1968-10-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Leicester City	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	27,048
Stringfellow, Fern	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Arsenal	Maine Road	33,830
Bell	Lineups		Radford
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Chelsea	Hillsborough	30,445
Whitham	Lineups		Baldwin
Stoke City	1	0	Southampton	Victoria Ground	14,105
Allen	Lineups
Sunderland	0	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	33,535
	Lineups		Jones
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	56,205
Jones, Gilzean	Lineups		Crerand, Law
West Bromwich Albion	6	1	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	29,255
Astle 2, Tudor OG, Brown (p), Hartford, Rees	Lineups		Hunt

				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	2	Leeds United	12	5	1	0	12	3	4	1	1	10	7	2.2	20	W	W	L	W	D	1968-10-12	West Ham United	H
2	-1	Liverpool	13	5	1	0	15	4	3	2	2	13	4	3.5	19	D	W	W	W	W	1968-10-12	Manchester United	H
3	-1	Arsenal	13	4	2	0	11	3	3	3	1	7	6	2	19	D	D	D	L	W	1968-10-12	Coventry City	H
4	0	Everton	13	5	1	1	14	3	1	4	1	9	7	2.3	17	D	W	W	D	W	1968-10-12	Southampton	A
5	0	Chelsea	13	3	4	0	12	7	3	1	2	13	6	1.923	17	D	W	L	D	W	1968-10-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	West Ham United	13	3	3	1	14	7	2	3	1	8	7	1.571	16	L	D	D	D	D	1968-10-12	Leeds United	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	3	0	14	8	1	3	2	3	6	1.214	16	D	D	D	W	L	1968-10-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	13	3	2	2	17	10	2	3	1	11	10	1.4	15	D	W	D	W	W	1968-10-12	Manchester City	A
9	3	West Bromwich Albion	13	4	2	1	17	10	1	1	4	7	18	0.857	13	W	W	L	D	W	1968-10-12	Leicester City	A
10	1	Manchester United	12	4	2	1	10	8	0	2	3	7	11	0.895	12	D	D	W	L	D	1968-10-12	Liverpool	A
11	-2	Sunderland	13	3	1	2	7	6	0	5	2	7	11	0.824	12	L	D	D	L	D	1968-10-12	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-2	Burnley	13	5	1	1	11	8	0	1	5	4	21	0.517	12	W	L	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Stoke City	A
13	2	Manchester City	13	2	4	0	9	6	1	1	5	7	13	0.842	11	D	L	W	W	D	1968-10-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	4	Stoke City	13	4	1	1	6	4	0	2	5	6	14	0.667	11	W	D	L	D	L	1968-10-12	Burnley	H
15	-2	Ipswich Town	13	3	0	3	10	8	1	2	4	9	14	0.864	10	L	L	W	D	L	1968-10-12	Newcastle United	H
16	-2	Newcastle United	13	1	4	2	9	10	1	2	3	8	10	0.85	10	W	L	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Ipswich Town	A
17	-1	Southampton	13	3	1	2	10	8	0	3	4	4	10	0.778	10	L	D	D	D	D	1968-10-12	Everton	H
18	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	2	3	1	6	9	1	1	5	5	10	0.579	10	L	W	L	D	D	1968-10-12	Chelsea	H
19	2	Leicester City	13	3	2	1	11	6	0	1	6	3	15	0.667	9	W	L	D	L	D	1968-10-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	-1	Nottingham Forest	11	0	4	1	7	9	1	2	3	9	9	0.889	8	L	D	L	D	W	1968-10-12	Sunderland	A
21	-1	Coventry City	13	2	1	4	10	11	0	3	3	3	12	0.565	8	L	L	D	D	L	1968-10-12	Arsenal	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	13	1	4	1	7	10	0	1	6	5	18	0.429	7	W	L	D	D	L	1968-10-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	4	Millwall	Burnden Park	12,715
	Lineups		Possee 2, Dunphy, Weller (p)
Fulham	2	2	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage	12,793
Macdonald, Kerrigan	Lineups		Woodward, Cliff
Hull City	1	0	Derby County	Boothferry Park	24,307	Largest home gate 1968-69
Butler I	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	18,993
	Lineups		Lazarus
Oxford United	0	1	Carlisle United	Manor Ground	10,256
	Lineups		Murray
Portsmouth	1	1	Preston North End	Fratton Park	20,393
Trebilcock	Lineups		Irvine

				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	Blackburn Rovers	13	3	2	1	8	6	3	3	1	8	5	1.455	17	W	D	D	W	W	1968-10-12	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Charlton Athletic	13	4	2	1	13	9	2	3	1	9	8	1.294	17	D	D	L	W	D	1968-10-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	4	Hull City	13	3	2	1	8	5	2	4	1	9	9	1.214	16	W	W	W	W	D	1968-10-12	Huddersfield Town	H
4	-1	Middlesbrough	13	5	2	0	12	3	2	0	4	5	13	1.063	16	L	D	W	W	W	1968-10-12	Sheffield United	A
5	5	Millwall	13	3	1	2	12	9	3	2	2	13	8	1.471	15	W	D	L	L	D	1968-10-12	Cardiff City	H
6	3	Crystal Palace	13	4	2	1	17	9	2	1	3	9	10	1.368	15	W	D	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Aston Villa	A
7	-3	Derby County	13	4	2	0	10	4	1	3	3	3	7	1.182	15	L	D	W	W	W	1968-10-12	Preston North End	H
8	-3	Huddersfield Town	13	5	2	0	16	4	0	2	4	3	10	1.357	14	W	W	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Hull City	A
9	-3	Blackpool	13	2	3	1	8	6	2	3	2	7	7	1.154	14	L	L	L	D	D	1968-10-12	Portsmouth	H
10	1	Preston North End	13	2	4	1	10	8	2	2	2	6	6	1.143	14	D	D	D	L	W	1968-10-12	Derby County	A
11	1	Sheffield United	13	5	0	1	10	4	0	4	3	7	12	1.063	14	D	D	W	L	D	1968-10-12	Middlesbrough	H
12	-4	Cardiff City	13	4	1	2	10	7	2	1	3	10	12	1.053	14	L	D	W	W	L	1968-10-12	Millwall	A
13	1	Norwich City	13	2	1	4	8	9	3	1	2	12	8	1.176	12	L	L	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Fulham	A
14	1	Birmingham City	13	5	0	2	23	12	1	0	5	8	19	1	12	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-12	Bristol City	A
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	13	3	1	2	12	10	1	3	3	7	9	1	12	L	D	L	L	W	1968-10-12	Charlton Athletic	H
16	0	Bury	13	2	2	3	12	13	2	2	2	10	12	0.88	12	D	D	L	L	W	1968-10-12	Oxford United	A
17	0	Bristol City	13	2	3	1	5	6	0	5	2	5	7	0.769	12	W	D	L	D	D	1968-10-12	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Portsmouth	13	2	2	3	12	10	1	3	2	4	7	0.941	11	D	W	D	W	L	1968-10-12	Blackpool	A
19	0	Oxford United	13	1	4	1	3	3	2	0	5	5	11	0.571	10	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-12	Bury	H
20	0	Fulham	13	2	3	1	5	5	0	2	5	7	13	0.667	9	D	L	D	D	L	1968-10-12	Norwich City	H
21	0	Aston Villa	13	2	3	1	6	4	0	1	6	4	18	0.455	8	L	D	W	L	L	1968-10-12	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Carlisle United	13	0	4	3	4	11	1	1	4	6	13	0.417	7	W	D	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Blackburn Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Gillingham	2	0	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium	5,533
Gilbert, Yeo	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Hartlepool	Home Park	7,565
Trainor, Bickle, Saxton	Lineups
Reading	0	1	Swindon Town	Elm Park	17,629	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Smart
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Gay Meadow	6,209
Loyden	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	7,863
Stubbs	Lineups		Napier K

				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	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	6	0	1	12	1	2	1	2	8	6	2.857	17	W	W	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Luton Town	12	6	0	0	20	5	1	2	3	4	6	2.182	16	L	L	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Hartlepool United	H
3	1	Torquay United	13	5	1	0	16	5	2	1	4	6	9	1.571	16	D	W	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	-1	Barrow	12	4	2	0	11	4	3	0	3	9	10	1.429	16	W	L	W	W	W	1968-10-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	5	Swindon Town	11	5	1	0	9	0	1	2	2	2	4	2.75	15	W	W	W	L	L	1968-10-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-1	Reading	12	4	0	2	13	5	1	4	1	10	11	1.438	14	L	W	W	D	W	1968-10-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	5	Plymouth Argyle	12	4	2	2	13	7	2	0	2	4	6	1.308	14	W	L	L	D	W	1968-10-11	Southport	A
8	-1	Stockport County	12	4	2	1	17	12	1	2	2	2	3	1.267	14	W	W	D	L	W	1968-10-12	Gillingham	A
9	-1	Watford	12	3	2	1	4	1	2	2	2	6	7	1.25	14	D	W	W	W	L	1968-10-12	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-4	Rotherham United	12	4	1	0	9	2	1	3	3	7	11	1.231	14	L	L	W	W	D	1968-10-12	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	12	4	0	2	9	5	2	2	2	8	11	1.063	14	W	W	W	L	L	1968-10-11	Reading	H
12	-1	Northampton Town	11	2	3	1	7	6	2	1	2	4	4	1.1	12	L	W	W	D	D	1968-10-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	0	Mansfield Town	12	3	1	1	10	4	1	2	4	8	14	1	11	L	D	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	0	Barnsley	13	3	1	2	13	8	0	4	3	4	12	0.85	11	W	D	W	D	L	1968-10-12	Walsall	H
15	0	Bristol Rovers	12	4	1	1	10	7	0	2	4	7	16	0.739	11	L	W	L	W	D	1968-10-12	Rotherham United	A
16	0	Orient	11	2	3	0	7	3	0	3	3	7	13	0.875	10	L	L	L	W	D	1968-10-18	Stockport County	A
17	0	Walsall	13	1	4	1	8	6	1	2	4	5	9	0.867	10	D	W	L	L	D	1968-10-12	Barnsley	A
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	2	2	1	11	5	1	2	3	5	15	0.8	10	D	L	L	W	L	1968-10-12	Swindon Town	H
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	12	2	3	1	6	5	1	1	4	5	12	0.647	10	W	D	L	D	L	1968-10-12	Barrow	A
20	-1	Southport	12	3	1	1	12	9	1	0	6	4	15	0.667	9	W	L	L	W	L	1968-10-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	2	Gillingham	12	2	2	1	11	6	1	0	6	6	14	0.85	8	W	L	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Stockport County	H
22	-2	Crewe Alexandra	12	2	1	4	14	13	0	3	2	5	10	0.826	8	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-12	Torquay United	A
23	-1	Hartlepool United	11	1	5	0	4	3	0	1	4	1	13	0.313	8	L	D	D	D	W	1968-10-12	Luton Town	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	12	1	2	3	5	6	0	0	6	1	20	0.231	4	L	L	L	L	D	1968-10-12	Watford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	1	Bradford	Recreation Ground	5,577
Priscott, Howarth 2, Wilson	Lineups		Clancy
Bradford City	5	0	York City	Valley Parade	5,519
Ham 4, Rackstraw	Lineups
Workington	2	0	Grimsby Town	Borough Park	3,055
Tyrer, Ogilvie	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	12	5	1	0	12	2	3	3	0	8	2	5	20	W	W	W	D	W	1968-10-12	Rochdale	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	12	5	1	1	15	9	3	1	1	7	4	1.692	18	W	L	W	W	W	1968-10-12	Wrexham	A
3	0	Chester	12	6	1	0	18	4	1	2	2	9	11	1.8	17	L	W	W	W	D	1968-10-12	Bradford	A
4	0	Aldershot	12	3	1	2	8	6	4	2	0	11	5	1.727	17	W	D	W	D	W	1968-10-12	Bradford City	H
5	0	Lincoln City	12	4	0	1	11	2	2	3	2	5	11	1.231	15	L	D	D	W	D	1968-10-12	York City	H
6	6	Workington	12	2	3	1	8	5	2	3	1	2	1	1.667	14	W	D	D	L	D	1968-10-12	Scunthorpe United	H
7	-1	Brentford	12	4	2	0	15	4	0	4	2	6	10	1.5	14	D	D	L	W	D	1968-10-12	Swansea Town	A
8	6	Bradford City	12	4	1	1	14	5	1	3	2	7	13	1.167	14	W	L	W	L	W	1968-10-12	Aldershot	A
9	-2	Rochdale	12	2	4	0	11	4	0	5	1	3	5	1.556	13	D	D	D	W	L	1968-10-12	Darlington	A
10	-2	Halifax Town	12	3	0	2	8	6	3	1	3	7	7	1.154	13	W	W	L	W	D	1968-10-12	Peterborough United	H
11	-2	Swansea Town	12	1	4	0	5	4	3	1	3	8	9	1	13	L	L	W	W	L	1968-10-12	Brentford	H
12	-2	Colchester United	12	3	1	2	5	7	2	2	2	8	13	0.65	13	W	W	D	W	W	1968-10-12	Newport County	A
13	-2	Wrexham	12	4	0	1	10	3	1	2	4	4	7	1.4	12	W	W	W	L	L	1968-10-12	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-1	Southend United	12	4	1	0	8	2	0	3	4	7	13	1	12	W	L	D	W	L	1968-10-11	Exeter City	H
15	0	Newport County	12	3	2	1	11	6	1	1	4	7	10	1.125	11	L	D	L	W	W	1968-10-12	Colchester United	H
16	0	Peterborough United	12	4	2	1	13	8	0	1	4	2	7	1	11	W	W	L	L	W	1968-10-12	Halifax Town	A
17	0	Exeter City	13	2	4	1	13	9	0	2	4	5	10	0.947	10	W	D	L	D	L	1968-10-11	Southend United	A
18	0	Port Vale	12	4	2	1	11	5	0	0	5	3	12	0.824	10	L	D	W	W	L	1968-10-12	Notts County	A
19	0	York City	12	3	3	0	10	6	0	1	5	2	17	0.522	10	L	W	D	L	L	1968-10-12	Lincoln City	A
20	0	Scunthorpe United	12	2	2	2	8	8	1	0	5	13	16	0.875	8	L	L	L	W	L	1968-10-12	Workington	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	12	2	1	3	6	5	0	2	4	2	10	0.533	7	L	L	D	L	W	1968-10-12	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Notts County	12	1	1	3	6	10	1	1	5	8	17	0.519	6	L	W	L	L	L	1968-10-12	Port Vale	H
23	0	Chesterfield	12	2	2	3	7	8	0	0	5	1	11	0.421	6	L	L	L	L	L	1968-10-12	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Bradford	13	1	4	2	7	11	0	0	6	4	19	0.367	6	L	L	L	L	D	1968-10-12	Chester	H