1969–70 Football League

The 1969–1970 season was the 70th completed season of The Football League.

Everton won their seventh title, finishing nine points clear of Leeds United with Chelsea in third and newly promoted Derby County in fourth. Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland were both relegated.

Huddersfield Town claimed the divisional title and were promoted along with runners-up Blackpool. Aston Villa endured the worst season in their history and were relegated to the Third Division for the first time, along with bottom club Preston North End, for whom it was also a first relegation to the third tier.

Orient won the title and were promoted along with Luton Town, who had finished third the previous season. As usual four teams were relegated, with Bournemouth, Southport, Barrow and Stockport County all making the drop.

Chesterfield won the title and were promoted along with Wrexham, Swansea City and Port Vale. Bradford Park Avenue lost their application for re-election and were replaced by Cambridge United.

1 Final league tables and results^[1]^[2]
2 First Division
3 First Division Results
4 Second Division
5 Second Division Results
6 Third Division
7 Third Division Results
8 Fourth Division
9 Fourth Division Results
10 See also
11 Notes
12 External links
13 References

Final league tables and results^[1]^[2]

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup 1970–71	Everton
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71	Chelsea (1st FA Cup title) Manchester City (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70	Arsenal Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25^[3]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1969–1970 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1969–1970

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Everton	42	17	3	1	46	19	12	5	4	26	15	72	34	2.118	+ 38	66	European Cup 1970–71 First round
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	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
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	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
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	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 ^{[notes 1]}
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	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round ^{[notes 2]}
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	Winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 ^{[notes 3]}
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	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
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

^ Newcastle United qualified as last year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup cupholders.
^ Manchester City were qualified by winning this year's European Cup Winners' Cup. They also won the League Cup this year.
^ Arsenal were winners of this years Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

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.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Huddersfield Town (1st title)
Promoted	Blackpool
Relegated	Aston Villa, Preston North End
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1207 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton (Middlesbrough), 24^[3]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1969–1970 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1969–1970

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Huddersfield Town	42	14	6	1	36	10	10	6	5	32	27	68	37	1.838	+ 31	60
2	Blackpool	42	10	9	2	25	16	10	4	7	31	29	56	45	1.244	+ 11	53
3	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	37	22	7	7	7	27	28	64	50	1.280	+ 14	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	15	4	2	36	14	5	6	10	19	31	55	45	1.222	+ 10	50
5	Swindon Town	42	13	7	1	35	17	4	9	8	22	30	57	47	1.213	+ 10	50
6	Sheffield United	42	16	2	3	50	10	6	3	12	23	28	73	38	1.921	+ 35	49
7	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	38	14	6	6	9	23	27	61	41	1.488	+ 20	49	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	2	4	42	19	5	5	11	12	31	54	50	1.080	+ 4	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	5	3	47	24	4	6	11	19	33	66	57	1.158	+ 9	45
10	Millwall	42	14	4	3	38	18	1	10	10	18	38	56	56	1.000	± 0	44
11	Norwich City	42	13	5	3	37	14	3	6	12	12	32	49	46	1.065	+ 3	43
12	Carlisle United	42	10	6	5	39	28	4	7	10	19	28	58	56	1.036	+ 2	41
13	Hull City	42	11	6	4	43	28	4	5	12	29	42	72	70	1.029	+ 2	41
14	Bristol City	42	11	7	3	37	13	2	6	13	17	37	54	50	1.080	+ 4	39
15	Oxford United	42	9	9	3	23	13	3	6	12	12	29	35	42	0.833	– 7	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	31	23	3	6	12	23	38	54	61	0.885	– 7	36
17	Portsmouth	42	8	4	9	39	35	5	5	11	27	45	66	80	0.825	– 14	35
18	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	33	22	2	4	15	18	56	51	78	0.654	– 27	33
19	Watford	42	6	8	7	26	21	3	5	13	18	36	44	57	0.772	– 13	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	8	6	23	28	0	9	12	12	48	35	76	0.461	– 42	31
21	Aston Villa	42	7	8	6	23	21	1	5	15	13	41	36	62	0.581	– 26	29
22	Preston North End	42	87	6	8	31	28	1	6	14	12	35	43	63	0.683	– 20	28

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CHA	HUD	HUL	LEI	MID	MIL	NOR	OXF	POR	PRE	QPR	SHE	SWI	WAT
Aston Villa		0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
Birmingham City	0–2		3–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–1		2–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0
Blackpool	2–1	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	6–4	0–0	0–1	2–3
Bristol City	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–2		0–2	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0
Cardiff City	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	3–1
Carlisle United	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	5–0
Charlton Athletic	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–4	0–5	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0
Huddersfield Town	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Hull City	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–3		4–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1
Leicester City	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1
Middlesbrough	1–0	4–2	4–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Millwall	2–0	6–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Norwich City	3–1	6–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Oxford United	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Portsmouth	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–4	2–1		4–0	1–3	1–5	3–1	3–1
Preston North End	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–2	2–1	2–3	6–1	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1
Sheffield United	5–0	6–0	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0		1–2	1–1
Swindon Town	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–0
Watford	3–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Orient (1st title)
Promoted	Luton Town
Relegated	Barrow, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Southport, Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Jones (Bury), 26^[3]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1969–1970

Fulham

Orient

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1969–1970

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Orient	46	16	5	2	43	15	9	7	7	24	21	67	36	1.861	+ 31	62
2	Luton Town	46	13	8	2	46	15	10	6	7	31	28	77	43	1.791	+ 34	60
3	Bristol Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	5	11	7	29	33	80	59	1.356	+ 21	56
4	Fulham	46	12	9	2	43	26	8	6	9	38	29	81	55	1.473	+ 26	55
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	4	3	37	16	7	5	11	20	27	57	43	1.326	+ 14	55
6	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	46	22	7	7	9	24	27	70	49	1.429	+ 21	53
7	Barnsley	46	14	6	3	43	24	5	9	9	25	35	68	59	1.153	+ 9	53
8	Reading	46	16	3	4	52	29	5	8	10	35	48	87	77	1.130	+ 10	53
9	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	39	24	7	4	12	30	36	69	60	1.150	+ 9	46
10	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	37	22	6	6	11	20	28	57	50	1.140	+ 7	46
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	4	6	31	19	4	8	11	21	35	52	54	0.963	– 2	46
12	Walsall	46	11	4	8	33	31	6	8	9	21	36	54	67	0.806	– 13	46
13	Torquay United	46	9	9	5	36	22	5	8	10	26	37	62	59	1.051	+ 3	45
14	Rotherham United	46	10	8	5	36	19	5	6	12	26	35	62	54	1.148	+ 8	44
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	12	1	35	17	3	6	14	27	46	62	63	0.984	– 1	44
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	38	29	4	8	11	18	43	56	72	0.778	– 16	44
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	32	23	6	4	13	24	41	56	64	0.875	– 8	43
18	Halifax Town	46	10	9	4	31	25	4	6	13	16	38	47	63	0.746	– 16	43
19	Bury	46	13	4	6	47	29	2	7	14	28	51	75	80	0.938	– 5	41
20	Gillingham	46	7	6	10	28	33	6	7	10	24	31	52	64	0.813	– 12	39
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	9	6	28	27	4	6	13	20	44	48	71	0.676	– 23	39
22	Southport	46	11	5	7	31	22	3	5	15	17	44	48	66	0.727	– 18	38
23	Barrow	46	7	9	7	28	27	1	5	17	18	54	46	81	0.568	– 35	30
24	Stockport County	46	4	7	12	17	30	2	4	17	10	41	27	71	0.380	– 44	23

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BRW	BOU	BRA	B&H	BRO	BRY	DON	FUL	GIL	HAL	LUT	MAN	ORI	PLY	REA	ROC	ROT	SHR	SOU	STP	TOR	TRA	WAL
Barnsley		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–3	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Barrow	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–4	0–3	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2
Bradford City	1–1	3–3	8–1		1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		0–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers	3–3	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1
Bury	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–3	4–1	1–0	8–0	4–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Fulham	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–4	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Gillingham	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	2–4	0–0	1–3
Halifax Town	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–8	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1
Luton Town	1–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	3–2	0–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Mansfield Town	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	0–0		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–0
Orient	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0		4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–3	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	1–0
Reading	6–2	6–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1		1–0	1–1	3–1	8–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3
Rochdale	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–2		4–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2
Rotherham United	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	4–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1
Shrewsbury Town	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1
Southport	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	6–2	0–3	2–1	0–2		1–1	4–2	2–0	0–1
Stockport County	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–1	2–2
Torquay United	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0		5–1	0–0
Tranmere	0–1	5–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		0–0
Walsall	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Chesterfield (1st title)
Promoted	Port Vale, Swansea City, Wrexham
Failed re-election	Bradford Park Avenue
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27^[3]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1969–1970

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1969–1970

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chesterfield	46	19	1	3	55	12	8	9	6	22	20	77	32	2.406	+ 45	64
2	Wrexham	46	17	6	0	56	16	9	3	11	28	33	84	49	1.714	+ 35	61
3	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	43	14	7	10	6	23	31	66	45	1.467	+ 21	60
4	Port Vale	46	13	9	1	39	10	7	10	6	22	23	61	33	1.848	+ 28	59
5	Brentford	46	14	8	1	36	11	6	8	9	22	28	58	39	1.487	+ 19	56
6	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	52	22	4	8	11	26	43	78	65	1.200	+ 13	53
7	Notts County	46	14	4	5	44	21	8	4	11	29	41	73	62	1.177	+ 11	52
8	Lincoln City	46	11	8	4	38	20	6	8	9	28	32	66	52	1.269	+ 14	50
9	Peterborough United	46	13	8	2	51	21	4	6	13	26	48	77	69	1.116	+ 8	48
10	Colchester United	46	14	5	4	38	22	3	9	11	26	41	64	63	1.016	+ 1	48
11	Chester	46	14	3	6	39	23	7	3	13	19	43	58	66	0.879	– 8	48
12	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	34	23	7	4	12	33	42	67	65	1.031	+ 2	46
13	York City	46	14	7	2	38	16	2	7	14	17	46	55	62	0.887	– 7	46
14	Northampton Town	46	11	7	5	41	19	5	5	13	23	36	64	55	1.164	+ 9	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	37	18	4	6	13	14	33	51	51	1.000	± 0	44
16	Grimsby Town	46	9	9	5	33	24	5	6	12	21	34	54	58	0.931	– 4	43
17	Southend United	46	12	8	3	40	28	3	2	18	19	57	59	85	0.694	– 26	40
18	Exeter City	46	13	5	5	48	20	1	6	16	9	39	57	59	0.966	– 2	39
19	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	45	28	2	9	12	15	37	60	65	0.923	– 5	39
20	Workington	46	9	9	5	31	21	3	5	15	15	43	46	64	0.719	– 18	38
21	Newport County	46	12	3	8	39	24	1	8	14	14	50	53	74	0.716	– 21	37
22	Darlington	46	8	7	8	31	27	5	3	15	22	46	53	73	0.726	– 20	36
23	Hartlepool	46	7	7	9	31	30	3	3	17	11	52	42	82	0.512	– 40	30
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	6	5	12	23	32	0	6	17	18	64	41	96	0.427	– 55	23

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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Fourth Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ALD	BPA	BRE	CHR	CHS	COL	CRE	DAR	EXE	GRI	HAR	LIN	NPC	NOR	NTC	OLD	PET	PVA	SCU	STD	SWA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Aldershot		4–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue	2–0		0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–5	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–0
Brentford	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Chester	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0
Chesterfield	4–2	4–0	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–1
Colchester United	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	5–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–0
Darlington	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–0		4–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Exeter City	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2		0–1	6–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	6–0	5–1	1–0	2–1
Grimsby Town	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	5–3	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool United	1–3	5–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1		0–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–2
Lincoln City	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0		3–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0
Newport County	3–4	5–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2
Northampton Town	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1		3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Notts County	3–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0		0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	3–2	0–2
Oldham Athletic	4–2	0–0	4–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–0		4–2	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–1
Peterborough United	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	8–1		0–0	2–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–1
Port Vale	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Scunthorpe United	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1
Southend	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–5	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Swansea City	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–1
Workington	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	0–0		2–0	1–1
Wrexham	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	6–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–1		4–0
York City	2–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1

Notes

^ "England 1969–70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1969-70.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

External links

Season 1969-70 complete complete lineups and squads

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1969–70 in English football

« 1968–69 1970–71 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield · FA Trophy (Final)

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) · European Cup Winners' Cup (Final)

Related to national team	Alf Ramsey • Home Championship • 1970 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Burnley · Chelsea · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Queens Park Rangers · Southampton · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol City · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Oxford United · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Sheffield Wednesday · Sheffield United · Swindon Town · Watford

Third Division	Barnsley · Barrow · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Doncaster Rovers · Fulham · Gillingham · Halifax Town · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Plymouth Argyle · Reading · Rochdale · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Southport · Stockport County · Torquay United · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Bradford Park Avenue · Brentford · Chester · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Exeter City · Grimsby Town · Hartlepool United · Lincoln City · Newport County · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Swansea Town · Workington · Wrexham · York City

1969–70 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '69 '70 · England · Estonia '69 '70 · Faroe Islands '69 '70 · Finland '69 '70 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary '69 '70 · Iceland '69 '70 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '69 '70 · Lithuania '69 '70 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '69 '70 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '69 '70 · Spain · Sweden '69 '70 · Switzerland · Turkey · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '69 '70 · Finland '69 '70 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '69 '70 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '69 '70 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '69 '70 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup

1969–70 Football League

Contents

Final league tables and results[1][2]

First Division

First Division Results

Second Division

Second Division Results

Third Division

Third Division Results

Fourth Division

Fourth Division Results

See also

Notes

External links

References

Final league tables and results^[1]^[2]