1969–70 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1969–70 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Bertie Mee
First Division	12th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; John Radford (12); All: ; John Radford (19)
Highest home attendance	59,498 vs Manchester United (20 September 1969)
Lowest home attendance	21,165 vs West Bromwich Albion (7 October 1969)
Average home league attendance	35,758
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

During the 1969–70 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Manchester City	42	16	11	15	55	48	1.146	43	League Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	54	55	0.982	43
12	Arsenal	42	12	18	12	51	49	1.041	42	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	16	14	55	57	0.965	40
14	Burnley	42	12	15	15	56	61	0.918	39

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1969	Everton	H	0–1	44,364
13 August 1969	Leeds United	A	0–0	37,164
16 August 1969	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	32,215	George
19 August 1969	Leeds United	H	1–1	44,923	Rice
23 August 1969	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	30,290	Graham, McNab
25 August 1969	West Ham United	A	1–1	39,590	(o.g.)
30 August 1969	Newcastle United	A	1–3	47,208	Robertson
6 September 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	28,605
13 September 1969	Burnley	A	1–0	14,721	Graham
16 September 1969	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	55,280	Radford, Robertson
20 September 1969	Manchester United	H	2–2	59,498	Graham, Sammels
27 September 1969	Chelsea	A	0–3	46,370
4 October 1969	Coventry City	H	0–1	28,977
7 October 1969	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	21,165	Radford
11 October 1969	Stoke City	A	0–0	25,801
18 October 1969	Sunderland	A	1–1	17,864	Sammels
25 October 1969	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	22,458
1 November 1969	Crystal Palace	A	5–1	34,894	Radford (3), Armstrong, Graham
8 November 1969	Derby County	H	4–0	49,763	Armstrong, Sammels (2), George
15 November 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	26,796
22 November 1969	Manchester City	H	1–1	42,923	Neill (pen.)
29 November 1969	Liverpool	A	1–0	40,295	Robertson
6 December 1969	Southampton	H	2–2	24,509	Radford, Sammels
13 December 1969	Burnley	H	3–2	21,404	Armstrong, Radford, Robertson
20 December 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	17,101	Sammels
26 December 1969	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	38,915	McNab
27 December 1969	Newcastle United	H	0–0	39,646
3 January 1970	Manchester United	A	1–2	41,055	Marinello
17 January 1970	Chelsea	H	0–3	51,338
31 January 1970	Coventry City	A	0–2	31,661
7 February 1970	Stoke City	H	0–0	26,363
14 February 1970	Everton	A	2–2	48,564	George, Radford
18 February 1970	Manchester City	A	1–1	25,508	Graham
21 February 1970	Derby County	A	2–3	32,584	Radford, Roberts
28 February 1970	Sunderland	H	3–1	21,826	Kennedy, Storey (pen.), Kelly
14 March 1970	Liverpool	H	2–1	32,333	Radford, Sammels
21 March 1970	Southampton	A	2–0	23,902	George, Sammels
28 March 1970	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	32,353	Graham (2)
30 March 1970	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	34,144	George, Radford
31 March 1970	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	25,713	George
4 April 1970	West Ham United	H	2–1	36,218	Radford, Kelly
2 May 1970	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	46,969

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	3 January 1970	Blackpool	H	1–1	32,210	Radford
R3 R	15 January 1970	Blackpool	A	2–3	24,801	Radford, Sammels

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	2 September 1969	Southampton	A	1–1	21,111	McNab
R2 R	4 September 1969	Southampton	H	2–0 (aet)	26,362	Graham (2)
R3	24 September 1969	Everton	H	0–0	36,102
R3 R	30 September 1969	Everton	A	0–1	41,140

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 L1	9 September 1969	Glentoran	H	3–0	24,292	Gould, Graham (2)
R1 L2	29 September 1969	Glentoran	A	0–1	13,000
R2 L1	29 October 1969	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–0	40,000
R2 L2	26 November 1969	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	3–0	35,253	Graham (2), Radford
R3 L1	17 December 1969	Rouen	A	0–0	12,093
R3 L2	13 January 1970	Rouen	H	1–0	38,018	Sammels
QF L1	11 March 1970	Dinamo Bacău	A	2–0	20,000	Radford, Sammels
QF L2	18 March 1970	Dinamo Bacău	H	7–1	35,342	George (2), Graham, Radford (2), Sammels (2)
SF L1	8 April 1970	Ajax	H	3–0	46,271	George (2), Sammels
SF L2	15 April 1970	Ajax	A	0–1	32,000
F L1	22 April 1970	Anderlecht	A	1–3	37,000	Kennedy
F L2	28 April 1970	Anderlecht	H	3–0	51,612	Kelly, Radford, Sammels

Squad[]

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	SCO	Bob Wilson
-	GK	ENG	Geoff Barnett
-	GK	ENG	Malcolm Webster
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	SCO	Frank McLintock
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	DF	ENG	Bob McNab
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	DF	NIR	Terry Neill
-	DF	SCO	Ian Ure
-	DF	WAL	John Roberts


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong
-	MF	SCO	George Graham
-	MF	ENG	Jon Sammels
-	MF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
-	MF	ENG	David Court
-	FW	ENG	Ray Kennedy
-	FW	ENG	John Radford
-	FW	ENG	Charlie George
-	FW	ENG	Bobby Gould
-	FW	SCO	Peter Marinello

References[]

^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1969-1970/results

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1969-1970/results

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