1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season

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Swindon Town 1969-70 football season

Swindon Town

1969-70 season

Manager

Fred Ford

Ground

County Ground, Swindon

5th

Quarter-finals

3rd round

Champions

Anglo-Italian League Cup

Champions

Top goalscorer

League:
Arthur Horsfield (18)
All:
Arthur Horsfield (28)

Highest home attendance

28,520
vs. Blackpool

Lowest home attendance

10,221
vs. S.S.C. Napoli

Home colours

← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was Swindon Town's first season in the Division Two after promotion from Division Three in 1969. In what proved to be a historic season for Swindon as the club added to its first major piece of silverware, the League Cup by winning the Anglo-Italian Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup.

Second Division

Main article: 1969–70 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	1.280	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	1.222	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	1.921	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	1.488	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.
Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

Matchday results and line-ups

Division Three line-ups

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12
09/08/69	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2

₁ 1st Substitution

F.A. Cup line-ups

Date

Opposition

Score

03/01/70

Blackburn Rovers

4–0

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

24/01/70

Chester

4–2

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

C. Jones

Rogers

07/02/70

Scunthorpe United

3–1

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

21/02/70

Leeds United

0–2

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield₁

Noble

Rogers

C. Jones₁

₁ 1st Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date

Opposition

Score

02/09/69

Swansea Town

3–1

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Horsfield

Smart

Noble

Rogers

24/09/69

Oxford United

0–1

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith₁

Horsfield

Smart

Noble

Rogers

Penman₁

₁ 1st Substitution.

Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup

Date

Opposition

Score

27/08/69

AS Roma

1–2

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Horsfield₁

Smart

Noble

Rogers

C. Jones₁

10/09/69

AS Roma

4–0

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Blick

Harland

Smith

Horsfield

Smart

Noble

Rogers

₁ 1st Substitution

Anglo-Italian Cup

Date

Opposition

Score

02/05/70

Juventus

4–0

Downsborough

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

09/05/70

Napoli

1–2

R. Jones

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

16/05/70

Juventus

1–0

R. Jones

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble₁

Rogers

C. Jones₁

23/05/70

Napoli

1–0

R. Jones

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

28/05/70

Napoli

3–0

R. Jones

Thomas

Trollope

Butler

Burrows

Harland

Smith

Smart

Horsfield

Noble

Rogers

₁ 1st Substitution and 2nd Substitution.

Appearances

Last updated 18 August 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Mick Blick	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Frank Burrows	50	2	38+0	2	4+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Butler	55	2	42+0	1	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Dangerfield	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Owen Dawson	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	David Down	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Peter Downsborough	51	0	42+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Stan Harland	50	0	41+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Heath	17	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Horsfield	53	28	40+0	18	4+0	4	2+0	0	7+0	6
	FW	ENG	Chris Jones	22	6	9+9	5	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+2	0
	GK	ENG	Roy Jones	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Noble	51	21	39+0	12	3+0	1	2+0	3	7+0	5
	MF	SCO	Willie Penman	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Rogers	49	12	36+0	9	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	2
	MF	ENG	Roger Smart	55	5	42+0	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	2
	MF	ENG	John Smith	42	3	27+2	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0
	DF	WAL	Rod Thomas	54	1	41+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Trollope	55	3	42+0	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0

Notes

References

v t e Swindon Town F.C. seasons
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1969–70 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town Hull City Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Barnsley Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall
Fourth Division	Aldershot Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City

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