1970–71 Football League First Division

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Football League First Division
Season1970–71
ChampionsArsenal (8th English title)
RelegatedBurnley
Blackpool
1971–72 European CupArsenal
FA Cup winnersArsenal (4th FA Cup title) (first Arsenal double)
1971–72 European Cup Winners' CupLiverpool (Runners up of FA Cup 1970–71),
Chelsea (defending champions)
1971–72 UEFA CupLeeds United,
Southampton,
Tottenham Hotspur,
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,089 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerT. Brown (West Bromwich Albion), 28 [1]
Biggest home winSouthampton – Crystal Palace 6–0 (4 Mar 1971)
Biggest away winBurnley – Manchester City 0–4 (19 Dec 1970)
Highest scoringArsenal – West Bromwich Albion 6–2 (19 Sept 1970)
Derby County – Manchester United 4–4 (26 Dec 1970)
Crystal Palace – Manchester United 3–5 (17 Apr 1971)
Longest winning runArsenal (9)
Longest unbeaten runLeeds United (16)
Longest losing runBlackpool (7)

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1970–71 season.

Overview[]

Arsenal won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They also won the FA Cup to complete the club's first double. Arsenal wrapped up the title on 3 May, with a 1–0 win at North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Blackpool were relegated on 12 April, after only holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 0–0 draw at home. Burnley joined them on 24 April, after losing 2–1 at home to Derby County, which meant West Ham United's 1–1 draw at Manchester United saved the Hammers from relegation.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 42 18 3 0 41 6 11 4 6 30 23 2.448 65 Qualified for European Cup
2 Leeds United 42 16 2 3 40 12 11 8 2 32 18 2.400 64 Qualified for UEFA Cup
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 5 5 33 19 8 9 4 21 14 1.636 52 League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 3 5 33 22 9 5 7 31 32 1.185 52 Qualified for UEFA Cup
5 Liverpool 42 11 10 0 30 10 6 7 8 12 14 1.750 51 FA Cup runners-up, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
6 Chelsea 42 12 6 3 34 21 6 9 6 18 21 1.238 51 Qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as holders
7 Southampton 42 12 5 4 35 15 5 7 9 21 29 1.273 46 Qualified for UEFA Cup
8 Manchester United 42 9 6 6 29 24 7 5 9 36 42 0.985 43
9 Derby County 42 9 5 7 32 26 7 5 9 24 28 1.037 42[a]
10 Coventry City 42 12 4 5 24 12 4 6 11 13 26 0.974 42
11 Manchester City 42 7 9 5 30 22 5 8 8 17 20 1.119 41
12 Newcastle United 42 9 9 3 27 16 5 4 12 17 30 0.957 41
13 Stoke City 42 10 7 4 28 11 2 6 13 16 37 0.917 37
14 Everton 42 10 7 4 32 16 2 6 13 22 44 0.900 37
15 Huddersfield Town 42 7 8 6 19 16 4 6 11 21 33 0.816 36
16 Nottingham Forest 42 9 4 8 29 26 5 4 12 13 35 0.689 36
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 9 8 4 34 25 1 7 13 24 50 0.773 35
18 Crystal Palace 42 9 5 7 24 24 3 6 12 15 33 0.684 35
19 Ipswich Town 42 9 4 8 28 22 3 6 12 14 26 0.875 34
20 West Ham United 42 6 8 7 28 30 4 6 11 19 30 0.783 34
21 Burnley 42 4 8 9 20 31 3 5 13 9 32 0.460 27 Relegated
22 Blackpool 42 3 9 9 22 31 1 6 14 12 35 0.515 23
Source:[citation needed]
(C) League Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Derby County had initially qualified for the 1970–71 Fairs Cup after finishing the 1969–70 First Division in 4th place, but were banned from entering the competition for financial irregularities.

Results[]

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 2–1
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 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 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.

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Blackpool England Les Shannon Sacked 26 October 1970 21st England Jimmy Meadows (caretaker) 26 October 1970
Blackpool England Jimmy Meadows End of caretaker spell 20 December 1970 22nd England Bob Stokoe 20 December 1970
Manchester United England Wilf McGuinness Demoted to coach 29 December 1970 18th Scotland Matt Busby (caretaker) 29 December 1970

Team locations[]

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

Top goalscorers[]

  • 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.
Rank Scorer Club League goals FA Cup goals League Cup goals Texaco Cup goals Euro competitions[2] Total
1 England Martin Chivers Tottenham Hotspur 21 1 7 5 — 34
2 England Tony Brown West Bromwich Albion 28 2 0 0 — 30
3 England Ray Kennedy Arsenal 19 2 2 — 3 26
4 England Bobby Gould Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 2 0 5 — 24
5 England Allan Clarke Leeds United 19 1 0 — 3 23
6 England Joe Royle Everton 17 2 0 — 4 23
7 England Ian Storey-Moore Nottingham Forest 18 2 1 1 — 22
8 Northern Ireland George Best Manchester United 18 1 2 — — 21
9 Wales Ron Davies Southampton 17 4 0 — 0 21
10 England John Radford Arsenal 15 2 1 — 3 21
11 England Mick Channon Southampton 18 1 1 — 0 20
12 Scotland Hugh Curran Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 0 0 4 — 20
13 England Francis Lee Manchester City 14 0 1 — 4 19
14 England Colin Bell Manchester City 13 4 0 — 2 19
15 Wales John Toschack Liverpool / Cardiff City 5 + 8 1 0 — 0 + 5 19
16 Scotland Peter Lorimer Leeds United 12 2 0 — 5 19
17 England Martin Peters Tottenham Hotspur 9 2 4 4 — 19
18 England John Ritchie Stoke City 13 4 0 0 — 17
19 Scotland Alan Gilzean Tottenham Hotspur 9 4 4 0 — 17
20 Scotland Denis Law Manchester United 15 0 1 — — 16
= England Geoff Hurst West Ham United 15 0 1 — — 16
22 Republic of Ireland Johnny Giles Leeds United 13 2 0 — 1 16
23 England Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 13 1 1 0 — 15
= Scotland John O’Hare Derby County 13 1 1 — — 15
25 England Alun Evans Liverpool 10 1 1 — 3 15
26 England John Tudor Newcastle United / Sheffield United 5 + 9 0 0 — 0 14
27 England Keith Weller Chelsea 13 0 1 — 0 14
28 Republic of Ireland Terry Conroy Stoke City 11 2 1 0 — 14
29 Scotland George Graham Arsenal 11 1 1 — 1 14
30 Scotland Neil Martin Coventry City / Nottingham Forest 1 + 9 2 0 0 2 14
31 England Pop Robson Newcastle United / West Ham United 3 + 9 0 + 1 0 — 0 13
32 Northern Ireland Derek Dougan Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 0 0 1 — 13
33 England Alan Birchenall Crystal Palace 10 1 2 — — 13
34 England Ernie Hunt Coventry City 10 1 1 — 1 13
35 England Brian Kidd Manchester United 8 0 5 — — 13
36 England Kevin Hector Derby County 11 0 1 — — 12
37 South Africa/England Colin Viljoen Ipswich Town 10 2 0 — — 12
38 England Alan Hinton Derby County 10 1 1 — — 12
39 Scotland Gerry Queen Crystal Palace 9 0 3 — — 12
40 Scotland Peter Cormack Nottingham Forest 8 1 1 2 — 12
41 England Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town 9 2 0 — — 11
42 England Micky Burns Blackpool 10 0 0 — — 10
43 England Frank James Clarke Ipswich Town 8 2 0 — — 10
44 England Jimmy Greenhoff Stoke City 7 3 0 0 — 10
45 England Charlie George Arsenal 5 5 0 — 0 10
  • The listing above is from the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, pp. 465–468. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ *The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions:
  3. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, pp. 465–468. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.
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