The City Ground

SEASON: 1969-70

Prev Season: 1968-69
This Season: 1969-70
Next Season: 1970-71

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Carlisle United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Oxford United (H) 0-1)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (12 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	27 times	10 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	18 times	9 times	4 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	2 times	3 times	1 time	2 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Everton (0-1)
2		2	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Liverpool (1-1), Everton (1-1)
3		3	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Chelsea (1-1)
4		4	3	1	-	2	3	9	2	Leeds United (1-6), Liverpool (1-0), Derby County (1-3)
5		5	1	-	1	-	3	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-3)
6		6	4	2	2	-	9	5	6	Chelsea (1-1), Derby County (2-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-2), Newcastle United (2-2)
7		7	3	-	-	3	4	11	0	Leeds United (1-4), Coventry City (2-3), Coventry City (1-4)
8		8	3	-	3	-	5	5	3	Manchester City (2-2), Manchester United (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
9		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	7	10	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Arsenal (1-1)
11	14	11	3	1	-	2	3	4	2	Arsenal (1-2), West Ham United (1-0), Manchester United (1-2)
12	10	12	3	1	2	-	3	2	4	Stoke City (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-0), Manchester City (1-1)
13	22	13	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Newcastle United (1-3)
14	14	14	2	-	1	1	2	5	1	Burnley (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-4)
15	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	6	16	4	1	2	1	3	7	4	Stoke City (0-0), Southampton (2-1), West Ham United (1-1), Burnley (0-5)
17	4	17	2	-	1	1	0	4	1	Crystal Palace (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-4)
18	2	18	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Ipswich Town (1-0)
19	2	19	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Southampton (2-1)
20		20	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	Crystal Palace (1-1), Sunderland (2-1), Sheffield Wednesday (1-2)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	2	1	-	1	3	3	2	Sunderland (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Ipswich Town (0-0)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 42,074
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,569
Average League Attendance:: 28,847
Highest Cup Attendance:: 20,939
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 20,939

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1969-70)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Everton	42	29	8	5	72	34	17	3	1	46	19	12	5	4	26	15	2.118	66		1-1	0-1
2	Leeds United	42	21	15	6	84	49	15	4	2	50	19	6	11	4	34	30	1.714	57		1-4	1-6
3	Chelsea	42	21	13	8	70	50	13	7	1	36	18	8	6	7	34	32	1.400	55		1-1	1-1
4	Derby County	42	22	9	11	64	37	15	3	3	45	14	7	6	8	19	23	1.730	53		1-3	2-0
5	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	65	42	10	7	4	34	20	10	4	7	31	22	1.548	51		1-0	1-1
6	Coventry City	42	19	11	12	58	48	9	6	6	35	28	10	5	6	23	20	1.208	49		1-4	2-3
7	Newcastle United	42	17	13	12	57	35	14	2	5	42	16	3	11	7	15	19	1.629	47		2-2	1-3
8	Manchester United	42	14	17	11	66	61	8	9	4	37	27	6	8	7	29	34	1.082	45		1-2	1-1
9	Stoke City	42	15	15	12	56	52	10	7	4	31	23	5	8	8	25	29	1.077	45		0-0	1-1
10	Manchester City	42	16	11	15	55	48	8	6	7	25	22	8	5	8	30	26	1.146	43		2-2	1-1
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	9	16	54	55	11	2	8	27	21	6	7	8	27	34	.982	43		2-2	1-4
12	Arsenal	42	12	18	12	51	49	7	10	4	29	23	5	8	8	22	26	1.041	42		1-1	1-2
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	16	14	55	57	8	8	5	30	23	4	8	9	25	34	.965	40		4-2	3-3
14	Burnley	42	12	15	15	56	61	7	7	7	33	29	5	8	8	23	32	.918	39		1-1	0-5
15	Nottingham Forest	42	10	18	14	50	71	8	9	4	28	28	2	9	10	22	43	.704	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	9	19	58	66	10	6	5	39	25	4	3	14	19	41	.879	37		1-0	0-4
17	West Ham United	42	12	12	18	51	60	8	8	5	28	21	4	4	13	23	39	.850	36		1-0	1-1
18	Ipswich Town	42	10	11	21	40	63	9	5	7	23	20	1	6	14	17	43	.635	31		1-0	0-0
19	Southampton	42	6	17	19	46	67	3	12	6	24	27	3	5	13	22	40	.687	29		2-1	2-1
20	Crystal Palace	42	6	15	21	34	68	5	6	10	20	36	1	9	11	14	32	.500	27		0-0	1-1
21	Sunderland	42	6	14	22	30	68	4	11	6	17	24	2	3	16	13	44	.441	26		2-1	1-2
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	9	25	40	71	6	5	10	23	27	2	4	15	17	44	.563	25		2-1	1-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 09, 1969	Ipswich Town	A	0-0	Draw	-	14
2	Tue Aug 12, 1969	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	-	10
3	Sat Aug 16, 1969	Leeds United	H	1-4	Loss	-	18	Rees (?)
4	Wed Aug 20, 1969	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	-	14	Lyons (?)
5	Sat Aug 23, 1969	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	30,290	19	Storey-Moore (?)
6	Tue Aug 26, 1969	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win	-	13	Storey-Moore (?)
7	Sat Aug 30, 1969	West Ham United	H	1-0	Win	29,097	11	Hilley (?)
8	Sat Sep 06, 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-3	Draw	-	11	Newton (?, ?), Rees (?)
9	Sat Sep 13, 1969	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	23,220	10	Storey-Moore (?, ?)
10	Tue Sep 16, 1969	Coventry City	A	2-3	Loss	26,038	10	Rees (?), Collier (?)
11	Sat Sep 20, 1969	Sunderland	A	1-2	Loss	-	12	Hilley (?)
12	Sat Sep 27, 1969	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	Draw	-	12
13	Sat Oct 04, 1969	Liverpool	A	1-1	Draw	44,859	13	Newton (?)
14	Sat Oct 11, 1969	Manchester City	H	2-2	Draw	-	13	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)
15	Sat Oct 18, 1969	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	53,702	13	Storey-Moore (?)
16	Sat Oct 25, 1969	Burnley	H	1-1	Draw	-	12	Lyons (?)
17	Wed Oct 29, 1969	Leeds United	A	1-6	Loss	-	14	Newton (?)
18	Sat Nov 01, 1969	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	49,610	15
19	Sat Nov 08, 1969	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	24,034	15	Rees (?), Storey-Moore (?)
20	Sat Nov 15, 1969	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	24,307	16	Hilley (?)
21	Sat Nov 22, 1969	Chelsea	H	1-1	Draw	23,808	16	Newton (?)
22	Sat Nov 29, 1969	Derby County	A	2-0	Win	38,225	14	Lyons (?), Storey-Moore (?)
23	Sat Dec 06, 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	Win	-	14	Rees (?), Hilley (?)
24	Sat Dec 13, 1969	Southampton	A	2-1	Win	20,153	13	Newton (?), Storey-Moore (?)
25	Sat Dec 20, 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4-2	Win	-	12	Hindley (?), Hilley (?, ?), Storey-Moore (?)
26	Fri Dec 26, 1969	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	38,915	14	Rees (?)
27	Sat Dec 27, 1969	West Ham United	A	1-1	Draw	31,829	13	Storey-Moore (?)
28	Sat Jan 17, 1970	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	Draw	-	14	Chapman (?)
29	Sat Jan 24, 1970	Sunderland	H	2-1	Win	-	11	Ingram (?), Irwin (? OG)
30	Sat Jan 31, 1970	Liverpool	H	1-0	Win	30,838	10	Richardson (?)
31	Sat Feb 07, 1970	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	-	10	Hilley (?)
32	Sat Feb 21, 1970	Burnley	A	0-5	Loss	-	12
33	Sat Feb 28, 1970	Everton	H	1-1	Draw	29,174	13	Ingram (?)
34	Sat Mar 07, 1970	Chelsea	A	1-1	Draw	38,280	12	McCaffrey (?)
35	Sat Mar 14, 1970	Derby County	H	1-3	Loss	42,074	13	Newton (?)
36	Sat Mar 21, 1970	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	-	13	Rees (?)
37	Fri Mar 27, 1970	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	Loss	36,947	14	Chapman (?)
38	Sat Mar 28, 1970	Newcastle United	H	2-2	Draw	21,360	14	Lyons (?), Hilley (?)
39	Tue Mar 31, 1970	Manchester United	H	1-2	Loss	39,228	15	Hindley (?)
40	Sat Apr 04, 1970	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-4	Loss	-	17
41	Tue Apr 07, 1970	Coventry City	H	1-4	Loss	15,569	17	Rees (?)
42	Fri Apr 10, 1970	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	Win	-	14	Ingram (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 03, 1970	Carlisle United	3			H	0-0	Draw	-
Tue Jan 06, 1970	Carlisle United	3	Y	1	A	1-2	Loss	-	McCaffrey (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 03, 1969	Barrow	2	A	2-1	Win	-	Barnwell (?), Storey-Moore (?)
Tue Sep 23, 1969	West Ham United	3	H	1-0	Win	20,939	Lyons (?)
Wed Oct 15, 1969	Oxford United	4	H	0-1	Loss	-

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Apr 28, 1970	Notts County		H	2-0	Win	-	Lyons (?), Ingram (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Jul 28, 1969	Scunthorpe United	England	A	4-6	Loss	-	McKenzie (?, ?), ? (?, ?)
Wed Jul 30, 1969	Maastrich	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	-
Fri Aug 01, 1969	Rot-Weiss Essen	Germany	A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 17, 1969	Rot-Weiss Essen	Germany	H	1-0	Win	4,864	Lyons (?)
Tue Apr 14, 1970	Den Haag	Netherlands	H	2-4	Loss	-	Hilley (?, ?)
Tue May 12, 1970	Den Haag	Netherlands	A	2-3	Loss	-	Hilley (?), Ingram (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (9)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Dave Hollins	Loan In			Alan Hill	Retired
	John Piekalnietis	Bought			Bob McKinlay	Retired
Jan 17, 1970	Alex Ingram	Bought			Colin Hall	Sold
Mar 01, 1970	Eric Hulme	Bought			John Piekalnietis	Sold
Apr 04, 1970	Peter Cormack	Bought	£85,000		Len Harris	Sold
					Peter Grummitt	Sold
					Raymond Bridgett	Sold
				Jan 17, 1970	Terry Hennessey	Sold
				Feb 21, 1970	John Barnwell	Released

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alan Hill	36	11	15	10
GK		Dave Hollins	9	1	2	6
GK		Eric Hulme
GK		Peter Grummitt	2		2
D		Bill Brindley	1			1						3
D		Bob McKinlay	5		3	2						1
D		Len Harris	1			1
D		Raymond Bridgett	1			1
D		Terry Hennessey	24	5	12	7
M		Alex Ingram	15	3	5	7	3
M		Henry Newton	46	11	19	16	7
M		James McCaffrey	2	1		1	2					6
M		John Cottam	1		1
M		Liam O'Kane	28	8	8	12						4
F		Barry Lyons	41	11	17	13	6
F		Colin Hall	9	2	6	1						5
F		Dave Hilley	41	11	16	14	8
F		Duncan McKenzie	1			1
F		Graham Collier	6	1	2	3	1
F		Ian Storey-Moore	35	11	15	9	12
F		John Barnwell	15	5	5	5	1					5
F		John Winfield	45	12	19	14
F		Paul Richardson	30	5	14	11	1					1
F		Peter Cormack	1			1
F		Peter Hindley	46	12	19	15	2
F		Ronnie Rees	37	10	14	13	8
F		Sammy Chapman	39	12	15	12	2
		John Piekalnietis										1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
12	Ian Storey-Moore	35
8	Dave Hilley	41
8	Ronnie Rees	37
7	Henry Newton	46
6	Barry Lyons	41
3	Alex Ingram	15
2	James McCaffrey	2
2	Peter Hindley	46
2	Sammy Chapman	39
1	Graham Collier	6
1	John Barnwell	15
1	Paul Richardson	30

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1969-70

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Southampton	Sat Sep 13, 1969	H	2-1	Sat Dec 13, 1969	A	2-1