1969–70 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1969–70 season
Manager	Bill Shankly
First Division	5th
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Graham (13) All: Bobby Graham (21)
Home colours Away colours
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Liverpool F.C. had a disappointing season, finishing only fifth in the league after a promising start to the season, while city rivals Everton won the championship title. It was to be a season of transition with so many of the players who were part of the 1960s side being displaced after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Second Division Watford. It was also a season in which they were knocked out in the early rounds of the League Cup and Fairs Cup.

One player who gave so much great service Roger Hunt, a 1966 World Cup winner left the club after 286 goals in all competitions in December 1969 to join Bolton Wanderers.

Squad[]

Goalkeepers[]

• Ray Clemence
• Tommy Lawrence
• 

Defenders[]

• Steve Arnold
• Gerry Byrne
• Chris Lawler
• Larry Lloyd
• John McLaughlin
• Ian Ross
• Tommy Smith
• Geoff Strong
• Peter Wall
• Ron Yeats

Midfielders[]

• Ian Callaghan
• Brian Hall
• Emlyn Hughes
• Alec Lindsay
• Doug Livermore
• Ian St. John
• Peter Thompson

Attackers[]

• Phil Boersma
• Alun Evans
• Roy Evans
• Bobby Graham
• Roger Hunt
• Steve Peplow

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Chelsea	42	21	13	8	70	50	1.400	55	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
4	Derby County	42	22	9	11	64	37	1.730	53
5	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	65	42	1.548	51	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Coventry City	42	19	11	12	58	48	1.208	49
7	Newcastle United	42	17	13	12	57	35	1.629	47	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Results[]

First Division[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
09-Aug-69	Chelsea	H	4–1	Lawler  26' St. John  49', 83' Strong  60'	48,383	Report	Report
12-Aug-69	Manchester City	H	3–2	St. John  2', 88' Hunt  83'	51,959	Report	Report
16-Aug-69	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	Hughes  2' Lawler  37'	50,474	Report	Report
20-Aug-69	Manchester City	A	2–0	Graham  44', 80'	47,888	Report	Report
23-Aug-69	Burnley	H	3–3	Smith  36 pen', 77' Graham  49'	51,113	Report	Report
27-Aug-69	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	Hughes  36' Hunt  73' Thompson  82'	36,369	Report	Report
30-Aug-69	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	Lawler  42'	33,600	Report	Report
06-Sep-69	Coventry City	H	2–1	St. John  37' Strong  89'	48,337	Report	Report
09-Sep-69	Sunderland	H	2–0	Strong  12' Smith  34'	46,370	Report	Report
13-Sep-69	Manchester United	A	0–1		59,387	Report	Report
20-Sep-69	Stoke City	H	3–1	Hunt  15' Hughes  22' Callaghan  64'	45,745	Report	Report
27-Sep-69	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	Graham  25' Hunt  89'	34,343	Report	Report
04-Oct-69	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	Own Goal  50'	44,859	Report	Report
07-Oct-69	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0		46,518	Report	Report
11-Oct-69	Newcastle United	A	0–1		43,830	Report	Report
18-Oct-69	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	Graham  8' Lindsay  76'	23,263	Report	Report
25-Oct-69	Southampton	H	4–1	Hughes  10' Hunt  83', 84' Own Goal  88'	41,611	Report	Report
01-Nov-69	Derby County	A	0–4		40,993	Report	Report
08-Nov-69	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		39,114	Report	Report
15-Nov-69	West Ham United	H	2–0	Lawler  27' Graham  60'	39,668	Report	Report
22-Nov-69	Leeds United	A	1–1	Yeats  31'	43,293	Report	Report
29-Nov-69	Arsenal	H	0–1		40,295	Report	Report
06-Dec-69	Everton	A	3–0	Hughes  47' Own Goal  54' Graham  74'	57,026	Report	Report
13-Dec-69	Manchester United	H	1–4	Hughes  25'	47,682	Report	Report
26-Dec-69	Burnley	A	5–1	Ross  26' Graham  39' Lawler  44' Thompson  52' Callaghan  60'	22,944	Report	Report
10-Jan-70	Stoke City	A	2–0	Graham  33' Thompson  70'	30,038	Report	Report
17-Jan-70	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Lawler  70'	43,526	Report	Report
31-Jan-70	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1		30,838	Report	Report
16-Feb-70	Newcastle United	H	0–0		38,218	Report	Report
28-Feb-70	Derby County	H	0–2		43,594	Report	Report
03-Mar-70	Coventry City	A	3–2	Hughes  38' Evans  65', 72'	29,497	Report	Report
07-Mar-70	Leeds United	H	0–0		51,435	Report	Report
11-Mar-70	Southampton	A	1–0	Evans  43'	23,239	Report	Report
14-Mar-70	Arsenal	A	1–2	Yeats  83'	32,333	Report	Report
16-Mar-70	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–0	Lawler  50' Yeats  63' Graham  68'	31,931	Report	Report
21-Mar-70	Everton	H	0–2		54,496	Report	Report
24-Mar-70	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	Callaghan  32' Smith  43 pen'	29,548	Report	Report
28-Mar-70	West Ham United	A	0–1		38,239	Report	Report
30-Mar-70	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	Lawler  43'	32,754	Report	Report
03-Apr-70	Crystal Palace	H	3–0	Graham  16', 48' Lawler  47'	30,999	Report	Report
15-Apr-70	Sunderland	A	1–0	Lawler  86'	33,007	Report	Report
18-Apr-70	Chelsea	A	1–2	Graham  27'	36,521	Report	Report

Football League Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
03-Sep-69	Watford	H	2–1	Own Goal  6' St. John  75'	21,149	Report	Report
24-Sep-69	Manchester City	A	2–3	Evans  21' Graham  67'	28,019	Report	Report

FA Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-70	Coventry City	A	1–1	Graham  30'	33,688	Report	Report
12-Jan-70	Coventry City	H	3–0	Ross  39' Thompson  54' Graham  72'	51,261	Report	Report
24-Jan-70	Wrexham	H	3–1	Graham  51', 73' St. John  59'	54,096	Report	Report
07-Feb-70	Leicester City	H	0–0		53,785	Report	Report
11-Feb-70	Leicester City	A	2–0	Evans  64', 90'	42,100	Report	Report
21-Feb-70	Watford	A	0–1		34,047	Report	Report

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
16-Sep-69	Dundalk	H	10–0	Evans  1', 38' Lawler  10' Smith  24', 67' Graham  36', 82' Lindsay  56' Thompson  69' Callaghan  76'	32,656	Report	Report
30-Sep-69	Dundalk	A	4–0	Thompson  13', 31' Graham  48' Callaghan  81'	6,000	Report	Report
12-Nov-69	Vitória de Setúbal	A	0–1		16,000	Report	Report
26-Nov-69	Vitória de Setúbal	H	3–2	Smith  60 pen' Evans  88' Hunt  90'	41,633	Report	Report

References[]

• LFC History.net – 1969–70 season
• Liverweb - 1969-70 Season