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Crystal Palace
Set maker:  A&BC Chewing Gum
Set details: 1970/71 Footballers, Orange backs
Number in set: 255
Checklists: Series 1 (1-84), Series 2 (85-169), Series 3 (170-255), Team checklist
Links: Arsenal, Blackpool, Burnley, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Checklists, Variants and error cards.
1. Goalkeeper
70/71 League App. Gls
John Jackson 42 0

 

2. Right back
70/71 League App. Gls
John Sewell 32 2
David Payne 5 0
John Loughlan 3 0
Phil Hoadley 2 1
3. Left back
70/71 League App. Gls
Peter Wall 40 1
Phil Hoadley 1 0
John McCormack 1 0
4. Right half
70/71 League App. Gls
David Payne 20 0
Phil Hoadley 12 0
Trevor Dawkins 8 0
Steve Kember 2 0
5. Centre half
70/71 League App. Gls
John McCormack 29 0
Phil Hoadley 11 0
Mel Blyth 1 0
Gerry Humphreys 1 0
6. Left half
70/71 League App. Gls
Mel Blyth 37 0
Steve Kember 2 0
Tony Taylor 2 0
Trevor Dawkins 1 0
7. Right wing
70/71 League App. Gls
Tony Taylor 23 2
Terry Wharton 12 1
Jim Scott 5 0
Bobby Tambling 2 0
8. Inside right
70/71 League App. Gls
Steve Kember 34 4
Bobby Tambling 4 0
David Payne 2 0
Jim Scott 2 1
9. Centre forward
70/71 League App. Gls
Gerry Queen 25 7
Alan Birchenall 9 2
Phil Hoadley 3 0
Bobby Tambling 3 1
Gerry Humphreys 1 0
Jim Scott 1 0
10. Inside left
70/71 League App. Gls
Alan Birchenall 27 8
Bobby Tambling 6 0
Gerry Queen 4 1
Phil Hoadley 3 0
Steve Kember 1 0
David Provan 1 0
11. Left wing
70/71 League App. Gls
Jim Scott 13 3
Bobby Tambling 11 3
Tony Taylor 11 0
Gerry Humphreys 3 0
David Payne 3 0
Terry Wharton 1 0
Substitutes
70/71 League App. Gls
Gerry Humphreys 5 0
Gerry Queen 2 1
Jim Scott 2 0
John Sewell 2 0
Trevor Dawkins 1 0
Phil Hoadley 1 0
Terry Wharton 1 0

1970/71 League record

  P W D L F A Pts
Home 21 9 5 7 24 24  
Away 21 3 6 12 15 33  
Total 42 12 11 19 39 57 35
League position: 18th

Team facts - 1970/71

Home ground Selhurst Park
Ground capacity

51,000

Manager Bert Head
Club captain John Sewell

Previous 5 seasons...

1965/66 Division 2 - 11th
1966/67

Division 2 - 7th

1967/68

Division 2 - 11th

1968/69

Division 2 - 2nd

1969/70

Division 1 - 20th

Next 4 seasons...

1971/72 Division 1 - 20th
1972/73

Division 1 - 21st

1973/74 Division 2 - 20th
1974/75 Division 3 - 5th

1970/71 F.A. Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
3 v. Chelsea 2-2, 0-2

 

1970/71 League Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
2 v. Rochdale 3-3, 3-1
3 v. Lincoln City 4-0
4 v. Arsenal 0-0, 2-0
5 v. Manchester U. 2-4

1970/71 League home record

19/08/70 v. Manchester City L 0-1  
22/08/70 v. Newcastle United W 1-0 Birchenall
02/09/70 v. Blackpool W 1-0 Queen
05/09/70 v. Nottingham For. W 2-0 Scott, Queen
19/09/70 v. Tottenham H. L 0-3  
03/10/70 v. Southampton W 3-1 Queen 2, Birchenall
17/10/70 v. W.B.A. W 3-0 Tambling 2, Birchenall
24/10/70 v. West Ham Utd. D 1-1 Taylor
07/11/70 v. Leeds United D 1-1 Sewell
29/11/70 v. Wolver. Wand. D 1-1 Scott
12/12/70 v. Derby County D 0-0  
13/01/71 v. Chelsea D 0-0  
16/01/71 v. Liverpool W 1-0 Queen
06/02/71 v. Ipswich Town W 1-0 Wall
20/02/71 v. Coventry City L 1-2 Birchenall
27/02/71 v. Burnley L 0-2  
13/03/71 v. Arsenal L 0-2  
24/03/71 v. Huddersfield T. L 0-3  
03/04/71 v. Stoke City W 3-2 Kember, Birchenall, Wharton
17/04/71 v. Manchester Utd. L 3-5 Birchenall, Tambling, Queen
01/05/71 v. Everton W 2-0 Hoadley, Wright (o.g.)

1970/71 League away record

15/08/70 v. W.B.A. D 0-0  
25/08/70 v. Liverpool D 1-1 Queen
29/08/70 v. Stoke City D 0-0  
12/09/70 v. Huddersfield T. W 2-0 Kember, Queen
26/09/70 v. Everton L 1-3 Scott
10/10/70 v. Manchester Utd. W 1-0 Tambling
31/10/70 v. Burnley L 1-2 Taylor
14/11/70 v. Arsenal D 1-1 Birchenall
21/11/70 v. Coventry City L 1-2 Kember
05/12/70 v. Ipswich Town W 2-1 Sewell (pen.), Kember
19/12/70 v. Newcastle United L 0-2  
09/01/71 v. Manchester City L 0-1  
30/01/71 v. Wolver. Wand. L 1-2 Birchenall
17/02/71 v. Derby County L 0-1  
06/03/71 v. West Ham United D 0-0  
20/03/71 v. Leeds United L 1-2 Birchenall
27/03/71 v. Nottingham For. L 1-3 Birchenall
10/04/71 v. Chelsea D 1-1 Scott
24/04/71 v. Tottenham H. L 0-2  
26/04/71 v. Blackpool L 1-3 Queen
04/05/71 v. Southampton L 0-6