1970 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1970 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
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 |