The 1971–72 season was Cambridge United's 2nd season in the Football League.
Final league table
Results
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League Fourth Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 14 August 1971 ChesterA1 – 14,541Akers2 21 August 1971 Northampton TownH1 – 15,638Foote3 27 August 1971 SouthportA1 – 43,388Akers4 1 September 1971 GillinghamA0 – 26,4245 4 September 1971 Crewe AlexandraH3 – 23,909Phillips, Horrey, Hollett6 11 September 1971 BuryA1 – 02,602Greenhalgh7 18 September 1971 DarlingtonH6 – 04,621Greenhalgh (4), Collins, Carr (o.g.)8 25 September 1971 Lincoln CityA1 – 35,679Phillips9 29 September 1971 Exeter CityH0 – 14,92410 2 October 1971 AldershotH1 – 14,781Phillips11 9 October 1971 Doncaster RoversA1 – 13,521Phillips12 16 October 1971 ChesterH2 – 03,289Phillips, Harris13 20 October 1971 WorkingtonA1 – 03,983Phillips14 23 October 1971 Colchester UnitedH4 – 27,320Harris (2), Foote, Lill15 30 October 1971 Newport CountyA0 – 33,82416 6 November 1971 ReadingH4 – 15,159Foote, Lill, Eades, Greenhalgh17 12 November 1971 Stockport CountyA0 – 32,38918 27 November 1971 BarrowA1 – 11,031Walton19 4 December 1971 Southend UnitedH1 – 16,260Greenhalgh20 18 December 1971 Crewe AlexandraA1 – 11,868Phillips21 27 December 1971 Grimsby TownH3 – 18,591Phillips, Walton, Lill22 1 January 1972 DarlingtonA1 – 23,198Hollett23 8 January 1972 SouthportH0 – 04,72324 15 January 1972 Hartlepool UnitedA2 – 12,369Harris, Collins25 22 January 1972 Exeter CityA4 – 33,649Walton (2), Lill, Greenhalgh26 5 February 1972 BrentfordH1 – 16,861Walker27 12 February 1972 Colchester UnitedH1 – 15,663Lill28 19 February 1972 Newport CountyH0 – 14,61829 26 February 1972 ReadingA0 – 16,60830 4 March 1972 Stockport CountyH2 – 03,913Collins, Greenhalgh31 9 March 1972 Peterborough UnitedA0 – 24,95032 11 March 1972 Doncaster RoversH1 – 13,207Greenhalgh33 15 March 1972 Hartlepool UnitedH2 – 13,619Conlon, Guild34 18 March 1972 Northampton TownA2 – 13,781Collins, Greenhalgh35 20 March 1972 WorkingtonH0 – 04,82636 25 March 1972 BuryH0 – 24,41337 31 March 1972 AldershotA1 – 14,437Greenhalgh38 1 April 1972 Grimsby TownA1 – 212,741Foote39 3 April 1972 Lincoln CityH0 – 06,58840 8 April 1972 BrentfordA1 – 29,061Greenhalgh41 11 April 1972 Scunthorpe UnitedA1 – 26,145Pointer42 15 April 1972 BarrowH1 – 03,887Lill43 19 April 1972 Peterborough UnitedH2 – 54,248Greenhalgh (2)44 21 April 1972 Southend UnitedA2 – 117,303Greenhalgh (2)45 26 April 1972 GillinghamH2 – 13,260Greenhalgh, Conlon46 29 April 1972 Scunthorpe UnitedH2 – 03,927Greenhalgh, Conlon
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR120 November 1971 WeymouthH2 – 04,643Hollett, CollinsR211 December 1971 Bristol RoversA0 – 38,788
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR117 August 1971 FulhamA0 – 48,360
Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDF Vic Akers4522010482DF Jack Bannister6(2)000107(2)0MF John Collins40(1)4211043(1)5FW Bryan Conlon1330000133DF Terry Eades4412010471MF Chris Foote38(2)4201041(2)4FW Brian Greenhalgh441910104619DF Alan Guild4412010471MF George Harris11(1)4000011(1)4FW Ivan Hollett8(1)2110(1)09(2)3MF Roly Horrey5(1)100005(1)1MF David Lill42(3)100106(1)1MF John Murray30000030FW Peter Phillips33(1)8201035(1)8MF Keith Pointer4(2)100004(2)1GK Trevor Roberts2102010240DF Jimmy Thompson4002000420GK Peter Vasper2500000250MF Dennis Walker12(6)1001013(6)1MF Ronnie Walton2541000264DF Jimmy White3(2)010004(2)0
References
Cambridge 1971–72 at statto.com Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive