1968-10-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	West Ham United	Highbury	59,533
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Portman Road	30,251
	Lineups		Gilzean
Leeds United	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	33,926
	Lineups
Leicester City	0	2	Burnley	Filbert Street	21,307
	Lineups		Casper, Murray
Liverpool	2	1	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	45,323
Evans, Thompson	Lineups		Gibb
Manchester City	3	3	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	32,937
Bell, Young, Hindley OG	Lineups		Storey-Moore, Chapman, Baker
Queens Park Rangers	2	3	Manchester United	Loftus Road	31,138	Largest home gate 1968-69
Leach, Wilks	Lineups		Best 2, Law
Southampton	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	20,047
Davies	Lineups		McCalliog
Stoke City	2	0	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	16,799
Herd, Dobing	Lineups
Sunderland	3	0	Coventry City	Roker Park	21,981
Harris 2 (1p), Mulhall	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Everton	Molineux	34,744
Knowles	Lineups		Ball (p), Royle

				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	16	7	1	0	19	5	3	2	3	14	6	3	23	W	L	W	D	W	1968-11-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	1	Everton	16	6	1	1	16	4	3	4	1	16	10	2.286	23	W	W	W	D	W	1968-11-02	Sunderland	H
3	-2	Leeds United	15	6	2	0	14	3	4	1	2	11	12	1.667	23	D	L	W	W	W	1968-11-02	Manchester United	A
4	0	Arsenal	16	5	3	0	13	4	3	3	2	7	7	1.818	22	D	L	W	D	D	1968-11-09	Newcastle United	H
5	0	Chelsea	16	4	4	0	15	7	3	2	3	14	9	1.813	20	L	W	D	D	W	1968-11-02	Manchester City	H
6	0	West Ham United	16	4	3	1	22	7	2	4	2	8	9	1.875	19	D	W	L	L	D	1968-11-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	16	4	2	2	19	11	3	3	2	12	14	1.24	19	W	W	L	D	W	1968-11-02	Stoke City	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	16	5	2	1	18	10	2	2	4	9	18	0.964	18	D	W	W	W	W	1968-11-02	Liverpool	H
9	1	Burnley	16	6	1	1	16	9	2	1	5	9	22	0.806	18	W	W	W	W	L	1968-11-02	Ipswich Town	H
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	16	4	3	1	14	10	1	4	3	6	10	1	17	D	L	L	D	D	1968-11-09	Manchester City	A
11	2	Sunderland	16	5	1	2	13	7	0	5	3	7	19	0.769	16	W	L	W	L	D	1968-11-02	Everton	A
12	-1	Manchester City	16	3	5	0	16	9	1	2	5	8	14	1.043	15	D	D	W	D	L	1968-11-02	Chelsea	A
13	-1	Newcastle United	16	2	4	2	12	12	2	2	4	13	13	1	14	L	W	W	W	L	1968-11-02	Leicester City	H
14	2	Manchester United	15	4	2	2	11	10	1	2	4	10	15	0.84	14	W	L	L	D	D	1968-11-02	Leeds United	H
15	2	Southampton	16	3	2	3	13	14	1	3	4	6	11	0.76	13	D	W	L	L	D	1968-11-02	Coventry City	A
16	2	Stoke City	16	5	1	2	9	7	0	2	6	7	16	0.696	13	W	L	L	W	D	1968-11-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	2	4	2	8	12	2	1	5	7	10	0.682	13	L	W	D	L	W	1968-11-02	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-3	Ipswich Town	16	3	0	5	11	13	2	2	4	11	15	0.786	12	L	W	L	L	L	1968-11-02	Burnley	A
19	3	Nottingham Forest	14	0	4	2	8	11	1	3	4	13	15	0.808	9	D	L	L	L	D	1968-11-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	1	Queens Park Rangers	16	2	4	2	12	15	0	1	7	7	21	0.528	9	L	L	W	W	L	1968-11-02	West Ham United	A
21	-2	Coventry City	16	2	2	4	11	12	0	3	5	4	17	0.517	9	L	D	L	L	L	1968-11-02	Southampton	H
22	-2	Leicester City	16	3	2	3	11	10	0	1	7	3	18	0.5	9	L	L	L	W	L	1968-11-02	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	0	Carlisle United	Villa Park	14,971
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Norwich City	Ewood Park	11,516
Coddington, Newton (p), Rogers	Lineups
Blackpool	3	0	Crystal Palace	Bloomfield Road	15,224
Suddick, McPhee, James	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	12,431
Wharton (p), Hill	Lineups		Lawson, Dobson, Smith S
Bristol City	2	2	Portsmouth	Ashton Gate	16,071
Galley, Sharpe	Lineups		Pointer, McCann
Derby County	1	0	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	34,218
Carlin	Lineups
Fulham	0	0	Bury	Craven Cottage	11,417
	Lineups
Hull City	3	3	Cardiff City	Boothferry Park	17,027
Wagstaff 3	Lineups		Toshack 2, Clark
Millwall	0	0	Preston North End	The Den, New Cross	15,827
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	4	Middlesbrough	Manor Ground	11,209
Atkinson R, Gaston	Lineups		Downing, Horsfield 2, Rooks (p)
Sheffield United	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	13,750
Addison, Hemsley	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	0	Middlesbrough	16	6	2	0	14	3	4	0	4	12	16	1.368	22	W	W	W	L	D	1968-11-09	Millwall	A
2	2	Blackburn Rovers	16	4	2	2	11	8	4	3	1	11	6	1.571	21	W	W	L	W	D	1968-11-02	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Derby County	16	6	2	0	12	4	2	3	3	4	7	1.455	21	W	W	W	L	D	1968-11-09	Charlton Athletic	H
4	-2	Millwall	16	4	2	2	14	9	4	2	2	15	9	1.611	20	D	W	W	W	D	1968-11-02	Norwich City	A
5	2	Hull City	16	4	3	1	14	8	2	4	2	9	10	1.278	19	D	L	W	W	W	1968-11-04	Carlisle United	A
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	16	5	2	1	14	9	2	3	3	9	13	1.045	19	L	W	L	D	D	1968-11-02	Blackpool	H
7	2	Huddersfield Town	16	6	2	0	17	4	1	2	5	6	15	1.211	18	W	W	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Aston Villa	H
8	-2	Crystal Palace	16	5	2	1	19	10	2	2	4	10	14	1.208	18	L	W	D	W	D	1968-11-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	3	Blackpool	16	3	4	1	12	7	2	3	3	7	8	1.267	17	W	L	D	L	L	1968-11-02	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Preston North End	16	3	4	1	11	8	2	3	3	6	7	1.133	17	D	W	L	D	D	1968-11-09	Aston Villa	A
11	-3	Bolton Wanderers	16	4	1	3	17	13	2	3	3	9	9	1.182	16	L	W	W	L	D	1968-11-02	Crystal Palace	A
12	1	Sheffield United	16	6	0	2	13	7	0	4	4	7	13	1	16	W	L	L	D	D	1968-11-02	Portsmouth	A
13	-2	Norwich City	16	2	2	4	9	10	4	1	3	15	12	1.091	15	L	D	W	L	L	1968-11-02	Millwall	H
14	0	Cardiff City	16	4	1	3	10	9	2	2	4	13	17	0.885	15	D	L	L	L	D	1968-11-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	1	Bury	16	2	2	4	13	16	2	4	2	12	14	0.833	14	D	L	D	D	D	1968-11-08	Hull City	A
16	1	Bristol City	16	2	5	1	7	8	0	5	3	6	9	0.765	14	D	L	D	W	D	1968-11-09	Huddersfield Town	H
17	-2	Birmingham City	16	5	0	3	24	14	1	1	6	8	20	0.941	13	L	L	D	W	W	1968-11-02	Oxford United	H
18	0	Portsmouth	16	2	2	4	12	11	1	5	2	7	10	0.905	13	D	L	D	D	W	1968-11-02	Sheffield United	H
19	1	Carlisle United	16	1	4	3	5	11	2	2	4	8	13	0.542	12	D	W	W	W	D	1968-11-04	Hull City	H
20	-1	Oxford United	16	1	5	2	7	9	2	0	6	5	12	0.571	11	L	L	D	L	L	1968-11-02	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Aston Villa	16	2	5	1	7	5	0	2	6	5	19	0.5	11	D	D	D	L	D	1968-11-02	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Fulham	16	2	4	2	6	8	0	2	6	7	15	0.565	10	D	L	L	D	L	1968-11-09	Portsmouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Reading	Oakwell	9,029
Winstanley	Lineups
Barrow	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	5,453
Mulholland, McCarthy	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Watford	Goldstone Ground	8,585
	Lineups		Garbett
Gillingham	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Priestfield Stadium	5,170
Riddick	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Northampton Town	Kenilworth Road	17,818
Allen, Sheffield	Lineups		Fairbrother
Mansfield Town	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Field Mill	5,608
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Swindon Town	Boundary Park	4,238
Bowie, Bebbington	Lineups		Heath, Rogers, Smart
Orient	0	1	Hartlepool	Brisbane Road	6,134
	Lineups		Solan
Rotherham United	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Millmoor	8,941
Storrie	Lineups		Pound
Torquay United	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor	8,283
Stubbs 2	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	Swindon Town	14	6	1	0	11	1	3	2	2	8	7	2.375	21	W	W	W	W	W	1968-11-02	Southport	H
2	1	Watford	15	4	2	1	8	1	4	2	2	10	7	2.25	20	W	W	W	D	W	1968-11-02	Gillingham	H
3	1	Luton Town	15	8	0	0	25	6	1	2	4	4	8	2.071	20	W	L	W	L	L	1968-11-05	Walsall	A
4	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	15	7	0	1	14	2	2	2	3	10	10	2	20	D	W	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Barnsley	H
5	0	Torquay United	16	7	1	0	20	5	2	1	5	7	11	1.688	20	W	L	W	D	W	1968-11-02	Northampton Town	A
6	0	Barrow	15	6	2	0	15	5	3	0	4	9	14	1.263	20	W	L	W	W	L	1968-11-01	Hartlepool United	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	16	6	0	3	13	9	2	2	3	9	13	1	18	W	L	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Bristol Rovers	A
8	3	Rotherham United	15	5	2	0	13	5	1	3	4	7	12	1.176	17	D	L	W	L	L	1968-11-02	Walsall	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	16	5	2	2	15	7	2	1	4	5	10	1.176	17	L	W	D	L	W	1968-11-02	Oldham Athletic	H
10	-1	Stockport County	15	5	2	1	22	14	1	3	3	2	8	1.091	17	L	W	D	W	W	1968-11-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	-1	Reading	15	5	0	2	14	5	1	4	3	11	14	1.316	16	L	W	L	L	W	1968-11-02	Mansfield Town	H
12	0	Northampton Town	13	3	3	1	9	7	2	1	3	5	6	1.077	14	L	W	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Torquay United	H
13	0	Mansfield Town	15	4	2	1	13	5	1	2	5	9	16	1.048	14	D	L	W	L	D	1968-11-02	Reading	A
14	1	Bristol Rovers	15	5	1	1	15	8	0	3	5	9	19	0.889	14	D	W	L	L	W	1968-11-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	3	Barnsley	16	4	2	2	14	8	0	4	4	5	14	0.864	14	W	L	D	W	D	1968-11-02	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
16	-2	Southport	15	5	1	1	19	9	1	0	7	5	17	0.923	13	W	L	W	W	L	1968-11-02	Swindon Town	A
17	-1	Walsall	16	2	4	1	10	7	1	3	5	6	11	0.889	13	L	W	D	D	W	1968-11-02	Rotherham United	H
18	3	Hartlepool United	15	2	6	0	7	5	1	1	5	2	16	0.429	13	W	W	D	L	L	1968-11-01	Barrow	H
19	-2	Orient	14	3	3	1	10	6	0	3	4	9	18	0.792	12	L	W	L	L	L	1968-11-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	2	2	3	12	9	2	2	5	9	19	0.75	12	L	L	L	W	L	1968-11-01	Stockport County	A
21	-1	Shrewsbury Town	15	3	3	1	7	5	1	1	6	6	16	0.619	12	L	W	L	W	D	1968-11-02	Orient	H
22	1	Gillingham	15	3	3	1	12	6	1	0	7	7	19	0.76	11	W	L	D	W	L	1968-11-02	Watford	A
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	15	3	1	4	16	14	0	3	4	5	14	0.75	10	L	W	L	L	L	1968-11-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	15	1	2	5	7	12	0	0	7	2	22	0.265	4	L	L	L	L	L	1968-11-02	Plymouth Argyle	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	2	Scunthorpe United	Recreation Ground	4,991
Rafferty, Walton, Gowans (p)	Lineups		Heath, Rafferty OG
Bradford	0	1	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	3,088
	Lineups		Randall
Darlington	1	2	Exeter City	Feethams Ground	6,848
Gauden	Lineups		Corr, Balson
Grimsby Town	0	0	Chester	Blundell Park	2,828
	Lineups
Halifax Town	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Shay	6,634
Shawcross, McCarthy 2, Massie	Lineups		Jeffrey
Lincoln City	0	3	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	6,833
	Lineups		Peden OG, Hall, Oliver
Newport County	1	1	York City	Somerton Park	2,920
Buck	Lineups		Boyer
Notts County	0	2	Brentford	Meadow Lane	4,173
	Lineups		Mansley 2
Southend United	1	3	Rochdale	Roots Hall	9,486
Best	Lineups		Butler 2, Melledew
Swansea Town	1	0	Port Vale	Vetch Field	6,091
Gomersall	Lineups
Workington	0	0	Bradford City	Borough Park	3,024
	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Peterborough United	Racecourse Ground	7,858
	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	15	5	2	1	13	4	3	4	0	8	2	3.5	22	L	D	D	W	W	1968-11-02	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Chester	15	7	1	0	21	5	1	4	2	10	12	1.824	21	D	W	D	L	W	1968-11-02	Southend United	H
3	1	Aldershot	15	5	1	2	13	9	4	2	1	12	8	1.471	21	W	L	W	W	D	1968-11-02	Brentford	A
4	-1	Doncaster Rovers	15	6	1	1	19	10	3	1	3	9	11	1.333	20	L	W	L	W	L	1968-11-02	Lincoln City	H
5	2	Brentford	15	4	3	0	16	5	2	4	2	11	12	1.588	19	W	D	W	D	D	1968-11-02	Aldershot	H
6	0	Workington	15	2	5	1	9	6	3	3	1	3	1	1.714	18	D	W	D	W	D	1968-11-02	Port Vale	A
7	2	Halifax Town	15	5	0	2	14	8	3	2	3	8	8	1.375	18	W	D	W	W	W	1968-11-04	Chesterfield	A
8	-3	Lincoln City	16	5	1	2	16	7	2	3	3	5	13	1.05	18	L	L	D	W	L	1968-11-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	-1	Bradford City	15	5	1	1	16	5	1	4	3	8	15	1.2	17	D	W	L	W	L	1968-11-06	Bradford	H
10	2	Swansea Town	15	2	4	1	8	7	4	1	3	9	9	1.063	17	W	W	L	L	L	1968-11-01	Scunthorpe United	A
11	2	Rochdale	15	2	4	1	11	5	1	6	1	6	6	1.545	16	W	L	D	D	D	1968-11-02	Bradford	H
12	-2	Wrexham	15	5	1	1	13	4	1	3	4	5	8	1.5	16	D	D	W	W	W	1968-11-02	Colchester United	A
13	1	Colchester United	15	3	2	2	5	7	3	2	3	11	14	0.762	16	W	D	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Wrexham	H
14	-3	Southend United	15	5	1	1	15	6	0	4	4	8	14	1.15	15	L	D	W	W	L	1968-11-02	Chester	A
15	0	Newport County	15	4	3	1	13	7	1	1	5	7	11	1.111	14	D	L	W	L	D	1968-11-02	Peterborough United	A
16	0	Peterborough United	15	4	3	1	14	9	0	2	5	3	9	0.944	13	D	D	L	W	W	1968-11-02	Newport County	H
17	2	Exeter City	16	2	5	1	13	9	1	2	5	8	17	0.808	13	W	D	L	W	D	1968-10-28	York City	A
18	-1	Port Vale	15	4	3	1	12	6	0	1	6	3	13	0.789	12	L	D	D	L	D	1968-11-02	Workington	H
19	1	York City	15	3	4	0	11	7	0	2	6	3	21	0.5	12	D	D	L	L	W	1968-10-28	Exeter City	H
20	-2	Scunthorpe United	15	3	2	2	9	8	1	1	6	16	20	0.893	11	L	W	D	L	L	1968-11-01	Swansea Town	H
21	0	Chesterfield	16	2	2	4	7	9	2	1	5	6	14	0.565	11	W	L	D	W	L	1968-11-02	Darlington	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	15	2	2	4	7	7	0	3	4	3	11	0.556	9	D	D	L	L	L	1968-11-02	Exeter City	A
23	0	Notts County	15	1	2	4	6	12	1	2	5	8	17	0.483	8	L	D	D	L	W	1968-11-04	Peterborough United	A
24	0	Bradford	16	1	5	3	8	13	0	0	7	5	23	0.361	7	L	L	D	L	L	1968-11-02	Rochdale	A