1971–72 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1971–72
Champions	Waterford (5th title)
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
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. 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

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

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