# Third Division 1969-1970

La Third Division 1969-1970 è stato il 43º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Barrow | Barrow-in-Furness | Holker Street | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Brighton | Goldstone Ground | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Bristol Rovers | Bristol | Eastville Stadium | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Doncaster Rovers | Doncaster | Belle Vue | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Fulham | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Craven Cottage | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Leyton Orient | Londra (Leyton) | Brisbane Road | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Luton Town | Luton | Kenilworth Road | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Southport | Southport | Haigh Avenue | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Stockport County | Stockport | Edgeley Park | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Torquay United | Torquay | Plainmoor | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 13º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 62 | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 36 | 1.861 |
| 2 | Luton Town | 60 | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 77 | 43 | 1.791 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 56 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 80 | 59 | 1.356 |
| 4 | Fulham | 55 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 81 | 55 | 1.473 |
| 5 | Brighton | 55 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 53 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 49 | 1.429 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 53 | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 68 | 59 | 1.153 |
| 8 | Reading | 53 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 87 | 77 | 1.130 |
| 9 | Rochdale | 46 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 60 | 1.150 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 50 | 1.140 |
| 11 | Doncaster | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 54 | 0.963 |
| 12 | Walsall | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 |
| 13 | Torquay Utd | 45 | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 62 | 59 | 1.051 |
| 14 | Rotherham Utd | 44 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 54 | 1.148 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 62 | 63 | 0.984 |
| 16 | Tranmere | 44 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 0.778 |
| 17 | Plymouth | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 64 | 0.875 |
| 18 | Halifax Town | 43 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 47 | 63 | 0.746 |
| 19 | Bury | 41 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 75 | 80 | 0.938 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 39 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 |
| 21 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 39 | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 71 | 0.676 |
| 22 | Southport | 38 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 66 | 0.727 |
| 23 | Barrow | 30 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 46 | 81 | 0.568 |
| 24 | Stockport County | 23 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 71 | 0.380 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1970-1971.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1970-1971.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.
Note:
    Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic retrocesso in Fourth Division per peggior quoziente reti rispetto all'ex aequo Gillingham.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BSL | BAR | BOU | BRA | BHA | BRR | BUY | DON | FUL | GIL | HAL | LUT | MFT | ORI | PLY | REA | ROC | ROT | SHR | SOP | STC | TOR | TRA | WAL |
| Barnsley | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Barrow | 1-1 | | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 3-1 | 0-0 | | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Bradford City | 1-1 | 3-3 | 8-1 | | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 3-3 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| Bury | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 8-0 | 4-2 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Fulham | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 |
| Gillingham | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | | 2-0 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Halifax Town | 0-2 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-8 | 1-1 | | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Luton Town | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| Mansfield Town | 2-0 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | | 4-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Orient | 4-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 4-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 6-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Reading | 6-2 | 6-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 8-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Rochdale | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 3-2 | | 4-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-2 |
| Rotherham United | 2-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Southport | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| Stockport County | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Torquay United | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 0-1 | 5-0 | 1-5 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | | 0-0 |
| Walsall | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | |