1969–70 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
1970–71 European Cup	Everton
FA Cup winners 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea (1st FA Cup title) Manchester City (defending champions)
1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Arsenal Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25
← 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

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton (C)	42	17	3	1	46	19	12	5	4	26	15	2.118	66	Qualified for European Cup
2	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	50	19	6	11	4	34	30	1.714	57
3	Chelsea	42	13	7	1	36	18	8	6	7	34	32	1.400	55	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	14	7	6	8	19	23	1.730	53
5	Liverpool	42	10	7	4	34	20	10	4	7	31	22	1.548	51	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	35	28	10	5	6	23	20	1.208	49
7	Newcastle United	42	14	2	5	42	16	3	11	7	15	19	1.629	47	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	37	27	6	8	7	29	34	1.082	45
9	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	31	23	5	8	8	25	29	1.077	45
10	Manchester City	42	8	6	7	25	22	8	5	8	30	26	1.146	43	League Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	2	8	27	21	6	7	8	27	34	0.982	43
12	Arsenal	42	7	10	4	29	23	5	8	8	22	26	1.041	42	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	8	5	30	23	4	8	9	25	34	0.965	40
14	Burnley	42	7	7	7	33	29	5	8	8	23	32	0.918	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	4	28	28	2	9	10	22	43	0.704	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	39	25	4	3	14	19	41	0.879	37
17	West Ham United	42	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	13	23	39	0.850	36
18	Ipswich Town	42	9	5	7	23	20	1	6	14	17	43	0.635	31
19	Southampton	42	3	12	6	24	27	3	5	13	22	40	0.687	29	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20	Crystal Palace	42	5	6	10	20	36	1	9	11	14	32	0.500	27
21	Sunderland	42	4	11	6	17	24	2	3	16	13	44	0.441	26	Relegated
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	6	5	10	23	27	2	4	15	17	44	0.563	25

Source:
(C) League Champions

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	25
2	Joe Royle	Everton	23
=	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	23
4	Pop Robson	Newcastle United	22
5	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20

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