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.
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
09/08/69 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
1 1st Substitution
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
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 | Noble | Rogers | |||
21/02/70 | Leeds United | H | 0–2 | Downsborough | Thomas | Trollope | Butler | Burrows | Harland | Smith | Smart | Horsfield1 | Noble | Rogers | C. Jones1 | ||
1 1st Substitution.
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
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 | Rogers | Penman1 | ||
1 1st Substitution.
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
27/08/69 | AS Roma | A | 1–2 | Downsborough | Thomas | Trollope | Butler | Burrows | Harland | Smith | Horsfield1 | Smart | Noble | Rogers | C. Jones1 | ||
10/09/69 | AS Roma | H | 4–0 | Downsborough | Thomas | Trollope | Butler | Blick | Harland | Smith | Horsfield | Smart | Noble | Rogers | |||
1 1st Substitution
Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
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 | Harland | Smith | 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.
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