1970-03-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	32,353
Graham 2	Lineups		Curran, Dougan
Coventry City	1	1	Burnley	Highfield Road	24,713
Martin (p)	Lineups		Kindon
Crystal Palace	1	1	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	27,499
McCormick	Lineups		Woods CMP
Everton	5	2	Chelsea	Goodison Park	58,337
Royle 2, Ball, Kendall, Whittle	Lineups		Osgood, Dempsey
Leeds United	1	3	Southampton	Elland Road	38,370
Lorimer	Lineups		Charlton OG, Davies, Yorath OG
Manchester United	1	2	Manchester City	Old Trafford	59,777
Kidd	Lineups		Doyle, Lee
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Newcastle United	City Ground	21,360
Lyons, Hilley	Lineups		Dyson, Robson
Stoke City	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Victoria Ground	16,632
Ritchie 2	Lineups		Craig
Sunderland	1	1	Derby County	Roker Park	18,818
Harris	Lineups		McGovern
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	24,890
Astle	Lineups		Peters
West Ham United	1	0	Liverpool	Upton Park	38,239
Holland	Lineups

				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	38	16	3	1	44	19	10	4	4	24	15	2	59	W	W	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Stoke City	A
2	0	Leeds United	37	14	4	1	47	15	6	10	2	29	21	2.111	54	L	W	D	W	D	1970-03-30	Derby County	A
3	0	Chelsea	37	11	7	1	33	17	7	6	5	30	25	1.5	49	L	W	W	W	D	1970-03-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Derby County	39	13	3	3	39	13	7	5	8	18	22	1.629	48	D	W	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Leeds United	H
5	0	Liverpool	38	9	7	4	31	20	8	4	6	28	20	1.475	45	L	W	L	W	L	1970-03-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Newcastle United	39	12	2	4	33	14	3	11	7	15	19	1.455	43	D	D	W	D	W	1970-03-30	Burnley	H
7	0	Coventry City	36	8	6	5	31	25	8	4	5	17	14	1.231	42	D	D	W	D	L	1970-03-30	Manchester United	A
8	2	Stoke City	38	9	7	2	27	18	4	8	8	22	29	1.043	41	W	D	L	L	D	1970-03-30	Everton	H
9	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	8	8	3	30	21	4	8	7	25	29	1.1	40	D	L	D	L	D	1970-03-30	Liverpool	H
10	-1	Manchester United	36	7	7	4	27	24	5	8	5	25	26	1.04	39	L	L	D	D	D	1970-03-30	Coventry City	H
11	1	Manchester City	37	8	6	6	25	21	6	4	7	25	23	1.136	38	W	L	L	L	W	1970-04-04	Sunderland	H
12	-1	Arsenal	38	5	10	4	25	22	5	8	6	21	23	1.022	38	D	W	W	W	L	1970-03-30	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	2	8	24	20	5	7	7	26	33	0.943	37	D	W	L	L	L	1970-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	0	Nottingham Forest	38	7	9	2	25	22	2	9	9	22	39	0.77	36	D	L	L	L	D	1970-03-31	Manchester United	H
15	0	Burnley	39	6	7	7	30	28	4	8	7	21	30	0.879	35	D	D	D	W	D	1970-03-30	Newcastle United	A
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	8	6	5	32	24	4	3	11	17	29	0.925	33	D	L	D	L	D	1970-03-30	Chelsea	H
17	0	West Ham United	39	7	7	5	23	19	4	4	12	22	37	0.804	33	W	D	W	D	L	1970-03-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Southampton	38	3	10	6	23	26	3	5	11	22	34	0.75	27	W	D	L	L	L	1970-03-31	Coventry City	A
19	1	Ipswich Town	38	6	5	7	16	17	1	6	13	17	42	0.559	25	D	L	W	D	D	1970-03-31	Arsenal	H
20	1	Crystal Palace	39	4	6	10	19	36	1	9	9	14	27	0.524	25	D	D	L	D	W	1970-03-30	Arsenal	A
21	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	38	6	5	7	22	23	2	3	15	15	42	0.569	24	L	L	W	L	D	1970-03-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Sunderland	39	4	10	5	17	23	1	3	16	12	44	0.433	23	D	D	D	L	W	1970-04-04	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Preston North End	St Andrew's	16,469
Vowden	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Carlisle United	Ewood Park	8,394
Knighton	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	17,392
Pickering 2 (1p)	Lineups		Hamilton
Cardiff City	0	0	Oxford United	Ninian Park	21,097
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	5	Leicester City	The Valley	13,530
	Lineups		Matthews, Fern 2, Glover, Brown A
Hull City	3	2	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	17,436	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
Wagstaff 2, Chilton	Lineups		Laidlaw, Hickton
Norwich City	2	1	Millwall	Carrow Road	12,276
Silvester, Foggo	Lineups		Cripps
Portsmouth	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	17,326
McCann	Lineups		Worthington, Krzywicki, Ellam
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Bristol City	Loftus Road	11,017
Bridges, Francis	Lineups		Bush, Jacobs
Sheffield United	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	18,539
	Lineups		Byrom
Swindon Town	1	0	Watford	County Ground	22,831
Trollope	Lineups

				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	38	13	5	1	31	7	9	5	5	29	26	1.818	54	W	D	W	W	D	1970-03-30	Hull City	H
2	2	Blackpool	36	9	8	2	23	15	9	2	6	27	26	1.22	46	W	W	L	W	W	1970-03-30	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Cardiff City	38	12	6	2	38	14	5	5	8	19	23	1.541	45	D	W	L	W	L	1970-03-31	Hull City	A
4	2	Swindon Town	36	11	6	0	29	12	4	9	6	21	26	1.316	45	W	D	D	W	W	1970-03-30	Norwich City	A
5	2	Leicester City	38	10	5	3	34	21	7	6	7	25	26	1.255	45	W	W	W	W	L	1970-03-31	Blackpool	H
6	-4	Middlesbrough	38	14	3	2	33	12	4	6	9	16	29	1.195	45	L	W	D	W	D	1970-03-31	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-2	Sheffield United	37	14	2	3	42	8	5	3	10	22	26	1.882	43	L	L	L	W	W	1970-03-30	Blackpool	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	5	2	45	21	4	4	10	16	29	1.22	43	D	D	D	L	W	1970-03-31	Charlton Athletic	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	2	3	39	17	4	5	9	9	27	1.091	43	W	D	L	W	L	1970-03-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	1	Bristol City	39	11	7	2	37	12	2	6	11	15	33	1.156	39	D	D	D	L	L	1970-03-31	Carlisle United	A
11	-1	Millwall	38	12	4	3	33	16	1	9	9	17	35	0.98	39	L	W	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Preston North End	H
12	0	Carlisle United	39	9	5	5	35	25	4	6	10	19	28	1.019	37	L	D	L	L	D	1970-03-31	Bristol City	H
13	0	Hull City	38	11	4	4	39	24	3	4	12	23	38	1	36	W	L	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Huddersfield Town	A
14	0	Oxford United	38	8	8	3	20	12	3	5	11	11	24	0.861	35	D	L	D	W	L	1970-03-31	Aston Villa	A
15	1	Norwich City	35	11	4	3	29	13	2	3	12	6	29	0.833	33	W	D	W	D	D	1970-03-30	Swindon Town	H
16	1	Birmingham City	38	9	7	3	31	16	2	4	13	17	46	0.774	33	W	L	D	L	D	1970-03-30	Aston Villa	H
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	39	8	4	6	30	23	3	6	12	23	38	0.869	32	W	D	D	L	W	1970-03-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	-3	Portsmouth	39	7	4	8	35	30	5	4	11	24	42	0.819	32	L	L	W	L	L	1970-04-01	Watford	H
19	0	Watford	37	6	6	7	25	20	3	4	11	15	29	0.816	28	L	L	W	D	D	1970-04-01	Portsmouth	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	38	6	7	6	20	26	0	8	11	11	44	0.443	27	L	D	L	W	D	1970-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	0	Preston North End	37	7	5	6	29	22	1	5	13	11	33	0.727	26	L	L	W	L	D	1970-03-30	Millwall	A
22	0	Aston Villa	37	5	7	6	20	21	0	5	14	11	40	0.508	22	L	D	L	L	L	1970-03-30	Birmingham City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Mansfield Town	Oakwell	8,978
Booth	Lineups		Stenson
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Bradford City	Dean Court	4,878
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Orient	Eastville	22,005	Largest Home Gate 1969-70
Gilbert	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane	3,301
Towers, Jones, Kerr	Lineups		Davey
Doncaster Rovers	3	2	Barrow	Belle Vue	3,196
Sheffield, Briggs, Johnson	Lineups		Mulvaney 2
Fulham	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Craven Cottage	10,310
Barrett	Lineups		King
Halifax Town	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Shay	4,006
Chadwick	Lineups
Luton Town	5	0	Reading	Kenilworth Road	14,401
MacDonald 3, Harrison, Busby	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Gillingham	Gay Meadow	3,542
Moir, Wood	Lineups		Smillie, Green
Southport	2	1	Rotherham United	Haig Avenue	3,012
Redrobe, McCarthy	Lineups		Swift
Stockport County	2	2	Walsall	Edgeley Park	1,783
Rowlands, Collier	Lineups		Seal 2
Torquay United	3	0	Rochdale	Plainmoor	5,280
Lucas, Mitchinson, Welsh A	Lineups

				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	42	15	4	2	34	13	7	5	9	18	21	1.529	53	L	W	W	W	L	1970-03-30	Fulham	A
2	0	Orient	38	13	4	1	34	9	7	7	6	22	19	2	51	L	W	W	L	W	1970-03-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	40	14	4	2	48	23	5	9	6	25	26	1.49	51	W	L	W	W	D	1970-03-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	0	Luton Town	39	11	8	2	42	15	8	4	6	27	25	1.725	50	W	W	L	D	D	1970-03-31	Barnsley	A
5	0	Barnsley	42	12	5	3	37	22	5	9	8	23	29	1.176	48	D	W	D	D	W	1970-03-31	Luton Town	H
6	0	Reading	40	13	2	4	36	26	5	8	8	33	42	1.015	46	L	L	L	W	D	1970-03-30	Mansfield Town	H
7	0	Bradford City	40	11	5	3	34	16	6	6	9	20	25	1.317	45	D	D	W	L	W	1970-03-30	Bury	H
8	0	Fulham	38	9	9	1	35	22	5	6	8	32	26	1.396	43	D	D	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	0	Mansfield Town	37	12	3	4	37	19	5	6	7	18	21	1.375	43	D	W	W	W	D	1970-03-30	Reading	A
10	0	Rotherham United	42	9	8	4	33	17	5	6	10	25	31	1.208	42	L	L	W	D	W	1970-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Rochdale	39	9	6	3	30	18	7	3	11	27	31	1.163	41	L	D	D	W	L	1970-03-30	Halifax Town	H
12	0	Torquay United	41	8	9	5	33	22	5	6	8	24	31	1.075	41	W	D	L	L	L	1970-03-31	Halifax Town	A
13	0	Halifax Town	39	10	7	3	30	23	4	6	9	15	28	0.882	41	W	D	D	D	L	1970-03-30	Rochdale	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	8	11	1	30	17	3	5	11	24	38	0.982	38	D	L	L	D	D	1970-03-30	Bristol Rovers	H
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	40	10	4	5	26	16	4	6	11	19	33	0.918	38	W	L	L	W	D	1970-03-30	Orient	H
16	1	Bury	42	13	2	6	44	26	1	7	13	27	49	0.947	37	W	D	L	D	L	1970-03-30	Bradford City	A
17	-2	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	6	6	29	21	5	3	11	20	33	0.907	37	L	L	W	L	W	1970-03-31	Barrow	H
18	0	Walsall	37	8	2	7	23	27	4	8	8	18	32	0.695	34	D	D	D	W	L	1970-03-31	Gillingham	H
19	0	Southport	38	9	4	6	28	19	3	5	11	15	27	0.935	33	W	L	L	W	W	1970-04-01	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	6	9	6	25	27	3	5	11	17	40	0.627	32	D	D	D	L	L	1970-03-30	Stockport County	A
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	7	6	5	28	25	2	6	11	14	41	0.636	30	D	D	W	W	L	1970-03-31	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Barrow	43	7	9	7	28	27	1	4	15	15	48	0.573	29	L	W	D	L	L	1970-03-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
23	0	Gillingham	37	6	4	9	23	28	3	5	10	18	28	0.732	27	D	D	W	D	L	1970-03-31	Walsall	A
24	0	Stockport County	40	4	7	9	17	26	1	3	16	8	40	0.379	20	D	L	L	L	L	1970-03-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Grimsby Town	Recreation Ground	7,740
Walton, Melia	Lineups		Brace, Wigginton
Bradford	0	3	Lincoln City	Park Avenue	2,427
	Lineups		Hughes, Smith 2
Colchester United	2	1	Exeter City	Layer Road	3,842
Gibbs, Jones	Lineups		Wingate
Darlington	1	2	Notts County	Feethams Ground	1,768
Thompson	Lineups		Hobson, Masson (p)
Hartlepool	0	2	Port Vale	Victoria Park	2,227
	Lineups		Morris, Buxton
Northampton Town	0	1	Chesterfield	County Ground	5,740
	Lineups		Randall
Oldham Athletic	5	0	Chester	Boundary Park	4,611
Blore, Fryatt 4 (1p)	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	4	Southend United	London Road	4,911
Hall, Wile, Conmy (p)	Lineups		Best 4
Scunthorpe United	4	0	Newport County	Old Showground	3,996
Kerr, Cassidy 2, Davidson	Lineups
Workington	0	0	Swansea City	Borough Park	2,501
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	10,706
Griffiths, Ingle	Lineups		Bradshaw 2
York City	4	2	Brentford	Bootham Crescent	2,833
Aimson 3, Boyer	Lineups		Docherty, Neilson

				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	Swansea City	40	13	7	1	39	13	6	9	4	19	24	1.568	54	D	W	D	W	W	1970-03-31	Notts County	H
2	0	Chesterfield	38	15	0	3	41	9	8	7	5	19	16	2.4	53	W	L	W	W	L	1970-03-31	Southend United	H
3	0	Wrexham	37	13	5	0	41	12	8	3	8	22	24	1.75	50	D	W	D	W	D	1970-04-01	Port Vale	A
4	1	Port Vale	38	12	6	1	36	8	6	7	6	19	21	1.897	49	W	L	W	D	L	1970-03-30	Newport County	A
5	-1	Brentford	40	12	8	1	32	11	5	7	7	16	19	1.6	49	L	W	D	D	D	1970-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
6	0	Aldershot	39	13	5	1	45	18	4	8	8	23	35	1.283	47	D	L	D	W	W	1970-03-30	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Notts County	38	12	4	2	36	13	7	2	11	23	37	1.18	44	W	W	W	W	W	1970-03-30	Bradford	H
8	0	Scunthorpe United	41	11	6	4	33	19	6	3	11	26	38	1.035	43	W	W	L	W	L	1970-03-30	Darlington	A
9	1	Lincoln City	39	8	8	3	30	15	6	6	8	27	29	1.295	42	W	W	W	D	L	1970-03-30	Workington	A
10	2	Colchester United	38	12	5	3	33	18	3	7	8	21	31	1.102	42	W	W	L	D	D	1970-04-01	Chester	A
11	-2	Chester	39	11	3	6	33	21	7	2	10	17	36	0.877	41	L	L	L	D	W	1970-03-30	Exeter City	A
12	-1	Peterborough United	38	11	5	2	44	18	4	5	11	21	39	1.14	40	L	L	W	L	D	1970-03-30	Grimsby Town	H
13	0	Grimsby Town	38	7	8	4	24	17	5	6	8	18	26	0.977	38	D	W	D	L	L	1970-03-30	Peterborough United	A
14	0	York City	37	11	5	2	31	13	2	6	11	14	40	0.849	37	W	W	D	L	D	1970-03-31	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Northampton Town	38	10	5	5	33	14	2	5	11	17	31	1.111	34	L	D	L	L	W	1970-03-31	York City	H
16	0	Exeter City	42	11	4	5	44	18	1	6	15	9	38	0.946	34	L	L	W	L	D	1970-03-30	Chester	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	10	5	5	32	17	2	5	11	10	29	0.913	34	D	L	D	W	L	1970-03-31	Scunthorpe United	A
18	1	Oldham Athletic	39	8	4	7	35	22	2	8	10	13	32	0.889	32	W	L	D	W	L	1970-03-30	Aldershot	A
19	-1	Workington	41	8	7	5	27	18	2	5	14	11	39	0.667	32	D	L	D	W	D	1970-03-30	Lincoln City	H
20	2	Southend United	40	9	7	3	31	24	3	1	17	17	52	0.632	32	W	D	W	L	L	1970-03-31	Chesterfield	A
21	-1	Newport County	40	10	2	7	34	20	0	8	13	12	48	0.676	30	L	L	L	W	D	1970-03-30	Port Vale	H
22	-1	Hartlepool United	40	7	7	8	31	29	3	3	12	11	36	0.646	30	L	W	L	W	L	1970-03-31	Bradford	A
23	0	Darlington	39	4	7	8	22	26	5	3	12	21	41	0.642	28	L	L	L	L	W	1970-03-30	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Bradford	39	5	5	11	20	27	0	6	12	14	46	0.466	21	L	L	D	D	D	1970-03-30	Notts County	A