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The 1969–70 season was Liverpool Football Club's 78th season in existence and their eighth consecutive season in the First Division. This was a disappointing season, as the team finished fifth in the league after a promising start to the season while city rivals Everton won the championship title.
1969–70: Champions: Everton 7th English title: Relegated: Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday: European Cup: Everton: European Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea Manchester City: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Leeds United Liverpool Coventry City Newcastle United Arsenal: Watney Cup: Derby County Manchester United: Matches played: 462: Goals scored: 1,212 (2.62 ...
They wrapped up the title on 28 April 1969, with a 0–0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on 29 March, after losing 2–1 at home to Liverpool .
Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900–01 season, [2] and reached their first |FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. They won their first back-to-back titles in the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946–47 season, when they regained the league title.
2 66 26 2.538 67 Qualification for the European Cup first round: 2 Liverpool: 42 25 11 6 63 24 2.625 61 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round: 3 Everton: 42 21 15 6 77 36 2.139 57 4 Arsenal: 42 22 12 8 56 27 2.074 56 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round [a] 5 Chelsea: 42 20 10 12 73 53 1.377 50 6 Tottenham ...
26 April 1969 – Manchester City win the FA Cup with a Neil Young goal giving them a 1–0 win over relegation-threatened Leicester City in the Wembley final. [12] 28 April 1969 – Leeds United draw 0–0 with second-placed Liverpool at Anfield to clinch the First Division title for the first time in their history. [13]
The 1969–70 season was the 71st completed season of The Football League. Everton won their seventh league title, finishing nine points clear of Leeds United with Chelsea in third and newly promoted Derby County in fourth.
The 1969–70 season was the beginning of a transitional period for Liverpool, as players such as Hunt, St John and Yeats made their last appearances for the club. [42] A sixth-round loss to Watford in the FA Cup convinced Shankly that some of his older players should be moved on. [ 43 ]