Reading Historical Standings 1st May 1972

English League Two 1971/1972
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Grimsby Town 45 88   17 3 2 58 26   10 4 9 27 30
2 Brentford 46 83   16 2 5 52 21   8 9 6 24 23
3 45 83   18 1 3 54 24   6 10 7 25 29
4 46 79   13 8 2 34 15   9 5 9 22 22
5 Lincoln City 46 77   17 5 1 46 15   4 9 10 31 44
6 46 69   16 4 3 55 22   3 8 12 18 37
7 Peterborough United 46 67   14 6 3 51 24   3 10 10 31 40
8 46 67   12 9 2 34 7   4 10 9 16 27
9 Colchester United 46 67   13 6 4 38 23   6 4 13 32 46
10 45 65   14 5 3 43 19   3 9 11 18 25
11 Cambridge United 46 65   11 8 4 38 22   6 6 11 24 38
12 Doncaster Rovers 46 62   11 8 4 35 24   5 6 12 21 39
13 Gillingham 45 60   11 5 7 33 24   5 7 10 26 41
14 Exeter City 45 59   11 5 7 40 30   5 6 11 21 35
15 Newport County 45 59   13 5 5 34 20   4 3 15 24 51
16 Reading 45 59   14 3 6 37 26   3 5 14 17 45
17 Hartlepool 46 57   14 2 7 39 25   3 4 16 19 44
18 46 53   9 9 5 37 24   5 2 16 27 58
19 Barrow 46 50   8 8 7 23 26   5 3 15 17 45
20 Northampton Town 46 49   8 9 6 43 27   4 4 15 23 52
21 46 48   10 11 2 34 16   0 7 16 13 40
22 Aldershot 45 46   4 13 5 23 20   4 9 10 21 34
23 Stockport County 45 41   7 10 6 33 32   2 4 16 22 51
24 Crewe Alexandra 45 39   9 4 9 26 23   1 5 17 16 44