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]

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
1Everton 42173146191254261572342.118+ 3866
2 Leeds United 42154250196114343084491.714+ 2557
3 Chelsea 4213713618867343270501.400+ 2055
4 Derby County 4215334514768192364371.730+ 2753
5 Liverpool 42107434201047312265421.548+ 2351
6 Coventry City 4296635281056232058481.208+ 1049
7 Newcastle United 42142542163117151957351.629+ 2247
8 Manchester United 428943727687293466611.082+ 545
9 Stoke City 4210743123588252956521.077+ 445
10 Manchester City 428672522858302655481.146+ 743
11 Tottenham Hotspur 4211282721678273454550.982– 143
12 Arsenal 4271042923588222651491.041+ 242
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 428853023489253455570.965– 240
14 Burnley 427773329588233256610.918– 539
15 Nottingham Forest 4289428282910224350710.704– 2138
16 West Bromwich Albion 42106539254314194158660.879– 837
17 West Ham United 4288528214413233951600.850– 936
18 Ipswich Town 4295723201614174340630.635– 2331
19 Southampton 42312624273513224046670.687– 2329
20 Crystal Palace 42561020361911143234680.500– 3427
21 Sunderland 42411617242316134430680.441– 3826
22 Sheffield Wednesday 42651023272415174440710.563– 3125

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 ARS BUR CHECOVCRYDEREVEIPSLEELIVMCIMUNNEWNOTSHWSOUSTKSUNTOTWBAWHUWOL
    Arsenal 32 03 01 20 40 01 00 11 21 11 22 00 21 00 22 00 31 23 11 21 22
    Burnley 01 31 00 42 11 12 01 11 15 11 11 01 50 42 11 11 30 02 21 32 13
    Chelsea 30 20 10 11 22 11 10 25 21 31 21 00 11 31 31 10 31 10 20 00 22
    Coventry City 20 11 03 22 11 01 31 12 23 30 12 10 32 11 40 03 11 32 31 22 10
    Crystal Palace 15 12 15 03 01 00 11 11 13 10 22 03 11 02 20 31 20 02 13 00 21
    Derby County 32 00 22 13 31 21 31 41 40 01 20 20 02 10 30 00 30 50 20 30 20
    Everton 22 21 52 00 21 10 30 32 03 10 30 00 10 21 42 62 31 32 20 20 10
    Ipswich Town 21 01 14 01 20 01 03 32 22 11 01 20 00 10 20 11 20 20 01 10 11
    Leeds United 00 21 20 31 20 20 21 40 11 13 22 11 61 20 13 21 20 31 51 41 31
    Liverpool 01 33 41 21 30 02 02 20 00 32 14 00 11 30 41 31 20 00 11 20 00
    Manchester City 11 11 00 31 01 01 11 10 12 02 40 21 11 41 10 01 01 11 21 15 10
    Manchester United 21 33 02 11 11 10 02 21 22 10 12 00 11 22 14 11 31 31 70 52 00
    Newcastle United 31 01 01 40 00 01 12 40 21 10 10 51 31 31 21 31 30 12 10 41 11
    Nottingham Forest 11 11 11 14 00 13 11 10 14 10 22 12 22 21 21 00 21 22 10 10 42
    Sheffield Wednesday 11 20 13 01 00 10 01 22 12 11 12 12 10 21 11 02 20 01 20 23 23
    Southampton 02 11 22 00 11 11 21 42 11 01 00 03 11 12 40 00 11 22 02 11 23
    Stoke City 00 21 12 20 10 10 01 33 11 02 20 22 01 11 21 21 42 11 32 21 11
    Sunderland 11 01 00 00 00 11 00 21 00 01 04 11 11 21 12 22 03 21 22 01 21
    Tottenham Hotspur 10 40 11 12 20 21 01 32 11 02 03 21 21 41 10 01 10 01 20 02 01
    West Bromwich Albion 01 01 31 01 32 02 20 22 11 22 30 21 22 40 30 10 13 31 11 31 33
    West Ham United 11 31 20 12 21 30 01 00 22 10 04 00 10 11 30 00 33 11 01 13 30
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 11 30 01 11 11 23 20 12 01 13 00 11 33 22 21 31 10 22 10 10

    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
    1England Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 25
    2England Joe Royle Everton 23
    =England Peter Osgood Chelsea 23
    3England Pop Robson Newcastle United 22
    4Scotland Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 20
    5England Allan Clarke Leeds United 17
    =England Steve Kindon Burnley 17

    References

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