1970%E2%80%9371_Football_League

Second Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Leicester City
Promoted	Leicester City; Sheffield United
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers; Bolton Wanderers
Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City
Watney Cup	Carlisle United; Luton Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,141 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Hickton; (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Carlisle United 6–0 Portsmouth; (5 December 1970)
Biggest away win	Portsmouth 0–4 Sheffield United; (30 September 1970); Bristol City 0–4 Oxford United; (10 October 1970); Sheffield Wednesday 0–4 Luton Town; (10 October 1970); Sunderland 0–4 Cardiff City; (13 February 1971); Watford 0–4 Norwich City; (16 January 1971)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough 6–2 Queens Park Rangers; (26 September 1970); Hull City 4–4 Sheffield Wednesday; (26 December 1970)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

First Division
Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal; 8th English title
Relegated	Burnley; Blackpool
European Cup	Arsenal
European Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool; Chelsea
UEFA Cup	Leeds United; Tottenham Hotspur; Wolverhampton Wanderers; Southampton
Watney Cup	Manchester United; West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,089 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tony Brown; (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Southampton 6–0 Crystal Palace; (4 May 1971)
Biggest away win	Burnley 0–4 Manchester City; (19 December 1970)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 6–2 West Bromwich Albion; (19 September 1970); Derby County 4–4 Manchester United; (26 December 1970); Crystal Palace 3–5 Manchester United; (17 April 1971)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Arsenal
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches; Leeds United
Longest losing run	7 matches; Blackpool
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The Football League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Arsenal
New Club in League	Cambridge United
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

1970–71 Football League

72nd season of the Football League

The 1970–71 season was the 72nd completed season of The Football League.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Arsenal won the league championship at the home of their North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, with Ray Kennedy scoring the winner. This would soon be followed by their FA Cup final tie with Liverpool. They narrowly overcame Leeds to win the league, with a 12-point gap separating Leeds United from third-placed Tottenham. Wolves and Liverpool joined these two teams in the UEFA Cup. Chelsea missed out on the top five on goal average but compensated for this shortcoming by beating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Burnley and Blackpool (who won this year's Anglo-Italian Cup) were relegated to the Second Division. Burnley returned from 1973/74 to 1975/76 but it took Blackpool until the 2009–10 season to regain their top flight status after a 3–2 victory over Cardiff City in the Playoff Final (only to be relegated back after the 2010–11 season).

Wilf McGuinness was sacked after 18 unsuccessful months as manager of Manchester United. Sir Matt Busby was re-appointed as manager on a temporary basis, but never considered returning to his old job on a permanent basis. Leicester City manager Frank O'Farrell was appointed at the end of the season.

Leicester City and Sheffield United were promoted to the First Division. Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, two of the most famous and historic names in English football, were relegated to the Third Division.

Preston North End and Fulham finally had something to shout about by getting promoted to the Second Division. Halifax Town achieved its best ever league position, missing out on the Second Division by one place. Reading, Bury, Doncaster Rovers and Gillingham slid into the Fourth Division.

Notts County, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Oldham Athletic and York City were promoted to the Third Division. The Football League voted for the league's four bottom clubs to maintain their status.

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[table_note_res_CWC1R0.84311609754484-4] Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup.

[table_note_res_CHE0.84311609754484-5] Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WAC0.84311609754484-6] Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

[table_note_res_WAC7.9388264603628e-05-9] The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

[table_note_CAM7.9388264603628e-05-10] New club in the league; elected from Southern League

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Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 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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Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72, p. 148. 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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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	42	29	7	6	71	29	2.448	65	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Leeds United	42	27	10	5	72	30	2.400	64	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	14	9	54	33	1.636	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.185	52
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.750	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.238	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
8	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43	Qualification for the Watney Cup^{[lower-alpha 3]}
9	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	1.037	42
10	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	0.974	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	17	13	47	42	1.119	41
12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	0.957	41
13	Stoke City	42	12	13	17	44	48	0.917	37
14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	0.900	37
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	36
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	0.773	35	Qualification for the Watney Cup^{[lower-alpha 3]}
18	Crystal Palace	42	12	11	19	39	57	0.684	35
19	Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	0.875	34
20	West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	0.783	34
21	Burnley (R)	42	7	13	22	29	63	0.460	27	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackpool (R)	42	4	15	23	34	66	0.515	23	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Texaco Cup goals	Euro competitions	Total
1	Martin Chivers	Tottenham	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 Toshack	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 United / 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 City / 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	23	13	6	57	30	1.900	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield United (P)	42	21	14	7	73	39	1.872	56	Promotion to the First Division
3	Cardiff City	42	20	13	9	64	41	1.561	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Carlisle United	42	20	13	9	65	43	1.512	53	Qualification for the Watney Cup
5	Hull City	42	19	13	10	54	41	1.317	51
6	Luton Town	42	18	13	11	62	43	1.442	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
7	Middlesbrough	42	17	14	11	60	43	1.395	48
8	Millwall	42	19	9	14	59	42	1.405	47
9	Birmingham City	42	17	12	13	58	48	1.208	46
10	Norwich City	42	15	14	13	54	52	1.038	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	11	15	58	53	1.094	43
12	Swindon Town	42	15	12	15	61	51	1.196	42
13	Sunderland	42	15	12	15	52	54	0.963	42
14	Oxford United	42	14	14	14	41	48	0.854	42
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	12	18	51	69	0.739	36
16	Portsmouth	42	10	14	18	46	61	0.754	34
17	Orient	42	9	16	17	29	51	0.569	34
18	Watford	42	10	13	19	38	60	0.633	33
19	Bristol City	42	10	11	21	46	64	0.719	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	8	14	20	41	65	0.631	30
21	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	6	15	21	37	69	0.536	27	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Bolton Wanderers (R)	42	7	10	25	35	74	0.473	24	Relegation to the Third Division

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRI	CAR	CRL	CHA	HUL	LEI	LUT	MID	MIL	NWC	ORI	OXF	POR	QPR	SHU	SHW	SUN	SWI	WAT
Birmingham		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	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	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
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	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	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	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

1970%E2%80%9371_Football_League

1970–71 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

Results

Maps

Top scorers

Second Division

Results

Maps

Top scorers

Third Division

Results

Maps

Top scorers

Fourth Division

Results

Maps

Top scorers

See also

References

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Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Malcolm Macdonald	Luton Town	24	4	2	30
2	John Hickton	Middlesbrough	25	0	2	27
3	Bob Hatton	Carlisle United	18	2	4	24
4	Chris Chilton	Hull City	21	2	0	23
5	Rodney Marsh	Queens Park Rangers	21	1	1	23
6	Phil Summerill	Birmingham City	16	1	4	21
7	Don Rogers	Swindon Town	16	0	4	20
8	Alan Warboys	Cardiff City / Sheffield Wednesday	13 + 6	0	0	19
9	Barry Bridges	Millwall / Queens Park Rangers	15 + 2	0	0 + 1	18
10	Alistair Brown	Leicester City	15	2	0	17
11	Ken Foggo	Norwich City	15	1	1	17
12	Derek Possee	Millwall	14	1	2	17
13	Peter Silvester	Norwich City	15	0	1	16
14	David Watson	Sunderland / Rotherham United	4 + 9	0 + 3	0	16
15	Ron Wigg	Watford	13	2	1	16
16	Ken Wagstaff	Hull City	12	4	0	16
17	Alan Woodward	Sheffield United	15	0	0	15
=	Mick Prendergast	Sheffield Wednesday	15	0	0	15
=	Trevor Francis	Birmingham City	15	0	0	15
=	Brian Clark	Cardiff City	15	0	0	15
21	Peter Noble	Swindon Town	14	1	0	15
22	Hughie McIlmoyle	Middlesbrough	13	1	1	15
23	Bill Dearden	Sheffield United	14	0	0	14
24	Ray Hiron	Portsmouth	13	1	0	14
25	Arthur Horsfield	Swindon Town	11	1	2	14
26	Bob Latchford	Birmingham City	13	0	0	13
27	Bobby Owen	Carlisle United	11	2	0	13
28	Derrick Downing	Middlesbrough	11	1	1	13
29	Don Givens	Luton Town	11	0	2	13
30	Malcolm Partridge	Leicester City / Mansfield Town	3 + 3	3	4	13
31	John Galley	Bristol City	12	0	0	12
32	Dennis Martin	Carlisle United	10	1	1	12
33	Terry Venables	Queens Park Rangers	10	0	1	11
34	John Farrington	Leicester City	8	0	3	11
=	Chris Garland	Bristol City	8	0	3	11
36	Joe Baker	Sunderland	10	0	0	10
=	Harry Cripps	Millwall	10	0	0	10
38	Tony Currie	Sheffield United	9	0	1	10
=	Bobby Kerr	Sunderland	9	0	1	10
40	Mike Trebilcock	Portsmouth	8	2	0	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	46	22	17	7	63	39	1.615	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Fulham (P)	46	24	12	10	68	41	1.659	60	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Halifax Town	46	22	12	12	74	55	1.345	56	Qualification for the Watney Cup
4	Aston Villa	46	19	15	12	54	46	1.174	53
5	Chesterfield	46	17	17	12	66	38	1.737	51
6	Bristol Rovers	46	19	13	14	69	50	1.380	51
7	Mansfield Town	46	18	15	13	64	62	1.032	51
8	Rotherham United	46	17	16	13	64	60	1.067	50
9	Wrexham	46	18	13	15	72	65	1.108	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
10	Torquay United	46	19	11	16	54	57	0.947	49
11	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	59	56	1.054	46
12	Barnsley	46	17	11	18	49	52	0.942	45
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	58	62	0.935	45
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	14	16	16	50	47	1.064	44
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	19	15	63	63	1.000	43
16	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	61	68	0.897	43
17	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	52	59	0.881	42
18	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	22	14	45	55	0.818	42
19	Bradford City	46	13	14	19	49	62	0.790	40
20	Walsall	46	14	11	21	51	57	0.895	39
21	Reading (R)	46	14	11	21	48	85	0.565	39	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Bury (R)	46	12	13	21	52	60	0.867	37
23	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	13	9	24	45	66	0.682	35
24	Gillingham (R)	46	10	13	23	42	67	0.627	33

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Dave Gwyther	Swansea City	18	7	2	27
2	Dudley Roberts	Mansfield Town	22	1	1	24
3	Gerry Ingram	Preston North End	22	0	2	24
4	John Rudge	Torquay United	18	2	1	21
5	George Andrews	Shrewsbury Town	18	2	0	20
6	Ernie Moss	Chesterfield	16	3	1	20
7	Kevin Randall	Chesterfield	19	0	0	19
8	George Jones	Bury	18	1	0	19
9	Bill Atkins	Halifax Town	18	0	1	19
10	Robin Stubbs	Bristol Rovers	17	1	1	19
11	Bruce Bannister	Bradford City	16	3	0	19
12	Albert Kinsey	Wrexham	16	0	1	17
13	Les Barrett	Fulham	15	0	2	17
14	John James	Port Vale	15	0	0	15
15	Reg Jenkins	Rochdale	13	0	2	15
=	Steve Earle	Fulham	13	0	2	15
17	John Stenson	Mansfield Town	12	1	2	15
18	Ray Graydon	Bristol Rovers	13	0	1	14
=	Arfon Griffiths	Wrexham	13	0	1	14
20	Alf Arrowsmith	Rochdale	12	2	0	14
21	Gordon Cumming	Reading	11	3	0	14
22	Colin Taylor	Walsall	13	0	0	13
23	Harold Jarman	Bristol Rovers	12	1	0	13
=	Dick Habbin	Reading	12	1	0	13
25	Bobby Ham	Preston North End / Bradford City	10 + 2	0	0 + 1	13
26	Kit Napier	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	2	0	13
27	Tom White	Bury	11	1	1	13
28	Ken Beamish	Tranmere Rovers	10	0	3	13
29	Andy Lochhead	Aston Villa	9	0	4	13
30	Mike Green	Gillingham	11	1	0	12
31	Alf Wood	Shrewsbury Town	11	0	1	12
32	Ian Hamilton	Aston Villa	9	0	3	12
33	Pat McMahon	Aston Villa	8	0	4	12
34	Dave Lennard	Halifax Town	11	0	0	11
=	Don Hutchins	Plymouth Argyle	11	0	0	11
36	George Johnston	Fulham / Walsall	9 + 1	1	0	11
37	Geoff Vowden	Aston Villa / Birmingham City	5 + 3	0	0 + 3	11
38	Ronnie Moore	Tranmere Rovers	10	0	0	10
=	Brian Yeo	Gillingham	10	0	0	10
40	David Cross	Rochdale	9	1	0	10
=	Neil Hague	Rotherham United	9	1	0	10
42	Leslie Lea	Barnsley	9	1	0	10
43	Steve Briggs	Doncaster Rovers	9	0	1	10
=	Keith Brierley	Halifax Town	9	0	1	10
45	Brian Evans	Swansea City	7	3	0	10

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notts County	46	19	4	0	59	12	11	5	7	30	24	2.472	69	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	5	2	51	15	8	7	8	30	31	1.761	60	Promoted
3	Oldham Athletic	46	14	6	3	57	29	10	5	8	31	34	1.397	59
4	York City	46	16	6	1	45	14	7	4	12	33	40	1.444	56
5	Chester	46	17	2	4	42	18	7	5	11	27	37	1.255	55
6	Colchester United	46	14	6	3	44	19	7	6	10	26	35	1.296	54	Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Northampton Town	46	15	4	4	39	24	4	9	10	24	35	1.068	51
8	Southport	46	15	2	6	42	24	6	4	13	21	33	1.105	48
9	Exeter City	46	12	7	4	40	23	5	7	11	27	45	0.985	48
10	Workington	46	13	7	3	28	13	5	5	13	20	36	0.980	48
11	Stockport County	46	12	8	3	28	17	4	6	13	21	48	0.754	46
12	Darlington	46	15	3	5	42	22	2	8	13	16	35	1.018	45
13	Aldershot	46	8	10	5	32	23	6	7	10	34	48	0.930	45
14	Brentford	46	13	3	7	45	27	5	5	13	21	35	1.065	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	1	9	49	35	5	7	11	26	41	0.987	44	Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}
16	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	46	23	4	4	15	24	48	0.986	43
17	Scunthorpe United	46	9	7	7	36	23	6	6	11	20	38	0.918	43
18	Southend United	46	8	11	4	32	24	6	4	13	21	42	0.803	43
19	Grimsby Town	46	13	4	6	37	26	5	3	15	20	45	0.803	43
20	Cambridge United^{[lower-alpha 2]}	46	9	9	5	31	27	6	4	13	20	39	0.773	43
21	Lincoln City	46	11	4	8	45	33	2	9	12	25	38	0.986	39	Re-elected
22	Newport County	46	8	3	12	32	36	2	5	16	23	49	0.647	28
23	Hartlepool	46	6	10	7	28	27	2	2	19	6	47	0.459	28
24	Barrow	46	5	5	13	25	38	2	3	18	26	52	0.567	22

Rank	Scorer	Club	League goals	FA Cup goals	League Cup goals	Total
1	Ted MacDougall	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	7	0	49
2	Ray Crawford	Colchester United	25	7	0	32
3	Paul Aimson	York City	26	5	0	31
4	Jim Fryatt	Oldham Athletic	24	0	2	26
5	Jack Howarth	Aldershot	21	3	1	25
6	Phil Boyer	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic / York City	11 + 9	0 + 1	0 + 3	24
7	David Shaw^{[notes2 1]}	Oldham Athletic	23	0	0	23
8	Tony Hateley	Notts County	22	1	0	23
9	Pat Morrissey	Crewe Alexandra	20	1	1	22
10	Billy Best	Southend United	19	3	0	22
11	Alan Banks	Exeter City	21	0	0	21
12	Phil Hubbard	Lincoln City	18	1	0	19
13	Joe Gadston	Exeter City	18	0	1	19
14	Colin Garwood	Peterborough United	17	1	0	18
=	Alan Harding	Darlington	17	1	0	18
16	John Fairbrother	Northampton Town	15	1	2	18
17	Bobby Svarc	Lincoln City / Barrow	11 + 3	4	0	18
18	Ivan Hollett	Cambridge United / Crewe Alexandra	11 + 6	0	0	17
19	Alan Tarbuck	Chester	16	1	0	17
=	Sammy McMillan	Stockport County	16	1	0	17
=	Eddie Loyden	Chester	16	1	0	17
22	Bobby Ross	Brentford	15	1	0	16
23	Allan Gauden	Darlington	13	2	1	16
24	Derek Trevis	Lincoln City	13	1	2	16
25	Percy Freeman	Lincoln City	10	4	2	16
26	Dennis Brown	Aldershot	14	1	0	15
=	Roger Cross	Brentford	14	1	0	15
28	Fred Large	Northampton Town	14	0	1	15
29	Willie Brown	Newport County	13	0	2	15
30	Don Masson	Notts County	14	0	0	14
=	Eddie Garbett	Barrow	14	0	0	14
32	Alan McNeill	Oldham Athletic	13	1	0	14
=	Kevin McMahon	York City	13	1	0	14
=	Peter Graham	Darlington	13	1	0	14
=	Stan Bowles	Crewe Alexandra	13	1	0	14
36	Richie Barker	Notts County	13	0	0	13
37	Bob Moss	Peterborough United	11	2	0	13
38	John Docherty	Brentford	10	3	0	13
39	Tommy Robson	Peterborough United	12	0	0	12
=	Eric Redrobe	Southport	12	0	0	12
41	Nigel Cassidy	Oxford United / Scunthorpe United	4 + 7	1	0	12
42	Charlie Crickmore	Notts County	10	2	0	12
43	Bill Garner	Southend United	8	4	0	12
44	Les Bradd	Notts County	11	0	0	11
=	Terry Heath	Scunthorpe United	11	0	0	11
=	Jim Irvine	Barrow	11	0	0	11
=	Matt Tees	Grimsby Town / Luton Town	9 + 2	0	0	11
48	Jim Hall	Peterborough United	10	1	0	11
=	Keith Webber	Chester	10	1	0	11
50	Tommy Bryceland	Oldham Athletic	10	0	1	11
=	Kevin Keegan	Scunthorpe United	10	0	1	11
52	Stuart Brace	Grimsby Town	10	0	0	10
=	Alan Bradshaw	Crewe Alexandra	10	0	0	10
54	Rod Jones	Newport County	9	1	0	10
=	Eddie Rowles	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	1	0	10
56	Keith Bebbington	Oldham Athletic	9	0	1	10
57	Tommy Spratt	Workington	8	2	0	10