1970–71 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1970-71 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Dave Sexton
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Keith Weller (13); All: ; Keith Weller (14)
Highest home attendance	61,277 vs Tottenham Hotspur (14 November 1970)
Lowest home attendance	14,356 vs Burnley (26 April 1971)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970-71 season was Chelsea Football Club's 57th of competitive football, and their 44th in the English top flight.

Squad statistics[edit]

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Cup Winners' Cup		Charity Shield		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Peter Bonetti	28	0	3	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	42	0
GK	John Phillips	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	0
DF	John Dempsey	31(2)	1	1(1)	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	41(3)	2
DF	Micky Droy	4(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
DF	Ron Harris	38	1	3	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	56	1
DF	Marvin Hinton	20	1	3	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	29	2
DF	Stewart Houston	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
DF	Eddie McCreadie	14(1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
DF	Paddy Mulligan	17(1)	1	0	0	3	0	6(1)	0	1	0	27	1
DF	David Webb	34	4	3	0	4	1	10	1	1	0	52	1
MF	John Boyle	20(1)	0	3	0	1	0	6(2)	0	0	0	30(3)	0
MF	Charlie Cooke	31(3)	1	3	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	45(3)	1
MF	Alan Hudson	34(1)	3	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	45(1)	3
MF	John Hollins	40	6	3	0	4	1	8	2	1	0	56	9
MF	Peter Houseman	37(1)	4	3	1	4	0	9	1	1	0	54(1)	6
MF/FW	Keith Weller	36(4)	13	3	0	3	1	8(1)	0	1	0	51(5)	14
MF/FW	Tommy Baldwin	18	2	2	2	2	1	7(3)	2	0	0	29(3)	7
FW	Peter Feely	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
FW	Ian Hutchinson	20	3	1	0	3	1	3	3	1	1	28	8
FW	Peter Osgood	27	5	3	1	3	2	8	4	1	0	42	12
FW	Derek Smethurst	12	3	0	0	0	0	3(1)	1	0	0	16(1)	4

Substitute appearances in parentheses. Substitute appearances included in totals

Results[edit]

First Division[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1970	Derby County	H	2-1	46,969	Hutchinson (2)
19 August 1970	Manchester United	A	0-0	50,979
22 August 1970	West Ham United	A	2-0	39,240	Weller (2)
26 August 1970	Everton	H	2-2	48,195	Mulligan, Hollins
29 August 1970	Arsenal	H	2-1	53,722	Mulligan, Hollins
1 September 1970	Burnley	A	0-0	14,543
5 September 1970	Leeds United	A	0-1	47,662
12 September 1970	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-2	34,889	Harris, Hutchinson
19 September 1970	Coventry City	A	1-0	29,328	Hollins
26 September 1970	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	38,541	Hudson, Osgood
3 October 1970	Liverpool	A	0-1	46,196
10 October 1971	Manchester City	H	1-1	51,903	Weller
17 October 1970	Derby County	A	2-1	35,166	Weller (2)
24 October 1970	Blackpool	A	4-3	24,940	Webb, Weller (2), Hatton (o.g.)
31 October 1970	Southampton	H	2-2	44,843	Hollins, Webb
7 November 1970	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	24,631	Baldwin
14 November 1970	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	61,277
21 November 1970	Stoke City	H	2-1	36,227	Osgood, Bernard (o.g.)
28 November 1970	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	29,374	Weller, Cooke
5 December 1970	Newcastle United	H	1-0	39,413	Weller
12 December 1970	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	20,080	Weller
19 December 1970	West Ham United	H	2-1	42,075	Osgood (2)
9 January 1971	Manchester United	H	1-2	53,482	Hudson
13 January 1971	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	40,489
16 January 1971	Everton	A	0-3	43,648
30 January 1971	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-1	26,874	Hollins (2), Hutchinson, Smethurst
6 February 1971	Newcastle United	A	1-0	34,366	Hudson
13 February 1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	34,110
17 February 1971	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	19,339	Hollins, O'Kane (o.g.)
20 February 1971	Stoke City	A	2-1	26,959	Smethurst, Hutchinson
27 February 1971	Southampton	A	0-0	29,937
6 March 1971	Blackpool	H	2-0	26,530	Baldwin, Webb
13 March 1971	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	49,292	Weller
20 March 1971	Huddersfield Town	H	0-0	28,207
27 March 1971	Leeds United	H	3-1	58,452	Osgood, Houseman (2)
3 April 1971	Arsenal	A	0-2	62,087
10 April 1971	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	38,953	Webb
12 April 1971	Liverpool	H	1-0	38,705	Lindsay (o.g.)
17 April 1971	Manchester City	A	1-1	26,120	Weller
24 April 1971	Coventry City	H	2-1	27,517	Smethurst, Feely
26 April 1971	Burnley	H	0-1	14,356
1 May 1971	Ipswich Town	A	0-0	24,708

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.185	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.750	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
6	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.238	51	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
7	Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
8	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[c]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup.
^ Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
^ Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

FA Charity Shield[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1970	-	Everton	H	1-2	43,547	Hutchinson

League Cup[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 September 1970	R2	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	15,869	Osgood
22 September 1970	R2 (R)	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	26,646	Webb, Osgood (pen.)
7 October 1970	R3	Middlesbrough	H	3-2	28,597	Weller, Baldwin, Hutchinson
28 October 1970	R4	Manchester United	A	1-2	47,565	Hollins

UEFA Cup Winner's Cup[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 September 1970	R1	Aris Salonika	A	1-1	50,000	Hutchinson
30 September 1970	R1	Aris Salonika	H	5-1	40,425	Hollins (2), Hinton, Hutchinson (2)
21 October 1970	R2	CSKA Sofia	A	1-0	45,000	Baldwin
4 November 1970	R2	CSKA Sofia	H	1-0	41,613	Webb
10 March 1971	QF	Club Brugge	A	0-2	23,000
24 March 1971	QF	Club Brugge	H	4-0 (a.e.t.)	45,558	Baldwin, Osgood (2), Houseman
14 April 1971	SF	Manchester City	H	1-0	45,595	Smethurst
28 April 1971	SF	Manchester City	A	1-0	43,663	Healey (o.g.)
19 May 1971	F	Real Madrid	N	1-1 (a.e.t.)	45,000	Osgood
21 May 1971	F	Real Madrid	N	2-1	24,000	Dempsey, Osgood

FA Cup[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
2 January 1971	R3	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	42,123	Baldwin, Osgood
6 January 1971	R3 (R)	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	55,074	Baldwin, Houseman
23 January 1971	R4	Manchester City	H	0-3	50,176

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

Soccerbase
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.43071033918798-1] Liverpool qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners, Arsenal, qualified for the European Cup.

[table_note_res_CHE0.43071033918798-2] Chelsea qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1970-71 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.

[table_note_res_WAC0.43071033918798-3] Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

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