1968-08-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

League Cup Round 1						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 4	Aldershot	2	4	Brentford	D 4	Recreation Ground	5,077
	Rafferty, Walton	Lineups		Rafferty OG, Deakin, Mansley, Terry
D 4	Bradford City	3	2	Hartlepool	D 3	Valley Parade	4,183
	Ham, Middleton 2	Lineups		McGovern 2
D 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Oxford United	D 2	Goldstone Ground	7,304
	Templeman, Napier K	Lineups
D 2	Bristol City	2	0	Newport County	D 4	Ashton Gate	9,778
	Galley, Garland	Lineups
D 4	Chester	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	D 3	Sealand Road	8,146
		Lineups
D 4	Colchester United	2	0	Reading	D 3	Layer Road	3,824
	Hall, Oliver (p)	Lineups
D 3	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Northampton Town	D 3	Gresty Road	5,105	*
	Regan	Lineups		Brown
D 2	Derby County	3	0	Chesterfield	D 4	Baseball Ground	21,487
	Hector, Humphreys OG, Hinton	Lineups
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Peterborough United	D 4	Belle Vue	7,765
		Lineups
D 3	Gillingham	2	2	Orient	D 3	Priestfield Stadium	5,998
	Quirke 2	Lineups		Halom 2
D 4	Grimsby Town	0	0	Notts County	D 4	Blundell Park	4,627
		Lineups
D 4	Halifax Town	0	3	Hull City	D 2	The Shay	4,493
		Lineups		Wagstaff, Chilton, Wilkinson
D 4	Lincoln City	2	1	Mansfield Town	D 3	Sincil Bank	8,440
	Corner, Smith	Lineups		Keeley
D 3	Luton Town	3	0	Watford	D 3	Kenilworth Road	20,167
	Harrison 2 (1p), Lewis	Lineups
D 3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Exeter City	D 4	Home Park	8,662
		Lineups
D 2	Preston North End	1	1	Oldham Athletic	D 3	Deepdale	10,287
	Irvine	Lineups		Blair
D 3	Southport	2	2	Barrow	D 3	Haig Avenue	3,821
	Molyneux, Andrews	Lineups		McLean, Riley
D 4	Workington	2	1	Rochdale	D 4	Borough Park	2,558
	Tinnion, Ogilvie	Lineups		Melledew
D 4	Wrexham	2	0	Port Vale	D 4	Racecourse Ground	7,500
	Charnley, Bradbury	Lineups
D 4	York City	3	4	Barnsley	D 3	Bootham Crescent	5,280
	MacDougall 2,Spratt	Lineups		Robson, Evans, Graham 2
Notes
*Venue switched as Northampton Town could not play at the County Ground becUse Northampton CC were playing that day

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge	36,515
Tambling	Lineups		Storey-Moore
Leeds United	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Elland Road	31,612
Jones, Giles, Reaney, Hibbitt	Lineups		Wilks
Manchester City	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	35,835
Summerbee 2, Lee	Lineups		Wignall 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	27,258
Ford	Lineups		Robson B
Southampton	2	0	Liverpool	The Dell	24,453
Davies, Paine	Lineups
Stoke City	0	2	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	22,256
	Lineups		Peters, Sissons
Sunderland	3	0	Ipswich Town	Roker Park	30,037
Mulhall, Hughes 2	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	38,299	Largest home gate 1968-69
Astle 2, Brown	Lineups		Charlton

				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	4	Arsenal	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Liverpool	H
2	-1	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	13	Everton	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	W	L	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	-2	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Southampton	A
5	-2	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-2	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	West Ham United	H
7	-1	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Sunderland	A
8	-1	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.754	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Manchester United	H
9	-1	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Chelsea	A
10	0	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Leeds United	A
12	1	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Stoke City	A
13	-4	Burnley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0.4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Newcastle United	H
14	-2	Leicester City	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0.25	1	L	D	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Ipswich Town	H
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Newcastle United	H
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Everton	A
17	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Liverpool	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Manchester City	A
21	0	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Ninian Park	11,979
	Lineups		Tees
Crystal Palace	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Selhurst Park	16,620
Lazarus 2	Lineups		Nicholson
Norwich City	0	2	Middlesbrough	Carrow Road	19,431	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Horsfield, Downing

				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	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Bristol City	A
3	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Derby County	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Norwich City	A
5	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Middlesbrough	H
6	0	Bury	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Oxford United	H
8	0	Fulham	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Aston Villa	A
9	5	Portsmouth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Middlesbrough	H
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Hull City	A
11	-1	Oxford United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Millwall	A
12	-1	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Bury	H
13	-1	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Blackpool	H
14	2	Carlisle United	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	1	D	L	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Crystal Palace	A
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Cardiff City	A
17	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Huddersfield Town	H
19	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Fulham	H
20	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-14	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1968-08-17	Blackburn Rovers	H