1969–70 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1969–70 season was Manchester City's fourth consecutive season in the top tier of English football.
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Manager | ![]() |
Stadium | Maine Road |
First Division | 10th |
FA Cup | Fourth round |
League Cup | Winners |
Charity Shield | Runner-up |
Cup Winners' Cup | Winners |
Top goalscorer | League: All: Colin Bell/Francis Lee (22) |
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Manchester City overcame a slow start to sit fourth in the table with half of the season played, but a run of only three wins from 18 games saw City slump to finish in tenth place. City's form in the cup competitions were better by far: they defeated West Bromwich Albion 2–1 in the League Cup Final and Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final to become the first English team to win both a (UEFA-sponsored) European and a domestic cup in the same season.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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8 | Manchester United | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 66 | 61 | 1.082 | 45 | |
9 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 1.077 | 45 | |
10 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 55 | 48 | 1.146 | 43 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round[lower-alpha 1] |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 55 | 0.982 | 43 | |
12 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 51 | 49 | 1.041 | 42 | Winners of the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes:
- Manchester City were qualified by winning this year's European Cup Winners' Cup. They also won the League Cup this year.
- Arsenal were winners of this year's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
- Manchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
- West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Manchester City
Cup Winners' Cup
- Athletic Bilbao 3–3 Manchester City
- Manchester City 3–0 Athletic Bilbao
- Lierse S.K. 0–3 Manchester City
- Manchester City 5–0 Lierse S.K.
- Académica de Coimbra 0–0 Manchester City
- Manchester City 1–0 Académica de Coimbra
- Schalke 04 1–0 Manchester City
- Manchester City 5–1 Schalke 04
- Manchester City 2–1 Górnik Zabrze
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