| Competition: | Football League First Division |
| Season: | 1969–70 |
| Winners: | Everton 7th English title |
| Relegated: | Sunderland |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Everton |
| Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Chelsea Manchester City |
| Continentalcup3: | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Leeds United Liverpool Coventry City Newcastle United Arsenal |
| Continentalcup4: | Watney Cup |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | Derby County Manchester United |
| League Topscorer: | Jeff Astle (25 goals)[1] |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1212 |
| Prevseason: | 1968–69 |
| Nextseason: | 1970–71 |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969–70 season.
Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on 1 April, with a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on 22 April, after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland had gone 7 days earlier, losing 1–0 at home to Liverpool (a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace).
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | Matt Busby | Retired | 6 June 1969 | Pre-season | Wilf McGuinness | 6 June 1969 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | Tom McAnearney | End of caretaker spell | 1 August 1969 | Danny Williams | 1 August 1969 | ||
| Burnley | Harry Potts | Became general manager | 21 February 1970 | 16th | Jimmy Adamson | 21 February 1970 |
| width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=155 | Club | width=50 | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Astle | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | ||||
| 2 | 23 | ||||||
| = | 23 | ||||||
| 4 | 22 | ||||||
| 5 | 20 |