Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969âÂÂ70 season.
Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season. They made sure of that on 1 April, with a 2âÂÂ0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park. Sheffield Wednesday went down on 22 April, after losing 2âÂÂ1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland had gone 7 days earlier, losing 1âÂÂ0 at home to Liverpool (a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace).
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