1969–70 Stoke City F.C. season
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 9 August 1969 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1-3 33,260 Burrows
2 12 August 1969 Nottingham Forest A 0-0 22,470
3 16 August 1969 West Ham United H 2-1 23,362 Dobing , Ritchie
4 20 August 1969 Nottingham Forest H 1-1 20,029 Burrows
5 23 August 1969 Derby County A 0-0 36,170
6 27 August 1969 Coventry City H 2-0 25,507 Conroy , Greenhoff
7 30 August 1969 Southampton H 2-1 22,037 Burrows , Dobing
8 6 September 1969 Crystal Palace A 1-3 26,745 Ritchie
9 13 September 1969 Sunderland H 4-2 16,939 Ritchie ( 2 ) , Greenhoff , Herd
10 17 September 1969 West Bromwich Albion A 3-1 24,869 Ritchie , Greenhoff , Smith
11 20 September 1969 Liverpool A 1-3 45,745 Burrows ( pen )
12 27 September 1969 Manchester City H 2-0 29,739 Ritchie , Greenhoff
13 4 October 1969 Leeds United A 1-2 35,860 Greenhoff
14 6 October 1969 West Ham United A 3-3 26,860 Burrows , Smith ( 2 )
15 11 October 1969 Arsenal H 0-0 25,801
16 18 October 1969 Everton A 2-6 48,684 Burrows , Dobing
17 25 October 1969 Tottenham Hotspur H 1-1 19,550 Herd
18 1 November 1969 Manchester United A 1-1 54,061 Burrows
19 8 November 1969 Burnley H 2-1 18,434 Greenhoff , Eastham
20 15 November 1969 Sheffield Wednesday A 2-0 16,444 Greenhoff , Ritchie
Results -- Football League First Division
Main article : 1969–70 Football League
The 1969-70 season was Stoke City's 63rd season in the Football League and the 39th in the First Division. Stoke seemingly had an abundance of talent emerging as the 1960s gave way for the 1970s and Waddington addressed the past two seasons lack of goals by bringing back John Ritchie from Sheffield Wednesday and Jimmy Greenhoff from Birmingham City. It was a promising season with Stoke finishing in 9th position with 45 points.