1969–70 Football League First Division
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Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969–70 season.
Season | 1969–70 |
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Champions | Everton 7th English title |
Relegated | Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday |
European Cup | Everton |
European Cup Winners' Cup | Chelsea Manchester City |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Leeds United Liverpool Coventry City Newcastle United Arsenal |
Watney Cup | Derby County Manchester United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,212 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jeff Astle (25 goals)[1] |
← 1968–69 1970–71 → |
Overview
editEverton 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Everton (C) | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 72 | 34 | 2.118 | 66 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Leeds United | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 84 | 49 | 1.714 | 57 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
3 | Chelsea | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
4 | Derby County | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 37 | 1.730 | 53 | Qualification for the Watney Cup[b] |
5 | Liverpool | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 42 | 1.548 | 51 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
6 | Coventry City | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 49 | |
7 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 35 | 1.629 | 47 | |
8 | Manchester United | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 66 | 61 | 1.082 | 45 | Qualification for the Watney Cup[b] |
9 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 45 | |
10 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 48 | 1.146 | 43 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[c] |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 55 | 0.982 | 43 | |
12 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 51 | 49 | 1.041 | 42 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 40 | |
14 | Burnley | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 61 | 0.918 | 39 | |
15 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 50 | 71 | 0.704 | 38 | |
16 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 58 | 66 | 0.879 | 37 | |
17 | West Ham United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 60 | 0.850 | 36 | |
18 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 63 | 0.635 | 31 | |
19 | Southampton | 42 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 67 | 0.687 | 29 | |
20 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 68 | 0.500 | 27 | |
21 | Sunderland (R) | 42 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 30 | 68 | 0.441 | 26 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Sheffield Wednesday (R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 71 | 0.563 | 25 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 FA Cup winners.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Manchester City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
Results
editManagerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester United | Matt Busby | Retired | 6 June 1969 | Pre-season | Wilf McGuinness | 6 June 1969 |
Sheffield Wednesday | Tom McAnearney | End of caretaker spell | 1 August 1969 | Danny Williams | 1 August 1969 | |
Burnley | Harry Potts | Became general manager | 21 February 1970 | 16th | Jimmy Adamson | 21 February 1970 |
Top scorers
editRank | 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 |
References
edit- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.