Category: 1971

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             46  19  4  0  59  12  11  5  7  30  24   69
 2. BOURNEMOUTH              46  16  5  2  51  15   8  7  8  30  31   60
 3. OLDHAM ATHLETIC          46  14  6  3  57  29  10  5  8  31  34   59
 4. YORK CITY                46  16  6  1  45  14   7  4 12  33  40   56
 5. Chester City             46  17  2  4  42  18   7  5 11  27  37   55
 6. Colchester United        46  14  6  3  44  19   7  6 10  26  35   54

Left to right, back row: Peter Hawkins, Eric Brookes, John Clarke, Kim Brook, John Fairbrother, Frank Large, Joe Kiernan.
Front row: Keith East, Trevor Gould, Frank Rankmore, Ray Fairfax, Dixie McNeil.

 7. Northampton              46  15  4  4  39  24   4  9 10  24  35   51
 8. Southport                46  15  2  6  42  24   6  4 13  21  33   48
 9. Exeter City              46  12  7  4  40  23   5  7 11  27  45   48
10. Workington               46  13  7  3  28  13   5  5 13  20  36   48
11. Stockport County         46  12  8  3  28  17   4  6 13  21  48   46
12. Darlington               46  15  3  5  42  22   2  8 13  16  35   45
13. Aldershot                46   8 10  5  32  23   6  7 10  34  48   45
14. Brentford                46  13  3  7  45  27   5  5 13  21  35   44
15. Crewe Alexandra          46  13  1  9  49  35   5  7 11  26  41   44
16. Peterborough United      46  14  3  6  46  23   4  4 15  24  48   43
17. Scunthorpe United        46   9  7  7  36  23   6  6 11  20  38   43
18. Southend United          46   8 11  4  32  24   6  4 13  21  42   43
19. Grimsby Town             46  13  4  6  37  26   5  3 15  20  45   43
20. Cambridge United         46   9  9  5  31  27   6  4 13  20  39   43
21. Lincoln City             46  11  4  8  45  33   2  9 12  25  38   39
22. Newport County           46   8  3 12  32  36   2  5 16  23  49   28
23. Hartlepool United        46   6 10  7  28  27   2  2 19   6  47   28
24. Barrow                   46   5  5 13  25  38   2  3 18  26  52   22

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League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PRESTON NORTH END        46  15  8  0  42  16   7  9  7  21  23   61
 2. FULHAM                   46  15  6  2  39  12   9  6  8  29  29   60
 3. Halifax Town             46  16  2  5  46  22   6 10  7  28  33   56
 4. Aston Villa              46  13  7  3  27  13   6  8  9  27  33   53
 5. Chesterfield             46  13  8  2  45  12   4  9 10  21  26   51
 6. Bristol Rovers           46  11  5  7  38  24   8  8  7  31  26   51
 7. Mansfield Town           46  13  7  3  44  28   5  8 10  20  34   51
 8. Rotherham United         46  12 10  1  38  19   5  6 12  26  41   50
 9. Wrexham                  46  12  8  3  43  25   6  5 12  29  40   49
10. Torquay United           46  12  6  5  37  26   7  5 11  17  31   49
11. Swansea City             46  11  5  7  41  25   4 11  8  18  31   46
12. Barnsley                 46  12  6  5  30  19   5  5 13  19  33   45
13. Shrewsbury Town          46  11  6  6  37  28   5  7 11  21  34   45
14. Brighton & Hove Albion   46   8 10  5  28  20   6  6 11  22  27   44
15. Plymouth Argyle          46   6 12  5  39  33   6  7 10  24  30   43

Back row (left to right): P.Madden (coach), R. Jenkins, D.Cross, P.Clarke, R.Jones, T.Godfrey, J.Ashworth (Captain), C.Parry, R. Blair, R.J.Connor (Manager)

Middle row: N. Whitehead, P.Gowans, R.Downes, T.Buck, D.Butler, H.Riley, D.Ryder, G.Smith.

Front row : A. Arrowsmith, C. Simpson, K.Williams, A. Mandzuk.

16. Rochdale                 46   8  8  7  29  26   6  7 10  32  42   43
17. Port Vale                46  11  6  6  29  18   4  6 13  23  41   42
18. Tranmere Rovers          46   8 11  4  27  18   2 11 10  18  37   42
19. Bradford City            46   7  6 10  23  25   6  8  9  26  37   40
20. Walsall                  46  10  1 12  30  27   4 10  9  21  30   39
21. READING                  46  10  7  6  32  33   4  4 15  16  52   39
22. BURY                     46   7  9  7  30  23   5  4 14  22  37   37
23. DONCASTER ROVERS         46   8  5 10  28  27   5  4 14  17  39   35
24. GILLINGHAM               46   6  9  8  22  29   4  4 15  20  38   33

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League Division 2
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. LEICESTER CITY 42 12 7 2 30 14 11 6 4 27 16 59
2. SHEFFIELD UNITED 42 14 6 1 49 18 7 8 6 24 21 56
3. Cardiff City 42 12 7 2 39 16 8 6 7 25 25 53
4. Carlisle United 42 16 3 2 39 13 4 10 7 26 30 53
5. Hull City 42 11 5 5 31 16 8 8 5 23 25 51
6. Luton Town 42 12 7 2 40 18 6 6 9 22 25 49
7. Middlesbrough 42 13 6 2 37 16 4 8 9 23 27 48
8. Millwall 42 13 5 3 36 12 6 4 11 23 30 47
9. Birmingham City 42 12 7 2 30 12 5 5 11 28 36 46
10. Norwich City 42 11 8 2 34 20 4 6 11 20 32 44
11. Queen’s Park Rangers 42 11 5 5 39 22 5 6 10 19 31 43
12. Swindon Town 42 12 7 2 38 14 3 5 13 23 37 42
13. Sunderland 42 11 6 4 34 21 4 6 11 18 33 42
14. Oxford United 42 8 8 5 23 23 6 6 9 18 25 42
15. Sheffield Wednesday 42 10 7 4 32 27 2 5 14 19 42 36
16. Portsmouth 42 9 4 8 32 28 1 10 10 14 33 34
17. Leyton Orient 42 5 11 5 16 15 4 5 12 13 36 34
18. Watford 42 6 7 8 18 22 4 6 11 20 38 33
19. Bristol City 42 9 6 6 30 28 1 5 15 16 36 31
20. Charlton Athletic 42 7 6 8 28 30 1 8 12 13 35 30
21. BLACKBURN ROVERS 42 5 8 8 20 28 1 7 13 17 41 27
22. BOLTON WANDERERS 42 6 5 10 22 31 1 5 15 13 43 24

1971

Total football arrived. It was brewing already, but the big bang happened and the herald was Ajax. Although 1972 was the greatest year of the club, in the 1970-71 season Ajax brought the new exciting and revolutionary kind of play to the front: it was the whole package – players changing positions as the game flowed, covering the whole field, defenders attacking and scoring, all of them highly technical and perfectly fit. No wonder the Dutch became everlasting darlings, fondly remembered by those who saw them. Total football finished the stagnated defensive football of the 1960s, bringing back the sheer joy of watching the game. New heroes in every sense, for it was revolutionary team not only on the pitch: long hairs, loose manners, no suits, opinionated and even arrogant young men, looking more like hippies instead of stiff workers. Even their numbers were different – no longer following the standard 1-11 numbering, Ajax players used individual constant numbers and among them the number 14 – Johan Cruiff – was God.

Ajax and total football! 1971 was great year. And Brazil finally organized state’s league championship.