1971–72 Midland Football Combination

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The 1971–72 Midland Football Combination season was the 35th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.

Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alvechurch	34	27	1	6	111	27	4.111	55
2	Oldbury United	34	23	6	5	68	35	1.943	52
3	Sutton Coldfield Town	34	17	11	6	65	44	1.477	45
4	Highgate United	34	18	8	8	63	31	2.032	44
5	Evesham United	34	18	7	9	62	44	1.409	43
6	Moor Green	34	13	12	9	55	44	1.250	38
7	Malvern Town	34	13	10	11	50	44	1.136	36
8	Bridgnorth Town	34	13	7	14	48	50	0.960	33
9	Walsall Wood	34	14	4	16	48	54	0.889	32
10	Knowle	34	12	7	15	50	54	0.926	31
11	Solihull Borough	34	11	9	14	52	59	0.881	31
12	Blakenall	34	10	7	17	46	62	0.742	27
13	Boldmere St. Michaels	34	9	9	16	38	54	0.704	27
14	West Midlands Police	34	10	7	17	42	73	0.575	27
15	Paget Rangers	34	8	10	16	35	52	0.673	26
16	Stratford Town	34	7	11	16	41	66	0.621	25
17	Northfield Town	34	10	4	20	46	70	0.657	24
18	Smethwick Highfield	34	4	8	22	30	87	0.345	16	Relegated to Division Two

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Seasons

as Worcestershire Combination

as Midland Football Combination

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One A, One B) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Halifax Town Mansfield Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington

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