1968-03-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	0	Southampton	Turf Moor	9,405
O'Neil, Morgan	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	43,519
Kendall	Lineups
Fulham	1	3	Arsenal	Craven Cottage	20,612
Barrett	Lineups		Graham, Gould, Court
Leeds United	2	0	Manchester City	Elland Road	51,818	Largest home gate 1967-68
Charlton, Giles	Lineups
Leicester City	2	3	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	23,097
Nish, Tewley	Lineups		Clark 2, Astle
Manchester United	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	61,978
Herd, Brennan, Burns	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Liverpool	Hillsborough	32,177
Ford	Lineups		Hunt, Arrowsmith
Sunderland	1	1	Coventry City	Roker Park	26,286
Moore	Lineups		Hunt
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Stoke City	White Hart Lane	29,530
England, Robertson, Jones	Lineups
West Ham United	0	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	36,301
	Lineups		Osgood
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Sheffield United	Molineux	25,106
Farrington	Lineups		Barlow, Addison, Reece

				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	Leeds United	33	14	3	0	41	11	4	6	6	15	15	2.154	45	W	D	D	D	W	1968-04-06	Sheffield United	H
2	1	Manchester United	32	12	2	1	36	14	7	5	5	27	24	1.658	45	W	L	L	W	L	1968-03-27	Manchester City	H
3	-1	Manchester City	32	13	2	2	45	16	6	3	6	24	20	1.917	43	L	W	W	W	W	1968-03-27	Manchester United	A
4	0	Liverpool	32	14	1	1	37	11	3	8	5	14	17	1.821	43	W	W	D	W	L	1968-04-06	Manchester United	A
5	0	Newcastle United	33	11	5	0	31	11	1	8	8	16	32	1.093	37	L	D	D	W	D	1968-04-03	Leicester City	H
6	0	Everton	31	12	1	2	28	10	4	3	9	22	23	1.515	36	W	W	W	L	W	1968-04-06	Arsenal	H
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	7	7	2	26	13	7	1	8	21	32	1.044	36	W	D	D	L	W	1968-03-30	Burnley	H
8	1	West Bromwich Albion	32	9	2	5	33	20	5	5	6	26	30	1.18	35	W	L	W	D	W	1968-04-02	Sunderland	H
9	1	Chelsea	32	6	7	3	27	24	6	4	6	23	34	0.862	35	W	D	W	W	W	1968-04-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	-3	Nottingham Forest	33	10	4	3	30	16	3	4	9	14	23	1.128	34	L	W	D	D	W	1968-03-30	Sunderland	H
11	1	Arsenal	31	7	6	2	24	13	4	3	9	20	25	1.158	31	W	L	L	D	D	1968-03-29	West Ham United	A
12	1	Burnley	32	10	5	1	30	13	1	3	12	23	45	0.914	30	W	L	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	33	6	7	4	29	20	5	1	10	16	31	0.882	30	L	W	W	D	L	1968-03-30	Southampton	A
14	0	Leicester City	32	4	6	6	28	29	5	3	8	23	30	0.864	27	L	L	L	W	L	1968-04-03	Newcastle United	A
15	1	Southampton	33	7	5	4	30	28	3	2	12	22	40	0.765	27	L	D	W	W	W	1968-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	-1	Stoke City	31	8	2	6	20	17	3	3	9	17	32	0.755	27	L	L	L	W	W	1968-03-30	Manchester United	H
17	2	Sheffield United	33	7	3	6	20	22	2	6	9	20	34	0.714	27	W	L	W	L	W	1968-04-06	Leeds United	A
18	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	7	3	7	34	34	3	3	10	18	34	0.765	26	L	L	W	W	D	1968-03-30	Coventry City	A
19	-1	West Ham United	31	5	1	8	31	27	5	4	8	26	31	0.983	25	L	D	L	L	W	1968-03-29	Arsenal	H
20	0	Coventry City	33	6	5	6	29	30	1	6	9	13	31	0.689	25	D	W	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Sunderland	32	5	6	6	21	27	3	2	10	16	28	0.673	24	D	W	L	L	L	1968-03-30	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Fulham	32	5	2	9	22	32	3	2	11	22	41	0.603	20	L	L	L	L	W	1968-04-06	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	14,111
Mitchinson	Lineups		Martin 2
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Ipswich Town	The Valley	13,455
	Lineups		Brogan
Crystal Palace	1	1	Carlisle United	Selhurst Park	9,219
Lazarus	Lineups		Marsland
Derby County	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	16,054
O'Hare, Hinton	Lineups		Greaves
Norwich City	3	2	Bristol City	Carrow Road	14,298
Manning 2, Crickmore	Lineups		Garland, Quigley
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Millwall	Home Park	7,728
Piper 2 (1p)	Lineups		Neil
Portsmouth	2	0	Middlesbrough	Fratton Park	18,197
Ley, Hiron	Lineups
Preston North End	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Deepdale	13,504
Irvine 3	Lineups		Mielczarek
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Blackpool	Loftus Road	18,498
Morgan I, Clarke	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Birmingham City	Millmoor	15,711
Hague	Lineups		Pickering

				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	33	14	2	1	38	9	5	5	6	16	20	1.862	45	W	D	D	D	L	1968-03-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	32	10	4	2	36	15	7	6	3	25	19	1.794	44	W	W	W	W	W	1968-03-30	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Blackpool	33	8	6	3	25	15	8	4	4	26	21	1.417	42	L	W	D	L	D	1968-03-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	0	Portsmouth	33	12	4	1	38	13	4	6	6	21	29	1.405	42	W	L	L	D	W	1968-03-30	Hull City	A
5	0	Birmingham City	33	10	4	3	45	18	5	6	5	26	27	1.578	40	D	D	W	W	D	1968-04-02	Derby County	H
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	33	12	3	1	30	11	3	5	9	19	27	1.289	38	W	W	W	W	L	1968-03-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	1	Norwich City	33	9	3	4	32	24	4	7	6	20	24	1.083	36	W	D	D	W	D	1968-03-30	Middlesbrough	A
8	-1	Carlisle United	33	8	7	2	33	18	4	4	8	17	24	1.19	35	D	D	W	D	W	1968-03-30	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Millwall	34	5	10	2	25	14	4	5	8	25	31	1.111	33	L	D	L	D	W	1968-03-30	Cardiff City	H
10	1	Crystal Palace	31	9	3	3	24	12	3	5	8	15	24	1.083	32	D	L	W	W	L	1968-03-30	Ipswich Town	A
11	-1	Middlesbrough	33	6	6	4	27	13	5	4	8	17	33	0.957	32	L	L	W	D	W	1968-03-30	Norwich City	H
12	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	7	4	6	33	24	4	5	8	19	30	0.963	31	L	L	L	L	D	1968-03-30	Preston North End	H
13	2	Derby County	34	7	5	5	34	27	5	2	10	26	36	0.952	31	W	L	D	L	D	1968-04-02	Birmingham City	A
14	-1	Cardiff City	32	7	4	5	32	26	4	4	8	23	31	0.965	30	L	W	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Millwall	A
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	7	6	4	31	21	2	5	9	18	32	0.925	29	L	D	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Huddersfield Town	A
16	0	Aston Villa	33	9	1	6	28	21	4	2	11	15	28	0.878	29	L	L	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Hull City	33	4	6	6	18	19	5	4	8	28	40	0.78	28	W	L	D	D	W	1968-03-30	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	33	7	5	4	21	19	2	5	10	14	32	0.686	28	L	W	L	L	L	1968-03-30	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	Bristol City	33	5	6	6	19	22	4	3	9	14	28	0.66	27	L	W	W	D	W	1968-03-29	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Preston North End	32	7	4	5	25	21	2	3	11	10	34	0.636	25	W	W	L	L	D	1968-03-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	0	Rotherham United	33	5	3	8	17	28	2	7	8	17	36	0.531	24	D	W	W	W	D	1968-03-29	Bristol City	A
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	4	4	9	22	30	4	3	9	9	27	0.544	23	W	L	W	D	L	1968-03-30	Blackpool	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Walsall	Holker Street	5,396
McCarthy	Lineups		Middleton
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Torquay United	Dean Court	7,521
Smith A OG	Lineups		Shepherd
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Northampton Town	Eastville	5,413
Taylor S 2	Lineups
Bury	2	0	Grimsby Town	Gigg Lane	7,718
Jones, Kerr	Lineups
Colchester United	2	5	Reading	Layer Road	3,516
Bullock 2	Lineups		Harris 2 (1p), Smee 2, Collins
Mansfield Town	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	Field Mill	6,701
	Lineups		Stobart
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Orient	Boundary Park	3,470
Towers, Blore	Lineups		Massey, Simpson
Oxford United	3	0	Gillingham	Manor Ground	5,596
Atkinson G, Bullock, Harrington	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Swindon Town	London Road	4,667
Brace	Lineups		Trollope
Watford	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road	6,384
Dyson 2, Welbourne 2	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	35	12	4	1	30	11	6	5	7	19	28	1.256	45	D	W	W	L	L	1968-03-30	Colchester United	H
2	0	Bury	36	14	3	1	52	20	4	5	9	24	33	1.434	44	W	L	L	W	W	1968-03-30	Gillingham	A
3	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	10	5	3	33	16	5	7	6	18	27	1.186	42	W	D	D	L	D	1968-03-30	Watford	H
4	0	Swindon Town	36	12	4	2	42	10	2	8	8	18	26	1.667	40	D	D	D	W	W	1968-03-30	Mansfield Town	H
5	3	Reading	36	11	5	1	32	14	5	3	11	21	37	1.039	40	W	D	W	W	L	1968-03-30	Peterborough United	H
6	4	Oxford United	35	13	2	2	41	19	1	9	8	12	24	1.233	39	W	W	L	W	D	1968-03-25	Colchester United	A
7	-2	Walsall	35	9	5	2	35	14	6	4	9	21	33	1.191	39	D	W	L	W	L	1968-03-29	Oxford United	H
8	4	Watford	36	11	3	5	47	18	5	3	9	12	22	1.475	38	W	L	L	W	W	1968-03-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	0	Barrow	35	9	6	3	33	12	7	0	10	20	30	1.262	38	D	L	W	W	W	1968-03-30	Northampton Town	A
10	-3	Stockport County	36	12	5	1	37	14	3	3	12	16	37	1.039	38	L	L	W	L	L	1968-03-29	Scunthorpe United	H
11	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	9	7	2	24	9	3	7	8	18	32	1.024	38	L	D	W	L	W	1968-03-30	Southport	H
12	-1	Gillingham	36	9	5	3	27	16	4	6	9	20	34	0.94	37	L	W	D	L	D	1968-03-30	Bury	H
13	1	Peterborough United	35	11	3	5	36	22	3	5	8	21	34	1.018	36	D	D	W	L	D	1968-03-30	Reading	A
14	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	10	6	2	27	13	2	6	10	12	28	0.951	36	D	L	D	D	W	1968-03-30	Grimsby Town	A
15	-2	Southport	34	10	4	3	28	18	4	3	10	24	33	1.02	35	W	W	L	D	D	1968-03-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	1	Bristol Rovers	35	11	3	4	34	19	2	4	11	21	39	0.948	33	W	L	L	W	D	1968-03-30	Orient	A
17	-1	Northampton Town	36	8	6	4	31	20	3	5	10	15	33	0.868	33	L	W	L	W	D	1968-03-30	Barrow	H
18	0	Oldham Athletic	36	9	2	7	27	22	4	3	11	20	32	0.87	31	D	W	D	D	L	1968-03-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Mansfield Town	36	8	4	7	29	25	3	4	10	14	28	0.811	30	L	W	L	W	L	1968-03-30	Swindon Town	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	7	5	4	32	25	3	4	11	20	38	0.825	29	D	L	L	D	L	1968-03-25	Orient	H
21	0	Orient	32	8	3	5	22	16	1	8	7	15	31	0.787	29	D	W	L	W	D	1968-03-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Colchester United	35	6	5	6	22	26	3	5	10	18	39	0.615	28	L	D	L	L	W	1968-03-25	Oxford United	H
23	0	Scunthorpe United	36	6	9	5	30	30	2	2	12	14	35	0.677	27	D	L	W	D	L	1968-03-29	Stockport County	A
24	0	Grimsby Town	35	7	6	4	25	15	1	1	16	11	43	0.621	23	L	W	L	D	L	1968-03-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	3	Southend United	Recreation Ground	5,116
Edwards	Lineups		Chisnall, Clayton, McKinven (p)
Bradford City	1	1	Hartlepool United	Valley Parade	6,196
Leighton	Lineups		Cummings
Chester	3	0	Brentford	Sealand Road	2,861
Ashworth, Haddock, Loyden	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Bradford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,337
Hollett, Randall (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Newport County	Gresty Road	4,738
Talbot	Lineups		Jones T
Darlington	1	2	Luton Town	Feethams Ground	4,336
O'Neill J	Lineups		Rioch, Green
Exeter City	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	St James Park	3,323
	Lineups		Webber
Lincoln City	0	1	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	7,772
	Lineups		Hamstead
Notts County	1	1	York City	Meadow Lane	4,174
Bradd	Lineups		Jackson
Port Vale	1	1	Rochdale	Vale Park	3,151
Chapman R	Lineups		Butler
Workington	1	2	Wrexham	Borough Park	1,765
McLean	Lineups		Kinsey, Griffiths (p)

				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	36	15	2	0	43	11	6	8	5	27	24	2	52	W	W	D	W	D	1968-03-30	Aldershot	H
2	0	Southend United	36	10	6	1	33	16	8	6	5	25	25	1.415	48	W	D	D	W	W	1968-03-29	Workington	H
3	1	Barnsley	37	12	5	0	31	11	6	6	8	20	29	1.275	47	W	W	L	D	D	1968-03-30	Halifax Town	H
4	-1	Crewe Alexandra	35	11	7	0	38	15	6	5	6	26	24	1.641	46	D	D	W	W	W	1968-03-27	Aldershot	H
5	0	Bradford City	37	12	3	4	35	18	7	4	7	21	21	1.436	45	D	W	L	D	W	1968-03-30	Swansea Town	A
6	0	Chesterfield	36	14	3	2	43	15	4	5	8	18	23	1.605	44	W	L	L	L	W	1968-03-30	Brentford	A
7	0	Aldershot	36	9	8	2	32	16	5	5	7	25	29	1.267	41	L	L	L	W	L	1968-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	0	Hartlepool United	35	10	6	1	23	8	6	2	10	17	34	0.952	40	D	D	W	W	D	1968-03-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	0	Wrexham	36	12	2	3	36	10	2	7	10	21	38	1.188	37	W	W	W	L	D	1968-03-30	Lincoln City	H
10	1	Doncaster Rovers	35	9	5	3	28	12	4	6	8	24	34	1.13	37	W	W	W	W	L	1968-03-29	Darlington	H
11	-1	Halifax Town	34	9	4	4	29	16	3	7	7	14	22	1.132	35	D	W	L	W	D	1968-03-30	Barnsley	A
12	0	Brentford	37	11	3	5	35	18	4	2	12	16	34	0.981	35	L	D	W	W	L	1968-03-30	Chesterfield	H
13	0	Newport County	35	8	6	3	27	17	3	5	10	21	35	0.923	33	D	L	D	L	W	1968-03-30	Notts County	H
14	0	Swansea Town	34	8	7	2	35	22	4	1	12	18	38	0.883	32	D	D	L	L	L	1968-03-30	Bradford City	H
15	0	Notts County	35	9	6	3	20	13	2	4	11	20	46	0.678	32	D	D	L	W	L	1968-03-30	Newport County	A
16	0	Port Vale	35	8	4	6	35	25	1	8	8	17	32	0.912	30	D	L	L	W	D	1968-03-25	Exeter City	H
17	1	York City	35	7	5	5	29	19	2	6	10	16	28	0.957	29	D	D	W	D	L	1968-03-25	Bradford	H
18	-1	Darlington	35	3	9	6	27	27	5	4	8	13	21	0.833	29	L	D	W	W	D	1968-03-29	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	3	Rochdale	36	7	7	4	28	24	1	6	11	12	34	0.69	29	D	D	D	L	L	1968-03-30	Chester	H
20	-1	Lincoln City	36	8	2	8	33	27	2	6	10	19	33	0.867	28	L	D	L	L	L	1968-03-30	Wrexham	A
21	0	Workington	36	7	7	4	32	24	2	3	13	16	44	0.706	28	L	L	D	W	L	1968-03-29	Southend United	A
22	-2	Exeter City	34	8	4	5	27	25	1	6	10	11	29	0.704	28	L	D	W	L	D	1968-03-25	Port Vale	A
23	0	Chester	35	5	4	9	28	31	3	5	9	18	33	0.719	25	W	W	L	L	D	1968-03-30	Rochdale	A
24	0	Bradford	34	3	7	8	16	23	1	5	10	8	33	0.429	20	L	L	L	L	D	1968-03-25	York City	A