1970–71 Football League

72nd season of the Football League The Football League 1970–71 Arsenal New Club in League Cambridge United 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 season was the 72nd completed season of The Football League. Arsenal won the league championship at the home of their North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, with Ray Kennedy scoring the winner. This would soon be followed by their FA Cup final tie with Liverpool. They narrowly overcame Leeds to win the league, with a 12-point gap separating Leeds United from third-placed Tottenham. Wolves and Liverpool joined these two teams in the UEFA Cup. Chelsea missed out on the top five on goal average but compensated for this shortcoming by beating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Burnley and Blackpool (who won this year's Anglo-Italian Cup) were relegated to the Second Division. Burnley returned from 1973/74 to 1975/76 but it took Blackpool until the 2009–10 season to regain their top flight status after a 3–2 victory over Cardiff City in the Playoff Final (only to be relegated back after the 2010–11 season). Wilf McGuinness was sacked after 18 unsuccessful months as manager of Manchester United. Sir Matt Busby was re-appointed as manager on a temporary basis, but never considered returning to his old job on a permanent basis. Leicester City manager Frank O'Farrell was appointed at the end of the season. Leicester City and Sheffield United were promoted to the First Division. Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, two of the most famous and historic names in English football, were relegated to the Third Division. Preston North End and Fulham finally had something to shout about by getting promoted to the Second Division. Halifax Town achieved its best ever league position, missing out on the Second Division by one place. Reading, Bury, Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham slid into the Fourth Division. Notts County, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Oldham Athletic and York City were promoted to the Third Division. The Football League voted for the league's four bottom clubs to maintain their status. 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.https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1970-71.html England 1970–71 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 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.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1979. First Division First Division 1970–71 Arsenal8th English title BurnleyBlackpool European Cup Arsenal European Cup Winners' Cup LiverpoolChelsea UEFA Cup Leeds UnitedTottenham HotspurWolverhampton WanderersSouthampton Watney Cup Manchester UnitedWest Bromwich Albion Tony Brown(28 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 Southampton 6–0 Crystal Palace(4 May 1971) Burnley 0–4 Manchester City(19 December 1970) Arsenal 6–2 West Bromwich Albion(19 September 1970)Derby County 4–4 Manchester United(26 December 1970)Crystal Palace 3–5 Manchester United(17 April 1971) 462 1089 9 matchesArsenal 16 matchesLeeds United 7 matchesBlackpool 1969–70 1971–72 main WDL World Football First Division ARS, LEE, TOT, WOL, LIV, CHE, SOU, MUN, DER, COV, MCI, NEW, STK, EVE, HUD, NFO, WBA, CRY, IPS, WHU, BUR, BLP EC1R UC1R UC1R UC1R CWC1R CHE UC1R WAC WAC REL REL complete 29 7 6 71 29 4 15 23 34 66 7 13 22 29 63 18 15 9 52 42 16 10 16 37 38 12 11 19 39 57 16 10 16 56 54 12 13 17 54 60 11 14 17 40 49 12 10 20 42 48 27 10 5 72 30 17 17 8 42 24 12 17 13 47 42 16 11 15 65 66 14 13 15 44 46 14 8 20 42 61 17 12 13 56 44 12 13 17 44 48 19 14 9 54 33 10 15 17 58 75 10 14 18 47 60 22 8 12 64 54 C R R Arsenal Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup. yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BLP BUR CHE COV CRY DER EVE HUD IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SOU STK 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1970–1971 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1970–1971 teams England 51.56 -0.10 left England 53.81 -3.05 left England 53.79 -2.25 left England 51.50 -0.19 left England 52.41 -1.51 left England 51.40 -0.085 left England 52.92 -1.476 left England 53.47 -2.97 left England 53.64 -1.78 left England 52.06 1.14 left England 53.78 -1.57 left England 53.53 -2.99 left England 53.47 -2.18 left England 53.47 -2.30 left England 54.98 -1.62 left England 53.01 -1.137 left England 50.91 -1.39 left England 53.00 -2.18 left England 51.63 -0.063 left England 52.52 -1.97 left England 51.54 0.040 left England 52.59 -2.13 left Arsenal Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers 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.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 465–468. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions: Everton participated in the 1970–71 European Cup. Manchester City participated in the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup. Arsenal, Coventry City, Leeds United (winners), Liverpool, and Newcastle United participated in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers participated in the 1970–71 Texaco Cup. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsTexaco Cup goalsEuro competitionsTotal1 ENG Martin Chivers Tottenham 21175—342 ENG Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 28200—303 ENG Ray Kennedy Arsenal 1922—3264 ENG Bobby Gould Wolverhampton Wanderers 17205—245 ENG Allan Clarke Leeds United 1910—3236 ENG Joe Royle Everton 1720—4237 ENG Ian Storey-Moore Nottingham Forest 18211—228 NIR George Best Manchester United 1812——219 WAL Ron Davies Southampton 1740—02110 ENG John Radford Arsenal 1521—32111 ENG Mick Channon Southampton 1811—02012 SCO Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 16004—2013 ENG Francis Lee Manchester City 1401—41914 ENG Colin Bell Manchester City 1340—21915 WAL John Toshack Liverpool / Cardiff City 5 + 810—0 + 51916 SCO Peter Lorimer Leeds United 1220—51917 ENG Martin Peters Tottenham Hotspur 9244—1918 ENG John Ritchie Stoke City 13400—1719 SCO Alan Gilzean Tottenham Hotspur 9440—1720 SCO Denis Law Manchester United 1501——16= ENG Geoff Hurst West Ham United 1501——1622 IRE Johnny Giles Leeds United 1320—11623 ENG Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 13110—15= SCO John O’Hare Derby County 1311——1525 ENG Alun Evans Liverpool 1011—31526 ENG John Tudor Newcastle United / Sheffield United 5 + 900—01427 ENG Keith Weller Chelsea 1301—01428 IRE Terry Conroy Stoke City 11210—1429 SCO George Graham Arsenal 1111—11430 SCO Neil Martin Coventry City / Nottingham Forest 1 + 920021431 ENG Pop Robson Newcastle United / West Ham United 3 + 90 + 10—01332 NIR Derek Dougan Wolverhampton Wanderers 12001—1333 ENG Alan Birchenall Crystal Palace 1012——1334 ENG Ernie Hunt Coventry City 1011—11335 ENG Brian Kidd Manchester United 805——1336 ENG Kevin Hector Derby County 1101——1237 RSA 1928/ENG Colin Viljoen Ipswich Town 1020——1238 ENG Alan Hinton Derby County 1011——1239 SCO Gerry Queen Crystal Palace 903——1240 SCO Peter Cormack Nottingham Forest 8112—1241 ENG Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town 920——1142 ENG Micky Burns Blackpool 1000——1043 ENG Frank James Clarke Ipswich Town 820——1044 ENG Jimmy Greenhoff Stoke City 7300—1045 ENG Charlie George Arsenal 550—010 Second Division Second Division 1970–71 Leicester City Leicester CitySheffield United Blackburn RoversBolton Wanderers Cup Winners' Cup Cardiff City Watney Cup Carlisle UnitedLuton Town John Hickton(25 goals) Carlisle United 6–0 Portsmouth(5 December 1970) Portsmouth 0–4 Sheffield United(30 September 1970)Bristol City 0–4 Oxford United(10 October 1970)Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Luton Town(10 October 1970)Sunderland 0–4 Cardiff City(13 February 1971)Watford 0–4 Norwich City(16 January 1971) Middlesbrough 6–2 Queens Park Rangers(26 September 1970)Hull City 4–4 Sheffield Wednesday(26 December 1970) 462 1141 1969–70 1971–72 main WDL Second Division LEI, SHU, CAR, CRL, HUL, LUT, MID, MIL, BIR, NOR, QPR, SWI, SUN, OXF, SHW, POR, ORI, WAT, BRC, CHA, BLA, BOL PRO PRO CWC1R WAC WAC REL REL complete 17 12 13 58 48 6 15 21 37 69 7 10 25 35 74 10 11 21 46 64 20 13 9 64 41 20 13 9 65 43 8 14 20 41 65 19 13 10 54 41 23 13 6 57 30 18 13 11 62 43 17 14 11 60 43 19 9 14 59 42 15 14 13 54 52 9 16 17 29 51 14 14 14 41 48 10 14 18 46 61 16 11 15 58 53 21 14 7 73 39 12 12 18 51 69 15 12 15 52 54 15 12 15 61 51 10 13 19 38 60 C, P P R R Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Orient Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey BIR BLB BOL BRI CAR CRL CHA HUL LEI LUT MID MIL NWC ORI OXF POR QPR SHU SHW SUN SWI WAT Birmingham 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–3 4–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 Bristol City 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 0–1 3–2 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 3–0 Cardiff City 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–0 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 Carlisle United 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 Charlton Athletic 1–1 2–4 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 Hull City 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–4 4–0 2–0 1–0 Leicester City 1–4 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 Luton Town 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 Middlesbrough 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 6–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 Millwall 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 Norwich City 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 Orient 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 Oxford United 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 Portsmouth 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 0–2 5–0 Queens Park Rangers 5–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 Sheffield United 3–0 5–0 2–2 3–3 5–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–5 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 Sunderland 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 5–2 3–3 Swindon Town 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 Watford 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1970–1971 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Charlton Athletic Orient Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1970–1971 teams England 53.75 -2.48 left England 52.48 -1.89 left England 53.59 -2.56 left England 51.42 -2.59 left England 51.47 -3.20 left England 54.90 -2.91 left England 51.47 0.07 left England 53.74 -0.33 left England 52.62 -1.14 left England 51.9 -0.433 left England 54.57 -1.23 left England 51.48 -0.048 left England 52.63 1.30 left England 51.57 -0.01 left England 51.72 -1.21 left England 50.80 -1.06 left England 51.54 -0.26 left England 53.37 -1.47 left England 53.41 -1.50 left England 54.91 -1.39 left England 51.56 -1.77 left England 51.65 -0.40 left Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bristol City Carlisle United Cardiff City Charlton Hull Leicester City Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Orient Oxford Portsmouth QPR Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Watford 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. Cardiff City scored a total of 15 goals in the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup, but John Toshack’s 6 goals are given in the listingfor First Division topscorers by Rothmans. The other 9 goals were distributed between six other players, none of whom made this listing.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 148. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsTotal1 ENG Malcolm Macdonald Luton Town 2442302 ENG John Hickton Middlesbrough 2502273 ENG Bob Hatton Carlisle United 1824244 ENG Chris Chilton Hull City 2120235 ENG Rodney Marsh Queens Park Rangers 2111236 ENG Phil Summerill Birmingham City 1614217 ENG Don Rogers Swindon Town 1604208 ENG Alan Warboys Cardiff City /Sheffield Wednesday 13 + 600199 ENG Barry Bridges Millwall / Queens Park Rangers 15 + 200 + 11810 SCO Alistair Brown Leicester City 15201711 SCO Ken Foggo Norwich City 15111712 ENG Derek Possee Millwall 14121713 ENG Peter Silvester Norwich City 15011614 ENG David Watson Sunderland /Rotherham United 4 + 90 + 301615 ENG Ron Wigg Watford 13211616 ENG Ken Wagstaff Hull City 12401617 ENG Alan Woodward Sheffield United 150015= ENG Mick Prendergast Sheffield Wednesday 150015= ENG Trevor Francis Birmingham City 150015= ENG Brian Clark Cardiff City 15001521 ENG Peter Noble Swindon Town 14101522 SCO Hughie McIlmoyle Middlesbrough 13111523 ENG Bill Dearden Sheffield United 14001424 ENG Ray Hiron Portsmouth 13101425 ENG Arthur Horsfield Swindon Town 11121426 ENG Bob Latchford Birmingham City 13001327 ENG Bobby Owen Carlisle United 11201328 ENG Derrick Downing Middlesbrough 11111329 IRE Don Givens Luton Town 11021330 ENG Malcolm Partridge Leicester City /Mansfield Town 3 + 3341331 ENG John Galley Bristol City 12001232 SCO Dennis Martin Carlisle United 10111233 ENG Terry Venables Queens Park Rangers 10011134 ENG John Farrington Leicester City 80311= ENG Chris Garland Bristol City 8031136 ENG Joe Baker Sunderland 100010= ENG Harry Cripps Millwall 10001038 ENG Tony Currie Sheffield United 90110= SCO Bobby Kerr Sunderland 9011040 ENG Mike Trebilcock Portsmouth 82010 Third Division Third Division 1970–71 Preston North End Preston North EndFulham ReadingBuryDoncaster RoversGillingham Watney Cup Halifax TownWrexham Dudley RobertsGerry Ingram(22 goals each) Swansea City 5–0 Shrewsbury Town(1 September 1970)Fulham 5–0 Bradford City(2 September 1970)Chesterfield 5–0 Halifax Town(10 October 1970)Tranmere Rovers 5–0 Rotherham United(4 December 1970)Swansea City 5–0 Reading(27 March 1971)Chesterfield 5–0 Torquay United(24 April 1971) Mansfield Town 1–5 Plymouth Argyle(4 September 1970)Reading 1–5 Bury(5 December 1970)Barnsley 0–4 Bristol Rovers(2 January 1971)Torquay United 0–4 Reading(19 February 1971) Shrewsbury Town 7–3 Port Vale(12 September 1970) 552 1372 1969–70 1971–72 main WDL Third Division PNE, FUL, HAL, AVL, CHF, BRV, MAN, ROT, WRE, TOR, SWA, BAR, SHR, BHA, PLY, ROC, PVL, TRA, BRA, WAL, REA, BRY, DON, GIL PRO PRO WAC WAC REL REL REL REL complete 19 15 12 54 46 17 11 18 49 52 13 14 19 49 62 14 16 16 50 47 19 13 14 69 50 12 13 21 52 60 17 17 12 66 38 13 9 24 45 66 24 12 10 68 41 10 13 23 42 67 22 12 12 74 55 18 15 13 64 62 12 19 15 63 63 15 12 19 52 59 22 17 7 63 39 14 11 21 48 85 14 15 17 61 68 17 16 13 64 60 16 13 17 58 62 15 16 15 59 56 19 11 16 54 57 10 22 14 45 55 14 11 21 51 57 18 13 15 72 65 C, P P R R R R Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the Second Division #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division Results main FBR grey AST BAR BRA B&HA BRR BRY CHF DON FUL GIL HAL MAN PLY PTV PNE REA ROC ROT SHR SWA TOR TRA WAL WRE Aston Villa 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–4 Barnsley 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 Bradford City 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 Bristol Rovers 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 Bury 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 5–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 Chesterfield 2–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 5–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 Fulham 0–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 Gillingham 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 Halifax Town 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–4 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–1 2–0 Mansfield Town 2–0 1–2 3–5 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–5 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 6–2 2–2 1–1 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 4–1 4–4 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 Port Vale 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 Preston North End 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 Reading 3–5 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 Rochdale 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 4–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 Rotherham United 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 Shrewsbury Town 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 7–3 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 Swansea City 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–4 0–2 0–2 2–2 5–0 4–2 1–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 Torquay United 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–2 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 Walsall 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 3–1 Wrexham 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–4 2–2 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1970–1971 England 52.54 -1.87 left England 53.55 -1.48 left England 53.82 -1.73 left England 50.83 -0.15 left England 51.47 -2.53 left England 53.58 -2.295 left England 53.24 -1.43 left England 53.52 -1.133 left England 51.45 -0.24 left England 51.38 0.55 left England 53.72 -1.86 left England 53.14 -1.20 left England 50.39 -4.15 left England 53.06 -2.21 left England 53.75 -2.7 left England 51.41 -0.97 left England 53.61 -2.16 left England 53.43 -1.36 left England 52.71 -2.75 left England 51.62 -3.95 left England 50.48 -3.52 left England 53.37 -3.04 left England 52.58 -1.98 left England 53.03 -2.98 left Aston Villa Barnsley Brighton & Hove Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rochdale Rotherham Shrewsbury Swansea City Tranmere Torquay Walsall Wrexham 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. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsTotal1 WAL Dave Gwyther Swansea City 1872272 ENG Dudley Roberts Mansfield Town 2211243 ENG Gerry Ingram Preston North End 2202244 ENG John Rudge Torquay United 1821215 ENG George Andrews Shrewsbury Town 1820206 ENG Ernie Moss Chesterfield 1631207 ENG Kevin Randall Chesterfield 1900198 ENG George Jones Bury 1810199 ENG Bill Atkins Halifax Town 18011910 ENG Robin Stubbs Bristol Rovers 17111911 ENG Bruce Bannister Bradford City 16301912 ENG Albert Kinsey Wrexham 16011713 ENG Les Barrett Fulham 15021714 ENG John James Port Vale 15001515 ENG Reg Jenkins Rochdale 130215= ENG Steve Earle Fulham 13021517 ENG John Stenson Mansfield Town 12121518 ENG Ray Graydon Bristol Rovers 130114= WAL Arfon Griffiths Wrexham 13011420 ENG Alf Arrowsmith Rochdale 12201421 SCO Gordon Cumming Reading 11301422 ENG Colin Taylor Walsall 13001323 ENG Harold Jarman Bristol Rovers 121013= ENG Dick Habbin Reading 12101325 ENG Bobby Ham Preston North End /Bradford City 10 + 200 + 11326 SCO Kit Napier Brighton & Hove Albion 11201327 SCO Tom White Bury 11111328 ENG Ken Beamish Tranmere Rovers 10031329 SCO Andy Lochhead Aston Villa 9041330 ENG Mike Green Gillingham 11101231 ENG Alf Wood Shrewsbury Town 11011232 ENG Ian Hamilton Aston Villa 9031233 SCO Pat McMahon Aston Villa 8041234 ENG Dave Lennard Halifax Town 110011= ENG Don Hutchins Plymouth Argyle 11001136 SCO George Johnston Fulham /Walsall 9 + 1101137 ENG Geoff Vowden Aston Villa /Birmingham City 5 + 300 + 31138 ENG Ronnie Moore Tranmere Rovers 100010= ENG Brian Yeo Gillingham 10001040 ENG David Cross Rochdale 91010= ENG Neil Hague Rotherham United 9101042 ENG Leslie Lea Barnsley 9101043 ENG Steve Briggs Doncaster Rovers 90110= ENG Keith Brierley Halifax Town 9011045 WAL Brian Evans Swansea City 73010 Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1970–71 Notts County (1st title) Promoted Bournemouth & Boscombe AthleticOldham AthleticYork City Failed re-election none New club in the league Cambridge United Ted MacDougall (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic), 42 552 1527 1969–70 1971–72 main WDL Fourth Division 2 y PR 5 NTC Notts County B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic OLD Oldham Athletic YOR York City CHE Chester COL Colchester United NOR Northampton Town SOU Southport EXE Exeter City WRK Workington STP Stockport County DAR Darlington ALD Aldershot BRE Brentford CRE Crewe Alexandra PET Peterborough United SCU Scunthorpe United STD Southend United GRI Grimsby Town CAM Cambridge United LIN Lincoln City NPC Newport County HAR Hartlepool BRW Barrow 30 9 7 89 36 24 12 10 81 46 24 11 11 88 63 23 10 13 78 54 24 7 15 69 55 21 12 13 70 54 19 13 14 63 59 21 6 19 63 57 17 14 15 67 68 18 12 16 48 49 16 14 16 49 65 17 11 18 58 57 14 17 15 66 71 18 8 20 66 62 18 8 20 75 76 18 7 21 70 71 15 13 18 56 61 14 15 17 53 66 18 7 21 57 71 15 13 18 51 66 13 13 20 70 71 10 8 28 55 85 8 12 26 34 74 7 8 31 51 90 CP P P P green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE #CCCCFF Qualified for the Watney Cup 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. WAC WAC complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALD BRW B&BA BRE CAM CHE COL CRE DAR EXE GRI HAR LIN NPC NOR NTC OLD PET SCU STD SOU STP WRK YOR Aldershot 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 Barrow 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 Brentford 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 6–4 Cambridge United 1–1 3–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 Chester 1–2 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Colchester United 5–2 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 1–0 3–3 5–3 1–2 6–3 0–3 3–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–4 Darlington 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 Exeter City 4–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 6–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 Grimsby Town 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–5 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 Hartlepool 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 Lincoln City 4–4 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–5 Newport County 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 Northampton Town 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–2 Notts County 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 2–2 2–1 Oldham Athletic 5–2 2–1 2–2 5–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 5–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–3 1–1 Peterborough United 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 Scunthorpe United 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 5–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 Southend United 2–2 2–3 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 Southport 3–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 6–1 2–1 0–2 1–4 3–2 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 Stockport County 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 Workington 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 York City 3–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1970–1971 England 51.25 -0.75 left England 54.11 -3.23 left England 50.73 -1.84 left England 51.486 -0.32 left England 52.21 0.12 left England 53.19 -2.89 left England 51.89 0.90 left England 53.10 -2.44 left England 54.53 -1.55 left England 50.72 -3.53 left England 53.56 -0.068 left England 54.69 -1.21 left England 53.23 -0.54 left England 51.59 -3.00 left England 52.24 -0.90 left England 52.94 -1.137 left England 53.54 -2.12 left England 52.58 -0.25 left England 53.58 -0.65 left England 51.55 0.70 left England 53.65 -3.01 left England 53.41 -2.16 left England 54.64 -3.55 left England 53.96 -1.08 left Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Brentford Cambridge U. Chester Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Peterborough Scunthorpe & Lindsey Southport Stockport Southend Workington York City 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. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsTotal1 SCO Ted MacDougall Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4270492 ENG Ray Crawford Colchester United 2570323 ENG Paul Aimson York City 2650314 ENG Jim Fryatt Oldham Athletic 2402265 ENG Jack Howarth Aldershot 2131256 ENG Phil Boyer Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic / York City 11 + 90 + 10 + 3247 ENG David ShawRothmans apparently has an error in the goals of David Shaw, but it is not possible to identify the error clearly. Oldham Athletic 230023 8 ENG Tony Hateley Notts County 2210239 IRE Pat Morrissey Crewe Alexandra 20112210 SCO Billy Best Southend United 19302211 ENG Alan Banks Exeter City 21002112 ENG Phil Hubbard Lincoln City 18101913 ENG Joe Gadston Exeter City 18011914 ENG Colin Garwood Peterborough United 171018= ENG Alan Harding Darlington 17101816 ENG John Fairbrother Northampton Town 15121817 ENG Bobby Svarc Lincoln City / Barrow 11 + 3 401818 ENG Ivan Hollett Cambridge United / Crewe Alexandra 11 + 6001719 ENG Alan Tarbuck Chester 161017= NIR Sammy McMillan Stockport County 161017= ENG Eddie Loyden Chester 16101722 SCO Bobby Ross Brentford 15101623 ENG Allan Gauden Darlington 13211624 ENG Derek Trevis Lincoln City 13121625 ENG Percy Freeman Lincoln City 10421626 ENG Dennis Brown Aldershot 141015= ENG Roger Cross Brentford 14101528 ENG Fred Large Northampton Town 14011529 SCO Willie Brown Newport County 13021530 SCO Don Masson Notts County 140014= ENG Eddie Garbett Barrow 14001432 NIR Alan McNeill Oldham Athletic 131014= ENG Kevin McMahon York City 131014= ENG Peter Graham Darlington 131014= ENG Stan Bowles Crewe Alexandra 13101436 ENG Richie Barker Notts County 13001337 ENG Bob Moss Peterborough United 11201338 SCO John Docherty Brentford 10301339 ENG Tommy Robson Peterborough United 120012= ENG Eric Redrobe Southport 12001241 ENG Nigel Cassidy Oxford United / Scunthorpe United 4 + 7101242 ENG Charlie Crickmore Notts County 10201243 ENG Bill Garner Southend United 8401244 ENG Les Bradd Notts County 110011= ENG Terry Heath Scunthorpe United 110011= SCO Jim Irvine Barrow 110011= SCO Matt Tees Grimsby Town / Luton Town 9 + 2001148 ENG Jim Hall Peterborough United 101011= WAL Keith Webber Chester 10101150 SCO Tommy Bryceland Oldham Athletic 100111= ENG Kevin Keegan Scunthorpe United 10011152 ENG Stuart Brace Grimsby Town 100010= ENG Alan Bradshaw Crewe Alexandra 10001054 WAL Rod Jones Newport County 91010= ENG Eddie Rowles Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 9101056 ENG Keith Bebbington Oldham Athletic 9011057 ENG Tommy Spratt Workington 82010 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1971.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk Jul 8, 2026 Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Liverpool FC 45,602 4,7% 53,777 38,032 2 Manchester United 43,945 -11,9% 58,878 31,381 3 Arsenal FC 43,776 22,4% 62,056 32,073 4 Everton FC 41,090 -17,0% 56,846 24,371 5 Chelsea FC 39,545 -2,0% 61,277 14,356 6 Leeds United FC 39,204 13,3% 50,190 25,004 7 Tottenham Hotspur FC 35,650 -1,1% 55,693 18,959 8 Derby County FC 31,367 -12,7% 36,007 23,521 9 Manchester City FC 31,041 -8,5% 43,623 17,961 10 West Ham United FC 29,961 -1,9% 42,322 22,800 11 Newcastle United FC 29,735 -20,8% 49,699 15,583 12 Crystal Palace FC 28,889 -3,4% 41,396 16,646 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 27,608 -11,4% 40,318 18,827 14 Coventry City FC 26,039 -18,7% 40,022 18,365 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 25,692 -7,8% 41,134 12,684 16 Nottingham Forest FC 23,324 -8,2% 40,692 13,502 17 Huddersfield Town AFC 23,228 32,5% 43,011 13,580 18 Southampton FC 22,267 -2,8% 30,231 15,980 19 Blackpool FC 20,472 30,4% 30,705 8,905 20 Ipswich Town FC 20,432 -1,4% 27,777 15,993 21 Stoke City FC 19,905 -17,6% 40,005 13,299 22 Burnley FC 16,156 -1,8% 29,422 10,373 Division Two No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Leicester City FC 25,949 3,4% 36,752 20,435 2 Sheffield United FC 25,254 41,6% 42,963 15,097 3 Birmingham City FC 24,203 -3,2% 49,025 13,630 4 Cardiff City FC 21,522 0,1% 26,666 14,853 5 Hull City AFC 19,737 75,8% 26,772 11,301 6 Middlesbrough FC 18,534 -6,7% 30,682 12,802 7 Luton Town FC 17,353 17,2% 25,172 10,205 8 Swindon Town FC 16,150 -19,6% 21,393 11,508 9 Sunderland AFC 15,780 -27,6% 42,617 8,596 10 Sheffield Wednesday FC 15,780 -40,2% 47,406 9,462 11 Watford FC 14,348 -16,7% 24,381 10,211 12 Bristol City FC 14,165 -13,0% 24,969 10,187 13 Portsmouth FC 13,759 -7,8% 24,747 8,193 14 Queens Park Rangers FC 13,069 -25,4% 19,268 8,613 15 Norwich City FC 12,657 -4,2% 16,596 8,111 16 Charlton Athletic FC 10,981 -13,5% 16,138 8,143 17 Oxford United FC 10,884 0,7% 16,027 7,322 18 Carlisle United FC 10,657 13,5% 16,623 7,305 19 Millwall FC 9,862 -15,5% 16,012 5,226 20 Leyton Orient FC 9,119 -19,8% 14,746 3,941 21 Bolton Wanderers FC 8,706 -13,3% 13,462 5,813 22 Blackburn Rovers FC 8,034 -35,8% 11,210 3,971 Division Three No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Aston Villa FC 26,219 -4,1% 37,640 16,694 2 Preston North End FC 13,787 1,8% 28,224 7,957 3 Fulham FC 12,004 17,0% 25,774 7,071 4 Bristol Rovers FC 11,312 -4,7% 25,486 5,252 5 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 9,824 -33,2% 22,613 6,478 6 Chesterfield FC 9,636 -2,5% 16,689 5,282 7 Plymouth Argyle FC 8,704 -4,5% 17,175 5,464 8 Wrexham AFC 8,137 -17,8% 18,536 3,524 9 Swansea City AFC 8,035 -4,5% 13,535 3,789 10 Rotherham United FC 7,885 -4,9% 14,666 4,758 11 Reading FC 6,889 -30,1% 14,335 3,834 12 Mansfield Town FC 6,867 -3,9% 13,181 4,251 13 Barnsley FC 6,830 -33,3% 14,563 2,975 14 Bradford City AFC 5,997 -32,2% 10,029 3,830 15 Torquay United FC 5,726 -16,8% 12,807 2,770 16 Port Vale FC 5,437 -21,1% 11,224 3,450 17 Walsall FC 5,212 -4,0% 19,203 3,054 18 Halifax Town AFC 5,134 9,8% 8,153 3,112 19 Shrewsbury Town FC 5,072 18,2% 13,636 2,816 20 Rochdale AFC 4,866 -20,3% 10,345 3,217 21 Doncaster Rovers FC 4,478 -47,7% 8,147 2,416 22 Gillingham FC 4,241 -21,5% 10,812 1,887 23 Bury FC 3,993 -11,5% 8,047 2,708 24 Tranmere Rovers 3,949 -10,1% 7,130 2,513 Division Four No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Notts County FC 10,757 86,1% 21,012 5,826 2 Oldham Athletic FC 9,546 119,1% 17,953 4,866 3 AFC Bournemouth 8,676 60,4% 15,431 5,801 4 Brentford FC 6,776 -12,8% 10,058 4,176 5 Northampton Town FC 6,602 18,0% 11,923 3,337 6 Southend United FC 6,409 0,9% 9,623 3,839 7 Colchester United FC 5,603 20,7% 7,777 3,502 8 Lincoln City FC 5,499 -9,4% 10,849 3,086 9 Aldershot Town FC 5,382 -11,8% 8,689 3,379 10 York City FC 5,253 22,9% 14,626 3,138 11 Chester City FC 5,086 13,4% 7,898 2,646 12 Cambridge United FC 4,919 - 7,570 3,576 13 Peterborough United FC 4,884 -20,0% 8,066 2,769 14 Exeter City FC 4,703 -4,4% 7,918 3,437 15 Grimsby Town FC 4,329 -2,1% 7,820 2,256 16 Scunthorpe United FC 4,007 -9,4% 7,114 2,738 17 Stockport County FC 3,271 -6,7% 9,563 1,508 18 Crewe Alexandra FC 3,029 -9,5% 5,813 1,909 19 Darlington FC 3,011 9,7% 5,096 1,629 20 Southport FC 2,860 -16,6% 6,027 1,436 21 Newport County AFC 2,549 -7,5% 4,536 1,479 22 Hartlepool United FC 2,459 -4,0% 5,032 1,267 23 Barrow AFC 2,333 -36,1% 3,764 1,452 24 Workington AFC 2,209 4,0% 3,016 1,437 See also 1970-71 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. External links Season 1970-71 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups 1970–71 League