1969–70 Everton F.C. season

During the 1969–70 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They won their 7th League title finishing ahead of Leeds United and Chelsea.

Everton
1969–70 season
ManagerHarry Catterick
GroundGoodison Park
First Division1st
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerJoe Royle (23)

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton (C) 42 29 8 5 72 34 2.118 66 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Leeds United 42 21 15 6 84 49 1.714 57 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3 Chelsea 42 21 13 8 70 50 1.400 55 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Derby County 42 22 9 11 64 37 1.730 53 Qualification for the Watney Cup[b]
5 Liverpool 42 20 11 11 65 42 1.548 51 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1969–70 FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Derby County and Manchester United qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

Results

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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9 August 1969 1 Arsenal 0–1 Everton London
Hurst   84' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 44,364
13 August 1969 2 Manchester United 0–2 Everton Manchester
Hurst   38'
Ball   70'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 57,752
16 August 1969 3 Everton 2–1 Crystal Palace Liverpool
Morrissey   42'
Royle   69' (pen.)
Taylor   6' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 51,241
19 August 1969 4 Everton 3–0 Manchester United Liverpool
Ball   9'
Morrissey   21'
Royle   26'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 53,185
23 August 1969 5 Manchester City 1–1 Everton Manchester
Bowyer   53' Morrissey   2' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 43,366
26 August 1969 6 Everton 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Liverpool
Ball   28'
Royle   77'
Smith   62' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 46,480
30 August 1969 7 Everton 3–2 Leeds United Liverpool
Husband   4'
Royle   21', 49'
Bremner   52'
Clarke   75'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 53,253
6 September 1969 8 Derby County 2–1 Everton Derby
O'Hare   38'
Hector   65'
Kendall   68' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 37,708
13 September 1969 9 Everton 2–0 West Ham United Liverpool
Ball   72'
Husband   76'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 49,052
17 September 1969 10 Newcastle United 1–2 Everton Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Elliott   37' Husband   22', 49' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 37,094
20 September 1969 11 Ipswich Town 0–3 Everton Ipswich
Ball   45'
Royle   58'
Harvey   63'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 23,258
27 September 1969 12 Everton 4–2 Southampton Liverpool
Royle   12', 67' (pen.), 85'
Hurst   81'
Stokes   35'
Kemp   82'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 46,942
4 October 1969 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Everton Wolverhampton
Curran   49', 67' (pen.) Royle   16' (pen.)
Morrissey   37'
Harvey   64'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 40,838
8 October 1969 14 Crystal Palace 0–0 Everton London
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 33,967
11 October 1969 15 Everton 3–1 Sunderland Liverpool
Morrissey   26'
Kendall   40'
Royle   75' (pen.)
Tueart   24' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 47,271
18 October 1969 16 Everton 6–2 Stoke City Liverpool
Morrissey   11', 58'
Royle   17', 83' (pen.)
Husband   73'
Ball   89'
Burrows   33'
Dobing   62'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 48,663
25 October 1969 17 Coventry City 0–1 Everton Coventry
Royle   87' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 37,816
1 November 1969 18 Everton 1–0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
Wright   62' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 49,610
8 November 1969 19 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Everton West Bromwich
Astle   25'
Krzywicki   58'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 40,398
15 November 1969 20 Chelsea 1–1 Everton London
Osgood   11' Husband   6' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 49,895
22 November 1969 21 Everton 2–1 Burnley Liverpool
Hurst   13'
Royle   57'
Coates   43' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 46,380
6 December 1969 22 Everton 0–3 Liverpool Liverpool
Hughes   48'
Brown   54' (o.g.)
Graham   74'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 57,370
13 December 1969 23 West Ham United 0–1 Everton London
Whittle   27' Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 26,689
20 December 1969 24 Everton 1–0 Derby County Liverpool
Ball   87' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 44,914
23 December 1969 25 Everton 1–0 Manchester City Liverpool
Whittle   78' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 51,864
27 December 1969 26 Leeds United 2–1 Everton Leeds
Jones   16', 28' Whittle   60' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 46,770
10 January 1970 27 Everton 3–0 Ipswich Town Liverpool
Kendall   11'
Royle   71', 82'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 42,510
17 January 1970 28 Southampton 2–1 Everton Southampton
Channon   76', 88' Morrissey   86' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 27,156
24 January 1970 29 Everton 0–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 42,845
31 January 1970 30 Everton 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
Royle   32' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 45,681
14 February 1970 31 Everton 2–2 Arsenal Liverpool
Whittle   9', 70' George   2'
Radford   34'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 48,564
21 February 1970 32 Everton 0–0 Coventry City Liverpool
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 45,934
28 February 1970 33 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Everton Nottingham
Ingram   18' Royle   47' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,174
7 March 1970 34 Burnley 1–2 Everton Burnley
Kindon   15' Ball   14'
Hurst   40'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,114
11 March 1970 35 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Everton London
Whittle   16' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,764
14 March 1970 36 Everton 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Whittle   30'
Ball   40' (pen.)
Royle   87'
Gilzean   33'
Bond   72' (pen.)
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 51,533
21 March 1970 37 Liverpool 0–2 Everton Liverpool
Royle   11'
Whittle   48'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 54,496
28 March 1970 38 Everton 5–2 Chelsea Liverpool
Kendall   1'
Ball   4'
Royle   39', 47'
Whittle   57'
Dempsey   65'
Osgood   89'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 58,337
30 March 1970 39 Stoke City 0–1 Everton Stoke-on-Trent
Whittle   8' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 33,111
1 April 1970 40 Everton 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Liverpool
Whittle   20'
Harvey   65'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 58,523
4 April 1970 41 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Everton Sheffield
Morrissey   86' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 30,690
8 April 1970 42 Sunderland 0–0 Everton Sunderland
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 28,774

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League Cup

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3 September 1969 2nd Round Darlington 0–1 Everton Darlington
Ball   59' Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 13,860
24 September 1969 3rd Round Arsenal 0–0 Everton London
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 36,119
30 September 1969 3rd Round Replay Everton 1–0 Arsenal Liverpool
Kendall   48' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 41,140
14 October 1969 4th Round Manchester City 2–0 Everton Manchester
Bell   7'
Lee   43' (pen.)
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 45,643

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FA Cup

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3 January 1970 3rdRound Sheffield United 2–1 Everton Sheffield
Reece   48'
Addison   80'
Ball   15' (pen.) Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 29,116

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Squad

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References

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