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

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

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 (?)

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