During the 1971–72 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary In the 1971–72 season, Jimmy Bloomfield was appointed as new Leicester boss for the new season, and kept them in the First Division in their first season back in the top flight after a 2-year absence with a satisfying 12th-place finish. Unusually, due to Division One champions Arsenal's commitments in European competition, Division Two winners Leicester were invited to play FA Cup winners Liverpool in the Charity Shield, winning it for the first time, by 1-0.

Final league table

Results Leicester City's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 14 August 1971 Huddersfield TownA2–216,285Brown, Nish 18 August 1971 Nottingham ForestH2–132,079Brown, O'Kane (own goal) 21 August 1971 Derby CountyH0–235,460 25 August 1971 Stoke CityA1–321,678Brown 28 August 1971 LiverpoolA2–350,970Fern, Farrington 1 September 1971 SouthamptonH0–122,055 4 September 1971 Manchester CityH0–025,238 11 September 1971 Ipswich TownA2–118,483Sammels, Kellard 18 September 1971 Sheffield UnitedH0–130,143 25 September 1971 ArsenalA0–340,201 2 October 1971 Crystal PalaceH0–028,493 9 October 1971 West Ham UnitedA1–131,060Cross 16 October 1971 Huddersfield TownH2–022,412Sammels, Weller 23 October 1971 West Bromwich AlbionA1–023,088Weller 30 October 1971 ChelseaH1–136,574Birchenall 6 November 1971 Leeds UnitedA1–239,877Brown 13 November 1971 Newcastle UnitedH3–028,792Brown, Sammels, Fern 20 November 1971 Manchester UnitedA2–348,757Birchenall, Glover 27 November 1971 EvertonH0–029,662 4 December 1971 Coventry CityA1–126,300Brown 11 December 1971 Tottenham HotspurH0–130,721 18 December 1971 Manchester CityA1–129,524Weller 27 December 1971 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–237,966Sammels 1 January 1972 Sheffield UnitedA1–134,406Sjoberg 8 January 1972 LiverpoolH1–026,421Brown 22 January 1972 Nottingham ForestA2–127,250Weller, Birchenall 29 January 1972 Stoke CityH2–126,931Glover, Farrington 12 February 1972 West Bromwich AlbionH0–124,225 19 February 1972 ChelseaA1–238,783Glover 4 March 1972 Newcastle UnitedA0–225,256 11 March 1972 West Ham UnitedH2–023,345Nish (2) 18 March 1972 Derby CountyA0–334,019 22 March 1972 Leeds UnitedH0–032,152 25 March 1972 Ipswich TownH1–019,769Tomlin 1 April 1972 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–023,981Shaw (own goal) 3 April 1972 Crystal PalaceA1–123,736Fern 4 April 1972 ArsenalH0–027,431 8 April 1972 Manchester UnitedH2–035,970Weller, Birchenall 11 April 1972 SouthamptonA0–118,752 15 April 1972 EvertonA0–033,342 22 April 1972 Coventry CityH1–024,254Glover 29 April 1972 Tottenham HotspurA3–419,631Glover, Sammels (pen), Partridge

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR315 January 1972 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–138,121FarringtonR3R19 January 1972 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–037,060Farrington, GloverR45 February 1972 Leyton OrientH0–231,402

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR27 September 1971 Charlton AthleticA1–311,694Partridge

FA Charity Shield

+DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers 7 August 1971 LiverpoolH1–025,014Whitworth

Anglo-Italian Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersGroup 21 June 1972 CagliariA0–14,000Group 24 June 1972 AtalantaA3–57,000Weller, Sammels (2)Group 27 June 1972 CagliariH2–116,027Weller, NishGroup 210 June 1972 AtalantaH6–010,949Glover, Nish, Sammels, Weller (2), Farrington

Squad

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