1969–70 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1969–70 Bill Shankly First Division 5th Bobby Graham (13) Bobby Graham (21) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Second round FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Third round _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _redcollar _redborder 000000 1968–69 1970–71 The 1969–70 season was Liverpool Football Club's 78th season in existence and their eighth consecutive season in the First Division. This was a disappointing season, as the team finished fifth in the league after a promising start to the season while city rivals Everton won the championship title. It was to be a season of transition with so many of the players who were part of the 1960s side being replaced after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Second Division Watford. It was also a season in which they were knocked out in the early rounds of the League Cup and Fairs Cup. One player who gave so much great service Roger Hunt, a 1966 World Cup winner left the club after 286 goals in all competitions in December 1969 to join Bolton Wanderers. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence SCO Tommy Lawrence ENG Grahame Lloyd Defenders ENG Steve Arnold ENG Gerry Byrne ENG Chris Lawler ENG Larry Lloyd ENG John McLaughlin SCO Ian Ross ENG Tommy Smith ENG Geoff Strong ENG Peter Wall SCO Ron Yeats Midfielders ENG Ian Callaghan SCO Brian Hall ENG Emlyn Hughes ENG Alec Lindsay ENG Doug Livermore SCO Ian St. John ENG Peter Thompson Attackers ENG Phil Boersma ENG Alun Evans ENG Roy Evans SCO Bobby Graham ENG Roger Hunt ENG Steve Peplow Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup League Cup Fairs Cup ENG FW Phil Boersma 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Ian Callaghan 41+0 3 6+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 2 ENG GK Ray Clemence 14+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 ENG FW Alun Evans 17+2 3 1+1 2 1+0 1 2+1 3 ENG DF Roy Evans 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO FW Bobby Graham 42+0 13 6+0 4 2+0 1 4+0 3 SCO MF Brian Hall 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Emlyn Hughes 41+0 7 6+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 ENG FW Roger Hunt 15+3 6 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+2 1 ENG DF Chris Lawler 42+0 10 6+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1 SCO GK Tommy Lawrence 28+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG DF Alec Lindsay 4+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 ENG MF Doug Livermore 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Larry Lloyd 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF John McLaughlin 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG FW Steve Peplow 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 SCO DF Ian Ross 7+0 1 4+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 ENG DF Tommy Smith 36+0 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 3 SCO FW Ian St John 25+1 5 6+0 1 1+0 1 2+1 0 ENG FW Geoff Strong 34+0 3 6+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 ENG MF Peter Thompson 39+0 3 4+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 3 ENG DF Peter Wall 9+0 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 SCO DF Ron Yeats 37+0 3 6+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 |} League table y LIV Results First Division 1969–70 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 09-Aug-69 Chelsea H 4–1 Lawler 26 St. John 49 83 Strong 60 48,383 Report Report 12-Aug-69 Manchester City H 3–2 St. John 2 88 Hunt 83 51,959 Report Report 16-Aug-69 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–0 Hughes 2 Lawler 37 50,474 Report Report 20-Aug-69 Manchester City A 2–0 Graham 44 80 47,888 Report Report 23-Aug-69 Burnley H 3–3 Smith 36 pen 77 Graham 49 51,113 Report Report 27-Aug-69 Crystal Palace A 3–1 Hughes 36 Hunt 73 Thompson 82 36,369 Report Report 30-Aug-69 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 Lawler 42 33,600 Report Report 06-Sep-69 Coventry City H 2–1 St. John 37 Strong 89 48,337 Report Report 09-Sep-69 Sunderland H 2–0 Strong 12 Smith 34 46,370 Report Report 13-Sep-69 Manchester United A 0–1 59,387 Report Report 20-Sep-69 Stoke City H 3–1 Hunt 15 Hughes 22 Callaghan 64 45,745 Report Report 27-Sep-69 West Bromwich Albion A 2–2 Graham 25 Hunt 89 34,343 Report Report 04-Oct-69 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 Own goal 50 44,859 Report Report 07-Oct-69 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 46,518 Report Report 11-Oct-69 Newcastle United A 0–1 43,830 Report Report 18-Oct-69 Ipswich Town A 2–2 Graham 8 Lindsay 76 23,263 Report Report 25-Oct-69 Southampton H 4–1 Hughes 10 Hunt 83 84 Own goal 88 41,611 Report Report 01-Nov-69 Derby County A 0–4 40,993 Report Report 08-Nov-69 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 39,114 Report Report 15-Nov-69 West Ham United H 2–0 Lawler 27 Graham 60 39,668 Report Report 22-Nov-69 Leeds United A 1–1 Yeats 31 43,293 Report Report 29-Nov-69 Arsenal H 0–1 40,295 Report Report 06-Dec-69 Everton A 3–0 Hughes 47 Own goal 54 Graham 74 57,026 Report Report 13-Dec-69 Manchester United H 1–4 Hughes 25 47,682 Report Report 26-Dec-69 Burnley A 5–1 Ross 26 Graham 39 Lawler 44 Thompson 52 Callaghan 60 22,944 Report Report 10-Jan-70 Stoke City A 2–0 Graham 33 Thompson 70 30,038 Report Report 17-Jan-70 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 Lawler 70 43,526 Report Report 31-Jan-70 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 30,838 Report Report 16-Feb-70 Newcastle United H 0–0 38,218 Report Report 28-Feb-70 Derby County H 0–2 43,594 Report Report 03-Mar-70 Coventry City A 3–2 Hughes 38 Evans 65 72 29,497 Report Report 07-Mar-70 Leeds United H 0–0 51,435 Report Report 11-Mar-70 Southampton A 1–0 Evans 43 23,239 Report Report 14-Mar-70 Arsenal A 1–2 Yeats 83 32,333 Report Report 16-Mar-70 Sheffield Wednesday H 3–0 Lawler 50 Yeats 63 Graham 68 31,931 Report Report 21-Mar-70 Everton H 0–2 54,496 Report Report 24-Mar-70 Ipswich Town H 2–0 Callaghan 32 Smith 43 pen 29,548 Report Report 28-Mar-70 West Ham United A 0–1 38,239 Report Report 30-Mar-70 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–0 Lawler 43 32,754 Report Report 03-Apr-70 Crystal Palace H 3–0 Graham 16 48 Lawler 47 30,999 Report Report 15-Apr-70 Sunderland A 1–0 Lawler 86 33,007 Report Report 18-Apr-70 Chelsea A 1–2 Graham 27 36,521 Report Report Football League Cup 1969–70 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 03-Sep-69 Watford H 2–1 Own goal 6 St. John 75 21,149 Report Report 24-Sep-69 Manchester City A 2–3 Evans 21 Graham 67 28,019 Report Report FA Cup 1969–70 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 07-Jan-70 Coventry City A 1–1 Graham 30 33,688 Report Report 12-Jan-70 Coventry City H 3–0 Ross 39 Thompson 54 Graham 72 51,261 Report Report 24-Jan-70 Wrexham H 3–1 Graham 51 73 St. John 59 54,096 Report Report 07-Feb-70 Leicester City H 0–0 53,785 Report Report 11-Feb-70 Leicester City A 2–0 Evans 64 90 42,100 Report Report 21-Feb-70 Watford A 0–1 34,047 Report Report Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 16-Sep-69 Dundalk H 10–0 Evans 1 38 Lawler 10 Smith 24 67 Graham 36 82 Lindsay 56 Thompson 69 Callaghan 76 32,656 Report Report 30-Sep-69 Dundalk A 4–0 Thompson 13 31 Graham 48 Callaghan 81 6,000 Report Report 12-Nov-69 Vitória de Setúbal A 0–1 16,000 Report Report 26-Nov-69 Vitória de Setúbal H 3–2 Smith 60 pen Evans 88 Hunt 90 41,633 Report Report References LFC History.net – 1969–70 season Liverweb - 1969-70 Season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool