1970–71 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1970–71 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Semi-finalists
European Cup	Quarter-finalists
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Home colours Away colours

During the 1970–71 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 14th in the table with 37 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	0.957	41
13	Stoke City	42	12	13	17	44	48	0.917	37
14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	0.900	37
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	36

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Charity Shield

Main article: 1970 FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1970	Chelsea	A	2–1	43,547	Whittle, Kendall

Football League First Division

Main article: 1970–71 Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1970	Arsenal	H	2–2	50,248
18 August 1970	Burnley	H	1–1	44,717
22 August 1970	Leeds United	A	2–3	46,718
26 August 1970	Chelsea	A	2–2	48,195
29 August 1970	Manchester City	H	0–1	50,724
2 September 1970	Manchester United	A	0–2	49,599
5 September 1970	West Ham United	A	2–1	29,171
12 September 1970	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	41,596
19 September 1970	Blackpool	A	2–0	30,705
26 September 1970	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	43,443
3 October 1970	Coventry City	A	1–3	29,212
10 October 1970	Derby County	H	1–1	46,614
17 October 1970	Arsenal	A	0–4	50,053
24 October 1970	Newcastle United	H	3–1	43,135
31 October 1970	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	31,628
7 November 1970	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	39,255
14 November 1970	Stoke City	A	1–1	26,765
21 November 1970	Liverpool	A	2–3	53,777
28 November 1970	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	44,301
5 December 1970	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	27,658
12 December 1970	Southampton	H	4–1	31,139
19 December 1970	Leeds United	H	0–1	47,393
26 December 1970	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	30,178
9 January 1971	Burnley	A	2–2	17,512
16 January 1971	Chelsea	H	3–0	43,628
30 January 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	42,105
6 February 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	37,213
16 February 1971	Southampton	A	2–2	22,183
20 February 1971	Liverpool	H	0–0	56,846
23 February 1971	Manchester United	H	1–0	52,544
27 February 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–3	36,940
13 March 1971	Stoke City	H	2–0	38,924
17 March 1971	Newcastle United	A	1–2	22,874
20 March 1971	Nottingham Forest	A	2–3	21,643
30 March 1971	West Ham United	H	0–1	29,094
3 April 1971	Manchester City	A	0–3	26,885
6 April 1971	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	20,288
10 April 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	35,294
12 April 1971	Coventry City	H	3–0	24,371
17 April 1971	Derby County	A	1–3	28,793
24 April 1971	Blackpool	H	0–0	26,286
1 May 1971	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	21,590

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	2 January 1971	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	40,471
4	23 February 1971	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	54,857
5	13 February 1971	Derby County	H	1–0	53,490
6	6 March 1971	Colchester United	H	5–0	53,028
SF	27 March 1971	Liverpool	N	1–2	62,144	Ball
3rd	7 May 1971	Stoke City	N	2–3	5,031	Whittle, Ball

European Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	16 September 1970	Keflavík	H	6–2	28,444	Ball (3), Royle (2), Kendall
2:2	30 September 1970	Keflavík	A	3–0	9,546	Royle (2), Whittle
3:1	21 October 1970	Borussia Mönchengladbach	A	1–1	29,340	Kendall
3:2	4 November 1970	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	1–1 (aet, Everton won 4–3 on penalties)	42,744	Morrissey
QF:1	9 March 1971	Panathinaikos	H	1–1	46,047	Johnson
QF:2	24 March 1971	Panathinaikos	A	0–0	25,000