Football : Season Details : 1970

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

[Season 1969] [Season 1971]

Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Everton	66	3-16
2	Leeds United	57	5-6	FAC-F
3	Chelsea	55	4-7	FAC-W
4	Derby County	53	5-1
5	Liverpool	51	4-8
6	Coventry City	49	1-3
7	Newcastle United	47	3-5
8	Manchester United	45	5-25
9	Stoke City	45	5-7
10	Manchester City	43	7-4	CWC-W; LC-W
11	Tottenham Hotspur	43	4-20
12	Arsenal	42	2-44	UEFA-W
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	3-3
14	Burnley	39	4-23
15	Nottingham Forest	38	4-13
16	West Bromwich Albion	37	5-21	LC-F
17	West Ham United	36	2-12
18	Ipswich Town	31	2-2
19	Southampton	29	1-4
20	Crystal Palace	27	1-1
21	Sunderland	26	2-6
22	Sheffield Wednesday	25	7-11

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; CWC Cup Winners Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Manchester City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 aet
FA Cup Final	Chelsea 2 Leeds United 2 aet
FA Cup Final Replay	Chelsea 2 Leeds United 1 aet

European Cup Final	Feyenoord 2 Celtic 1 aet
Fairs Cup Final First Leg	Anderlecht 3 Arsenal 1
Fairs Cup Final Second Leg	Arsenal 3 Anderlecht 0 (agg 4 - 3)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Manchester City 2 Gornik Zabrze 1

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Chelsea won the FA Cup after a replay (at Old Trafford). This was the first FA Cup replay in a final since 1912.

Arsenal and Manchester City both won in Europe, the second time that two English clubs had won in Europe in the same season.

Arsenal won the Fairs Cup, their first trophy since 1953. Manchester City became the second club to complete a European and domestic double by winning the Cup Winners Cup and the League Cup.

Everton won a record-equalling 7th Championship.

Crystal Palace made their top division debut.

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The 1970 World Cup in Mexico
Brazil win the nineth World Cup.

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