1968-09-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	58,062
Tambling	Lineups		Peters
Coventry City	2	2	Everton	Highfield Road	37,846
Setters, Gibson	Lineups		Hurst, Husband
Leeds United	2	0	Arsenal	Elland Road	39,946
Charlton, O'Grady	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Leicester City	Anfield Road	48,375
Yeats, Smith (p), Evans, Callaghan	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	47,262
Best 2, Law	Lineups		Gibb
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Burnley	Hillsborough	23,183
Whitham	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Ipswich Town	The Dell	19,599
Channon, Sydenham	Lineups		O'Rourke, Crawford
Stoke City	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Victoria Ground	15,565
Skeels	Lineups		Morgan R
Sunderland	0	4	Manchester City	Roker Park	31,687
	Lineups		Lee 2, Bell, Summerbee
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Nottingham Forest	White Hart Lane	37,386
Jones, Greaves	Lineups		Storey-Moore
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	35,175
	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	1	Leeds United	9	5	1	0	12	3	2	1	0	7	4	2.714	16	W	D	W	W	D	1968-09-28	Manchester City	A
2	-1	Arsenal	10	4	1	0	11	3	3	1	1	6	5	2.125	16	L	W	W	W	W	1968-09-28	Sunderland	H
3	2	Liverpool	10	5	0	0	14	3	1	2	2	3	4	2.429	14	W	W	W	L	D	1968-09-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Chelsea	10	2	4	0	9	6	3	0	1	11	3	2.222	14	D	W	W	D	D	1968-09-28	Burnley	A
5	-1	West Ham United	10	3	1	1	13	6	2	3	0	7	4	2	14	D	D	D	W	W	1968-09-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	1	0	12	6	1	2	2	2	5	1.273	13	W	L	W	W	L	1968-09-28	West Ham United	A
7	-1	Everton	10	3	1	1	8	3	1	3	1	8	6	1.778	12	D	W	D	W	D	1968-09-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	1	Tottenham Hotspur	10	2	1	2	12	6	2	2	1	9	8	1.5	11	W	W	D	W	D	1968-09-28	Newcastle United	A
9	1	Manchester United	10	4	1	1	10	8	0	1	3	5	9	0.882	10	W	L	D	L	W	1968-10-05	Arsenal	H
10	-2	Sunderland	10	3	1	1	7	5	0	3	2	6	10	0.867	10	L	D	W	D	D	1968-09-28	Arsenal	A
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	10	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	3	7	14	0.682	9	D	W	L	L	L	1968-09-28	Everton	A
12	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	2	3	0	6	3	0	1	4	4	8	0.909	8	D	D	L	D	W	1968-09-28	Liverpool	H
13	2	Ipswich Town	10	2	0	3	7	7	1	2	2	7	9	0.875	8	D	L	L	D	W	1968-09-28	Stoke City	H
14	3	Southampton	10	3	1	2	10	8	0	1	3	3	8	0.813	8	D	D	L	L	W	1968-09-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	6	Manchester City	10	1	3	0	5	4	1	1	4	7	11	0.8	8	W	D	L	D	L	1968-09-28	Leeds United	H
16	2	Stoke City	10	3	1	1	5	4	0	1	4	2	8	0.583	8	D	L	W	D	L	1968-09-28	Ipswich Town	A
17	-5	Burnley	10	3	1	0	6	2	0	1	5	4	21	0.435	8	L	W	L	D	L	1968-09-28	Chelsea	H
18	-5	Nottingham Forest	9	0	3	0	2	2	1	2	3	9	9	1	7	L	D	W	L	D	1968-10-05	Stoke City	H
19	0	Coventry City	10	2	1	3	10	10	0	2	2	1	5	0.733	7	D	L	D	L	W	1968-09-28	Leicester City	A
20	-4	Newcastle United	10	1	3	1	7	7	0	2	3	4	8	0.733	7	L	L	L	D	D	1968-09-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	-1	Leicester City	10	2	1	1	8	5	0	1	5	1	12	0.529	6	L	D	L	W	L	1968-09-28	Coventry City	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	10	0	3	1	4	8	0	1	5	4	15	0.348	4	D	L	L	L	L	1968-09-28	Southampton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	4	0	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	40,527	Largest home gate 1968-69
Vowden, Greenhoff, Vincent, Summerill	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	7,736
Martin	Lineups
Blackpool	2	2	Fulham	Bloomfield Road	15,765
Brown, Hutchison	Lineups		Conway 2
Bury	2	3	Middlesbrough	Gigg Lane	7,471
Towers, Anderson B	Lineups		Horsfield 2, Webb
Cardiff City	2	1	Carlisle United	Ninian Park	10,809
Clark, Jones	Lineups		McVitie
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	15,331
Treacy	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	2	Preston North End	Selhurst Park	13,577
Jackson C	Lineups		Irvine 2
Derby County	1	0	Millwall	Baseball Ground	25,000
Durban	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Boothferry Park	13,487
Wagstaff	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Portsmouth	Carrow Road	18,440
	Lineups		McCann
Oxford United	0	0	Bristol City	Manor Ground	13,043
	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	1	Charlton Athletic	10	4	0	1	11	7	2	3	0	9	7	1.429	15	W	D	W	D	W	1968-09-28	Middlesbrough	A
2	-1	Blackpool	10	2	3	0	8	5	2	3	0	5	3	1.625	14	D	D	W	W	W	1968-09-28	Sheffield United	A
3	3	Blackburn Rovers	10	3	2	1	8	6	2	1	1	5	3	1.444	13	W	W	D	L	L	1968-09-28	Fulham	A
4	3	Middlesbrough	10	4	1	0	11	3	2	0	3	5	10	1.231	13	W	W	L	L	D	1968-09-28	Charlton Athletic	H
5	-2	Millwall	10	3	1	1	10	6	2	1	2	9	8	1.357	12	L	D	L	W	W	1968-09-28	Hull City	H
6	3	Derby County	10	4	2	0	10	4	0	2	2	1	5	1.222	12	W	W	D	W	W	1968-09-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	5	Preston North End	9	2	2	0	6	2	2	1	2	5	5	1.571	11	W	D	D	W	W	1968-09-28	Norwich City	H
8	-4	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	0	11	4	1	2	3	6	8	1.417	11	L	W	D	L	W	1968-09-28	Derby County	H
9	-4	Crystal Palace	10	4	1	1	16	8	1	0	3	5	7	1.4	11	L	L	W	D	W	1968-09-28	Portsmouth	A
10	4	Cardiff City	10	4	0	2	9	6	1	1	2	7	10	1	11	W	L	W	W	W	1968-09-28	Bristol City	A
11	-3	Norwich City	10	2	1	2	7	6	2	1	2	9	7	1.231	10	L	W	W	D	L	1968-09-28	Preston North End	A
12	-1	Bury	10	2	1	3	12	13	2	1	1	7	6	1	10	L	W	W	L	D	1968-09-28	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-3	Sheffield United	10	4	0	1	8	3	0	2	3	4	9	1	10	L	D	L	L	L	1968-09-28	Blackpool	H
14	2	Hull City	10	2	2	1	7	5	0	4	1	4	6	1	10	W	D	D	D	W	1968-09-28	Millwall	A
15	-2	Oxford United	10	1	4	0	3	2	2	0	3	5	6	1	10	D	L	W	W	L	1968-09-28	Aston Villa	A
16	1	Bristol City	10	1	3	0	4	3	0	4	2	5	7	0.9	9	D	D	D	D	W	1968-09-28	Cardiff City	H
17	-2	Huddersfield Town	10	2	2	0	7	2	0	2	4	3	10	0.833	8	L	W	L	D	D	1968-09-28	Bury	H
18	1	Portsmouth	10	1	0	3	5	6	1	3	2	4	7	0.692	7	W	L	L	L	D	1968-09-28	Crystal Palace	H
19	-1	Fulham	10	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	4	3	8	0.5	7	D	L	W	L	L	1968-09-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	1	Birmingham City	10	3	0	2	16	8	0	0	5	5	17	0.84	6	W	L	L	W	L	1968-09-28	Carlisle United	A
21	-1	Aston Villa	10	1	3	1	4	4	0	0	5	3	16	0.35	5	L	L	D	L	L	1968-09-28	Oxford United	H
22	0	Carlisle United	9	0	3	2	1	7	0	0	4	3	11	0.222	3	L	L	L	D	L	1968-09-28	Birmingham City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	11,930
Wilkinson	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Swindon Town	Eastville	10,364	Largest home gate 1968-69
Jones W, Graydon	Lineups		Taylor OG
Mansfield Town	0	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	10,023
	Lineups		Downes
Northampton Town	0	0	Hartlepool	County Ground	6,749
	Lineups
Orient	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Brisbane Road	6,233
Halom, Slater, Allen	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	3	Reading	Gay Meadow	5,769
Boardman 3	Lineups		Harris, Sainty, Silvester
Torquay United	3	1	Barnsley	Plainmoor	8,311
Rowlands 2, Stubbs	Lineups		Robson
Watford	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	7,688
Dyson	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	9	5	0	0	19	5	1	2	1	3	2	3.143	14	L	W	W	D	W	1968-09-28	Torquay United	H
2	0	Barrow	9	2	2	0	6	2	3	0	2	8	6	1.75	12	W	W	W	L	D	1968-09-28	Orient	H
3	2	Rotherham United	9	3	1	0	6	1	1	3	1	7	8	1.444	12	W	D	W	D	D	1968-09-28	Southport	H
4	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	4	0	1	9	1	1	1	2	6	6	2.143	11	L	W	W	W	W	1968-09-28	Walsall	H
5	3	Torquay United	9	4	0	0	11	2	1	1	3	4	7	1.667	11	W	W	L	W	L	1968-09-28	Luton Town	A
6	-2	Plymouth Argyle	8	3	1	0	9	4	2	0	2	4	6	1.3	11	W	W	W	L	L	1968-09-23	Barnsley	H
7	0	Reading	9	2	0	1	8	1	1	4	1	10	11	1.5	10	D	W	L	D	W	1968-09-27	Bristol Rovers	H
8	3	Orient	8	2	3	0	7	3	0	3	0	6	6	1.444	10	W	D	D	D	D	1968-09-28	Barrow	A
9	-3	Swindon Town	8	3	1	0	5	0	0	2	2	1	4	1.5	9	L	L	W	D	W	1968-09-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	2	2	1	11	5	1	1	1	4	8	1.154	9	W	L	D	D	D	1968-09-28	Barnsley	A
11	-2	Mansfield Town	9	3	1	1	10	4	1	0	3	4	9	1.077	9	L	L	L	W	D	1968-09-28	Gillingham	A
12	-2	Stockport County	9	2	2	1	12	11	1	1	2	2	3	1	9	L	W	L	W	W	1968-09-28	Hartlepool United	A
13	3	Watford	9	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	1	9	W	L	W	L	D	1968-09-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	5	Bristol Rovers	9	3	1	1	9	7	0	2	2	6	13	0.75	9	W	D	L	W	L	1968-09-27	Reading	A
15	-3	Crewe Alexandra	9	2	1	1	10	5	0	3	2	5	10	1	8	D	L	D	L	W	1968-09-28	Watford	H
16	-1	Northampton Town	8	1	3	1	6	6	1	1	1	3	3	1	8	D	D	D	W	L	1968-09-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	-4	Tranmere Rovers	9	3	0	2	6	5	0	2	2	3	8	0.692	8	L	L	L	D	W	1968-09-28	Oldham Athletic	A
18	-1	Walsall	9	0	3	1	5	6	1	2	2	3	4	0.8	7	D	L	L	D	L	1968-09-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	-1	Southport	9	2	1	1	9	7	1	0	4	3	9	0.75	7	W	L	W	W	D	1968-09-28	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	9	1	2	1	5	5	1	1	3	5	9	0.714	7	D	L	D	W	L	1968-09-28	Swindon Town	A
21	2	Hartlepool United	8	1	3	0	3	2	0	1	3	1	10	0.333	6	D	W	D	L	L	1968-09-28	Stockport County	H
22	-1	Gillingham	9	1	1	1	8	5	1	0	5	4	11	0.75	5	L	L	W	L	L	1968-09-28	Mansfield Town	H
23	-1	Barnsley	9	1	1	2	6	7	0	2	3	4	12	0.526	5	L	W	D	L	D	1968-09-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	9	1	2	2	4	4	0	0	4	0	17	0.19	4	L	D	L	L	W	1968-09-28	Tranmere Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	5	Newport County	Park Avenue	3,007
Drury	Lineups		Buck 5
Brentford	5	1	York City	Griffin Park	8,360
Terry 3, Ross, Carr OG	Lineups		Boyer
Chester	2	0	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	6,785
Talbot, Ashworth	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Wrexham	The Shay	2,674
Lawther 2	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Grimsby Town	Sincil Bank	9,140
Kearns, Lewis, Smith D	Lineups
Notts County	0	3	Swansea Town	Meadow Lane	4,167
	Lineups		Williams H, Gibson OG, Thomas (p)
Rochdale	6	0	Bradford City	Spotland	4,136
Fletcher 2, Melledew 2, Rudd, Butler	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Exeter City	Old Showground	3,534
Deere, Foley (p)	Lineups		Mitten (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	Darlington	9	3	1	0	9	2	2	3	0	7	2	4	14	D	W	W	W	W	1968-09-28	Bradford	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	9	4	1	0	11	5	2	1	1	6	4	1.889	14	W	W	W	W	L	1968-09-28	Chesterfield	A
3	1	Chester	9	5	1	0	15	4	0	2	1	4	6	1.9	13	W	D	D	W	W	1968-09-28	Peterborough United	A
4	1	Lincoln City	9	4	0	1	11	2	2	1	1	3	6	1.75	13	W	D	W	L	L	1968-09-28	Workington	A
5	1	Brentford	9	4	1	0	14	3	0	3	1	6	7	2	12	W	D	L	W	D	1968-09-28	Bradford City	A
6	-3	Aldershot	9	2	1	2	4	5	3	1	0	7	2	1.571	12	D	W	W	L	W	1968-09-28	Newport County	A
7	2	Swansea Town	9	0	4	0	4	4	3	1	1	8	4	1.5	11	W	L	D	W	D	1968-09-28	Halifax Town	H
8	4	Rochdale	9	2	2	0	11	4	0	4	1	3	5	1.556	10	W	L	D	D	D	1968-09-28	York City	A
9	2	Newport County	9	3	2	0	8	2	1	0	3	6	8	1.4	10	W	W	W	L	W	1968-09-28	Aldershot	H
10	-3	Workington	9	1	2	1	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1.4	10	L	D	W	W	D	1968-09-28	Lincoln City	H
11	-3	Bradford City	9	2	1	0	5	2	1	3	2	7	13	0.8	10	L	W	D	L	W	1968-09-28	Brentford	H
12	2	Halifax Town	9	2	0	2	5	5	2	1	2	6	6	1	9	W	D	L	L	W	1968-09-28	Swansea Town	A
13	-3	Southend United	9	3	1	0	5	2	0	2	3	7	12	0.857	9	W	L	D	W	L	1968-09-28	Grimsby Town	A
14	4	Scunthorpe United	9	2	2	0	6	4	1	0	4	12	12	1.125	8	W	L	L	W	D	1968-09-28	Port Vale	A
15	-2	Colchester United	9	2	1	2	3	6	1	1	2	4	10	0.438	8	W	W	D	W	L	1968-09-28	Exeter City	A
16	-1	Peterborough United	9	2	2	0	8	6	0	1	4	2	7	0.769	7	L	W	W	D	L	1968-09-28	Chester	H
17	-1	York City	9	2	2	0	6	4	0	1	4	2	12	0.5	7	L	L	W	L	W	1968-09-28	Rochdale	H
18	1	Exeter City	9	1	2	1	9	7	0	2	3	5	9	0.875	6	L	L	D	L	L	1968-09-28	Colchester United	H
19	-2	Wrexham	9	2	0	1	5	1	0	2	4	1	6	0.857	6	L	L	L	L	W	1968-09-28	Notts County	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	9	2	0	3	6	5	0	2	2	1	6	0.636	6	L	W	L	D	L	1968-09-28	Southend United	H
21	0	Chesterfield	9	2	2	1	7	5	0	0	4	1	8	0.615	6	L	L	D	L	L	1968-09-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Bradford	10	1	4	2	7	11	0	0	3	1	9	0.4	6	L	D	L	W	D	1968-09-28	Darlington	A
23	0	Port Vale	8	2	1	1	5	3	0	0	4	2	9	0.583	5	L	W	L	L	D	1968-09-28	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Notts County	9	1	1	3	6	10	0	1	3	3	11	0.429	4	L	L	L	W	L	1968-09-28	Wrexham	A