1970-08-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	1	2	Liverpool	Turf Moor	25,783
Thomas	Lineups		Evans A, Hughes
Chelsea	2	1	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	46,969
Hutchinson 2	Lineups		O'Hare
Everton	2	2	Arsenal	Goodison Park	50,248
Morrissey, Royle	Lineups		George, Graham
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Blackpool	Leeds Road	22,787
Smith S 2, Worthington (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Leeds United	Old Trafford	59,365	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups		Jones
Newcastle United	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	38,346
Foggon, Smith, Gibb	Lineups		Dougan, Curran
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Coventry City	City Ground	25,137
Lyons, Storey-Moore	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Manchester City	The Dell	24,599
Davies	Lineups		Bell
Stoke City	0	0	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	17,039
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	53,640
Gilzean 2	Lineups		Greaves, Bennett
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns	24,127
	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	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Southampton	H
2	0	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Manchester United	A
3	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-17	Blackpool	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Stoke City	A
6	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-17	West Ham United	A
8	0	Everton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Burnley	H
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Leeds United	H
10	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-17	Arsenal	H
11	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Crystal Palace	A
12	0	Southampton	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Huddersfield Town	A
13	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Manchester City	H
14	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Coventry City	H
15	0	Stoke City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Newcastle United	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.67	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Derby County	H
18	0	Burnley	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Everton	A
19	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Chelsea	H
21	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-18	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-17	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's	30,785
Summerill, Vowden	Lineups		Bridges
Bolton Wanderers	4	2	Luton Town	Burnden Park	11,664
Wharton 3 (2p), Greaves	Lineups		Keen, MacDonald (p)
Bristol City	4	3	Sunderland	Ashton Gate	17,584
Sharpe 2, Skirton, Wimshurst	Lineups		Baker 2, Kerr
Leicester City	0	1	Cardiff City	Filbert Street	27,578
	Lineups		Clark
Middlesbrough	2	1	Carlisle United	Ayresome Park	21,228
Laidlaw, Hickton	Lineups		Sutton
Millwall	1	2	Oxford United	The Den, New Cross	9,895
Bolland	Lineups		Clarke C, Sloan
Norwich City	1	1	Portsmouth	Carrow Road	14,470
Silvester	Lineups		Piper
Orient	3	1	Sheffield United	Brisbane Road	10,584
Harper, Lazarus 2	Lineups		Addison
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough	16,752
Downes	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Hull City	County Ground	16,446
Noble	Lineups		Butler
Watford	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Vicarage Road	15,589
Walley 2	Lineups		Martin

				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	Orient	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	0	Birmingham City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Carlisle United	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Hull City	A
5	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	0	Watford	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Sunderland	A
7	0	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Charlton Athletic	A
8	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Millwall	H
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Middlesbrough	H
11	0	Norwich City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Luton Town	A
12	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	0	Swindon Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Watford	H
15	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Norwich City	H
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Orient	H
17	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Millwall	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Cardiff City	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Leicester City	H
20	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.33	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bristol City	H
22	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Queens Park Rangers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Fulham	Oakwell	8,929
	Lineups		Barrett
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	11,627
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	3	Aston Villa	Saltergate Recreation Ground	16,689	Largest home gate 1970-71
Pugh, Randall	Lineups		McMahon, Rioch B 2
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Mansfield Town	Belle Vue	8,147	Largest home gate 1970-71
Irvine	Lineups		Stenson, Roberts D
Gillingham	0	0	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	6,368
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Home Park	10,384
	Lineups		Beamish
Preston North End	1	1	Halifax Town	Deepdale	9,648
Heppolette	Lineups		McCarthy
Rochdale	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Spotland	4,466
Butler	Lineups		Jarman
Shrewsbury Town	4	2	Rotherham United	Gay Meadow	4,684
Wood 3, Moore	Lineups		Wood OG, Hague
Swansea City	0	2	Port Vale	Vetch Field	10,513
	Lineups		Wilson, Morgan
Walsall	1	2	Bradford City	Fellows Park	5,112
Taylor (p)	Lineups		O'Neill 2
Wrexham	3	2	Bury	Racecourse Ground	10,094
Griffiths 2 (1p), Kinsey	Lineups		Jones, White

				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	Shrewsbury Town	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Barnsley	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Rochdale	H
5	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Swansea City	H
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-21	Chesterfield	H
9	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Wrexham	H
11	0	Preston North End	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Torquay United	A
12	0	Rochdale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Port Vale	A
13	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Mansfield Town	A
14	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bury	A
15	0	Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Walsall	H
16	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Preston North End	H
17	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.67	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Gillingham	H
18	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Reading	A
22	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bradford City	A
23	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Aston Villa	A
24	0	Swansea City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Fulham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	6,126
Priscott, Sydenham	Lineups
Barrow	1	1	Darlington	Holker Street	3,764	Largest home gate 1970-71
Garbett	Lineups		Harding
Brentford	1	2	Chester	Griffin Park	6,477
Docherty	Lineups		Woodall, Tarbuck
Cambridge United	1	1	Lincoln City	Abbey Stadium	6,843
Meldrum	Lineups		Trevis
Colchester United	1	0	Hartlepool	Layer Road	4,866
Gibbs	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	5,456
Binney	Lineups		Keegan
Grimsby Town	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	4,538
Ross (p), Boylen, Brace, Woodward	Lineups		Fryatt
Newport County	0	1	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	4,515	Largest home gate 1970-71
	Lineups		Rankmore
Southend United	1	1	Southport	Roots Hall	8,881
Best	Lineups		Field
Stockport County	0	0	Peterborough United	Edgeley Park	4,123
	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	3,016	Largest home gate 1970-71
Wilson	Lineups		Hollett
York City	0	0	Notts County	Bootham Crescent	4,476
	Lineups

				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	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	0	Aldershot	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Peterborough United	A
3	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Colchester United	H
4	0	Colchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Chester	A
5	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Cambridge United	H
6	0	Barrow	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Notts County	A
7	0	Cambridge United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Northampton Town	A
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	York City	H
9	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Stockport County	H
10	0	Exeter City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Brentford	H
12	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Southend United	H
13	0	Southend United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Scunthorpe United	A
14	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-21	Newport County	H
15	0	Workington	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Hartlepool	A
16	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Barrow	H
17	0	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Aldershot	H
18	0	Stockport County	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Darlington	A
19	0	York City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	0	Brentford	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Lincoln City	A
21	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Exeter City	H
22	0	Hartlepool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Workington	H
23	0	Newport County	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-21	Southport	A
24	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1970-08-22	Grimsby Town	H