1968-10-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Coventry City	Highbury	35,240
Court, Radford	Lineups		Hunt
Ipswich Town	1	4	Newcastle United	Portman Road	20,763
O'Rourke	Lineups		Foggon, Robson B 2 (1p), Dyson
Leeds United	2	0	West Ham United	Elland Road	40,786
Giles (p), Lorimer	Lineups
Leicester City	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Filbert Street	26,348
	Lineups		Astle, Hartford
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	53,392
St John, Evans	Lineups
Manchester City	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	38,019
Lee 2, Coleman, Connor	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Loftus Road	19,044
Wilks, Bridges, Leach	Lineups		Eustace, Whitham
Southampton	2	5	Everton	The Dell	21,688
Kemp, Gabriel	Lineups		Husband 2, Ball, Royle, Wright
Stoke City	1	3	Burnley	Victoria Ground	14,168
Mahoney	Lineups		Coates, Blant, Murray
Sunderland	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Roker Park	25,275
Suggett, Irwin, Mulhall	Lineups		Storey-Moore
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	Molineux	27,810
Knowles	Lineups		Tambling

				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	Leeds United	13	6	1	0	14	3	4	1	1	10	7	2.4	22	W	W	W	L	W	1968-10-19	Burnley	A
2	0	Liverpool	14	6	1	0	17	4	3	2	2	13	4	3.75	21	W	D	W	W	W	1968-10-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Arsenal	14	5	2	0	13	4	3	3	1	7	6	2	21	W	D	D	D	L	1968-10-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Everton	14	5	1	1	14	3	2	4	1	14	9	2.333	19	W	D	W	W	D	1968-10-19	Stoke City	H
5	0	Chelsea	14	3	4	0	12	7	3	2	2	14	7	1.857	18	D	D	W	L	D	1968-10-19	Leicester City	H
6	0	West Ham United	14	3	3	1	14	7	2	3	2	8	9	1.375	16	L	L	D	D	D	1968-10-19	Sunderland	H
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	14	4	3	0	14	8	1	3	3	5	9	1.118	16	L	D	D	D	W	1968-10-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	14	3	2	2	17	10	2	3	2	11	14	1.167	15	L	D	W	D	W	1968-10-19	Liverpool	H
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	14	4	2	1	17	10	2	1	4	9	18	0.929	15	W	W	W	L	D	1968-10-19	Arsenal	H
10	1	Sunderland	14	4	1	2	10	7	0	5	2	7	11	0.944	14	W	L	D	D	L	1968-10-19	West Ham United	A
11	1	Burnley	14	5	1	1	11	8	1	1	5	7	22	0.6	14	W	W	L	W	L	1968-10-19	Leeds United	H
12	1	Manchester City	14	3	4	0	13	6	1	1	5	7	13	1.053	13	W	D	L	W	W	1968-10-19	Coventry City	A
13	3	Newcastle United	14	1	4	2	9	10	2	2	3	12	11	1	12	W	W	L	D	L	1968-10-19	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	-4	Manchester United	13	4	2	1	10	8	0	2	4	7	13	0.81	12	L	D	D	W	L	1968-10-19	Southampton	H
15	-1	Stoke City	14	4	1	2	7	7	0	2	5	6	14	0.619	11	L	W	D	L	D	1968-10-19	Everton	A
16	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	2	4	1	7	10	1	1	5	5	10	0.6	11	D	L	W	L	D	1968-10-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-2	Ipswich Town	14	3	0	4	11	12	1	2	4	9	14	0.769	10	L	L	L	W	D	1968-10-19	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-1	Southampton	14	3	1	3	12	13	0	3	4	4	10	0.696	10	L	L	D	D	D	1968-10-19	Manchester United	A
19	0	Leicester City	14	3	2	2	11	8	0	1	6	3	15	0.609	9	L	W	L	D	L	1968-10-19	Chelsea	A
20	2	Queens Park Rangers	14	2	4	1	10	12	0	1	6	5	18	0.5	9	W	W	L	D	D	1968-10-19	Newcastle United	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	12	0	4	1	7	9	1	2	4	10	12	0.81	8	L	L	D	L	D	1968-10-19	Ipswich Town	H
22	-1	Coventry City	14	2	1	4	10	11	0	3	4	4	14	0.56	8	L	L	L	D	D	1968-10-19	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Crystal Palace	Villa Park	15,887
Anderson (p)	Lineups		Bannister
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Carlisle United	Ewood Park	12,101
	Lineups		McIlmoyle, Murray
Blackpool	1	1	Portsmouth	Bloomfield Road	16,407
White	Lineups		McCann
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	9,060
Greaves, Hill, Curtis OG	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Birmingham City	Ashton Gate	19,478
	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	Preston North End	Baseball Ground	27,146
Hinton	Lineups
Fulham	1	3	Norwich City	Craven Cottage	17,741
Macdonald	Lineups		Manning, Curran, Foggo
Hull City	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Boothferry Park	21,344
Houghton 2, Wagstaff	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Cardiff City	The Den, New Cross	13,893
Neil, Possee	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Bury	Manor Ground	8,777
Bullock (p), Gaston	Lineups		Jones, Dawson
Sheffield United	1	3	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	18,334
Currie	Lineups		Chadwick, Kear, Downing

				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	2	Hull City	14	4	2	1	11	5	2	4	1	9	9	1.429	18	W	W	W	W	W	1968-10-19	Preston North End	A
2	2	Middlesbrough	14	5	2	0	12	3	3	0	4	8	14	1.176	18	W	L	D	W	W	1968-10-19	Fulham	H
3	2	Millwall	14	4	1	2	14	9	3	2	2	13	8	1.588	17	W	W	D	L	L	1968-10-19	Birmingham City	A
4	3	Derby County	14	5	2	0	11	4	1	3	3	3	7	1.273	17	W	L	D	W	W	1968-10-19	Portsmouth	A
5	-4	Blackburn Rovers	14	3	2	2	8	8	3	3	1	8	5	1.231	17	L	W	D	D	W	1968-10-19	Bury	A
6	-4	Charlton Athletic	14	4	2	1	13	9	2	3	2	9	11	1.1	17	L	D	D	L	W	1968-10-19	Oxford United	H
7	-1	Crystal Palace	14	4	2	1	17	9	2	2	3	10	11	1.35	16	D	W	D	D	L	1968-10-19	Bristol City	H
8	1	Blackpool	14	2	4	1	9	7	2	3	2	7	7	1.143	15	D	L	L	L	D	1968-10-19	Carlisle United	A
9	4	Norwich City	14	2	1	4	8	9	4	1	2	15	9	1.278	14	W	L	L	W	L	1968-10-19	Aston Villa	H
10	5	Bolton Wanderers	14	4	1	2	15	10	1	3	3	7	9	1.158	14	W	L	D	L	L	1968-10-19	Cardiff City	A
11	-3	Huddersfield Town	14	5	2	0	16	4	0	2	5	3	13	1.118	14	L	W	W	W	L	1968-10-19	Sheffield United	H
12	-2	Preston North End	14	2	4	1	10	8	2	2	3	6	7	1.067	14	L	D	D	D	L	1968-10-19	Hull City	H
13	-1	Cardiff City	14	4	1	2	10	7	2	1	4	10	14	0.952	14	L	L	D	W	W	1968-10-19	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	-3	Sheffield United	14	5	0	2	11	7	0	4	3	7	12	0.947	14	L	D	D	W	L	1968-10-19	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-1	Birmingham City	14	5	0	2	23	12	1	1	5	8	19	1	13	D	W	W	W	W	1968-10-19	Millwall	H
16	0	Bury	14	2	2	3	12	13	2	3	2	12	14	0.889	13	D	D	D	L	L	1968-10-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Bristol City	14	2	4	1	5	6	0	5	2	5	7	0.769	13	D	W	D	L	D	1968-10-19	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Portsmouth	14	2	2	3	12	10	1	4	2	5	8	0.944	12	D	D	W	D	W	1968-10-19	Derby County	H
19	0	Oxford United	14	1	5	1	5	5	2	0	5	5	11	0.625	11	D	L	L	L	D	1968-10-19	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Fulham	14	2	3	2	6	8	0	2	5	7	13	0.619	9	L	D	L	D	D	1968-10-19	Middlesbrough	A
21	1	Carlisle United	14	0	4	3	4	11	2	1	4	8	13	0.5	9	W	W	D	D	L	1968-10-19	Blackpool	H
22	-1	Aston Villa	14	2	4	1	7	5	0	1	6	4	18	0.478	9	D	L	D	W	L	1968-10-19	Norwich City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	Walsall	Oakwell	11,488
	Lineups
Barrow	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Holker Street	7,407	Largest home gate 1968-69
Mulvaney, Mulholland	Lineups		Fellows
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	3	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	7,355
Lawton	Lineups		Smith, Rogers, Butler
Gillingham	0	0	Stockport County	Priestfield Stadium	5,314
	Lineups
Luton Town	3	0	Hartlepool	Kenilworth Road	13,145
Sheffield, Rioch B, Lewis	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Field Mill	5,093
Ledger 2, Jones	Lineups		East
Oldham Athletic	0	3	Watford	Boundary Park	4,019
	Lineups		Dyson, Garbett 2
Rotherham United	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	9,693
Brogden, Downes, Storrie	Lineups		Williams B, Jarman
Torquay United	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Plainmoor	8,507
Scott, Welsh	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	1	Luton Town	13	7	0	0	23	5	1	2	3	4	6	2.455	18	W	L	L	W	L	1968-10-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	1	Torquay United	14	6	1	0	18	5	2	1	4	6	9	1.714	18	W	D	W	W	L	1968-10-19	Swindon Town	A
3	1	Barrow	13	5	2	0	13	5	3	0	3	9	10	1.467	18	W	W	L	W	W	1968-10-19	Watford	A
4	2	Swindon Town	12	5	1	0	9	0	2	2	2	5	5	2.8	17	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-19	Torquay United	H
5	-4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	13	6	0	1	12	1	2	1	3	9	9	2.1	17	L	W	W	W	L	1968-10-19	Southport	H
6	3	Watford	13	3	2	1	4	1	3	2	2	9	7	1.625	16	W	D	W	W	W	1968-10-19	Barrow	H
7	3	Rotherham United	13	5	1	0	12	4	1	3	3	7	11	1.267	16	W	L	L	W	W	1968-10-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	-3	Tranmere Rovers	13	5	0	2	11	6	2	2	2	8	11	1.118	16	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-1	Stockport County	13	4	2	1	17	12	1	3	2	2	3	1.267	15	D	W	W	D	L	1968-10-18	Orient	H
10	-3	Reading	13	4	0	2	13	5	1	4	2	11	13	1.333	14	L	L	W	W	D	1968-10-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	13	4	2	2	13	7	2	0	3	4	8	1.133	14	L	W	L	L	D	1968-10-14	Hartlepool United	A
12	1	Mansfield Town	13	4	1	1	13	5	1	2	4	8	14	1.105	13	W	L	D	D	L	1968-10-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
13	-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
14	0	Barnsley	14	3	2	2	13	8	0	4	3	4	12	0.85	12	D	W	D	W	D	1968-10-18	Hartlepool United	A
15	3	Walsall	14	1	4	1	8	6	1	3	4	5	9	0.867	11	D	D	W	L	L	1968-10-19	Oldham Athletic	H
16	-1	Southport	13	4	1	1	14	9	1	0	6	4	15	0.75	11	W	W	L	L	W	1968-10-19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	-1	Bristol Rovers	13	4	1	1	10	7	0	2	5	9	19	0.731	11	L	L	W	L	W	1968-10-19	Gillingham	H
18	-1	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
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	2	2	2	12	8	1	2	3	5	15	0.739	10	L	D	L	L	W	1968-10-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	13	2	3	1	6	5	1	1	5	6	14	0.632	10	L	W	D	L	D	1968-10-19	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Gillingham	13	2	3	1	11	6	1	0	6	6	14	0.85	9	D	W	L	D	L	1968-10-19	Bristol Rovers	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	13	2	1	4	14	13	0	3	3	5	12	0.76	8	L	L	L	L	D	1968-10-18	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	12	1	5	0	4	3	0	1	5	1	16	0.263	8	L	L	D	D	D	1968-10-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	13	1	2	4	5	9	0	0	6	1	20	0.207	4	L	L	L	L	L	1968-10-19	Walsall	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Bradford City	Recreation Ground	5,386
Gowans 2 (1p)	Lineups		Leighton
Bradford	1	1	Chester	Park Avenue	2,969
Tanner	Lineups		Talbot
Darlington	0	0	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	7,113
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	2	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	3,177
Rathbone	Lineups		Phelan, Kettleborough
Halifax Town	2	1	Peterborough United	The Shay	4,175
Nicholl, Massie	Lineups		Pyatt
Lincoln City	3	0	York City	Sincil Bank	7,247
Smith D, Kearns, Lewis	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Colchester United	Somerton Park	3,262
McClelland	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Port Vale	Meadow Lane	4,127
	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	3	Brentford	Vetch Field	6,912
Evans, Gwyther	Lineups		Neilson, Terry, Fenton
Workington	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Borough Park	2,287
Holliday	Lineups		Welbourne
Wrexham	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Racecourse Ground	8,130
Charnley 2, Kinsey	Lineups		Jeffrey (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	13	5	2	0	12	2	3	3	0	8	2	5	21	D	W	W	W	D	1968-10-19	Colchester United	A
2	2	Aldershot	13	4	1	2	10	7	4	2	0	11	5	1.75	19	W	W	D	W	D	1968-10-19	Chester	A
3	0	Chester	13	6	1	0	18	4	1	3	2	10	12	1.75	18	D	L	W	W	W	1968-10-19	Aldershot	H
4	-2	Doncaster Rovers	13	5	1	1	15	9	3	1	2	8	7	1.438	18	L	W	L	W	W	1968-10-18	Bradford	H
5	0	Lincoln City	13	5	0	1	14	2	2	3	2	5	11	1.462	17	W	L	D	D	W	1968-10-16	Chesterfield	H
6	1	Brentford	13	4	2	0	15	4	1	4	2	9	12	1.5	16	W	D	D	L	W	1968-10-19	Wrexham	H
7	-1	Workington	13	2	4	1	9	6	2	3	1	2	1	1.571	15	D	W	D	D	L	1968-10-19	Chesterfield	A
8	3	Halifax Town	13	4	0	2	10	7	3	1	3	7	7	1.214	15	W	W	W	L	W	1968-10-19	Port Vale	A
9	1	Rochdale	13	2	4	0	11	4	0	6	1	3	5	1.556	14	D	D	D	D	W	1968-10-19	Swansea Town	H
10	4	Wrexham	13	5	0	1	13	4	1	2	4	4	7	1.545	14	W	W	W	W	L	1968-10-19	Brentford	A
11	-3	Southend United	13	5	1	0	14	3	0	3	4	7	13	1.313	14	W	W	L	D	W	1968-10-19	York City	A
12	-3	Bradford City	13	4	1	1	14	5	1	3	3	8	15	1.1	14	L	W	L	W	L	1968-10-19	Lincoln City	H
13	2	Newport County	13	4	2	1	12	6	1	1	4	7	10	1.188	13	W	L	D	L	W	1968-10-18	Scunthorpe United	A
14	-2	Swansea Town	13	1	4	1	7	7	3	1	3	8	9	0.938	13	L	L	L	W	W	1968-10-19	Rochdale	A
15	-2	Colchester United	13	3	1	2	5	7	2	2	3	8	14	0.619	13	L	W	W	D	W	1968-10-19	Darlington	H
16	0	Peterborough United	13	4	2	1	13	8	0	1	5	3	9	0.941	11	L	W	W	L	L	1968-10-19	Grimsby Town	H
17	0	Port Vale	13	4	2	1	11	5	0	1	5	3	12	0.824	11	D	L	D	W	W	1968-10-19	Halifax Town	H
18	0	Exeter City	14	2	4	1	13	9	0	2	5	6	16	0.76	10	L	W	D	L	D	1968-10-19	Notts County	H
19	0	York City	13	3	3	0	10	6	0	1	6	2	20	0.462	10	L	L	W	D	L	1968-10-19	Southend United	H
20	0	Scunthorpe United	13	2	2	2	8	8	1	1	5	14	17	0.88	9	D	L	L	L	W	1968-10-18	Newport County	H
21	2	Chesterfield	13	2	2	3	7	8	1	0	5	3	12	0.5	8	W	L	L	L	L	1968-10-16	Lincoln City	A
22	-1	Grimsby Town	13	2	1	4	7	7	0	2	4	2	10	0.529	7	L	L	L	D	L	1968-10-19	Peterborough United	A
23	-1	Notts County	13	1	2	3	6	10	1	1	5	8	17	0.519	7	D	L	W	L	L	1968-10-19	Exeter City	A
24	0	Bradford	14	1	5	2	8	12	0	0	6	4	19	0.387	7	D	L	L	L	L	1968-10-18	Doncaster Rovers	A