1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season

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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

Pos Club P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Huddersfield Town 42 24 12 6 68 37 1.838 60
2 Blackpool 42 20 13 9 56 45 1.244 53
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
7 Cardiff City 42 18 13 11 61 41 1.488 49
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 20 7 15 54 50 1.080 47
9 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 11 14 66 57 1.158 45
10 Millwall 42 15 14 13 56 56 1.000 44
11 Norwich City 42 16 11 15 49 46 1.065 43
12 Carlisle United 42 14 13 15 58 56 1.036 41
13 Hull City 42 15 11 16 72 70 1.029 41
14 Bristol City 42 13 13 16 54 50 1.080 39
15 Oxford United 42 12 15 15 35 42 0.833 39
16 Bolton Wanderers 42 12 12 18 54 61 0.885 36
17 Portsmouth 42 13 9 20 66 80 0.825 35
18 Birmingham City 42 11 11 20 51 78 0.654 33
19 Watford 42 9 13 20 44 57 0.772 31
20 Charlton Athletic 42 7 17 18 35 76 0.461 31
21 Aston Villa 42 8 13 21 36 62 0.581 29
22 Preston North End 42 8 12 22 43 63 0.683 28

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 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

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 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

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 Total Division 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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