Leicester City 1969-70 season

Leicester City 1969-70 season | FoxesHistory

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Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Outcome
Division Two (old)	42	19	13	10	64	50	3rd
FA Cup	5	2	2	1	6	5	5th round
League Cup	7	3	3	1	8	3	5th round
All matches	54	24	18	12	78	58

All matches (54)

#	DATE	POS		RESULT	OPPOSITION	COMPETITION
1	09.08.1969	7	W	3 - 1	Birmingham City (H)	Division Two (old)
2	16.08.1969	11	L	1 - 2	Middlesbrough (A)	Division Two (old)
3	20.08.1969	12	D	2 - 2	Bolton Wanderers (H)	Division Two (old)
4	23.08.1969	10	W	3 - 0	Norwich City (H)	Division Two (old)
5	27.08.1969	6	W	1 - 0	Aston Villa (A)	Division Two (old)
6	30.08.1969	4	W	1 - 0	Millwall (A)	Division Two (old)
7	02.09.1969	-	D	0 - 0	Bristol City (A)	League Cup 2
8	06.09.1969	2	W	2 - 1	Portsmouth (H)	Division Two (old)
9	10.09.1969	-	D	0 - 0	Bristol City (H)	League Cup 2 rep
10	13.09.1969	3	D	1 - 1	Cardiff City (A)	Division Two (old)
11	15.09.1969	-	W	3 - 1	Bristol City (H)	League Cup 2 rep 2
12	17.09.1969	3	L	1 - 2	Carlisle United (H)	Division Two (old)
13	20.09.1969	4	D	1 - 1	Huddersfield Town (H)	Division Two (old)
14	24.09.1969	-	W	2 - 0	Bournemouth (A)	League Cup 3
15	27.09.1969	5	D	1 - 1	Swindon Town (A)	Division Two (old)
16	04.10.1969	5	W	3 - 1	Watford (H)	Division Two (old)
17	08.10.1969	4	W	2 - 1	Middlesbrough (H)	Division Two (old)
18	11.10.1969	5	L	1 - 2	Preston North End (A)	Division Two (old)
19	15.10.1969	-	W	2 - 0	Sheffield United (H)	League Cup 4
20	18.10.1969	5	W	2 - 0	Bristol City (H)	Division Two (old)
21	25.10.1969	5	L	1 - 3	Blackburn Rovers (A)	Division Two (old)
22	29.10.1969	-	D	0 - 0	West Bromwich Albion (H)	League Cup 5
23	01.11.1969	5	W	2 - 1	Oxford United (H)	Division Two (old)
24	05.11.1969	-	L	1 - 2	West Bromwich Albion (A)	League Cup 5 rep
25	08.11.1969	4	D	1 - 1	Blackpool (A)	Division Two (old)
26	12.11.1969	4	W	3 - 2	Bolton Wanderers (A)	Division Two (old)
27	15.11.1969	4	D	2 - 2	Charlton Athletic (H)	Division Two (old)
28	22.11.1969	4	D	1 - 1	Queens Park Rangers (A)	Division Two (old)
29	06.12.1969	4	L	0 - 1	Sheffield United (A)	Division Two (old)
30	13.12.1969	5	L	1 - 2	Cardiff City (H)	Division Two (old)
31	17.12.1969	6	D	2 - 2	Hull City (H)	Division Two (old)
32	20.12.1969	5	W	3 - 2	Portsmouth (A)	Division Two (old)
33	26.12.1969	5	L	0 - 3	Norwich City (A)	Division Two (old)
34	27.12.1969	5	D	1 - 1	Millwall (H)	Division Two (old)
35	03.01.1970	-	W	1 - 0	Sunderland (H)	FA Cup 3
36	17.01.1970	9	L	0 - 2	Swindon Town (H)	Division Two (old)
37	24.01.1970	-	D	1 - 1	Southampton (A)	FA Cup 4
38	28.01.1970	-	W	4 - 2	Southampton (H)	FA Cup 4 rep
39	31.01.1970	9	L	1 - 2	Watford (A)	Division Two (old)
40	07.02.1970	-	D	0 - 0	Liverpool (A)	FA Cup 5
41	11.02.1970	-	L	0 - 2	Liverpool (H)	FA Cup 5 rep
42	14.02.1970	10	W	1 - 0	Birmingham City (A)	Division Two (old)
43	25.02.1970	9	W	3 - 0	Preston North End (H)	Division Two (old)
44	28.02.1970	8	D	0 - 0	Bristol City (A)	Division Two (old)
45	10.03.1970	9	D	1 - 1	Huddersfield Town (A)	Division Two (old)
46	14.03.1970	9	L	1 - 4	Hull City (A)	Division Two (old)
47	17.03.1970	9	W	2 - 1	Blackburn Rovers (H)	Division Two (old)
48	21.03.1970	8	W	2 - 1	Sheffield United (H)	Division Two (old)
49	27.03.1970	7	W	1 - 0	Oxford United (A)	Division Two (old)
50	28.03.1970	5	W	5 - 0	Charlton Athletic (A)	Division Two (old)
51	31.03.1970	5	D	0 - 0	Blackpool (H)	Division Two (old)
52	04.04.1970	3	W	1 - 0	Aston Villa (H)	Division Two (old)
53	14.04.1970	4	D	2 - 2	Carlisle United (A)	Division Two (old)
54	18.04.1970	3	W	2 - 1	Queens Park Rangers (H)	Division Two (old)

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	Huddersfield Town	42	24	12	6	68	37	60
2	Blackpool	42	20	13	9	56	45	53
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	49
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	7	15	54	50	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	11	14	66	57	45
10	Millwall	42	15	14	13	56	56	44
11	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	49	46	43
12	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	56	41
13	Hull City	42	15	11	16	72	70	41
14	Bristol City	42	13	13	16	54	50	39
15	Oxford United	42	12	15	15	35	42	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	54	61	36
17	Portsmouth	42	13	9	20	66	80	35
18	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20	51	78	33
19	Watford	42	9	13	20	44	57	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	17	18	35	76	31
21	Aston Villa	42	8	13	21	36	62	29
22	Preston North End	42	8	12	22	43	63	28

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Billy Houghton	Ipswich Town	Unknown	July 1969
John Farrington	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£30,000	October 1969
Ken Sandercock	Torquay United	Unknown	November 1969

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Don Hutchins	Plymouth Argyle	£6,000	July 1969
Alan Tewley	Bradford Park Avenue	Free	November 1969
Billy Houghton	Rotherham United	Unknown	January 1970
Andy Lochhead	Aston Villa	Unknown	February 1970
Bobby Mackay	Burton Albion	Unknown	May 1970

Squad (25)

NAME	APPS	GOALS
Murray Brodie	3	2
Ally Brown	32 (5)	9
Graham Brown	- (1)	-
Graham Cross	53	3
John Farrington	31	6
Rodney Fern	49 (1)	18
David Gibson	12 (3)	-
Len Glover	47	9
Derek Harrison	1	-
Billy Houghton	9 (1)	-
Andy Lochhead	26 (4)	12
Bobby Mackay	1	-
Colin Mackleworth	3	-
Malcolm Manley	11 (2)	2
Paul Matthews	33	3
David Nish	54	5
Bobby Roberts	38 (2)	2
Peter Rodrigues	36 (2)	1
Ken Sandercock	5 (5)	-
Peter Shilton	51	-
John Sjoberg	50	2
Mike Stringfellow	8 (2)	1
David Tearse	6 (4)	1
Alan Tewley	- (1)	-
Alan Woollett	35	-

Other Stats

Largest victories

5 - 0 28.03.1970 vs Charlton Athletic	W
3 - 0 25.02.1970 vs Preston North End	W
3 - 0 23.08.1969 vs Norwich City	W
4 - 2 28.01.1970 vs Southampton	W
2 - 0 18.10.1969 vs Bristol City	W

Largest defeats

0 - 3 26.12.1969 vs Norwich City	L
1 - 4 14.03.1970 vs Hull City	L
1 - 3 25.10.1969 vs Blackburn Rovers	L
0 - 2 17.01.1970 vs Swindon Town	L
0 - 2 11.02.1970 vs Liverpool	L

Largest crowds

42,100 11.02.1970 vs Liverpool	L
35,168 09.08.1969 vs Birmingham City	W
35,121 29.10.1969 vs West Bromwich Albion	D
33,399 28.01.1970 vs Southampton	W
32,784 31.03.1970 vs Blackpool	D

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