1969–70 Swindon Town F.C. season explained

Club:Swindon Town
Season:1969-70
Manager:Fred Ford
Mgrtitle:Manager
Stdtitle:Ground
Stadium:County Ground, Swindon
League:Division Two
League Result:5th
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Quarter-finals
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:3rd round
Cup3:Anglo-Italian Cup
Cup3 Result:Champions
Cup4:Anglo-Italian League Cup
Cup4 Result:Champions
League Topscorer:
Arthur Horsfield (18)
Season Topscorer:
Arthur Horsfield (28)
Highest Attendance:28,520
vs. Blackpool
Lowest Attendance:10,221
vs. S.S.C. Napoli
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Prevseason:1968–69
Nextseason:1970–71

The 1969–70 season was Swindon Town's first season in the Division Two after promotion from Division Three in 1969. In what proved to be a historic season for Swindon as the club added to its first major piece of silverware, the League Cup by winning the Anglo-Italian Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup.

Matchday results and line-ups

Division Three line-ups

DateOppositionVScore123456789101112
09/08/69 Blackburn Rovers A 0–2

1 1st Substitution

F.A. Cup line-ups

DateOppositionVScore123456789101112
03/01/70 Blackburn Rovers A 4–0 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
24/01/70 Chester H 4–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield C. Jones Rogers
07/02/70 Scunthorpe United H 3–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield NobleRogers
21/02/70 Leeds United H 0–2 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield1 NobleRogersC. Jones1

1 1st Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

DateOppositionVScore123456789101112
02/09/69 Swansea Town A 3–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Horsfield Smart Noble Rogers
24/09/69 Oxford United A 0–1 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith1 Horsfield Smart Noble RogersPenman1

1 1st Substitution.

Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup

DateOppositionVScore123456789101112
27/08/69 AS Roma A 1–2 DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBurrowsHarlandSmithHorsfield1SmartNobleRogersC. Jones1
10/09/69 AS Roma H 4–0 DownsboroughThomasTrollopeButlerBlickHarlandSmithHorsfieldSmartNobleRogers

1 1st Substitution

Anglo-Italian Cup

DateOppositionVScore123456789101112
02/05/70 Juventus H 4–0 Downsborough Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
09/05/70 Napoli H 1–2 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows HarlandSmith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
16/05/70 Juventus A 1–0 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble1 Rogers C. Jones1
23/05/70 Napoli A 1–0 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers
28/05/70 Napoli A 3–0 R. Jones Thomas Trollope Butler Burrows Harland Smith Smart Horsfield Noble Rogers

1 1st Substitution and 2nd Substitution.

Appearances

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