1969–70 Football League First Division
Appearance
Season | 1969–70 |
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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[1] |
← 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 |
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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 |
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Everton | 23 |
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Chelsea | 23 |
4 | ![]() |
Newcastle United | 22 |
5 | ![]() |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 |
References
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.