1968-12-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
D 3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Bristol Rovers	D 3	Dean Court	11,014
		Lineups
D 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Northampton Town	D 3	Goldstone Ground	8,839
	Napier K	Lineups		Townsend, Hatton
D 4	Chester	1	1	Lincoln City	D 4	Sealand Road	6,065
	Dearden	Lineups		Corner
D 4	Chesterfield	2	1	Wrexham	D 4	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,108
	Moss 2	Lineups		Charnley
D 4	Colchester United	0	1	Exeter City	D 4	Layer Road	6,180
		Lineups		Banks
D 4	Darlington	0	0	Barnsley	D 3	Feethams Ground	7,864
		Lineups
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Southport	D 3	Belle Vue	9,285
	Regan 2	Lineups		Andrews
ML	Grantham	0	2	Swindon Town	D 3	London Road	3,922
		Lineups		Jones, Smith
D 4	Halifax Town	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	D 3	The Shay	6,636
	Wallace	Lineups		Hollett
SL	Kettering Town	5	0	Dartford	SL	Rockingham Road	3,661
	Lillis OG, Gully, Dalby, Smith, Walden	Lineups
D 3	Luton Town	3	1	Gillingham	D 3	Kenilworth Road	12,035
	French, Harrison 2 (1p)	Lineups		Yeo (p)
D 4	Port Vale	0	0	Workington	D 4	Vale Park	7,635
		Lineups
D 3	Reading	0	0	Torquay United	D 3	Elm Park	8,274
		Lineups
D 3	Rotherham United	2	2	Mansfield Town	D 3	Millmoor	10,379
	Gilliver 2	Lineups		Sharkey, Keeley
D 4	Southend United	10	1	Brentwood Town	SL	Roots Hall	13,107
	Moore 4, McMillan, Best 5	Lineups		Stratton
IsL	St Albans City	1	1	Walsall	D 3	Clarence Park	4,857
	Ratty	Lineups		Trevis
D 3	Stockport County	2	0	Barrow	D 3	Edgeley Park	11,645
	Young, Atkins	Lineups
D 3	Watford	1	0	Brentford	D 4	Vicarage Road	12,883
	Garbett	Lineups
SL	Weymouth	1	1	Swansea Town	D 4	Recreation Ground	4,850
	Etheridge	Lineups		Screen
D 4	York City	2	0	Morecambe	NPL	Bootham Crescent	5,071
	MacDougall 2	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Everton	Highbury	40,108
Radford, Court, Graham	Lineups		Ball
Ipswich Town	4	1	West Bromwich Albion	Portman Road	19,725
Viljoen, Brogan, O'Rourke 2	Lineups		Rees
Leeds United	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Elland Road	32,718
Lorimer 2	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Manchester United	Filbert Street	36,303
Nish (p), Fern	Lineups		Law
Liverpool	2	0	West Ham United	Anfield Road	48,632
Hughes, Thompson	Lineups
Manchester City	7	0	Burnley	Maine Road	31,009
Bell 2, Young 2, Coleman, Doyle, Lee	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	17,921
	Lineups		Carr
Southampton	1	1	Nottingham Forest	The Dell	17,957
Channon	Lineups		Lyons
Stoke City	1	0	Newcastle United	Victoria Ground	11,594
Herd	Lineups
Sunderland	3	2	Chelsea	Roker Park	21,976
Palmer (p), Suggett, Mulhall	Lineups		Baldwin, Birchenall
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux	30,846
Dougan, Wignall	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	0	Liverpool	23	11	1	0	26	6	5	3	3	17	7	3.308	36	W	W	W	W	W	1968-12-14	Manchester United	A
2	1	Leeds United	21	8	3	0	18	4	5	3	2	13	13	1.824	32	W	D	W	W	D	1968-12-14	West Ham United	A
3	-1	Everton	22	9	1	1	29	5	3	5	3	20	17	2.227	30	L	W	L	W	D	1968-12-14	Southampton	H
4	0	Arsenal	21	6	4	1	16	6	5	3	2	10	7	2	29	W	W	L	W	D	1968-12-14	Coventry City	A
5	0	West Ham United	22	7	3	1	32	11	2	5	4	10	15	1.615	26	L	W	D	W	L	1968-12-14	Leeds United	H
6	0	Chelsea	22	5	5	1	20	11	4	2	5	18	14	1.52	25	L	D	W	L	L	1968-12-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	3	2	25	13	3	4	4	13	18	1.226	23	L	L	W	D	D	1968-12-14	Manchester City	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	7	3	1	23	11	2	2	7	11	29	0.85	23	L	W	L	W	L	1968-12-14	Leicester City	H
9	0	Burnley	22	7	2	2	18	11	3	1	7	11	31	0.69	23	L	L	L	D	W	1968-12-14	Stoke City	H
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	3	2	17	13	2	5	4	8	13	0.962	22	L	W	D	L	W	1968-12-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	4	2	17	12	2	3	6	8	13	1	21	W	L	W	D	W	1968-12-14	Chelsea	A
12	1	Southampton	23	5	3	3	18	16	2	4	6	11	19	0.829	21	D	L	L	W	W	1968-12-14	Everton	A
13	2	Sunderland	22	7	2	2	19	10	0	5	6	8	29	0.692	21	W	L	W	L	D	1968-12-14	Nottingham Forest	A
14	-3	Newcastle United	22	4	5	2	17	13	2	3	6	13	19	0.938	20	L	W	L	W	D	1968-12-14	Ipswich Town	H
15	-3	Manchester United	21	5	4	2	13	10	1	4	5	12	18	0.893	20	L	W	D	D	D	1968-12-14	Liverpool	H
16	0	Manchester City	22	5	5	1	28	11	1	2	8	9	19	1.233	19	W	L	W	L	L	1968-12-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	0	Ipswich Town	22	4	2	5	19	18	3	3	5	13	16	0.941	19	W	W	D	D	D	1968-12-14	Newcastle United	A
18	0	Stoke City	22	6	2	3	10	10	0	3	8	10	21	0.645	17	W	L	D	L	L	1968-12-14	Burnley	A
19	0	Coventry City	22	2	3	6	12	16	2	3	6	8	19	0.571	14	W	L	L	L	W	1968-12-14	Arsenal	H
20	0	Leicester City	22	4	4	3	16	14	0	2	9	4	29	0.465	14	W	L	D	L	D	1968-12-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Nottingham Forest	20	0	5	4	8	14	1	5	5	17	20	0.735	12	D	L	L	L	D	1968-12-14	Sunderland	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	4	4	14	19	0	1	9	10	29	0.5	11	L	W	L	L	L	1968-12-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	12,758
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Ewood Park	9,312
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	1	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	13,356
James	Lineups		Rooks
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	7,805
Taylor	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Bury	Ashton Gate	9,664
Galley, Skirton	Lineups		Collins
Derby County	1	1	Norwich City	Baseball Ground	24,719
McFarland	Lineups		Anderson
Fulham	1	5	Cardiff City	Craven Cottage	13,191
Barrett	Lineups		Clark, Jones 2, Toshack, Lea
Hull City	2	0	Crystal Palace	Boothferry Park	13,785
Chilton, Butler I	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	12,768
Weller (p)	Lineups		McIlmoyle
Oxford United	2	1	Preston North End	Manor Ground	7,005
Clarke, Skeen	Lineups		Ingram
Sheffield United	2	0	Birmingham City	Bramall Lane	14,339
Hemsley, Woodward	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	Derby County	21	7	4	0	18	9	3	4	3	7	9	1.389	28	D	W	D	D	W	1968-12-14	Preston North End	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	22	8	3	0	20	4	4	1	6	13	20	1.375	28	D	W	W	L	D	1968-12-21	Fulham	A
3	0	Millwall	22	5	3	3	17	12	6	2	3	20	12	1.542	27	D	L	L	W	W	1968-12-14	Cardiff City	A
4	0	Crystal Palace	22	7	2	2	23	13	4	2	5	14	16	1.276	26	L	L	W	W	W	1968-12-14	Aston Villa	H
5	2	Cardiff City	22	6	2	3	17	12	5	2	4	22	19	1.258	26	W	W	W	D	W	1968-12-14	Millwall	H
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	22	6	4	1	20	13	3	4	4	11	15	1.107	26	D	W	W	D	L	1968-12-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	2	Hull City	22	6	4	1	21	10	2	5	4	12	17	1.222	25	W	L	D	D	W	1968-12-14	Huddersfield Town	A
8	-2	Huddersfield Town	22	8	2	1	22	8	2	3	6	10	19	1.185	25	D	W	L	L	W	1968-12-14	Hull City	H
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	3	3	14	11	4	3	4	12	11	1.182	24	D	L	L	L	W	1968-12-14	Carlisle United	A
10	0	Blackpool	22	4	5	2	20	10	3	4	4	8	9	1.474	23	D	W	W	L	L	1968-12-14	Portsmouth	A
11	1	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	3	3	19	14	3	4	4	14	12	1.269	23	W	D	W	D	D	1968-12-14	Charlton Athletic	A
12	3	Sheffield United	22	8	0	3	19	8	1	4	6	11	19	1.111	22	W	L	W	W	L	1968-12-21	Huddersfield Town	H
13	1	Carlisle United	22	4	4	3	11	11	3	4	4	13	17	0.857	22	D	W	D	W	W	1968-12-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-3	Preston North End	22	4	5	2	13	12	3	3	5	8	13	0.84	22	L	L	D	L	W	1968-12-14	Derby County	H
15	-2	Portsmouth	22	5	2	4	19	12	1	7	3	11	15	1.111	21	L	W	D	W	D	1968-12-14	Blackpool	H
16	0	Norwich City	22	2	3	6	10	15	5	3	3	18	14	0.966	20	D	D	L	W	D	1968-12-14	Fulham	H
17	0	Birmingham City	22	7	0	4	30	17	1	2	8	10	25	0.952	18	L	W	D	W	L	1968-12-14	Bristol City	H
18	0	Bury	21	3	2	5	16	20	2	4	5	13	25	0.644	16	L	W	L	L	L	1968-12-14	Oxford United	H
19	1	Oxford United	22	2	5	4	9	14	3	1	7	8	15	0.586	16	W	L	L	D	L	1968-12-14	Bury	A
20	1	Bristol City	22	3	5	3	9	11	0	5	6	7	17	0.571	16	W	L	L	L	L	1968-12-14	Birmingham City	A
21	-2	Fulham	22	3	5	3	13	18	0	3	8	10	22	0.575	14	L	L	D	W	L	1968-12-14	Norwich City	A
22	0	Aston Villa	22	3	6	2	8	6	0	2	9	8	27	0.485	14	D	L	W	L	L	1968-12-14	Crystal Palace	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Notts County	Valley Parade	4,280
Hall	Lineups		Needham
Grimsby Town	2	0	Rochdale	Blundell Park	2,714
Walker 2	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	20	5	3	2	16	8	4	6	0	12	5	2.154	27	D	L	D	W	D	1968-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Aldershot	20	5	2	3	14	11	6	2	2	19	13	1.375	26	W	L	D	L	W	1968-12-14	Bradford City	A
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	2	2	21	13	4	1	4	11	14	1.185	25	W	W	L	D	L	1968-12-14	Wrexham	H
4	0	Lincoln City	21	7	1	2	19	7	3	4	4	7	16	1.13	25	D	W	W	L	W	1968-12-14	York City	A
5	0	Workington	20	4	5	1	13	6	4	3	3	6	7	1.462	24	W	W	W	L	L	1968-12-21	Chesterfield	H
6	0	Swansea Town	20	3	5	1	10	7	5	2	4	11	12	1.105	23	W	W	D	D	L	1968-12-14	Brentford	A
7	0	Brentford	20	4	4	2	19	11	3	4	3	13	13	1.333	22	D	W	L	L	L	1968-12-14	Swansea Town	H
8	0	Chester	20	7	2	2	23	10	1	4	4	12	17	1.296	22	L	L	L	D	L	1968-12-14	Bradford	H
9	0	Halifax Town	19	6	1	2	17	10	3	3	4	9	11	1.238	22	D	W	D	L	W	1968-12-21	Port Vale	H
10	0	Southend United	20	7	1	1	19	6	1	5	5	11	20	1.154	22	L	W	W	D	W	1968-12-14	Exeter City	A
11	1	Bradford City	20	6	3	1	19	7	1	5	4	9	18	1.12	22	D	D	L	D	W	1968-12-14	Aldershot	H
12	-1	Colchester United	20	6	2	2	14	8	3	2	5	12	18	1	22	W	L	L	W	W	1968-12-14	Newport County	H
13	0	Rochdale	21	3	5	2	17	6	1	7	3	8	11	1.471	20	L	D	L	D	L	1968-12-21	Swansea Town	A
14	0	Scunthorpe United	21	5	3	3	14	11	3	1	6	18	20	1.032	20	W	D	W	W	L	1968-12-26	Halifax Town	A
15	0	Wrexham	20	6	1	2	16	7	1	4	6	7	12	1.211	19	L	W	L	D	L	1968-12-14	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	0	Peterborough United	20	6	4	1	22	11	0	3	6	6	13	1.167	19	W	L	D	W	D	1968-12-21	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Newport County	20	4	4	2	14	9	2	3	5	10	13	1.091	19	D	L	D	W	D	1968-12-14	Colchester United	A
18	0	Port Vale	20	6	4	1	17	8	0	3	6	4	14	0.955	19	W	D	D	D	W	1968-12-14	Notts County	H
19	0	Exeter City	22	3	6	2	18	12	2	2	7	11	22	0.853	18	L	L	L	W	D	1968-12-14	Southend United	H
20	2	Grimsby Town	21	4	3	4	13	8	1	4	5	8	16	0.875	17	W	L	D	W	W	1968-12-14	Chesterfield	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	21	3	3	5	12	13	3	2	5	8	15	0.714	17	L	W	D	W	D	1968-12-14	Grimsby Town	H
22	-1	York City	20	4	5	1	14	11	0	3	7	3	24	0.486	16	D	D	L	W	L	1968-12-14	Lincoln City	H
23	0	Notts County	20	2	3	4	9	14	1	4	6	9	19	0.545	13	D	D	D	W	L	1968-12-14	Port Vale	A
24	0	Bradford	22	2	5	4	10	16	0	0	11	6	37	0.302	9	L	L	L	W	L	1968-12-14	Chester	A