Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1969–70 season.
Everton won the First Division title for the seventh time in the club's history that season.
They made sure of that on 1 April, with a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park.
Sheffield Wednesday went down on 22 April, after losing 2–1 at home to Manchester City whilst Sunderland had gone 7 days earlier, losing 1–0 at home to Liverpool (a win would have saved them from relegation at the expense of Crystal Palace).