1970–71 Everton F.C. season

1970–71 season of Everton F.C.

Everton 1970–71 football season

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1970–71 season

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← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1970–71 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 14th in the table with 37 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	0.957	41
13	Stoke City	42	12	13	17	44	48	0.917	37
14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	0.900	37
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	36

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

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Charity Shield

Main article: 1970 FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1970	Chelsea	A	2–1	43,547	Whittle, Kendall

Football League First Division

Main article: 1970–71 Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
15 August 1970	Arsenal	H	2–2	50,248
18 August 1970	Burnley	H	1–1	44,717
22 August 1970	Leeds United	A	2–3	46,718
26 August 1970	Chelsea	A	2–2	48,195
29 August 1970	Manchester City	H	0–1	50,724
2 September 1970	Manchester United	A	0–2	49,599
5 September 1970	West Ham United	A	2–1	29,171
12 September 1970	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	41,596
19 September 1970	Blackpool	A	2–0	30,705
26 September 1970	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	43,443
3 October 1970	Coventry City	A	1–3	29,212
10 October 1970	Derby County	H	1–1	46,614
17 October 1970	Arsenal	A	0–4	50,053
24 October 1970	Newcastle United	H	3–1	43,135
31 October 1970	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	31,628
7 November 1970	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	39,255
14 November 1970	Stoke City	A	1–1	26,765
21 November 1970	Liverpool	A	2–3	53,777
28 November 1970	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	44,301
5 December 1970	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	27,658
12 December 1970	Southampton	H	4–1	31,139
19 December 1970	Leeds United	H	0–1	47,393
26 December 1970	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	30,178
9 January 1971	Burnley	A	2–2	17,512
16 January 1971	Chelsea	H	3–0	43,628
30 January 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	42,105
6 February 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	37,213
16 February 1971	Southampton	A	2–2	22,183
20 February 1971	Liverpool	H	0–0	56,846
23 February 1971	Manchester United	H	1–0	52,544
27 February 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–3	36,940
13 March 1971	Stoke City	H	2–0	38,924
17 March 1971	Newcastle United	A	1–2	22,874
20 March 1971	Nottingham Forest	A	2–3	21,643
30 March 1971	West Ham United	H	0–1	29,094
3 April 1971	Manchester City	A	0–3	26,885
6 April 1971	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	20,288
10 April 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	35,294
12 April 1971	Coventry City	H	3–0	24,371
17 April 1971	Derby County	A	1–3	28,793
24 April 1971	Blackpool	H	0–0	26,286
1 May 1971	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	21,590

FA Cup

Main article: 1970–71 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	2 January 1971	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	40,471
4	23 February 1971	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	54,857
5	13 February 1971	Derby County	H	1–0	53,490
6	6 March 1971	Colchester United	H	5–0	53,028
SF	27 March 1971	Liverpool	N	1–2	62,144	Ball
3rd	7 May 1971	Stoke City	N	2–3	5,031	Whittle, Ball

European Cup

Main article: 1970–71 European Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	16 September 1970	Keflavík	H	6–2	28,444	Ball (3), Royle (2), Kendall
2:2	30 September 1970	Keflavík	A	3–0	9,546	Royle (2), Whittle
3:1	21 October 1970	Borussia Mönchengladbach	A	1–1	29,340	Kendall
3:2	4 November 1970	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	1–1 (aet, Everton won 4–3 on penalties)	42,744	Morrissey
QF:1	9 March 1971	Panathinaikos	H	1–1	46,047	Johnson
QF:2	24 March 1971	Panathinaikos	A	0–0	25,000

Squad

References

v t e Everton Football Club
The club	History Players Managers Seasons Reserves and Academy Records and statistics Player of the Season International players In Europe
Home stadium	Anfield (1884–1892) Goodison Park (1892–2025) Everton Stadium (2025 proposed)
Training ground	Bellefield (1946–2007) Finch Farm (2007–present)
Miscellaneous	David France Collection Supporters St Luke's Church EvertonTV Former Players' Foundation Kirkby Project Prince Rupert's Tower Founding Fathers of Merseyside Football "Johnny Todd" Spirit of the Blues Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame
Rivalries	Merseyside derby
Affiliated academies	Asia–Pacific Football Academy Chang–Everton Football Academy
Affiliates	Everton Women Everton Tigers (no longer affiliated with Everton F.C.)
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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, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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

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