Season 1970-71

[ Results Summary ]

Football League Division One

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 21 12 6 3 34 21
Away 21 6 9 6 18 21
Total 42 18 15 9 52 42
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
15th Aug 1970 Derby County (H) 46969 2-1 Houseman (2)
19th Manchester Utd (A) 50979 0-0  
22nd West Ham Utd (A) 39240 2-2 Weller (2)
26th Everton (H) 48195 2-2 Hollins, Mulligan
29th Arsenal (H) 53722 2-1 Dempsey, Weller
1st Sep 1970 Burnley (A) 14543 0-0  
5th Leeds Utd (A) 47662 0-1  
12th Wolverhampton (H) 34889 2-2 Harris, Hutchinson
19th Coventry City (A) 29328 1-0 Hollins
26th Ipswich Town (H) 38541 2-1 Hudson, Osgood
3rd Oct 1970 Liverpool (A) 46196 0-1  
10th Manchester City (H) 51903 1-1 Weller
17th Derby County (A) 35166 2-1 Weller (2)
24th Blackpool (A) 24940 4-3 Hatton (og), Webb, Weller (2)
31st Southampton (H) 44843 2-2 Hollins, Webb
7th Nov 1970 Huddersfield Town (A) 24631 1-0 Baldwin
14th Tottenham (H) 61277 0-2  
21st Stoke City (H) 36227 2-1 Bernard (og), Osgood
28th West Bromwich (A) 29374 2-2 Cooke, Weller
5th Dec 1970 Newcastle Utd (H) 39413 1-0 Weller
12th Nottm Forest (A) 20080 1-1 Weller
19th West Ham Utd (H) 42075 2-1 Osgood (2)
9th Jan 1971 Manchester Utd (H) 53482 1-2 Hudson
13th Crystal Palace (A) 40489 0-0  
16th Everton (A) 43648 0-3  
30th West Bromwich (H) 26874 4-1 Hollins (2), Hutchinson, Smethurst
6th Feb 1971 Newcastle Utd (A) 34366 1-0 Hudson
13th Wolverhampton (A) 34110 0-1  
17th Nottm Forest (H) 19339 2-0 Hollins, O'Kane (og)
20th Stoke City (A) 26959 2-1 Hutchinson, Smethurst
27th Southampton (A) 29937 0-0  
6th Mar 1971 Blackpool (H) 26530 2-0 Baldwin, Webb
13th Tottenham (A) 49292 1-2 Weller
20th Huddersfield (H) 28207 0-0  
27th Leeds Utd (H) 58452 3-1 Houseman (2), Osgood
3rd Apr 1971 Arsenal (A) 62087 0-2  
10th Crystal Palace (H) 38953 1-1 Webb
12th Liverpool (H) 38705 1-0 Lindsay (og)
17th Manchester City (A) 26120 1-1 Weller
24th Coventry City (H) 27517 2-1 Feely, Smethurst
26th Burnley (H) 14356 0-1  
1st May 1971 Ipswich Town (A) 24708 0-0  

Gate Statistics (Football League Division One)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 14356 (Burnley) 61277 (Tottenham) 830469 / 21 39546
Away 14543 (Burnley) 62087 (Arsenal) 733855 / 21 34945
All 14356 (Burnley, Home) 62087 (Arsenal, Away) 1564324 / 42 37246

Football League Division One

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Arsenal 42 29 7 6 71 29 65 +42
2 Leeds Utd 42 27 10 5 72 30 64 +42
3 Tottenham 42 19 14 9 54 33 52 +21
4 Wolverhampton 42 22 8 12 64 54 52 +10
5 Liverpool 42 17 17 8 42 24 51 +18
6 Chelsea 42 18 15 9 52 42 51 +10
7 Southampton 42 17 12 13 56 44 46 +12
8 Manchester Utd 42 16 11 15 65 66 43 -1
9 Derby County 42 16 10 16 56 54 42 +2
10 Coventry City 42 16 10 16 37 38 42 -1
11 Manchester City 42 12 17 13 47 42 41 +5
12 Newcastle Utd 42 14 13 15 44 46 41 -2
13 Stoke City 42 12 13 17 44 48 37 -4
14 Everton 42 12 13 17 54 60 37 -6
15 Huddersfield 42 11 14 17 40 49 36 -9
16 Nottm Forest 42 14 8 20 42 61 36 -19
17 West Bromwich 42 10 15 17 58 75 35 -17
18 Crystal Palace 42 12 11 19 39 57 35 -18
19 Ipswich Town 42 12 10 20 42 48 34 -6
20 West Ham Utd 42 10 14 18 47 60 34 -13
21 Burnley 42 7 13 22 29 63 27 -34
22 Blackpool 42 4 15 23 34 66 23 -32

European Cup-Winners' Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
10 7 2 1 17 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 1st Leg 16th Sep 1970 Aris Salonika (A) 50000 1-1 Hutchinson
2nd Leg 30th Sep 1970 Aris Salonika (H) 40425 5-1 (6-2 agg) Hinton, Hollins (2), Hutchinson (2)
2nd Round 1st Leg 21st Oct 1970 CSKA Sofia (A) 45000 1-0 Baldwin
2nd Leg 4th Nov 1970 CSKA Sofia (H) 41613 1-0 (2-0 agg) Webb
Quarter-Final 1st Leg 10th Mar 1971 Club Brugge (A) 23000 0-2  
2nd Leg 24th Mar 1971 Club Brugge (H) 45558 4-0 (4-2 agg) [aet; 2-0 ft] Baldwin, Houseman, Osgood (2)
Semi-Final 1st Leg 14th Apr 1971 Manchester City (H) 45595 1-0 Smethurst
2nd Leg 28th Apr 1971 Manchester City (A) 43663 1-0 (2-0 agg) Healey (og)
Final 19th May 1971 Real Madrid 45000 1-1 [aet] Osgood
Final Replay 21st May 1971 Real Madrid 24000 2-1 Dempsey, Osgood

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 1 1 1 4 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 2nd Jan 1971 Crystal Palace (A) 42123 2-2 Baldwin, Osgood
3rd Round Replay 6th Jan 1971 Crystal Palace (H) 55074 2-0 Baldwin, Houseman
4th Round 23rd Jan 1971 Manchester City (H) 50176 0-3  

League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
4 2 1 1 7 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 9th Sep 1970 Sheffield Wed (A) 15869 1-1 Osgood
2nd Round Replay 22nd Sep 1970 Sheffield Wed (H) 26646 2-1 Osgood, Webb
3rd Round 7th Oct 1970 Middlesbrough (H) 28597 3-2 Baldwin, Hutchinson, Weller
4th Round 28th Oct 1970 Manchester Utd (A) 47565 1-2 Hollins

Charity Shield

Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
8th Aug 1970 Everton (H) 43547 1-2 Hutchinson

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  ECW Cup   European Cup-Winners' Cup
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  Shield   Charity Shield

Player Total League ECW Cup FA Cup Lge Cup Shield
Keith Weller 14 13     1  
Peter Osgood 12 5 4 1 2  
John Hollins 9 6 2   1  
Ian Hutchinson 8 3 3   1 1
Tommy Baldwin 7 2 2 2 1  
Peter Houseman 6 4 1 1    
David Webb 6 4 1   1  
Derek Smethurst 4 3 1      
Alan Hudson 3 3        
John Dempsey 2 1 1      
Charlie Cooke 1 1        
Peter Feely 1 1        
Ron Harris 1 1        
Paddy Mulligan 1 1        
Marvin Hinton 1   1      
Total 76 48 16 4 7 1

Appearances

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  ECW Cup   European Cup-Winners' Cup
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  Shield   Charity Shield

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League ECW Cup FA Cup Lge Cup Shield
John Hollins 56/- 40/- 8/- 3/- 4/- 1/-
Ron Harris 56/- 38/- 10/- 3/- 4/- 1/-
Peter Houseman 53/1 36/1 9/- 3/- 4/- 1/-
David Webb 52/- 34/- 10/- 3/- 4/- 1/-
Keith Weller 46/5 32/4 7/1 3/- 3/- 1/-
Alan Hudson 44/1 33/1 9/-   1/- 1/-
Charlie Cooke 42/3 28/3 8/- 3/- 3/-  
Peter Bonetti 42/- 28/- 6/- 3/- 4/- 1/-
Peter Osgood 42/- 27/- 8/- 3/- 3/- 1/-
John Dempsey 38/3 29/2 7/- -/1 2/-  
Marvin Hinton 29/- 20/- 3/- 3/- 2/- 1/-
Ian Hutchinson 28/- 20/- 3/- 1/- 3/- 1/-
Johnny Boyle 27/3 19/1 4/2 3/- 1/-  
Tommy Baldwin 26/3 18/- 4/3 2/- 2/-  
Paddy Mulligan 25/2 16/1 5/1   3/- 1/-
John Phillips 18/- 14/- 4/-      
Eddie McCreadie 15/1 13/1 2/-      
Derek Smethurst 15/1 12/- 2/1   1/-  
Micky Droy 4/1 3/1 1/-      
Peter Feely 2/- 2/-        
Stewart Houston -/1       -/1  
Games Played 60 42 10 3 4 1