England I Division

 

England. Ranked first by UEFA.

League Division 1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. DERBY COUNTY             42  16  4  1  43  10   8  6  7  26  23   58
 2. Leeds United             42  17  4  0  54  10   7  5  9  19  21   57
 3. Liverpool                42  17  3  1  48  16   7  6  8  16  14   57
 4. Manchester City          42  16  3  2  48  15   7  8  6  29  30   57
 5. Arsenal                  42  15  2  4  36  13   7  6  8  22  27   52
 6. Tottenham Hotspur        42  16  3  2  45  13   3 10  8  18  29   51
 7. Chelsea                  42  12  7  2  41  20   6  5 10  17  29   48
 8. Manchester United        42  13  2  6  39  26   6  8  7  30  35   48
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  10  7  4  35  23   8  4  9  30  34   47
10. Sheffield United         42  10  8  3  39  26   7  4 10  22  34   46
11. Newcastle United         42  10  6  5  30  18   5  5 11  19  34   41
12. Leicester City           42   9  6  6  18  11   4  7 10  23  35   39
13. Ipswich Town             42   7  8  6  19  19   4  8  9  20  34   38
14. West Ham United          42  10  6  5  31  19   2  6 13  16  32   36
15. Everton                  42   8  9  4  28  17   1  9 11   9  31   36
16. West Bromwich Albion     42   6  7  8  22  23   6  4 11  20  31   35
17. Stoke City               42   6 10  5  26  25   4  5 12  13  31   35
18. Coventry City            42   7 10  4  27  23   2  5 14  17  44   33
19. Southampton              42   8  5  8  31  28   4  2 15  21  52   31
20. Crystal Palace           42   4  8  9  26  31   4  5 12  13  34   29
21. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        42   6  4 11  25  29   2  5 14  22  52   25
22. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        42   4  7 10  12  22   2  6 13  15  37   25
Derby County – first time champions!

Supercup

 

Super Cup 1972

1st Leg, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 16 Jan 1973, att 58000

Rangers                  (1) 1  Ajax                     (2) 3
34' 0-1  A: Rep
41' 1-1  R: MacDonald
45' 1-2  A: Cruijff
76' 1-3  A: Haan







Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Mathieson; Greig, Johnstone (Fyfe 2), Smith; Conn (McLean 1),Forsyth, Parlane, MacDonald, Young
Ajax
        Stuy; Suurbier, Hulshoff; Blankenburg, Krol, G.Mühren; Haan, A.Mühren,
        Rep, Cruijff, Keizer
Referee: McKenzie (Scotland)


2nd leg, De Meer Stadium, Amsterdam, 24 Jan 1973, att 40000

Ajax                     (2) 3  Rangers                  (2) 2
 2' 0-1  R: MacDonald
12' 1-1  A: Haan
35' 1-2  R: Young
37' 2-2  A: G.Mühren pen
79' 3-2  A: Cruijff
Ajax won 6-3 on aggregate

Ajax
        Stuy; Suurbier, Hulshoff; Blankenburg, Krol, Haan; Neeskens, G.Mühren,
        Swart, Cruijff, Keizer
Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Mathieson; Greig, Johnstone, Smith; McLean, Forsyth,
        Parlane, MacDonald, Young
Referee: Weyland (West Germany)

Glasgow Rangers lost both games.

Effectively, the Supercup belonged to the 1972-73 season, but the great Ajax was practically the same and supreme.

1972 was rhe year of total success – Ajax had their arguably best year, confidently winning everything there was to win: the Champions Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the newly created and still unofficial European Supercup. They were really above everybody else – the kings of the world, playing exciting football.

UEFA Cup

 

UEFA Cup 1971-72

First Round
Hertha BSC               FRG  IF Elfsborg (Boras)      Swe  3-1  4-1  7-2 
Dundee                   Sco  AB (Copenhagen)          Den  4-2  1-0  5-2       
Rosenborg BK             Nor  HIFK (Helsinki)          Fin  3-0  1-0  4-0       
Vasas SC                 Hun  Shelbourne               Irl  1-0  1-1  2-1       
Glentoran                Nir  Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  0-1  1-6  1-7       
IBK (Keflavik)           Isl  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  1-6  0-9  1-15x     
RC Celta Vigo            Esp  Aberdeen                 Sco  0-2  0-1  0-3       
FC Den Haag              Ned  Aris Bonnevoie           Lux  5-0  2-2  7-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  Academica Coimbra        Por  3-0  4-1  7-1
AS Saint-Etienne         Fra  1.FC Cologne             FRG  1-1  1-2  2-3
FC Lugano                Sui  Legia Warsaw             Pol  1-3  0-0  1-3
FC Porto                 Por  FC Nantes                Fra  0-2  1-1  1-3
Hamburger SV             FRG  St. Johnstone            Sco  2-1  0-3  2-4
Southampton              Eng  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  0-2  2-3
Bologna                  Ita  RSC Anderlecht           Bel  1-1  2-0  3-1 
SSC Napoli               Ita  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  1-0  0-2  1-2
Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  Nimes Olympique          Fra  1-0  1-2 *2-2
Atletico Madrid          Esp  Panionios                Gre  2-1  0-1  2-2*
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  FC Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)   Bul  3-0  1-3  4-3
FC Basle                 Sui  Real Madrid              Esp  1-2  1-2  2-4
Marsa                    Mlt  Juventus                 Ita  0-6  0-5  0-11
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  FC Botev (Vratza)        Bul  6-1  2-1  8-2
UT Arad                  Rom  SV Austria Salzburg      Aut  4-1  1-3  5-4
Fenerbahce               Tur  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  1-3  2-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Digenis (Morphou)        Cyp  4-0  3-0  7-0
Spartak Moscow           URS  VSS Kosice               Tch  2-0  1-2  3-2
OFK Belgrade             Yug  Djurgaardens IF          Swe  4-1  2-2  6-3 
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  FC Brugge KV             Bel  3-0  1-3  4-3
Hallescher FC Chemie     GDR  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  0-0       0-0y
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  Sklo Union Teplice       Tch  1-0  3-2  4-2
Lierse SK                Bel  Leeds United             Eng  0-2  4-0  4-2
SK Rapid Vienna walkover, KS Vllaznia (Shkoder) withdrew
x 1st leg in Reykjavik
y PSV walkover, HFC Chemie withdrew after 1st leg

Second Round
Rosenborg BK             Nor  Lierse SK                Bel  4-1  0-3  4-4*
Rapid Bucharest          Rom  Legia Warsaw             Pol  4-0  0-2  4-2
1.FC Cologne             FRG  Dundee                   Sco  2-1  2-4  4-5
FC Den Haag              Ned  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-3  0-4  1-7
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  Bologna                  Ita  1-1  2-2 *3-3
FC Nantes                Fra  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-0  0-1  0-1
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  2-2  4-3
St. Johnstone            Sco  Vasas SC                 Hun  2-0  0-1  2-1
Spartak Moscow           URS  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  0-0  0-4  0-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Hertha BSC               FRG  4-2  1-2  5-4 
OFK Belgrade             Yug  FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  1-1  0-4  1-5
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  UT Arad                  Rom  1-1  1-2  2-3
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  2-2  0-0  2-2*
Real Madrid              Esp  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  3-1  0-2  3-3*+
Juventus                 Ita  Aberdeen                 Sco  2-0  1-1  3-1
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Panionios                Gre  6-0       6-0x
+ 2nd leg played in Den Bosch
x Ferencvarosi walkover, Panionios disqualified

Third Round
AC Milan                 Ita  Dundee                   Sco  3-0  0-2  3-2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  0-1  0-3  0-4
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  2-5  3-6
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  Lierse SK                Bel  1-0  0-4  1-4
SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  Juventus                 Ita  0-1  1-4  1-5
St. Johnstone            Sco  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-0  1-5  2-5
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  3-0  2-0  5-0
UT Arad                  Rom  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  3-0  0-1  3-1

Quarter-Final
AC Milan                 Ita  Lierse SK                Bel  2-0  1-1  3-1
UT Arad                  Rom  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-2  1-1  1-3
Ferencvarosi             Hun  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-2  2-1  3-3  5-4p
Juventus                 Ita  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-1  1-2  2-3

Semi-Finals
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  AC Milan                 Ita  2-1  1-1  3-2
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  2-2  1-2  3-4


Final 1st Leg, Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 3 May 1972, att 45000

Wolverhampton Wanderers  (0) 1  Tottenham Hotspur        (0) 2
57' 0-1  TH: Chivers
72' 1-1  WW: McCalliog 72
87' 1-2  TH: Chivers

Wolverhampton Wanderers
        Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt, Richards,
        Dougan, Wagstaffe
Tottenham Hotspur
        Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman,
        Chivers, Peters, Coates (Pratt 68)
Referee: Bahramov (Soviet Union)


Final 2nd Leg, White Hart Lane, London, 17 May 1972, att 54000

Tottenham Hotspur        (1) 1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (1) 1
30' 1-0  TH: Mullery
41' 1-1  WW: Wagstaffe
Tottenham won 3-2 on aggregate

Tottenham Hotspur
        Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman,
        Chivers, Peters, Coates
Wolverhampton Wanderers
        Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt (Bailey 55),
        Richards, Dougan (Curran 84), Wagstaffe
Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)










Wolves lost the English final by one goal. Unlucky.

Tottenham Hotspur won the first UEFA Cup. The new trophy was right for them – this squad deserved success and if English success was tougher to achieve, then international success.

Cup Winners Cup

 

Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72

Preliminary Round                                                               
B1909 (Odense)           Den  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  4-2  0-2  4-4*
Hibernians (Paola)       Mlt  Fram (Reykjavik)         Isl  3-0  0-2  3-2x      
x 2nd leg in Malta

First Round
Servette FC Geneva       Sui  Liverpool                Eng  2-1  0-2  2-3       
Distillery               Nir  FC Barcelona             Esp  1-3  0-4  1-7
Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  Cardiff City             Wal  1-1  1-1  2-2  5-4p
Jeunesse Hautcharage     Lux  Chelsea                  Eng  0-8  0-13 0-21x     
Limerick                 Irl  Torino                   Ita  0-1  0-4  0-5       
KS Dinamo (Tirane)       Alb  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  1-1  0-1  1-2       
Stade Rennais            Fra  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-1  1-2       
Hibernians (Paola)       Mlt  Steaua Bucharest         Rom  0-0  0-1  0-1       
Sporting CP (Lisbon)     Por  SFK Lyn                  Nor  4-0  3-0  7-0 
TJ Skoda Pilzen          Tch  Bayern Munich            FRG  0-1  1-6  1-7       
Komloi Banyasz           Hun  Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  2-7  2-1  4-8       
Olympiakos (Pireus)      Gre  Dinamo Moscow            URS  0-2  2-1  2-3
FC Levski-Spartak        Bul  Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  1-1  0-2  1-3
Zaglebie Sosnowiec       Pol  Atvidabergs FF           Swe  3-4  1-1  4-5
MP (Mikkeli)             Fin  Eskisehirspor            Tur  0-0  0-4  0-4
Beerschot VAV            Bel  Anorthosis (Famagusta)   Cyp  7-0  1-0  8-0y
x 1st leg in Luxembourg
y 2nd leg in Antwerpen

Second Round
Liverpool                Eng  Bayern Munich            FRG  0-0  1-3  1-3
Atvidabergs FF           Swe  Chelsea                  Eng  0-0  1-1 *1-1
Torino                   Ita  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  1-0  0-0  1-0
Rangers                  Sco  Sporting CP (Lisbon)     Por  3-2  3-4 *6-6  aet
Beerschot VAV            Bel  Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  1-3  1-3  2-6
Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  1-1  1-2  2-3
FC Barcelona             Esp  Steaua Bucharest         Rom  0-1  1-2  1-3
Eskisehirspor            Tur  Dinamo Moscow            URS  0-1  0-1  0-2

Quarter-Finals
Torino                   Ita  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-1  1-2
Steaua Bucharest         Rom  Bayern Munich            FRG  1-1  0-0  1-1*
Atvidabergs FF           Swe  Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  0-2  2-2  2-4x
Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  Dinamo Moscow            URS  1-2  1-1  2-3y
x 1st leg in Stockholm
y 2nd leg in Tashkent

Semi-Finals
Bayern Munich            FRG  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-2  1-3       
Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  Dinamo Moscow            URS  1-1  1-1  2-2x 1-4p
x 2nd leg in Lwow


Final, Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona, 24 May 1972, att 35000

Rangers                  (2) 3  Dinamo Moscow            (0) 2
23' 1-0  R: Stein
40' 2-0  R: Johnston
49' 3-0  R: Johnston
60' 3-1  DM: Estrekov
87' 3-2  DM: Makovikov





Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Johnstone, Smith, Mathieson; Greig, Conn, MacDonald,
        McLean, Stein, Johnston
Dinamo Moscow
        Pilgui; Basalayev, Dolmatov, Zykov, Dolbonosov (Gershkovich 69); Zhukov,
        Baydachny, Yakubik (Eshtrekov 56), Sabo; Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin
Referee: Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)


Rangers celebrated.
Dynamo protested, UEFA ignored the protest, the result stayed. Rightly or wrongly, Dynamo lost. Yes, there was pitch invasion by Rangers' fans, cutting the game a few minutes shorter than regulated time. Yes, there was possiblity for equalizing goal. 
Glasgow Rangers won the Cup – their ony Europen trophy so far. A bit tainted too – nothing wrong with the players, but their fans interupted the final beforev time. Yet, a great success.