1970–71 Football League

The Football League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–1971 season was the 72nd completed season of The Football League.

Arsenal won the league championship at the home of their bitter rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, with Ray Kennedy scoring the winner. This would soon be followed by their FA Cup final tie with Liverpool. They narrowly overcame Leeds to win the league, with a 12-point gap separating Leeds from third-placed Tottenham. Wolves and Liverpool joined these two teams in the UEFA Cup. Chelsea missed out on the top five on goal average but compensated for this shortcoming by achieving European Cup Winners' Cup glory over Real Madrid.

Burnley and Blackpool (who won this year's Anglo-Italian Cup) were relegated to the Second Division. Burnley returned from 1973/74 to 1975/76 but it took Blackpool until the 2009–10 season to regain their top flight status after a 3–2 victory over Cardiff in the Playoff Final (only to be relegated back after the 2010–11 season).

Wilf McGuinness was sacked after 18 unsuccessful months as manager of Manchester United. Sir Matt Busby was re-appointed as manager on a temporary basis, but never considered returning to his old job on a permanent basis. Leicester City manager Frank O'Farrell was appointed at the end of the season.

Leicester City and Sheffield United were promoted to the First Division. Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, two of the most famous and historic names in English football, were relegated to the Third Division.

Preston North End and Fulham finally had something to shout about by getting promoted to the Second Division. Halifax Town achieved its best ever league position, missing out on the Second Division by one place. Reading, Bury, Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham slid into the Fourth Division.

Notts County, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Oldham Athletic and York City were promoted to the Third Division. The Football League voted for the league's four bottom clubs to maintain their status.

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.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. 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	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal (8th English title)
Relegated	Burnley Blackpool
European Cup 1971–72	Arsenal
FA Cup winners	Arsenal (4th FA Cup title) (first Arsenal double)
European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72	Liverpool (Runners up of FA Cup 1970–71), Chelsea (defending champions)
UEFA Cup 1971–72	Leeds United, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1089 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	T. Brown (West Bromwich Albion), 28 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Southampton – Crystal Palace 6–0 (4 Mar 1971)
Biggest away win	Burnley – Manchester City 0–4 (19 Dec 1970)
Highest scoring	Arsenal – West Bromwich 6–2 (19 Sept 1970) Derby – Manchester United 4–4 (26 Dec 1970) Crystal Palace – Manchester United 3–5 (17 Apr 1971)
Longest winning run	Arsenal (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Leeds United (16)
Longest losing run	Blackpool (7)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal !Arsenal (C)	42	29	7	6	71	29	2.448	65	1971–72 European Cup
2	Leeds United !Leeds United	42	27	10	5	72	30	2.4	64	01971–72 UEFA Cup0
3	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	14	9	54	33	1.636	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.185	52
5	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.75	51	01971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup0
6	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.238	51	01971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup0
7	Southampton !Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46	01971–72 UEFA Cup0
8	Manchester United !Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43
9	Derby County !Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	1.037	42
10	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	0.974	42
11	Manchester City !Manchester City	42	12	17	13	47	42	1.119	41
12	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	0.957	41
13	Stoke City !Stoke City	42	12	13	17	44	48	0.917	37
14	Everton !Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	0.9	37
15	Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	36
17	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	0.773	35
18	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	42	12	11	19	39	57	0.684	35
19	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	0.875	34
20	West Ham United !West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	0.783	34
21	Burnley !Burnley (R)	42	7	13	22	29	63	0.46	27	Relegation to 1971–72 Second Division
22	Blackpool !Blackpool (R)	42	4	15	23	34	66	0.515	23	Relegation to 1971–72 Second Division

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Blackpool !BLP	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	2–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	0–1		1–1	3–4	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–2
Burnley !Burnley	1–2	1–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3
Chelsea !Chelsea	2–1	2–0	0–1		2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–2
Coventry City !Coventry City	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1		2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–5	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1
Derby County !Derby County	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–4	1–0		3–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–2
Everton !Everton	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–2
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0		2–4	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–3
Leeds United !Leeds United	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Manchester City !Manchester City	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2		3–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0
Manchester United !Manchester United	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–4		1–0	2–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–4	3–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	4–1
Southampton !Southampton	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	6–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–0		2–2	2–2	0–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–2	3–1		2–1	2–4
West Ham United !West Ham United	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		3–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0

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.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1970–1971 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1970–1971

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Leicester City (5th title)
Promoted	Sheffield United
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1141 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton (Middlesbrough), 25 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Carlisle – Portsmouth 6–0 (5 Dec 1970)
Biggest away win	Portsmouth – Sheffield United 0–4 (30 Sept 1970) Sheffield Wednesday – Luton 0–4(10 Oct 1970) Bristol City – Oxford 0–4 (10 Oct 1970) Sunderland – Cardiff 0–4 (13 Feb 1971) Watford – Norwich 0–4 (16 Jan 1971)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough – QPR 6–2 (26 Sept 1970) Hull – Sheffield Wednesday 4–4 (26 Dec 1970)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leicester City	42	12	7	2	30	14	11	6	4	27	16	57	30	1.900	+ 27	59
2	Sheffield United	42	14	6	1	49	18	7	8	6	24	21	73	39	1.872	+ 34	56
3	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	39	16	8	6	7	25	25	64	41	1.561	+ 23	53	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 First round
4	Carlisle United	42	16	3	2	39	13	4	10	7	26	30	65	43	1.512	+ 22	53
5	Hull City	42	11	5	5	31	16	8	8	5	23	25	54	41	1.317	+ 13	51
6	Luton Town	42	12	7	2	40	18	6	6	9	22	25	62	43	1.442	+ 19	49
7	Middlesbrough	42	13	6	2	37	16	4	8	9	23	27	60	43	1.395	+ 17	48
8	Millwall	42	13	5	3	36	12	6	4	11	23	30	59	42	1.405	+ 17	47
9	Birmingham City	42	12	7	2	30	12	5	5	11	28	36	58	48	1.208	+ 10	46
10	Norwich City	42	11	8	2	34	20	4	6	11	20	32	54	52	1.038	+ 2	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	5	5	39	22	5	6	10	19	31	58	53	1.094	+ 5	43
12	Swindon Town	42	12	7	2	38	14	3	5	13	23	37	61	51	1.196	+ 10	42
13	Sunderland	42	11	6	4	34	21	4	6	11	18	33	52	54	0.963	– 2	42
14	Oxford United	42	8	8	5	23	23	6	6	9	18	25	41	48	0.854	– 7	42
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	7	4	32	27	2	5	14	19	42	51	69	0.739	– 18	36
16	Portsmouth	42	9	4	8	32	28	1	10	10	14	33	46	61	0.754	– 15	34
17	Orient	42	5	11	5	16	15	4	5	12	13	36	29	51	0.569	– 22	34
18	Watford	42	6	7	8	18	22	4	6	11	20	38	38	60	0.633	– 22	33
19	Bristol City	42	9	6	6	30	28	1	5	15	16	36	46	64	0.719	– 18	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	6	8	28	30	1	8	12	13	35	41	65	0.631	– 24	30
21	Blackburn Rovers	42	5	8	8	20	28	1	7	13	17	41	37	69	0.536	– 32	27
22	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	5	10	22	31	1	5	15	13	43	35	74	0.473	– 39	24

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

Results

Home ╲ Away	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bristol City !BRI	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Hull City !HUL	Leicester City !LEI	Luton Town !LUT	Middlesbrough !MID	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Orient !ORI	Oxford United !OXF	Portsmouth !POR	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Sunderland !SUN	Swindon Town !SWI	Watford !WAT
Birmingham City !Birmingham City		1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	2–2		0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–3
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	3–0	1–1		1–0	0–2	0–3	4–0	0–0	0–3	4–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	0–1
Bristol City !Bristol City	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–2	3–3	0–1	3–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	3–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0		4–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	6–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	1–1	2–4	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2
Hull City !Hull City	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0		3–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–4	4–0	2–0	1–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	1–4	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	5–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	6–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–2
Millwall !Millwall	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	4–0	1–0		2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		4–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Orient !Orient	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Oxford United !Oxford United	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–1		1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	1–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0		2–0	1–5	2–0	2–1	0–2	5–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	5–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–1	2–0	2–0		2–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	1–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–0	5–0	2–2	3–3	5–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1		3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–5	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	2–2	2–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1		5–2	3–3
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0		1–1
Watford !Watford	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–2

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1970–1971 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1970–1971

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Preston North End (1st title)
Promoted	Fulham
Relegated	Bury, Doncaster, Gillingham, Reading
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1372 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gerry Ingram (Preston North End), 22 Dudley Roberts (Mansfield Town), 22 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Chesterfield – Halifax 5–0 (10 Oct 1970) Chesterfield – Torquay 5–0 (24 pr 1971) Fulham – Bradford City 5–0 (2 Sep 1970) Swansea – Reading 5–0 (27 Mar 1971) Swansea – Shrewsbury 5–0 (1 Sep 1970) Tranmere – Rotherham 5–0 (4 Dec 1970)
Biggest away win	Mansfield – Plymouth 1–5 (4 Sep 1970) Reading – Bury 1–5 (5 Dec 1970) Barnsley – Bristol Rovers 0–4 (2 Jan 1971) Torquay – Reading 0–4 (19 Feb 1971)
Highest scoring	Shrewsbury – Port Vale 7–3 (12 Sept 1970)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Preston North End	46	15	8	0	42	16	7	9	7	21	23	63	39	1.615	+ 24	61
2	Fulham	46	15	6	2	39	12	9	6	8	29	29	68	41	1.659	+ 27	60
3	Halifax Town	46	16	2	5	46	22	6	10	7	28	33	74	55	1.345	+ 19	56
4	Aston Villa	46	13	7	3	27	13	6	8	9	27	33	54	46	1.174	+ 8	53
5	Chesterfield	46	13	8	2	45	12	4	9	10	21	26	66	38	1.737	+ 28	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	11	5	7	38	24	8	8	7	31	26	69	50	1.380	+ 19	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	13	7	3	44	28	5	8	10	20	34	64	62	1.032	+ 2	51
8	Rotherham United	46	12	10	1	38	19	5	6	12	26	41	64	60	1.067	+ 4	50
9	Wrexham	46	12	8	3	43	25	6	5	12	29	40	72	65	1.108	+ 7	49
10	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	37	26	7	5	11	17	31	54	57	0.947	– 3	49
11	Swansea City	46	11	5	7	41	25	4	11	8	18	31	59	56	1.054	+ 3	46
12	Barnsley	46	12	6	5	30	19	5	5	13	19	33	49	52	0.942	– 3	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	6	6	37	28	5	7	11	21	34	58	62	0.935	– 4	45
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	8	10	5	28	20	6	6	11	22	27	50	47	1.064	+ 3	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	6	12	5	39	33	6	7	10	24	30	63	63	1.000	± 0	43
16	Rochdale	46	8	8	7	29	26	6	7	10	32	42	61	68	0.897	– 7	43
17	Port Vale	46	11	6	6	29	18	4	6	13	23	41	52	59	0.881	– 7	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	11	4	27	18	2	11	10	18	37	45	55	0.818	– 10	42
19	Bradford City	46	7	6	10	23	25	6	8	9	26	37	49	62	0.790	– 13	40
20	Walsall	46	10	1	12	30	27	4	10	9	21	30	51	57	0.895	– 6	39
21	Reading	46	10	7	6	32	33	4	4	15	16	52	48	85	0.565	– 37	39
22	Bury	46	7	9	7	30	23	5	4	14	22	37	52	60	0.867	– 8	37
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	5	10	28	27	5	4	14	17	39	45	66	0.682	– 21	35
24	Gillingham	46	6	9	8	22	29	4	4	15	20	38	42	67	0.627	– 25	33

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

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Barnsley !BAR	Bradford City !BRA	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Bury !BRY	Chesterfield !CHF	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Fulham !FUL	Gillingham !GIL	Halifax Town !HAL	Mansfield Town !MAN	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Port Vale !PTV	Preston North End !PNE	Reading !REA	Rochdale !ROC	Rotherham United !ROT	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Swansea City !SWA	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL	Wrexham !WRE
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–4
Barnsley !Barnsley	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1
Bradford City !Bradford City	1–0	1–0		2–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	1–2	1–2		0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	1–2	3–0	4–2	1–3		0–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–2
Bury !Bury	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0		1–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–3	0–1	5–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	2–3	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0		4–0	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1		0–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1
Fulham !Fulham	0–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Gillingham !Gillingham	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3		2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	2–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1		0–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–0
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	2–0	1–2	3–5	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2		1–5	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	6–2	2–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	4–4	2–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–2
Port Vale !Port Vale	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1		1–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–3
Preston North End !Preston North End	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2
Reading !Reading	3–5	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0		1–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Rochdale !Rochdale	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–2		4–3	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–1
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	7–3	0–1	3–1	0–2	4–2		1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Swansea City !Swansea City	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	5–0	4–2	1–1	5–0		0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0
Torquay United !Torquay United	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1		4–2	1–2	1–2
Tranmere !Tranmere	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–1
Walsall !Walsall	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0		3–1
Wrexham !Wrexham	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–4	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1970–1971

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Notts County (1st title)
Promoted	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Oldham Athletic, York City
Failed re-election	none
New club in the league	Cambridge United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1527 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted MacDougall (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic), 42 ^[3]
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

			Home		Away		Total
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Notts County	46	19	4	0	59	12	11	5	7	30	24	89	36	2.472	+ 53	69
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	5	2	51	15	8	7	8	30	31	81	46	1.761	+ 37	60
3	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	57	29	10	5	8	31	34	88	63	1.397	+ 25	59
4	York City	46	16	6	1	45	14	7	4	12	33	40	78	54	1.444	+ 24	56
5	Chester	46	17	2	4	42	18	7	5	11	27	37	69	55	1.255	+ 14	55
6	Colchester United	46	14	6	3	44	19	7	6	10	26	35	70	54	1.296	+ 16	54
7	Northampton Town	46	15	4	4	39	24	4	9	10	24	35	63	59	1.068	+ 4	51
8	Southport	46	15	2	6	42	24	6	4	13	21	33	63	57	1.105	+ 6	48
9	Exeter City	46	12	7	4	40	23	5	7	11	27	45	67	68	0.985	– 1	48
10	Workington	46	13	7	3	28	13	5	5	13	20	36	48	49	0.980	– 1	48
11	Stockport County	46	12	8	3	28	17	4	6	13	21	48	49	65	0.754	– 16	46
12	Darlington	46	15	3	5	42	22	2	8	13	16	35	58	57	1.018	+ 1	45
13	Aldershot	46	8	10	5	32	23	6	7	10	34	48	66	71	0.930	– 5	45
14	Brentford	46	13	3	7	45	27	5	5	13	21	35	66	62	1.065	+ 4	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	1	9	49	35	5	7	11	26	41	75	76	0.987	– 1	44
16	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	46	23	4	4	15	24	48	70	71	0.986	– 1	43
17	Scunthorpe United	46	9	7	7	36	23	6	6	11	20	38	56	61	0.918	– 5	43
18	Southend United	46	8	11	4	32	24	6	4	13	21	42	53	66	0.803	– 13	43
19	Grimsby Town	46	13	4	6	37	26	5	3	15	20	45	57	71	0.803	– 14	43
20	Cambridge United	46	9	9	5	31	27	6	4	13	20	39	51	66	0.773	– 15	43
21	Lincoln City	46	11	4	8	45	33	2	9	12	25	38	70	71	0.986	– 1	39
22	Newport County	46	8	3	12	32	36	2	5	16	23	49	55	85	0.647	– 30	28
23	Hartlepool	46	6	10	7	28	27	2	2	19	6	47	34	74	0.459	– 40	28
24	Barrow	46	5	5	13	25	38	2	3	18	26	52	51	90	0.567	– 39	22

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
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Barrow !BRW	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brentford !BRE	Cambridge United !CAM	Chester !CHR	Colchester United !COL	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Exeter City !EXE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hartlepool United !HAR	Lincoln City !LIN	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Peterborough United !PET	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Southend !STD	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Workington !WRK	York City !YOR
Aldershot !Aldershot		3–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–1
Barrow !Barrow	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–4	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–1	0–0		1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–0
Brentford !Brentford	2–3	2–1	1–2		1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	6–4
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Chester !Chester	1–2	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Colchester United !Colchester United	5–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	0–3	1–0	3–3	5–3	1–2	6–3	0–3		3–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–4
Darlington !Darlington	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	0–0	0–1		3–2	5–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	4–1	4–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	6–2	2–1		4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–5	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–2		0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	4–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	4–5
Newport County !Newport County	1–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2		0–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–3
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–2
Notts County !Notts County	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	2–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	5–2	2–1	2–2	5–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	1–3		3–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–3	1–1
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–2	4–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–1
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	5–2		3–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–1
Southend !Southend	2–2	2–3	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Southport !Southport	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	6–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	3–2	5–1	3–0		1–0	1–0	2–2
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–0
Workington !Workington	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1		1–0
York City !York City	3–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0

Maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1970–1971

Topscorers

The listing below is from the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 465–468. 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:
- Everton participated in the 1970–71 European Cup.
- Manchester City participated in the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup.
- Arsenal, Coventry City, Leeds United (winners), Liverpool, and Newcastle United participated in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
- Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers participated in the 1970–71 Texaco Cup.

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Texaco Cup goals	Euro competitions	Total
1	Martin Chivers	Tottenham	21	1	7	5	—	34
2	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	28	2	0	0	—	30
3	Ray Kennedy	Arsenal	19	2	2	—	3	26
4	Bobby Gould	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	2	0	5	—	24
5	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	19	1	0	—	3	23
6	Joe Royle	Everton	17	2	0	—	4	23
7	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	18	2	1	1	—	22
8	George Best	Manchester United	18	1	2	—	—	21
9	Ron Davies	Southampton	17	4	0	—	0	21
10	John Radford	Arsenal	15	2	1	—	3	21
11	Mick Channon	Southampton	18	1	1	—	0	20
12	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	0	0	4	—	20
13	Francis Lee	Manchester City	14	0	1	—	4	19
14	Colin Bell	Manchester City	13	4	0	—	2	19
15	John Toschack	Liverpool / Cardiff City	5 + 8	1	0	—	0 + 5	19
16	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	12	2	0	—	5	19
17	Martin Peters	Tottenham	9	2	4	4	—	19
18	John Ritchie	Stoke	13	4	0	0	—	17
19	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham	9	4	4	0	—	17
20	Denis Law	Manchester United	15	0	1	—	—	16
=	Geoff Hurst	West Ham	15	0	1	—	—	16
22	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	13	2	0	—	1	16
23	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	13	1	1	0	—	15
=	John O’Hare	Derby County	13	1	1	—	—	15
25	Alun Evans	Liverpool	10	1	1	—	3	15
26	John Tudor	Newcastle / Sheffield United	5 + 9	0	0	—	0	14
27	Keith Weller	Chelsea	13	0	1	—	0	14
28	Terry Conroy	Stoke	11	2	1	0	—	14
29	George Graham	Arsenal	11	1	1	—	1	14
30	Neil Martin	Coventry / Nottingham Forest	1 + 9	2	0	0	2	14
31	Pop Robson	Newcastle / West Ham	3 + 9	0 + 1	0	—	0	13
32	Derek Dougan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	0	0	1	—	13
33	Alan Birchenall	Crystal Palace	10	1	2	—	—	13
34	Ernie Hunt	Coventry	10	1	1	—	1	13
35	Brian Kidd	Manchester United	8	0	5	—	—	13
36	Kevin Hector	Derby County	11	0	1	—	—	12
37	/ Colin Viljoen	Ipswich Town	10	2	0	—	—	12
38	Alan Hinton	Derby County	10	1	1	—	—	12
39	Gerry Queen	Crystal Palace	9	0	3	—	—	12
40	Peter Cormack	Nottingham Forest	8	1	1	2	—	12
41	Frank Worthington	Huddersfield	9	2	0	—	—	11
42	Mickey Burns	Blackpool	10	0	0	—	—	10
43	Frank James Clarke	Ipswich Town	8	2	0	—	—	10
44	Jimmy Greenhoff	Stoke	7	3	0	0	—	10
45	Charlie George	Arsenal	5	5	0	—	0	10

Second Division

Cardiff City scored a total of 15 goals in the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup, but John Toshack’s 6 goals are given in the listing
for First Division topscorers by Rothmans. The other 9 goals were distributed between six other players, none of whom made this listing.^[5]

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Luton Town	24	4	2	30
2	John Hickton	Middlesbrough	25	0	2	27
3	Bob Hatton	Carlisle United	18	2	4	24
4	Chris Chilton	Hull	21	2	0	23
5	Rodney Marsh	Queens Park Rangers	21	1	1	23
6	Phil Summerill	Birmingham City	16	1	4	21
7	Don Rogers	Swindon Town	16	0	4	20
8	Alan Warboys	Cardiff City / Sheffield Wednesday	13 + 6	0	0	19
9	Barry Bridges	Millwall / Queens Park Rangers	15 + 2	0	0 + 1	18
10	Alistair Brown	Leicester City	15	2	0	17
11	Ken Foggo	Norwich City	15	1	1	17
12	Derek Possee	Millwall	14	1	2	17
13	Peter Silverster	Norwich City	15	0	1	16
14	David Watson	Sunderland / Rotherham	4 + 9	0 + 3	0	16
15	Ron Wigg	Watford	13	2	1	16
16	Ken Wagstaff	Hull City	12	4	0	16
17	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	15	0	0	15
=	Mick Prendergast	Sheffield Wednesday	15	0	0	15
=	Trevor Francis	Birmingham City	15	0	0	15
=	Brian Clark	Cardiff City	15	0	0	15
21	Peter Noble	Swindon Town	14	1	0	15
22	Hughie McIlmoyle	Middlesbrough	13	1	1	15
23	Bill Dearden	Sheffield United	14	0	0	14
24	Ray Hiron	Portsmouth	13	1	0	14
25	Arthur Horsfield	Swindon Town	11	1	2	14
26	Bob Latchford	Birmingham City	13	0	0	13
27	Bobby Owen	Carlisle United	11	2	0	13
28	Derrick Downing	Middlesbrough	11	1	1	13
29	Don Givens	Luton Town	11	0	2	13
30	Malcolm Partridge	Leicester City / Mansfield	3 + 3	3	4	13
31	John Galley	Bristol City	12	0	0	12
32	Dennis Martin	Carlisle United	10	1	1	12
33	Terry Venables	Queens Park Rangers	10	0	1	11
34	John Farrington	Leicester City	8	0	3	11
=	Chris Garland	Bristol City	8	0	3	11
36	Joe Baker	Sunderland	10	0	0	10
=	Harry Cripps	Millwall	10	0	0	10
38	Tony Currie	Sheffield United	9	0	1	10
=	Bobby Kerr	Sunderland	9	0	1	10
40	Mike Trebilcock	Portsmouth	8	2	0	10

Third Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Dave Gwyther	Swansea City	18	7	2	27
2	Dudley Roberts	Mansfield Town	22	1	1	24
3	Gerry Ingram	Preston North End	22	0	2	24
4	John Rudge	Torquay United	18	2	1	21
5	George Andrews	Shrewsbury Town	18	2	0	20
6	Ernie Moss	Chesterfield	16	3	1	20
7	Kevin Randall	Chesterfield	19	0	0	19
8	George Jones	Bury	18	1	0	19
9	Bill Atkins	Halifax Town	18	0	1	19
10	Robin Stubbs	Bristol Rovers	17	1	1	19
11	Bruce Bannister	Bradford City	16	3	0	19
12	Albert Kinsey	Wrexham	16	0	1	17
13	Les Barrett	Fulham	15	0	2	17
14	John James	Port Vale	15	0	0	15
15	Reg Jenkins	Rochdale	13	0	2	15
=	Steve Earle	Fulham	13	0	2	15
17	John Stenson	Mansfield Town	12	1	2	15
18	Ray Graydon	Bristol Rovers	13	0	1	14
=	Arfon Griffiths	Wrexham	13	0	1	14
20	Alf Arrowsmith	Rochdale	12	2	0	14
21	Gordon Cumming	Reading	11	3	0	14
22	Colin Taylor	Walsall	13	0	0	13
23	Harold Jarman	Bristol Rovers	12	1	0	13
=	Dick Habbin	Reading	12	1	0	13
25	Bobby Ham	Preston North End / Bradford City	10 + 2	0	0 + 1	13
26	Kit Napier	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	2	0	13
27	Tom White	Bury	11	1	1	13
28	Ken Beamish	Tranmere Rovers	10	0	3	13
29	Andy Lochhead	Aston Villa	9	0	4	13
30	Mike Green	Gillingham	11	1	0	12
31	Alf Wood	Shrewsbury Town	11	0	1	12
32	Ian Hamilton	Aston Villa	9	0	3	12
33	Pat McMahon	Aston Villa	8	0	4	12
34	Dave Lennard	Halifax Town	11	0	0	11
=	Don Hutchins	Plymouth Argyle	11	0	0	11
36	George Johnston	Fulham / Walsall	9 + 1	1	0	11
37	Geoff Vowden	Aston Villa / Birmingham City	5 + 3	0	0 + 3	11
38	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	10	0	0	10
=	Brian Yeo	Gillingham	10	0	0	10
40	David Cross	Rochdale	9	1	0	10
=	Neil Hague	Rotherham United	9	1	0	10
42	Leslie Lea	Barnsley	9	1	0	10
43	Steve Briggs	Doncaster Rovers	9	0	1	10
=	Keith Brierley	Halifax Town	9	0	1	10
45	Brian Evans	Swansea City	7	3	0	10

Fourth Division

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Ted MacDougall	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	7	0	49
2	Ray Crawford	Colchester United	25	7	0	32
3	Paul Aimson	York City	26	5	0	31
4	Jim Fryatt	Oldham	24	0	2	26
5	Jack Howarth	Aldershot	21	3	1	25
6	Phil Boyer	Bournemouth / York City	11 + 9	0 + 1	0 + 3	24
7	David Shaw^{[notes2 1]}	Oldham	23	0	0	23
8	Tony Hateley	Notts County	22	1	0	23
9	Pat Morrissey	Crewe Alexandra	20	1	1	22
10	Billy Best	Southend	19	3	0	22
11	Alan Banks	Exeter City	21	0	0	21
12	Phil Hubbard	Lincoln City	18	1	0	19
13	Joe Gadston	Exeter City	18	0	1	19
14	Colin Garwood	Peterborough United	17	1	0	18
=	Alan Harding	Darlington	17	1	0	18
16	John Fairbrother	Northampton Town	15	1	2	18
17	Bobby Svarc	Lincoln City / Barrow	11 + 3	4	0	18
18	Ivan Hollett	Cambridge United / Crewe Alexandra	11 + 6	0	0	17
19	Alan Tarbuck	Chester	16	1	0	17
=	Sammy McMillan	Stockport	16	1	0	17
=	Eddie Loyden	Chester	16	1	0	17
22	Bobby Ross	Brentford	15	1	0	16
23	Allen Gauden	Darlington	13	2	1	16
24	Derek Trevis	Lincoln City	13	1	2	16
25	Percy Freeman	Lincoln City	10	4	2	16
26	Dennis Brown	Aldershot	14	1	0	15
=	Roger Cross	Brentford	14	1	0	15
28	Fred Large	Northampton Town	14	0	1	15
29	Willie Brown	Newport County	13	0	2	15
30	Don Masson	Notts County	14	0	0	14
=	Eddie Garbett	Barrow	14	0	0	14
32	Alan McNeill	Oldham	13	1	0	14
=	Kevin McMahon	York City	13	1	0	14
=	Peter Graham	Darlington	13	1	0	14
=	Stan Bowles	Crewe Alexandra	13	1	0	14
36	Richie Barker	Notts County	13	0	0	13
37	Bob Moss	Peterborough United	11	2	0	13
38	John Docherty	Brentford	10	3	0	13
39	Tommy Robson	Peterborough United	12	0	0	12
=	Eric Redrobe	Southport	12	0	0	12
41	Nigel Cassidy	Oxford / Scunthorpe & Lindsey	4 + 7	1	0	12
42	Charlie Crickmore	Notts County	10	2	0	12
43	Bill Garner	Southend United	8	4	0	12
44	Les Bradd	Notts County	11	0	0	11
=	Terry Heath	Scunthorpe & Lindsey	11	0	0	11
=	Jim Irvine	Barrow	11	0	0	11
=	Matt Tees	Grimsby Town / Luton Town	9 + 2	0	0	11
48	Jim Hall	Peterborough United	10	1	0	11
=	Keith Webber	Chester	10	1	0	11
50	Tommy Bryceland	Oldham	10	0	1	11
=	Kevin Keegan	Scunthorpe & Lindsey	10	0	1	11
52	Stuart Brace	Grimsby Town	10	0	0	10
=	Alan Bradshaw	Crewe Alexandra	10	0	0	10
54	Rod Jones	Newport County	9	1	0	10
=	Eddie Rowles	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	1	0	10
56	Keith Bebbington	Oldham	9	0	1	10
57	Tommy Spratt	Workington	8	2	0	10

↑ Rothmans apparently has an error in the goals of David Shaw, but it is not possible to identify the error clearly.

References

↑ "England 1970–71". 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 1971–72, p. 465–468. 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.
↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 148. 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.

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

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