| DAT | MOTSTÅNDARE | RESULTAT | MÅLGÖRARE | pl | |
| 14 aug | b | Arsenal | 0-3 |
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| 18 | H | MANCHESTER UNITED | 2-3 |
Baldwin, Osgood | |
| 21 | H | MANCHESTER CITY | 2-2 |
Baldwin, Weller | |
| 24 | b | Everton | 0-2 |
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| 28 | b | Huddersfield | 2-1 | Hollins, Osgood | |
| 1 sep | H | WEST BROMWICH | 1-0 | Hollins | |
| 4 | H | COVENTRY | 3-3 |
Hollins, Osgood 2 | |
| 11 | b | West Ham | 1-2 |
Hollins | |
| 18 | H | DERBY | 1-1 |
Baldwin | |
| 25 | b | Sheffield United | 0-1 |
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| 2 okt | H | WOLVERHAMPTON | 3-1 | Baldwin, Hollins, Houseman | |
| 9 | b | Liverpool | 0-0 |
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| 16 | H | ARSENAL | 1-2 |
Osgood | |
| 23 | H | SOUTHAMPTON | 3-0 | Baldwin, Hollins, Houseman | |
| 30 | b | Leicester | 1-1 |
Osgood | |
| 6 nov | H | NOTTINGHAM | 2-0 | Cooke, Osgood | |
| 13 | b | Stoke | 1-0 | Osgood | |
| 20 | b | Crystal Palace | 3-2 | Baldwin, Hudson, Osgood | |
| 27 | H | TOTTENHAM | 1-0 | Cooke | |
| 4 dec | b | Newcastle | 0-0 |
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| 11 | H | LEEDS | 0-0 |
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| 18 | b | Coventry | 1-1 |
Osgood | |
| 27 | H | IPSWICH | 2-0 | Garland, Kember | |
| 1972 1 jan |
b | Derby | 0-1 |
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| 8 | H | HUDDERSFIELD | 2-2 |
Hollins, Osgood | |
| 22 | b | Manchester United | 1-0 | Osgood | |
| 29 | H | EVERTON | 4-0 | Dempsey, Hollins, Osgood 2 | |
| 19 feb | H | LEICESTER | 2-1 | Osgood 2 | |
| 11 mars | H | LIVERPOOL | 0-0 |
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| 14 | b | Nottingham | 1-2 |
Hollins | |
| 18 | b | Manchester City | 0-1 |
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| 25 | H | WEST HAM | 3-1 | Hollins, Mulligan, Osgood | |
| 29 | H | SHEFFIELD UNITED | 2-0 | Webb 2 | |
| 1 apr | b | Ipswich | 2-1 | Webb 2 | |
| 8 | H | CRYSTAL PALACE | 2-1 | Garland, Hollins | |
| 12 | b | Wolverhampton | 2-0 | Garland, Osgood | |
| 15 | b | Tottenham | 0-3 |
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| 18 | b | Southampton | 2-2 |
Baldwin 2 | |
| 22 | H | NEWCASTLE | 3-3 |
Baldwin 2, Kember | |
| 24 | H | STOKE | 2-0 | Garland, Hudson | |
| 27 | b | West Bromwich | 0-4 |
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| 1 maj | b | Leeds | 0-2 |
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