Football League Second Division 1969/70

Football League Second Division 1969/70
master	Huddersfield Town
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Huddersfield Town, Blackpool FC
Relegated	Aston Villa , Preston North End
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,207  (ø 2.61 per game)
Top scorer	John Hickton ( Middlesbrough FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1969/70 was the 67th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 9, 1969 and ended on April 20, 1970.

Second division champions were Huddersfield Town and also the second-placed Blackpool FC rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1970/71, the two first division clubs AFC Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday ranked in the table below . Aston Villa and Preston North End had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners FC Orient and third division champions Luton Town took the vacant positions in the following season 1970/71 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Huddersfield Town	42	24	12	6th	068:370	1.84	60:24
2.	Blackpool FC	42	20th	13	9	056:450	1.24	53:31
3.	Leicester City (A)	42	19th	13	10	064:500	1.28	51:33
4th	Middlesbrough FC	42	20th	10	12	055:450	1.22	50:34
5.	Swindon Town (N, L)	42	17th	16	9	057:470	1.21	50:34
6th	Sheffield United	42	22nd	5	15th	078:380	2.05	49:35
7th	Cardiff City	42	18th	13	11	061:410	1.49	49:35
8th.	Blackburn Rovers	42	20th	7th	15th	054:500	1.08	47:37
9.	Queens Park Rangers (A)	42	17th	11	14th	066:570	1.16	45:39
10.	Millwall FC	42	15th	14th	13	056:560	1.00	44:40
11.	Norwich City	42	16	11	15th	049:460	1.07	43:41
12.	Carlisle United	42	14th	13	15th	058:560	1.04	41:43
13.	Hull City	42	15th	11	16	072:700	1.03	41:43
14th	Bristol City	42	13	13	16	054:500	1.08	39:45
15th	Oxford United	42	12	15th	15th	035:420	0.83	39:45
16.	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	12	18th	054:610	0.89	36:48
17th	Portsmouth FC	42	13	9	20th	066:800	0.83	35:49
18th	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20th	051:780	0.65	33:51
19th	Watford FC (N)	42	9	13	20th	044:570	0.77	31:53
20th	Charlton Athletic	42	7th	17th	18th	035:760	0.46	31:53
21st	Aston Villa	42	8th	13	21st	036:620	0.58	29:55
22nd	Preston North End	42	8th	12	22nd	043:630	0.68	28:56

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1970/71

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1970/71

Participation in the 1970/71 European Cup Winners' Cup as a Welsh cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1968/69
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1968/69

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1969/70	AST	BIR	BLA	BLP	BOL	BRC	CAR	CAU	CHA	HUD	HUL	LEI	MID	Mil	NOR	OXF	POR	PNE	QPR	SHU	SWI	WAT
Aston Villa		0-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	4: 1	3: 2	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	0: 1	0-0	3: 5	0-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	0: 2
Birmingham City	0: 2		3-0	2: 3	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	2: 4	0: 1	0-0	2-0	3: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	3-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	1: 1		2: 1	3: 1	3: 3	1-0	1-0	3-0	0: 2	2: 1	3: 1	4-0	4-0	3: 1	2-0	0: 3	4: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	1-0
Blackpool FC	2: 1	2-0	0-0		1: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	0: 3
Bolton Wanderers	2: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 2		3: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 3	2: 1	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	6: 4	0-0	0: 1	2: 3
Bristol City	1-0	2-0	4-0	2: 1	2: 2		0: 2	0-0	6-0	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	4-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	2-0	0: 1	3: 3	1-0
Cardiff City	4-0	3: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	1-0		1: 1	1-0	0: 1	6-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	4: 2	3-0	2: 2	3: 1
Carlisle United	1: 1	4: 3	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 3		1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1-0	3: 2	0: 1	2: 2	5-0
Charlton Athletic	1-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1		1: 2	1: 4	0: 5	0: 2	2: 2	3-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0-0
Huddersfield Town	2-0	2-0	0: 1	2-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	4-0		2: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1
Hull City	3: 1	0-0	3-0	1-0	4: 2	2-0	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1	2: 3		4: 1	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	3: 3	3: 1	1: 2	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1
Leicester City	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2		2: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 1
Middlesbrough FC	1-0	4: 2	4: 1	0: 2	4-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1		3: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	3: 1
Millwall FC	2-0	6: 2	3: 1	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	4: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1		1-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0
Norwich City	3: 1	6-0	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3-0	2-0	2: 1		2-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1
Oxford United	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0		0: 2	3: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1
Portsmouth FC	0-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	0-0	3-0	4-0	5: 1	1: 3	1: 4	2: 3	2: 3	0: 1	1: 4	2: 1		4-0	1: 3	1: 5	3: 1	3: 1
Preston North End	1: 1	4: 1	0-0	0: 3	1: 3	0: 1	1: 2	3: 1	4: 1	1: 3	3: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2		0-0	2: 1	3: 1	3-0
Queens Park Rangers	4: 2	2: 1	2: 3	6: 1	0: 4	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	4: 2	3-0	1: 1	4-0	3: 2	4-0	1: 2	2-0	0-0		2: 1	2-0	2: 1
Sheffield United	5-0	6-0	4-0	2: 3	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	3: 1	1-0	5: 1	5-0	2-0	2-0		1: 2	1: 1
Swindon Town	1: 1	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	5-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 3	2: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1		1-0
Watford FC	3-0	2: 3	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	4-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	0-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Hickton	Middlesbrough FC	24

Web links

• England 1969-70. (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1969/70 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .