1969–70 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.
1969–70 season
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	5th
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	Quarter Final
League Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Graham (13) All: Bobby Graham (21)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Liverpool F.C. had a disappointing season, finishing only fifth in the league after a promising start to the season, while city rivals Everton won the championship title. It was to be a season of transition with so many of the players who were part of the 1960s side being displaced after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Second Division Watford. It was also a season in which they got knocked out in the early rounds of the League Cup and Fairs Cup.

One player who gave so much great service Roger Hunt, a 1966 World Cup winner left the club after 286 goals in all competitions in December 1969 to join Bolton Wanderers F.C..

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Steve Arnold
Gerry Byrne
Chris Lawler
Larry Lloyd
John McLaughlin
Ian Ross
Tommy Smith
Geoff Strong
Peter Wall
Ron Yeats

Midfielders

Attackers

First Division

Table

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

Results

First Division

Main article: 1969–70 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
09-Aug-69	Chelsea	H	4–1	Lawler 26' St. John 49', 83' Strong 60'	48,383	Report	Report
12-Aug-69	Manchester City	H	3–2	St. John 2', 88' Hunt 83'	51,959	Report	Report
16-Aug-69	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	Hughes 2' Lawler 37'	50,474	Report	Report
20-Aug-69	Manchester City	A	2–0	Graham 44', 80'	47,888	Report	Report
23-Aug-69	Burnley	H	3–3	Smith 36 pen', 77' Graham 49'	51,113	Report	Report
27-Aug-69	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	Hughes 36' Hunt 73' Thompson 82'	36,369	Report	Report
30-Aug-69	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	Lawler 42'	33,600	Report	Report
06-Sep-69	Coventry City	H	2–1	St. John 37' Strong 89'	48,337	Report	Report
09-Sep-69	Sunderland	H	2–0	Strong 12' Smith 34'	46,370	Report	Report
13-Sep-69	Manchester United	A	0–1		59,387	Report	Report
20-Sep-69	Stoke City	H	3–1	Hunt 15' Hughes 22' Callaghan 64'	45,745	Report	Report
27-Sep-69	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	Graham 25' Hunt 89'	34,343	Report	Report
04-Oct-69	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	Own Goal 50'	44,859	Report	Report
07-Oct-69	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0		46,518	Report	Report
11-Oct-69	Newcastle United	A	0–1		43,830	Report	Report
18-Oct-69	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	Graham 8' Lindsay 76'	23,263	Report	Report
25-Oct-69	Southampton	H	4–1	Hughes 10' Hunt 83', 84' Own Goal 88'	41,611	Report	Report
01-Nov-69	Derby County	A	0–4		40,993	Report	Report
08-Nov-69	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		39,114	Report	Report
15-Nov-69	West Ham United	H	2–0	Lawler 27' Graham 60'	39,668	Report	Report
22-Nov-69	Leeds United	A	1–1	Yeats 31'	43,293	Report	Report
29-Nov-69	Arsenal	H	0–1		40,295	Report	Report
06-Dec-69	Everton	A	3–0	Hughes 47' Own Goal 54' Graham 74'	57,026	Report	Report
13-Dec-69	Manchester United	H	1–4	Hughes 25'	47,682	Report	Report
26-Dec-69	Burnley	A	5–1	Ross 26' Graham 39' Lawler 44' Thompson 52' Callaghan 60'	22,944	Report	Report
10-Jan-70	Stoke City	A	2–0	Graham 33' Thompson 70'	30,038	Report	Report
17-Jan-70	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Lawler 70'	43,526	Report	Report
31-Jan-70	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1		30,838	Report	Report
16-Feb-70	Newcastle United	H	0–0		38,218	Report	Report
28-Feb-70	Derby County	H	0–2		43,594	Report	Report
03-Mar-70	Coventry City	A	3–2	Hughes 38' Evans 65', 72'	29,497	Report	Report
07-Mar-70	Leeds United	H	0–0		51,435	Report	Report
11-Mar-70	Southampton	A	1–0	Evans 43'	23,239	Report	Report
14-Mar-70	Arsenal	A	1–2	Yeats 83'	32,333	Report	Report
16-Mar-70	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–0	Lawler 50' Yeats 63' Graham 68'	31,931	Report	Report
21-Mar-70	Everton	H	0–2		54,496	Report	Report
24-Mar-70	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	Callaghan 32' Smith 43 pen'	29,548	Report	Report
28-Mar-70	West Ham United	A	0–1		38,239	Report	Report
30-Mar-70	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	Lawler 43'	32,754	Report	Report
03-Apr-70	Crystal Palace	H	3–0	Graham 16', 48' Lawler 47'	30,999	Report	Report
15-Apr-70	Sunderland	A	1–0	Lawler 86'	33,007	Report	Report
18-Apr-70	Chelsea	A	1–2	Graham 27'	36,521	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
03-Sep-69	Watford	H	2–1	Own Goal 6' St. John 75'	21,149	Report	Report
24-Sep-69	Manchester City	A	2–3	Evans 21' Graham 67'	28,019	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1969–70 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-70	Coventry City	A	1–1	Graham 30'	33,688	Report	Report
12-Jan-70	Coventry City	H	3–0	Ross 39' Thompson 54' Graham 72'	51,261	Report	Report
24-Jan-70	Wrexham	H	3–1	Graham 51', 73' St. John 59'	54,096	Report	Report
07-Feb-70	Leicester City	H	0–0		53,785	Report	Report
11-Feb-70	Leicester City	A	2–0	Evans 64', 90'	42,100	Report	Report
21-Feb-70	Watford	A	0–1		34,047	Report	Report

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
16-Sep-69	Dundalk	H	10–0	Evans 1', 38' Lawler 10' Smith 24', 67' Graham 36', 82' Lindsay 56' Thompson 69' Callaghan 76'	32,656	Report	Report
30-Sep-69	Dundalk	A	4–0	Thompson 13', 31' Graham 48' Callaghan 81'	6,000	Report	Report
12-Nov-69	Vitória de Setúbal	A	0–1		16,000	Report	Report
26-Nov-69	Vitória de Setúbal	H	3–2	Smith 60 pen' Evans 88' Hunt 90'	41,633	Report	Report

References

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