Sunderland Historical Standings 1st Mar 1972

English Championship 1971/1972
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Norwich City 29 56   9 6 0 28 12   6 5 3 14 11
2 Millwall 30 55   10 5 0 28 13   4 8 3 21 22
3 Sunderland 30 50   9 6 1 32 18   4 5 5 16 25
4 Middlesbrough 29 49   12 2 1 22 8   3 2 9 16 26
5 Queens Park Rangers 29 48   11 2 1 29 9   2 7 6 13 15
6 Birmingham City 29 46   10 4 0 35 12   1 9 5 8 14
7 Carlisle United 30 46   9 4 2 24 14   4 3 8 19 22
8 Burnley 30 44   8 3 4 30 19   5 2 8 19 22
9 Blackpool 30 44   8 4 2 27 10   5 1 10 16 25
10 Swindon Town 30 41   7 4 4 19 10   4 4 7 11 21
11 Preston North End 29 39   9 2 4 22 11   1 7 6 17 23
12 Oxford United 30 39   8 5 2 21 11   2 4 9 11 27
13 Charlton Athletic 30 39   8 5 2 26 15   3 1 11 17 36
14 Bristol City 30 37   8 3 4 28 18   2 4 9 10 20
15 Portsmouth 30 37   7 6 2 24 16   2 4 9 22 31
16 Sheffield Wednesday 30 37   7 5 2 23 16   2 5 9 17 26
17 Orient 29 36   9 3 2 26 13   1 3 11 12 33
18 Luton Town 31 35   5 6 4 20 18   2 8 6 13 20
19 Fulham 30 34   8 4 4 24 20   2 0 12 12 36
20 Hull City 29 33   7 3 5 23 18   2 3 9 11 21
21 Cardiff City 28 26   5 4 4 23 17   1 4 10 14 33
22 Watford 30 17   4 4 8 12 18   0 1 13 7 37