1971–72 League of Ireland
Football league season
Season | 1971–72 |
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Champions | Waterford |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 590 (3.24 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Alfie Hale, Waterford Tony Marsden, Cork Hibernians 22 goals |
← 1970–71 1972–73 → |
Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1971/1972 season.
Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Waterford won the championship.
Final classification
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Waterford | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 44 |
2 | Cork Hibernians | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 17 | +53 | 40 |
3 | Bohemians | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 37 |
4 | Finn Harps | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 36 |
5 | Shamrock Rovers | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 28 |
6 | St Patrick's Athletic | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 |
7 | Dundalk | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 25 |
8 | Cork Celtic | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 23 |
9 | Shelbourne | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 22[a] |
10 | Athlone Town | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 21[a] |
11 | Drogheda United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 18 |
12 | Drumcondra[b] | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 16 |
13 | Limerick | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 15 |
14 | Sligo Rovers | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 14 |
Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b The points for the Athlone Town 1-0 Shelbourne match were awarded to Shelbourne.
- ^ Drumcondra were taken over by, and merged into, Home Farm and changed their club name to Home Farm Drumcondra for next season.
Results
Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | CCF | CHF | DRO | DRU | DUN | FHA | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | WAT |
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Athlone Town | — | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0[a] | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Bohemians | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Cork Celtic | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
Cork Hibernians | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 8–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Drogheda United | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
Drumcondra | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Dundalk | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
Finn Harps | 7–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Limerick | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
Shamrock Rovers | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Shelbourne | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Sligo Rovers | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 4–7 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–3 |
Waterford | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 3–2 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ The points from the match between Athlone Town and Shelbourne FC (1–0) were awarded to Shelbourne.
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Alfie Hale | Waterford | 22 |
1 | Tony Marsden | Cork Hibernians | 22 |
3 | Brendan Bradley | Finn Harps | 18 |
4 | Terry Harkin | Finn Harps | 17 |
5 | Miah Dennehy | Hibernians | 15 |
5 | Turlough O'Connor | Dundalk | 15 |
7 | Carl Davenport | Cork Celtic | 11 |
7 | Dave Kirby | Waterford | 11 |
7 | Johnny Matthews | Waterford | 11 |
7 | Gerry Mitchell | Sligo Rovers | 11 |
7 | Jackie Mooney | Bohemians | 11 |
7 | Frank O'Neill | Shamrock Rovers | 11 |
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