1969–70 Liverpool F.C. season explained

Club:	Liverpool F.C.
Season:	1969 - 70
Manager:	Bill Shankly
League:	First Division
League Result:	5th
League Topscorer:	Bobby Graham (13)
Season Topscorer:	Bobby Graham (21)
Cup1:	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	FA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup3:	League Cup
Cup3 Result:	Third round
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Prevseason:	1968–69
Nextseason:	1970–71

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. It was to be a season of transition with so many of the players who were part of the 1960s side being replaced after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Second Division Watford. It was also a season in which they were knocked out in the early rounds of the League Cup and Fairs Cup.

One player who gave so much great service Roger Hunt, a 1966 World Cup winner left the club after 286 goals in all competitions in December 1969 to join Bolton Wanderers.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Results

First Division

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
09-Aug-69	H	4–1	48,383	Report	Report
12-Aug-69	H	3–2	51,959	Report	Report
16-Aug-69	A	2–0	50,474	Report	Report
20-Aug-69	A	2–0	47,888	Report	Report
23-Aug-69	H	3–3	51,113	Report	Report
27-Aug-69	A	3–1	36,369	Report	Report
30-Aug-69	A	1–1	33,600	Report	Report
06-Sep-69	H	2–1	48,337	Report	Report
09-Sep-69	H	2–0	46,370	Report	Report
13-Sep-69	A	0–1	59,387	Report	Report
20-Sep-69	H	3–1	45,745	Report	Report
27-Sep-69	A	2–2	34,343	Report	Report
04-Oct-69	H	1–1	44,859	Report	Report
07-Oct-69	H	0–0	46,518	Report	Report
11-Oct-69	A	0–1	43,830	Report	Report
18-Oct-69	A	2–2	23,263	Report	Report
25-Oct-69	H	4–1	41,611	Report	Report
01-Nov-69	A	0–4	40,993	Report	Report
08-Nov-69	H	0–0	39,114	Report	Report
15-Nov-69	H	2–0	39,668	Report	Report
22-Nov-69	A	1–1	43,293	Report	Report
29-Nov-69	H	0–1	40,295	Report	Report
06-Dec-69	A	3–0	57,026	Report	Report
13-Dec-69	H	1–4	47,682	Report	Report
26-Dec-69	A	5–1	22,944	Report	Report
10-Jan-70	A	2–0	30,038	Report	Report
17-Jan-70	H	1–1	43,526	Report	Report
31-Jan-70	A	0–1	30,838	Report	Report
16-Feb-70	H	0–0	38,218	Report	Report
28-Feb-70	H	0–2	43,594	Report	Report
03-Mar-70	A	3–2	29,497	Report	Report
07-Mar-70	H	0–0	51,435	Report	Report
11-Mar-70	A	1–0	23,239	Report	Report
14-Mar-70	A	1–2	32,333	Report	Report
16-Mar-70	H	3–0	31,931	Report	Report
21-Mar-70	H	0–2	54,496	Report	Report
24-Mar-70	H	2–0	29,548	Report	Report
28-Mar-70	A	0–1	38,239	Report	Report
30-Mar-70	A	1–0	32,754	Report	Report
03-Apr-70	H	3–0	30,999	Report	Report
15-Apr-70	A	1–0	33,007	Report	Report
18-Apr-70	A	1–2	36,521	Report	Report

Football League Cup

See main article: 1969–70 Football League Cup.

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
03-Sep-69		H	2–1		21,149	Report	Report
24-Sep-69		A	2–3		28,019	Report	Report

FA Cup

See main article: 1969–70 FA Cup.

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-70	A	1–1	33,688	Report	Report
12-Jan-70	H	3–0	51,261	Report	Report
24-Jan-70	H	3–1	54,096	Report	Report
07-Feb-70	H	0–0	53,785	Report	Report
11-Feb-70	A	2–0	42,100	Report	Report
21-Feb-70	A	0–1	34,047	Report	Report

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

See main article: 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Date	Venue	Result	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
16-Sep-69	H	10–0	32,656	Report	Report
30-Sep-69	A	4–0	6,000	Report	Report
12-Nov-69	A	0–1	16,000	Report	Report
26-Nov-69	H	3–2	41,633	Report	Report