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Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969–70 season.
Contents
Overview
Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on April 1, with a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on April 22, after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland went with them 7 days earlier losing 1–0 at home to Liverpool, which a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace.
League standings
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
First Division Results
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.