1968-05-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	2	Sheffield United	Turf Moor	10,244
	Lineups		Currie, Reece
Everton	3	0	Stoke City	Goodison Park	43,302
Ball 2, Royle	Lineups
Fulham	2	2	Southampton	Craven Cottage	13,451
Gilroy 2	Lineups		Channon, Fisher
Leeds United	1	2	Liverpool	Elland Road	44,553
Jones	Lineups		Lawler, Graham
Leicester City	4	2	Nottingham Forest	Filbert Street	26,605
Fern 2, Roberts 2	Lineups		Storey-Moore, Chapman
Manchester United	6	0	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	59,976
Best 3, Kidd 2, Sadler	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Arsenal	Hillsborough	25,066
McCalliog	Lineups		Radford, Gould
Sunderland	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	31,892
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	51,242
Greaves (p)	Lineups		Bell 2, Summerbee
West Ham United	0	0	Coventry City	Upton Park	30,181
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Chelsea	Molineux	35,600
Wignall 3	Lineups

				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 City	41	17	2	2	52	16	8	4	8	30	24	2.05	56	W	W	W	D	L	1968-05-11	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Manchester United	41	15	2	3	48	19	9	6	6	40	34	1.66	56	W	L	W	W	D	1968-05-11	Sunderland	H
3	0	Leeds United	40	17	3	1	49	14	5	6	8	19	20	2	53	L	L	W	W	W	1968-05-07	Arsenal	A
4	0	Liverpool	40	16	2	2	45	16	5	9	6	19	21	1.73	53	W	D	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Everton	40	17	1	2	38	12	5	4	11	23	26	1.605	49	W	L	L	W	D	1968-05-11	West Ham United	A
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	11	7	3	44	20	8	2	10	25	37	1.211	47	L	D	W	W	L	1968-05-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	12	4	5	45	25	5	8	7	29	35	1.233	46	D	W	W	L	W	1968-05-11	Arsenal	A
8	-1	Chelsea	41	11	7	3	34	25	6	5	9	26	42	0.896	46	L	W	W	W	L	1968-05-11	Sheffield United	A
9	0	Newcastle United	41	12	7	1	35	16	1	8	12	16	47	0.81	41	L	L	L	L	W	1968-05-11	Manchester City	H
10	1	Arsenal	40	10	6	3	31	19	5	4	12	23	33	1.038	40	W	W	W	L	L	1968-05-07	Leeds United	H
11	-1	Nottingham Forest	41	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	12	17	36	0.879	39	L	W	D	D	D	1968-05-11	Liverpool	A
12	0	West Ham United	41	8	4	8	42	29	6	5	10	30	39	1.059	37	D	L	W	D	W	1968-05-11	Everton	H
13	1	Leicester City	41	7	6	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	0.928	37	W	W	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Stoke City	H
14	-1	Burnley	41	11	7	2	35	16	2	3	16	26	55	0.859	36	L	L	L	W	W	1968-05-11	Leeds United	H
15	0	Southampton	41	9	7	4	37	31	4	3	14	29	52	0.795	36	D	D	L	W	D	1968-05-11	Coventry City	H
16	1	Sunderland	41	8	7	6	28	28	4	4	12	21	32	0.817	35	D	L	D	W	W	1968-05-11	Manchester United	A
17	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	9	4	7	43	35	4	4	13	21	39	0.865	34	W	L	D	D	L	1968-05-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	6	10	5	32	24	5	2	14	19	39	0.81	34	L	L	L	D	D	End of Season
19	1	Coventry City	41	8	5	8	32	32	1	9	10	19	39	0.718	32	D	L	L	D	W	1968-05-11	Southampton	A
20	1	Sheffield United	41	7	4	9	24	29	4	6	11	24	39	0.706	32	W	L	L	L	D	1968-05-11	Chelsea	H
21	-2	Stoke City	40	9	3	8	28	28	4	3	13	20	44	0.667	32	L	W	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Leicester City	A
22	0	Fulham	41	6	4	11	27	41	4	3	13	28	52	0.591	27	D	L	L	W	W	1968-05-21	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	4	Bristol City	Villa Park	14,732
Godfrey, Chatterley	Lineups		Bush, Crowe, Derrick, Garland
Cardiff City	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Ninian Park	10,647
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	5	1	Hull City	The Valley	10,351
Treacy 3, Tees, Campbell	Lineups		Young
Crystal Palace	1	3	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park	9,679
Lazarus	Lineups		Hickton, Crossan, Horsfield
Derby County	1	3	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	20,635
Robson	Lineups		White, Skirton, Suddick
Norwich City	2	1	Carlisle United	Carrow Road	11,429
Garbutt OG, Anderson	Lineups		Rudge
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Home Park	5,371
Reynolds	Lineups		Hill, Wharton (p)
Portsmouth	1	2	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	25,891
McCann	Lineups		O'Rourke J 2
Preston North End	0	1	Millwall	Deepdale	11,445
	Lineups		Conlon
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Birmingham City	Loftus Road	25,895	Largest home gate 1967-68
Leach, Morgan I	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Millmoor	8,625
Bentley	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	Ipswich Town	41	12	6	2	44	19	10	8	3	34	24	1.814	58	W	W	D	W	W	1968-05-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	18	2	1	45	9	6	6	8	20	26	1.857	56	W	D	W	L	L	1968-05-11	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Blackpool	41	12	6	3	33	16	11	4	5	35	26	1.619	56	W	W	W	W	W	1968-05-11	Huddersfield Town	A
4	0	Portsmouth	41	13	6	2	43	18	5	7	8	24	34	1.288	49	L	L	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Preston North End	A
5	0	Birmingham City	40	11	6	3	50	21	6	8	6	28	30	1.529	48	L	D	D	W	D	1968-05-07	Charlton Athletic	H
6	0	Millwall	42	9	10	2	35	16	5	7	9	27	34	1.24	45	W	W	L	D	W	End of Season
7	1	Middlesbrough	41	9	7	4	37	18	7	5	9	21	35	1.094	44	W	D	D	L	W	1968-05-11	Bristol City	H
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	41	13	5	3	34	16	3	5	12	21	32	1.146	42	L	D	D	L	L	1968-05-11	Ipswich Town	A
9	1	Norwich City	41	11	4	5	39	30	4	7	10	20	35	0.908	41	W	L	L	L	W	1968-05-08	Cardiff City	H
10	-1	Carlisle United	41	9	9	3	38	22	4	4	12	18	29	1.098	39	L	W	L	D	L	1968-05-11	Rotherham United	A
11	1	Bolton Wanderers	42	8	6	7	37	28	5	7	9	23	35	0.952	39	W	D	D	W	L	End of Season
12	3	Huddersfield Town	41	10	6	4	28	20	3	6	12	17	38	0.776	38	D	D	L	W	L	1968-05-11	Blackpool	H
13	-2	Crystal Palace	40	10	4	6	32	19	3	7	10	21	35	0.981	37	L	L	D	D	W	1968-05-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	3	Cardiff City	40	9	5	6	35	29	4	6	10	25	36	0.923	37	D	D	W	W	D	1968-05-08	Norwich City	A
15	-2	Aston Villa	41	10	3	7	34	28	5	4	12	19	34	0.855	37	L	D	D	W	D	1968-05-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-2	Hull City	41	6	8	6	25	22	6	5	10	33	50	0.806	37	L	W	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Birmingham City	H
17	1	Charlton Athletic	40	10	6	5	43	25	2	6	11	20	39	0.984	36	W	L	D	L	W	1968-05-07	Birmingham City	A
18	-2	Derby County	42	8	5	8	40	35	5	5	11	31	43	0.91	36	L	D	L	D	L	End of Season
19	0	Bristol City	41	7	7	7	26	25	6	3	11	21	35	0.783	36	W	W	W	L	W	1968-05-11	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Preston North End	40	7	7	6	26	23	4	4	12	14	39	0.645	33	L	L	D	D	W	1968-05-11	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Rotherham United	41	7	4	9	21	30	3	7	11	20	44	0.554	31	W	L	W	D	L	1968-05-11	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	4	4	12	24	35	4	5	12	12	36	0.507	25	L	L	D	L	D	1968-05-11	Crystal Palace	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Holker Street	5,749
Mulholland 2, Knox	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Dean Court	4,527
Gulliver, Adams, East	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Swindon Town	Eastville	8,928
Taylor S	Lineups		Smart, Rogers
Bury	5	3	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	11,108
Parry, Kerr, Owen, Grundy, Dawson	Lineups		Tinney OG, Turner OG, Harley
Colchester United	1	1	Orient	Layer Road	2,483
Martin (p)	Lineups		Allen
Mansfield Town	0	3	Walsall	Field Mill	5,072
	Lineups		Meath, Bennett, Clarke
Oldham Athletic	1	3	Reading	Boundary Park	4,070
Chapman	Lineups		Silvester, Harris, Yard
Oxford United	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manor Ground	12,918
Atkinson G, Bullock	Lineups
Peterborough United	4	0	Northampton Town	London Road	6,658
Garwood 3, Hall	Lineups
Watford	3	0	Gillingham	Vicarage Road	7,973
Dyson, Scullion, Garbett	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	Oxford United	45	17	3	2	48	20	4	10	9	20	27	1.447	55	W	W	W	D	L	1968-05-11	Southport	H
2	2	Bury	45	18	3	1	62	24	5	5	13	27	42	1.348	54	W	L	L	W	L	1968-05-11	Watford	H
3	-1	Shrewsbury Town	45	14	6	3	42	17	5	9	8	18	32	1.224	53	L	D	W	D	W	1968-05-11	Gillingham	A
4	-1	Torquay United	45	15	6	2	40	17	6	5	11	20	35	1.154	53	L	D	W	L	W	1968-05-11	Reading	A
5	0	Watford	45	15	3	5	59	20	6	5	11	15	28	1.542	50	W	W	D	W	D	1968-05-11	Bury	A
6	0	Walsall	45	12	7	3	46	20	7	5	11	27	39	1.237	50	W	W	W	D	D	1968-05-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Swindon Town	45	13	8	2	51	16	3	9	10	21	32	1.5	49	W	D	W	L	D	1968-05-11	Grimsby Town	A
8	0	Reading	45	14	5	3	39	17	6	4	13	27	43	1.1	49	W	W	L	L	L	1968-05-11	Torquay United	H
9	1	Barrow	45	13	6	3	41	12	7	2	14	22	41	1.189	48	W	D	L	W	W	1968-05-11	Scunthorpe United	H
10	1	Peterborough United	45	14	4	5	46	23	5	6	11	28	43	1.121	48	W	L	L	W	D	1968-05-11	Colchester United	A
11	-2	Stockport County	46	16	5	2	49	22	3	4	16	21	53	0.933	47	L	L	L	W	L	End of Season
12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	11	8	4	31	14	4	8	10	24	40	1.019	46	L	W	D	L	L	1968-05-11	Walsall	A
13	0	Gillingham	44	13	6	3	35	18	4	6	12	20	44	0.887	46	L	W	D	L	W	1968-05-07	Orient	A
14	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	45	12	7	3	36	17	3	8	12	17	34	1.039	45	W	L	D	L	W	1968-05-11	Mansfield Town	H
15	-1	Southport	44	13	5	4	34	21	4	6	12	30	42	1.016	45	L	D	L	W	D	1968-05-06	Scunthorpe United	H
16	-1	Oldham Athletic	45	11	3	8	34	27	7	4	12	23	33	0.95	43	L	D	W	D	W	1968-05-11	Bristol Rovers	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	45	14	3	6	42	25	2	6	14	25	50	0.893	41	L	L	D	L	W	1968-05-11	Oldham Athletic	A
18	1	Orient	44	10	6	5	27	19	2	11	10	19	38	0.807	41	D	W	W	D	L	1968-05-07	Gillingham	H
19	-1	Northampton Town	46	10	8	5	40	25	4	5	14	18	47	0.806	41	L	D	W	W	D	End of Season
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	45	10	7	6	39	28	3	5	14	22	46	0.824	38	L	L	W	D	L	1968-05-11	Orient	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	45	8	7	8	32	31	4	6	12	19	33	0.797	37	L	L	L	D	D	1968-05-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	45	9	7	6	30	19	4	2	17	19	48	0.731	35	W	W	L	W	D	1968-05-11	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Colchester United	45	6	8	8	28	35	3	7	13	21	47	0.598	33	D	D	D	D	L	1968-05-11	Peterborough United	H
24	0	Scunthorpe United	44	8	9	6	36	34	2	2	17	18	50	0.643	31	W	L	L	W	L	1968-05-06	Southport	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	York City	Recreation Ground	3,348
O'Brien 2	Lineups		MacDougall, Provan
Bradford City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	12,478
Hall	Lineups		Jeffrey
Chester	1	1	Barnsley	Sealand Road	4,402
Loyden	Lineups		Winstanley
Chesterfield	3	1	Swansea Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,322
Hollett 2, Neale	Lineups		Allchurch
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Luton Town	Gresty Road	8,634
Talbot, McHale	Lineups		Rioch
Darlington	1	0	Newport County	Feethams Ground	3,085
Kirk	Lineups
Exeter City	0	0	Hartlepool United	St James Park	3,693
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Bradford	The Shay	2,827
Massie	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Brentford	Sincil Bank	8,071
Kearns	Lineups
Notts County	4	3	Southend United	Meadow Lane	3,848
Bradd 2, Elliott, Smith J	Lineups		McKinven, McMillan, Baber
Port Vale	1	1	Wrexham	Vale Park	3,575
Mahon	Lineups		Moir
Workington	0	1	Rochdale	Borough Park	1,405
	Lineups		Butler
Footnotes
Crewe Alexandra to apply for re-election

				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	45	18	3	1	53	15	8	9	6	32	28	1.977	64	L	L	W	W	D	1968-05-11	Brentford	H
2	0	Barnsley	45	16	6	0	39	12	7	7	9	25	32	1.455	59	D	W	W	W	W	1968-05-11	Newport County	H
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	10	0	44	18	7	8	8	30	31	1.51	58	W	D	L	D	W	End of Season
4	0	Bradford City	46	14	5	4	41	22	9	6	8	31	29	1.412	57	D	W	D	W	W	End of Season
5	0	Hartlepool United	44	14	7	1	32	12	9	3	10	24	34	1.217	56	D	W	W	W	W	1968-05-06	Swansea Town	A
6	2	Chesterfield	46	15	4	4	47	20	6	7	10	24	30	1.42	53	W	L	W	L	D	End of Season
7	0	Aldershot	46	10	11	2	36	19	8	6	9	34	36	1.273	53	D	W	W	D	W	End of Season
8	-2	Southend United	45	11	8	3	42	20	8	6	9	32	37	1.298	52	L	D	L	L	L	1968-05-10	Rochdale	H
9	0	Wrexham	45	16	3	3	44	11	3	10	10	25	41	1.327	51	D	W	W	D	W	1968-05-11	York City	H
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	11	8	3	34	16	6	7	10	30	40	1.143	49	D	W	D	D	L	1968-05-10	Bradford	H
11	1	Halifax Town	45	10	6	6	34	23	5	10	8	18	25	1.083	46	W	L	D	W	L	1968-05-10	Notts County	H
12	-1	Newport County	45	11	7	5	32	22	5	6	11	24	37	0.949	45	L	W	D	W	W	1968-05-11	Barnsley	A
13	2	Lincoln City	45	11	3	8	41	30	6	6	11	30	37	1.06	43	W	W	W	W	D	1968-05-11	Port Vale	H
14	-1	Brentford	45	13	4	6	41	24	5	3	14	19	38	0.968	43	L	W	L	D	L	1968-05-11	Luton Town	A
15	-1	Swansea Town	44	11	8	3	38	23	5	2	15	25	50	0.863	42	L	W	L	L	W	1968-05-06	Hartlepool United	H
16	0	Darlington	45	6	11	6	31	27	6	5	11	16	26	0.887	40	W	D	L	W	W	1968-05-11	Exeter City	A
17	0	Notts County	45	10	7	6	27	27	4	4	14	25	52	0.658	39	W	L	L	W	L	1968-05-10	Halifax Town	A
18	1	Rochdale	45	9	8	6	35	32	3	6	13	15	37	0.725	38	W	W	L	L	L	1968-05-10	Southend United	A
19	-1	Port Vale	45	10	5	8	41	31	1	10	11	19	41	0.833	37	D	L	L	W	L	1968-05-11	Lincoln City	A
20	0	Exeter City	45	9	6	7	30	30	2	9	12	15	35	0.692	37	D	D	D	W	D	1968-05-11	Darlington	H
21	0	York City	45	9	6	8	44	30	2	8	12	20	35	0.985	36	D	D	L	L	L	1968-05-11	Wrexham	A
22	0	Chester	45	6	6	11	35	38	3	8	11	22	39	0.74	32	D	L	L	L	L	1968-05-11	Workington	A
23	0	Workington	45	7	8	7	34	29	2	3	18	19	58	0.609	29	L	L	L	D	L	1968-05-11	Chester	H
24	0	Bradford	45	3	7	13	18	35	1	8	13	12	45	0.375	23	L	D	L	L	D	1968-05-10	Doncaster Rovers	A