1968-09-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Sunderland	Highbury	35,277
	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Chelsea	Turf Moor	14,762
Thomas 2	Lineups		Tambling
Everton	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Goodison Park	47,792
Ball 3 (1p), Harvey	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Stoke City	Portman Road	20,943
Crawford 2, Brogan (p)	Lineups		Dobing
Leicester City	1	1	Coventry City	Filbert Street	32,122
Fern	Lineups		Hunt
Manchester City	3	1	Leeds United	Maine Road	46,431
Bell 2, Young	Lineups		O'Grady
Newcastle United	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	30,469
Allen, McNamee	Lineups		Mullery, Pearce
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	20,760
Allen	Lineups		Paine
West Ham United	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Upton Park	31,182
Hurst	Lineups		Whitham
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	6	Liverpool	Molineux	39,803
	Lineups		Hunt 2, Thompson 2, Evans 2

				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	Arsenal	11	4	2	0	11	3	3	1	1	6	5	2.125	17	D	L	W	W	W	1968-10-05	Manchester United	A
2	1	Liverpool	11	5	0	0	14	3	2	2	2	9	4	3.286	16	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-05	Burnley	A
3	-2	Leeds United	10	5	1	0	12	3	2	1	1	8	7	2	16	L	W	D	W	W	1968-10-05	Newcastle United	A
4	1	West Ham United	11	3	2	1	14	7	2	3	0	7	4	1.909	15	D	D	D	D	W	1968-10-05	Southampton	H
5	2	Everton	11	4	1	1	12	3	1	3	1	8	6	2.222	14	W	D	W	D	W	1968-10-05	Manchester City	H
6	-2	Chelsea	11	2	4	0	9	6	3	0	2	12	5	1.909	14	L	D	W	W	D	1968-10-05	Ipswich Town	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	4	1	0	12	6	1	3	2	3	6	1.25	14	D	W	L	W	W	1968-10-05	Sunderland	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	11	2	1	2	12	6	2	3	1	11	10	1.438	12	D	W	W	D	W	1968-10-05	Leicester City	H
9	1	Sunderland	11	3	1	1	7	5	0	4	2	6	10	0.867	11	D	L	D	W	D	1968-10-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	3	Ipswich Town	11	3	0	3	10	8	1	2	2	7	9	1	10	W	D	L	L	D	1968-10-05	Chelsea	A
11	4	Manchester City	11	2	3	0	8	5	1	1	4	7	11	0.938	10	W	W	D	L	D	1968-10-05	Everton	A
12	-3	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
13	4	Burnley	11	4	1	0	8	3	0	1	5	4	21	0.5	10	W	L	W	L	D	1968-10-05	Liverpool	H
14	0	Southampton	11	3	1	2	10	8	0	2	3	4	9	0.824	9	D	D	D	L	L	1968-10-05	West Ham United	A
15	-4	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	2	1	8	8	1	1	4	7	18	0.577	9	L	D	W	L	L	1968-10-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	4	Newcastle United	11	1	4	1	9	9	0	2	3	4	8	0.765	8	D	L	L	L	D	1968-10-05	Leeds United	H
17	2	Coventry City	11	2	1	3	10	10	0	3	2	2	6	0.75	8	D	D	L	D	L	1968-10-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	2	3	1	6	9	0	1	4	4	8	0.588	8	L	D	D	L	D	1968-10-05	Coventry City	A
19	-3	Stoke City	11	3	1	1	5	4	0	1	5	3	11	0.533	8	L	D	L	W	D	1968-10-05	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-2	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
21	0	Leicester City	11	2	2	1	9	6	0	1	5	1	12	0.556	7	D	L	D	L	W	1968-10-05	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	11	0	4	1	5	9	0	1	5	4	15	0.375	5	D	D	L	L	L	1968-10-05	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Oxford United	Villa Park	17,083
Hole, Godfrey	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Derby County	Burnden Park	15,202
Wharton	Lineups		Walker, Barker
Bristol City	0	3	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	20,632	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		King, Toshack, Jones
Carlisle United	2	3	Birmingham City	Brunton Park	7,623
Murray, McVitie	Lineups		Greenhoff, Summerill, Green
Fulham	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	12,934
Macdonald	Lineups		Martin
Huddersfield Town	4	1	Bury	Leeds Road	9,442
Cherry, Hill 2, Ellam	Lineups		Tinney
Middlesbrough	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	21,628
Downing	Lineups
Millwall	2	3	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	13,493
Conlon, Weller	Lineups		Houghton 3
Portsmouth	3	3	Crystal Palace	Fratton Park	18,998
Tindall, Harris, Hiron	Lineups		Jackson C, Kember, Woodruff
Preston North End	1	3	Norwich City	Deepdale	14,778
Irvine	Lineups		Foggo, Manning, Curran
Sheffield United	2	1	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	15,997
Reece, Addison	Lineups		Green

				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	11	4	0	1	11	7	2	3	1	9	8	1.333	15	L	W	D	W	D	1968-10-05	Bristol City	H
2	2	Middlesbrough	11	5	1	0	12	3	2	0	3	5	10	1.308	15	W	W	W	L	L	1968-10-05	Derby County	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	11	3	2	1	8	6	2	2	1	6	4	1.4	14	D	W	W	D	L	1968-10-05	Preston North End	A
4	-2	Blackpool	11	2	3	0	8	5	2	3	1	6	5	1.4	14	L	D	D	W	W	1968-10-05	Huddersfield Town	A
5	1	Derby County	11	4	2	0	10	4	1	2	2	3	6	1.3	14	W	W	W	D	W	1968-10-05	Middlesbrough	A
6	4	Cardiff City	11	4	0	2	9	6	2	1	2	10	10	1.188	13	W	W	L	W	W	1968-10-05	Aston Villa	H
7	4	Norwich City	11	2	1	2	7	6	3	1	2	12	8	1.357	12	W	L	W	W	D	1968-10-05	Hull City	H
8	1	Crystal Palace	11	4	1	1	16	8	1	1	3	8	10	1.333	12	D	L	L	W	D	1968-10-05	Sheffield United	H
9	-4	Millwall	11	3	1	2	12	9	2	1	2	9	8	1.235	12	L	L	D	L	W	1968-10-05	Bury	A
10	3	Sheffield United	11	5	0	1	10	4	0	2	3	4	9	1.077	12	W	L	D	L	L	1968-10-05	Crystal Palace	A
11	3	Hull City	11	2	2	1	7	5	1	4	1	7	8	1.077	12	W	W	D	D	D	1968-10-05	Norwich City	A
12	-4	Bolton Wanderers	11	3	1	1	12	6	1	2	3	6	8	1.286	11	L	L	W	D	L	1968-10-05	Carlisle United	A
13	-6	Preston North End	10	2	2	1	7	5	2	1	2	5	5	1.2	11	L	W	D	D	W	1968-09-30	Carlisle United	H
14	3	Huddersfield Town	11	3	2	0	11	3	0	2	4	3	10	1.077	10	W	L	W	L	D	1968-10-05	Blackpool	H
15	-3	Bury	11	2	1	3	12	13	2	1	2	8	10	0.87	10	L	L	W	W	L	1968-10-05	Millwall	H
16	-1	Oxford United	11	1	4	0	3	2	2	0	4	5	8	0.8	10	L	D	L	W	W	1968-10-05	Portsmouth	A
17	-1	Bristol City	11	1	3	1	4	6	0	4	2	5	7	0.692	9	L	D	D	D	D	1968-10-05	Charlton Athletic	A
18	2	Birmingham City	11	3	0	2	16	8	1	0	5	8	19	0.889	8	W	W	L	L	W	1968-10-05	Fulham	H
19	-1	Portsmouth	11	1	1	3	8	9	1	3	2	4	7	0.75	8	D	W	L	L	L	1968-10-05	Oxford United	H
20	-1	Fulham	11	2	2	1	3	3	0	2	4	3	8	0.545	8	D	D	L	W	L	1968-10-05	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Aston Villa	11	2	3	1	6	4	0	0	5	3	16	0.45	7	W	L	L	D	L	1968-10-05	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Carlisle United	10	0	3	3	3	10	0	0	4	3	11	0.286	3	L	L	L	L	D	1968-09-30	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Oakwell	9,383
Robson 2, Booth, Earnshaw	Lineups
Barrow	3	1	Orient	Holker Street	5,532
Mulvaney, Riley 2	Lineups		Taylor
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Walsall	Dean Court	8,475
Bolton (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	3	Watford	Gresty Road	5,740
Wallace (p), Stott	Lineups		Scullion 2, Eddy (p)
Gillingham	1	1	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,650
Woodley	Lineups		Sharkey
Hartlepool	0	0	Stockport County	Victoria Park	5,336
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Torquay United	Kenilworth Road	14,936
Lewis	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Boundary Park	4,009
Bebbington	Lineups		Gill, King
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Northampton Town	Home Park	10,505
	Lineups		Lines
Rotherham United	3	1	Southport	Millmoor	10,858
Hague, Quinn, Watson D	Lineups		Harkin
Swindon Town	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	County Ground	12,283
Noble 2, Rogers	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	10	6	0	0	20	5	1	2	1	3	2	3.286	16	W	L	W	W	D	1968-10-05	Watford	A
2	0	Barrow	10	3	2	0	9	3	3	0	2	8	6	1.889	14	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-04	Stockport County	A
3	1	Rotherham United	10	4	1	0	9	2	1	3	1	7	8	1.6	14	W	W	D	W	D	1968-10-05	Northampton Town	A
4	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	10	5	0	1	10	1	1	1	2	6	6	2.286	13	W	L	W	W	W	1968-10-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	-2	Reading	10	3	0	1	10	2	1	4	1	10	11	1.538	12	W	D	W	L	D	1968-10-04	Gillingham	H
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	2	1	9	5	2	0	2	4	6	1.182	12	L	D	W	W	W	1968-10-05	Torquay United	H
7	2	Swindon Town	9	4	1	0	8	0	0	2	2	1	4	2.25	11	W	L	L	W	D	1968-10-05	Orient	H
8	-1	Torquay United	10	4	0	0	11	2	1	1	4	4	8	1.5	11	L	W	W	L	W	1968-09-30	Walsall	H
9	4	Watford	10	2	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	6	7	1.125	11	W	W	L	W	L	1968-10-05	Luton Town	H
10	-2	Orient	9	2	3	0	7	3	0	3	1	7	9	1.167	10	L	W	D	D	D	1968-10-05	Swindon Town	A
11	5	Northampton Town	9	1	3	1	6	6	2	1	1	4	3	1.111	10	W	D	D	D	W	1968-10-05	Rotherham United	H
12	-1	Mansfield Town	10	3	1	1	10	4	1	1	3	5	10	1.071	10	D	L	L	L	W	1968-10-04	Hartlepool United	A
13	-1	Stockport County	10	2	2	1	12	11	1	2	2	2	3	1	10	D	L	W	L	W	1968-10-04	Barrow	H
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	10	3	0	2	6	5	1	2	2	5	9	0.786	10	W	L	L	L	D	1968-10-05	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	2	1	11	5	1	1	2	4	12	0.882	9	L	W	L	D	D	1968-10-05	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
16	-2	Bristol Rovers	10	3	1	1	9	7	0	2	3	7	15	0.727	9	L	W	D	L	W	1968-10-05	Oldham Athletic	H
17	-2	Crewe Alexandra	10	2	1	2	12	8	0	3	2	5	10	0.944	8	L	D	L	D	L	1968-10-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	3	Barnsley	11	2	1	2	10	7	0	3	3	4	12	0.737	8	W	D	L	W	D	1968-10-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	-1	Walsall	10	0	3	1	5	6	1	2	3	3	5	0.727	7	L	D	L	L	D	1968-09-30	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Southport	10	2	1	1	9	7	1	0	5	4	12	0.684	7	L	W	L	W	W	1968-10-05	Walsall	A
21	-1	Shrewsbury Town	10	1	2	1	5	5	1	1	4	5	12	0.588	7	L	D	L	D	W	1968-10-05	Barnsley	H
22	0	Hartlepool United	9	1	4	0	3	2	0	1	3	1	10	0.333	7	D	D	W	D	L	1968-10-04	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Gillingham	10	1	2	1	9	6	1	0	5	4	11	0.765	6	D	L	L	W	L	1968-10-04	Reading	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	10	1	2	3	5	6	0	0	4	0	17	0.217	4	L	L	D	L	L	1968-10-05	Bristol Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	3	0	Brentford	Valley Parade	6,491
Hall, Ham, Walker	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,756	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Gilfillan
Darlington	2	0	Bradford	Feethams Ground	5,788
Hale (p), Robson	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Colchester United	St James Park	5,146
Banks	Lineups		Simpson
Grimsby Town	0	0	Southend United	Blundell Park	2,368
	Lineups
Newport County	3	4	Aldershot	Somerton Park	3,919
McClelland, Buck, Robinson	Lineups		Priscott 2, Howarth, Dealy OG
Peterborough United	1	2	Chester	London Road	6,897
Hall	Lineups		Sutton, Brodie
Port Vale	4	1	Scunthorpe United	Vale Park	3,823
Chapman R 2, Barker OG, Goodfellow	Lineups		Heath
Swansea Town	1	0	Halifax Town	Vetch Field	7,431
Williams H	Lineups
Workington	1	1	Lincoln City	Borough Park	2,506
Tinnion	Lineups		Butler OG
Wrexham	3	2	Notts County	Racecourse Ground	4,522
Charnley 2, Ingle	Lineups		Bradd, Masson
York City	0	0	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	3,509
	Lineups

				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	10	4	1	0	11	2	2	3	0	7	2	4.5	16	W	D	W	W	W	1968-10-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	10	4	1	0	11	5	3	1	1	7	4	2	16	W	W	W	W	W	1968-10-04	Darlington	H
3	0	Chester	10	5	1	0	15	4	1	2	1	6	7	1.909	15	W	W	D	D	W	1968-10-05	Swansea Town	H
4	0	Lincoln City	10	4	0	1	11	2	2	2	1	4	7	1.667	14	D	W	D	W	L	1968-10-05	Port Vale	A
5	1	Aldershot	10	2	1	2	4	5	4	1	0	11	5	1.5	14	W	D	W	W	L	1968-10-05	Exeter City	A
6	1	Swansea Town	10	1	4	0	5	4	3	1	1	8	4	1.625	13	W	W	L	D	W	1968-10-05	Chester	A
7	-2	Brentford	10	4	1	0	14	3	0	3	2	6	10	1.538	12	L	W	D	L	W	1968-10-05	Newport County	H
8	3	Bradford City	10	3	1	0	8	2	1	3	2	7	13	1	12	W	L	W	D	L	1968-10-05	Wrexham	H
9	-1	Rochdale	10	2	2	0	11	4	0	5	1	3	5	1.556	11	D	W	L	D	D	1968-10-05	Workington	H
10	0	Workington	10	1	3	1	6	5	2	2	1	2	1	1.333	11	D	L	D	W	W	1968-10-05	Rochdale	A
11	-2	Newport County	10	3	2	1	11	6	1	0	3	6	8	1.214	10	L	W	W	W	L	1968-10-05	Brentford	A
12	1	Southend United	10	3	1	0	5	2	0	3	3	7	12	0.857	10	D	W	L	D	W	1968-10-05	Peterborough United	A
13	-1	Halifax Town	10	2	0	2	5	5	2	1	3	6	7	0.917	9	L	W	D	L	L	1968-10-04	Scunthorpe United	A
14	1	Colchester United	10	2	1	2	3	6	1	2	2	5	11	0.471	9	D	W	W	D	W	1968-10-04	Grimsby Town	H
15	4	Wrexham	10	3	0	1	8	3	0	2	4	1	6	1	8	W	L	L	L	L	1968-10-05	Bradford City	A
16	-2	Scunthorpe United	10	2	2	0	6	4	1	0	5	13	16	0.95	8	L	W	L	L	W	1968-10-04	Halifax Town	H
17	0	York City	10	2	3	0	6	4	0	1	4	2	12	0.5	8	D	L	L	W	L	1968-10-05	Bradford	H
18	0	Exeter City	10	1	3	1	10	8	0	2	3	5	9	0.882	7	D	L	L	D	L	1968-09-30	Port Vale	A
19	4	Port Vale	9	3	1	1	9	4	0	0	4	2	9	0.846	7	W	L	W	L	L	1968-09-30	Exeter City	H
20	-4	Peterborough United	10	2	2	1	9	8	0	1	4	2	7	0.733	7	L	L	W	W	D	1968-10-05	Southend United	H
21	-1	Grimsby Town	10	2	1	3	6	5	0	2	2	1	6	0.636	7	D	L	W	L	D	1968-10-04	Colchester United	A
22	-1	Chesterfield	10	2	2	2	7	6	0	0	4	1	8	0.571	6	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-05	Notts County	H
23	-1	Bradford	11	1	4	2	7	11	0	0	4	1	11	0.364	6	L	L	D	L	W	1968-10-05	York City	A
24	0	Notts County	10	1	1	3	6	10	0	1	4	5	14	0.458	4	L	L	L	L	W	1968-10-05	Chesterfield	A