1968-10-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	0	4	Liverpool	Turf Moor	26,418
	Lineups		Hunt 2, Thompson, Strong
Chelsea	3	1	Ipswich Town	Stamford Bridge	31,625
Hollins, Birchenall, Baxter OG	Lineups		Crawford
Coventry City	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highfield Road	39,271
	Lineups		Dougan
Everton	2	0	Manchester City	Goodison Park	53,399
Ball, Royle	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Arsenal	Old Trafford	61,843
	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Leeds United	St James' Park	41,915
	Lineups		Charlton
Nottingham Forest	3	3	Stoke City	Meadow Lane	21,519	Match played at Meadow Lane after fire at City Ground
Storey-Moore 2, Newton	Lineups		Herd, Burrows, Stevenson
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Sunderland	Hillsborough	27,328
Whitham	Lineups		Palmer
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	36,622
Greaves 3	Lineups		Clarke, Glover
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Hawthorns	22,944
Rees, Hartford, Astle	Lineups		Clarke
West Ham United	0	0	Southampton	Upton Park	29,558
	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	Liverpool	12	5	0	0	14	3	3	2	2	13	4	3.857	18	W	W	W	W	W	1968-10-08	Everton	H
2	-1	Arsenal	12	4	2	0	11	3	3	2	1	6	5	2.125	18	D	D	L	W	W	1968-10-09	Manchester City	A
3	0	Leeds United	11	5	1	0	12	3	3	1	1	9	7	2.1	18	W	L	W	D	W	1968-10-09	Sunderland	A
4	1	Everton	12	5	1	1	14	3	1	3	1	8	6	2.444	16	W	W	D	W	D	1968-10-08	Liverpool	A
5	1	Chelsea	12	3	4	0	12	7	3	0	2	12	5	2	16	W	L	D	W	W	1968-10-09	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	-2	West Ham United	12	3	3	1	14	7	2	3	0	7	4	1.909	16	D	D	D	D	D	1968-10-08	Burnley	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	12	4	2	0	13	7	1	3	2	3	6	1.231	15	D	D	W	L	W	1968-10-09	Chelsea	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	1	2	15	8	2	3	1	11	10	1.444	14	W	D	W	W	D	1968-10-09	Manchester United	H
9	0	Sunderland	12	3	1	1	7	5	0	5	2	7	11	0.875	12	D	D	L	D	W	1968-10-09	Leeds United	H
10	2	Manchester United	11	4	2	1	10	8	0	1	3	5	9	0.882	11	D	W	L	D	L	1968-10-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	4	West Bromwich Albion	12	3	2	1	11	9	1	1	4	7	18	0.667	11	W	L	D	W	L	1968-10-09	Coventry City	H
12	-2	Ipswich Town	12	3	0	3	10	8	1	2	3	8	12	0.9	10	L	W	D	L	L	1968-10-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	-2	Manchester City	12	2	3	0	8	5	1	1	5	7	13	0.833	10	L	W	W	D	L	1968-10-09	Arsenal	H
14	0	Southampton	12	3	1	2	10	8	0	3	3	4	9	0.824	10	D	D	D	D	L	1968-10-09	Stoke City	A
15	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	2	3	1	6	9	1	1	4	5	8	0.647	10	W	L	D	D	L	1968-10-09	Leicester City	A
16	-3	Burnley	12	4	1	1	8	7	0	1	5	4	21	0.429	10	L	W	L	W	L	1968-10-08	West Ham United	H
17	2	Stoke City	12	3	1	1	5	4	0	2	5	6	14	0.611	9	D	L	D	L	W	1968-10-09	Southampton	H
18	2	Nottingham Forest	10	0	4	0	5	5	1	2	3	9	9	1	8	D	L	D	W	L	1968-10-08	Newcastle United	H
19	-3	Newcastle United	12	1	4	2	9	10	0	2	3	4	8	0.722	8	L	D	L	L	L	1968-10-08	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-3	Coventry City	12	2	1	4	10	11	0	3	2	2	6	0.706	8	L	D	D	L	D	1968-10-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Leicester City	12	2	2	1	9	6	0	1	6	3	15	0.571	7	L	D	L	D	L	1968-10-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	12	0	4	1	5	9	0	1	6	5	18	0.37	5	L	D	D	L	L	1968-10-08	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	5	4	Fulham	St Andrew's	27,518
Greenhoff 4, Vincent	Lineups		Macdonald, Large 2, Robinson OG
Bury	0	0	Millwall	Gigg Lane	7,114
	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	17,113
Toshack	Lineups		Godfrey
Carlisle United	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Brunton Park	8,846
Barton	Lineups		Hill
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Bristol City	The Valley	15,394
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Sheffield United	Selhurst Park	17,378
Woodruff	Lineups		Currie
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Blackpool	Leeds Road	13,023
Aimson, Nicholson	Lineups		Suddick
Middlesbrough	0	0	Derby County	Ayresome Park	28,636
	Lineups
Norwich City	1	2	Hull City	Carrow Road	17,985
Curran	Lineups		Houghton, Butler I
Portsmouth	3	0	Oxford United	Fratton Park	19,888
Trebilcock 2, Pointer	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Deepdale	20,681	Largest home gate 1968-69
Irvine	Lineups		Connelly

				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	12	4	1	1	11	7	2	3	1	9	8	1.333	16	D	L	W	D	W	1968-10-08	Bury	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	12	5	2	0	12	3	2	0	3	5	10	1.308	16	D	W	W	W	L	1968-10-08	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	12	3	2	1	8	6	2	3	1	7	5	1.364	15	D	D	W	W	D	1968-10-07	Blackpool	A
4	1	Derby County	12	4	2	0	10	4	1	3	2	3	6	1.3	15	D	W	W	W	D	1968-10-09	Hull City	A
5	-1	Blackpool	12	2	3	0	8	5	2	3	2	7	7	1.25	14	L	L	D	D	W	1968-10-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	0	Cardiff City	12	4	1	2	10	7	2	1	2	10	10	1.176	14	D	W	W	L	W	1968-10-08	Birmingham City	A
7	5	Hull City	12	2	2	1	7	5	2	4	1	9	9	1.143	14	W	W	W	D	D	1968-10-09	Derby County	H
8	0	Crystal Palace	12	4	2	1	17	9	1	1	3	8	10	1.316	13	D	D	L	L	W	1968-10-09	Norwich City	A
9	0	Millwall	12	3	1	2	12	9	2	2	2	9	8	1.235	13	D	L	L	D	L	1968-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	0	Preston North End	12	2	4	1	10	8	2	1	2	5	5	1.154	13	D	D	L	W	D	1968-10-09	Portsmouth	A
11	0	Sheffield United	12	5	0	1	10	4	0	3	3	5	10	1.071	13	D	W	L	D	L	1968-10-09	Fulham	A
12	1	Bolton Wanderers	12	3	1	1	12	6	1	3	3	7	9	1.267	12	D	L	L	W	D	1968-10-09	Millwall	H
13	-6	Norwich City	12	2	1	3	8	8	3	1	2	12	8	1.25	12	L	W	L	W	W	1968-10-09	Crystal Palace	H
14	0	Huddersfield Town	12	4	2	0	13	4	0	2	4	3	10	1.143	12	W	W	L	W	L	1968-10-08	Middlesbrough	H
15	0	Bury	12	2	2	3	12	13	2	1	2	8	10	0.87	11	D	L	L	W	W	1968-10-08	Charlton Athletic	A
16	3	Portsmouth	12	2	1	3	11	9	1	3	2	4	7	0.938	10	W	D	W	L	L	1968-10-09	Preston North End	H
17	1	Birmingham City	12	4	0	2	21	12	1	0	5	8	19	0.935	10	W	W	W	L	L	1968-10-08	Cardiff City	H
18	-1	Bristol City	12	1	3	1	4	6	0	5	2	5	7	0.692	10	D	L	D	D	D	1968-10-08	Aston Villa	H
19	-3	Oxford United	12	1	4	0	3	2	2	0	5	5	11	0.615	10	L	L	D	L	W	1968-10-09	Carlisle United	H
20	0	Fulham	12	2	2	1	3	3	0	2	5	7	13	0.625	8	L	D	D	L	W	1968-10-09	Sheffield United	H
21	0	Aston Villa	12	2	3	1	6	4	0	1	5	4	17	0.476	8	D	W	L	L	D	1968-10-08	Bristol City	A
22	0	Carlisle United	12	0	4	3	4	11	0	1	4	5	13	0.375	5	D	D	L	L	L	1968-10-09	Oxford United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	7,678
Bolton, East	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	6,225
Taylor S	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	3	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	5,456
McHale, Inglis	Lineups		Smith, Beamish, Hudson
Northampton Town	1	0	Rotherham United	County Ground	8,602
Fairbrother	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Torquay United	Home Park	20,810
Molyneux	Lineups		Dunne, Welsh
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Barnsley	Gay Meadow	4,544
	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Orient	County Ground	12,455
Howe OG	Lineups
Walsall	3	0	Southport	Fellows Park	5,731
Wilson, Morris 2	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Luton Town	Vicarage Road	22,133
Low	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	11	6	0	0	20	5	1	2	2	3	3	2.875	16	L	W	L	W	W	1968-10-08	Barnsley	A
2	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	6	0	1	12	1	1	1	2	6	6	2.571	15	W	W	L	W	W	1968-10-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	3	Torquay United	12	5	0	0	15	4	2	1	4	6	9	1.615	15	W	W	L	W	W	1968-10-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	-1	Reading	11	4	0	1	13	4	1	4	1	10	11	1.533	14	W	W	D	W	L	1968-10-09	Swindon Town	H
5	-3	Rotherham United	11	4	1	0	9	2	1	3	2	7	9	1.455	14	L	W	W	D	W	1968-10-09	Gillingham	A
6	-2	Barrow	11	3	2	0	9	3	3	0	3	9	10	1.385	14	L	W	W	W	W	1968-10-07	Oldham Athletic	H
7	2	Swindon Town	10	5	1	0	9	0	0	2	2	1	4	2.5	13	W	W	L	L	W	1968-10-09	Reading	A
8	2	Watford	11	3	2	1	4	1	2	1	2	6	7	1.25	13	W	W	W	L	W	1968-10-08	Walsall	A
9	4	Northampton Town	10	2	3	1	7	6	2	1	1	4	3	1.222	12	W	W	D	D	D	1968-10-07	Stockport County	A
10	-3	Stockport County	11	3	2	1	16	12	1	2	2	2	3	1.2	12	W	D	L	W	L	1968-10-07	Northampton Town	H
11	-3	Plymouth Argyle	11	3	2	2	10	7	2	0	2	4	6	1.077	12	L	L	D	W	W	1968-10-09	Hartlepool United	H
12	2	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	0	2	6	5	2	2	2	8	11	0.875	12	W	W	L	L	L	1968-10-07	Orient	H
13	-2	Mansfield Town	11	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	3	6	11	1.067	11	D	D	L	L	L	1968-10-07	Southport	A
14	2	Bristol Rovers	11	4	1	1	10	7	0	2	3	7	15	0.773	11	W	L	W	D	L	1968-10-09	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	-3	Orient	10	2	3	0	7	3	0	3	2	7	10	1.077	10	L	L	W	D	D	1968-10-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	5	Walsall	12	1	3	1	8	6	1	2	4	5	9	0.867	9	W	L	L	D	L	1968-10-08	Watford	H
17	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	2	1	11	5	1	1	3	4	14	0.789	9	L	L	W	L	D	1968-10-09	Torquay United	A
18	0	Barnsley	12	2	1	2	10	7	0	4	3	4	12	0.737	9	D	W	D	L	W	1968-10-08	Luton Town	H
19	-2	Crewe Alexandra	11	2	1	3	14	11	0	3	2	5	10	0.905	8	L	L	D	L	D	1968-10-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
20	2	Shrewsbury Town	11	1	3	1	5	5	1	1	4	5	12	0.588	8	D	L	D	L	D	1968-10-09	Bristol Rovers	H
21	-2	Hartlepool United	10	1	5	0	4	3	0	1	3	1	10	0.385	8	D	D	D	W	D	1968-10-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	-2	Southport	11	2	1	1	9	7	1	0	6	4	15	0.591	7	L	L	W	L	W	1968-10-07	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Gillingham	11	1	2	1	9	6	1	0	6	6	14	0.75	6	L	D	L	L	W	1968-10-09	Rotherham United	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	11	1	2	3	5	6	0	0	5	0	18	0.208	4	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-07	Barrow	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	1	3	Wrexham	Valley Parade	7,181
Ham	Lineups		Moir 2, May
Brentford	1	1	Newport County	Griffin Park	7,825
Mansley	Lineups		Buck
Chester	3	0	Swansea Town	Sealand Road	7,417
Dearden, Sutton, Talbot	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	2	Notts County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,611
	Lineups		Bradd, Murphy JB
Exeter City	0	0	Aldershot	St James Park	4,595
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	0	Southend United	London Road	5,905
Thompson	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Lincoln City	Vale Park	6,152	Largest home gate 1968-69
Sproson	Lineups		Hubbard
Rochdale	0	0	Workington	Spotland	4,535
	Lineups
York City	4	2	Bradford	Bootham Crescent	5,250
MacDougall 2, Taylor, Sweenie	Lineups		Clancy, Draper

				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	11	4	1	0	11	2	3	3	0	8	2	4.75	18	W	W	D	W	W	1968-10-07	Newport County	H
2	1	Chester	11	6	1	0	18	4	1	2	1	6	7	2.182	17	W	W	W	D	D	1968-10-08	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	11	4	1	1	11	6	3	1	1	7	4	1.8	16	L	W	W	W	W	1968-10-08	Chester	H
4	0	Lincoln City	11	4	0	1	11	2	2	3	1	5	8	1.6	15	D	D	W	D	W	1968-10-07	Southend United	A
5	0	Aldershot	11	2	1	2	4	5	4	2	0	11	5	1.5	15	D	W	D	W	W	1968-10-09	Bradford	H
6	1	Brentford	11	4	2	0	15	4	0	3	2	6	10	1.5	13	D	L	W	D	L	1968-10-07	Rochdale	A
7	-1	Swansea Town	11	1	4	0	5	4	3	1	2	8	7	1.182	13	L	W	W	L	D	1968-10-07	Wrexham	A
8	1	Rochdale	11	2	3	0	11	4	0	5	1	3	5	1.556	12	D	D	W	L	D	1968-10-07	Brentford	H
9	1	Workington	11	1	3	1	6	5	2	3	1	2	1	1.333	12	D	D	L	D	W	1968-10-09	Grimsby Town	H
10	-2	Bradford City	11	3	1	1	9	5	1	3	2	7	13	0.889	12	L	W	L	W	D	1968-10-09	York City	H
11	2	Newport County	11	3	2	1	11	6	1	1	3	7	9	1.2	11	D	L	W	W	W	1968-10-07	Darlington	A
12	-1	Halifax Town	11	2	0	2	5	5	3	1	3	7	7	1	11	W	L	W	D	L	1968-10-08	Notts County	H
13	-1	Colchester United	11	3	1	2	5	7	1	2	2	5	11	0.556	11	W	D	W	W	D	1968-10-08	Scunthorpe United	A
14	2	Wrexham	11	3	0	1	8	3	1	2	4	4	7	1.2	10	W	W	L	L	L	1968-10-07	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Port Vale	11	4	2	1	11	5	0	0	4	2	9	0.929	10	D	W	W	L	W	1968-10-08	Exeter City	A
16	-2	Southend United	11	3	1	0	5	2	0	3	4	7	13	0.8	10	L	D	W	L	D	1968-10-07	Lincoln City	H
17	1	York City	11	3	3	0	10	6	0	1	4	2	12	0.667	10	W	D	L	L	W	1968-10-09	Bradford City	A
18	2	Peterborough United	11	3	2	1	10	8	0	1	4	2	7	0.8	9	W	L	L	W	W	1968-10-07	Chesterfield	H
19	-2	Scunthorpe United	11	2	2	1	6	5	1	0	5	13	16	0.905	8	L	L	W	L	L	1968-10-08	Colchester United	H
20	-1	Exeter City	12	1	4	1	10	8	0	2	4	5	10	0.833	8	D	L	D	L	L	1968-10-08	Port Vale	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	11	2	1	3	6	5	0	2	3	2	8	0.615	7	L	D	L	W	L	1968-10-09	Workington	A
22	2	Notts County	11	1	1	3	6	10	1	1	4	7	14	0.542	6	W	L	L	L	L	1968-10-08	Halifax Town	A
23	-1	Chesterfield	11	2	2	3	7	8	0	0	4	1	8	0.5	6	L	L	L	L	D	1968-10-07	Peterborough United	A
24	-1	Bradford	12	1	4	2	7	11	0	0	5	3	15	0.385	6	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-09	Aldershot	A