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      SEASON ARCHIVE : RESULTS - 1970/71

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Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies goalscorer unknown.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE POS
 Sat 15 Aug Crystal Palace H 0-0   25,127 16
 Tue 18 Aug Nottingham Forest A 3-3 Brown 2, Astle - Lyons, Rees, Cormack   24,423 10
 Sat 22 Aug Blackpool A 1-3 Astle - Brown, Pickering 2   22,162 17
 Wed 26 Aug Stoke City H 5-2 Astle 2, Brown 2, Reed - Ritchie, Conroy   22,015 9
 Sat 29 Aug Liverpool H 1-1 Astle - A Evans   31,474 9
 Wed 02 Sep Newcastle United H 1-2 Astle - Dyson, Wilson (og)   25,112 13
 Sat 05 Sep Manchester City A 1-4 Hope - Bell 2, Lee, Summerbee   30,549 16
 Sat 12 Sep West Ham United H 2-1 Suggett 2 - Howe   24,606 15
 Sat 19 Sep Arsenal A 2-6 Reed, Brown - Kennedy 2, Graham 2, Cantello (og), Armstrong   33,303 16
 Sat 26 Sep Derby County H 2-1 McVitie, Brown - O'Hare   31,216 16
 Sat 03 Oct Ipswich Town A 2-2 Brown, Astle - Viljoen, Clarke   17,578 15
 Sat 10 Oct Leeds United H 2-2 Suggett, McVitie - Clarke, Jones   37,124 15
 Sat 17 Oct Crystal Palace A 0-3 Birchenall, Tambling 2   28,330 15
 Sat 24 Oct Manchester United A 1-2 Brown - Law, Kidd   42,504 19
 Sat 31 Oct Everton H 3-0 Astle, Brown, McVitie   29,628 14
 Sat 07 Nov Wolverhampton W A 1-2 Lovett - Wagstaffe, Dougan   39,300 16
 Sat 14 Nov Southampton H 1-0 Hartford   17,824 15
 Sat 21 Nov Huddersfield Town A 1-2 Brown - Hutt, Lawson   18,209 17
 Sat 28 Nov Chelsea H 2-2 Suggett, Astle - Weller, Cooke   29,374 18
 Sat 05 Dec Burnley A 1-1 Brown - Kindon   12,477 17
 Sat 12 Dec Tottenham Hotspur H 3-1 Brown 3 (1 pen) - Chivers   26,584 13
 Sat 19 Dec Blackpool H 1-1 Suggett - James   17,909 14
 Sat 26 Dec Coventry City A 1-1 Brown (pen) - Martin (pen)   27,527 14
 Sat 09 Jan Nottingham Forest H 0-1 Storey-Moore   20,015 14
 Sat 16 Jan Stoke City A 0-2 Conroy 2   20,882 17
 Sat 30 Jan Chelsea A 1-4 Astle - Hollins 2 (1 pen), Hutchinson, Smethurst   26,874 18
 Sat 06 Feb Burnley H 1-0 Brown   16,982 16
 Wed 17 Feb Tottenham Hotspur A 2-2 Brown 2 - Mullery (pen), Gilzean   22,695 16
 Sat 20 Feb Huddersfield Town H 2-1 Brown 2 - Worthington   18,254 16
 Sat 27 Feb Everton A 3-3 Astle, Brown, Wile - Husband, Royle, Newton   35,940 16
 Sat 06 Mar Manchester United H 4-3 Brown 3, Wile - Aston, Kidd, Best   41,134 15
 Sat 13 Mar Southampton A 0-1 Paine   19,008 15
 Sat 20 Mar Wolverhampton W H 2-4 McVitie, Brown - Curran 2, Bailey, Gould   36,754 16
 Sat 27 Mar Manchester City H 0-0   20,363 16
 Fri 02 Apr Liverpool A 1-1 Brown - A Evans   43,630 14
 Fri 09 Apr West Ham United A 1-2 Astle - Greaves, Robson   34,981 16
 Sat 10 Apr Coventry City H 0-0   18,726 18
 Mon 12 Apr Ipswich Town H 0-1 Robertson   12,684 18
 Sat 17 Apr Leeds United A 2-1 Brown, Astle - Clarke   36,812 16
 Sat 24 Apr Arsenal H 2-2 Hartford, Brown - McLintock, Hartford (og)   36,621 15
 Wed 28 Apr Newcastle United A 0-3 Young, Tudor, Smith   18,444 16
 Sat 01 May Derby County A 0-2 Hinton, Durban   33,661 17
 

FA CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Sat 02 Jan Scunthorpe United  H 3

0-0

      22,844
 Mon 11 Jan Scunthorpe United A replay

3-1

Brown 2, Astle - Deere     15,926
 Sat 23 Jan Ipswich Town H 4

1-1

Suggett - Clarke     27,178
 Tue 26 Jan Ipswich Town A replay

0-3

Robertson, Clarke, Viljoen     27,015
 

LEAGUE CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

    GATE

 Tue 08 Sep Charlton Athletic H 2 3-1 Kaye, Astle, Suggett - Masiello    16,124
 Tue 06 Oct Preston North End A 3 1-0 Hartford    18,222
 Wed 28 Oct Tottenham Hotspur A 4 0-5 Peters 3, Gilzean 2    31,598
 

TEXACO CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Mon 14 Sep Morton A 1 1st leg 1-2 Rankin (og) - *       7,943
 Wed 30 Sep Morton H 1 2nd leg 0-1 *     16,168
 
 Two-legged tie, Morton won 3-1 on aggregate.
 

ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Wed 26 May Inter Milan H Group 1-1 Wile - Oriali     17,645
 Sat 29 May Cagliari H Group 1-2 Astle - Mancin, Domenghini     17,620
 Tue 01 Jun Inter Milan A Group 0-1 Bertini     15,000
 Fri 04 Jun Cagliari A Group 0-1 Domenghini     30,000
 
 Albion failed to qualify for the next round.
 

FRIENDLIES

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Mon 03 Aug Heart of Midlothian H 2-0 Reed, Wilson (pen)       8,024
 Sat 08 Aug Aston Villa A 1-1 Wright (og) - *     20,893
 

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Wed 21 Apr Atlético Bilbao (1) H 4-2 Merrick, T Brown 2, Johnson - *     14,198
 Tue 04 May Atlético Bilbao (2) A 1-1 Brown - *     26,103
 Tue 18 May Swansea City (3) A 2-2 MacLean, Astle - *       3,950
 
 1 - Bobby Hope Testimonial Match.
 2 - José Ángel Iribar Benefit Match.
 3 - Walter Robbins Testimonial Match.

 

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