1971–72 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season1971–72
ChampionsWaterford (5th title)
Matches played182
Goals scored590 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfie Hale, Waterford
Tony Marsden, Cork Hibernians 22 goals

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1971/1972 season.

Overview

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It was contested by 14 teams, and Waterford won the championship.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 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:
  1. ^ a b The points for the Athlone Town 1-0 Shelbourne match were awarded to Shelbourne.
  2. ^ Drumcondra were taken over by, and merged into, Home Farm and changed their club name to Home Farm Drumcondra for next season.

Results

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Home \ Away ATH BOH CCF CHF DRO DRU DUN FHA LIM SHM SHE SLI StP WAT
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:
  1. ^ The points from the match between Athlone Town and Shelbourne FC (1–0) were awarded to Shelbourne.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
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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