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Swindon Town
1969-70 season
Manager	Fred Ford
Ground	County Ground, Swindon
Division Two	5th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	3rd round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Champions
Anglo-Italian League Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arthur Horsfield (18); All: ; Arthur Horsfield (28)
Highest home attendance	28,520; vs. Blackpool
Lowest home attendance	10,221; vs. S.S.C. Napoli
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was Swindon Town's first season in the Division Two after promotion from Division Three in 1969. In what proved to be a historic season for Swindon as the club added to its first major piece of silverware, the League Cup by winning the Anglo-Italian Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup.

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	1.280	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	1.222	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	1.921	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[a]
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	1.488	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.
^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12
09/08/69	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2

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Last updated 18 August 2014

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Mick Blick	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Frank Burrows	50	2	38+0	2	4+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	0
	MF	ENG	Joe Butler	55	2	42+0	1	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Dangerfield	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Owen Dawson	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	David Down	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Peter Downsborough	51	0	42+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Stan Harland	50	0	41+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Don Heath	17	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Horsfield	53	28	40+0	18	4+0	4	2+0	0	7+0	6
	FW	ENG	Chris Jones	22	6	9+9	5	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+2	0
	GK	ENG	Roy Jones	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Noble	51	21	39+0	12	3+0	1	2+0	3	7+0	5
	MF	SCO	Willie Penman	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Rogers	49	12	36+0	9	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	2
	MF	ENG	Roger Smart	55	5	42+0	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	2
	MF	ENG	John Smith	42	3	27+2	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0
	DF	WAL	Rod Thomas	54	1	41+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Trollope	55	3	42+0	2	4+0	1	2+0	0	7+0	0