Season 1970-71

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1971						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Arsenal	2	1	Liverpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000	aet
	Kelly, George	Line-ups		Heighway

FA Cup 3/4 Place play off 1971						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Stoke City	3	2	Everton	D 1	Selhurst Park, London	5,031
	Ritchie 2, Bernard			Whittle, Ball

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1971						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	2	2	Stoke City	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	54,770
	Storey 2			Smith D, Ritchie
D 1	Liverpool	2	1	Everton	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	62,144
	Evans A, Hall			Ball
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1971 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	2	0	Stoke City	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	62,356
	Graham, Kennedy

League Cup Final 1971						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Aston Villa	D 3	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	97,000
	Chivers 2

League Cup Semi-Finals 1971 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Bristol City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Ashton Gate, Bristol	30,002
	Skirton			Gilzean
D 1	Manchester United	1	1	Aston Villa	D 3	Old Trafford, Manchester	49,000
	Kidd			Lochhead
D 3	Aston Villa	2	1	Manchester United	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	61,500	agg 3-2
	Lochhead, McMahon			Kidd
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Bristol City	D 2	White Hart Lane, London	29,982	aet agg 3-1
	Chivers, Peters

European Cup Winners Cup Final 1971						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Chelsea	1	1	Real Madrid		Karaiskaki, Piraeus	41,000	aet
	Osgood			Zoco
European Cup Winners Cup Final 1971 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Chelsea	2	1	Real Madrid		Karaiskaki, Piraeus	24,000
	Dempsey, Osgood			Fleitas

European Fairs Cup Final 1971 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Juventus	2	2	Leeds United	D 1	Stadio Comunale	45,000
	Bettega, Capello			Madeley, Bates
D 1	Leeds United	1	1	Juventus		Elland Road, Leeds	42,483	agg 3-3*
	Clarke			Anastasi
*Leeds United won on away goal rule.

Final Table for Season 1970-01

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	11	Arsenal	42	18	3	0	41	6	11	4	6	30	23	2.448	65	Win	Rd 4	Fairs QF
2	0	Leeds United	42	16	2	3	40	12	11	8	2	32	18	2.400	64	Rd 5	Rd 2	Fairs W
3	8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	5	5	33	19	8	9	4	21	14	1.636	52	Rd 6	Win
4	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	33	22	9	5	7	31	32	1.185	52	Rd 4	Rd 2
5	0	Liverpool	42	11	10	0	30	10	6	7	8	12	14	1.750	51	Final	Rd 3	Fairs SF
6	-3	Chelsea	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	9	6	18	21	1.238	51	Rd 4	Rd 4	CWC W
7	12	Southampton	42	12	5	4	35	15	5	7	9	21	29	1.273	46	Rd 5	Rd 2
8	0	Manchester United	42	9	6	6	29	24	7	5	9	36	42	0.985	43	Rd 3	SF
9	-5	Derby County	42	9	5	7	32	26	7	5	9	24	28	1.037	42	Rd 5	Rd 4
10	-4	Coventry City	42	12	4	5	24	12	4	6	11	13	26	0.974	42	Rd 3	Rd 5	Fairs Rd 2
11	-1	Manchester City	42	7	9	5	30	22	5	8	8	17	20	1.119	41	Rd 5	Rd 2	CWC SF
12	-5	Newcastle United	42	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	12	17	30	0.957	41	Rd 3	Rd 2	Fairs Rd 2
13	-4	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	28	11	2	6	13	16	37	0.917	37	SF 3rd	Rd 2
14	-13	Everton	42	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	13	22	44	0.900	37	SF 4th	DNE	EC QF
15	D 2	Huddersfield Town	42	7	8	6	19	16	4	6	11	21	33	0.816	36	Rd 4	Rd 2
16	-1	Nottingham Forest	42	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	12	13	35	0.689	36	Rd 5	Rd 3
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	13	24	50	0.773	35	Rd 4	Rd 4
18	2	Crystal Palace	42	9	5	7	24	24	3	6	12	15	33	0.684	35	Rd 3	Rd 5
19	-1	Ipswich Town	42	9	4	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	0.875	34	Rd 5	Rd 2
20	-3	West Ham United	42	6	8	7	28	30	4	6	11	19	30	0.783	34	Rd 3	Rd 3
21	-7	Burnley	42	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	13	9	32	0.460	27	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	D 2	Blackpool	42	3	9	9	22	31	1	6	14	12	35	0.515	23	Rd 4	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	2	Leicester City	42	12	7	2	30	14	11	6	4	27	16	1.900	59	Rd 6	Rd 4
2	4	Sheffield United	42	14	6	1	49	18	7	8	6	24	21	1.872	56	Rd 3	Rd 3
3	4	Cardiff City	42	12	7	2	39	16	8	6	7	25	25	1.561	53	Rd 4	Rd 2	CWC QF
4	8	Carlisle United	42	16	3	2	39	13	4	10	7	26	30	1.512	53	Rd 4	Rd 4
5	8	Hull City	42	11	5	5	31	16	8	8	5	23	25	1.317	51	Rd 6	Rd 2
6	D 3	Luton Town	42	12	7	2	40	18	6	6	9	22	25	1.442	49	Rd 3	Rd 3
7	-3	Middlesbrough	42	13	6	2	37	16	4	8	9	23	27	1.395	48	Rd 4	Rd 3
8	2	Millwall	42	13	5	3	36	12	6	4	11	23	30	1.405	47	Rd 3	Rd 3
9	9	Birmingham City	42	12	7	2	30	12	5	5	11	28	36	1.208	46	Rd 3	Rd 4
10	1	Norwich City	42	11	8	2	34	20	4	6	11	20	32	1.038	44	Rd 3	Rd 3
11	-2	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	5	5	39	22	5	6	10	19	31	1.094	43	Rd 3	Rd 3
12	-7	Swindon Town	42	12	7	2	38	14	3	5	13	23	37	1.196	42	Rd 4	Rd 4
13	D 1	Sunderland	42	11	6	4	34	21	4	6	11	18	33	0.963	42	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	1	Oxford United	42	8	8	5	23	23	6	6	9	18	25	0.854	42	Rd 5	Rd 3
15	D 1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	7	4	32	27	2	5	14	19	42	0.739	36	Rd 3	Rd 2
16	1	Portsmouth	42	9	4	8	32	28	1	10	10	14	33	0.754	34	Rd 4	Rd 3
17	D 3	Orient	42	5	11	5	16	15	4	5	12	13	36	0.569	34	Rd 4	Rd 1
18	1	Watford	42	6	7	8	18	22	4	6	11	20	38	0.633	33	Rd 4	Rd 2
19	-5	Bristol City	42	9	6	6	30	28	1	5	15	16	36	0.719	31	Rd 3	SF
20	0	Charlton Athletic	42	7	6	8	28	30	1	8	12	13	35	0.631	30	Rd 3	Rd 2
21	-13	Blackburn Rovers	42	5	8	8	20	28	1	7	13	17	41	0.536	27	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	-6	Bolton Wanderers	42	6	5	10	22	31	1	5	15	13	43	0.473	24	Rd 3	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	D 2	Preston North End	46	15	8	0	42	16	7	9	7	21	23	1.615	61	Rd 1	Rd 3
2	2	Fulham	46	15	6	2	39	12	9	6	8	29	29	1.659	60	Rd 1	Rd 5
3	15	Halifax Town	46	16	2	5	46	22	6	10	7	28	33	1.345	56	Rd 1	Rd 2
4	D 2	Aston Villa	46	13	7	3	27	13	6	8	9	27	33	1.174	53	Rd 1	Final
5	D 4	Chesterfield	46	13	8	2	45	12	4	9	10	21	26	1.737	51	Rd 2	Rd 1
6	-3	Bristol Rovers	46	11	5	7	38	24	8	8	7	31	26	1.380	51	Rd 2	Rd 5
7	-1	Mansfield Town	46	13	7	3	44	28	5	8	10	20	34	1.032	51	Rd 2	Rd 2
8	6	Rotherham United	46	12	10	1	38	19	5	6	12	26	41	1.067	50	Rd 3	Rd 2
9	D 4	Wrexham	46	12	8	3	43	25	6	5	12	29	40	1.108	49	Rd 1	Rd 1
10	3	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	37	26	7	5	11	17	31	0.947	49	Rd 4	Rd 2
11	D 4	Swansea City	46	11	5	7	41	25	4	11	8	18	31	1.054	46	Rd 4	Rd 2
12	-5	Barnsley	46	12	6	5	30	19	5	5	13	19	33	0.942	45	Rd 2	Rd 1
13	2	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	6	6	37	28	5	7	11	21	34	0.935	45	Rd 2	Rd 1
14	-9	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	8	10	5	28	20	6	6	11	22	27	1.064	44	Rd 3	Rd 1
15	2	Plymouth Argyle	46	6	12	5	39	33	6	7	10	24	30	1.000	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
16	-7	Rochdale	46	8	8	7	29	26	6	7	10	32	42	0.897	43	Rd 4	Rd 2
17	D 4	Port Vale	46	11	6	6	29	18	4	6	13	23	41	0.881	42	Rd 1	Rd 1
18	-2	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	11	4	27	18	2	11	10	18	37	0.818	42	Rd 1	Rd 2
19	-9	Bradford City	46	7	6	10	23	25	6	8	9	26	37	0.790	40	Rd 2	Rd 1
20	-8	Walsall	46	10	1	12	30	27	4	10	9	21	30	0.895	39	Rd 2	Rd 2
21	-13	Reading	46	10	7	6	32	33	4	4	15	16	52	0.565	39	Rd 3	Rd 1
22	-3	Bury	46	7	9	7	30	23	5	4	14	22	37	0.867	37	Rd 2	Rd 1
23	-12	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	5	10	28	27	5	4	14	17	39	0.682	35	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	-4	Gillingham	46	6	9	8	22	29	4	4	15	20	38	0.627	33	Rd 1	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	6	Notts County	46	19	4	0	59	12	11	5	7	30	24	2.472	69	Rd 3	Rd 1
2	D 3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	5	2	51	15	8	7	8	30	31	1.761	60	Rd 2	Rd 1
3	16	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	57	29	10	5	8	31	34	1.397	59	Rd 1	Rd 2
4	9	York City	46	16	6	1	45	14	7	4	12	33	40	1.444	56	Rd 4	Rd 2
5	6	Chester	46	17	2	4	42	18	7	5	11	27	37	1.255	55	Rd 3	Rd 2
6	4	Colchester United	46	14	6	3	44	19	7	6	10	26	35	1.296	54	Rd 6	Rd 2
7	7	Northampton Town	46	15	4	4	39	24	4	9	10	24	35	1.068	51	Rd 1	Rd 3
8	D 3	Southport	46	15	2	6	42	24	6	4	13	21	33	1.105	48	Rd 1	Rd 1
9	9	Exeter City	46	12	7	4	40	23	5	7	11	27	45	0.985	48	Rd 1	Rd 1
10	10	Workington	46	13	7	3	28	13	5	5	13	20	36	0.980	48	Rd 3	Rd 2
11	D 3	Stockport County	46	12	8	3	28	17	4	6	13	21	48	0.754	46	Rd 1	Rd 1
12	10	Darlington	46	15	3	5	42	22	2	8	13	16	35	1.018	45	Rd 2	Rd 2
13	-7	Aldershot	46	8	10	5	32	23	6	7	10	34	48	0.930	45	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	-9	Brentford	46	13	3	7	45	27	5	5	13	21	35	1.065	44	Rd 5	Rd 1
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	1	9	49	35	5	7	11	26	41	0.987	44	Rd 2	Rd 1
16	-7	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	46	23	4	4	15	24	48	0.986	43	Rd 2	Rd 1
17	-5	Scunthorpe United	46	9	7	7	36	23	6	6	11	20	38	0.918	43	Rd 3	Rd 1
18	-1	Southend United	46	8	11	4	32	24	6	4	13	21	42	0.803	43	Rd 3	Rd 1
19	-3	Grimsby Town	46	13	4	6	37	26	5	3	15	20	45	0.803	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
20	SL	Cambridge United	46	9	9	5	31	27	6	4	13	20	39	0.773	43	Rd 2	Rd 1
21	-13	Lincoln City	46	11	4	8	45	33	2	9	12	25	38	0.986	39	Rd 3	Rd 3
22	-1	Newport County	46	8	3	12	32	36	2	5	16	23	49	0.647	28	Rd 1	Rd 2
23	0	Hartlepool	46	6	10	7	28	27	2	2	19	6	47	0.459	28	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	D 3	Barrow	46	5	5	13	25	38	2	3	18	26	52	0.567	22	Rd 1	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
1971 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	Lincoln City	5,499	Rd 3	Rd 3	47	Re-Elected
D 4	Barrow	2,333	Rd 1	Rd 1	38	Re-Elected
D 4	Hartlepool	2,459	Rd 1	Rd 1	33	Re-Elected
D 4	Newport County	2,565	Rd 1	Rd 2	33	Re-Elected
SL	Hereford United		Rd 2		22	Failed
NPL	Wigan Athletic		Rd 3		14	Failed
SL	Cambridge City		Q4		2	Failed
SL	Telford United		Rd 2		2	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Rd 3		2	Failed
NPL	Boston United		Rd 2		1	Failed
NPL	Bradford Park Avenue		Q4		1	Failed
SL	Romford		Q3		1	Failed
SL	Bedford Town		Q2		0	Failed
SL	Chelmsford City		Rd 2		0	Failed
WrL	Gateshead		Q3		0	Failed
SL	Hillingdon Borough		Q4		0	Failed
SL	Kettering Town		Q4		0	Failed

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