Teams 18 Runners-up St Helens | Winners Leeds | |
Structure Floodlit knockout championship | ||
1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
Contents
- Background
- Preliminary Round
- Round 1 First Round
- Round 2 Quarter Finals
- Round 3 Semi Finals
- Round 3 Semi Finals Replays
- Teams and Scorers
- The road to success
- References
1970 was the sixth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
This year was another new name on the trophy - and ALSO St Helens' third time in six years as runner-up
Leeds won the trophy by beating St Helens by the score of 9-5
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,612 and receipts were £2,189
Background
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
The format was changed slightly removing the two-legged home and away ties from the preliminary round and playing the whole competition on a knock-out basis.
The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen.
Preliminary Round
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Round 1 - First Round
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Round 2 -Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Round 3 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Round 3 – Semi-Finals - Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures