1970–71 Football League

The 1970–71 season was the 72nd completed season of The Football League.

The Football League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal
New Club in League	Cambridge United
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Arsenal won the league championship at the home of their North London 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 United 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 beating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

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 City 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 Edit

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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division Edit

First Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal 8th English title
Relegated	Burnley Blackpool
European Cup	Arsenal
European Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool Chelsea
UEFA Cup	Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton
Watney Cup	Manchester United West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,089 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tony Brown (28 goals)^[3]
Biggest home win	Southampton 6–0 Crystal Palace (4 March 1971)
Biggest away win	Burnley 0–4 Manchester City (19 December 1970)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 6–2 West Bromwich Albion (19 September 1970) Derby County 4–4 Manchester United (26 December 1970) Crystal Palace 3–5 Manchester United (17 April 1971)
Longest winning run	9 matches Arsenal
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Leeds United
Longest losing run	7 matches Blackpool
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	42	29	7	6	71	29	2.448	65	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Leeds United	42	27	10	5	72	30	2.400	64	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	14	9	54	33	1.636	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.185	52
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.750	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
6	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.238	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
7	Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
8	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[c]
9	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	1.037	42
10	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	0.974	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	17	13	47	42	1.119	41
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
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	0.773	35	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[c]
18	Crystal Palace	42	12	11	19	39	57	0.684	35
19	Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	0.875	34
20	West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	0.783	34
21	Burnley (R)	42	7	13	22	29	63	0.460	27	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackpool (R)	42	4	15	23	34	66	0.515	23	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup.
^ Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

Results Edit

Home \ Away	ARS	BLP	BUR	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	HUD	IPS	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SOU	STK	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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.

Maps Edit

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1970–1971 teams

Top scorers Edit

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.^[4]

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 Toshack	Liverpool / Cardiff City	5 + 8	1	0	—	0 + 5	19
16	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	12	2	0	—	5	19
17	Martin Peters	Tottenham Hotspur	9	2	4	4	—	19
18	John Ritchie	Stoke City	13	4	0	0	—	17
19	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	4	0	—	17
20	Denis Law	Manchester United	15	0	1	—	—	16
=	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	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 United / Sheffield United	5 + 9	0	0	—	0	14
27	Keith Weller	Chelsea	13	0	1	—	0	14
28	Terry Conroy	Stoke City	11	2	1	0	—	14
29	George Graham	Arsenal	11	1	1	—	1	14
30	Neil Martin	Coventry City / Nottingham Forest	1 + 9	2	0	0	2	14
31	Pop Robson	Newcastle United / West Ham United	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 City	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 Town	9	2	0	—	—	11
42	Micky Burns	Blackpool	10	0	0	—	—	10
43	Frank James Clarke	Ipswich Town	8	2	0	—	—	10
44	Jimmy Greenhoff	Stoke City	7	3	0	0	—	10
45	Charlie George	Arsenal	5	5	0	—	0	10

Second Division Edit

Second Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Leicester City
Promoted	Leicester City Sheffield United
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City
Watney Cup	Carlisle United Luton Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,141 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton (25 goals)^[3]
Biggest home win	Carlisle United 6–0 Portsmouth (5 December 1970)
Biggest away win	Portsmouth 0–4 Sheffield United (30 September 1970) Bristol City 0–4 Oxford United (10 October 1970) Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Luton Town (10 October 1970) Sunderland 0–4 Cardiff City (13 February 1971) Watford 0–4 Norwich City (16 January 1971)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough 6–2 Queens Park Rangers (26 September 1970) Hull City 4–4 Sheffield Wednesday (26 December 1970)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	23	13	6	57	30	1.900	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield United (P)	42	21	14	7	73	39	1.872	56	Promotion to the First Division
3	Cardiff City	42	20	13	9	64	41	1.561	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Carlisle United	42	20	13	9	65	43	1.512	53	Qualification for the Watney Cup
5	Hull City	42	19	13	10	54	41	1.317	51
6	Luton Town	42	18	13	11	62	43	1.442	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
7	Middlesbrough	42	17	14	11	60	43	1.395	48
8	Millwall	42	19	9	14	59	42	1.405	47
9	Birmingham City	42	17	12	13	58	48	1.208	46
10	Norwich City	42	15	14	13	54	52	1.038	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	11	15	58	53	1.094	43
12	Swindon Town	42	15	12	15	61	51	1.196	42
13	Sunderland	42	15	12	15	52	54	0.963	42
14	Oxford United	42	14	14	14	41	48	0.854	42
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	12	18	51	69	0.739	36
16	Portsmouth	42	10	14	18	46	61	0.754	34
17	Orient	42	9	16	17	29	51	0.569	34
18	Watford	42	10	13	19	38	60	0.633	33
19	Bristol City	42	10	11	21	46	64	0.719	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	8	14	20	41	65	0.631	30
21	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	6	15	21	37	69	0.536	27	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Bolton Wanderers (R)	42	7	10	25	35	74	0.473	24	Relegation to the Third Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results Edit

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CHA	HUL	LEI	LUT	MID	MIL	NWC	ORI	OXF	POR	QPR	SHU	SHW	SUN	SWI	WAT
Birmingham		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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

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.

Maps Edit

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

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1970–1971 teams

Top scorers Edit

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.^[4]

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 City	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 Silvester	Norwich City	15	0	1	16
14	David Watson	Sunderland / Rotherham United	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 Town	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 Edit

Third Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Preston North End
Promoted	Preston North End Fulham
Relegated	Reading Bury Doncaster Rovers Gillingham
Watney Cup	Halifax Town Wrexham
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,372 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dudley Roberts Gerry Ingram (22 goals each)^[3]
Biggest home win	Swansea City 5–0 Shrewsbury Town (1 September 1970) Fulham 5–0 Bradford City (2 September 1970) Chesterfield 5–0 Halifax Town (10 October 1970) Tranmere Rovers 5–0 Rotherham United (4 December 1970) Swansea City 5–0 Reading (27 March 1971) Chesterfield 5–0 Torquay United (24 April 1971)
Biggest away win	Mansfield Town 1–5 Plymouth Argyle (4 September 1970) Reading 1–5 Bury (5 December 1970) Barnsley 0–4 Bristol Rovers (2 January 1971) Torquay United 0–4 Reading (19 February 1971)
Highest scoring	Shrewsbury Town 7–3 Port Vale (12 September 1970)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	46	22	17	7	63	39	1.615	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Fulham (P)	46	24	12	10	68	41	1.659	60	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Halifax Town	46	22	12	12	74	55	1.345	56	Qualification for the Watney Cup
4	Aston Villa	46	19	15	12	54	46	1.174	53
5	Chesterfield	46	17	17	12	66	38	1.737	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	19	13	14	69	50	1.380	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	18	15	13	64	62	1.032	51
8	Rotherham United	46	17	16	13	64	60	1.067	50
9	Wrexham	46	18	13	15	72	65	1.108	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
10	Torquay United	46	19	11	16	54	57	0.947	49
11	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	59	56	1.054	46
12	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	49	52	0.942	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	58	62	0.935	45
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	16	16	50	47	1.064	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	19	15	63	63	1.000	43
16	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	61	68	0.897	43
17	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	52	59	0.881	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	22	14	45	55	0.818	42
19	Bradford City	46	13	14	19	49	62	0.790	40
20	Walsall	46	14	11	21	51	57	0.895	39
21	Reading (R)	46	14	11	21	48	85	0.565	39	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Bury (R)	46	12	13	21	52	60	0.867	37
23	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	13	9	24	45	66	0.682	35
24	Gillingham (R)	46	10	13	23	42	67	0.627	33

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results Edit

Home \ Away	AST	BAR	BRA	B&HA	BRR	BRY	CHF	DON	FUL	GIL	HAL	MAN	PLY	PTV	PNE	REA	ROC	ROT	SHR	SWA	TOR	TRA	WAL	WRE
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 Rovers	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	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	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

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.

Maps Edit

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Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1970–1971

Top scorers Edit

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.^[4]

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 Edit

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	1,527 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted MacDougall (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic), 42 ^[3]
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notts County	46	19	4	0	59	12	11	5	7	30	24	2.472	69	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	5	2	51	15	8	7	8	30	31	1.761	60	Promoted
3	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	57	29	10	5	8	31	34	1.397	59
4	York City	46	16	6	1	45	14	7	4	12	33	40	1.444	56
5	Chester	46	17	2	4	42	18	7	5	11	27	37	1.255	55
6	Colchester United	46	14	6	3	44	19	7	6	10	26	35	1.296	54	Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup^[a]
7	Northampton Town	46	15	4	4	39	24	4	9	10	24	35	1.068	51
8	Southport	46	15	2	6	42	24	6	4	13	21	33	1.105	48
9	Exeter City	46	12	7	4	40	23	5	7	11	27	45	0.985	48
10	Workington	46	13	7	3	28	13	5	5	13	20	36	0.980	48
11	Stockport County	46	12	8	3	28	17	4	6	13	21	48	0.754	46
12	Darlington	46	15	3	5	42	22	2	8	13	16	35	1.018	45
13	Aldershot	46	8	10	5	32	23	6	7	10	34	48	0.930	45
14	Brentford	46	13	3	7	45	27	5	5	13	21	35	1.065	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	1	9	49	35	5	7	11	26	41	0.987	44	Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup^[a]
16	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	46	23	4	4	15	24	48	0.986	43
17	Scunthorpe United	46	9	7	7	36	23	6	6	11	20	38	0.918	43
18	Southend United	46	8	11	4	32	24	6	4	13	21	42	0.803	43
19	Grimsby Town	46	13	4	6	37	26	5	3	15	20	45	0.803	43
20	Cambridge United^[b]	46	9	9	5	31	27	6	4	13	20	39	0.773	43
21	Lincoln City	46	11	4	8	45	33	2	9	12	25	38	0.986	39	Re-elected
22	Newport County	46	8	3	12	32	36	2	5	16	23	49	0.647	28
23	Hartlepool	46	6	10	7	28	27	2	2	19	6	47	0.459	28
24	Barrow	46	5	5	13	25	38	2	3	18	26	52	0.567	22

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.
^ New club in the league; elected from Southern League

Results Edit

Home \ Away	ALD	BRW	B&BA	BRE	CAM	CHE	COL	CRE	DAR	EXE	GRI	HAR	LIN	NPC	NOR	NTC	OLD	PET	SCU	STD	SOU	STP	WRK	YOR
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
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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	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	August 28, 2023 Latest articles January 01, 1970 Pocket Smalltalk January 01, 1970 Pociūnėliai January 01, 1970 Pococí January 01, 1970 Pod Gradom January 01, 1970 Pod (amp modeler) January 01, 1970 Podanur Junction January 01, 1970 Podavrelo January 01, 1970 Podgorica railway station January 01, 1970 Podgornoye, Podgorensky District, Voronezh Oblast January 01, 1970 Podgorny, Amur Oblast Most Read January 01, 1970 Assab Subregion January 01, 1970 Assadhulla Abdulla January 01, 1970 Assagao Union High School January 01, 1970 Assailant January 01, 1970 Assassination market 1970, football, league, 1970, season, 72nd, completed, season, football, league, football, leagueseason1970, 71championsarsenalnew, club, leaguecambridge, united, 1969, 701971, arsenal, league, championship, home, their, north, london, rivals, tottenham, hotsp. The 1970 71 season was the 72nd completed season of The Football League The Football LeagueSeason1970 71ChampionsArsenalNew Club in LeagueCambridge United 1969 701971 72 Arsenal won the league championship at the home of their North London 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 United 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 beating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup 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 City 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 amp 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 Contents 1 Final league tables and results 2 First Division 2 1 Results 2 2 Maps 2 3 Top scorers 3 Second Division 3 1 Results 3 2 Maps 3 3 Top scorers 4 Third Division 4 1 Results 4 2 Maps 4 3 Top scorers 5 Fourth Division 5 1 Results 5 2 Maps 5 3 Top scorers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksFinal league tables and results EditBeginning 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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958 59 season the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re election 2 First Division EditFirst DivisionSeason1970 71ChampionsArsenal8th English titleRelegatedBurnleyBlackpoolEuropean CupArsenalEuropean Cup Winners CupLiverpoolChelseaUEFA CupLeeds UnitedTottenham HotspurWolverhampton WanderersSouthamptonWatney CupManchester UnitedWest Bromwich AlbionMatches played462Goals scored1 089 2 36 per match Top goalscorerTony Brown 28 goals 3 Biggest home winSouthampton 6 0 Crystal Palace 4 March 1971 Biggest away winBurnley 0 4 Manchester City 19 December 1970 Highest scoringArsenal 6 2 West Bromwich Albion 19 September 1970 Derby County 4 4 Manchester United 26 December 1970 Crystal Palace 3 5 Manchester United 17 April 1971 Longest winning run9 matchesArsenalLongest unbeaten run16 matchesLeeds UnitedLongest losing run7 matchesBlackpool 1969 701971 72 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation1 Arsenal C 42 29 7 6 71 29 2 448 65 Qualification for the European Cup first round2 Leeds United 42 27 10 5 72 30 2 400 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 14 9 54 33 1 636 524 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 22 8 12 64 54 1 185 525 Liverpool 42 17 17 8 42 24 1 750 51 Qualification for the European Cup Winners Cup first round a 6 Chelsea 42 18 15 9 52 42 1 238 51 Qualification for the European Cup Winners Cup first round b 7 Southampton 42 17 12 13 56 44 1 273 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round8 Manchester United 42 16 11 15 65 66 0 985 43 Qualification for the Watney Cup c 9 Derby County 42 16 10 16 56 54 1 037 4210 Coventry City 42 16 10 16 37 38 0 974 4211 Manchester City 42 12 17 13 47 42 1 119 4112 Newcastle United 42 14 13 15 44 46 0 957 4113 Stoke City 42 12 13 17 44 48 0 917 3714 Everton 42 12 13 17 54 60 0 900 3715 Huddersfield Town 42 11 14 17 40 49 0 816 3616 Nottingham Forest 42 14 8 20 42 61 0 689 3617 West Bromwich Albion 42 10 15 17 58 75 0 773 35 Qualification for the Watney Cup c 18 Crystal Palace 42 12 11 19 39 57 0 684 3519 Ipswich Town 42 12 10 20 42 48 0 875 3420 West Ham United 42 10 14 18 47 60 0 783 3421 Burnley R 42 7 13 22 29 63 0 460 27 Relegation to the Second Division22 Blackpool R 42 4 15 23 34 66 0 515 23Source World FootballRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal average 3 Goals scored C Champion R RelegatedNotes Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners Cup as FA Cup runners up as winners Arsenal qualified for the European Cup Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners Cup as the 1970 71 European Cup Winners Cup winners a b Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn t already qualified for a European competition Results Edit Home Away ARS BLP BUR CHE COV CRY DER EVE HUD IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SOU STK TOT WBA WHU WOLArsenal 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 1Blackpool 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 2Burnley 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 3Chelsea 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 2Coventry 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 1Crystal 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 1Derby 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 2Everton 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 2Huddersfield 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 2Ipswich 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 3Leeds 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 0Liverpool 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 0Manchester 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 0Manchester 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 0Newcastle 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 2Nottingham 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 1Southampton 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 2Stoke 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 0Tottenham 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 0West 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 4West 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 3Wolverhampton 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 0Updated 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 amp Sydney 1980 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Maps Edit ArsenalChelseaCrystal PalaceTottenhamWest Hamclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1970 1971 ArsenalBlackpoolBurnleyChelseaCoventryCrystal PalaceDerby CountyEvertonHuddersfieldIpswich TownLeeds UnitedLiverpoolManchester CityManchester UnitedNewcastleNottingham ForestSouthamptonStokeTottenhamWest Bromwich AlbionWest HamWolverhampton Wanderersclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division 1970 1971 teams Top scorers Edit 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 4 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 Total1 Martin Chivers Tottenham 21 1 7 5 342 Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 28 2 0 0 303 Ray Kennedy Arsenal 19 2 2 3 264 Bobby Gould Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 2 0 5 245 Allan Clarke Leeds United 19 1 0 3 236 Joe Royle Everton 17 2 0 4 237 Ian Storey Moore Nottingham Forest 18 2 1 1 228 George Best Manchester United 18 1 2 219 Ron Davies Southampton 17 4 0 0 2110 John Radford Arsenal 15 2 1 3 2111 Mick Channon Southampton 18 1 1 0 2012 Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 0 0 4 2013 Francis Lee Manchester City 14 0 1 4 1914 Colin Bell Manchester City 13 4 0 2 1915 John Toshack Liverpool Cardiff City 5 8 1 0 0 5 1916 Peter Lorimer Leeds United 12 2 0 5 1917 Martin Peters Tottenham Hotspur 9 2 4 4 1918 John Ritchie Stoke City 13 4 0 0 1719 Alan Gilzean Tottenham Hotspur 9 4 4 0 1720 Denis Law Manchester United 15 0 1 16 Geoff Hurst West Ham United 15 0 1 1622 Johnny Giles Leeds United 13 2 0 1 1623 Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 13 1 1 0 15 John O Hare Derby County 13 1 1 1525 Alun Evans Liverpool 10 1 1 3 1526 John Tudor Newcastle United Sheffield United 5 9 0 0 0 1427 Keith Weller Chelsea 13 0 1 0 1428 Terry Conroy Stoke City 11 2 1 0 1429 George Graham Arsenal 11 1 1 1 1430 Neil Martin Coventry City Nottingham Forest 1 9 2 0 0 2 1431 Pop Robson Newcastle United West Ham United 3 9 0 1 0 0 1332 Derek Dougan Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 0 0 1 1333 Alan Birchenall Crystal Palace 10 1 2 1334 Ernie Hunt Coventry City 10 1 1 1 1335 Brian Kidd Manchester United 8 0 5 1336 Kevin Hector Derby County 11 0 1 1237 Colin Viljoen Ipswich Town 10 2 0 1238 Alan Hinton Derby County 10 1 1 1239 Gerry Queen Crystal Palace 9 0 3 1240 Peter Cormack Nottingham Forest 8 1 1 2 1241 Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town 9 2 0 1142 Micky Burns Blackpool 10 0 0 1043 Frank James Clarke Ipswich Town 8 2 0 1044 Jimmy Greenhoff Stoke City 7 3 0 0 1045 Charlie George Arsenal 5 5 0 0 10Second Division EditSecond DivisionSeason1970 71ChampionsLeicester CityPromotedLeicester CitySheffield UnitedRelegatedBlackburn RoversBolton WanderersCup Winners CupCardiff CityWatney CupCarlisle UnitedLuton TownMatches played462Goals scored1 141 2 47 per match Top goalscorerJohn Hickton 25 goals 3 Biggest home winCarlisle United 6 0 Portsmouth 5 December 1970 Biggest away winPortsmouth 0 4 Sheffield United 30 September 1970 Bristol City 0 4 Oxford United 10 October 1970 Sheffield Wednesday 0 4 Luton Town 10 October 1970 Sunderland 0 4 Cardiff City 13 February 1971 Watford 0 4 Norwich City 16 January 1971 Highest scoringMiddlesbrough 6 2 Queens Park Rangers 26 September 1970 Hull City 4 4 Sheffield Wednesday 26 December 1970 1969 701971 72 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation1 Leicester City C P 42 23 13 6 57 30 1 900 59 Promotion to the First Division2 Sheffield United P 42 21 14 7 73 39 1 872 563 Cardiff City 42 20 13 9 64 41 1 561 53 Qualification for the Cup Winners Cup first round4 Carlisle United 42 20 13 9 65 43 1 512 53 Qualification for the Watney Cup5 Hull City 42 19 13 10 54 41 1 317 516 Luton Town 42 18 13 11 62 43 1 442 49 Qualification for the Watney Cup7 Middlesbrough 42 17 14 11 60 43 1 395 488 Millwall 42 19 9 14 59 42 1 405 479 Birmingham City 42 17 12 13 58 48 1 208 4610 Norwich City 42 15 14 13 54 52 1 038 4411 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 58 53 1 094 4312 Swindon Town 42 15 12 15 61 51 1 196 4213 Sunderland 42 15 12 15 52 54 0 963 4214 Oxford United 42 14 14 14 41 48 0 854 4215 Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 12 18 51 69 0 739 3616 Portsmouth 42 10 14 18 46 61 0 754 3417 Orient 42 9 16 17 29 51 0 569 3418 Watford 42 10 13 19 38 60 0 633 3319 Bristol City 42 10 11 21 46 64 0 719 3120 Charlton Athletic 42 8 14 20 41 65 0 631 3021 Blackburn Rovers R 42 6 15 21 37 69 0 536 27 Relegation to the Third Division22 Bolton Wanderers R 42 7 10 25 35 74 0 473 24Source citation needed Rules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal average 3 Goals scored C Champion P Promoted R Relegated Results Edit Home Away BIR BLB BOL BRI CAR CRL CHA HUL LEI LUT MID MIL NWC ORI OXF POR QPR SHU SHW SUN SWI WATBirmingham 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 0Blackburn 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 3Bolton 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 1Bristol 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 0Cardiff 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 1Carlisle 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 1Charlton 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 2Hull 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 0Leicester 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 1Luton 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 0Middlesbrough 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 2Millwall 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 0Norwich 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 1Orient 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 1Oxford 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 1Portsmouth 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 0Queens 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 1Sheffield 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 0Sheffield 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 1Sunderland 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 3Swindon 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 1Watford 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 2Updated 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 amp Sydney 1980 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Maps Edit Charlton AthleticOrientMillwallQueens Park RangersWatfordclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1970 1971 BirminghamBlackburn RoversBoltonBristol CityCarlisle UnitedCardiff CityCharltonHullLeicester CityLuton TownMiddlesbroughMillwallNorwich CityOrientOxfordPortsmouthQPRSheffield UnitedSheffield WednesdaySunderlandSwindonWatfordclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League Second Division 1970 1971 teams Top scorers Edit 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 4 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 listingfor 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 Total1 Malcolm Macdonald Luton Town 24 4 2 302 John Hickton Middlesbrough 25 0 2 273 Bob Hatton Carlisle United 18 2 4 244 Chris Chilton Hull City 21 2 0 235 Rodney Marsh Queens Park Rangers 21 1 1 236 Phil Summerill Birmingham City 16 1 4 217 Don Rogers Swindon Town 16 0 4 208 Alan Warboys Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 13 6 0 0 199 Barry Bridges Millwall Queens Park Rangers 15 2 0 0 1 1810 Alistair Brown Leicester City 15 2 0 1711 Ken Foggo Norwich City 15 1 1 1712 Derek Possee Millwall 14 1 2 1713 Peter Silvester Norwich City 15 0 1 1614 David Watson Sunderland Rotherham United 4 9 0 3 0 1615 Ron Wigg Watford 13 2 1 1616 Ken Wagstaff Hull City 12 4 0 1617 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 1521 Peter Noble Swindon Town 14 1 0 1522 Hughie McIlmoyle Middlesbrough 13 1 1 1523 Bill Dearden Sheffield United 14 0 0 1424 Ray Hiron Portsmouth 13 1 0 1425 Arthur Horsfield Swindon Town 11 1 2 1426 Bob Latchford Birmingham City 13 0 0 1327 Bobby Owen Carlisle United 11 2 0 1328 Derrick Downing Middlesbrough 11 1 1 1329 Don Givens Luton Town 11 0 2 1330 Malcolm Partridge Leicester City Mansfield Town 3 3 3 4 1331 John Galley Bristol City 12 0 0 1232 Dennis Martin Carlisle United 10 1 1 1233 Terry Venables Queens Park Rangers 10 0 1 1134 John Farrington Leicester City 8 0 3 11 Chris Garland Bristol City 8 0 3 1136 Joe Baker Sunderland 10 0 0 10 Harry Cripps Millwall 10 0 0 1038 Tony Currie Sheffield United 9 0 1 10 Bobby Kerr Sunderland 9 0 1 1040 Mike Trebilcock Portsmouth 8 2 0 10Third Division EditThird DivisionSeason1970 71ChampionsPreston North EndPromotedPreston North EndFulhamRelegatedReadingBuryDoncaster RoversGillinghamWatney CupHalifax TownWrexhamMatches played552Goals scored1 372 2 49 per match Top goalscorerDudley RobertsGerry Ingram 22 goals each 3 Biggest home winSwansea City 5 0 Shrewsbury Town 1 September 1970 Fulham 5 0 Bradford City 2 September 1970 Chesterfield 5 0 Halifax Town 10 October 1970 Tranmere Rovers 5 0 Rotherham United 4 December 1970 Swansea City 5 0 Reading 27 March 1971 Chesterfield 5 0 Torquay United 24 April 1971 Biggest away winMansfield Town 1 5 Plymouth Argyle 4 September 1970 Reading 1 5 Bury 5 December 1970 Barnsley 0 4 Bristol Rovers 2 January 1971 Torquay United 0 4 Reading 19 February 1971 Highest scoringShrewsbury Town 7 3 Port Vale 12 September 1970 1969 701971 72 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation1 Preston North End C P 46 22 17 7 63 39 1 615 61 Promotion to the Second Division2 Fulham P 46 24 12 10 68 41 1 659 603 Halifax Town 46 22 12 12 74 55 1 345 56 Qualification for the Watney Cup4 Aston Villa 46 19 15 12 54 46 1 174 535 Chesterfield 46 17 17 12 66 38 1 737 516 Bristol Rovers 46 19 13 14 69 50 1 380 517 Mansfield Town 46 18 15 13 64 62 1 032 518 Rotherham United 46 17 16 13 64 60 1 067 509 Wrexham 46 18 13 15 72 65 1 108 49 Qualification for the Watney Cup10 Torquay United 46 19 11 16 54 57 0 947 4911 Swansea City 46 15 16 15 59 56 1 054 4612 Barnsley 46 17 11 18 49 52 0 942 4513 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 13 17 58 62 0 935 4514 Brighton amp Hove Albion 46 14 16 16 50 47 1 064 4415 Plymouth Argyle 46 12 19 15 63 63 1 000 4316 Rochdale 46 14 15 17 61 68 0 897 4317 Port Vale 46 15 12 19 52 59 0 881 4218 Tranmere Rovers 46 10 22 14 45 55 0 818 4219 Bradford City 46 13 14 19 49 62 0 790 4020 Walsall 46 14 11 21 51 57 0 895 3921 Reading R 46 14 11 21 48 85 0 565 39 Relegation to the Fourth Division22 Bury R 46 12 13 21 52 60 0 867 3723 Doncaster Rovers R 46 13 9 24 45 66 0 682 3524 Gillingham R 46 10 13 23 42 67 0 627 33Source citation needed Rules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal average 3 Goals scored C Champion P Promoted R Relegated Results Edit Home Away AST BAR BRA B amp HA BRR BRY CHF DON FUL GIL HAL MAN PLY PTV PNE REA ROC ROT SHR SWA TOR TRA WAL WREAston 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 4Barnsley 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 1Bradford 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 3Brighton amp 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 0Bristol 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 2Bury 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 2Chesterfield 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 0Doncaster 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 1Fulham 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 0Gillingham 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 2Halifax 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 0Mansfield 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 1Plymouth 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 2Port 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 3Preston 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 2Reading 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 0Rochdale 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 1Rotherham 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 1Shrewsbury 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 0Swansea 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 0Torquay 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 2Tranmere Rovers 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 1Walsall 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 1Wrexham 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 1Updated 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 amp Sydney 1980 Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Maps Edit Aston VillaBarnsleyBrighton amp HoveBradford CityBristol RoversBuryChesterfieldDoncasterFulhamGillinghamHalifax TownMansfield TownPlymouth ArgylePort ValePreston North EndReadingRochdaleRotherhamShrewsburySwansea CityTranmereTorquayWalsallWrexhamclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1970 1971 Top scorers Edit 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 4 Rank Scorer Club League goals FA Cup goals League Cup goals Total1 Dave Gwyther Swansea City 18 7 2 272 Dudley Roberts Mansfield Town 22 1 1 243 Gerry Ingram Preston North End 22 0 2 244 John Rudge Torquay United 18 2 1 215 George Andrews Shrewsbury Town 18 2 0 206 Ernie Moss Chesterfield 16 3 1 207 Kevin Randall Chesterfield 19 0 0 198 George Jones Bury 18 1 0 199 Bill Atkins Halifax Town 18 0 1 1910 Robin Stubbs Bristol Rovers 17 1 1 1911 Bruce Bannister Bradford City 16 3 0 1912 Albert Kinsey Wrexham 16 0 1 1713 Les Barrett Fulham 15 0 2 1714 John James Port Vale 15 0 0 1515 Reg Jenkins Rochdale 13 0 2 15 Steve Earle Fulham 13 0 2 1517 John Stenson Mansfield Town 12 1 2 1518 Ray Graydon Bristol Rovers 13 0 1 14 Arfon Griffiths Wrexham 13 0 1 1420 Alf Arrowsmith Rochdale 12 2 0 1421 Gordon Cumming Reading 11 3 0 1422 Colin Taylor Walsall 13 0 0 1323 Harold Jarman Bristol Rovers 12 1 0 13 Dick Habbin Reading 12 1 0 1325 Bobby Ham Preston North End Bradford City 10 2 0 0 1 1326 Kit Napier Brighton amp Hove Albion 11 2 0 1327 Tom White Bury 11 1 1 1328 Ken Beamish Tranmere Rovers 10 0 3 1329 Andy Lochhead Aston Villa 9 0 4 1330 Mike Green Gillingham 11 1 0 1231 Alf Wood Shrewsbury Town 11 0 1 1232 Ian Hamilton Aston Villa 9 0 3 1233 Pat McMahon Aston Villa 8 0 4 1234 Dave Lennard Halifax Town 11 0 0 11 Don Hutchins Plymouth Argyle 11 0 0 1136 George Johnston Fulham Walsall 9 1 1 0 1137 Geoff Vowden Aston Villa Birmingham City 5 3 0 0 3 1138 Ronnie Moore Tranmere Rovers 10 0 0 10 Brian Yeo Gillingham 10 0 0 1040 David Cross Rochdale 9 1 0 10 Neil Hague Rotherham United 9 1 0 1042 Leslie Lea Barnsley 9 1 0 1043 Steve Briggs Doncaster Rovers 9 0 1 10 Keith Brierley Halifax Town 9 0 1 1045 Brian Evans Swansea City 7 3 0 10Fourth Division EditFootball LeagueFourth DivisionSeason1970 71ChampionsNotts County 1st title PromotedBournemouth amp Boscombe Athletic Oldham Athletic York CityFailed re electionnoneNew club in the leagueCambridge UnitedMatches played552Goals scored1 527 2 77 per match Top goalscorerTed MacDougall Bournemouth amp Boscombe Athletic 42 3 1969 701971 72 Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation1 Notts County 46 19 4 0 59 12 11 5 7 30 24 2 472 69 Division Champions promoted2 Bournemouth amp Boscombe Athletic 46 16 5 2 51 15 8 7 8 30 31 1 761 60 Promoted3 Oldham Athletic 46 14 6 3 57 29 10 5 8 31 34 1 397 594 York City 46 16 6 1 45 14 7 4 12 33 40 1 444 565 Chester 46 17 2 4 42 18 7 5 11 27 37 1 255 556 Colchester United 46 14 6 3 44 19 7 6 10 26 35 1 296 54 Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup a 7 Northampton Town 46 15 4 4 39 24 4 9 10 24 35 1 068 518 Southport 46 15 2 6 42 24 6 4 13 21 33 1 105 489 Exeter City 46 12 7 4 40 23 5 7 11 27 45 0 985 4810 Workington 46 13 7 3 28 13 5 5 13 20 36 0 980 4811 Stockport County 46 12 8 3 28 17 4 6 13 21 48 0 754 4612 Darlington 46 15 3 5 42 22 2 8 13 16 35 1 018 4513 Aldershot 46 8 10 5 32 23 6 7 10 34 48 0 930 4514 Brentford 46 13 3 7 45 27 5 5 13 21 35 1 065 4415 Crewe Alexandra 46 13 1 9 49 35 5 7 11 26 41 0 987 44 Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup a 16 Peterborough United 46 14 3 6 46 23 4 4 15 24 48 0 986 4317 Scunthorpe United 46 9 7 7 36 23 6 6 11 20 38 0 918 4318 Southend United 46 8 11 4 32 24 6 4 13 21 42 0 803 4319 Grimsby Town 46 13 4 6 37 26 5 3 15 20 45 0 803 4320 Cambridge United b 46 9 9 5 31 27 6 4 13 20 39 0 773 4321 Lincoln City 46 11 4 8 45 33 2 9 12 25 38 0 986 39 Re elected22 Newport County 46 8 3 12 32 36 2 5 16 23 49 0 647 2823 Hartlepool 46 6 10 7 28 27 2 2 19 6 47 0 459 2824 Barrow 46 5 5 13 25 38 2 3 18 26 52 0 567 22Source rsssf comNotes a b The two teams who scored the most goals in each division and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted qualified for the Watney Cup New club in the league elected from Southern League Results Edit Home Away ALD BRW B amp BA BRE CAM CHE COL CRE DAR EXE GRI HAR LIN NPC NOR NTC OLD PET SCU STD SOU STP WRK YORAldershot 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 1Barrow 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 2Bournemouth amp 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 0Brentford 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 4Cambridge 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 1Chester 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 1Colchester 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 0Crewe 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 4Darlington 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 0Exeter 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 2Grimsby 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 1Hartlepool 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 1Lincoln 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 5Newport 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 3Northampton 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 2Notts 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 1Oldham 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 td sty, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved \| www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call:

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.22481496456303-4] Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup.

[table_note_res_CHE0.22481496456303-5] Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WAC0.22481496456303-6] Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

[table_note_res_WAC0.017133587047986-9] The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

[table_note_CAM0.017133587047986-10] New club in the league; elected from Southern League

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