1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season

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Swindon Town
1969-70 season
ManagerFred Ford
GroundCounty Ground, Swindon
Division Two5th
FA CupQuarter-finals
League Cup3rd round
Anglo-Italian CupChampions
Anglo-Italian League CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arthur Horsfield (18)
All:
Arthur Horsfield (28)
Highest home attendance28,520
vs. Blackpool
Lowest home attendance10,221
vs. S.S.C. Napoli

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[edit]

Main article: 1969–70 Football League § Second Division

Pos Team
 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[a]
7 Cardiff City 42 18 13 11 61 41 1.488 49 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

Matchday results and line-ups[edit]

Division Three line-ups[edit]

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[edit]

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 Noble Rogers
21/02/70 Leeds United H 0–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield1 Noble Rogers C. Jones1

1 1st Substitution.

League Cup line-ups[edit]

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[edit]

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
27/08/69 AS Roma A 1–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Horsfield1 Smart Noble Rogers C. Jones1
10/09/69 AS Roma H 4–0 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Blick Harland Smith Horsfield Smart Noble Rogers

1 1st Substitution

Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

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[edit]

Last updated 18 August 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Division Two FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF England ENG Mick Blick 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Frank Burrows 50 2 38+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 6+0 0
MF England ENG Joe Butler 55 2 42+0 1 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0
MF England ENG David Dangerfield 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Owen Dawson 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG David Down 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Peter Downsborough 51 0 42+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Stan Harland 50 0 41+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
MF England ENG Don Heath 17 0 16+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Arthur Horsfield 53 28 40+0 18 4+0 4 2+0 0 7+0 6
FW England ENG Chris Jones 22 6 9+9 5 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
GK England ENG Roy Jones 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
FW England ENG Peter Noble 51 21 39+0 12 3+0 1 2+0 3 7+0 5
MF Scotland SCO Willie Penman 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Don Rogers 49 12 36+0 9 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 2
MF England ENG Roger Smart 55 5 42+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 2
MF England ENG John Smith 42 3 27+2 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0
DF Wales WAL Rod Thomas 54 1 41+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 7+0 0
DF England ENG John Trollope 55 3 42+0 2 4+0 1 2+0 0 7+0 0

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