1969–70 Football League

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The Football League
Season1969–70
ChampionsEverton (7th English title)
RelegatedBradford Park Avenue

The 1969–70 season was the 71st completed season of The Football League.

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

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

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

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

Final league tables and results[]

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

Since the 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[]

Football League
First Division
Season1969–70
ChampionsEverton (7th English title)
RelegatedSunderland
Sheffield Wednesday
European CupEverton
FA Cup winners
Cup Winners' Cup		Chelsea (1st FA Cup title)
Manchester City (defending champions)
Fairs CupArsenal
Liverpool
Newcastle United
Southampton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,212 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerJeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion), 25[3]
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton 42 17 3 1 46 19 12 5 4 26 15 2.118 66 League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1970–71 First round
2 Leeds United 42 15 4 2 50 19 6 11 4 34 30 1.714 57
3 Chelsea 42 13 7 1 36 18 8 6 7 34 32 1.400 55 FA Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
4 Derby County 42 15 3 3 45 14 7 6 8 19 23 1.730 53
5 Liverpool 42 10 7 4 34 20 10 4 7 31 22 1.548 51 Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6 Coventry City 42 9 6 6 35 28 10 5 6 23 20 1.208 49
7 Newcastle United 42 14 2 5 42 16 3 11 7 15 19 1.629 47 Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[a]
8 Manchester United 42 8 9 4 37 27 6 8 7 29 34 1.082 45
9 Stoke City 42 10 7 4 31 23 5 8 8 25 29 1.077 45
10 Manchester City 42 8 6 7 25 22 8 5 8 30 26 1.146 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round[b]
11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 2 8 27 21 6 7 8 27 34 0.982 43
12 Arsenal 42 7 10 4 29 23 5 8 8 22 26 1.041 42 Winners of the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[c]
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 8 8 5 30 23 4 8 9 25 34 0.965 40
14 Burnley 42 7 7 7 33 29 5 8 8 23 32 0.918 39
15 Nottingham Forest 42 8 9 4 28 28 2 9 10 22 43 0.704 38
16 West Bromwich Albion 42 10 6 5 39 25 4 3 14 19 41 0.879 37
17 West Ham United 42 8 8 5 28 21 4 4 13 23 39 0.850 36
18 Ipswich Town 42 9 5 7 23 20 1 6 14 17 43 0.635 31
19 Southampton 42 3 12 6 24 27 3 5 13 22 40 0.687 29 Participated in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20 Crystal Palace 42 5 6 10 20 36 1 9 11 14 32 0.500 27
21 Sunderland 42 4 11 6 17 24 2 3 16 13 44 0.441 26 Relegated
22 Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 5 10 23 27 2 4 15 17 44 0.563 25
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Newcastle United qualified as last year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup cupholders.
  2. ^ Manchester City were qualified by winning this year's European Cup Winners' Cup. They also won the League Cup this year.
  3. ^ Arsenal were winners of this year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Results[]

Home \ Away ARS BUR CHE COV CRY DER EVE IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 3–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2
Burnley 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–1 5–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–3
Chelsea 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–5 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Coventry City 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–0
Crystal Palace 1–5 1–2 1–5 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–1
Derby County 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–0
Everton 2–2 2–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 6–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0
Ipswich Town 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Leeds United 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 4–1 3–1
Liverpool 0–1 3–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Manchester City 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 1–0
Manchester United 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 3–1 7–0 5–2 0–0
Newcastle United 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–1
Nottingham Forest 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–2
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–3
Southampton 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–3
Stoke City 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Sunderland 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1
West Bromwich Albion 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–3
West Ham United 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
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.

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1969–1970 teams

Top scorers[]

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

Second Division[]

Football League
Second Division
Season1969–70
ChampionsHuddersfield Town (1st title)
PromotedBlackpool
RelegatedAston Villa,
Preston North End
Matches played462
Goals scored1,207 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Hickton (Middlesbrough), 24[3]
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Huddersfield Town 42 14 6 1 36 10 10 6 5 32 27 1.838 60 Division Champions, promoted
2 Blackpool 42 10 9 2 25 16 10 4 7 31 29 1.244 53 Promoted
3 Leicester City 42 12 6 3 37 22 7 7 7 27 28 1.280 51
4 Middlesbrough 42 15 4 2 36 14 5 6 10 19 31 1.222 50
5 Swindon Town 42 13 7 1 35 17 4 9 8 22 30 1.213 50
6 Sheffield United 42 16 2 3 50 10 6 3 12 23 28 1.921 49
7 Cardiff City 42 12 7 2 38 14 6 6 9 23 27 1.488 49 Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 2 4 42 19 5 5 11 12 31 1.080 47
9 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 5 3 47 24 4 6 11 19 33 1.158 45
10 Millwall 42 14 4 3 38 18 1 10 10 18 38 1.000 44
11 Norwich City 42 13 5 3 37 14 3 6 12 12 32 1.065 43
12 Carlisle United 42 10 6 5 39 28 4 7 10 19 28 1.036 41
13 Hull City 42 11 6 4 43 28 4 5 12 29 42 1.029 41
14 Bristol City 42 11 7 3 37 13 2 6 13 17 37 1.080 39
15 Oxford United 42 9 9 3 23 13 3 6 12 12 29 0.833 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 42 9 6 6 31 23 3 6 12 23 38 0.885 36
17 Portsmouth 42 8 4 9 39 35 5 5 11 27 45 0.825 35
18 Birmingham City 42 9 7 5 33 22 2 4 15 18 56 0.654 33
19 Watford 42 6 8 7 26 21 3 5 13 18 36 0.772 31
20 Charlton Athletic 42 7 8 6 23 28 0 9 12 12 48 0.461 31
21 Aston Villa 42 7 8 6 23 21 1 5 15 13 41 0.581 29 Relegated
22 Preston North End 42 7 6 8 31 28 1 6 14 12 35 0.683 28
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Home \ Away AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BRI CAR CRL CHA HUD HUL LEI MID MIL NWC OXF POR PNE QPR SHU SWI WAT
Aston Villa 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2
Birmingham 0–2 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–4 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0
Blackburn Rovers 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 4–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Blackpool 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–3
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 6–4 0–0 0–1 2–3
Bristol City 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 6–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–3 1–0
Cardiff City 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–2 3–1
Carlisle United 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 5–0
Charlton Athletic 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–5 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0
Huddersfield Town 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
Hull City 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–3 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1
Leicester City 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–1
Middlesbrough 1–0 4–2 4–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1
Millwall 2–0 6–2 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Norwich City 3–1 6–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Oxford United 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Portsmouth 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 1–3 1–4 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–4 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–5 3–1 3–1
Preston North End 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0
Queens Park Rangers 4–2 2–1 2–3 6–1 0–4 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Sheffield United 5–0 6–0 4–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Swindon Town 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Watford 3–0 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0
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.

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Top scorers[]

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 Cup Winners' Cup goals Total
1 England John Hickton Middlesbrough 23 4 0 — 27
2 England John Byrom Bolton Wanderers 20 0 5 — 25
3 England Barry Bridges Queens Park Rangers 21 1 1 — 23
4 England Rodney Marsh Queens Park Rangers 12 4 7 — 23
5 England Alan Woodward Sheffield United 18 0 3 — 21
6 England Arthur Horsfield Swindon Town 16 4 0 — 20
7 England Brian Clark Cardiff City 18 0 0 2 20
8 Wales John Toshack Cardiff City 17 1 0 2 20
9 England Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town 18 1 0 — 19
= England Derek Possee Millwall 18 1 0 — 19
11 England Chris Chilton Hull City 18 0 1 — 19
12 England Peter Noble Swindon Town 15 1 3 — 19
13 England Ken Wagstaff Hull City 18 0 0 — 18
= England Ray Hiron Portsmouth 18 0 0 — 18
15 England Fred Pickering Blackpool 17 1 0 — 18
16 England Rodney Fern Leicester City 16 0 1 — 17
17 England Ken Houghton Hull City 16 0 0 — 16
18 Wales Gil Reece Sheffield United 14 0 1 — 15
19 England Bob Hatton Carlisle United 13 1 1 — 15
20 England Don Martin Blackburn Rovers 13 0 2 — 15
21 England Chris Balderstone Carlisle United 12 1 1 — 14
22 England Barry Endean Watford 10 3 1 — 14
23 England Peter King Cardiff City 10 1 0 3 14
24 England Phil Summerill Birmingham City 13 0 0 — 13
= Scotland Jim Storrie Portsmouth / Rotherham United 13 0 0 — 13
26 England Ken Skeen Oxford United 9 1 3 — 13
27 England Bert Murray Birmingham City 12 0 0 — 12
= England Albert McCann Portsmouth 12 0 0 — 12
= England Tony Currie Sheffield United 12 0 0 — 12
30 England Joe Laidlaw Middlesbrough 11 1 0 — 12
31 England Roger Hunt Bolton Wanderers /
Liverpool		 6+5 0 0 1[notes 1] 12
32 England John Tudor Sheffield United 10 2 0 — 12
33 Scotland Andy Lochhead Leicester City 6 2 4 — 12
34 Scotland Ken Foggo Norwich City 11 0 0 — 11
35 England Gerry Sharpe Bristol City 10 0 1 — 11
36 England John Galley Bristol City 10 0 0 — 10
= England Peter Silverster Norwich City 10 0 0 — 10
= England Nicky Jennings Portsmouth 10 0 0 — 10
39 England Don Rogers Swindon Town 9 1 0 — 10
40 England Keith Weller Millwall 9 0 1 — 10
41 Scotland Hughie McIlmoyle Middlesbrough /
Carlisle United		 6+2 0 2 — 10
  1. ^ Roger Hunt’s goal in European tournaments was scored for Liverpool in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Third Division[]

Football League
Third Division
Season1969–70
ChampionsOrient (1st title)
PromotedLuton Town
RelegatedBarrow,
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic,
Southport,
Stockport County
Matches played552
Goals scored1,460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Jones (Bury), 26[3]
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Orient 46 16 5 2 43 15 9 7 7 24 21 1.861 62 Division Champions, promoted
2 Luton Town 46 13 8 2 46 15 10 6 7 31 28 1.791 60 Promoted
3 Bristol Rovers 46 15 5 3 51 26 5 11 7 29 33 1.356 56
4 Fulham 46 12 9 2 43 26 8 6 9 38 29 1.473 55
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 4 3 37 16 7 5 11 20 27 1.326 55
6 Mansfield Town 46 14 4 5 46 22 7 7 9 24 27 1.429 53
7 Barnsley 46 14 6 3 43 24 5 9 9 25 35 1.153 53
8 Reading 46 16 3 4 52 29 5 8 10 35 48 1.130 53
9 Rochdale 46 11 6 6 39 24 7 4 12 30 36 1.150 46
10 Bradford City 46 11 6 6 37 22 6 6 11 20 28 1.140 46
11 Doncaster Rovers 46 13 4 6 31 19 4 8 11 21 35 0.963 46
12 Walsall 46 11 4 8 33 31 6 8 9 21 36 0.806 46
13 Torquay United 46 9 9 5 36 22 5 8 10 26 37 1.051 45
14 Rotherham United 46 10 8 5 36 19 5 6 12 26 35 1.148 44
15 Shrewsbury Town 46 10 12 1 35 17 3 6 14 27 46 0.984 44
16 Tranmere Rovers 46 10 8 5 38 29 4 8 11 18 43 0.778 44
17 Plymouth Argyle 46 10 7 6 32 23 6 4 13 24 41 0.875 43
18 Halifax Town 46 10 9 4 31 25 4 6 13 16 38 0.746 43
19 Bury 46 13 4 6 47 29 2 7 14 28 51 0.938 41
20 Gillingham 46 7 6 10 28 33 6 7 10 24 31 0.813 39
21 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 8 9 6 28 27 4 6 13 20 44 0.676 39 Relegated
22 Southport 46 11 5 7 31 22 3 5 15 17 44 0.727 38
23 Barrow 46 7 9 7 28 27 1 5 17 18 54 0.568 30
24 Stockport County 46 4 7 12 17 30 2 4 17 10 41 0.380 23
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Results[]

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

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Top scorers[]

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

Fourth Division[]

Football League
Fourth Division
Season1969–70
ChampionsChesterfield (1st title)
PromotedPort Vale,
Swansea City,
Wrexham
Failed re-electionBradford Park Avenue
Matches played552
Goals scored1,464 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbert Kinsey, (Wrexham), 27[3]
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Chesterfield 46 19 1 3 55 12 8 9 6 22 20 2.406 64 Division Champions, promoted
2 Wrexham 46 17 6 0 56 16 9 3 11 28 33 1.714 61 Promoted
3 Swansea City 46 14 8 1 43 14 7 10 6 23 31 1.467 60
4 Port Vale 46 13 9 1 39 10 7 10 6 22 23 1.848 59
5 Brentford 46 14 8 1 36 11 6 8 9 22 28 1.487 56
6 Aldershot 46 16 5 2 52 22 4 8 11 26 43 1.200 53
7 Notts County 46 14 4 5 44 21 8 4 11 29 41 1.177 52
8 Lincoln City 46 11 8 4 38 20 6 8 9 28 32 1.269 50
9 Peterborough United 46 13 8 2 51 21 4 6 13 26 48 1.116 48
10 Colchester United 46 14 5 4 38 22 3 9 11 26 41 1.016 48
11 Chester 46 14 3 6 39 23 7 3 13 19 43 0.879 48
12 Scunthorpe United 46 11 6 6 34 23 7 4 12 33 42 1.031 46
13 York City 46 14 7 2 38 16 2 7 14 17 46 0.887 46
14 Northampton Town 46 11 7 5 41 19 5 5 13 23 36 1.164 44
15 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 6 5 37 18 4 6 13 14 33 1.000 44
16 Grimsby Town 46 9 9 5 33 24 5 6 12 21 34 0.931 43
17 Southend United 46 12 8 3 40 28 3 2 18 19 57 0.694 40
18 Exeter City 46 13 5 5 48 20 1 6 16 9 39 0.966 39
19 Oldham Athletic 46 11 4 8 45 28 2 9 12 15 37 0.923 39
20 Workington 46 9 9 5 31 21 3 5 15 15 43 0.719 38
21 Newport County 46 12 3 8 39 24 1 8 14 14 50 0.716 37 Re-elected
22 Darlington 46 8 7 8 31 27 5 3 15 22 46 0.726 36
23 Hartlepool 46 7 7 9 31 30 3 3 17 11 52 0.512 30
24 Bradford Park Avenue 46 6 5 12 23 32 0 6 17 18 64 0.427 23 Failed re-election
Source: rsssf.com

Results[]

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

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Top scorers[]

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

See also[]

  • 1969-70 in English football

Notes[]

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

References[]

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

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