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ORIENT 1969-70

DIVISION THREE CHAMPIONS

By Neil Fissler

ORIENT started the Swinging Sixties with promotion to the First Division for the only time in the club’s history but then suffered two relegations in four seasons.
They ended the decade by winning only their second league title, after the Division Three (South) crown that came in 1955/56.
Using only 16 players all season, they took the Division Three crown with 62 points, two more than runners-up Luton.
Tommy Taylor, Mick Jones, Barry Dyson and Peter Allen played all 46 games, while Dennis Rofe missed one game, Ray Goddard two and Micky Bull...

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