1971–72 Welsh Cup

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "1971–72 Welsh Cup" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

1971–72 Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Final positions
Champions	Wrexham
Runner-up	Cardiff City
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 FAW Welsh Cup is the 85th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.

Key

[edit]

League name pointed after clubs name.

CCL – Cheshire County League
FL D2 – Football League Second Division
FL D3 – Football League Third Division
FL D4 – Football League Fourth Division
SFL – Southern Football League
WLN – Welsh League North
WLS – Welsh League South

Fifth round

[edit]

Ten winners from the Fourth round and six new clubs.

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Holyhead Town (WLN)	0–0	Chester (FL D4)
replay	Chester (FL D4)	7–2	Holyhead Town (WLN)

Sixth round

[edit]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Rhyl (CCL)	2–1	Chester (FL D4)

Semifinal

[edit]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Rhyl (CCL)	1–2	Cardiff City (FL D2)
2	Wrexham (FL D3)	2–0	Newport County (FL D4)

Final

[edit]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Wrexham (FL D3)	2–1	Cardiff City (FL D2)
1	Cardiff City (FL D2)	1–1	Wrexham (FL D3)

External links

[edit]

The FAW Welsh Cup

v t e Welsh Cup
Seasons	1877–78 1878–79 1879–80 1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1928 1980 1991 1995 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Association football portal Sports portal Wales portal List of finals

v t e 1971–72 in European football (UEFA)
« 1970–71 1972–73 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72