1970–71 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1970-71 season.

Contents

Overview

Arsenal won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They also won the FA Cup to complete the club's first double. Arsenal wrapped up the title on May 3, with a 1-0 win at North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Blackpool were relegated on April 12, after only holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 0-0 draw at home. Burnley joined them on April 24, after losing 2-1 at home to Derby County, which meant West Ham United's 1-1 draw at Manchester United saved the Hammers from relegation.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Arsenal 42 18 3 0 41 6 11 4 6 30 23 71 29 2.448 + 42 65
2 Leeds United 42 16 2 3 40 12 11 8 2 32 18 72 30 2.400 + 42 64
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 5 5 33 19 8 9 4 21 14 54 33 1.636 + 21 52
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 3 5 33 22 9 5 7 31 32 64 54 1.185 + 10 52
5 Liverpool 42 11 10 0 30 10 6 7 8 12 14 42 24 1.750 + 18 51
6 Chelsea 42 12 6 3 34 21 6 9 6 18 21 52 42 1.238 + 10 51
7 Southampton 42 12 5 4 35 15 5 7 9 21 29 56 44 1.273 + 12 46
8 Manchester United 42 9 6 6 29 24 7 5 9 36 42 65 66 0.985 – 1 43
9 Derby County 42 9 5 7 32 26 7 5 9 24 28 56 54 1.037 + 2 42
10 Coventry City 42 12 4 5 24 12 4 6 11 13 26 37 38 0.974 – 1 42
11 Manchester City 42 7 9 5 30 22 5 8 8 17 20 47 42 1.119 + 5 41
12 Newcastle United 42 9 9 3 27 16 5 4 12 17 30 44 46 0.957 – 2 41
13 Stoke City 42 10 7 4 28 11 2 6 13 16 37 44 48 0.917 – 4 37
14 Everton 42 10 7 4 32 16 2 6 13 22 44 54 60 0.900 – 6 37
15 Huddersfield Town 42 7 8 6 19 16 4 6 11 21 33 40 49 0.816 – 9 36
16 Nottingham Forest 42 9 4 8 29 26 5 4 12 13 35 42 61 0.689 – 19 36
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 9 8 4 34 25 1 7 13 24 50 58 75 0.773 – 17 35
18 Crystal Palace 42 9 5 7 24 24 3 6 12 15 33 39 57 0.684 – 18 35
19 Ipswich Town 42 9 4 8 28 22 3 6 12 14 26 42 48 0.875 – 6 34
20 West Ham United 42 6 8 7 28 30 4 6 11 19 30 47 60 0.783 – 13 34
21 Burnley 42 4 8 9 20 31 3 5 13 9 32 29 63 0.460 – 34 27
22 Blackpool 42 3 9 9 22 31 1 6 14 12 35 34 66 0.515 – 32 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
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970–71
League Cup Winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated

First Division Results

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

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 Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 28
2 Martin Chivers Tottenham Hotspur 21
3 Allan Clarke Leeds United 19
= Ray Kennedy Arsenal 19
4 Mick Channon Southampton 18
= George Best Manchester United 18
= Ian Storey-Moore Nottingham Forest 18
5 Ron Davies Southampton 17

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