| Squad cost: | 463K | 1971-72 fees: | 122K | |
| Total players: | 27 | Players in: | 1 | |
| Loaned out: | 0 | |||
| Available squad: | 27 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Connaughton | GK | 22 | ENG | |||||
| Jimmy Rimmer | GK | 24 | ENG | ? | ||||
| Alex Stepney | GK | 29 | ENG | 1966 | 55K | |||
| Martin Buchan | D | 23 | 1.78 | SCO | Feb | 122K | ||
| Francis Burns | D | 23 | 1.75 | SCO | ||||
| Nicolas Dematei | D | 15 | 1.77 | ARG | ||||
| Ian Donald | D | 20 | 1.75 | SCO | ||||
| Tony Dunne | D | 30 | 1.68 | IRL | ||||
| Paul Edwards | D | 24 | 1.78 | ENG | ||||
| John Fitzpatrick | D | 25 | SCO | |||||
| Steve James | D | 22 | 1.80 | ENG | ||||
| Tommy O'Neil | D | 19 | ENG | |||||
| David Sadler | D | 26 | 1.83 | ENG | ||||
| Ian Ure | D | 32 | 1.84 | SCO | 1969 | 85K | ||
| Willie Watson | D | 22 | 1.75 | SCO | ||||
| Tony Young | D | 19 | 1.78 | ENG | ||||
| Sir Bobby Charlton | M | 34 | 1.73 | ENG | ||||
| Pat Crerand | M | 33 | 1.78 | SCO | ||||
| Sammy McIlroy | M | 17 | 1.78 | NIR | ||||
| Carlo Sartori | M | 24 | 1.75 | ITA | ||||
| 8 | Brian Kidd | F | 23 | 1.78 | ENG | |||
| John Aston | F | 24 | ENG | |||||
| George Best | F | 26 | 1.75 | NIR | ||||
| Alan Gowling | F | 23 | ENG | |||||
| Denis Law | F | 32 | 1.75 | SCO | ? | |||
| Willie Morgan | F | 27 | SCO | ? | ||||
| Ian Storey-Moore | F | 27 | 1.79 | ENG | 1972 | 201K |