Football League Second Division 1970/71

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Football League Second Division 1970/71
Football League logo until 1988
master Leicester City
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Leicester City, Sheffield United
Relegated Blackburn Rovers ,
Bolton Wanderers
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,141  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer John Hickton ( Middlesbrough FC )
← Football League Second Division 1969/70
^ Football League First Division 1970/71

The Football League Second Division 1970/71 was the 68th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 15, 1970 and ended on May 4, 1971.

Second division champion was Leicester City and also the second-placed Sheffield United rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams, the two first division clubs Burnley FC and Blackpool FC, which are ranked in the table below, took the places in the following second division season 1971/72 . The Blackburn Rovers and the Bolton Wanderers had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winner Preston North End and the third division champions FC Fulham took the vacant positions in the following season 1971/72 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Leicester City  42  23  13  6th 057:300 1.90 59:25
 2. Sheffield United  42  21st  14th  7th 073:390 1.87 56:28
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  20th  13  9 064:410 1.56 53:31
 4th Carlisle United  42  20th  13  9 065:430 1.51 53:31
 5. Hull City  42  19th  13  10 054:410 1.32 51:33
 6th Luton Town (N)  42  18th  13  11 062:430 1.44 49:35
 7th Middlesbrough FC  42  17th  14th  11 060:430 1.40 48:36
 8th. Millwall FC  42  19th  9  14th 059:420 1.40 47:37
 9. Birmingham City  42  17th  12  13 058:480 1.21 46:38
10. Norwich City  42  15th  14th  13 054:520 1.04 44:40
11. Queens Park Rangers  42  16  11  15th 058:530 1.09 43:41
12. Swindon Town  42  15th  12  15th 061:510 1.20 42:42
13. Sunderland AFC (A)  42  15th  12  15th 062:540 1.15 42:42
14th Oxford United  42  14th  14th  14th 041:480 0.85 42:42
15th Sheffield Wednesday (A)  42  12  12  18th 051:690 0.74 36:48
16. Portsmouth FC  42  10  14th  18th 046:610 0.75 34:50
17th FC Orient (N)  42  9  16  17th 029:510 0.57 34:50
18th Watford FC  42  10  13  19th 038:600 0.63 33:51
19th Bristol City  42  10  11  21st 046:640 0.72 31:53
20th Charlton Athletic  42  8th  14th  20th 041:650 0.63 30:54
21st Blackburn Rovers  42  6th  15th  21st 037:690 0.54 27:57
22nd Bolton Wanderers  42  7th  10  25th 035:740 0.47 24:60
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1971/72
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1971/72
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72 as Welsh Cup winner
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1969/70
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1969/70

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1970/71 BIR BLA BOL BRC CAR CAU CHA HUL LEI LUT MID Mil NOR ORI OXF POR QPR SHU SHW SUN SWI WAT
    Birmingham City 1-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Blackburn Rovers 2: 2 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 3 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 3
    Bolton Wanderers 3-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 0: 3 4-0 0-0 0: 3 4: 2 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 3 0: 3 0: 1
    Bristol City 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 3 0: 1 3: 2 0: 2 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 0: 4 2-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 4: 3 2: 1 3-0
    Cardiff City 2-0 4: 1 1-0 1-0 4-0 1: 1 5: 1 2: 2 0-0 3: 4 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 4-0 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1
    Carlisle United 0: 3 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 4: 2 2-0 3: 2 6-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 1
    Charlton Athletic 1: 1 2: 4 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 2 0: 3 0: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2
    Hull City 0: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 3-0 0: 2 1-0 2-0 1-0 5: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4: 4 4-0 2-0 1-0
    Leicester City 1: 4 1: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1
    Luton Town 3: 2 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 0-0 4-0 4-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1-0
    Middlesbrough FC 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 5-0 0: 1 0: 2 3: 2 6: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 3-0 2: 2
    Millwall FC 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 3-0 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 2 3-0
    Norwich City 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 2: 1
    FC Orient 0: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1
    Oxford United 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 0: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 0-0 2: 1
    Portsmouth FC 1-0 4: 1 4-0 1: 1 1: 3 1: 4 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 5 2-0 2: 1 0: 2 5-0
    Queens Park Rangers 5: 2 2-0 4-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 4 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 5: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 2 1-0 2-0 4: 2 1: 1
    Sheffield United 3-0 5-0 2: 2 3: 3 5: 1 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 3-0
    Sheffield Wednesday 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 3-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 1: 5 3-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1
    Sunderland AFC 2: 1 3: 2 4: 1 1-0 0: 4 2-0 3-0 0: 1 0-0 0-0 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 0-0 3: 1 5: 2 3: 3
    Swindon Town 1: 2 3-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3-0 3-0 3: 2 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 1: 1
    Watford FC 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 4 2-0 0-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 2

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland John Hickton Middlesbrough FC 25th

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1970/71 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .