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

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

References

Swindon Town F.C. seasons

1969–70 in English football

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

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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