The 1970–71 season was Cambridge United's first season in the Football League.
On 30 May 1970 Bradford Park Avenue failed to be re-elected to the Football League and Cambridge United were voted to take their place. They had a quiet start to life as a football league club finishing in 20th position with 43 points.
Final league table
Results
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League Fourth Division
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 15 August 1970 Lincoln CityH1 – 16,843Meldrum2 22 August 1970 Northampton TownA1 – 27,901Walker3 29 August 1970 Oldham AthleticH3 – 15,435Cassidy, Harris, Leggett4 31 August 1970 BrentfordH1 – 06,654Meldrum5 5 September 1970 Scunthorpe UnitedA0 – 04,1496 12 September 1970 SouthportH0 – 03,8437 19 September 1970 Crewe AlexandraA2 – 12,224Lindsay, McKinven8 23 September 1970 ChesterA1 – 25,982Hardy9 26 September 1970 Hartlepool UnitedH2 – 05,225McKinven, Howell10 30 September 1970 AldershotA2 – 25,739Cassidy, Meldrum11 3 October 1970 BournemouthA0 – 37,11612 10 October 1970 Peterborough UnitedH1 – 17,570Gregson13 17 October 1970 Lincoln CityA1 – 07,132Walker14 19 October 1970 Stockport CountyH1 – 14,650Leggett15 24 October 1970 Exeter CityA0 – 15,63116 31 October 1970 Southend UnitedH0 – 35,70117 7 November 1970 Grimsby TownA0 – 27,47218 9 November 1970 WorkingtonH1 – 24,238Leggett19 14 November 1970 Newport CountyH3 – 23,608Harris (2), Hollett20 28 November 1970 BarrowA1 – 22,129Hollett21 5 December 1970 Colchester UnitedH2 – 15,183Harris, Horrey22 19 December 1970 Northampton TownH0 – 24,81423 26 December 1970 Notts CountyA1 – 415,722Hollett24 2 January 1971 DarlingtonH2 – 03,866Cassidy25 9 January 1971 AldershotH1 – 14,823Cassidy26 15 January 1971 Stockport CountyA1 – 02,340Horrey27 30 January 1971 BarrowH3 – 33,803Cassidy, White, Garbett (o.g.)28 5 February 1971 Colchester UnitedA1 – 26,469Horrey29 13 February 1971 York CityH1 – 14,593Hollett30 20 February 1971 WorkingtonA1 – 32,114Collins31 26 February 1971 Southend UnitedA1 – 16,827Harris32 1 March 1971 York CityA0 – 33,13833 6 March 1971 Exeter CityH2 – 03,803Collins (2)34 8 March 1971 ChesterH1 – 13,576Hollett35 12 March 1971 Newport CountyA0 – 22,58736 15 March 1971 DarlingtonA0 – 22,80937 20 March 1971 Grimsby TownH2 – 33,929Collins, Hollett38 27 March 1971 Scunthorpe UnitedH1 – 13,657White39 3 April 1971 Oldham AthleticA1 – 48,242Hollett40 9 April 1971 SouthportA1 – 02,885Hollett41 10 April 1971 Notts CountyH2 – 16,935Hollett, Harris42 13 April 1971 BournemouthH0 – 26,02743 17 April 1971 Peterborough UnitedA3 – 25,068Hollett (2), Foote44 24 April 1971 Crewe AlexandraH1 – 04,370Meldrum45 26 April 1971 BrentfordA2 – 15,994Harris, Eades46 1 May 1971 Hartlepool UnitedA0 – 01,767
FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR121 November 1970 EnfieldA1 – 02,941HollettR212 December 1970 Colchester UnitedA0 – 37,348
League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR119 August 1970 Colchester UnitedA0 – 56,952
Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMF Bill Cassidy 27(5)6100028(5)6MF John Collins27(5)6100028(5)6DF Terry Eades4512010481MF Chris Foote1110000111DF Brian Grant140100(1)015(1)0MF John Gregson3212000341MF Robin Hardy15(1)1201018(1)1MF George Harris22(1)7101024(1)7FW Ivan Hollett291121003112MF Roly Horrey3231(1)00033(1)3MF Ron Howell1211000131MF Peter Leggett2131010233FW Mal Lindsay61001071MF John McKinven1821010202DF Colin Meldrum36(1)4101038(1)4FW Peter Phillips10000010GK Trevor Roberts1500010160MF Mel Slack33(2)0201035(2)0DF Jimmy Thompson32(1)0201035(1)0GK Peter Vasper3102000330MF Robin Wainwright10000010MF Dennis Walker32(2)2001033(2)2DF Jimmy White2520000252
References Cambridge 1970–71 at statto.com Player information sourced from The English National Football Archive