SEASON: 1969-70
- 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)
- Competitive Games:
- 47
- Competitive Goals:
- 54
- Goals per game:
- 1.1
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 38 out of 84 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 45.2%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
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.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
League Cup
County Cup
Pre-Season Friendly
Friendly
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
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 |
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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.
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 | Leg | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 |
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Tue Apr 28, 1970 | Notts County | H | 2-0 | Win | - | Lyons (?), Ingram (?) |
Pre-Season Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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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 |
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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) | |||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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Southampton | Sat Sep 13, 1969 | H | 2-1 | Sat Dec 13, 1969 | A | 2-1 |