1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 1969–70 season was Swindon Town's first season in the Division Two after promotion from Division Three in 1969. In what proved to be a historic season for Swindon as the club added to its first major piece of silverware, the League Cup by winning the Anglo-Italian Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup.

Swindon Town
1969-70 season
ManagerFred Ford
GroundCounty Ground, Swindon
Division Two5th
FA CupQuarter-Finals
League Cup3rd Round
Anglo-Italian CupChampions
Anglo-Italian League CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arthur Horsfield (18)
All:
Arthur Horsfield (28)
Highest home attendance28,520
vs. Blackpool
Lowest home attendance10,221
vs. S.S.C. Napoli

Second Division
Main article: 1969–70 Football League § Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
3 Leicester City 42 19 13 10 64 50 1.280 51
4 Middlesbrough 42 20 10 12 55 45 1.222 50
5 Swindon Town 42 17 16 9 57 47 1.213 50
6 Sheffield United 42 22 5 15 73 38 1.921 49
7 Cardiff City 42 18 13 11 61 41 1.488 49 Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
Source:

Matchday results and line-ups

Division Three line-ups
Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
09/08/69Blackburn RoversA0–2

1 1st Substitution

F.A. Cup line-ups
Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
03/01/70Blackburn RoversA4–0DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers
24/01/70ChesterH4–2DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldC. JonesRogers
07/02/70Scunthorpe UnitedH3–1DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers
21/02/70Leeds UnitedH0–2DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfield1NobleRogersC. Jones1

1 1st Substitution.

League Cup line-ups
Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
02/09/69Swansea TownA3–1DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithHorsfieldSmartNobleRogers
24/09/69Oxford UnitedA0–1DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmith1HorsfieldSmartNobleRogersPenman1

1 1st Substitution.

Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup
Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
27/08/69AS RomaA1–2DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithHorsfield1SmartNobleRogersC. Jones1
10/09/69AS RomaH4–0DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBlickHarlandSmithHorsfieldSmartNobleRogers

1 1st Substitution

Anglo-Italian Cup
Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
02/05/70JuventusH4–0DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers
09/05/70NapoliH1–2R. JonesThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers
16/05/70JuventusA1–0R. JonesThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNoble1RogersC. Jones1
23/05/70NapoliA1–0R. JonesThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers
28/05/70NapoliA3–0R. JonesThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithSmartHorsfieldNobleRogers

1 1st Substitution and 2nd Substitution.

Appearances
Last updated 18 August 2014
No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision TwoFA CupLeague CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
DF Mick Blick 201+000+000+001+00
DF Frank Burrows 50238+024+002+006+00
MF Joe Butler 55242+014+012+007+00
MF David Dangerfield 101+000+000+000+00
DF Owen Dawson 404+000+000+000+00
FW David Down 100+100+000+000+00
GK Peter Downsborough 51042+004+002+003+00
DF Stan Harland 50041+004+002+003+00
MF Don Heath 17016+100+000+000+00
FW Arthur Horsfield 532840+0184+042+007+06
FW Chris Jones 2269+951+110+000+20
GK Roy Jones 400+000+000+004+00
FW Peter Noble 512139+0123+012+037+05
MF Willie Penman 201+000+000+100+00
FW Don Rogers 491236+094+012+007+02
MF Roger Smart 55542+024+012+007+02
MF John Smith 42327+224+012+007+00
DF Rod Thomas 54141+014+002+007+00
DF John Trollope 55342+024+012+007+00

References
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