1969–70 Football League First Division

1969–70 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1969–70 Everton7th English title SunderlandSheffield Wednesday European Cup Everton European 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 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 1 April, with a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on 22 April, after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland had gone 7 days earlier, losing 1–0 at home to Liverpool (a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace). League standings main WDL World Football 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 ARS 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 European Cup Winners' Cup first round Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 FA Cup winners. yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round Arsenal qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners. #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 1–2 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. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Manchester United SCO Matt Busby Retired 6 June 1969 Pre-season ENG Wilf McGuinness 6 June 1969 Sheffield Wednesday SCO Tom McAnearney End of caretaker spell 1 August 1969 ENG Danny Williams 1 August 1969 Burnley ENG Harry Potts Became general manager 21 February 1970 16th ENG Jimmy Adamson 21 February 1970 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ENG Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 25 2ENG Joe Royle Everton 23 =ENG Peter Osgood Chelsea 23 4ENG Pop Robson Newcastle United 22 5SCO Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1969–70 Football League Category:1969–70 in English football leagues