1969–70 Football League

The Football League
Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–1970 season was the 71st completed season of The Football League.

Everton won their seventh league title, finishing nine points clear of Leeds United with Chelsea in third and newly promoted Derby County in fourth. Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland were both relegated.

In the Second Division Huddersfield Town claimed the divisional title and were promoted along with runners-up Blackpool. Aston Villa endured the worst season in their history and were relegated to the Third Division for the first time, along with bottom club Preston North End, for whom it was also a first relegation to the third tier.

In the Third Division Orient won the title and were promoted along with Luton Town, who had finished third the previous season. As usual four teams were relegated, with Bournemouth, Southport, Barrow and Stockport County all making the drop.

In the Fourth Division Chesterfield won the title and were promoted along with Wrexham, Swansea City and Port Vale. Bradford Park Avenue lost their application for re-election and were replaced by Cambridge United.

Final league tables and results

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.^[1]

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Everton (7th English title)
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup 1970–71	Everton
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71	Chelsea (1st FA Cup title) Manchester City (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70	Arsenal Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Everton	42	17	3	1	46	19	12	5	4	26	15	72	34	2.118	+38	66	European Cup 1970–71 First round
2	Leeds United	42	15	4	2	50	19	6	11	4	34	30	84	49	1.714	+25	57
3	Chelsea	42	13	7	1	36	18	8	6	7	34	32	70	50	1.400	+20	55	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
4	Derby County	42	15	3	3	45	14	7	6	8	19	23	64	37	1.730	+27	53
5	Liverpool	42	10	7	4	34	20	10	4	7	31	22	65	42	1.548	+23	51	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
6	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	35	28	10	5	6	23	20	58	48	1.208	+10	49
7	Newcastle United	42	14	2	5	42	16	3	11	7	15	19	57	35	1.629	+22	47	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 ^{[notes 1]}
8	Manchester United	42	8	9	4	37	27	6	8	7	29	34	66	61	1.082	+5	45
9	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	31	23	5	8	8	25	29	56	52	1.077	+4	45
10	Manchester City	42	8	6	7	25	22	8	5	8	30	26	55	48	1.146	+7	43	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round ^{[notes 2]}
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	2	8	27	21	6	7	8	27	34	54	55	0.982	–1	43
12	Arsenal	42	7	10	4	29	23	5	8	8	22	26	51	49	1.041	+2	42	Winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 ^{[notes 3]}
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	8	5	30	23	4	8	9	25	34	55	57	0.965	–2	40
14	Burnley	42	7	7	7	33	29	5	8	8	23	32	56	61	0.918	–5	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	8	9	4	28	28	2	9	10	22	43	50	71	0.704	–21	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	39	25	4	3	14	19	41	58	66	0.879	–8	37
17	West Ham United	42	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	13	23	39	51	60	0.850	–9	36
18	Ipswich Town	42	9	5	7	23	20	1	6	14	17	43	40	63	0.635	–23	31
19	Southampton	42	3	12	6	24	27	3	5	13	22	40	46	67	0.687	–23	29	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
20	Crystal Palace	42	5	6	10	20	36	1	9	11	14	32	34	68	0.500	–34	27
21	Sunderland	42	4	11	6	17	24	2	3	16	13	44	30	68	0.441	–38	26
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	6	5	10	23	27	2	4	15	17	44	40	71	0.563	–31	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Newcastle United qualified as last year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup cupholders.
↑ Manchester City were qualified by winning this year's European Cup Winners' Cup. They also won the League Cup this year.
↑ Arsenal were winners of this year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup Winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup ( Chelsea )
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
	League Cup Winners; see Manchester City
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–3
Southampton !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1969–1970 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1969–1970

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Huddersfield Town (1st title)
Promoted	Blackpool
Relegated	Aston Villa, Preston North End
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1207 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton (Middlesbrough), 24^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Huddersfield Town	42	14	6	1	36	10	10	6	5	32	27	68	37	1.838	+31	60
2	Blackpool	42	10	9	2	25	16	10	4	7	31	29	56	45	1.244	+11	53
3	Leicester City	42	12	6	3	37	22	7	7	7	27	28	64	50	1.280	+14	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	15	4	2	36	14	5	6	10	19	31	55	45	1.222	+10	50
5	Swindon Town	42	13	7	1	35	17	4	9	8	22	30	57	47	1.213	+10	50
6	Sheffield United	42	16	2	3	50	10	6	3	12	23	28	73	38	1.921	+35	49
7	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	38	14	6	6	9	23	27	61	41	1.488	+20	49	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	2	4	42	19	5	5	11	12	31	54	50	1.080	+4	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	5	3	47	24	4	6	11	19	33	66	57	1.158	+9	45
10	Millwall	42	14	4	3	38	18	1	10	10	18	38	56	56	1.000	±0	44
11	Norwich City	42	13	5	3	37	14	3	6	12	12	32	49	46	1.065	+3	43
12	Carlisle United	42	10	6	5	39	28	4	7	10	19	28	58	56	1.036	+2	41
13	Hull City	42	11	6	4	43	28	4	5	12	29	42	72	70	1.029	+2	41
14	Bristol City	42	11	7	3	37	13	2	6	13	17	37	54	50	1.080	+4	39
15	Oxford United	42	9	9	3	23	13	3	6	12	12	29	35	42	0.833	–7	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	31	23	3	6	12	23	38	54	61	0.885	–7	36
17	Portsmouth	42	8	4	9	39	35	5	5	11	27	45	66	80	0.825	–14	35
18	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	33	22	2	4	15	18	56	51	78	0.654	–27	33
19	Watford	42	6	8	7	26	21	3	5	13	18	36	44	57	0.772	–13	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	8	6	23	28	0	9	12	12	48	35	76	0.461	–42	31
21	Aston Villa	42	7	8	6	23	21	1	5	15	13	41	36	62	0.581	–26	29
22	Preston North End	42	7	6	8	31	28	1	6	14	12	35	43	63	0.683	–20	28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bristol City !BRI	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Hull City !HUL	Leicester City !LEI	Middlesbrough !MID	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Oxford United !OXF	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield United !SHU	Swindon Town !SWI	Watford !WAT
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	0–2		3–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–1		2–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	4–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	2–1	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	6–4	0–0	0–1	2–3
Bristol City !Bristol City	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–2		0–2	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	1–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	3–1
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	5–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–4	0–5	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0		2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Hull City !Hull City	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–3		4–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1
Leicester City !Leicester City	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–0	4–2	4–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Millwall !Millwall	2–0	6–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	3–1	6–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Oxford United !Oxford United	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–4	2–1		4–0	1–3	1–5	3–1	3–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	4–2	2–1	2–3	6–1	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	5–0	6–0	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0		1–2	1–1
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		1–0
Watford !Watford	3–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1969–1970 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1969–1970

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Orient (1st title)
Promoted	Luton Town
Relegated	Barrow, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Southport, Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Jones (Bury), 26^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Orient	46	16	5	2	43	15	9	7	7	24	21	67	36	1.861	+31	62
2	Luton Town	46	13	8	2	46	15	10	6	7	31	28	77	43	1.791	+34	60
3	Bristol Rovers	46	15	5	3	51	26	5	11	7	29	33	80	59	1.356	+21	56
4	Fulham	46	12	9	2	43	26	8	6	9	38	29	81	55	1.473	+26	55
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	4	3	37	16	7	5	11	20	27	57	43	1.326	+14	55
6	Mansfield Town	46	14	4	5	46	22	7	7	9	24	27	70	49	1.429	+21	53
7	Barnsley	46	14	6	3	43	24	5	9	9	25	35	68	59	1.153	+9	53
8	Reading	46	16	3	4	52	29	5	8	10	35	48	87	77	1.130	+10	53
9	Rochdale	46	11	6	6	39	24	7	4	12	30	36	69	60	1.150	+9	46
10	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	37	22	6	6	11	20	28	57	50	1.140	+7	46
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	4	6	31	19	4	8	11	21	35	52	54	0.963	–2	46
12	Walsall	46	11	4	8	33	31	6	8	9	21	36	54	67	0.806	–13	46
13	Torquay United	46	9	9	5	36	22	5	8	10	26	37	62	59	1.051	+3	45
14	Rotherham United	46	10	8	5	36	19	5	6	12	26	35	62	54	1.148	+8	44
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	12	1	35	17	3	6	14	27	46	62	63	0.984	–1	44
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	8	5	38	29	4	8	11	18	43	56	72	0.778	–16	44
17	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	7	6	32	23	6	4	13	24	41	56	64	0.875	–8	43
18	Halifax Town	46	10	9	4	31	25	4	6	13	16	38	47	63	0.746	–16	43
19	Bury	46	13	4	6	47	29	2	7	14	28	51	75	80	0.938	–5	41
20	Gillingham	46	7	6	10	28	33	6	7	10	24	31	52	64	0.813	–12	39
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	9	6	28	27	4	6	13	20	44	48	71	0.676	–23	39
22	Southport	46	11	5	7	31	22	3	5	15	17	44	48	66	0.727	–18	38
23	Barrow	46	7	9	7	28	27	1	5	17	18	54	46	81	0.568	–35	30
24	Stockport County	46	4	7	12	17	30	2	4	17	10	41	27	71	0.380	–44	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Barrow !BRW	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Bradford City !BRA	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Bury !BRY	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Fulham !FUL	Gillingham !GIL	Halifax Town !HAL	Luton Town !LUT	Mansfield Town !MAN	Orient !ORI	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Reading !REA	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham United !ROT	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–3	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Barrow !Barrow	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–4	0–3	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	1–1	3–3	8–1		1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		0–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	3–3	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1
Bury !Bury	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–3	4–1	1–0	8–0	4–2
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Fulham !Fulham	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–4	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Gillingham !Gillingham	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	2–4	0–0	1–3
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	0–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–8	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	1–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	3–2	0–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	0–0		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–0
Orient !Orient	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0		4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–3	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	1–0
Reading !Reading	6–2	6–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–2	1–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1		1–0	1–1	3–1	8–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3
Rochdale !Rochdale	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–2		4–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	4–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–1
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1
Southport !Southport	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	6–2	0–3	2–1	0–2		1–1	4–2	2–0	0–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		0–1	0–1	2–2
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0		5–1	0–0
Tranmere !Tranmere	0–1	5–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		0–0
Walsall !Walsall	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1969–1970

Fulham

Orient

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1969–1970

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1969–70
Champions	Chesterfield (1st title)
Promoted	Port Vale, Swansea City, Wrexham
Failed re-election	Bradford Park Avenue
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27^[3]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chesterfield	46	19	1	3	55	12	8	9	6	22	20	77	32	2.406	+45	64
2	Wrexham	46	17	6	0	56	16	9	3	11	28	33	84	49	1.714	+35	61
3	Swansea City	46	14	8	1	43	14	7	10	6	23	31	66	45	1.467	+21	60
4	Port Vale	46	13	9	1	39	10	7	10	6	22	23	61	33	1.848	+28	59
5	Brentford	46	14	8	1	36	11	6	8	9	22	28	58	39	1.487	+19	56
6	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	52	22	4	8	11	26	43	78	65	1.200	+13	53
7	Notts County	46	14	4	5	44	21	8	4	11	29	41	73	62	1.177	+11	52
8	Lincoln City	46	11	8	4	38	20	6	8	9	28	32	66	52	1.269	+14	50
9	Peterborough United	46	13	8	2	51	21	4	6	13	26	48	77	69	1.116	+8	48
10	Colchester United	46	14	5	4	38	22	3	9	11	26	41	64	63	1.016	+1	48
11	Chester	46	14	3	6	39	23	7	3	13	19	43	58	66	0.879	–8	48
12	Scunthorpe United	46	11	6	6	34	23	7	4	12	33	42	67	65	1.031	+2	46
13	York City	46	14	7	2	38	16	2	7	14	17	46	55	62	0.887	–7	46
14	Northampton Town	46	11	7	5	41	19	5	5	13	23	36	64	55	1.164	+9	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	6	5	37	18	4	6	13	14	33	51	51	1.000	±0	44
16	Grimsby Town	46	9	9	5	33	24	5	6	12	21	34	54	58	0.931	–4	43
17	Southend United	46	12	8	3	40	28	3	2	18	19	57	59	85	0.694	–26	40
18	Exeter City	46	13	5	5	48	20	1	6	16	9	39	57	59	0.966	–2	39
19	Oldham Athletic	46	11	4	8	45	28	2	9	12	15	37	60	65	0.923	–5	39
20	Workington	46	9	9	5	31	21	3	5	15	15	43	46	64	0.719	–18	38
21	Newport County	46	12	3	8	39	24	1	8	14	14	50	53	74	0.716	–21	37
22	Darlington	46	8	7	8	31	27	5	3	15	22	46	53	73	0.726	–20	36
23	Hartlepool	46	7	7	9	31	30	3	3	17	11	52	42	82	0.512	–40	30
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	6	5	12	23	32	0	6	17	18	64	41	96	0.427	–55	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Brentford !BRE	Chester !CHR	Chesterfield !CHF	Colchester United !COL	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Exeter City !EXE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hartlepool !HAR	Lincoln City !LIN	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Peterborough United !PET	Port Vale !PTV	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Southend !STD	Swansea City !SWA	Workington !WRK	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Aldershot !Aldershot		4–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	2–0		0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–5	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–0
Brentford !Brentford	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
Chester !Chester	2–1	1–0	1–2		1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	4–2	4–0	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–1
Colchester United !Colchester United	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	5–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–0
Darlington !Darlington	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–0		4–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2		0–1	6–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	6–0	5–1	1–0	2–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	5–3	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool !Hartlepool	1–3	5–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1		0–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	2–2
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0		3–0	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0
Newport County !Newport County	3–4	5–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1		3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Notts County !Notts County	3–0	5–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0		0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	3–2	0–2
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	4–2	0–0	4–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	5–0		4–2	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–1
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	8–1		0–0	2–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–1
Port Vale !Port Vale	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1
Southend !Southend	2–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–5	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0
Swansea City !Swansea City	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–1
Workington !Workington	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	0–0		2–0	1–1
Wrexham !Wrexham	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	6–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–1		4–0
York City !York City	2–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1969–1970

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1969–1970

Topscorers

The listings below are adapted from the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 600–603. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.^[4]
Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.

First Division

The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions:
- Leeds United participated in the 1969–70 European Cup.
- Manchester City participated in the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
- Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Southampton participated in 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Euro competitions	Total
1	Peter Osgood	Chelsea	23	8	0	—	31
2	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	25	0	5	—	30
3	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	16	7	0	2	25
4	Joe Royle	Everton	23	0	0	—	23
5	George Best	Manchester United	15	6	2	—	23
6	Francis Lee	Manchester City	14	0	3	6	23
7	Ian Hutchinson	Chelsea	16	5	1	—	22
8	Frank James Clarke	Ipswich Town / Queens Park Rangers	2+14	2	4	—	22
9	Brian Kidd	Manchester United	14	6	2	—	22
10	Pop Robson	Newcastle	21	0	0	0	21
11	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	0	2	—	21
12	Bobby Graham	Liverpool	15	3	1	3	21
13	John Radford	Arsenal	13	2	0	5	20
14	Colin Bell	Manchester City	10	0	5	5	20
15	Mick Channon	Southampton	15	3	1	0	19
16	Steve Kindon	Burnley	17	0	1	—	18
17	Geoff Hurst	West Ham	16	0	2	—	18
18	Mick Jones	Leeds United	15	3	0	8	18
19	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	12	2	0	4	18
20	John Ritchie	Stoke	14	2	0	—	16
21	John O’Hare	Derby County	13	2	1	—	16
22	Harry Burrows	Stoke	15	0	0	—	15
23	Neil Martin	Coventry	14	1	0	—	15
24	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	13	2	0	0	15
25	Steve Downes	Sheffield Wednesday / Rotherham	1+11	3	0	—	15
=	Jimmy Greaves	West Ham	12	3	0	—	15
27	Colin Suggett	West Bromwich Albion	12	0	3	—	15
28	Ian Bowyer	Manchester City	12	0	2	1	15
29	Kevin Hector	Derby County	11	2	2	—	15
30	John O’Rourke	Coventry / Ipswich Town	11+2	0	0	—	13
31	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	10	1	2	—	13
32	Keith Dyson	Newcastle	12	0	0	2	12
33	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	11	0	1	—	12
34	Alan Ball	Everton	10	1	1	—	12
35	Alan Durban	Derby County	8	4	0	—	12
36	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham	11	0	0	—	11
=	Martin Chivers	Tottenham	11	0	0	—	11
38	Gerry Queen	Crystal Palace	9	1	1	—	11
39	Jack Whitham	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	0	—	11
40	Martin Dobson	Burnley	6	3	2	—	11
41	Ron Davies	Southampton	10	0	0	0	10
42	Alan Hinton	Derby County	6	0	4	—	10

Second Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Cup Winners' Cup goals	Total
1	John Hickton	Middlesbrough	23	4	0	—	27
2	John Byrom	Bolton Wanderers	20	0	5	—	25
3	Barry Bridges	Queens Park Rangers	21	1	1	—	23
4	Rodney Marsh	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	7	—	23
5	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	18	0	3	—	21
6	Arthur Horsfield	Swindon Town	16	4	0	—	20
7	Brian Clark	Cardiff City	18	0	0	2	20
8	John Toshack	Cardiff City	17	1	0	2	20
9	Frank Worthington	Huddersfield Town	18	1	0	—	19
=	Derek Possee	Millwall	18	1	0	—	19
11	Chris Chilton	Hull	18	0	1	—	19
12	Peter Noble	Swindon Town	15	1	3	—	19
13	Ken Wagstaff	Hull	18	0	0	—	18
=	Ray Hiron	Portsmouth	18	0	0	—	18
15	Fred Pickering	Blackpool	17	1	0	—	18
16	Rodney Fern	Leicester City	16	0	1	—	17
17	Ken Houghton	Hull	16	0	0	—	16
18	Gil Reece	Sheffield United	14	0	1	—	15
19	Bob Hatton	Carlisle United	13	1	1	—	15
20	Don Martin	Blackburn Rovers	13	0	2	—	15
21	Chris Balderstone	Carlisle United	12	1	1	—	14
22	Barry Endean	Watford	10	3	1	—	14
23	Peter King	Cardiff City	10	1	0	3	14
24	Phil Summerill	Birmingham City	13	0	0	—	13
=	Jim Storrie	Portsmouth / Rotherham	13	0	0	—	13
26	Ken Skeen	Oxford United	9	1	3	—	13
27	Bert Murray	Birmingham	12	0	0	—	12
=	Albert McCann	Portsmouth	12	0	0	—	12
=	Tony Currie	Sheffield United	12	0	0	—	12
30	Joe Laidlaw	Middlesbrough	11	1	0	—	12
31	Roger Hunt	Bolton Wanderers / Liverpool	6+5	0	0	1^{[notes 1]}	12
32	John Tudor	Sheffield United	10	2	0	—	12
33	Andy Lochhead	Leicester City	6	2	4	—	12
34	Ken Foggo	Norwich City	11	0	0	—	11
35	Gerry Sharpe	Bristol City	10	0	1	—	11
36	John Galley	Bristol City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Peter Silverster	Norwich City	10	0	0	—	10
=	Nicky Jennings	Portsmouth	10	0	0	—	10
39	Don Rogers	Swindon Town	9	1	0	—	10
40	Keith Weller	Millwall	9	0	1	—	10
41	Hughie McIlmoyle	Middlesbrough / Carlisle United	6+2	0	2	—	10

↑ Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Third Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Luton Town	24	1	2	27
2	George Jones	Bury	26	0	0	26
3	Les Chappell	Reading	25	0	0	25
4	Steve Earle	Fulham	22	0	1	23
5	George Kerr	Bury	20	2	1	23
6	Jimmy Convay	Fulham	22	0	0	22
7	Ted MacDougall	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	0	1	22
8	George Andrews	Shrewsbury Town / Southport	13+6	0	2	21
9	Reg Jenkins	Rochdale	20	0	0	20
10	George Yardley	Tranmere Rovers	17	2	1	20
=	Terry Bell	Reading / Hartlepool United	2+15	2	1	20
12	Mickey Bullock	Orient	19	0	0	19
13	Dudley Roberts	Mansfield Town	18	0	0	18
=	Mike Bickle	Plymouth Argyle	18	0	0	18
15	Bobby Ham	Bradford City	16	0	2	18
16	Robin Stubbs	Bristol Rovers	15	2	0	17
17	Alan Gilliver	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	2	17
18	Terry Harkin	Shrewsbury Town	16	0	0	16
=	Tony Field	Southport	16	0	0	16
=	Alan Welsh	Torquay United	16	0	0	16
21	John Rudge	Torquay United	14	1	1	16
22	John Evans	Barnsley	15	0	0	15
=	Tony Buck	Rochdale	15	0	0	15
24	Malcolm Partridge	Mansfield Town	13	2	0	15
25	Brian Yeo	Gillingham	9	5	1	15
26	Bobby Williams	Reading	14	0	0	14
27	Ray Graydon	Bristol Rovers	13	1	0	14
28	Dennis Butler	Rochdale	12	2	0	14
29	Mike Green	Gillingham	11	3	0	14
30	Derek Smith	Tranmere Rovers	11	2	1	14
31	Ken Beamish	Tranmere Rovers	10	3	1	14
32	Peter Middleton	Bradford City	11	2	0	13
=	Dai Jones	Mansfield Town	11	2	0	13
34	Colin Taylor	Walsall	9	4	0	13
35	Dean	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	0	0	12
=	Carl Gilbert	Bristol Rovers	12	0	0	12
=	Barrie Fairbrother	Orient	12	0	0	12
=	John Regan	Doncaster Rovers	12	0	0	12
39	Matt Tees	Luton Town	11	1	0	12
40	John Collins	Luton Town	10	2	0	12
=	Richard Moir	Shrewsbury Town	10	2	0	12
42	Alex Dawson	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	1	12
43	Jim Mulvaney	Barrow	11	0	0	11
44	Kit Napier	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	1	0	11
45	Eddie Loyden	Barnsley	9	2	0	11
46	Harold Jarman	Bristol Rovers	10	0	0	10
47	Ken Pound	Gillingham	9	1	0	10
=	John Rowlands	Stockport	9	1	0	10
=	Bill Atkins	Halifax Town / Portsmouth	7+2	1	0	10
50	Les O’Neill	Bradford City	8	2	0	10

Fourth Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Albert Kinsey	Wrexham	27	1	1	29
2	Jim Hall	Peterborough United	24	3	1	28
3	Jack Howarth	Aldershot	19	7	0	26
4	Stuart Brace	Grimsby Town	25	0	0	25
5	John Fairbrother	Northampton Town	23	2	0	25
6	Nigel Cassidy	Scunthorpe & Lindsey	21	4	0	25
7	Billy Best	Southend	23	1	0	24
8	Don Masson	Notts County	23	0	0	23
9	Dave Gwyther	Swansea City	16	5	1	22
10	Dennis Brown	Aldershot	17	4	0	21
11	Ernie Moss	Chesterfield	20	0	0	20
12	Richie Barker	Notts County	19	1	0	20
13	Peter Price	Peterborough United	16	3	1	20
14	Kevin Randall	Chesterfield	18	0	0	18
15	Arfon Griffiths	Wrexham	16	2	0	18
16	Rod Fletcher	Lincoln City	16	1	0	17
17	Smith	Wrexham	15	2	0	17
18	John James	Port Vale	14	3	0	17
19	Ken Jones	Colchester United	15	0	0	15
20	Terry Heath	Scunthorpe & Lindsey	13	2	0	15
=	Herbie Williams	Swansea City	13	2	0	15
22	Bill Dearden	Chester	11	3	1	15
23	Brian Gibbs	Colchester United	14	0	0	14
=	Ray Mabbutt	Newport County	14	0	0	14
25	Tommy Robson	Peterborough United	12	1	1	14
26	Bobby Ross	Brentford	13	0	0	13
=	Mike Hickman	Grimsby Town	13	0	0	13
=	Jim Fryatt	Oldham / Blackburn Rovers	2+11	0	0	13
29	Frank Large	Northampton Town	10	2	1	13
30	Derek Draper	Chester	12	0	0	12
=	David Shaw	Oldham	12	0	0	12
32	Geoffrey Thomas	Swansea City	11	0	1	12
33	Alan Banks	Exeter City	10	1	1	12
34	Phil Boyer	York City	9	3	0	12
35	Ronnie Walton	Aldershot	11	0	0	11
=	Alan Bradshaw	Crewe Alexandra	11	0	0	11
37	John Archer	Chesterfield	10	1	0	11
38	Fred Binney	Exeter City / Torquay United	1+9	0	1	11
=	Jim Beardall	Oldham	10	0	1	11
40	Alan Tarbuck	Chester	8	3	0	11
41	Roy Massey	Colchester United / Crewe Alexandra	5+2	0	4	11
42	Jimmy Melia	Aldershot	10	0	0	10
=	Lance Robson	Hartlepool / Darlington	2+8	0	0	10
=	Kevin McMahon	York City	10	0	0	10
45	John Mitten	Exeter City	9	1	0	10
46	Roy Young	Hartlepool	8	2	0	10
47	Gary Moore	Southend	8	0	2	10

Notes

↑ "England 1969–70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 600–603. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.

External links

Season 1969-70 complete complete lineups, tables and squads at Historical Football Lineups

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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First Division	Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town Hull City Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Barnsley Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City

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