1968-09-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	1	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	42,017
Osgood (p)	Lineups		Morrissey
Coventry City	2	1	Newcastle United	Highfield Road	33,361
Baker, Gibson	Lineups		Sinclair
Leeds United	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elland Road	31,227
Cooper, Charlton	Lineups		Munro
Liverpool	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Anfield Road	46,025
Yeats, Graham	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	West Ham United	Old Trafford	63,274	Largest home gate 1968-69
Law	Lineups		Hurst
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Ipswich Town	Hillsborough	26,770
Whitham, Eustace	Lineups		Crawford
Southampton	1	2	Arsenal	The Dell	25,126
Paine	Lineups		Radford 2
Stoke City	1	0	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	22,034
Conroy	Lineups
Sunderland	2	0	Leicester City	Roker Park	26,788
Porterfield, Mulhall	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	7	0	Burnley	White Hart Lane	30,167
Jones 2, Robertson, Greaves 3 (1p), Chivers	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	5	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	23,377
Astle, Brown	Lineups		Baker 2, Storey-Moore 2, Chapman

				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	8	3	1	0	10	3	3	1	0	6	3	2.667	14	W	W	W	W	D	1968-09-14	Stoke City	H
2	0	Leeds United	7	4	1	0	10	3	2	0	0	6	3	2.667	13	W	W	D	W	W	1968-09-14	Leicester City	A
3	0	West Ham United	8	3	0	1	11	4	2	2	0	6	3	2.429	12	D	W	W	W	L	1968-09-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	8	3	1	0	11	6	1	2	1	2	2	1.625	11	W	W	L	W	D	1968-09-14	Everton	A
5	2	Liverpool	8	4	0	0	10	3	0	2	2	1	4	1.571	10	W	L	D	W	W	1968-09-14	Ipswich Town	A
6	-1	Chelsea	7	2	3	0	8	5	1	0	1	6	3	1.75	9	D	D	W	W	L	1968-09-10	Coventry City	A
7	-1	Everton	8	2	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	6	4	1.571	9	D	W	D	D	W	1968-09-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	1	Sunderland	8	3	1	0	7	1	0	2	2	5	9	1.2	9	W	D	D	L	D	1968-09-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	2	Manchester United	8	3	1	1	7	7	0	1	2	5	8	0.8	8	D	L	W	L	W	1968-09-14	Burnley	A
10	-2	Ipswich Town	8	2	0	2	7	5	1	1	2	5	7	1	7	L	D	W	L	L	1968-09-14	Liverpool	H
11	-1	Newcastle United	8	1	3	0	5	4	0	2	2	3	5	0.889	7	L	D	D	D	W	1968-09-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	6	Stoke City	8	3	0	1	4	3	0	1	3	2	7	0.6	7	W	D	L	W	L	1968-09-14	Arsenal	A
13	6	Tottenham Hotspur	7	1	1	2	10	5	1	1	1	5	5	1.5	6	W	D	L	L	D	1968-09-14	West Ham United	A
14	6	Nottingham Forest	7	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	8	7	1.111	6	W	L	D	D	L	1968-09-14	Coventry City	H
15	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	4	4	8	0.9	6	L	D	W	L	D	1968-09-14	Sunderland	H
16	-3	Southampton	8	3	0	2	8	6	0	0	3	2	7	0.769	6	L	L	W	W	L	1968-09-14	Manchester City	A
17	-3	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	1	1	8	8	0	1	3	4	12	0.6	6	L	L	L	W	D	1968-09-14	Newcastle United	A
18	-3	Burnley	8	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	4	4	20	0.409	6	L	D	L	L	W	1968-09-14	Manchester United	H
19	2	Coventry City	6	2	0	1	7	5	0	1	2	1	5	0.8	5	W	D	W	L	L	1968-09-10	Chelsea	H
20	-4	Leicester City	8	2	0	1	7	4	0	1	4	1	8	0.667	5	L	W	L	L	W	1968-09-14	Leeds United	H
21	-4	Manchester City	8	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	4	3	11	0.5	5	L	D	L	D	L	1968-09-14	Southampton	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	8	0	3	0	4	4	0	0	5	3	14	0.389	3	L	L	L	D	D	1968-09-14	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	5	1	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's	25,001
Greenhoff, Pickering, Vowden 3	Lineups		Worthington
Blackburn Rovers	2	4	Millwall	Ewood Park	9,923
Martin 2	Lineups		Cripps 2, Jones, Weller
Blackpool	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	22,668
Suddick	Lineups
Bury	0	1	Preston North End	Gigg Lane	10,609
	Lineups		Irvine
Cardiff City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Ninian Park	14,225
Gates OG, Clark	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Portsmouth	The Valley	18,820
Tees, Gregory (p)	Lineups		Brown
Crystal Palace	5	0	Carlisle United	Selhurst Park	15,170
Taylor C 2, Kember 2, Lazarus	Lineups
Derby County	3	1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	23,723
Hector 2, Hinton	Lineups		Ferguson
Hull City	1	1	Bristol City	Boothferry Park	12,309
Chilton	Lineups		Galley
Norwich City	2	0	Sheffield United	Carrow Road	16,246
Curran 2	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Fulham	Manor Ground	13,752
Evanson	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	Charlton Athletic	8	3	0	1	10	7	2	2	0	8	6	1.385	12	W	D	W	W	W	1968-09-14	Preston North End	A
2	0	Millwall	7	3	0	0	7	2	2	1	1	9	7	1.778	11	W	W	W	L	D	1968-09-14	Blackpool	H
3	1	Crystal Palace	8	4	1	0	15	6	1	0	2	5	6	1.667	11	W	D	W	L	L	1968-09-13	Fulham	A
4	3	Blackpool	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	3	0	3	2	2	10	W	W	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Millwall	A
5	-2	Sheffield United	7	4	0	0	7	1	0	1	2	3	7	1.25	9	L	L	W	W	W	1968-09-14	Oxford United	H
6	3	Cardiff City	8	3	0	2	7	5	1	1	1	7	7	1.167	9	W	W	W	W	D	1968-09-14	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-2	Middlesbrough	8	3	1	0	8	2	1	0	3	2	8	1	9	L	L	D	W	W	1968-09-14	Birmingham City	H
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	7	2	0	0	6	2	1	2	2	6	7	1.333	8	L	W	L	W	D	1968-09-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-3	Blackburn Rovers	7	1	2	1	6	6	2	0	1	4	2	1.25	8	L	L	D	W	W	1968-09-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	2	Norwich City	8	2	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	5	7	1	8	W	D	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Carlisle United	A
11	2	Preston North End	6	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	2	2	3	1.75	7	W	W	D	L	W	1968-09-14	Charlton Athletic	H
12	5	Derby County	7	2	2	0	8	4	0	1	2	1	5	1	7	W	W	D	L	L	1968-09-14	Bristol City	A
13	3	Oxford United	7	1	3	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	4	1	7	W	L	W	D	D	1968-09-14	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Hull City	7	1	1	1	5	4	0	3	1	3	5	0.889	6	D	W	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Bristol City	7	1	2	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	5	0.875	6	D	W	L	D	D	1968-09-14	Derby County	H
16	-5	Bury	7	2	1	2	10	10	0	1	1	2	4	0.857	6	L	D	L	W	D	1968-09-13	Portsmouth	A
17	-7	Huddersfield Town	8	1	2	0	4	2	0	2	3	3	9	0.636	6	L	D	D	W	D	1968-09-14	Cardiff City	H
18	0	Portsmouth	8	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	2	3	7	0.636	5	L	L	D	L	L	1968-09-13	Bury	H
19	3	Birmingham City	7	2	0	1	11	5	0	0	4	4	14	0.789	4	W	L	L	W	L	1968-09-14	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Aston Villa	7	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	3	2	8	0.455	4	L	L	W	L	D	1968-09-14	Hull City	H
21	-1	Fulham	7	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	5	0.286	4	L	L	L	L	D	1968-09-13	Crystal Palace	H
22	-1	Carlisle United	7	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	9	0.25	3	L	D	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Norwich City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Rotherham United	Goldstone Ground	10,164
Turner, Flood	Lineups		Bentley, Tiler
Mansfield Town	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	6,718
Ledger 2, Goodfellow, Roberts	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	7,812
Fairbrother	Lineups		Peters, Pound, Bolton
Orient	0	0	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	13,797	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	6,035
McLaughlin	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Gillingham	Plainmoor	8,334
Dunne, Barnes	Lineups
Walsall	2	2	Reading	Fellows Park	6,945
Wilson, Atthey	Lineups		Sainty 2
Watford	0	0	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	8,709
	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	Luton Town	6	3	0	0	12	2	1	2	0	3	1	5	10	D	W	W	W	D	1968-09-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Mansfield Town	6	3	1	0	10	3	1	0	1	2	2	2.4	9	W	D	W	L	W	1968-09-14	Barrow	A
3	2	Swindon Town	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	7	D	W	D	D	W	1968-09-14	Walsall	H
4	8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	6	2	0	1	6	1	1	1	1	6	5	2	7	W	W	W	L	L	1968-09-14	Stockport County	H
5	1	Reading	6	2	0	0	8	0	0	3	1	5	7	1.857	7	D	W	D	L	W	1968-09-13	Watford	H
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	1	2	1	10	5	1	1	0	4	3	1.75	7	D	D	D	W	W	1968-09-14	Gillingham	A
7	6	Torquay United	6	3	0	0	8	1	0	1	2	3	6	1.571	7	W	L	D	W	L	1968-09-14	Rotherham United	A
8	-5	Tranmere Rovers	5	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	2	5	1.333	7	W	D	W	L	W	1968-09-09	Orient	A
9	-1	Rotherham United	6	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	1	6	8	1.222	7	D	D	W	L	W	1968-09-14	Torquay United	H
10	-6	Stockport County	6	1	2	0	6	5	1	1	1	2	2	1.143	7	W	W	D	D	L	1968-09-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	3	Orient	5	1	2	0	4	3	0	2	0	4	4	1.143	6	D	D	W	D	D	1968-09-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	-3	Crewe Alexandra	6	2	0	0	7	1	0	2	2	4	9	1.1	6	L	W	L	D	W	1968-09-14	Northampton Town	H
13	3	Walsall	6	0	2	1	4	5	1	2	0	3	2	1	6	D	L	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Swindon Town	A
14	-4	Barrow	6	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	5	6	0.857	6	L	D	W	L	D	1968-09-14	Mansfield Town	H
15	-4	Bristol Rovers	6	2	1	1	7	6	0	1	1	3	8	0.714	6	W	L	L	W	D	1968-09-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	1	Watford	5	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5	D	L	D	W	D	1968-09-10	Northampton Town	A
17	-2	Plymouth Argyle	5	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	2	1	4	0.857	5	L	L	W	W	D	1968-09-14	Bristol Rovers	H
18	3	Shrewsbury Town	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	5	0.571	5	W	L	W	D	L	1968-09-13	Hartlepool United	A
19	-1	Northampton Town	4	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	1	1	0.6	3	L	W	D	L	#	1968-09-10	Watford	H
20	-1	Southport	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	3	1	7	0.5	3	W	D	L	L	L	1968-09-14	Oldham Athletic	A
21	-1	Gillingham	6	0	1	1	3	5	1	0	3	1	5	0.4	3	L	L	L	W	D	1968-09-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	6	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	3	0	14	0.235	3	L	W	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Southport	H
23	0	Barnsley	6	0	0	2	2	4	0	2	2	3	9	0.385	2	L	D	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Orient	H
24	0	Hartlepool United	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	10	0.182	2	L	L	D	L	D	1968-09-13	Shrewsbury Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Workington	Recreation Ground	4,393
	Lineups		Tinnion
Bradford	1	1	Grimsby Town	Park Avenue	2,263
Draper	Lineups		Hardie OG
Brentford	1	0	Chesterfield	Griffin Park	9,703
Fenton	Lineups
Colchester United	1	0	York City	Layer Road	3,756
Light	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Exeter City	Belle Vue	8,590
Jeffrey 3	Lineups		Blain
Halifax Town	0	4	Darlington	The Shay	5,058
	Lineups		O'Neill, Hale 2 (1p), Felton
Lincoln City	0	1	Swansea Town	Sincil Bank	7,462
	Lineups		Raybould
Notts County	3	1	Newport County	Meadow Lane	3,579
Smith K, Bradd, Murphy JB	Lineups		Hill
Rochdale	1	1	Peterborough United	Spotland	4,030
Melledew	Lineups		Hall

				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	2	Darlington	6	1	1	0	5	0	2	2	0	7	2	6	9	W	W	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Notts County	H
2	2	Brentford	6	3	1	0	9	2	0	2	0	3	3	2.4	9	W	D	D	W	D	1968-09-14	Peterborough United	A
3	-2	Chester	6	4	0	0	11	2	0	1	1	2	4	2.167	9	W	W	D	W	L	1968-09-14	Exeter City	A
4	6	Swansea Town	6	0	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	4	2	1.5	8	W	D	D	W	D	1968-09-14	Southend United	H
5	7	Doncaster Rovers	6	2	1	0	8	5	1	1	1	4	4	1.333	8	W	L	W	W	D	1968-09-14	Port Vale	A
6	-4	Lincoln City	6	3	0	1	8	2	1	0	1	1	5	1.286	8	L	L	W	W	W	1968-09-14	Wrexham	A
7	9	Workington	6	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	1.5	7	W	D	W	D	D	1968-09-14	Bradford	H
8	-2	Bradford City	6	2	0	0	4	1	0	3	1	4	5	1.333	7	L	W	D	D	W	1968-09-14	Colchester United	H
9	-4	Aldershot	6	1	0	2	2	4	2	1	0	5	2	1.167	7	L	W	W	L	D	1968-09-14	Grimsby Town	A
10	1	Rochdale	6	1	2	0	5	4	0	3	0	2	2	1.167	7	D	D	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Chesterfield	A
11	-3	Wrexham	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	1	3	2	6	L	W	D	D	W	1968-09-14	Lincoln City	H
12	-3	Scunthorpe United	6	1	2	0	4	3	1	0	2	9	7	1.3	6	W	D	W	L	D	1968-09-14	York City	A
13	-6	Halifax Town	6	1	0	2	3	5	2	0	1	5	3	1	6	L	W	W	W	L	1968-09-14	Newport County	A
14	-1	Southend United	6	2	1	0	4	2	0	1	2	4	8	0.8	6	W	L	L	D	D	1968-09-14	Swansea Town	A
15	-1	Exeter City	5	1	1	0	5	2	0	2	1	3	5	1.143	5	L	D	D	W	D	1968-09-09	Bradford	A
16	-1	Chesterfield	6	2	1	0	6	2	0	0	3	1	6	0.875	5	L	L	W	D	L	1968-09-14	Rochdale	H
17	0	York City	6	1	2	0	4	3	0	1	2	1	4	0.714	5	L	W	D	D	D	1968-09-14	Scunthorpe United	H
18	1	Grimsby Town	6	1	0	2	4	3	0	2	1	1	3	0.833	4	D	L	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Aldershot	H
19	-1	Newport County	6	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	3	1	7	0.625	4	L	W	D	L	D	1968-09-14	Halifax Town	H
20	2	Notts County	6	1	1	2	6	7	0	1	1	1	6	0.538	4	W	L	L	D	D	1968-09-14	Darlington	A
21	0	Peterborough United	6	0	2	0	3	3	0	1	3	2	6	0.556	3	D	L	L	D	L	1968-09-14	Brentford	H
22	-2	Port Vale	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	8	0.444	3	L	D	L	W	L	1968-09-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
23	0	Bradford	6	0	3	1	3	4	0	0	2	0	6	0.3	3	D	L	L	D	L	1968-09-09	Exeter City	H
24	0	Colchester United	6	1	1	2	2	6	0	0	2	1	9	0.2	3	W	L	L	L	D	1968-09-14	Bradford City	A