1968-02-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Home International & European Championship Qualifier Group 8						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Scotland	1	1	England		Hampden Park, Glasgow	134,000
	Hughes	Lineups		Peters

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	2	Manchester United	Highbury	46,417
	Lineups		Best, Storey OG
Coventry City	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Highfield Road	28,528
Martin 3 (1p)	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Leicester City	Anfield Road	41,451
Callaghan, Strong, Hateley	Lineups		Fern
Manchester City	1	0	Sunderland	Maine Road	28,624
Lee	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	35,431
Elliott, Robson T	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Burnley	City Ground	26,110
Chapman	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Fulham	The Hawthorns	17,969
Astle, Brown (p)	Lineups		Barrett

				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	29	11	2	0	32	11	7	5	4	27	22	1.788	43	W	L	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Chelsea	H
2	0	Leeds United	29	13	2	0	38	10	4	4	6	14	14	2.167	40	W	D	W	W	W	1968-03-13	Nottingham Forest	H
3	0	Liverpool	29	13	1	1	34	9	2	7	5	11	15	1.875	38	W	L	L	W	W	1968-03-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	0	Manchester City	28	11	2	2	37	14	5	3	5	23	18	1.875	37	W	D	W	W	L	1968-03-02	Burnley	A
5	0	Newcastle United	30	11	4	0	30	10	1	7	7	15	30	1.125	35	W	D	W	W	D	1968-03-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	6	6	2	23	13	7	0	7	19	29	1	32	W	L	W	W	W	1968-02-26	Sheffield United	A
7	0	Everton	27	10	1	2	24	9	3	3	8	14	18	1.407	30	W	L	W	L	W	1968-02-26	Southampton	A
8	1	West Bromwich Albion	28	8	2	4	28	14	4	4	6	23	28	1.214	30	W	D	L	L	L	1968-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	1	Nottingham Forest	29	9	3	3	28	15	3	3	8	13	19	1.206	30	W	D	L	W	D	1968-03-13	Leeds United	A
10	-2	Arsenal	29	7	6	1	24	11	3	3	9	17	24	1.171	29	L	D	D	L	D	1968-03-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	0	Burnley	29	9	5	0	28	12	1	3	11	21	42	0.907	28	L	W	L	D	D	1968-03-02	Manchester City	H
12	0	Chelsea	28	5	6	3	23	23	4	4	6	19	33	0.75	28	W	L	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Manchester United	A
13	1	Leicester City	28	3	6	5	23	25	5	3	6	21	24	0.898	25	L	D	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Sheffield United	H
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	6	6	3	27	17	3	1	9	12	27	0.886	25	L	L	L	L	D	1968-02-28	Fulham	A
15	0	Stoke City	27	7	2	5	18	16	3	3	7	17	26	0.833	25	W	L	W	L	L	1968-02-26	West Ham United	H
16	0	West Ham United	28	5	1	7	31	26	5	3	7	26	29	1.036	24	L	W	W	L	W	1968-02-26	Stoke City	A
17	4	Coventry City	29	5	5	6	27	30	1	5	7	10	24	0.685	22	W	W	W	L	D	1968-03-02	Everton	A
18	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	6	2	5	28	26	2	3	10	16	34	0.733	21	L	D	L	L	L	1968-03-02	Liverpool	H
19	-1	Sunderland	28	5	5	5	20	23	2	2	9	13	25	0.688	21	L	L	W	D	L	1968-03-02	Southampton	H
20	-1	Sheffield United	28	6	3	5	16	18	0	6	8	15	30	0.646	21	D	L	L	D	D	1968-02-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	-1	Southampton	28	5	4	4	25	25	2	2	11	19	38	0.698	20	D	L	L	L	L	1968-02-26	Everton	H
22	0	Fulham	27	4	2	7	19	28	3	2	9	20	34	0.629	18	L	W	L	L	L	1968-02-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	45,283	Largest home gate 1967-68
Bridges 2	Lineups		Godfrey
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Norwich City	Ewood Park	12,803
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	1	Rotherham United	Bloomfield Road	13,689
James	Lineups		Tiler
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Burnden Park	14,956
Hulme	Lineups		Morgan R
Bristol City	2	1	Crystal Palace	Ashton Gate	13,082
Galley, Wimshurst	Lineups		Woodruff
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Leeds Road	6,562
	Lineups		Reynolds
Hull City	1	1	Preston North End	Boothferry Park	14,082
Chilton	Lineups		McNab
Ipswich Town	4	2	Cardiff City	Portman Road	15,580
Brogan, O'Rourke J 2, Crawford	Lineups		Clark, Lea
Middlesbrough	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	13,414
Hickton	Lineups		Tees
Millwall	1	1	Derby County	The Den, New Cross	12,214
Gilchrist	Lineups		Durban

				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	30	13	1	1	35	8	5	4	6	15	19	1.852	41	D	L	W	D	W	1968-03-09	Hull City	H
2	0	Portsmouth	30	11	4	0	35	11	4	6	5	21	26	1.514	40	D	W	D	W	W	1968-03-02	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Blackpool	29	7	6	3	24	15	8	3	2	23	14	1.621	39	D	D	W	D	D	1968-03-02	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	28	9	4	2	32	15	4	6	3	19	16	1.645	36	W	L	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Derby County	A
5	0	Birmingham City	30	10	3	3	45	18	4	5	5	23	25	1.581	36	W	D	L	W	L	1968-03-02	Portsmouth	A
6	0	Millwall	31	5	9	2	24	13	4	5	6	23	26	1.205	32	D	W	D	W	W	1968-03-02	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Carlisle United	30	8	6	2	33	18	3	3	8	14	23	1.146	31	D	W	D	W	W	1968-03-02	Preston North End	A
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	30	7	4	4	32	20	4	5	6	17	25	1.089	31	D	L	D	W	L	1968-03-02	Norwich City	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	28	9	3	1	23	7	2	5	8	17	23	1.333	30	D	L	D	L	L	1968-03-01	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Norwich City	29	7	3	4	26	21	4	5	6	19	23	1.023	30	D	D	L	L	D	1968-03-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	30	6	6	3	25	10	4	4	7	16	31	1	30	D	W	W	L	D	1968-03-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	2	Derby County	30	6	4	4	29	22	5	2	9	25	33	0.982	28	D	W	L	L	W	1968-03-02	Ipswich Town	H
13	-1	Cardiff City	29	7	4	3	30	22	3	4	8	20	29	0.98	28	L	W	W	D	W	1968-03-02	Bristol City	H
14	-1	Crystal Palace	27	8	2	3	20	10	2	5	7	13	22	1.031	27	L	L	L	L	D	1968-03-02	Blackpool	H
15	2	Charlton Athletic	28	6	6	2	28	19	2	4	8	16	29	0.917	26	D	W	W	D	L	1968-03-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	-1	Aston Villa	27	8	1	5	24	18	4	1	8	13	23	0.902	26	L	L	W	W	W	1968-02-27	Bristol City	A
17	-1	Huddersfield Town	30	6	5	4	18	18	2	5	8	13	28	0.674	26	L	L	D	D	L	1968-03-02	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Hull City	30	4	6	5	18	17	4	3	8	24	37	0.778	25	D	W	L	W	D	1968-03-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	1	Bristol City	29	4	5	6	16	22	3	3	8	11	25	0.574	22	W	L	L	D	D	1968-02-27	Aston Villa	H
20	-1	Preston North End	28	5	4	4	20	17	2	3	10	10	30	0.638	21	D	L	W	L	L	1968-03-02	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	28	3	3	8	18	26	3	3	8	7	26	0.481	18	W	W	L	L	L	1968-03-02	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Rotherham United	29	3	2	8	14	27	1	7	8	15	36	0.46	17	D	D	D	D	L	1968-03-02	Huddersfield Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Colchester United	Goldstone Ground	6,512
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Priestfield Stadium	4,186
Machin	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park	3,512
Moore, Taylor GJ, Boylen	Lineups		Taylor S, Biggs
Northampton Town	1	1	Southport	County Ground	6,387
Byrne	Lineups		Harkin
Orient	0	1	Watford	Brisbane Road	5,325
	Lineups		Lewis
Reading	1	1	Oxford United	Elm Park	10,082
Meldrum	Lineups		Chapman OG
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gay Meadow	4,858
Stobart	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	3	Bury	County Ground	14,464
Noble 2	Lineups		Lindsay, Farrell (p), Owen
Torquay United	0	2	Barrow	Plainmoor	7,382
	Lineups		Bebbington, Field
Walsall	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Fellows Park	8,987
	Lineups

				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	Torquay United	31	10	4	1	24	11	6	4	6	18	25	1.167	40	L	W	W	W	D	1968-03-02	Oxford United	A
2	0	Bury	31	11	3	1	44	18	4	5	7	23	27	1.489	38	W	D	W	W	W	1968-02-27	Bristol Rovers	H
3	0	Stockport County	31	11	5	1	35	14	3	3	8	12	25	1.205	36	D	W	D	W	D	1968-03-02	Mansfield Town	A
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	30	10	3	2	31	13	3	6	6	14	27	1.125	35	W	L	W	W	D	1968-03-02	Colchester United	A
5	-1	Walsall	30	8	5	2	33	13	5	3	7	17	28	1.22	34	D	L	L	D	L	1968-02-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	4	Barrow	31	7	5	3	27	11	7	0	9	20	27	1.237	33	W	W	W	L	L	1968-03-02	Grimsby Town	H
7	-1	Oxford United	31	11	2	2	36	19	0	9	7	11	21	1.175	33	D	L	W	L	D	1968-03-02	Torquay United	H
8	0	Reading	31	9	5	1	30	14	4	2	10	15	32	0.978	33	D	L	D	D	W	1968-03-02	Bury	A
9	3	Gillingham	31	8	5	2	22	13	4	4	8	18	29	0.952	33	W	W	W	L	L	1968-03-02	Bristol Rovers	A
10	3	Watford	31	9	3	4	39	14	4	3	8	10	19	1.485	32	W	D	L	W	W	1968-03-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	-4	Peterborough United	31	10	2	4	32	18	3	4	8	20	33	1.02	32	D	W	D	L	L	1968-03-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-3	Swindon Town	29	10	2	2	32	9	1	7	7	15	23	1.469	31	L	L	W	L	W	1968-02-27	Grimsby Town	H
13	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	7	6	2	19	8	2	7	6	15	25	1.03	31	D	D	D	D	D	1968-02-28	Walsall	H
14	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	31	9	4	2	24	11	2	5	9	11	26	0.946	31	L	D	D	W	W	1968-03-02	Swindon Town	H
15	0	Southport	30	9	3	3	24	15	3	3	9	22	32	0.979	30	D	W	L	W	L	1968-03-01	Orient	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	29	9	2	4	28	17	2	4	8	18	30	0.979	28	L	W	W	L	L	1968-02-27	Bury	A
17	1	Northampton Town	31	6	6	3	23	17	3	4	9	14	30	0.787	28	D	L	D	D	L	1968-03-02	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	29	7	5	3	32	23	3	2	9	16	30	0.906	27	D	W	L	D	D	1968-03-01	Watford	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	31	9	0	6	24	16	3	2	11	18	31	0.894	26	L	L	L	L	W	1968-03-02	Walsall	H
20	1	Colchester United	30	5	5	4	19	18	3	4	9	16	33	0.686	25	D	L	L	L	L	1968-02-26	Scunthorpe United	H
21	-1	Mansfield Town	30	6	4	5	24	22	2	4	9	12	24	0.783	24	D	D	L	W	W	1968-03-02	Stockport County	H
22	0	Orient	27	7	3	5	20	15	0	6	6	10	23	0.789	23	L	D	D	D	W	1968-03-01	Southport	A
23	0	Scunthorpe United	31	5	7	5	23	27	2	2	10	13	32	0.61	23	D	L	L	W	W	1968-02-26	Colchester United	A
24	0	Grimsby Town	29	6	5	3	21	13	1	1	13	11	34	0.681	20	W	D	L	W	L	1968-02-27	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Oakwell	15,096
Evans, Earnshaw, Robson	Lineups		Bradshaw
Bradford	1	1	Aldershot	Park Avenue	3,181
Down	Lineups		Gowans
Brentford	2	0	Darlington	Griffin Park	4,163
Lawther 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Workington	Belle Vue	6,513
Warboys, Webber, Jeffrey	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	2	Port Vale	Victoria Park	4,388
Cummings, McGovern	Lineups		Mahon 2
Luton Town	4	2	Lincoln City	Kenilworth Road	11,159
Whittaker 2 (1p), Allen, Rioch	Lineups		Grummett, Thom
Newport County	1	1	Chester	Somerton Park	4,370
Jones T	Lineups		Morris
Rochdale	2	2	Exeter City	Spotland	2,159
Melledew, Rudd	Lineups		Blain, Corr
Southend United	2	2	Halifax Town	Roots Hall	6,973
Best, Chisnall	Lineups		Massie, Flower
Swansea Town	2	0	Notts County	Vetch Field	5,803
Todd, Allchurch	Lineups
Wrexham	0	2	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	5,364
	Lineups		Rackstraw, Hall
York City	0	2	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	5,210
	Lineups		Randall 2

				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	0	Luton Town	30	13	1	0	38	10	4	7	5	24	23	1.879	42	W	W	W	D	D	1968-02-26	Darlington	H
2	0	Bradford City	33	12	1	3	32	14	6	4	7	18	21	1.429	41	W	D	L	L	W	1968-03-02	York City	H
3	0	Barnsley	32	11	4	0	27	8	5	5	7	18	26	1.324	41	W	L	W	D	W	1968-03-02	Aldershot	A
4	0	Southend United	31	9	5	1	26	13	6	5	5	18	22	1.257	40	D	W	L	L	D	1968-03-02	Exeter City	A
5	1	Chesterfield	30	12	2	2	38	14	4	5	5	18	16	1.867	39	W	L	D	D	L	1968-03-02	Luton Town	H
6	-1	Crewe Alexandra	30	9	6	0	31	13	5	4	6	24	23	1.528	38	L	D	W	W	D	1968-03-02	Rochdale	H
7	0	Aldershot	30	8	7	0	27	11	5	5	5	24	26	1.378	38	D	W	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Barnsley	H
8	0	Hartlepool United	31	9	5	1	22	8	5	1	10	14	32	0.9	34	D	L	W	L	L	1968-03-02	Lincoln City	A
9	1	Halifax Town	30	7	4	3	23	14	3	6	7	14	22	1.028	30	D	W	W	W	W	1968-03-02	Newport County	H
10	2	Brentford	32	10	3	5	32	17	3	1	10	11	26	1	30	W	L	L	W	L	1968-03-02	Notts County	A
11	2	Swansea Town	29	8	5	1	31	17	4	1	10	17	33	0.96	30	W	W	D	L	L	1968-03-02	Workington	A
12	-3	Wrexham	30	10	2	3	31	9	1	5	9	15	31	1.15	29	L	L	L	L	W	1968-03-02	Darlington	A
13	2	Doncaster Rovers	30	7	5	3	24	11	2	6	7	19	30	1.049	29	W	D	W	L	W	1968-02-27	Newport County	A
14	-3	Newport County	30	7	6	2	25	13	3	3	9	18	29	1.024	29	D	W	W	W	D	1968-02-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	-1	Notts County	31	8	5	3	17	11	2	3	10	19	43	0.667	28	L	L	W	W	D	1968-03-02	Brentford	H
16	0	Lincoln City	32	8	2	6	32	24	2	5	9	17	30	0.907	27	L	D	L	L	L	1968-03-02	Hartlepool United	H
17	0	Port Vale	31	7	3	6	30	24	1	8	6	16	27	0.902	27	D	D	D	L	D	1968-03-02	Bradford	H
18	1	Rochdale	31	7	5	4	27	23	1	5	9	10	29	0.712	26	D	L	L	W	L	1968-03-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	2	Exeter City	30	7	4	3	25	22	1	5	10	11	29	0.706	25	D	W	L	D	L	1968-03-02	Southend United	H
20	-2	Workington	32	6	6	3	27	20	2	3	12	15	42	0.677	25	L	W	D	L	W	1968-03-02	Swansea Town	H
21	-1	York City	31	6	4	5	27	18	2	4	10	15	27	0.933	24	L	W	W	D	W	1968-03-02	Bradford City	A
22	0	Darlington	29	2	8	5	23	24	4	3	7	9	16	0.8	23	L	L	D	W	D	1968-02-26	Luton Town	A
23	0	Chester	31	4	4	8	23	28	2	5	8	15	28	0.679	21	D	L	L	L	D	1968-03-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Bradford	30	3	7	7	16	21	1	5	7	8	23	0.545	20	D	D	W	L	L	1968-03-02	Port Vale	A