Football League Third Division 1969/70

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Football League Third Division 1969/70
Football League logo until 1988
master FC Orient
Climbers Orient Luton Town FC
Relegated Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
FC Southport
AFC Barrow
Stockport County
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,460  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer George Jones ( Bury FC )
← Football League Third Division 1968/69
^ Football League Second Division 1969/70

The Football League Third Division 1969/70 was the 43rd season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champions were FC Orient and second-placed Luton Town also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1970/71, the two second division teams Aston Villa and Preston North End ranked in the table below . Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic , Southport FC , Barrow AFC and Stockport County had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions FC Chesterfield and the AFC Wrexham , Swansea City and Port Vale, placed behind them , took the vacant positions in the following season 1970/71 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. FC Orient  46  25th  12  9 067:360 1.86 62:30
 2. Luton Town  46  23  14th  9 077:430 1.79 60:32
 3. Bristol Rovers  46  20th  16  10 080:590 1.36 56:36
 4th Fulham FC (A)  46  20th  15th  11 081:550 1.47 55:37
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion  46  23  9  14th 057:430 1.33 55:37
 6th Mansfield Town  46  21st  11  14th 070:490 1.43 53:39
 7th Barnsley FC  46  19th  15th  12 068:590 1.15 53:39
 8th. Reading FC  46  21st  11  14th 087:770 1.13 53:39
 9. Rochdale AFC (N)  46  18th  10  18th 069:600 1.15 46:46
10. Bradford City (N)  46  17th  12  17th 057:500 1.14 46:46
11. Doncaster Rovers (N)  46  17th  12  17th 052:540 0.96 46:46
12. Walsall FC  46  17th  12  17th 054:670 0.81 46:46
13. Torquay United  46  14th  17th  15th 062:590 1.05 45:47
14th Rotherham United  46  15th  14th  17th 062:540 1.15 44:48
15th Shrewsbury Town  46  13  18th  15th 062:630 0.98 44:48
16. Tranmere Rovers  46  14th  16  16 056:720 0.78 44:48
17th Plymouth Argyle  46  16  11  19th 056:640 0.88 43:49
18th Halifax Town (N)  46  14th  15th  17th 047:630 0.75 43:49
19th Bury FC (A)  46  15th  11  20th 075:800 0.94 41:51
20th Gillingham FC  46  13  13  20th 052:640 0.81 39:53
21st Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic  46  12  15th  19th 048:710 0.68 39:53
22nd Southport FC  48  14th  12  22nd 048:660 0.73 40:56
23. AFC Barrow  46  8th  14th  24 046:810 0.57 30:62
24. Stockport County  46  6th  11  29 027:710 0.38 23:69
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1970/71
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1970/71
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1970/71
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1968/69
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1968/69

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BSL BAR BOU BRA BHA BRR BUY DON FUL GIL HAL LUT MFT ORI PLY REA ROC RED SHR SOP STC GOAL TRA WHALE
    Barnsley FC 2: 1 1-0 3: 2 1: 2 2-0 3: 3 2: 1 3: 3 5: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 4: 3 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0
    AFC Barrow 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 4: 1 0: 4 0: 3 0: 1
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 3 1: 2 0: 3 1-0 3: 3 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2
    Bradford City 1: 1 3: 3 8: 1 1-0 2: 4 0: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 3 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0
    Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 0: 3 2-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 1
    Bristol Rovers 3: 3 2: 1 5: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 2 2-0 3-0 4: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 3: 3 3-0 1: 3 2-0 1-0 3: 1 3-0 3: 1
    Bury FC 1: 2 4-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4: 3 4: 1 1-0 8-0 4: 2
    Doncaster Rovers 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0
    Fulham FC 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 1 3: 1 2: 4 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4: 3 2: 1 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4-0
    Gillingham FC 1: 3 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 2 3: 3 0: 1 4-0 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 4 0: 2 2: 4 0-0 1: 3
    Halifax Town 0: 2 3-0 4: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 8 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1
    Luton Town 1: 1 3-0 0-0 5-0 1: 1 4-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 0: 2 5-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 3-0
    Mansfield Town 2-0 4: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 3: 3 0-0 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 5-0 4: 1 2-0 1: 2 0-0
    FC Orient 4: 2 2-0 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 3-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0
    Plymouth Argyle 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 3 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 3 0: 3 4: 2 1: 1 2-0 6-0 2: 1 1-0
    Reading FC 6: 2 6: 3 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 5 3: 2 1-0 0: 4 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 8-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 3
    Rochdale AFC 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 3: 3 2-0 0: 1 0-0 5-0 1: 2 2: 1 0: 3 2: 1 3: 2 4: 2 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 4-0 1: 2
    Rotherham United 2-0 5-0 3-0 2: 3 2-0 0-0 4: 3 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 2 0-0 3: 3 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 5: 1 0-0 1: 1 3-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1
    Southport FC 0: 1 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 0: 1 1-0 0-0 6: 2 0: 3 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 4: 2 2-0 0: 1
    Stockport County 1-0 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 4 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2
    Torquay United 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 5: 1 0-0
    Tranmere Rovers 0: 1 5-0 1: 5 1-0 2-0 5: 2 3: 2 1: 3 1-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 5 0-0 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0
    Walsall FC 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 3 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1-0 2-0 2: 2 4: 1 1: 4 0: 2 3: 2 4-0 0-0 0: 1 0-0

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland George Jones Bury FC 26th
    2 EnglandEngland Malcolm Macdonald Luton Town 25th
    3 EnglandEngland Les Chappell Reading FC 24
    4th EnglandEngland Steve Earle Fulham FC 22nd
    5 ScotlandScotland Ted MacDougall Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 21st

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 425