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1969-70

Second Division

Finished 21st of 22 · P42 W8 D13 L21 · 36 scored, 62 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
9 Aug 1969	H	Norwich City	0–1	L
16 Aug 1969	A	Huddersfield Town	0–2	L
19 Aug 1969	A	Carlisle United	1–1	D
23 Aug 1969	H	Swindon Town	0–2	L
27 Aug 1969	H	Leicester City	0–1	L
30 Aug 1969	A	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
6 Sept 1969	H	Millwall	2–2	D
13 Sept 1969	A	Watford	0–3	L
17 Sept 1969	A	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	L
20 Sept 1969	H	Hull City	3–2	W
27 Sept 1969	A	Portsmouth	0–0	D
4 Oct 1969	H	Preston North End	0–0	D
8 Oct 1969	H	Huddersfield Town	4–1	W
11 Oct 1969	A	Cardiff City	0–4	L
18 Oct 1969	H	Birmingham City	0–0	D
25 Oct 1969	A	Oxford United	2–2	D
1 Nov 1969	H	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	D
8 Nov 1969	A	Bristol City	0–1	L
12 Nov 1969	H	Carlisle United	1–0	W
15 Nov 1969	H	Blackpool	0–0	D
19 Nov 1969	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	W
22 Nov 1969	A	Sheffield United	0–5	L
6 Dec 1969	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	L
13 Dec 1969	H	Watford	0–2	L
26 Dec 1969	A	Swindon Town	1–1	D
17 Jan 1970	H	Portsmouth	3–5	L
31 Jan 1970	A	Preston North End	1–1	D
7 Feb 1970	H	Cardiff City	1–1	D
14 Feb 1970	A	Norwich City	1–3	L
21 Feb 1970	H	Bristol City	0–2	L
25 Feb 1970	H	Charlton Athletic	1–0	W
28 Feb 1970	A	Queens Park Rangers	2–4	L
10 Mar 1970	A	Hull City	1–3	L
14 Mar 1970	A	Charlton Athletic	0–1	L
16 Mar 1970	A	Millwall	0–2	L
21 Mar 1970	H	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	D
28 Mar 1970	A	Blackpool	1–2	L
30 Mar 1970	A	Birmingham City	2–0	W
31 Mar 1970	H	Oxford United	0–0	D
4 Apr 1970	A	Leicester City	0–1	L
8 Apr 1970	H	Middlesbrough	2–0	W
13 Apr 1970	H	Sheffield United	1–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	24	12	6	68	37	+31	60
2	Blackpool	42	20	13	9	56	45	+11	53
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	+14	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	+10	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	+10	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	+35	49
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	+20	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	7	15	54	50	+4	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	11	14	66	57	+9	45
10	Millwall	42	15	14	13	56	56	0	44
11	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	49	46	+3	43
12	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	56	+2	41
13	Hull City	42	15	11	16	72	70	+2	41
14	Bristol City	42	13	13	16	54	50	+4	39
15	Oxford United	42	12	15	15	35	42	-7	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	54	61	-7	36
17	Portsmouth	42	13	9	20	66	80	-14	35
18	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20	51	78	-27	33
19	Watford	42	9	13	20	44	57	-13	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	17	18	35	76	-41	31
21	Aston Villa	42	8	13	21	36	62	-26	29
22	Preston North End	42	8	12	22	43	63	-20	28

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.