The 1970âÂÂ71 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the sixth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.<br /> This year was another new name on the trophy - and ALSO St. Helens' third time in six years as runner-up<br /> Leeds won the trophy by beating St. Helens by the score of 9-5<br /> The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 7,612 and receipts were ã2,189
This season saw no changes in the entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at eighteen.<br /> The format was changed slightly removing the two-legged home and away ties from the preliminary round and playing the whole competition on a knock-out basis.<br /> The preliminary round involved four clubs, to reduce the numbers to sixteen.
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
1 * This match was televised<br /> 2 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.