1969-70 season

1969-70 season
General information
Manager	Bill Shankly
Captain	Ron Yeats
Performance
Division 1	5th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	3rd round
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 2nd round
Top scorers
League	Graham (13)
FA Cup	Graham (4)
League Cup	A. Evans (1) Graham (1) St John (1)
Europe	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: A. Evans (3) Graham (3) Smith (3) Thompson (3)
Overall	Graham (21)
Attendances
Average	44,185
←1968-69	1970-71→

The 1969-70 season was Liverpool's 78th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Tommy Lawrence
• GK. Ray Clemence
• GK. Grahame Lloyd
• DF. Larry Lloyd
• DF. Ian Ross
• DF. Steve Arnold
• DF. Gerry Byrne
• DF. Ron Yeats
• DF. Chris Lawler
• DF. Geoff Strong
• DF. John McLaughlin
• DF. Tommy Smith
• DF. Peter Wall
• MF. Brian Hall
• MF. Emlyn Hughes
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Peter Thompson
• MF. Alec Lindsay
• MF. Doug Livermore
• MF. Ian St John
• FW. Phil Boersma
• FW. Alun Evans
• FW. Roger Hunt
• FW. Steve Peplow
• FW. Bobby Graham
• FW. Roy Evans

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
26 July 1969	Linfield	2-1	Hughes (3), Yeats (36)
29 July 1969	Blackpool	0-0
2 August 1969	Feyenoord	1-1	Thompson

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3 January 1970	Southport	1-0	St John
8 April 1970	All Star XI	8-8	Lawler 2 (1 pen), St John 2, Stevenson, Hunt, Graham 2
20 April 1970	Bristol Rovers	1-1	St John (40)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
9 August 1969	Chelsea	4-1	Lawler (26), St John (49, 83), Strong (60)
12 August 1969	Man City	3-2	St John (2, 88), Hunt (83)
16 August 1969	Tottenham	2-0	Hughes (2), Lawler (37)
20 August 1969	Man City	2-0	Graham (44, 80)
23 August 1969	Burnley	3-3	Smith (pen 36, 77), Graham (49)
27 August 1969	Crystal Palace	3-1	Hughes (36), Hunt (73), Thompson (82)
30 August 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Lawler (42)
6 September 1969	Coventry	2-1	St John (37), Strong (89)
9 September 1969	Sunderland	2-0	Strong (12), Smith (34)
13 September 1969	Man Utd	0-1
20 September 1969	Stoke	3-1	Hunt (15), Hughes (22), Callaghan (64)
27 September 1969	West Brom	2-2	Graham (25), Hunt (89)
4 October 1969	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Chapman (og 50)
7 October 1969	Tottenham	0-0
11 October 1969	Newcastle	0-1
18 October 1969	Ipswich	2-2	Graham (8), Lindsay (76)
25 October 1969	Southampton	4-1	Hughes (10), Hunt (83, 84), Byrne (og 88)
1 November 1969	Derby	0-4
8 November 1969	Wolves	0-0
15 November 1969	West Ham	2-0	Lawler (27), Graham (60)
22 November 1969	Leeds	1-1	Yeats (31)
29 November 1969	Arsenal	0-1
6 December 1969	Everton	3-0	Hughes (47), Brown (og 54), Graham (74)
13 December 1969	Man Utd	1-4	Hughes (25)
26 December 1969	Burnley	5-1	Ross (26), Graham (39), Lawler (44), Thompson (52), Callaghan (60)
10 January 1970	Stoke	2-0	Graham (33), Thompson (70)
17 January 1970	West Brom	1-1	Lawler (70)
31 January 1970	Nottingham Forest	0-1
16 February 1970	Newcastle	0-0
28 February 1970	Derby	0-2
3 March 1970	Coventry	3-2	Hughes (38), A. Evans (65, 72)
7 March 1970	Leeds	0-0
11 March 1970	Southampton	1-0	A. Evans (43)
14 March 1970	Arsenal	1-2	Yeats (83)
16 March 1970	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Lawler (50), Yeats (63), Graham (88)
21 March 1970	Everton	0-2
24 March 1970	Ipswich	2-0	Callaghan (32), Smith (pen 43)
28 March 1970	West Ham	0-1
30 March 1970	Wolves	1-0	Lawler (43)
3 April 1970	Crystal Palace	3-0	Graham (16, 48), Lawler (47)
15 April 1970	Sunderland	1-0	Lawler (86)
18 April 1970	Chelsea	1-2	Graham (27)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	7 January 1970	Coventry	1-1	Graham (30)
3 (R)	12 January 1970	Coventry	3-0	Ross (39), Thompson (54), Graham (72)
4	24 January 1970	Wrexham	3-1	Graham (51, 73), St John (59)
5	7 February 1970	Leicester	0-0
5 (R)	11 February 1970	Leicester	2-0	A. Evans (64, 90)
6	21 February 1970	Watford	0-1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2	3 September 1969	Watford	2-1	Slater (og 6), St John (75)
3	24 September 1969	Man City	2-3	A. Evans (21), Graham (67)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	16 September 1969	Dundalk	10-0	A. Evans (1, 38), Lawler (10), Smith (24, 67), Graham (36, 82), Lindsay (56), Thompson (69), Callaghan (76)
1 (2nd leg)	30 September 1969	Dundalk	4-0	Thompson (13, 31), Graham (48), Callaghan (81)
2 (1st leg)	12 November 1969	Vitoria Setubal	0-1
2 (2nd leg)	26 November 1969	Vitoria Setubal	3-2	Smith (pen 60), A. Evans (88), Hunt (90)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
4	Derby	42	22	9	11	64	37	1.73	53
5	Liverpool	42	20	11	11	65	42	1.55	51
6	Coventry	42	19	11	12	58	48	1.21	49

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Phil Boersma	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
MF	Ian Callaghan	41	3	6	0	2	0	4	2	53	5
GK	Ray Clemence	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
FW	Alun Evans	19	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	25	9
FW	Roy Evans	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Bobby Graham	42	13	6	4	2	1	4	3	54	21
MF	Brian Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Emlyn Hughes	41	7	6	0	2	0	4	0	53	7
FW	Roger Hunt	18	6	0	0	2	0	2	1	22	7
DF	Chris Lawler	42	10	6	0	2	0	4	1	54	11
GK	Tommy Lawrence	28	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	37	0
MF	Alec Lindsay	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	2
MF	Doug Livermore	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
GK	Grahame Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Larry Lloyd	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
DF	John McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Steve Peplow	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
DF	Ian Ross	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	13	2
DF	Tommy Smith	36	4	3	0	2	0	4	3	45	7
MF	Ian St John	26	5	6	1	1	1	3	0	36	7
DF	Geoff Strong	34	3	6	0	2	0	4	0	46	3
MF	Peter Thompson	39	3	4	1	2	0	4	3	49	7
DF	Peter Wall	9	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
DF	Ron Yeats	37	3	6	0	2	0	3	0	48	3

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Jack Whitham	Sheffield Wednesday	£57,000	April 1970

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
John Ogston	Doncaster	£2,500	July 1969
Roger Hunt	Bolton	£32,000	16 December 1969