1970 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1970 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1970 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 91.2)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, Graeme | #31 | 5 | 1 | R09, R11-12, R21-22 |
| Bartlett, Les | #20 | 12 | 7 | R02-06, R09, R17-22 |
| Bisset, George | #6 | 21 | 45 | R01-21 |
| Casey, Gordon | #10 | 21 | 0 | R01-08, R10-22 |
| Cook, Graeme | #10 | 7 | 3 | R06-12 |
| Darcy, David | #15 | 13 | 6 | R01-12, R16 |
| Delmenico, Kevin | #18 | 7 | 0 | R01-06, R18 |
| Dempsey, Gary | #24 | 19 | 12 | R01-17, R21-22 |
| Fenton, Ron | #5 | 9 | 13 | R01-04, R15-19 |
| Godridge, Bill | #26 | 2 | 1 | R01-02 |
| Greenwood, Ken | #1 | 22 | 5 | R01-22 |
| Haynes, Ray | #17 | 10 | 0 | R01-05, R08-10, R17-18 |
| Hines, Peter | #9 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Jillard, John | #25 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Joslin, Graeme | #12 | 18 | 0 | R01, R05-15, R17-22 |
| Magee, Stuart | #23 | 18 | 10 | R01-10, R13-16, R19-22 |
| Mannix, Alan | #8 | 18 | 16 | R01-17, R19 |
| McGhie, Robbie | #40 | 16 | 0 | R07-22 |
| McGowan, Ron | #22 | 10 | 0 | R06-08, R13-16, R20-22 |
| McHardy, Roger | #42 | 1 | 1 | R08 |
| McKenzie, Don | #30 | 17 | 20 | R02-08, R10-16, R18, R21-22 |
| Merrington, Gary | #19 | 22 | 2 | R01-22 |
| Newman, Clive | #39 | 1 | 0 | R15 |
| Pagnoccolo, Charles | #36 | 17 | 22 | R05-07, R09-22 |
| Pokrovsky, Mike | #46 | 2 | 0 | R13-14 |
| Power, Stephen | #21 | 21 | 8 | R01, R03-22 |
| Quinlan, Bernie | #2 | 21 | 12 | R01-19, R21-22 |
| Radziminski, Richard | #32 | 5 | 0 | R12-14, R19-20 |
| Rippon, Laurie | #11 | 5 | 0 | R16-20 |
| Round, Barry | #14 | 21 | 27 | R01-15, R17-22 |
| Salmon, Ian | #9 | 5 | 5 | R09-13 |
| Sandilands, Laurie | #9 | 9 | 5 | R14-22 |
| Simmons, Grant | #45 | 3 | 0 | R20-22 |
| Skreja, Harry | #37 | 1 | 1 | R20 |
| Spargo, Ricky | #7 | 9 | 2 | R02-03, R15-20, R22 |
| Thorpe, David | #16 | 22 | 6 | R01-22 |
| Welsh, Peter | #4 | 17 | 3 | R01-04, R06-08, R10-11, R14, R16-22 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 4 | 4 | R01, R03-05 |
| Zeltner, Trevor | #29 | 7 | 3 | R04-05, R07, R09, R11-13 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten, Ted | 22 | 11 | -0- | 11 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/04/1970 | Round 1 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 64 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 11/04/1970 | Round 2 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 32 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 18/04/1970 | Round 3 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 33 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 25/04/1970 | Round 4 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 17 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 02/05/1970 | Round 5 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 3 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 09/05/1970 | Round 6 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 46 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 16/05/1970 | Round 7 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 22 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 23/05/1970 | Round 8 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 29 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 30/05/1970 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 2 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 06/06/1970 | Round 10 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 10 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 15/06/1970 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 57 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 20/06/1970 | Round 12 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 13 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 27/06/1970 | Round 13 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 16 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 04/07/1970 | Round 14 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 6 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 11/07/1970 | Round 15 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 48 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 18/07/1970 | Round 16 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 99 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 25/07/1970 | Round 17 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 31 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 01/08/1970 | Round 18 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 14 | Ted Whitten | unknown |
| 08/08/1970 | Round 19 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 2 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 15/08/1970 | Round 20 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 2 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 22/08/1970 | Round 21 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 14 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
| 29/08/1970 | Round 22 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 10 | Ted Whitten | Stuart Magee |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.