1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town
1969-70 season
Manager Fred Ford
Ground County Ground, Swindon
Division Two 5th
FA Cup Quarter-Finals
League Cup 3rd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup 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
← 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

PosClubPWDLFAGAPts
1Huddersfield Town422412668371.83860
2Blackpool422013956451.24453
3Leicester City4219131064501.28051
4Middlesbrough4220101255451.22250
5Swindon Town421716957471.21350
6Sheffield United422251573381.92149
7Cardiff City4218131161411.48849
8Blackburn Rovers422071554501.08047
9Queens Park Rangers4217111466571.15845
10Millwall4215141356561.00044
11Norwich City4216111549461.06543
12Carlisle United4214131558561.03641
13Hull City4215111672701.02941
14Bristol City4213131654501.08039
15Oxford United4212151535420.83339
16Bolton Wanderers4212121854610.88536
17Portsmouth421392066800.82535
18Birmingham City4211112051780.65433
19Watford429132044570.77231
20Charlton Athletic427171835760.46131
21Aston Villa428132136620.58129
22Preston North End428122243630.68328

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 V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
03/01/70 Blackburn Rovers A 4–0 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
24/01/70 Chester H 4–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield C. Jones Rogers
07/02/70 Scunthorpe United H 3–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield NobleRogers
21/02/70 Leeds United H 0–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield1 NobleRogers C. Jones1

1 1st Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
02/09/69 Swansea Town A 3–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Horsfield Smart Noble Rogers
24/09/69 Oxford United A 0–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith1 Horsfield Smart Noble Rogers Penman1

1 1st Substitution.

Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
27/08/69 AS Roma A 1–2 DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithHorsfield1SmartNobleRogers C. Jones1
10/09/69 AS Roma H 4–0 DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBlickHarlandSmithHorsfieldSmartNobleRogers

1 1st Substitution

Anglo-Italian Cup

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
02/05/70 Juventus H 4–0 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
09/05/70 Napoli H 1–2 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
16/05/70 Juventus A 1–0 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble1 Rogers C. Jones1
23/05/70 Napoli A 1–0 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
28/05/70 Napoli A 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 TotalDivision Two FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF England Mick Blick 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland Frank Burrows 50 2 38+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
MF England Joe Butler 55 2 42+0 1 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0
MF England David Dangerfield 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England Owen Dawson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England David Down 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England Peter Downsborough 51 0 42+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF England Stan Harland 50 0 41+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF England Don Heath 17 0 16+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England Arthur Horsfield 53 28 40+0 18 4+0 4 2+0 0 7+0 6
FW England Chris Jones 22 6 9+9 5 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
GK England Roy Jones 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
FW England Peter Noble 51 21 39+0 12 3+0 1 2+0 3 7+0 5
MF Scotland Willie Penman 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW England Don Rogers 49 12 36+0 9 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 2
MF England Roger Smart 55 5 42+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 2
MF England John Smith 42 3 27+2 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0
DF Wales Rod Thomas 54 1 41+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 7+0 0
DF England John Trollope 55 3 42+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0

References

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