1969–70 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969-70 season.

Contents

Overview

Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on April 1, with a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on April 22, after losing 2-1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland went with them 7 days earlier losing 1-0 at home to Liverpool, which a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Everton 42 17 3 1 46 19 12 5 4 26 15 72 34 2.118 + 38 66
2 Leeds United 42 15 4 2 50 19 6 11 4 34 30 84 49 1.714 + 25 57
3 Chelsea 42 13 7 1 36 18 8 6 7 34 32 70 50 1.400 + 20 55
4 Derby County 42 15 3 3 45 14 7 6 8 19 23 64 37 1.730 + 27 53
5 Liverpool 42 10 7 4 34 20 10 4 7 31 22 65 42 1.548 + 23 51
6 Coventry City 42 9 6 6 35 28 10 5 6 23 20 58 48 1.208 + 10 49
7 Newcastle United 42 14 2 5 42 16 3 11 7 15 19 57 35 1.629 + 22 47
8 Manchester United 42 8 9 4 37 27 6 8 7 29 34 66 61 1.082 + 5 45
9 Stoke City 42 10 7 4 31 23 5 8 8 25 29 56 52 1.077 + 4 45
10 Manchester City 42 8 6 7 25 22 8 5 8 30 26 55 48 1.146 + 7 43
11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 2 8 27 21 6 7 8 27 34 54 55 0.982 – 1 43
12 Arsenal 42 7 10 4 29 23 5 8 8 22 26 51 49 1.041 + 2 42
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 8 8 5 30 23 4 8 9 25 34 55 57 0.965 – 2 40
14 Burnley 42 7 7 7 33 29 5 8 8 23 32 56 61 0.918 – 5 39
15 Nottingham Forest 42 8 9 4 28 28 2 9 10 22 43 50 71 0.704 – 21 38
16 West Bromwich Albion 42 10 6 5 39 25 4 3 14 19 41 58 66 0.879 – 8 37
17 West Ham United 42 8 8 5 28 21 4 4 13 23 39 51 60 0.850 – 9 36
18 Ipswich Town 42 9 5 7 23 20 1 6 14 17 43 40 63 0.635 – 23 31
19 Southampton 42 3 12 6 24 27 3 5 13 22 40 46 67 0.687 – 23 29
20 Crystal Palace 42 5 6 10 20 36 1 9 11 14 32 34 68 0.500 – 34 27
21 Sunderland 42 4 11 6 17 24 2 3 16 13 44 30 68 0.441 – 38 26
22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 5 10 23 27 2 4 15 17 44 40 71 0.563 – 31 25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
FA Cup Winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup ( Chelsea )
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
League Cup Winners; see Manchester City
Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away1 ARS BUR CHE COV CPA DER EVE IPS LEE LIV MNC MNU NEW NOT SHW SOT STO SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 3–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2
Burnley 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–1 5–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–3
Chelsea 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–5 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Coventry City 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–0
Crystal Palace 1–5 1–2 1–5 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–1
Derby County 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–0
Everton 2–2 2–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 6–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0
Ipswich Town 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Leeds United 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–1
Liverpool 0–1 3–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Manchester City 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 1–0
Manchester United 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 3–1 7–0 5–2 0–0
Newcastle United 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–1
Nottingham Forest 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–2
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–3
Southampton 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–3
Stoke City 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Sunderland 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1
West Bromwich Albion 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–3
West Ham United 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 25
2 Joe Royle Everton 23
= Peter Osgood Chelsea 23
3 Pop Robson Newcastle United 22
4 Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 20
5 Allan Clarke Leeds United 17
= Steve Kindon Burnley 17

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