| Index | ||||||
| Football | ||||||
| Division 1 - Tables | ||||||
| 1968/69 | 1969/70 | 1970/71 | ||||
| 1 | Leeds U. | 67 | Everton | 66 | Arsenal | 65 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 61 | Leeds U. | 57 | Leeds U. | 64 |
| 3 | Everton | 57 | Chelsea | 55 | Tottenham H. | 52 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 56 | Derby C. | 53 | Wolverhampton W. | 52 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 50 | Liverpool | 51 | Liverpool | 51 |
| 6 | Tottenham H. | 45 | Coventry C. | 49 | Chelsea | 51 |
| 7 | Southampton | 45 | Newcastle U. | 47 | Southampton | 46 |
| 8 | West Ham U. | 44 | Manchester U. | 45 | Manchester U. | 43 |
| 9 | Newcastle U. | 44 | Stoke C. | 45 | Derby C. | 42 |
| 10 | West Bromwich A. | 43 | Manchester C. | 43 | Coventry C. | 42 |
| 11 | Manchester U. | 42 | Tottenham H. | 43 | Manchester C. | 41 |
| 12 | Ipswich T. | 41 | Arsenal | 42 | Newcastle U. | 41 |
| 13 | Manchester C. | 40 | Wolverhampton W. | 40 | Stoke C. | 37 |
| 14 | Burnley | 39 | Burnley | 39 | Everton | 37 |
| 15 | Sheffield W. | 36 | Nottingham F. | 38 | Huddersfield T. | 36 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton W. | 35 | West Bromwich A. | 37 | Nottingham F. | 36 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 34 | West Ham U. | 36 | West Bromwich A. | 35 |
| 18 | Nottingham F. | 33 | Ipswich T. | 31 | Crystal Palace | 35 |
| 19 | Stoke C. | 33 | Southampton | 29 | Ipswich T. | 34 |
| 20 | Coventry C. | 31 | Crystal Palace | 27 | West Ham U. | 34 |
| 21 | Leicester C. | 30 | Sunderland | 26 | Burnley | 27 |
| 22 | Queens Park R. | 18 | Sheffield W. | 25 | Blackpool | 23 |
| Teams in italics were relegated. | ||||||