1970-03-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	12,801
Bellamy, Kindon	Lineups		Brown
Chelsea	2	1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	61,479	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
Hutchinson 2	Lineups		Morgan
Derby County	3	1	Crystal Palace	Baseball Ground	30,192
Carlin, Hector, Hinton (p)	Lineups		Jackson C
Ipswich Town	2	0	Sunderland	Portman Road	20,781
Pitt OG, Collard	Lineups
Liverpool	0	2	Everton	Anfield Road	54,496	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
	Lineups		Royle, Whittle
Manchester City	1	5	West Ham United	Maine Road	28,353
Lee	Lineups		Greaves 2, Hurst 2, Boyce
Newcastle United	3	1	Stoke City	St James' Park	28,460
Davies, Robson 2 (1p)	Lineups		Ritchie
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	23,916
Craig, Warboys	Lineups		Rees
Southampton	0	2	Arsenal	The Dell	23,902
	Lineups		Sammels, George
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	34,942
Peters	Lineups		Martin, O'Rourke
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Leeds United	Molineux	35,057
Curran	Lineups		Jones, Clarke

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Everton	37	15	3	1	39	17	10	4	4	24	15	1.969	57	W	W	W	W	D	1970-03-28	Chelsea	H
2	0	Leeds United	36	14	4	0	46	12	6	10	2	29	21	2.273	54	W	D	W	D	W	1970-03-28	Southampton	H
3	0	Chelsea	35	10	7	1	30	16	7	6	4	28	20	1.611	47	W	W	D	W	D	1970-03-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	0	Derby County	37	13	3	3	39	13	6	4	8	16	21	1.618	45	W	W	W	W	W	1970-03-27	Manchester City	A
5	0	Liverpool	36	8	7	4	29	20	8	4	5	28	19	1.462	43	L	W	L	W	D	1970-03-24	Ipswich Town	H
6	0	Newcastle United	37	12	2	4	33	14	3	9	7	12	16	1.5	41	W	D	W	L	D	1970-03-27	Sunderland	A
7	2	Coventry City	34	8	4	5	29	23	8	4	5	17	14	1.243	40	W	D	L	L	D	1970-03-24	Sunderland	H
8	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	8	8	3	30	21	4	7	7	23	27	1.104	39	L	D	L	D	L	1970-03-28	Arsenal	A
9	-1	Manchester United	35	7	7	3	26	22	5	8	5	25	26	1.063	39	L	D	D	D	W	1970-03-28	Manchester City	H
10	0	Stoke City	36	8	7	2	25	17	4	7	8	21	28	1.022	38	L	L	D	D	L	1970-03-27	Burnley	A
11	1	Arsenal	37	5	9	4	23	20	5	8	6	21	23	1.023	37	W	W	W	L	D	1970-03-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	-1	Manchester City	35	8	6	5	25	20	5	4	7	23	22	1.143	36	L	L	W	W	D	1970-03-27	Derby County	H
13	0	Nottingham Forest	36	7	8	2	23	20	2	9	8	21	35	0.8	35	L	L	D	D	L	1970-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	36	8	2	8	20	19	5	6	7	25	32	0.882	34	L	L	L	W	W	1970-03-27	Nottingham Forest	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	8	5	5	31	23	4	3	11	17	29	0.923	32	L	D	L	D	W	1970-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	0	Burnley	36	6	5	7	28	26	4	7	7	20	29	0.873	32	W	D	L	L	W	1970-03-24	Southampton	H
17	0	West Ham United	37	6	7	5	22	19	4	3	12	22	37	0.786	30	W	D	L	L	D	1970-03-24	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Southampton	36	3	10	6	23	26	2	4	11	18	32	0.707	24	L	L	L	D	D	1970-03-24	Burnley	A
19	1	Sheffield Wednesday	36	6	5	7	22	23	2	3	13	13	37	0.583	24	W	L	D	W	W	1970-03-25	Chelsea	A
20	1	Ipswich Town	36	6	5	7	16	17	1	5	12	16	39	0.571	24	W	D	D	L	L	1970-03-24	Liverpool	A
21	-2	Crystal Palace	37	4	4	10	18	35	1	9	9	14	27	0.516	23	L	D	W	W	L	1970-03-24	West Ham United	H
22	0	Sunderland	36	4	8	5	15	21	1	2	16	11	43	0.406	20	L	W	D	L	L	1970-03-24	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	19,003
Curtis	Lineups		Goodwin
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	8,367
Hunt	Lineups		Setters
Bristol City	3	3	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	24,905	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
Galley, Kellard (p), Sharpe	Lineups		Horsfield 2, Wimshurst OG
Carlisle United	1	2	Blackpool	Brunton Park	8,212
Barton	Lineups		Suddick, Murray
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Birmingham City	Leeds Road	18,502
Lawson 2	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	25,770
Glover, Fern	Lineups		Reece
Middlesbrough	0	0	Norwich City	Ayresome Park	24,514
	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	10,350
Possee, Cripps	Lineups		Houghton
Oxford United	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Manor Ground	13,828
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	2	Portsmouth	Deepdale	12,461
Clark	Lineups		Storrie 2
Watford	2	1	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road	17,152
Walley, Endean	Lineups		Clark

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Huddersfield Town	36	13	4	1	30	6	8	5	5	26	25	1.806	51	W	W	D	L	W	1970-03-24	Swindon Town	H
2	3	Blackpool	35	8	8	2	21	14	9	2	6	27	26	1.2	44	W	L	W	W	W	1970-03-28	Aston Villa	H
3	-1	Sheffield United	36	14	2	2	42	7	5	3	10	22	26	1.939	43	L	L	W	W	W	1970-03-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	0	Middlesbrough	36	14	3	2	33	12	3	6	8	11	24	1.222	43	D	W	D	L	W	1970-03-27	Watford	A
5	-2	Cardiff City	36	11	5	2	36	14	5	5	8	19	23	1.486	42	L	W	L	D	W	1970-03-25	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Swindon Town	34	10	6	0	28	12	4	8	6	20	25	1.297	42	D	W	W	D	W	1970-03-24	Huddersfield Town	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	13	3	2	43	19	4	4	10	16	29	1.229	41	D	L	W	L	W	1970-03-27	Carlisle United	H
8	1	Leicester City	36	10	5	3	34	21	5	6	7	19	26	1.128	41	W	W	L	D	D	1970-03-27	Oxford United	A
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	36	13	2	3	38	17	4	5	9	9	27	1.068	41	D	L	W	L	D	1970-03-28	Carlisle United	H
10	0	Millwall	37	12	4	3	33	16	1	9	8	16	33	1	39	W	W	W	W	W	1970-03-28	Norwich City	A
11	0	Bristol City	37	11	6	2	35	10	2	5	11	13	31	1.171	37	D	L	L	W	D	1970-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Carlisle United	37	9	5	5	35	25	4	5	9	19	27	1.038	36	L	L	D	L	D	1970-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	0	Hull City	37	10	4	4	36	22	3	4	12	23	38	0.983	34	L	W	W	W	D	1970-03-28	Middlesbrough	H
14	0	Oxford United	36	8	8	2	20	11	3	4	11	11	24	0.886	34	D	W	L	W	L	1970-03-27	Leicester City	H
15	1	Portsmouth	37	7	4	7	34	27	5	4	10	24	40	0.866	32	W	L	L	L	W	1970-03-25	Cardiff City	A
16	1	Norwich City	34	10	4	3	27	12	2	3	12	6	29	0.805	31	D	W	D	D	L	1970-03-28	Millwall	H
17	-2	Birmingham City	37	8	7	3	30	16	2	4	13	17	46	0.758	31	L	D	L	D	D	1970-03-28	Preston North End	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	8	4	6	30	23	2	5	12	20	36	0.847	29	D	L	W	L	L	1970-03-27	Bristol City	A
19	0	Watford	35	6	6	6	23	17	3	4	10	15	28	0.844	28	W	D	D	D	W	1970-03-27	Middlesbrough	H
20	1	Charlton Athletic	37	6	7	5	20	21	0	8	11	11	44	0.477	27	D	L	W	D	L	1970-03-28	Leicester City	H
21	-1	Preston North End	36	7	5	6	29	22	1	5	12	11	32	0.741	26	L	W	L	D	L	1970-03-28	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Aston Villa	36	5	7	6	20	21	0	5	13	10	38	0.508	22	D	L	L	L	L	1970-03-28	Blackpool	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Holker Street	2,837
Mulvaney	Lineups		East
Bradford City	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	6,962
Corner, Bannister, Ham	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Southport	Goldstone Ground	15,030
Napier K	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Bury	Priestfield Stadium	4,599
Green	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Torquay United	Field Mill	6,605
Partridge, Roberts	Lineups
Orient	3	0	Stockport County	Brisbane Road	10,905
Coddington OG, Jones, Taylor	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	2	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	7,023
Rickard 3, Bickle	Lineups		Andrews, Harkin
Reading	0	4	Fulham	Elm Park	16,582
	Lineups		Halom 2, Barrett, Earle
Rochdale	1	1	Barnsley	Spotland	4,887
Cross	Lineups		Hamstead
Rotherham United	1	1	Halifax Town	Millmoor	7,244
Phillips	Lineups		Chadwick
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Luton Town	Prenton Park	4,035
Pritchard, Beamish, Yardley	Lineups		Allen, Slough
Walsall	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	4,442
Trevis, Seal	Lineups		Gilbert

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	14	4	2	32	12	7	5	8	18	20	1.563	51	W	W	L	W	W	1970-03-27	Reading	H
2	1	Orient	36	12	4	1	30	8	7	7	5	22	18	2	49	W	L	W	D	W	1970-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	-1	Bristol Rovers	39	13	4	2	47	23	5	9	6	25	26	1.469	49	L	W	W	D	W	1970-03-28	Orient	H
4	0	Luton Town	37	9	8	2	35	14	8	4	6	27	25	1.59	46	L	D	D	W	W	1970-03-27	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Reading	38	13	2	4	36	26	5	8	6	32	35	1.115	46	L	W	D	L	W	1970-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	0	Barnsley	40	12	4	3	36	21	4	9	8	22	29	1.16	45	D	D	W	L	L	1970-03-27	Southport	A
7	0	Bradford City	38	11	5	3	34	16	6	4	9	19	24	1.325	43	W	L	W	L	D	1970-03-27	Gillingham	A
8	0	Fulham	36	9	8	1	34	21	5	5	8	31	25	1.413	41	W	W	W	W	D	1970-03-27	Torquay United	A
9	2	Mansfield Town	35	11	3	4	33	18	5	5	7	17	20	1.316	40	W	W	D	W	W	1970-03-23	Stockport County	H
10	-1	Rotherham United	39	8	8	4	31	16	5	6	8	23	27	1.256	40	D	W	L	W	L	1970-03-23	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Rochdale	37	9	6	3	30	18	7	2	10	27	28	1.239	40	D	W	L	D	L	1970-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	1	Halifax Town	38	9	7	3	29	23	4	6	9	15	28	0.863	39	D	D	D	L	D	1970-03-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	-1	Torquay United	38	7	8	5	29	21	5	6	7	23	29	1.04	38	L	L	W	D	L	1970-03-23	Rotherham United	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	37	8	10	1	28	15	3	5	10	24	36	1.02	37	L	D	D	L	W	1970-03-27	Barrow	A
15	1	Plymouth Argyle	38	9	6	6	29	21	5	3	9	18	26	1	37	W	L	W	D	D	1970-03-27	Orient	A
16	-1	Doncaster Rovers	39	9	4	5	23	14	4	6	11	19	33	0.894	36	L	L	W	D	D	1970-03-28	Barrow	H
17	0	Bury	40	12	2	6	41	25	1	6	13	26	48	0.918	34	L	D	L	D	L	1970-03-24	Walsall	A
18	0	Southport	36	8	4	5	26	17	3	5	11	15	27	0.932	31	L	W	W	L	W	1970-03-27	Barnsley	H
19	0	Walsall	34	8	1	7	22	26	4	6	8	14	28	0.667	31	W	L	D	L	D	1970-03-24	Bury	H
20	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	6	7	6	23	25	3	5	11	17	40	0.615	30	D	L	L	D	L	1970-03-27	Walsall	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	7	5	5	28	25	2	5	11	13	40	0.631	28	W	W	L	D	L	1970-03-27	Rochdale	H
22	0	Barrow	41	6	9	7	26	27	1	4	14	13	45	0.542	27	D	L	L	D	W	1970-03-27	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	0	Gillingham	35	6	3	9	22	27	3	4	10	16	26	0.717	25	W	D	L	W	W	1970-03-27	Bradford City	H
24	0	Stockport County	38	4	6	9	15	24	1	3	15	7	36	0.367	19	L	L	L	L	L	1970-03-23	Mansfield Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	0	0	Aldershot	Griffin Park	12,261	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
	Lineups
Chester	2	3	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	4,024
Cheetham (p), Dearden	Lineups		Wile, Robson, Moss
Chesterfield	2	0	Colchester United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,257
Randall, Moss	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Bradford	Gresty Road	2,568
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	0	Northampton Town	St James Park	4,981
Gadston	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	0	York City	Blundell Park	3,335
	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Wrexham	Sincil Bank	4,456
	Lineups
Newport County	0	1	Workington	Somerton Park	2,956
	Lineups		Goodfellow
Notts County	1	0	Hartlepool	Meadow Lane	5,313
Bradd	Lineups
Port Vale	4	0	Darlington	Vale Park	4,717
Buxton 2, Green, Gough	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Roots Hall	4,761
Thompson OG	Lineups
Swansea City	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Vetch Field	10,228
Gwyther, Williams H	Lineups		Barker

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Chesterfield	36	15	0	3	41	9	7	7	4	18	15	2.458	51	W	W	L	W	L	1970-03-27	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Swansea City	37	13	6	1	39	13	5	8	4	18	24	1.541	50	W	W	D	W	W	1970-03-23	Workington	H
3	2	Port Vale	36	12	6	0	35	6	5	7	6	17	21	1.926	47	W	D	L	W	D	1970-03-23	Scunthorpe United	H
4	-1	Wrexham	35	12	4	0	33	8	8	3	8	22	24	1.719	47	D	W	D	W	W	1970-03-27	Darlington	H
5	-1	Brentford	38	11	8	1	30	11	5	7	6	14	15	1.692	47	D	D	D	D	W	1970-03-27	Exeter City	H
6	0	Aldershot	37	13	4	1	43	16	4	8	7	22	32	1.354	46	D	W	W	D	L	1970-03-27	Colchester United	A
7	1	Notts County	37	12	4	2	36	13	6	2	11	21	36	1.163	42	W	W	W	W	L	1970-03-28	Darlington	A
8	-1	Chester	38	11	3	6	33	21	7	2	9	17	31	0.962	41	L	L	D	W	W	1970-03-28	Oldham Athletic	A
9	1	Peterborough United	36	11	5	1	41	14	4	5	10	21	36	1.24	40	W	L	D	L	D	1970-03-27	York City	A
10	-1	Scunthorpe United	39	10	6	4	29	19	5	3	11	24	37	0.946	39	L	W	L	L	L	1970-03-23	Port Vale	A
11	0	Colchester United	36	10	5	3	28	16	3	7	8	21	31	1.043	38	L	D	D	L	W	1970-03-27	Aldershot	H
12	0	Lincoln City	36	6	8	3	22	13	5	6	8	24	29	1.095	36	D	L	W	D	L	1970-03-23	Bradford	H
13	0	Grimsby Town	36	6	8	4	23	17	5	5	8	16	24	0.951	35	D	L	L	D	D	1970-03-27	Chesterfield	H
14	1	Exeter City	40	11	4	5	44	18	1	6	13	8	34	1	34	W	L	D	W	L	1970-03-27	Brentford	A
15	-1	Northampton Town	36	10	5	4	33	13	2	4	11	15	29	1.143	33	L	L	W	L	L	1970-03-27	Southend United	A
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	10	5	4	32	16	2	4	11	8	27	0.93	33	D	W	L	L	D	1970-03-27	Swansea City	H
17	0	York City	35	9	5	2	24	11	2	6	11	14	40	0.745	33	D	L	D	D	D	1970-03-27	Peterborough United	H
18	0	Oldham Athletic	38	7	4	7	30	22	2	8	10	13	32	0.796	30	L	D	W	L	W	1970-03-28	Chester	H
19	0	Newport County	38	10	2	7	34	20	0	8	11	12	41	0.754	30	L	W	D	W	L	1970-03-27	Lincoln City	A
20	2	Workington	38	8	6	5	27	18	2	4	13	11	38	0.679	30	W	D	W	W	W	1970-03-23	Swansea City	A
21	2	Southend United	38	9	6	3	29	22	2	1	17	13	49	0.592	29	W	L	L	W	L	1970-03-27	Northampton Town	H
22	-2	Darlington	37	4	7	7	21	24	5	3	11	19	35	0.678	28	L	L	W	L	D	1970-03-27	Wrexham	A
23	-2	Hartlepool United	38	6	7	7	30	27	3	3	12	11	36	0.651	28	L	W	L	L	W	1970-03-27	Workington	H
24	0	Bradford	37	5	5	10	20	24	0	6	11	12	41	0.492	21	D	D	D	L	D	1970-03-23	Lincoln City	A