MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES 1970/1971 - 1979/1980 Useful Links Home Main League Tables This page is a record of final league tables from 1970/1971 - 1979/1980. 1892-1900 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 2020-2029 FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1970/1971 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Arsenal (C) 42 29 7 6 71 29 +42 65 2nd Leeds United 42 27 10 5 72 30 +42 64 3rd Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 14 9 54 33 +21 52 4th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 22 8 12 64 54 +10 52 5th Liverpool 42 17 17 8 42 24 +18 51 6th Chelsea 42 18 15 9 52 42 +10 51 7th Southampton 42 17 12 13 56 44 +12 46 8th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 16 11 15 65 66 -1 43 9th Derby County 42 16 10 16 56 54 +2 42 10th Coventry City 42 16 10 16 37 38 -1 42 11th Manchester City 42 12 17 13 47 42 +5 41 12th Newcastle United 42 14 13 15 44 46 -2 41 13th Stoke City 42 12 13 17 44 48 -4 37 14th Everton 42 12 13 17 54 60 -6 37 15th Huddersfield Town 42 11 14 17 40 49 -9 36 16th Nottingham Forest 42 14 8 20 42 61 -19 36 17th West Bromwich Albion 42 10 15 17 58 75 -17 35 18th Crystal Palace 42 12 11 19 39 57 -18 35 19th Ipswich Town 42 12 10 20 42 48 -6 34 20th West Ham United 42 10 14 18 47 60 -13 34 21st Burnley (R) 42 7 13 22 29 63 -34 27 22nd Blackpool (R) 42 4 15 23 34 66 -32 23   FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1971/1972 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Derby County (C) 42 24 10 8 69 33 +36 58 2nd Leeds United 42 24 9 9 73 31 +42 57 3rd Liverpool 42 24 9 9 64 30 +34 57 4th Manchester City 42 23 11 8 77 45 +32 57 5th Arsenal 42 22 8 12 58 40 +18 52 6th Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 13 10 63 42 +21 51 7th Chelsea 42 18 12 12 58 49 +9 48 8th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 19 10 13 69 61 +8 48 9th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 18 11 13 65 57 +8 47 10th Sheffield United 42 17 12 13 61 60 +1 46 11th Newcastle United 42 15 11 16 49 52 -3 41 12th Leicester City 42 13 13 16 41 46 -5 39 13th Ipswich Town 42 11 16 15 39 53 -14 38 14th West Ham United 42 12 12 18 47 51 -4 36 15th Everton 42 9 18 15 37 48 -11 36 16th West Bromwich Albion 42 12 11 19 42 54 -12 35 17th Stoke City 42 10 15 17 39 56 -17 35 18th Coventry City 42 9 15 18 44 67 -23 33 19th Southampton 42 12 7 23 52 80 -28 31 20th Crystal Palace 42 8 13 21 39 65 -26 29 21st Nottingham Forest (R) 42 8 9 25 47 81 -32 25 22nd Huddersfield Town (R) 42 6 13 23 27 59 -34 25                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1972/1973 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 25 10 7 72 42 +30 60 2nd Arsenal 42 23 11 8 57 43 +14 57 3rd Leeds United 42 21 11 10 71 45 +26 53 4th Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 55 45 +10 48 5th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 18 11 13 66 54 +12 47 6th West Ham United 42 17 12 13 67 53 +14 46 7th Derby County 42 19 8 15 56 54 +2 46 8th Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 13 13 58 48 +10 45 9th Newcastle United 42 16 13 13 60 51 +9 45 10th Birmingham City 42 15 12 15 53 54 -1 42 11th Manchester City 42 15 11 16 57 60 -3 41 12th Chelsea 42 13 14 15 49 51 -2 40 13th Southampton 42 11 18 13 47 52 -5 40 14th Sheffield United 42 15 10 17 51 59 -8 40 15th Stoke City 42 14 10 18 61 56 +5 38 16th Leicester City 42 10 17 15 40 46 -6 37 17th Everton 42 13 11 18 41 49 -8 37 18th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 12 13 17 44 60 -16 37 19th Coventry City 42 13 9 20 40 55 -15 35 20th Norwich City 42 11 10 21 36 63 -27 32 21st Crystal Palace (R) 42 9 12 21 41 58 -17 30 22nd West Bromwich Albion (R) 42 9 10 23 38 62 -24 28                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1973/1974 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Leeds United (C) 42 24 14 4 66 31 +35 62 2nd Liverpool 42 22 13 7 52 31 +21 57 3rd Derby County 42 17 14 11 52 42 +10 48 4th Ipswich Town 42 18 11 13 67 58 +9 47 5th Stoke City 42 15 16 11 54 42 +12 46 6th Burnley 42 16 14 12 56 53 +3 46 7th Everton 42 16 12 14 50 48 +2 44 8th Queens Park Rangers 42 13 17 12 56 52 +4 43 9th Leicester City 42 13 16 13 51 41 +10 42 10th Arsenal 42 14 14 14 49 51 -2 42 11th Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 14 14 45 50 -5 42 12th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 15 14 49 49 0 41 13th Sheffield United 42 14 12 16 44 49 -5 40 14th Manchester City 42 14 12 16 39 46 -7 40 15th Newcastle United 42 13 12 17 49 48 +1 38 16th Coventry City 42 14 10 18 43 54 -11 38 17th Chelsea 42 12 13 17 56 60 -4 37 18th West Ham United 42 11 15 16 55 60 -5 37 19th Birmingham City 42 12 13 17 52 64 -12 37 20th Southampton (R) 42 11 14 17 47 68 -21 36 21st MANCHESTER UNITED (R) 42 10 12 20 38 48 -10 32 22nd Norwich City (R) 42 7 15 20 37 62 -25 29                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1974/1975 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st MANCHESTER UNITED (C) 42 26 9 7 66 30 +36 61 2nd Aston Villa 42 25 8 9 79 32 +47 58 3rd Norwich City 42 20 13 9 58 37 +21 53 4th Sunderland 42 19 13 10 65 35 +30 51 5th Bristol City 42 21 8 13 47 33 +14 50 6th West Bromwich Albion 42 18 9 15 54 42 +12 45 7th Blackpool 42 14 17 11 38 33 +5 45 8th Hull City 42 15 14 13 40 53 -13 44 9th Fulham 42 13 16 13 44 39 +5 42 10th Bolton Wanderers 42 15 12 15 45 41 +4 42 11th Oxford United 42 15 12 15 41 51 -10 42 12th Orient 42 11 20 11 28 39 -11 42 13th Southampton 42 15 11 16 53 54 -1 41 14th Notts County 42 12 16 14 49 59 -10 40 15th York City 42 14 10 18 51 55 -4 38 16th Nottingham Forest 42 12 14 16 43 55 -12 38 17th Portsmouth 42 12 13 17 44 54 -10 37 18th Oldham Athletic 42 10 15 17 40 48 -8 35 19th Bristol Rovers 42 12 11 19 42 64 -22 35 20th Millwall (R) 42 10 12 20 44 56 -12 32 21st Cardiff City (R) 42 9 14 19 36 62 -26 32 22nd Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 5 11 26 29 64 -35 21                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1975/1976 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 23 14 5 66 31 +35 60 2nd Queens Park Rangers 42 24 11 7 67 33 +34 59 3rd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 23 10 9 68 42 +26 56 4th Derby County 42 21 11 10 75 58 +17 53 5th Leeds United 42 21 9 12 65 46 +19 51 6th Ipswich Town 42 16 14 12 54 48 +6 46 7th Leicester City 42 13 19 10 48 51 -3 45 8th Manchester City 42 16 11 15 64 46 +18 43 9th Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 15 13 63 63 0 43 10th Norwich City 42 16 10 16 58 58 0 42 11th Everton 42 15 12 15 60 66 -6 42 12th Stoke City 42 15 11 16 48 50 -2 41 13th Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 46 45 +1 40 14th Coventry City 42 13 14 15 47 57 -10 40 15th Newcastle United 42 15 9 18 71 62 +9 39 16th Aston Villa 42 11 17 14 51 59 -8 39 17th Arsenal 42 13 10 19 47 53 -6 36 18th West Ham United 42 13 10 19 48 71 -23 36 19th Birmingham City 42 13 7 22 57 75 -18 33 20th Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 10 10 22 51 68 -17 30 21st Burnley (R) 42 9 10 23 43 66 -23 28 22nd Sheffield United (R) 42 6 10 26 33 82 -49 22                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1976/1977 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 23 11 8 62 33 +29 57 2nd Manchester City 42 21 14 7 60 34 +26 56 3rd Ipswich Town 42 22 8 12 66 39 +27 52 4th Aston Villa 42 22 7 13 76 50 +26 51 5th Newcastle United 42 18 13 11 64 49 +15 49 6th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 18 11 13 71 62 +9 47 7th West Bromwich Albion 42 16 13 13 62 56 +6 45 8th Arsenal 42 16 11 15 64 59 +5 43 9th Everton 42 14 14 14 62 64 -2 42 10th Leeds United 42 15 12 15 48 51 -3 42 11th Leicester City 42 12 18 12 47 60 -13 42 12th Middlesbrough 42 14 13 15 40 45 -5 41 13th Birmingham City 42 13 12 17 63 61 +2 38 14th Queens Park Rangers 42 13 12 17 47 52 -5 38 15th Derby County 42 9 19 14 50 55 -5 37 16th Norwich City 42 14 9 19 47 64 -17 37 17th West Ham United 42 11 14 17 46 65 -19 36 18th Bristol City 42 11 13 18 38 48 -10 35 19th Coventry City 42 10 15 17 48 59 -11 35 20th Sunderland (R) 42 11 12 19 46 54 -8 34 21st Stoke City (R) 42 10 14 18 28 51 -23 34 22nd Tottenham Hotspur (R) 42 12 9 21 48 72 -24 33                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1977/1978 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Nottingham Forest (C) 42 25 14 3 69 24 +45 64 2nd Liverpool 42 24 9 9 65 34 +31 57 3rd Everton 42 22 11 9 76 45 +31 55 4th Manchester City 42 20 12 10 74 51 +23 52 5th Arsenal 42 21 10 11 60 37 +23 52 6th West Bromwich Albion 42 18 14 10 62 53 +9 50 7th Coventry City 42 18 12 12 75 62 +13 48 8th Aston Villa 42 18 10 14 57 42 +15 46 9th Leeds United 42 18 10 14 63 53 +10 46 10th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 16 10 16 67 63 +4 42 11th Birmingham City 42 16 9 17 55 60 -5 41 12th Derby County 42 14 13 15 54 59 -5 41 13th Norwich City 42 11 18 13 52 66 -14 40 14th Middlesbrough 42 12 15 15 42 54 -12 39 15th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 12 12 18 51 64 -13 36 16th Chelsea 42 11 14 17 46 69 -23 36 17th Bristol City 42 11 13 18 49 53 -4 35 18th Ipswich Town 42 11 13 18 47 61 -14 35 19th Queens Park Rangers 42 9 15 18 47 64 -17 33 20th West Ham United (R) 42 12 8 22 52 69 -17 32 21st Newcastle United (R) 42 6 10 26 42 78 -36 22 22nd Leicester City (R) 42 5 12 25 26 70 -44 22                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1978/1979 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 30 8 4 85 16 +69 68 2nd Nottingham Forest 42 21 18 3 61 26 +35 60 3rd West Bromwich Albion 42 24 11 7 72 35 +37 59 4th Everton 42 17 17 8 52 40 +12 51 5th Leeds United 42 18 14 10 70 52 +18 50 6th Ipswich Town 42 20 9 13 63 49 +14 49 7th Arsenal 42 17 14 11 61 48 +13 48 8th Aston Villa 42 15 16 11 59 49 +10 46 9th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 15 15 12 60 63 -3 45 10th Coventry City 42 14 16 12 58 68 -10 44 11th Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 15 14 48 61 -13 41 12th Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 57 50 +7 40 13th Bristol City 42 15 10 17 47 51 -4 40 14th Southampton 42 12 16 14 47 53 -6 40 15th Manchester City 42 13 13 16 58 56 +2 39 16th Norwich City 42 7 23 12 51 57 -6 37 17th Bolton Wanderers 42 12 11 19 54 75 -21 35 18th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 8 21 44 68 -24 34 19th Derby County 42 10 11 21 44 71 -27 31 20th Queens Park Rangers (R) 42 6 13 23 45 73 -28 25 21st Birmingham City (R) 42 6 10 26 37 64 -27 22 22nd Chelsea (R) 42 5 10 27 44 92 -48 20                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1979/1980 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 25 10 7 81 30 +51 60 2nd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 24 10 8 65 35 +30 58 3rd Ipswich Town 42 22 9 11 68 39 +29 53 4th Arsenal 42 18 16 8 52 36 +16 52 5th Nottingham Forest 42 20 8 14 63 43 +20 48 6th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 9 14 58 47 +11 47 7th Aston Villa 42 16 14 12 51 50 +1 46 8th Southampton 42 18 9 15 65 53 +12 45 9th Middlesbrough 42 16 12 14 50 44 +6 44 10th West Bromwich Albion 42 11 19 12 54 50 +4 41 11th Leeds United 42 13 14 15 46 50 -4 40 12th Norwich City 42 13 14 15 58 66 -8 40 13th Crystal Palace 42 12 16 14 41 50 -9 40 14th Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 10 17 52 62 -10 40 15th Coventry City 42 16 7 19 56 66 -10 39 16th Brighton & Hove Albion 42 11 15 16 47 57 -10 37 17th Manchester City 42 12 13 17 43 66 -23 37 18th Stoke City 42 13 10 19 44 58 -14 36 19th Everton 42 9 17 16 43 51 -8 35 20th Bristol City (R) 42 9 13 20 37 66 -29 31 21st Derby County (R) 42 11 8 23 47 67 -20 30 22nd Bolton Wanderers (R) 42 5 15 22 38 73 -35 25

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