1969–70 Football League

Second Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Huddersfield Town
Promoted	Huddersfield Town; Blackpool
Relegated	Aston Villa; Preston North End
Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City
Watney Cup	Sheffield United; Hull City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,207 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton; (24 goals)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

First Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton; 7th English title
Relegated	Sunderland; Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup	Everton
Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea; Manchester City
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Leeds United; Liverpool; Coventry City; Newcastle United; Arsenal
Watney Cup	Derby County; Manchester United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Astle; (25 goals)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The Football League
Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was the 71st completed season of The Football League.

Everton won their seventh league 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.

In the Second Division 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.

In the Third Division 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 & Boscombe Athletic, Southport, Barrow and Stockport County all making the drop.

In the Fourth Division 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.

Final league tables and results

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.^[1]

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton (C)	42	29	8	5	72	34	2.118	66	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Leeds United	42	21	15	6	84	49	1.714	57	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Chelsea	42	21	13	8	70	50	1.400	55	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
4	Derby County	42	22	9	11	64	37	1.730	53	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[b]
5	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	65	42	1.548	51	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
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	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[b]
9	Stoke City	42	15	15	12	56	52	1.077	45
10	Manchester City	42	16	11	15	55	48	1.146	43	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[c]
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	54	55	0.982	43
12	Arsenal	42	12	18	12	51	49	1.041	42	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
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 (R)	42	6	14	22	30	68	0.441	26	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	8	9	25	40	71	0.563	25	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 FA Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Derby County and Manchester United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
^ Manchester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BUR	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SHW	SOU	STK	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	1–3	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1969–1970 teams

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.^[4]

The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions:
- Leeds United participated in the 1969–70 European Cup.
- Manchester City participated in the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
- Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Southampton participated in 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Euro competitions	Total
1	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	23	8	0	—	31
2	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	25	0	5	—	30
3	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	16	7	0	2	25
4	Joe Royle	Everton	23	0	0	—	23
5	George Best	Manchester United	15	6	2	—	23
6	Francis Lee	Manchester City	14	0	3	6	23
7	Ian Hutchinson	Chelsea	16	5	1	—	22
8	Frank Clarke	Ipswich Town / Queens Park Rangers	2+14	2	4	—	22
9	Brian Kidd	Manchester United	14	6	2	—	22
10	Pop Robson	Newcastle United	21	0	0	0	21
11	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	0	2	—	21
12	Bobby Graham	Liverpool	15	3	1	3	21
13	John Radford	Arsenal	13	2	0	5	20
14	Colin Bell	Manchester City	10	0	5	5	20
15	Mick Channon	Southampton	15	3	1	0	19
16	Steve Kindon	Burnley	17	0	1	—	18
17	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	16	0	2	—	18
18	Mick Jones	Leeds United	15	3	0	8	18
19	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	12	2	0	4	18
20	John Ritchie	Stoke City	14	2	0	—	16
21	John O’Hare	Derby County	13	2	1	—	16
22	Harry Burrows	Stoke City	15	0	0	—	15
23	Neil Martin	Coventry City	14	1	0	—	15
24	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	13	2	0	0	15
25	Steve Downes	Sheffield Wednesday / Rotherham United	1+11	3	0	—	15
=	Jimmy Greaves	West Ham United	12	3	0	—	15
27	Colin Suggett	West Bromwich Albion	12	0	3	—	15
28	Ian Bowyer	Manchester City	12	0	2	1	15
29	Kevin Hector	Derby County	11	2	2	—	15
30	John O’Rourke	Coventry City / Ipswich Town	11+2	0	0	—	13
31	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	10	1	2	—	13
32	Keith Dyson	Newcastle United	12	0	0	2	12
33	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	11	0	1	—	12
34	Alan Ball	Everton	10	1	1	—	12
35	Alan Durban	Derby County	8	4	0	—	12
36	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham Hotspur	11	0	0	—	11
=	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	11	0	0	—	11
38	Gerry Queen	Crystal Palace	9	1	1	—	11
39	Jack Whitham	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	0	—	11
40	Martin Dobson	Burnley	6	3	2	—	11
41	Ron Davies	Southampton	10	0	0	0	10
42	Alan Hinton	Derby County	6	0	4	—	10

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Huddersfield Town (C, P)	42	24	12	6	68	37	1.838	60	Promotion to the First Division
2	Blackpool (P)	42	20	13	9	56	45	1.244	53	Promotion to the First Division
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	1.280	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	1.222	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	1.921	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[a]
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	1.488	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	7	15	54	50	1.080	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	11	14	66	57	1.158	45
10	Millwall	42	15	14	13	56	56	1.000	44
11	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	49	46	1.065	43
12	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	56	1.036	41
13	Hull City	42	15	11	16	72	70	1.029	41	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[a]
14	Bristol City	42	13	13	16	54	50	1.080	39
15	Oxford United	42	12	15	15	35	42	0.833	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	54	61	0.885	36
17	Portsmouth	42	13	9	20	66	80	0.825	35
18	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20	51	78	0.654	33
19	Watford	42	9	13	20	44	57	0.772	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	17	18	35	76	0.461	31
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	8	13	21	36	62	0.581	29	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Preston North End (R)	42	8	12	22	43	63	0.683	28	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.
^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CHA	HUD	HUL	LEI	MID	MIL	NWC	OXF	POR	PNE	QPR	SHU	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1969–1970 teams

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.^[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Cup Winners' Cup goals	Total
1	John Hickton	Middlesbrough	23	4	0	—	27
2	John Byrom	Bolton Wanderers	20	0	5	—	25
3	Barry Bridges	Queens Park Rangers	21	1	1	—	23
4	Rodney Marsh	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	7	—	23
5	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	18	0	3	—	21
6	Arthur Horsfield	Swindon Town	16	4	0	—	20
7	Brian Clark	Cardiff City	18	0	0	2	20
8	John Toshack	Cardiff City	17	1	0	2	20
9	Frank Worthington	Huddersfield Town	18	1	0	—	19
=	Derek Possee	Millwall	18	1	0	—	19
11	Chris Chilton	Hull City	18	0	1	—	19
12	Peter Noble	Swindon Town	15	1	3	—	19
13	Ken Wagstaff	Hull City	18	0	0	—	18
=	Ray Hiron	Portsmouth	18	0	0	—	18
15	Fred Pickering	Blackpool	17	1	0	—	18
16	Rodney Fern	Leicester City	16	0	1	—	17
17	Ken Houghton	Hull City	16	0	0	—	16
18	Gil Reece	Sheffield United	14	0	1	—	15
19	Bob Hatton	Carlisle United	13	1	1	—	15
20	Don Martin	Blackburn Rovers	13	0	2	—	15
21	Chris Balderstone	Carlisle United	12	1	1	—	14
22	Barry Endean	Watford	10	3	1	—	14
23	Peter King	Cardiff City	10	1	0	3	14
24	Phil Summerill	Birmingham City	13	0	0	—	13
=	Jim Storrie	Portsmouth / Rotherham United	13	0	0	—	13
26	Ken Skeen	Oxford United	9	1	3	—	13
27	Bert Murray	Birmingham City	12	0	0	—	12
=	Albert McCann	Portsmouth	12	0	0	—	12
=	Tony Currie	Sheffield United	12	0	0	—	12
30	Joe Laidlaw	Middlesbrough	11	1	0	—	12
31	Roger Hunt	Bolton Wanderers / Liverpool	6+5	0	0	1^{[notes 1]}	12
32	John Tudor	Sheffield United	10	2	0	—	12
33	Andy Lochhead	Leicester City	6	2	4	—	12
34	Ken Foggo	Norwich City	11	0	0	—	11
35	Gerry Sharpe	Bristol City	10	0	1	—	11
36	John Galley	Bristol City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Peter Silverster	Norwich City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Nicky Jennings	Portsmouth	10	0	0	—	10
39	Don Rogers	Swindon Town	9	1	0	—	10
40	Keith Weller	Millwall	9	0	1	—	10
41	Hughie McIlmoyle	Middlesbrough / Carlisle United	6+2	0	2	—	10

^ Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

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	1,460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Jones (Bury), 26^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Orient	46	16	5	2	43	15	9	7	7	24	21	1.861	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Luton Town	46	13	8	2	46	15	10	6	7	31	28	1.791	60	Promoted
3	Bristol Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	5	11	7	29	33	1.356	56
4	Fulham	46	12	9	2	43	26	8	6	9	38	29	1.473	55	Qualified for 1970 Watney Cup^[a]
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	4	3	37	16	7	5	11	20	27	1.326	55
6	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	46	22	7	7	9	24	27	1.429	53
7	Barnsley	46	14	6	3	43	24	5	9	9	25	35	1.153	53
8	Reading	46	16	3	4	52	29	5	8	10	35	48	1.130	53	Qualified for 1970 Watney Cup^[a]
9	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	39	24	7	4	12	30	36	1.150	46
10	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	37	22	6	6	11	20	28	1.140	46
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	4	6	31	19	4	8	11	21	35	0.963	46
12	Walsall	46	11	4	8	33	31	6	8	9	21	36	0.806	46
13	Torquay United	46	9	9	5	36	22	5	8	10	26	37	1.051	45
14	Rotherham United	46	10	8	5	36	19	5	6	12	26	35	1.148	44
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	12	1	35	17	3	6	14	27	46	0.984	44
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	38	29	4	8	11	18	43	0.778	44
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	32	23	6	4	13	24	41	0.875	43
18	Halifax Town	46	10	9	4	31	25	4	6	13	16	38	0.746	43
19	Bury	46	13	4	6	47	29	2	7	14	28	51	0.938	41
20	Gillingham	46	7	6	10	28	33	6	7	10	24	31	0.813	39
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	9	6	28	27	4	6	13	20	44	0.676	39	Relegated
22	Southport	46	11	5	7	31	22	3	5	15	17	44	0.727	38
23	Barrow	46	7	9	7	28	27	1	5	17	18	54	0.568	30
24	Stockport County	46	4	7	12	17	30	2	4	17	10	41	0.380	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRW	B&BA	BRA	B&HA	BRR	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 Rovers	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Orient

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1969–1970

Top scorers

Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.^[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Luton Town	24	1	2	27
2	George Jones	Bury	26	0	0	26
3	Les Chappell	Reading	25	0	0	25
4	Steve Earle	Fulham	22	0	1	23
5	George Kerr	Bury	20	2	1	23
6	Jimmy Convay	Fulham	22	0	0	22
7	Ted MacDougall	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	0	1	22
8	George Andrews	Shrewsbury Town / Southport	13+6	0	2	21
9	Reg Jenkins	Rochdale	20	0	0	20
10	George Yardley	Tranmere Rovers	17	2	1	20
=	Terry Bell	Reading / Hartlepool	2+15	2	1	20
12	Mickey Bullock	Orient	19	0	0	19
13	Dudley Roberts	Mansfield Town	18	0	0	18
=	Mike Bickle	Plymouth Argyle	18	0	0	18
15	Bobby Ham	Bradford City	16	0	2	18
16	Robin Stubbs	Bristol Rovers	15	2	0	17
17	Alan Gilliver	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	2	17
18	Terry Harkin	Shrewsbury Town	16	0	0	16
=	Tony Field	Southport	16	0	0	16
=	Alan Welsh	Torquay United	16	0	0	16
21	John Rudge	Torquay United	14	1	1	16
22	John Evans	Barnsley	15	0	0	15
=	Tony Buck	Rochdale	15	0	0	15
24	Malcolm Partridge	Mansfield Town	13	2	0	15
25	Brian Yeo	Gillingham	9	5	1	15
26	Bobby Williams	Reading	14	0	0	14
27	Ray Graydon	Bristol Rovers	13	1	0	14
28	Dennis Butler	Rochdale	12	2	0	14
29	Mike Green	Gillingham	11	3	0	14
30	Derek Smith	Tranmere Rovers	11	2	1	14
31	Ken Beamish	Tranmere Rovers	10	3	1	14
32	Peter Middleton	Bradford City	11	2	0	13
=	Dai Jones	Mansfield Town	11	2	0	13
34	Colin Taylor	Walsall	9	4	0	13
35	Dean	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	0	0	12
=	Carl Gilbert	Bristol Rovers	12	0	0	12
=	Barrie Fairbrother	Orient	12	0	0	12
=	John Regan	Doncaster Rovers	12	0	0	12
39	Matt Tees	Luton Town	11	1	0	12
40	John Collins	Luton Town	10	2	0	12
=	Richard Moir	Shrewsbury Town	10	2	0	12
42	Alex Dawson	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	1	12
43	Jim Mulvaney	Barrow	11	0	0	11
44	Kit Napier	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	1	0	11
45	Eddie Loyden	Barnsley	9	2	0	11
46	Harold Jarman	Bristol Rovers	10	0	0	10
47	Ken Pound	Gillingham	9	1	0	10
=	John Rowlands	Stockport County	9	1	0	10
=	Bill Atkins	Halifax Town / Portsmouth	7+2	1	0	10
50	Les O’Neill	Bradford City	8	2	0	10

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	1,464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chesterfield	46	19	1	3	55	12	8	9	6	22	20	2.406	64	Division Champions, promoted
2	Wrexham	46	17	6	0	56	16	9	3	11	28	33	1.714	61	Promoted
3	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	43	14	7	10	6	23	31	1.467	60
4	Port Vale	46	13	9	1	39	10	7	10	6	22	23	1.848	59
5	Brentford	46	14	8	1	36	11	6	8	9	22	28	1.487	56
6	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	52	22	4	8	11	26	43	1.200	53	Qualified for 1970 Watney Cup^[a]
7	Notts County	46	14	4	5	44	21	8	4	11	29	41	1.177	52
8	Lincoln City	46	11	8	4	38	20	6	8	9	28	32	1.269	50
9	Peterborough United	46	13	8	2	51	21	4	6	13	26	48	1.116	48	Qualified for 1970 Watney Cup^[a]
10	Colchester United	46	14	5	4	38	22	3	9	11	26	41	1.016	48
11	Chester	46	14	3	6	39	23	7	3	13	19	43	0.879	48
12	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	34	23	7	4	12	33	42	1.031	46
13	York City	46	14	7	2	38	16	2	7	14	17	46	0.887	46
14	Northampton Town	46	11	7	5	41	19	5	5	13	23	36	1.164	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	37	18	4	6	13	14	33	1.000	44
16	Grimsby Town	46	9	9	5	33	24	5	6	12	21	34	0.931	43
17	Southend United	46	12	8	3	40	28	3	2	18	19	57	0.694	40
18	Exeter City	46	13	5	5	48	20	1	6	16	9	39	0.966	39
19	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	45	28	2	9	12	15	37	0.923	39
20	Workington	46	9	9	5	31	21	3	5	15	15	43	0.719	38
21	Newport County	46	12	3	8	39	24	1	8	14	14	50	0.716	37	Re-elected
22	Darlington	46	8	7	8	31	27	5	3	15	22	46	0.726	36
23	Hartlepool	46	7	7	9	31	30	3	3	17	11	52	0.512	30
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	6	5	12	23	32	0	6	17	18	64	0.427	23	Failed re-election

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BPA	BRE	CHE	CHF	COL	CRE	DAR	EXE	GRI	HAR	LIN	NPC	NOR	NTC	OLD	PET	PTV	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	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 United	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.92578557130219-4] Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 FA Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WAC0.92578557130219-5] Derby County and Manchester United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

[table_note_res_MCI0.92578557130219-6] Manchester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WAC0.15412971291418-8] Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.15412971291418-9] Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

[10] Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

[table_note_res_WAC0.62864969234385-11] The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

[table_note_res_WAC0.61323857894784-12] The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

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