1968-01-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	1	4	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	33,760
Baker	Lineups		Davies, Robson T, Scott, Sinclair
Fulham	0	1	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	16,696
	Lineups		Stringfellow
Leeds United	2	0	Everton	Elland Road	44,119
Jones, Giles (p)	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Southampton	Anfield Road	44,906
Strong, Yeats	Lineups
Manchester United	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	55,254
Best 2, Charlton, Kidd	Lineups		Whitham 2
Nottingham Forest	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	34,298
Baker 2, Lyons	Lineups		Clark 2
Sheffield United	0	3	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	32,142
	Lineups		Bell, Doyle, Lee
Stoke City	0	1	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	21,861
	Lineups		Birchenall
Sunderland	2	2	Burnley	Roker Park	27,860
Suggett, Blant OG	Lineups		Casper, Coates
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	57,885	Largest home gate 1967-68
Gilzean	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	West Ham United	Molineux	32,273
Dougan	Lineups		Dear, Hurst

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	26	11	2	0	32	11	5	5	3	22	19	1.8	39	W	W	W	W	D	1968-02-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Leeds United	27	12	2	0	36	9	4	3	6	12	12	2.286	37	W	W	W	W	W	1968-02-03	Leicester City	A
3	0	Liverpool	26	12	1	1	31	8	2	7	3	10	11	2.158	36	W	W	W	D	D	1968-02-03	Everton	A
4	0	Manchester City	26	10	1	2	35	13	5	3	5	23	18	1.871	34	W	W	L	L	W	1968-02-03	Arsenal	H
5	2	Newcastle United	27	9	4	0	27	10	1	6	7	15	30	1.05	30	W	D	L	D	W	1968-02-03	Sheffield United	H
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	26	6	6	1	22	11	6	0	7	18	29	1	30	W	W	W	D	L	1968-02-03	Manchester United	H
7	-2	Everton	26	9	1	2	23	9	3	3	8	14	18	1.37	28	L	W	L	W	W	1968-02-03	Liverpool	H
8	0	Arsenal	26	7	5	0	24	9	3	2	9	16	23	1.25	27	L	D	D	D	L	1968-02-03	Manchester City	A
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	7	2	3	26	12	4	3	6	22	27	1.231	27	L	L	W	W	D	1968-02-03	Coventry City	H
10	0	Nottingham Forest	26	8	2	3	25	13	3	3	7	13	18	1.226	27	W	D	L	W	W	1968-02-03	Chelsea	A
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	26	6	6	2	27	16	3	1	8	12	24	0.975	25	L	L	D	L	L	1968-02-03	Sunderland	H
12	0	Burnley	25	8	4	0	25	10	1	3	9	18	37	0.915	25	D	W	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	1	Leicester City	26	3	5	5	21	23	5	3	5	20	21	0.932	24	W	W	W	L	L	1968-02-03	Leeds United	H
14	1	Chelsea	25	3	6	3	19	22	4	4	5	18	31	0.698	24	W	W	D	W	D	1968-02-03	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-2	Stoke City	26	7	2	5	18	16	2	3	7	15	25	0.805	23	L	W	L	L	L	1968-02-03	Southampton	A
16	0	West Ham United	26	4	1	7	24	24	5	3	6	25	27	0.961	22	W	L	W	W	W	1968-02-03	Fulham	H
17	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	6	2	5	28	26	2	2	9	15	31	0.754	20	L	L	L	L	L	1968-02-03	Burnley	A
18	0	Sheffield United	26	6	2	5	15	17	0	6	7	15	29	0.652	20	L	D	D	W	D	1968-02-03	Newcastle United	A
19	1	Sunderland	25	5	5	4	20	22	1	2	8	12	24	0.696	19	D	L	D	L	L	1968-02-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	-1	Southampton	26	5	4	3	24	23	2	1	11	17	36	0.695	19	L	L	L	L	D	1968-02-03	Stoke City	H
21	0	Fulham	24	3	2	7	15	25	3	2	7	17	25	0.64	16	L	L	L	D	D	1968-02-03	West Ham United	A
22	0	Coventry City	26	3	5	6	22	29	0	5	7	9	24	0.585	16	L	D	L	D	L	1968-02-03	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	19,560
McLeod, Greenhalgh, Godfrey, Woodward	Lineups		Campbell
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Birmingham City	Ewood Park	17,934
Connelly	Lineups		Pickering, Vowden
Blackpool	1	1	Bristol City	Bloomfield Road	13,032
Skirton (p)	Lineups		Galley
Cardiff City	2	2	Rotherham United	Ninian Park	8,748
Bird, Phillips	Lineups		Bentley, Quinn
Carlisle United	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Brunton Park	11,065
Rudge, Murray, Barton	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Hull City	Selhurst Park	15,431
	Lineups		Chilton
Ipswich Town	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Portman Road	14,945
Viljoen, Crawford	Lineups
Millwall	4	0	Middlesbrough	The Den, New Cross	12,139
Neil 2, Weller, Possee	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	4	Derby County	Home Park	9,026
Mitten J 2, Bickle	Lineups		Hinton 2, O'Hare, Barker
Portsmouth	3	0	Norwich City	Fratton Park	24,028
Pointer, Kellard, McCann	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Preston North End	Loftus Road	16,633
Marsh 2	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Queens Park Rangers	26	12	1	1	33	7	5	2	5	11	11	2.444	37	W	W	W	W	D	1968-02-03	Charlton Athletic	A
2	1	Portsmouth	27	10	4	0	32	9	4	4	5	19	24	1.545	36	W	W	L	D	D	1968-02-03	Rotherham United	A
3	-1	Blackpool	26	7	4	3	22	13	7	3	2	21	13	1.654	35	D	D	W	W	D	1968-02-03	Birmingham City	A
4	0	Birmingham City	27	9	3	2	42	15	4	4	5	22	24	1.641	33	W	L	L	L	W	1968-02-03	Blackpool	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	25	8	4	2	28	13	3	6	2	14	9	1.909	32	W	W	D	W	D	1968-02-03	Norwich City	A
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	1	1	23	7	2	5	6	15	19	1.462	28	L	D	W	D	W	1968-02-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Norwich City	26	7	2	3	21	15	4	4	6	19	23	1.053	28	L	D	D	D	D	1968-02-03	Ipswich Town	H
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	26	6	3	4	29	18	4	4	5	16	21	1.154	27	L	D	W	W	W	1968-02-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	0	Crystal Palace	24	8	2	2	20	9	2	5	5	11	18	1.148	27	L	D	D	D	W	1968-02-03	Aston Villa	H
10	1	Carlisle United	27	7	5	2	28	16	3	2	8	13	22	1.079	27	W	W	D	L	D	1968-02-03	Huddersfield Town	A
11	1	Millwall	27	4	7	2	19	11	3	5	6	21	26	1.081	26	W	D	L	D	L	1968-02-03	Bristol City	A
12	-2	Middlesbrough	27	5	5	3	22	8	3	4	7	15	31	0.949	25	L	D	L	L	L	1968-02-03	Hull City	H
13	2	Derby County	26	5	4	3	22	18	5	1	8	22	29	0.936	25	W	L	D	L	D	1968-02-03	Cardiff City	H
14	0	Cardiff City	26	6	4	3	28	22	2	4	7	14	22	0.955	24	D	W	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Derby County	A
15	1	Aston Villa	24	8	1	4	24	17	3	1	7	11	21	0.921	24	W	W	W	L	W	1968-02-03	Crystal Palace	A
16	-3	Huddersfield Town	26	6	4	3	17	16	2	4	7	11	24	0.7	24	L	L	D	D	W	1968-02-03	Carlisle United	H
17	1	Hull City	27	3	5	5	13	14	4	3	7	23	35	0.735	22	W	D	L	D	L	1968-02-03	Middlesbrough	A
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	24	5	5	2	21	14	1	3	8	11	27	0.78	20	L	W	D	D	L	1968-02-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	0	Bristol City	26	3	5	5	14	19	3	3	7	9	21	0.575	20	D	D	D	W	L	1968-02-03	Millwall	H
20	0	Preston North End	25	4	4	4	18	17	2	2	9	9	27	0.614	18	L	L	D	W	L	1968-02-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	2	3	7	15	21	2	3	7	6	24	0.467	14	L	D	L	L	D	1968-02-03	Preston North End	A
22	0	Rotherham United	26	3	1	8	13	26	1	5	8	12	33	0.424	14	D	L	W	D	L	1968-02-03	Portsmouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	1	Mansfield Town	Holker Street	6,246
	Lineups		Jones
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Stockport County	Dean Court	5,932
East	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	2	Watford	Eastville	7,702
	Lineups		Dyson 2
Bury	2	0	Colchester United	Gigg Lane	7,000
Grundy, Owen	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Torquay United	Priestfield Stadium	5,863
Machin (p)	Lineups		Welsh
Northampton Town	2	0	Swindon Town	County Ground	10,339
Kiernan, Martin	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Southport	Boundary Park	6,338
Blair, Sheffield	Lineups
Orient	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Brisbane Road	5,506
Massey	Lineups		McLaughlin
Oxford United	3	1	Peterborough United	Manor Ground	6,330
Atkinson G, Bullock, Thornley	Lineups		Conmy
Scunthorpe United	0	3	Grimsby Town	Old Showground	6,881	Largest home gate 1967-68
	Lineups		Moore 2, Wilson
Walsall	2	2	Reading	Fellows Park	9,703
Murray, Atthey	Lineups		Harris, Smee

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Walsall	27	8	4	1	32	11	5	3	6	17	25	1.361	33	D	L	D	L	W	1968-02-03	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Torquay United	26	8	4	0	21	8	5	3	6	17	25	1.152	33	D	W	L	D	W	1968-01-26	Stockport County	A
3	1	Bury	27	10	3	1	41	17	2	4	7	17	24	1.415	31	W	W	L	W	D	1968-02-03	Peterborough United	A
4	-1	Swindon Town	26	9	2	1	27	6	1	7	6	14	20	1.577	29	L	W	D	W	D	1968-02-03	Walsall	H
5	3	Oxford United	26	10	2	2	35	19	0	7	5	10	18	1.216	29	W	L	D	D	D	1968-01-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	1	Shrewsbury Town	26	8	3	1	27	11	2	6	6	12	26	1.054	29	D	W	W	D	D	1968-02-03	Northampton Town	H
7	-2	Stockport County	26	9	3	1	24	10	3	2	8	10	23	1.03	29	L	D	W	L	W	1968-01-26	Torquay United	H
8	-2	Peterborough United	27	9	2	3	29	15	3	2	8	15	28	1.023	28	L	L	L	W	W	1968-02-03	Bury	H
9	2	Reading	26	8	3	1	26	12	4	1	9	13	29	0.951	28	D	W	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Gillingham	H
10	3	Watford	27	8	2	4	35	11	3	3	7	9	18	1.517	27	W	L	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Barrow	H
11	-2	Barrow	27	6	5	3	24	10	5	0	8	12	22	1.125	27	L	W	W	L	L	1968-02-03	Watford	A
12	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	7	3	2	18	7	2	6	6	13	23	1.033	27	D	L	D	W	D	1968-01-27	Oxford United	H
13	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	27	9	3	2	21	8	1	4	8	9	24	0.938	27	W	W	W	L	W	1968-02-03	Colchester United	A
14	-2	Gillingham	26	6	5	2	18	12	3	4	6	14	23	0.914	27	D	D	L	L	D	1968-01-26	Scunthorpe United	A
15	1	Oldham Athletic	27	9	0	5	24	15	3	2	8	15	24	1	26	W	W	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Scunthorpe United	A
16	-2	Southport	26	7	3	3	21	14	3	2	8	20	28	0.976	25	L	L	D	W	W	1968-02-03	Bristol Rovers	H
17	3	Northampton Town	26	6	4	3	20	14	3	3	7	14	24	0.895	25	W	D	L	D	D	1968-02-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	26	7	4	3	31	22	2	2	8	12	24	0.935	24	D	D	W	L	L	1968-02-02	Stockport County	A
19	-2	Bristol Rovers	25	7	2	4	20	14	2	4	6	15	25	0.897	24	L	L	W	L	W	1968-02-03	Southport	A
20	-1	Colchester United	26	5	5	2	18	15	3	3	8	15	30	0.733	24	L	L	L	W	L	1968-02-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	0	Orient	24	7	2	4	18	12	0	5	6	9	22	0.794	21	D	W	L	W	D	1968-02-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	26	5	3	5	22	21	2	3	8	10	20	0.78	20	W	W	W	W	L	1968-02-03	Oxford United	H
23	0	Scunthorpe United	26	3	7	4	17	22	2	1	9	13	28	0.6	18	L	W	D	L	W	1968-01-26	Gillingham	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	26	5	4	3	17	10	1	1	12	11	33	0.651	17	W	L	L	D	L	1968-02-03	Torquay United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	0	Notts County	Recreation Ground	4,354
	Lineups
Bradford	0	0	Rochdale	Park Avenue	3,334
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	3	Barnsley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	16,091
Hollett, Curry	Lineups		Evans 2 (1p), Howard
Darlington	2	2	Port Vale	Feethams Ground	3,596
Kirk, Cummings	Lineups		Chapman R, Morris
Exeter City	1	0	Chester	St James Park	4,336
Corr	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	0	Brentford	The Shay	4,610
Massie 2, Ryden	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	0	Bradford City	Sincil Bank	6,719
Grummett, Gregson	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Newport County	Kenilworth Road	10,992
Allen	Lineups		Hill
Southend United	2	1	Hartlepool United	Roots Hall	8,452
Chisnall, Ashworth	Lineups		Blowman
Workington	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Borough Park	1,800
McLean, Lumsden	Lineups		Talbot, Bradshaw
Wrexham	2	1	Swansea Town	Racecourse Ground	8,752
Smith, Kinsey	Lineups		Evans B

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Southend United	26	9	4	0	24	10	5	4	4	17	20	1.367	36	W	W	W	D	L	1968-01-27	Chester	A
2	-1	Chesterfield	26	12	1	1	36	11	3	4	5	15	15	1.962	35	L	L	D	L	W	1968-02-03	Exeter City	H
3	1	Luton Town	25	11	1	0	30	7	3	5	5	21	22	1.759	34	D	L	L	W	D	1968-01-26	Port Vale	A
4	-2	Bradford City	27	11	1	1	30	11	4	3	7	14	20	1.419	34	L	L	W	W	L	1968-01-24	Workington	H
5	1	Barnsley	27	8	4	0	18	6	5	4	6	17	22	1.25	34	W	W	W	D	D	1968-01-27	Exeter City	H
6	-1	Crewe Alexandra	26	8	5	0	28	11	4	4	5	21	19	1.633	33	D	D	D	W	L	1968-01-27	Bradford	A
7	0	Hartlepool United	27	8	4	1	17	6	5	1	8	14	26	0.969	31	L	W	W	W	W	1968-01-27	Aldershot	A
8	1	Wrexham	26	10	2	1	31	6	1	5	7	14	25	1.452	29	W	L	W	L	D	1968-02-03	Hartlepool United	A
9	-1	Aldershot	25	6	7	0	23	10	3	4	5	18	24	1.206	29	D	L	D	D	W	1968-01-27	Hartlepool United	H
10	0	Brentford	27	8	3	3	28	13	3	1	9	11	24	1.054	26	L	L	L	L	D	1968-01-27	Bradford City	H
11	1	Lincoln City	27	8	2	4	30	18	2	4	7	13	23	1.049	26	W	L	W	L	W	1968-01-27	York City	H
12	2	Halifax Town	27	7	4	3	23	14	1	5	7	8	19	0.939	25	W	W	L	L	D	1968-02-03	Bradford City	A
13	-2	Swansea Town	26	7	4	1	28	16	3	1	10	14	32	0.875	25	L	L	W	W	W	1968-02-03	Barnsley	H
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	26	5	5	3	19	11	2	5	6	18	27	0.974	24	W	D	D	L	L	1968-02-03	Rochdale	A
15	0	Notts County	27	7	5	2	14	7	1	3	9	16	40	0.638	24	D	D	W	L	W	1968-02-03	Workington	H
16	0	Port Vale	26	7	1	5	29	20	1	6	6	13	24	0.955	23	D	W	W	D	D	1968-01-26	Luton Town	H
17	0	Rochdale	26	6	4	2	22	17	1	5	8	9	25	0.738	23	D	L	W	L	L	1968-01-27	Workington	H
18	0	Newport County	26	5	5	2	19	12	2	3	9	17	29	0.878	22	D	W	L	D	L	1968-02-06	Southend United	H
19	2	Exeter City	25	7	4	2	24	19	0	3	9	6	24	0.698	21	W	W	D	L	W	1968-01-27	Barnsley	A
20	-1	Darlington	25	2	7	4	22	22	3	3	6	8	14	0.833	20	D	D	L	L	L	1968-02-03	Chester	A
21	1	Workington	26	6	5	3	26	19	0	3	9	9	34	0.66	20	D	W	D	L	D	1968-01-24	Bradford City	A
22	-2	Chester	26	4	3	6	22	25	2	4	7	13	25	0.7	19	L	W	L	D	L	1968-01-27	Southend United	H
23	0	York City	26	5	3	4	23	14	0	4	10	11	26	0.85	17	L	L	D	W	D	1968-01-27	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Bradford	25	3	5	6	13	17	0	5	6	5	20	0.486	16	D	W	L	L	L	1968-01-27	Crewe Alexandra	H