Football League Third Division 1970/71
Football League Third Division 1970/71 | |
master | Preston North End |
Climbers | Preston North End Fulham FC |
Relegated |
Reading FC Bury Doncaster Rovers Gillingham FC |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,372 (ø 2.49 per game) |
Top scorer | Gerry Ingram ( Preston North End ) / Dudley Roberts ( Mansfield Town ) |
← Football League Third Division 1969/70 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1970/71 |
The Football League Third Division 1970/71 was the 44th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Preston North End and also the second-placed Fulham rose to the Football League Second Division . The two second division clubs Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, which are ranked in the table below, took the places for the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1971/72 . From the Third Division in the Football League Fourth Division dismount had the Reading FC , the FC Bury , the Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham FC . Instead of these clubs took in the following season 1971/72 the fourth division champion Notts County and the behind placed AFC Bournemouth (until 1971 "Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic"), Oldham Athletic and York City the free positions.
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Preston North End (A) | 46 | 22nd | 17th | 7th | 63:39 | 1.62 | 61:31 |
2. | Fulham FC | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 68:41 | 1.66 | 60:32 |
3. | Halifax Town | 46 | 22nd | 12 | 12 | 74:55 | 1.35 | 56:36 |
4th | Aston Villa (A) | 46 | 19th | 15th | 12 | 54:46 | 1.17 | 53:39 |
5. | Chesterfield FC (N) | 46 | 17th | 17th | 12 | 66:38 | 1.74 | 51:41 |
6th | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 19th | 13 | 14th | 69:50 | 1.38 | 51:41 |
7th | Mansfield Town | 46 | 18th | 15th | 13 | 64:62 | 1.03 | 51:41 |
8th. | Rotherham United | 46 | 17th | 16 | 13 | 64:60 | 1.07 | 50:42 |
9. | AFC Wrexham (N) | 46 | 18th | 13 | 15th | 72:65 | 1.11 | 49:43 |
10. | Torquay United | 46 | 19th | 11 | 16 | 54:57 | 0.95 | 49:43 |
11. | Swansea City (N) | 46 | 15th | 16 | 15th | 59:56 | 1.05 | 46:46 |
12. | Barnsley FC | 46 | 17th | 11 | 18th | 49:52 | 0.94 | 45:47 |
13. | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 58:62 | 0.94 | 45:47 |
14th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 14th | 16 | 16 | 50:47 | 1.06 | 44:48 |
15th | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 12 | 19th | 15th | 63:63 | 1.00 | 43:49 |
16. | Rochdale AFC | 46 | 14th | 15th | 17th | 61:68 | 0.90 | 43:49 |
17th | Port Vale (N) | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 52:59 | 0.88 | 42:50 |
18th | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 10 | 22nd | 14th | 45:55 | 0.82 | 42:50 |
19th | Bradford City | 46 | 13 | 14th | 19th | 49:62 | 0.79 | 40:52 |
20th | Walsall FC | 46 | 14th | 11 | 21st | 51:57 | 0.89 | 39:53 |
21st | Reading FC | 46 | 14th | 11 | 21st | 48:85 | 0.56 | 39:53 |
22nd | Bury FC | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 52:60 | 0.87 | 37:55 |
23. | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 45:66 | 0.68 | 35:57 |
24. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 42:67 | 0.63 | 33:59 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1969/70 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1969/70 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
AST | BSL | BRA | BHA | BRR | BUY | CHF | DON | FUL | GIL | HAL | MFT | PLY | PVA | PNE | REA | ROC | RED | SHR | SWA | GOAL | TRA | WHALE | WRE | |
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Aston Villa | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 4 | |
Barnsley FC | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | |
Bradford City | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | |
Bristol Rovers | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | |
Bury FC | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Chesterfield FC | 2: 3 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Fulham FC | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
Gillingham FC | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Halifax Town | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
Mansfield Town | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 5 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 5 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 6: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 4: 4 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Port Vale | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | |
Preston North End | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | |
Reading FC | 3: 5 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 5 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | |
Rochdale AFC | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 4: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | |
Rotherham United | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 7: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Swansea City | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | |
Torquay United | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 4 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | |
Walsall FC | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | |
Wrexham AFC | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 4 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gerry Ingram | Preston North End | 22nd |
= | Dudley Roberts | Mansfield Town | = |
3 | Kevin Randall | Chesterfield FC | 19th |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87, p. 425