1970–71 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1970–71 season.

Football League First Division

Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal (8th English title)
Relegated	Burnley Blackpool
1971–72 European Cup	Arsenal
FA Cup winners	Arsenal (4th FA Cup title) (first Arsenal double)
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool (Runners up of FA Cup 1970–71), Chelsea (defending champions)
1971–72 UEFA Cup	Leeds United, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,089 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	T. Brown (West Bromwich Albion), 28 [1]
Biggest home win	Southampton – Crystal Palace 6–0 (4 Mar 1971)
Biggest away win	Burnley – Manchester City 0–4 (19 Dec 1970)
Highest scoring	Arsenal – West Bromwich 6–2 (19 Sept 1970) Derby – Manchester United 4–4 (26 Dec 1970) Crystal Palace – Manchester United 3–5 (17 Apr 1971)
Longest winning run	Arsenal (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Leeds United (16)
Longest losing run	Blackpool (7)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Overview

Arsenal won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They also won the FA Cup to complete the club's first double. Arsenal wrapped up the title on 3 May, with a 1–0 win at North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Blackpool were relegated on 12 April, after only holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 0–0 draw at home. Burnley joined them on 24 April, after losing 2–1 at home to Derby County, which meant West Ham United's 1–1 draw at Manchester United saved the Hammers from relegation.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	42	18	3	0	41	6	11	4	6	30	23	2.448	65	Qualified for European Cup
2	Leeds United	42	16	2	3	40	12	11	8	2	32	18	2.400	64	Qualified for UEFA Cup
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	5	5	33	19	8	9	4	21	14	1.636	52	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	33	22	9	5	7	31	32	1.185	52	Qualified for UEFA Cup
5	Liverpool	42	11	10	0	30	10	6	7	8	12	14	1.750	51	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
6	Chelsea	42	12	6	3	34	21	6	9	6	18	21	1.238	51
7	Southampton	42	12	5	4	35	15	5	7	9	21	29	1.273	46	Qualified for UEFA Cup
8	Manchester United	42	9	6	6	29	24	7	5	9	36	42	0.985	43
9	Derby County	42	9	5	7	32	26	7	5	9	24	28	1.037	42[lower-alpha 2]
10	Coventry City	42	12	4	5	24	12	4	6	11	13	26	0.974	42
11	Manchester City	42	7	9	5	30	22	5	8	8	17	20	1.119	41
12	Newcastle United	42	9	9	3	27	16	5	4	12	17	30	0.957	41
13	Stoke City	42	10	7	4	28	11	2	6	13	16	37	0.917	37
14	Everton	42	10	7	4	32	16	2	6	13	22	44	0.900	37
15	Huddersfield Town	42	7	8	6	19	16	4	6	11	21	33	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest	42	9	4	8	29	26	5	4	12	13	35	0.689	36
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	8	4	34	25	1	7	13	24	50	0.773	35
18	Crystal Palace	42	9	5	7	24	24	3	6	12	15	33	0.684	35
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	4	8	28	22	3	6	12	14	26	0.875	34
20	West Ham United	42	6	8	7	28	30	4	6	11	19	30	0.783	34
21	Burnley	42	4	8	9	20	31	3	5	13	9	32	0.460	27	Relegated
22	Blackpool	42	3	9	9	22	31	1	6	14	12	35	0.515	23

Source:
(C) League Champions.
Notes:

1. Chelsea qualified as holders
2. Derby County had initially qualified for the 1970–71 Fairs Cup after finishing the 1969–70 First Division in 4th place, but were banned from entering the competition for financial irregularities.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BLP	BUR	CHE	COV	CRY	DER	EVE	HUD	IPS	LEE	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	SOU	STK	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	6–2	2–0	2–1
Blackpool	0–1		1–1	3–4	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–2
Burnley	1–2	1–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3
Chelsea	2–1	2–0	0–1		2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–2
Coventry City	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1		2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Crystal Palace	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–5	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1
Derby County	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–4	1–0		3–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–2
Everton	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–2
Huddersfield Town	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Ipswich Town	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0		2–4	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–3
Leeds United	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–0
Liverpool	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Manchester City	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2		3–4	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0
Manchester United	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–4		1–0	2–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Newcastle United	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2
Nottingham Forest	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–4	3–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	4–1
Southampton	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	6–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2
Stoke City	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–0		2–2	2–2	0–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–2	3–1		2–1	2–4
West Ham United	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		3–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team locations

Arsenal

Blackpool

Burnley

Chelsea

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Everton

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Southampton

Stoke

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1970–1971 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1970–1971

Top goalscorers

• Goalscorers are listed order of total goals, then according to the number of league goals, then of FA cup goals, then of League Cup goals. A dash means the team of the player in question did not participate in European competitions.

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Texaco Cup goals	Euro competitions[2]	Total
1	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	21	1	7	5	—	34
2	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	28	2	0	0	—	30
3	Ray Kennedy	Arsenal	19	2	2	—	3	26
4	Bobby Gould	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	2	0	5	—	24
5	Allan Clarke	Leeds United	19	1	0	—	3	23
6	Joe Royle	Everton	17	2	0	—	4	23
7	Ian Storey-Moore	Nottingham Forest	18	2	1	1	—	22
8	George Best	Manchester United	18	1	2	—	—	21
9	Ron Davies	Southampton	17	4	0	—	0	21
10	John Radford	Arsenal	15	2	1	—	3	21
11	Mick Channon	Southampton	18	1	1	—	0	20
12	Hugh Curran	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	0	0	4	—	20
13	Francis Lee	Manchester City	14	0	1	—	4	19
14	Colin Bell	Manchester City	13	4	0	—	2	19
15	John Toschack	Liverpool / Cardiff City	5 + 8	1	0	—	0 + 5	19
16	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United	12	2	0	—	5	19
17	Martin Peters	Tottenham Hotspur	9	2	4	4	—	19
18	John Ritchie	Stoke City	13	4	0	0	—	17
19	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	4	0	—	17
20	Denis Law	Manchester United	15	0	1	—	—	16
=	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	15	0	1	—	—	16
22	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	13	2	0	—	1	16
23	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	13	1	1	0	—	15
=	John O’Hare	Derby County	13	1	1	—	—	15
25	Alun Evans	Liverpool	10	1	1	—	3	15
26	John Tudor	Newcastle / Sheffield United	5 + 9	0	0	—	0	14
27	Keith Weller	Chelsea	13	0	1	—	0	14
28	Terry Conroy	Stoke City	11	2	1	0	—	14
29	George Graham	Arsenal	11	1	1	—	1	14
30	Neil Martin	Coventry / Nottingham Forest	1 + 9	2	0	0	2	14
31	Pop Robson	Newcastle United / West Ham United	3 + 9	0 + 1	0	—	0	13
32	Derek Dougan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	0	0	1	—	13
33	Alan Birchenall	Crystal Palace	10	1	2	—	—	13
34	Ernie Hunt	Coventry City	10	1	1	—	1	13
35	Brian Kidd	Manchester United	8	0	5	—	—	13
36	Kevin Hector	Derby County	11	0	1	—	—	12
37	/ Colin Viljoen	Ipswich Town	10	2	0	—	—	12
38	Alan Hinton	Derby County	10	1	1	—	—	12
39	Gerry Queen	Crystal Palace	9	0	3	—	—	12
40	Peter Cormack	Nottingham Forest	8	1	1	2	—	12
41	Frank Worthington	Huddersfield Town	9	2	0	—	—	11
42	Micky Burns	Blackpool	10	0	0	—	—	10
43	Frank James Clarke	Ipswich Town	8	2	0	—	—	10
44	Jimmy Greenhoff	Stoke City	7	3	0	0	—	10
45	Charlie George	Arsenal	5	5	0	—	0	10

• The listing above is from the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, pp. 465–468. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.[3]

References

1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
2. • The goals listed below in the European fields stem from the following competitions:
     • Everton participated in the 1970–71 European Cup.
     • Manchester City participated in the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup.
     • Arsenal, Coventry City, Leeds United (winners), Liverpool, and Newcastle United participated in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
     • Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, and Wolverhampton Wanderers participated in the 1970–71 Texaco Cup.
3. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, pp. 465–468. The Queen Anne Press Limited. Compiled by Tony Williams and Roy Peskett. Editorial Board: Denis Howell, Sir Matt Busby, David Coleman, Jimmy Hill, Tony Williams and Roy Peskett.

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