| 1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy | |
| Structure: | Floodlit knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Leeds |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | St. Helens |
| Prevseason Link: | 1969–70 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy |
| Prevseason Year: | 1969–70 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1971–72 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy |
| Nextseason Year: | 1971–72 |
| No Of Teams: | 18 |
The 1970–71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the sixth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
This year was another new name on the trophy - and ALSO St. Helens' third time in six years as runner-up
Leeds won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 9-5
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,612 and receipts were £2,189
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.
The format was changed slightly removing the two-legged home and away ties from the preliminary round and playing the whole competition on a knock-out basis.
The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen.
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Tue 29 Sep 1970 | Huddersfield | 16-14 | Wakefield Trinity | Fartown | [2] [3] [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| P | Thu 8 Oct 1970 | Leigh | 17-0 | Swinton | Hilton Park |
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 15 Sep 1970 | Wigan | 28-0 | Keighley | Central Park | [5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fri 19 Sep 1970 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 25-13 | Warrington | Craven Park (1) | [6] | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tue 29 Sep 1970 | St. Helens | 14-7 | Castleford | Knowsley Road | 7000 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tue 6 Oct 1970 | Barrow | 6-15 | Leeds | Craven Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tue 13 Oct 1970 | Halifax | 14-15 | Hull F.C. | Thrum Hall | [8] | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tue 20 Oct 1970 | Salford | 2-7 | Widnes | The Willows | [9] | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Fri 23 Oct 1970 | Huddersfield | 14-5 | Oldham | Fartown | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tue 27 Oct 1970 | Leigh | 14-5 | Rochdale Hornets | Hilton Park |
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 3 Nov 1970 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 18-8 | Hull F.C. | Craven Park (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tue 10 Nov 1970 | Widnes | 6-16 | Leeds | Naughton Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tue 24 Nov 1970 | Wigan | 25-9 | Huddersfield | Central Park | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mon 30 Nov 1970 | Leigh | 4-10 | St. Helens | Hilton Park | 10372 |
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 1 Dec 1970 | Leeds | 24-2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | Headingley | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tue 8 Dec 1970 | Wigan | 7-7 | St. Helens | Central Park | 10372 | 1 |
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Sun 13 Dec 1970 | St. Helens | 16-15 | Wigan | Knowsley Road | 10285 |
| width=20 abbr="No" | Game No | width=100 abbr="Date" | Fixture date | width=150 abbr="Home team" | Home team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away team" | Away team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=45 abbr="Att" | Att | width=60 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Tuesday 15 December 1970 | Leeds | 9-5 | St. Helens | Headingley | 7,612 | 2,189 | 1 2 | [10] [11] |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Leeds | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr=runner-up | St. Helens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| teams | |||||
| John Holmes | 1 | Frank Barrow | |||
| Alan Smith | 2 | Les Jones | |||
| Syd Hynes | 3 | Billy Benyon | |||
| Ronnie Cowan | 4 | Johnny Walsh | |||
| John Atkinson | 5 | Frank Wilson | |||
| Anthony "Tony" Wainwright | 6 | Alan Whittle | |||
| Mick Shoebottom | 7 | Jeff Heaton | |||
| John Burke | 8 | Graham Rees | |||
| Tony Fisher | 9 | Anthony "Tony" Karalius | |||
| Edward/Edwin "Ted" Barnard | 10 | Eric Chisnall | |||
| Bob Haigh | 11 | John Mantle | |||
| Bill Ramsey | 12 | Eric Prescott | |||
| Ray Batten | 13 | Kel Coslett | |||
| probably Derek Turner | Coach | Jim Challinor | |||
| 9 | score | 5 | |||
| 7 | HT | 3 | |||
| Scorers | |||||
| Tries | |||||
| Syd Hynes (1) | T | Les Jones (1) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| John Holmes (2) | G | Kel Coslett (1) | |||
| Syd Hynes (1) | G | ||||
| Referee | E. Lawrinson (Warrington) |
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
1 * This match was televised
2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.