1968-08-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Highbury	44,407
McLintock, Neill (p)	Lineups		Wilks
Burnley	1	1	Coventry City	Turf Moor	12,936
Waldron	Lineups		Gibson
Chelsea	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	48,412
Osgood (p), Birchenall	Lineups		Jones, Greaves
Everton	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	45,951
Hurst, Royle	Lineups		Chapman
Leeds United	1	0	Liverpool	Elland Road	38,929
Jones	Lineups
Leicester City	3	1	Southampton	Filbert Street	21,086
Clarke, Manley, Mackay	Lineups		Kemp
Manchester City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Maine Road	31,303
Bell	Lineups		Crawford
Sheffield Wednesday	5	4	Manchester United	Hillsborough	50,490	Largest home gate 1968-69
Whitham 3, Ritchie, Stiles OG	Lineups		Law 2, Best, Charlton
Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United	Roker Park	49,807	Largest home gate 1968-69
Suggett	Lineups		Robson B
West Ham United	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Upton Park	29,908
Peters 3, Redknapp	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Stoke City	Molineux	31,034
Bailey	Lineups		Elder

				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	Arsenal	7	3	1	0	10	3	2	1	0	4	2	2.8	12	W	W	W	D	D	1968-09-07	Southampton	A
2	0	Leeds United	6	3	1	0	8	2	2	0	0	6	3	2.8	11	W	D	W	W	W	1968-09-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	0	West Ham United	7	3	0	1	11	4	2	1	0	5	2	2.667	11	W	W	W	L	W	1968-09-07	Manchester United	A
4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2	1	0	9	5	1	2	1	2	2	1.571	9	W	L	W	D	W	1968-09-07	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Chelsea	6	2	2	0	7	4	1	0	1	6	3	1.857	8	D	W	W	L	W	1968-09-07	Everton	H
6	2	Everton	7	2	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	5	3	1.667	8	W	D	D	W	L	1968-09-07	Chelsea	A
7	-3	Liverpool	7	3	0	0	8	3	0	2	2	1	4	1.286	8	L	D	W	W	D	1968-09-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	1	Ipswich Town	7	2	0	2	7	5	1	1	1	4	5	1.1	7	D	W	L	L	W	1968-09-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	1	Sunderland	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	2	5	9	1	7	D	D	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Leicester City	H
10	2	Newcastle United	7	1	3	0	5	4	0	2	1	2	3	1	7	D	D	D	W	L	1968-09-07	Coventry City	A
11	-4	Manchester United	7	3	0	1	6	6	0	1	2	5	8	0.786	7	L	W	L	W	D	1968-09-07	West Ham United	H
12	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	3	3	6	1	6	D	W	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Southampton	7	3	0	1	7	4	0	0	3	2	7	0.818	6	L	W	W	L	L	1968-09-07	Arsenal	H
14	-1	West Bromwich Albion	7	2	1	0	6	3	0	1	3	4	12	0.667	6	L	L	W	D	L	1968-09-07	Nottingham Forest	H
15	0	Burnley	7	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	3	4	13	0.6	6	D	L	L	W	W	1968-09-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	4	Leicester City	7	2	0	1	7	4	0	1	3	1	6	0.8	5	W	L	L	W	L	1968-09-07	Sunderland	A
17	0	Manchester City	7	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	3	3	10	0.538	5	D	L	D	L	D	1968-09-07	Stoke City	A
18	0	Stoke City	7	2	0	1	3	3	0	1	3	2	7	0.5	5	D	L	W	L	L	1968-09-07	Manchester City	H
19	0	Tottenham Hotspur	6	0	1	2	3	5	1	1	1	5	5	0.8	4	D	L	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Burnley	H
20	-4	Nottingham Forest	6	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	5	0.714	4	L	D	D	L	D	1968-09-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	1	Coventry City	5	1	0	1	5	4	0	1	2	1	5	0.667	3	D	W	L	L	L	1968-09-07	Newcastle United	H
22	-1	Queens Park Rangers	7	0	3	0	4	4	0	0	4	3	12	0.438	3	L	L	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	1	Blackpool	Villa Park	18,919
	Lineups		Brown
Bolton Wanderers	4	2	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	14,636
Greaves 3, Wharton (p)	Lineups		Hill, Hulme OG
Bristol City	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Ashton Gate	19,787
Galley	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Brunton Park	7,935
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	3	Charlton Athletic	Selhurst Park	22,991
Taylor C, Blyth, Jackson C	Lineups		Treacy, Tees, Campbell
Derby County	2	0	Oxford United	Baseball Ground	21,737
McFarland, O'Hare	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	16,838
Wagstaff, Simpkin, Jarvis	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Fulham	The Den, New Cross	18,426
Cripps, Neil	Lineups
Norwich City	2	2	Bury	Carrow Road	13,701
Curran 2	Lineups		Jones, Kerr (p)
Portsmouth	1	3	Cardiff City	Fratton Park	21,871
Trebilcock	Lineups		Clark, King, Toshack
Preston North End	4	1	Birmingham City	Deepdale	13,112
Irvine, Knighton, Spavin, Lee	Lineups		Greenhoff

				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	2	Charlton Athletic	7	2	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	8	6	1.333	10	D	W	W	W	D	1968-09-07	Portsmouth	H
2	4	Millwall	6	3	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	5	5	1.714	9	W	W	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	-2	Sheffield United	6	4	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	3	5	1.667	9	L	W	W	W	D	1968-09-07	Norwich City	A
4	1	Crystal Palace	7	3	1	0	10	6	1	0	2	5	6	1.25	9	D	W	L	L	W	1968-09-07	Carlisle United	H
5	-3	Middlesbrough	7	3	1	0	8	2	1	0	2	2	6	1.25	9	L	D	W	W	L	1968-09-07	Cardiff City	A
6	-2	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	1	4	2	2	8	L	D	W	W	W	1968-09-07	Millwall	H
7	0	Blackpool	6	1	1	0	4	2	1	3	0	3	2	1.75	8	W	D	D	D	D	1968-09-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	6	2	0	0	6	2	1	2	1	6	6	1.5	8	W	L	W	D	W	1968-09-07	Blackpool	A
9	4	Cardiff City	7	2	0	2	5	5	1	1	1	7	7	1	7	W	W	W	D	L	1968-09-07	Middlesbrough	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	7	1	2	0	4	2	0	2	2	2	4	1	6	D	D	W	D	L	1968-09-07	Birmingham City	A
11	0	Bury	6	2	1	1	10	9	0	1	1	2	4	0.923	6	D	L	W	D	L	1968-09-07	Preston North End	H
12	2	Norwich City	7	1	1	1	5	5	1	1	2	5	7	0.833	6	D	L	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Sheffield United	H
13	5	Preston North End	5	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	3	1.5	5	W	D	L	W	L	1968-09-07	Bury	A
14	6	Hull City	6	1	0	1	4	3	0	3	1	3	5	0.875	5	W	D	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Bristol City	H
15	2	Bristol City	6	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	2	2	4	0.857	5	W	L	D	D	D	1968-09-07	Hull City	A
16	-7	Oxford United	6	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	2	3	4	0.833	5	L	W	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Fulham	H
17	2	Derby County	6	1	2	0	5	3	0	1	2	1	5	0.75	5	W	D	L	L	D	1968-09-07	Aston Villa	H
18	-6	Portsmouth	7	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	1	2	5	0.667	5	L	D	L	L	W	1968-09-07	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-4	Aston Villa	6	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	5	0.5	4	L	W	L	D	D	1968-09-07	Derby County	A
20	-4	Fulham	6	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	4	0.333	4	L	L	L	D	D	1968-09-07	Oxford United	A
21	1	Carlisle United	6	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	4	0.429	3	D	L	L	D	D	1968-09-07	Crystal Palace	A
22	-1	Birmingham City	6	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	4	4	14	0.556	2	L	L	W	L	L	1968-09-07	Huddersfield Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holker Street	5,779
Mulvaney	Lineups		Flood
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Dean Court	7,330
East 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	6	1	Bristol Rovers	Gresty Road	5,833
Wallace, Stott, McHale, Regan 2, Parsons OG	Lineups		Jones W
Gillingham	1	3	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium	8,227	Largest home gate 1968-69
Williams	Lineups		Lewis 2, Sheffield
Mansfield Town	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	7,172
Jones	Lineups		Casey
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Torquay United	Boundary Park	4,222
Joyce, Chapman, Morrisey OG	Lineups		Welsh
Rotherham United	0	0	Barnsley	Millmoor	15,058	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground	12,302
Rogers 2, Smart	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	7,768
	Lineups		Lines
Watford	0	1	Stockport County	Vicarage Road	8,517
	Lineups		Fryatt

				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	Luton Town	5	3	0	0	12	2	1	1	0	3	1	5	9	W	W	W	D	W	1968-09-07	Orient	A
2	1	Mansfield Town	5	2	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	2	2	1.6	7	D	W	L	W	W	1968-09-07	Oldham Athletic	H
3	11	Swindon Town	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	W	D	D	W	#	1968-09-07	Watford	A
4	-2	Reading	5	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	3	5	2.2	6	W	D	L	W	D	1968-09-07	Walsall	A
5	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	1	1	1	8	3	1	1	0	4	3	2	6	D	D	W	W	L	1968-09-07	Rotherham United	H
6	1	Rotherham United	5	2	1	0	5	1	0	1	1	4	6	1.286	6	D	W	L	W	D	1968-09-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	8	Crewe Alexandra	5	2	0	0	7	1	0	2	1	3	7	1.25	6	W	L	D	W	D	1968-09-06	Stockport County	A
8	2	Barrow	5	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	5	5	1	6	D	W	L	D	W	1968-09-06	Southport	A
9	7	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	0	1	6	1	0	1	1	3	4	1.8	5	W	W	L	L	D	1968-09-07	Northampton Town	A
10	-5	Torquay United	5	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	2	3	6	1.286	5	L	D	W	L	W	1968-09-07	Gillingham	H
11	-2	Orient	4	1	1	0	4	3	0	2	0	4	4	1.143	5	D	W	D	D	#	1968-09-07	Luton Town	H
12	-6	Plymouth Argyle	4	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	1	1	3	1	5	L	W	W	D	#	1968-09-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	4	Stockport County	5	0	2	0	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	5	W	D	D	L	D	1968-09-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	-6	Walsall	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	5	L	D	D	D	W	1968-09-07	Reading	H
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	5	1	5	D	W	L	W	#	1968-09-06	Barnsley	H
16	-5	Watford	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	L	D	W	D	#	1968-09-07	Swindon Town	H
17	-5	Bristol Rovers	5	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	1	3	8	0.615	4	L	L	W	D	D	1968-09-06	Hartlepool United	H
18	3	Northampton Town	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	W	D	L	#	#	1968-09-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	-1	Gillingham	5	0	1	1	3	5	1	0	2	1	3	0.5	3	L	L	W	D	L	1968-09-07	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Shrewsbury Town	5	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	5	0.429	3	L	W	D	L	L	1968-09-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	3	Oldham Athletic	5	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	10	0.308	3	W	L	L	D	L	1968-09-07	Mansfield Town	A
22	1	Barnsley	5	0	0	2	2	4	0	2	1	2	6	0.4	2	D	L	L	D	L	1968-09-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	-3	Hartlepool United	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	8	0.111	2	L	D	L	D	#	1968-09-06	Bristol Rovers	A
24	-2	Southport	5	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	3	1	7	0.417	1	D	L	L	L	L	1968-09-06	Barrow	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	1	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	7,007
Leighton, Ham	Lineups		Pugh
Colchester United	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Layer Road	3,199
Simpson (p)	Lineups		Webber, Johnson
Darlington	5	0	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	5,078
O'Neill, Felton, Robson 2, Kirk	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Brentford	St James Park	8,835
Banks 2	Lineups		Terry, Richardson
Halifax Town	3	0	Bradford	The Shay	4,876
Shawcross 2 (1p), Wallace	Lineups
Newport County	4	1	Southend United	Somerton Park	2,925
Buck 2, McClelland, Hill	Lineups		Bentley
Notts County	0	2	Aldershot	Meadow Lane	5,311
	Lineups		Walden, Walton
Port Vale	1	1	Rochdale	Vale Park	4,591
Chapman R	Lineups		Melledew
Swansea Town	0	0	Workington	Vetch Field	8,431
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	6,866
Beanland, Kinsey	Lineups
York City	2	1	Peterborough United	Bootham Crescent	4,385
Boyer, Hodgson	Lineups		Garwood

				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	Lincoln City	5	3	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	1	5	1.5	8	L	W	W	W	W	1968-09-07	Swansea Town	H
2	3	Darlington	5	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	7	W	D	D	D	W	1968-09-07	Halifax Town	A
3	-1	Brentford	5	2	1	0	8	2	0	2	0	3	3	2.2	7	D	D	W	D	W	1968-09-07	Chesterfield	H
4	0	Bradford City	5	2	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	4	4	1.6	7	W	D	D	W	D	1968-09-06	Scunthorpe United	A
5	4	Aldershot	5	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	5	2	1.4	7	W	W	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Workington	H
6	5	Wrexham	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	1	2	3	6	W	D	D	W	L	1968-09-06	Southend United	A
7	5	Halifax Town	5	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	1	5	3	2	6	W	W	W	L	L	1968-09-07	Darlington	H
8	6	Doncaster Rovers	4	1	1	0	5	4	1	1	0	3	2	1.333	6	W	W	D	D	#	1968-09-03	Chester	A
9	-3	Swansea Town	5	0	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	1.25	6	D	D	W	D	D	1968-09-07	Lincoln City	A
10	-3	Rochdale	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	3	0	2	2	1.2	6	D	D	D	D	W	1968-09-07	Peterborough United	H
11	-8	Chester	4	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	2	4	1.8	5	D	W	L	W	#	1968-09-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	-2	Exeter City	4	1	1	0	5	2	0	2	0	2	2	1.75	5	D	D	W	D	#	1968-09-07	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	-5	Chesterfield	5	2	1	0	6	2	0	0	2	1	5	1	5	L	W	D	L	W	1968-09-07	Brentford	A
14	2	Workington	5	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	5	D	W	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Aldershot	A
15	3	York City	5	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	1	1	3	0.833	5	W	D	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Colchester United	A
16	-3	Scunthorpe United	5	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	2	9	7	1.2	4	D	W	L	D	L	1968-09-06	Bradford City	H
17	6	Newport County	5	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	4	0.8	4	W	D	L	D	L	1968-09-07	Notts County	A
18	-3	Southend United	5	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	2	4	8	0.7	4	L	L	D	D	W	1968-09-06	Wrexham	H
19	-2	Grimsby Town	5	1	0	2	4	3	0	1	1	0	2	0.8	3	L	L	L	D	W	1968-09-07	Bradford	A
20	0	Port Vale	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	6	0.571	3	D	L	W	L	#	1968-09-06	Chester	A
21	-2	Peterborough United	5	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	5	0.5	2	L	L	D	L	D	1968-09-07	Rochdale	A
22	-1	Notts County	5	0	1	2	3	6	0	1	1	1	6	0.333	2	L	L	D	D	L	1968-09-07	Newport County	H
23	-1	Bradford	5	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	6	0.222	2	L	L	D	L	D	1968-09-07	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Colchester United	5	0	1	2	1	6	0	0	2	1	9	0.133	1	L	L	L	D	L	1968-09-07	York City	H