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1969–70 Manchester United F.C. season

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Manchester United
1969–70 season
ChairmanLouis Edwards
ManagerWilf McGuinness
First Division8th
FA CupThird place
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
George Best (15)

All:
George Best (23)
Highest home attendance63,418 vs Manchester City (17 December 1969)
63,418 vs Middlesbrough (25 February 1970)
Lowest home attendance26,582 vs West Bromwich Albion (8 April 1970)
Average home league attendance51,152

The 1969–70 season was Manchester United's 68th season in the Football League, and their 25th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] Before the beginning of the season, on 4 June 1969, United manager Matt Busby stepped down as manager after 24 years as manager. McGuinness guided United to an eighth-place finish in his first season as manager, and they reached the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and the League Cup.

First Division

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
9 August 1969 Crystal Palace A 2 – 2 Charlton, Morgan 48,610
13 August 1969 Everton H 0 – 2 57,752
16 August 1969 Southampton H 1 – 4 Morgan 46,328
19 August 1969 Everton A 0 – 3 53,185
23 August 1969 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 0 50,783
27 August 1969 Newcastle United H 0 – 0 52,774
30 August 1969 Sunderland H 3 – 1 Best, Givens, Kidd 50,570
6 September 1969 Leeds United A 2 – 2 Best (2) 44,271
13 September 1969 Liverpool H 1 – 0 Morgan 56,509
17 September 1969 Sheffield Wednesday A 3 – 1 Best (2), Kidd 39,298
20 September 1969 Arsenal A 2 – 2 Best, Sadler 59,498
27 September 1969 West Ham United H 5 – 2 Best (2), Burns, Charlton, Kidd 58,579
4 October 1969 Derby County A 0 – 2 40,724
8 October 1969 Southampton A 3 – 0 Best, Burns, Kidd 31,044
11 October 1969 Ipswich Town H 2 – 1 Best, Kidd 52,281
18 October 1969 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 1 Best 53,702
25 October 1969 West Bromwich Albion A 1 – 2 Kidd 45,120
1 November 1969 Stoke City H 1 – 1 Charlton 53,406
8 November 1969 Coventry City A 2 – 1 Aston, Law 43,446
15 November 1969 Manchester City A 0 – 4 63,013
22 November 1969 Tottenham Hotspur H 3 – 1 Charlton (2), Burns 50,003
29 November 1969 Burnley A 1 – 1 Best 23,770
6 December 1969 Chelsea H 0 – 2 49,344
13 December 1969 Liverpool A 4 – 1 Charlton, Morgan, Ure, own goal 47,682
26 December 1969 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0 – 0 50,806
27 December 1969 Sunderland A 1 – 1 Kidd 36,504
10 January 1970 Arsenal H 2 – 1 Morgan, Sartori 41,055
17 January 1970 West Ham United A 0 – 0 41,643
26 January 1970 Leeds United H 2 – 2 Kidd, Sadler 59,879
31 January 1970 Derby County H 1 – 0 Charlton 59,315
10 February 1970 Ipswich Town A 1 – 0 Kidd 29,755
14 February 1970 Crystal Palace H 1 – 1 Kidd 54,711
28 February 1970 Stoke City A 2 – 2 Morgan, Sartori 38,917
17 March 1970 Burnley H 3 – 3 Best, Crerand, Law 38,377
21 March 1970 Chelsea A 1 – 2 Morgan 61,479
28 March 1970 Manchester City H 1 – 2 Kidd 59,777
30 March 1970 Coventry City H 1 – 1 Kidd 38,647
31 March 1970 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 1 Charlton, Gowling 39,228
4 April 1970 Newcastle United A 1 – 5 Charlton 43,094
8 April 1970 West Bromwich Albion H 7 – 0 Charlton (2), Fitzpatrick (2), Gowling (2), Best 26,582
13 April 1970 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 – 2 Fitzpatrick 41,808
15 April 1970 Sheffield Wednesday H 2 – 2 Best, Charlton 36,649

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 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 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:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Manchester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

FA Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
3 January 1970 Round 3 Ipswich Town A 1 – 0 own goal 29,552
24 January 1970 Round 4 Manchester City H 3 – 0 Kidd (2), Morgan 63,417
7 February 1970 Round 5 Northampton Town A 8 – 2 Best (6), Kidd (2) 21,771
21 February 1970 Round 6 Middlesbrough A 1 – 1 Sartori 40,000
25 February 1970 Round 6
Replay
Middlesbrough H 2 – 1 Charlton, Morgan 63,418
14 March 1970 Semi-Final Leeds United N 0 – 0 55,000
23 March 1970 Semi-Final
Replay
Leeds United N 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 62,500
26 March 1970 Semi-Final
Second Replay
Leeds United N 0 – 1 56,000
10 April 1970 Third Place Playoff Watford N 2 – 0 Kidd (2) 15,105

League Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
3 September 1969 Round 2 Middlesbrough H 1 – 0 Sadler 38,939
23 September 1969 Round 3 Wrexham H 2 – 0 Kidd, Best 48,347
14 October 1969 Round 4 Burnley A 0 – 0 27,959
20 October 1969 Round 4
Replay
Burnley H 1 – 0 Best 50,275
12 November 1969 Round 5 Derby County A 0 – 0 38,895
19 November 1969 Round 5
Replay
Derby County H 1 – 0 Kidd 57,393
3 December 1969 Semi Final
First Leg
Manchester City A 1 – 2 Charlton 55,799
17 December 1969 Semi Final
Second Leg
Manchester City H 2 – 2 Edwards, Law 63,418

Squad statistics

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Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Jimmy Rimmer 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
GK England Alex Stepney 37 0 9 0 8 0 54 0
DF Republic of Ireland Shay Brennan 8(1) 0 1 0 1 0 10(1) 0
DF Scotland Francis Burns 30(2) 3 3(1) 0 6 0 39(3) 3
DF Republic of Ireland Tony Dunne 33 0 7 0 8 0 48 0
DF England Paul Edwards 18(1) 0 7 0 2 1 27(1) 1
DF England Bill Foulkes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF England Steve James 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
DF England David Sadler 40 2 9 0 8 1 57 3
DF Scotland Ian Ure 34 1 7 0 7 0 48 1
MF England John Aston, Jr. 21(1) 1 1(1) 0 6 0 28(2) 1
MF Northern Ireland George Best 37 15 8 6 8 2 53 23
MF England Bobby Charlton 40 12 9 1 8 1 57 14
MF Scotland Paddy Crerand 25 1 9 0 2 0 36 1
MF Scotland John Fitzpatrick 20 3 1 0 5 0 26 3
MF Scotland Willie Morgan 35 7 9 2 5 0 49 9
MF Scotland Jimmy Ryan 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
MF Italy Carlo Sartori 13(4) 2 7 1 1(2) 0 21(6) 3
MF England Nobby Stiles 8 0 3 0 2 0 13 0
FW Republic of Ireland Don Givens 4(4) 1 0 0 1 0 5(4) 1
FW England Alan Gowling 6(1) 3 0 0 0(1) 0 6(2) 3
FW England Brian Kidd 33(1) 12 9 6 6 2 48(1) 20
FW Scotland Denis Law 10(1) 2 0(2) 0 3 1 13(3) 3
Own goals 1 1 0 2

References

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  1. ^ "Manchester United Season 1969/70". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2011.