League record
What the league record shows
Liverpool won 57.1% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 33 of 42. The side averaged 1.52 goals scored and 0.71 conceded per match; the resulting +34 goal difference gives more context to the 3rd finish than position alone.
Compared with 1970–71, the recorded league position improved by 2 places, while goal difference moved from +18 to +34.
Place in Liverpool’s wider history
This season falls within Bill Shankly’s reconstruction of Liverpool, spanning promotion, renewed domestic success and the club’s emergence in European competition.
Cup and scoring picture
The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. John Toshack led the season scoring record with 13 goals in all competitions.
How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.