1969–70 Football League 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^[1]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

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

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 ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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.
1 ^{^} The 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

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

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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

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