-0		0-3	2-1	1-0	2-2	1-2	1-0	2-0	1-1	0-2	0-1	3-2	3-1	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-2	1-0	4-1	1-1	2-1	3-0
Bolton Wanderers	2-0	0-0	1-0		0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	2-0	1-2	2-1	2-1	3-0	2-1	2-2	2-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	0-1	0-2	0-1
Bournemouth	3-0	0-0	1-0	1-2		3-0	1-1	2-0	1-0	3-1	1-1	2-0	2-0	1-0	3-2	4-1	3-1	3-1	2-1	1-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	2-2
Bradford City	0-1	0-2	1-2	0-3	2-2		2-1	1-1	2-2	2-1	2-2	2-3	2-2	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-0	2-1	0-2	0-1	1-1	3-0	0-2	3-1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2-1	0-0	3-0	1-1	2-0	3-1		3-1	2-1	2-1	1-0	1-1	0-1	3-0	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	3-1	2-0	1-2	3-2	0-2
Bristol Rovers	0-1	3-0	3-0	2-0	1-2	7-1	2-2		3-1	1-0	2-1	0-2	1-0	2-2	2-1	5-2	1-2	3-1	2-1	2-0	2-1	2-1	3-1	5-4
Chesterfield	0-4	0-0	2-0	2-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-3		2-1	2-0	1-2	0-1	2-1	2-1	2-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-0	2-2	1-1	1-0	2-1
Halifax Town	0-1	2-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	2-1	0-5	2-1	2-0		1-1	3-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	2-2	1-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-2	3-1	4-1	3-1
Mansfield Town	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-5	1-1	0-3	0-0	2-1	0-0		1-1	2-1	2-3	0-1	3-1	0-1	2-2	0-2	0-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-0
Notts County	0-3	3-0	1-0	1-2	1-1	2-0	1-0	2-3	1-4	3-1	2-0		2-0	1-0	2-1	4-0	1-1	1-0	5-0	2-1	1-0	3-0	1-0	2-2
Oldham Athletic	0-6	6-0	1-1	2-2	3-1	0-2	2-4	3-2	1-1	0-0	2-1	0-1		0-1	1-0	3-2	5-1	1-4	1-0	1-0	3-1	1-3	0-2	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	3-2	2-1	1-0	2-0	1-1	1-4	1-2	2-1	1-0	1-1	3-1	1-1	0-0		0-0	4-1	2-1	1-2	4-1	3-1	2-2	3-2	1-2	4-0
Port Vale	4-4	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	1-0	1-1	0-0	0-2	1-0	1-0	0-3	1-0	0-0		1-1	1-2	2-1	3-0	0-0	2-1	1-1	1-0	4-3
Rochdale	1-0	0-2	2-1	2-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	3-1	0-2	3-2	2-1	1-1	1-1	3-2	3-2		2-1	0-0	1-1	5-0	2-1	0-0	1-0	1-2
Rotherham United	0-2	3-0	2-1	2-0	0-0	2-0	2-4	0-0	0-1	3-2	3-1	2-2	3-1	4-3	3-0	5-1		2-1	4-0	2-2	0-0	1-1	2-2	1-1
Shrewsbury Town	1-1	1-0	7-1	1-0	3-2	3-0	3-5	2-2	3-4	3-0	4-2	1-1	2-4	1-2	0-0	2-1	0-1		3-0	2-0	0-0	4-1	2-1	2-1
Swansea City	1-2	2-0	0-1	3-2	1-2	2-0	2-1	2-0	1-3	3-0	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-1	1-0	0-2	1-0		0-0	1-1	2-0	0-2	2-1
Torquay United	2-1	1-2	3-1	1-1	0-2	2-1	2-2	1-1	3-2	2-0	0-1	1-1	0-2	2-1	3-0	1-1	0-1	2-0	1-4		0-1	2-2	2-3	0-1
Tranmere Rovers	0-1	0-0	1-3	0-0	1-2	4-1	2-0	0-1	1-2	2-3	2-2	2-1	2-2	3-2	3-2	2-0	0-0	0-4	0-0	2-0		3-3	2-1	2-0
Walsall	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-1	1-1	3-0	0-1	2-0	1-1	0-0	2-1	1-2	2-3	1-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	4-1	4-0	1-0	4-1		2-1	2-1
Wrexham	0-2	2-0	1-1	1-2	1-3	2-1	1-2	1-1	2-0	2-0	1-1	1-1	3-1	0-2	1-2	1:3	0-0	2-1	2-0	1-2	3-0	3-1		2-0
York City	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-2	3-1	1-2	0-0	4-1	1-1	1-2	0-2	0-0	2-3	2-1	2-0	2-0	1-1	1-1	3-1	5-0	2-0	1-1

Voci correlate

• First Division 1971-1972
• Second Division 1971-1972
• Fourth Division 1971-1972
• FA Cup 1971-1972
• Football League Cup 1971-1972
• Charity Shield 1972

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Season 1971–72, su englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk, English Football League Tables.
• (EN) Football League 1971-1972 su rsssf.com., su rsssf.com.
• (EN) English League Leading Goalscorers su RSSSF, su rsssf.com.