1969–70 Football League

71st season of the Football League The Football League 1969–70 Everton 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.https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1969-70.html England 1969–70 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, 1980. First Division First Division 1969–70 Everton7th English title SunderlandSheffield Wednesday European Cup Everton Cup Winners' Cup ChelseaManchester City Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Leeds UnitedLiverpoolCoventry CityNewcastle UnitedArsenal Watney Cup Derby CountyManchester United Jeff Astle(25 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 462 1212 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL World Football First Division EVE, LEE, CHE, DER, LIV, COV, NEW, MUN, STK, MCI, TOT, ARS, WOL, BUR, NFO, WBA, WHU, IPS, SOU, CRY, SUN, SHW EC1R IFC1R CWC1R WAC IFC1R IFC1R IFC1R WAC MCI IFC1R REL REL complete 12 18 12 51 49 12 15 15 56 61 21 13 8 70 50 19 11 12 58 48 6 15 21 34 68 22 9 11 64 37 29 8 5 72 34 10 11 21 40 63 21 15 6 84 49 20 11 11 65 42 16 11 15 55 48 14 17 11 66 61 17 13 12 57 35 10 18 14 50 71 8 9 25 40 71 6 17 19 46 67 15 15 12 56 52 6 14 22 30 68 17 9 16 54 55 14 9 19 58 66 12 12 18 51 60 12 16 14 55 57 C R R Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland 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 Cup Winners' Cup first round Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 FA Cup winners. yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup 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. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 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 1969–1970 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 1969–1970 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke Sunderland 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 1970–71, pp. 600–603. 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: 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 RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsEuro competitionsTotal1 ENG Peter Osgood Chelsea 2380—312 ENG Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 2505—303 ENG Allan Clarke Leeds United 16702254 ENG Joe Royle Everton 2300—235 Northern Ireland George Best Manchester United 1562—236 ENG Francis Lee Manchester City 14036237 ENG Ian Hutchinson Chelsea 1651—228 ENG Frank Clarke Ipswich Town / Queens Park Rangers 2+1424—229 ENG Brian Kidd Manchester United 1462—2210 ENG Pop Robson Newcastle United 210002111 SCO Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 1902—2112 SCO Bobby Graham Liverpool153132113 ENG John Radford Arsenal132052014 ENG Colin Bell Manchester City 100552015 ENG Mick Channon Southampton 153101916 ENG Steve Kindon Burnley 1701—1817 ENG Geoff Hurst West Ham United 1602—1818 ENG Mick Jones Leeds United 153081819 IRE Johnny Giles Leeds United 122041820 ENG John Ritchie Stoke City 1420—1621 SCO John O’Hare Derby County 1321—1622 ENG Harry Burrows Stoke City 1500—1523 SCO Neil Martin Coventry City 1410—1524 SCO Peter Lorimer Leeds United 132001525 ENG Steve Downes Sheffield Wednesday / Rotherham United 1+1130—15= ENG Jimmy Greaves West Ham United 1230—1527 ENG Colin Suggett West Bromwich Albion 1203—1528 ENG Ian Bowyer Manchester City 120211529 ENG Kevin Hector Derby County 1122—1530 ENG John O’Rourke Coventry City / Ipswich Town 11+200—1331 ENG Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 1012—1332 ENG Keith Dyson Newcastle United 120021233 ENG Ian Storey-Moore Nottingham Forest 1101—1234 ENG Alan Ball Everton 1011—1235 WAL Alan Durban Derby County 840—1236 SCO Alan Gilzean Tottenham Hotspur 1100—11= ENG Martin Chivers Tottenham Hotspur1100—1138 SCO Gerry Queen Crystal Palace 911—1139 ENG Jack Whitham Sheffield Wednesday 830—1140 ENG Martin Dobson Burnley 632—1141 WAL Ron Davies Southampton 100001042 ENG Alan Hinton Derby County 604—10 Second Division Second Division 1969–70 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield TownBlackpool Aston VillaPreston North End Cup Winners' Cup Cardiff City Watney Cup Sheffield UnitedHull City John Hickton(24 goals) 462 1207 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL Second Division HUD, BLP, LEI, MID, SWI, SHU, CAR, BLA, QPR, MIL, NOR, CRL, HUL, BRC, OXF, BOL, POR, BIR, WAT, CHA, AVL, PNE PRO PRO WAC CWC1R WAC REL REL complete 8 13 21 36 62 11 11 20 51 78 20 7 15 54 50 20 13 9 56 45 12 12 18 54 61 13 13 16 54 50 18 13 11 61 41 14 13 15 58 56 7 17 18 35 76 24 12 6 68 37 15 11 16 72 70 19 13 10 64 50 20 10 12 55 45 15 14 13 56 56 16 11 15 49 46 12 15 15 35 42 13 9 20 66 80 8 12 22 43 63 17 11 14 66 57 22 5 15 73 38 17 16 9 57 47 9 13 20 44 57 C, P P R R 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 Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United 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 Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners. #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup 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. red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey 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 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 1969–1970 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Charlton Athletic Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1969–1970 teams England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bristol City Carlisle United Cardiff City Charlton Huddersfield Hull Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford Portsmouth Preston North End QPR Sheffield United 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. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsCup Winners' Cup goalsTotal1 ENG John Hickton Middlesbrough 2340—272 ENG John Byrom Bolton Wanderers 2005—253 ENG Barry Bridges Queens Park Rangers 2111—234 ENG Rodney Marsh Queens Park Rangers 1247—235 ENG Alan Woodward Sheffield United 1803—216 ENG Arthur Horsfield Swindon Town 1640—207 ENG Brian Clark Cardiff City 18002208 WAL John Toshack Cardiff City 17102209 ENG Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town 1810—19= ENG Derek Possee Millwall 1810—1911 ENG Chris Chilton Hull City 1801—1912 ENG Peter Noble Swindon Town 1513—1913 ENG Ken Wagstaff Hull City 1800—18= ENG Ray Hiron Portsmouth 1800—1815 ENG Fred Pickering Blackpool 1710—1816 ENG Rodney Fern Leicester City 1601—1717 ENG Ken Houghton Hull City 1600—1618 WAL Gil Reece Sheffield United 1401—1519 ENG Bob Hatton Carlisle United 1311—1520 ENG Don Martin Blackburn Rovers 1302—1521 ENG Chris Balderstone Carlisle United 1211—1422 ENG Barry Endean Watford 1031—1423 ENG Peter King Cardiff City 101031424 ENG Phil Summerill Birmingham City 1300—13= SCO Jim Storrie Portsmouth / Rotherham United 1300—1326 ENG Ken Skeen Oxford United 913—1327 ENG Bert Murray Birmingham City 1200—12= ENG Albert McCann Portsmouth 1200—12= ENG Tony Currie Sheffield United 1200—1230 ENG Joe Laidlaw Middlesbrough 1110—1231 ENG Roger Hunt Bolton Wanderers /Liverpool 6+5001Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.1232 ENG John Tudor Sheffield United 1020—1233 SCO Andy Lochhead Leicester City 624—1234 SCO Ken Foggo Norwich City 1100—1135 ENG Gerry Sharpe Bristol City 1001—1136 ENG John Galley Bristol City 1000—10= ENG Peter Silverster Norwich City 1000—10= ENG Nicky Jennings Portsmouth 1000—1039 ENG Don Rogers Swindon Town 910—1040 ENG Keith Weller Millwall 901—1041 SCO Hughie McIlmoyle Middlesbrough /Carlisle United 6+202—10 Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1969–70 Orient (1st title) Promoted Luton Town Relegated Barrow,Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic,Southport,Stockport County George Jones (Bury), 26 552 1460 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL Third Division PR y 5 2 ORI Orient LUT Luton Town BRR Bristol Rovers FUL Fulham B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion MAN Mansfield Town BAR Barnsley REA Reading ROC Rochdale BRA Bradford City DON Doncaster Rovers WAL Walsall TOR Torquay United ROT Rotherham United SHR Shrewsbury Town TRA Tranmere Rovers PLY Plymouth Argyle HAL Halifax Town BRY Bury GIL Gillingham B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic SOU Southport BRW Barrow STP Stockport County 25 12 9 67 36 23 14 9 77 43 20 16 10 80 59 20 15 11 81 55 23 9 14 57 43 21 11 14 70 49 19 15 12 68 59 21 11 14 87 77 18 10 18 69 60 17 12 17 57 50 17 12 17 52 54 17 12 17 54 67 14 17 15 62 59 15 14 17 62 54 13 18 15 62 63 14 16 16 56 72 16 11 19 56 64 14 15 17 47 63 15 11 20 75 80 13 13 20 52 64 12 15 19 48 71 14 10 22 48 66 8 14 24 46 81 6 11 29 27 71 CP P R R R R green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R #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 Results main FBR grey 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 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 Third Division London teams 1969–1970 Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Fulham Orient England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1969–1970 England 53.55 -1.48 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.58 -1.98 right Barnsley Barrow Brighton & Hove Bradford City Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Reading Rochdale Rotherham Shrewsbury Southport Stockport Swindon Tranmere Rovers Torquay Walsall 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 ENG Malcolm Macdonald Luton Town 2412272 ENG George Jones Bury 2600263 ENG Les Chappell Reading 2500254 ENG Steve Earle Fulham 2201235 SCO George Kerr Bury 2021236 IRE Jimmy Convay Fulham 2200227 SCO Ted MacDougall Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2101228 ENG George Andrews Shrewsbury Town /Southport 13+602219 ENG Reg Jenkins Rochdale 20002010 SCO George Yardley Tranmere Rovers 172120= ENG Terry Bell Reading /Hartlepool 2+15212012 ENG Mickey Bullock Orient 19001913 ENG Dudley Roberts Mansfield Town 180018= ENG Mike Bickle Plymouth Argyle 18001815 ENG Bobby Ham Bradford City 16021816 ENG Robin Stubbs Bristol Rovers 15201717 ENG Allan Gilliver Brighton & Hove Albion 13221718 NIR Terry Harkin Shrewsbury Town 160016= ENG Tony Field Southport 160016= ENG Alan Welsh Torquay United 16001621 ENG John Rudge Torquay United 14111622 ENG John Evans Barnsley 150015= ENG Tony Buck Rochdale 15001524 ENG Malcolm Partridge Mansfield Town 13201525 ENG Brian Yeo Gillingham 9511526 ENG Bobby Williams Reading 14001427 ENG Ray Graydon Bristol Rovers 13101428 ENG Dennis Butler Rochdale 12201429 ENG Mike Green Gillingham 11301430 Derek Smith Tranmere Rovers 11211431 ENG Ken Beamish Tranmere Rovers 10311432 ENG Peter Middleton Bradford City 112013= WAL Dai Jones Mansfield Town 11201334 ENG Colin Taylor Walsall 9401335 Dean Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 120012= ENG Carl Gilbert Bristol Rovers 120012= ENG Barrie Fairbrother Orient 120012= ENG John Regan Doncaster Rovers 12001239 SCO Matt Tees Luton Town 11101240 ENG John Collins Luton Town 102012= SCO Richard Moir Shrewsbury Town 10201242 SCO Alex Dawson Brighton & Hove Albion 9211243 ENG Jim Mulvaney Barrow 11001144 SCO Kit Napier Brighton & Hove Albion 10101145 ENG Eddie Loyden Barnsley 9201146 ENG Harold Jarman Bristol Rovers 10001047 ENG Ken Pound Gillingham 91010= ENG John Rowlands Stockport County 91010= ENG Bill Atkins Halifax Town /Portsmouth 7+2101050 ENG Les O’Neill Bradford City 82010 Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1969–70 Chesterfield (1st title) Promoted Port Vale,Swansea City,Wrexham Failed re-election Bradford Park Avenue New club in the league Albert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27 552 1464 1968–69 1970–71 main WDL Fourth Division 2 y PR 5 CHF Chesterfield WRE Wrexham SWA Swansea City PTV Port Vale BRE Brentford ALD Aldershot NTC Notts County LIN Lincoln City PET Peterborough United COL Colchester United CHE Chester SCU Scunthorpe United YOR York City NOR Northampton Town CRE Crewe Alexandra GRI Grimsby Town STD Southend United EXE Exeter City OLD Oldham Athletic WRK Workington NPC Newport County DAR Darlington HAR Hartlepool BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) 27 10 9 77 32 26 9 11 84 49 21 18 7 66 45 20 19 7 61 33 20 16 10 58 39 20 13 13 78 65 22 8 16 73 62 17 16 13 66 52 17 14 15 77 69 17 14 15 64 63 21 6 19 58 66 18 10 18 67 65 16 14 16 55 62 16 12 18 64 55 16 12 18 51 51 14 15 17 54 58 15 10 21 59 85 14 11 21 57 59 13 13 20 60 65 12 14 20 46 64 13 11 22 53 74 13 10 23 53 73 10 10 26 42 82 6 11 29 41 96 CP P P P R green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE FLD red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Northern Premier League #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 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1969–1970 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aldershot Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Colchester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Peterborough Port Vale Scunthorpe & Lindsey Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City Greater London right 369 51.486 -0.31 Brentford bottom Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London 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. RankScorerClubLeague goalsFA Cup goalsLeague Cup goalsTotal1 ENG Albert Kinsey Wrexham 2711292 ENG Jim Hall Peterborough United 2431283 ENG Jack Howarth Aldershot 1970264 ENG Stuart Brace Grimsby Town 2500255 ENG John Fairbrother Northampton Town 2320256 ENG Nigel Cassidy Scunthorpe United 2140257 SCO Billy Best Southend United 2310248 SCO Don Masson Notts County 2300239 WAL Dave Gwyther Swansea City 16512210 ENG Dennis Brown Aldershot 17402111 ENG Ernie Moss Chesterfield 20002012 ENG Richie Barker Notts County 19102013 WAL Peter Price Peterborough United 16312014 ENG Kevin Randall Chesterfield 18001815 WAL Arfon Griffiths Wrexham 16201816 ENG Rod Fletcher Lincoln City 16101717 ENG Ray Smith Wrexham 15201718 ENG John James Port Vale 14301719 ENG Ken Jones Colchester United 15001520 ENG Terry Heath Scunthorpe United 132015= WAL Herbie Williams Swansea City 13201522 ENG Bill Dearden Chester 11311523 ENG Brian Gibbs Colchester United 140014= ENG Ray Mabbutt Newport County 14001425 ENG Tommy Robson Peterborough United 12111426 Bobby Ross Brentford 130013= ENG Mike Hickman Grimsby Town 130013= ENG Jim Fryatt Oldham Athletic /Blackburn Rovers 2+11001329 ENG Frank Large Northampton Town 10211330 WAL Derek Draper Chester 120012= ENG David Shaw Oldham Athletic 12001232 WAL Geoffrey Thomas Swansea City 11011233 ENG Alan Banks Exeter City 10111234 ENG Phil Boyer York City 9301235 ENG Ronnie Walton Aldershot 110011= ENG Alan Bradshaw Crewe Alexandra 11001137 ENG John Archer Chesterfield 10101138 ENG Fred Binney Exeter City /Torquay United 1+90111= Jim Beardall Oldham Athletic 10011140 ENG Alan Tarbuck Chester 8301141 ENG Roy Massey Colchester United /Crewe Alexandra 5+2041142 ENG Jimmy Melia Aldershot 100010= ENG Lance Robson Hartlepool /Darlington 2+80010= ENG Kevin McMahon York City 10001045 John Mitten Exeter City 9101046 Roy Young Hartlepool 8201047 ENG Gary Moore Southend United 80210 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1970.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 28, 2026 Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Manchester United 49,862 -2.6% 59,879 26,582 2 Everton FC 49,531 7.8% 58,523 42,510 3 Liverpool FC 43,567 -8.0% 54,496 29,548 4 Chelsea FC 40,342 7.3% 61,479 24,904 5 Newcastle United FC 37,553 10.4% 56,317 19,411 6 Tottenham Hotspur FC 36,060 -3.7% 50,474 27,693 7 Derby County FC 35,924 29.9% 41,826 29,451 8 Arsenal FC 35,758 -6.9% 59,489 21,165 9 Leeds United FC 34,613 -6.4% 46,770 22,932 10 Manchester City FC 33,930 0.5% 63,013 22,006 11 Coventry City FC 32,043 -3.6% 43,446 24,590 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 31,164 1.5% 50,783 20,594 13 West Ham United FC 30,530 -1.9% 41,643 20,934 14 Crystal Palace FC 29,901 50.5% 49,498 16,821 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 27,877 11.1% 45,120 18,512 16 Sheffield Wednesday FC 26,401 -1.7% 44,332 16,644 17 Nottingham Forest FC 25,408 2.0% 42,074 10,589 18 Stoke City FC 24,165 27.3% 38,917 11,810 19 Southampton FC 22,901 1.8% 31,044 19,130 20 Sunderland AFC 21,790 -12.7% 51,950 12,739 21 Ipswich Town FC 20,715 -12.2% 29,755 16,146 22 Burnley FC 16,452 2.4% 28,141 11,166 Division Two No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Aston Villa FC 27,345 10.9% 54,405 18,840 2 Leicester City FC 25,104 -11.7% 35,168 16,059 3 Birmingham City FC 25,004 -4.2% 41,696 13,530 4 Cardiff City FC 21,502 27.5% 30,048 8,423 5 Swindon Town FC 20,075 11.2% 28,754 10,716 6 Middlesbrough FC 19,856 -5.7% 29,703 13,859 7 Sheffield United FC 17,840 15.2% 25,724 10,535 8 Huddersfield Town AFC 17,526 72.4% 30,907 10,206 9 Queens Park Rangers FC 17,525 -18.8% 22,799 11,017 10 Watford FC 17,223 26.9% 27,968 10,091 11 Bristol City FC 16,274 5.2% 24,905 10,698 12 Blackpool FC 15,695 3.8% 24,432 9,766 13 Portsmouth FC 14,928 -22.1% 22,169 10,464 14 Preston North End FC 13,548 2.5% 35,400 8,012 15 Norwich City FC 13,215 -3.9% 20,040 6,523 16 Charlton Athletic FC 12,693 -29.4% 21,757 7,644 17 Blackburn Rovers FC 12,523 18.0% 17,393 7,339 18 Millwall FC 11,668 -24.2% 20,451 7,825 19 Hull City AFC 11,230 -21.0% 17,434 7,474 20 Oxford United FC 10,812 -7.1% 16,821 7,406 21 Bolton Wanderers FC 10,041 -4.7% 18,032 6,757 22 Carlisle United FC 9,388 1.9% 14,481 6,214 Division Three No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Luton Town FC 14,808 -0.6% 18,065 11,368 2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 14,711 35.7% 32,032 5,643 3 Bristol Rovers FC 11,870 66.8% 22,001 5,978 4 Leyton Orient FC 11,369 101.0% 19,861 4,593 5 Fulham FC 10,259 -27.9% 18,987 6,675 6 Barnsley FC 10,234 8.2% 17,395 5,842 7 Reading FC 9,855 50.4% 18,929 5,029 8 Plymouth Argyle FC 9,113 -14.0% 17,128 4,854 9 Bradford City AFC 8,852 22.7% 16,224 4,148 10 Doncaster Rovers FC 8,560 -16.2% 19,742 3,196 11 Rotherham United FC 8,294 -8.6% 13,909 5,300 12 Mansfield Town FC 7,143 1.3% 10,322 4,588 13 Torquay United FC 6,884 -16.9% 11,099 3,766 14 Rochdale AFC 6,109 13.1% 9,752 3,604 15 Walsall FC 5,428 -7.5% 7,557 3,366 16 AFC Bournemouth 5,410 -28.5% 9,578 2,353 17 Gillingham FC 5,401 0.3% 8,638 3,930 18 Halifax Town AFC 4,674 -17.6% 10,274 1,812 19 Bury FC 4,512 -41.9% 9,849 2,931 20 Tranmere Rovers 4,393 -27.3% 7,192 2,906 21 Shrewsbury Town FC 4,291 -22.2% 6,587 3,350 22 Barrow AFC 3,649 -22.0% 5,665 2,128 23 Stockport County FC 3,506 -51.1% 5,338 1,783 24 Southport FC 3,428 -18.2% 5,834 2,088 Division Four No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Wrexham AFC 9,902 76.7% 19,946 6,578 2 Chesterfield FC 9,886 95.3% 16,395 3,997 3 Swansea City AFC 8,410 48.6% 14,075 5,009 4 Brentford FC 7,773 21.1% 12,261 4,383 5 Port Vale FC 6,894 58.1% 12,538 3,955 6 Southend United FC 6,351 -39.8% 11,826 3,043 7 Peterborough United FC 6,109 8.7% 8,557 3,844 8 Aldershot Town FC 6,101 3.7% 8,790 4,062 9 Lincoln City FC 6,070 -23.3% 9,296 3,407 10 Notts County FC 5,779 21.0% 15,346 2,456 11 Northampton Town FC 5,594 -17.6% 12,972 2,979 12 Exeter City FC 4,920 -8.4% 6,707 3,538 13 Colchester United FC 4,643 -26.0% 7,133 2,571 14 Chester City FC 4,487 -23.6% 15,024 1,691 15 Scunthorpe United FC 4,424 21.4% 7,340 2,790 16 Grimsby Town FC 4,423 11.0% 7,801 2,393 17 Oldham Athletic FC 4,357 12.8% 6,083 2,391 18 York City FC 4,274 10.1% 7,212 2,237 19 Crewe Alexandra FC 3,345 -30.4% 7,155 2,297 20 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 3,137 -4.1% 5,997 1,864 21 Newport County AFC 2,755 12.2% 5,807 998 22 Darlington FC 2,744 -55.5% 4,604 1,717 23 Hartlepool United FC 2,563 -39.0% 3,627 1,473 24 Workington AFC 2,123 -10.4% 3,706 1,342 See also 1969-70 in English football Notes References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. External links Season 1969-70 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups 1969–70 League