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Ford's sponsorship of the competition is notable, with the 1970–71 season marking a watershed for sponsorship in English football. In addition to the Ford Sporting League, the season saw the first Watney Cup and first Texaco Cup, although The Football League itself turned down an offer of £600,000 to sponsor the Football League Cup.
Everton, one of the English game's dominant forces during the 1960s, had a strong start to the 1970s as league champions by a nine-point margin ahead of runners-up Leeds United, who had gone into the final stages of the season in contention for three major trophies but had failed to win any of them.
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The English football champions are the winners of the top-level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa ...
1971–72 in English football. ... ← 1970–71: ... The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever UEFA Cup and was contested by two English teams, ...
European Cup 1970: Won by Feyenoord after defeating Celtic FC by 2–1. [2] In May 1970 the England captain Bobby Moore was arrested in Colombia in the Bogotá Bracelet incident shortly before the beginning of the World Cup. [3] Paris Saint Germain (Paris, France) was founded. [4] World Cup 1970 Brazil wins the world cup 1970 [5]
Football League First Division; Season: 1970–71: Champions: Arsenal 8th English title: Relegated: Burnley Blackpool: European Cup: Arsenal: European Cup Winners' Cup: Liverpool Chelsea: UEFA Cup: Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton: Watney Cup: Manchester United West Bromwich Albion: Matches played: 462: Goals ...
The Football League was renamed to the English Football League, with all of the leagues and cup competitions it organizes including "EFL" in their titles. Manchester United equaled Arsenal's record of 12 FA Cups. Leicester City won the top tier title of English football for the first time in history, just 8 years after their relegation to the ...