1969–70 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1969–70
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)
← 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	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
4	Derby County	42	22	9	11	64	37	1.730	53	Qualification for the Watney Cup
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
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
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:

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.

Managerial changes

Team	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

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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