1971–72 Cambridge United F.C. season

Cambridge United

1971–72 season
Manager	Bill Leivers
Football League Fourth Division	10th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Brian Greenhalgh (19)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was Cambridge United's 2nd season in the Football League.

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	28	7	11	88	56	1.571	63
2	Southend United	46	24	12	10	81	55	1.473	60
3	Brentford	46	24	11	11	76	44	1.727	59
4	Scunthorpe United	46	22	13	11	56	37	1.514	57
5	Lincoln City	46	21	14	11	77	59	1.305	56
6	Workington	46	16	19	11	50	34	1.471	51
7	Southport	46	18	14	14	66	46	1.435	50
8	Peterborough United	46	17	16	13	82	64	1.281	50
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	73	59	1.237	50
10	Cambridge United	46	17	14	15	62	60	1.033	48
11	Colchester United	46	19	10	17	70	69	1.014	48
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	14	16	56	63	0.889	46
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	61	67	0.910	45
14	Newport County	46	18	8	20	60	72	0.833	44
15	Exeter City	46	16	11	19	61	68	0.897	43
16	Reading	46	17	8	21	56	76	0.737	42
17	Aldershot	46	9	22	15	48	54	0.889	40
18	Hartlepool	46	17	6	23	58	69	0.841	40
19	Darlington	46	14	11	21	64	82	0.780	39
20	Chester	46	10	18	18	47	56	0.839	38
21	Northampton Town	46	12	13	21	66	79	0.835	37
22	Barrow	46	13	11	22	40	71	0.563	37
23	Stockport County	46	9	14	23	55	87	0.632	32
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	9	27	43	69	0.623	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Fourth Division

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	14 August 1971	Chester	A	1 – 1	4,541	Akers
2	21 August 1971	Northampton Town	H	1 – 1	5,638	Foote
3	27 August 1971	Southport	A	1 – 4	3,388	Akers
4	1 September 1971	Gillingham	A	0 – 2	6,424
5	4 September 1971	Crewe Alexandra	H	3 – 2	3,909	Phillips, Horrey, Hollett
6	11 September 1971	Bury	A	1 – 0	2,602	Greenhalgh
7	18 September 1971	Darlington	H	6 – 0	4,621	Greenhalgh (4), Collins, Carr (o.g.)
8	25 September 1971	Lincoln City	A	1 – 3	5,679	Phillips
9	29 September 1971	Exeter City	H	0 – 1	4,924
10	2 October 1971	Aldershot	H	1 – 1	4,781	Phillips
11	9 October 1971	Doncaster Rovers	A	1 – 1	3,521	Phillips
12	16 October 1971	Chester	H	2 – 0	3,289	Phillips, Harris
13	20 October 1971	Workington	A	1 – 0	3,983	Phillips
14	23 October 1971	Colchester United	H	4 – 2	7,320	Harris (2), Foote, Lill
15	30 October 1971	Newport County	A	0 – 3	3,824
16	6 November 1971	Reading	H	4 – 1	5,159	Foote, Lill, Eades, Greenhalgh
17	12 November 1971	Stockport County	A	0 – 3	2,389
18	27 November 1971	Barrow	A	1 – 1	1,031	Walton
19	4 December 1971	Southend United	H	1 – 1	6,260	Greenhalgh
20	18 December 1971	Crewe Alexandra	A	1 – 1	1,868	Phillips
21	27 December 1971	Grimsby Town	H	3 – 1	8,591	Phillips, Walton, Lill
22	1 January 1972	Darlington	A	1 – 2	3,198	Hollett
23	8 January 1972	Southport	H	0 – 0	4,723
24	15 January 1972	Hartlepool United	A	2 – 1	2,369	Harris, Collins
25	22 January 1972	Exeter City	A	4 – 3	3,649	Walton (2), Lill, Greenhalgh
26	5 February 1972	Brentford	H	1 – 1	6,861	Walker
27	12 February 1972	Colchester United	H	1 – 1	5,663	Lill
28	19 February 1972	Newport County	H	0 – 1	4,618
29	26 February 1972	Reading	A	0 – 1	6,608
30	4 March 1972	Stockport County	H	2 – 0	3,913	Collins, Greenhalgh
31	9 March 1972	Peterborough United	A	0 – 2	4,950
32	11 March 1972	Doncaster Rovers	H	1 – 1	3,207	Greenhalgh
33	15 March 1972	Hartlepool United	H	2 – 1	3,619	Conlon, Guild
34	18 March 1972	Northampton Town	A	2 – 1	3,781	Collins, Greenhalgh
35	20 March 1972	Workington	H	0 – 0	4,826
36	25 March 1972	Bury	H	0 – 2	4,413
37	31 March 1972	Aldershot	A	1 – 1	4,437	Greenhalgh
38	1 April 1972	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 2	12,741	Foote
39	3 April 1972	Lincoln City	H	0 – 0	6,588
40	8 April 1972	Brentford	A	1 – 2	9,061	Greenhalgh
41	11 April 1972	Scunthorpe United	A	1 – 2	6,145	Pointer
42	15 April 1972	Barrow	H	1 – 0	3,887	Lill
43	19 April 1972	Peterborough United	H	2 – 5	4,248	Greenhalgh (2)
44	21 April 1972	Southend United	A	2 – 1	17,303	Greenhalgh (2)
45	26 April 1972	Gillingham	H	2 – 1	3,260	Greenhalgh, Conlon
46	29 April 1972	Scunthorpe United	H	2 – 0	3,927	Greenhalgh, Conlon

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	20 November 1971	Weymouth	H	2 – 0	4,643	Hollett, Collins
R2	11 December 1971	Bristol Rovers	A	0 – 3	8,788

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	17 August 1971	Fulham	A	0 – 4	8,360

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Vic Akers	45	2	2	0	1	0	48	2
DF	Jack Bannister	6(2)	0	0	0	1	0	7(2)	0
MF	John Collins	40(1)	4	2	1	1	0	43(1)	5
FW	Bryan Conlon	13	3	0	0	0	0	13	3
DF	Terry Eades	44	1	2	0	1	0	47	1
MF	Chris Foote	38(2)	4	2	0	1	0	41(2)	4
FW	Brian Greenhalgh	44	19	1	0	1	0	46	19
DF	Alan Guild	44	1	2	0	1	0	47	1
MF	George Harris	11(1)	4	0	0	0	0	11(1)	4
FW	Ivan Hollett	8(1)	2	1	1	0(1)	0	9(2)	3
MF	Roly Horrey	5(1)	1	0	0	0	0	5(1)	1
MF	David Lill	42(3)	1	0	0	1	0	6(1)	1
MF	John Murray	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Peter Phillips	33(1)	8	2	0	1	0	35(1)	8
MF	Keith Pointer	4(2)	1	0	0	0	0	4(2)	1
GK	Trevor Roberts	21	0	2	0	1	0	24	0
DF	Jimmy Thompson	40	0	2	0	0	0	42	0
GK	Peter Vasper	25	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
MF	Dennis Walker	12(6)	1	0	0	1	0	13(6)	1
MF	Ronnie Walton	25	4	1	0	0	0	26	4
DF	Jimmy White	3(2)	0	1	0	0	0	4(2)	0

References

• Cambridge 1971–72 at statto.com
• Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive

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