1968-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester United	Highbury	62,300	Largest home gate 1968-69
Armstrong, Court, Radford	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	3	Chelsea	Portman Road	24,083
Hunt	Lineups		Webb 3
Leeds United	2	1	Newcastle United	Elland Road	44,995
Lorimer (p), Madeley	Lineups		McNamee
Liverpool	1	1	Burnley	Anfield Road	52,477
Lawler	Lineups		Casper
Manchester City	1	3	Everton	Maine Road	53,549
Bell	Lineups		Husband 2, Royle
Queens Park Rangers	0	4	West Bromwich Albion	Loftus Road	18,649
	Lineups		Collard 2, Martin, Rees
Southampton	2	2	West Ham United	The Dell	27,465
Davies 2	Lineups		Hurst 2
Stoke City	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Victoria Ground	20,331
Conroy, Dobing, Eastham	Lineups		Storey-Moore
Sunderland	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Roker Park	26,233
	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	26	12	2	0	28	7	5	3	4	17	8	3	39	D	W	L	W	W	1969-01-11	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Leeds United	24	10	3	0	26	6	5	4	2	14	14	2	37	W	W	D	W	D	1969-01-11	Manchester United	H
3	1	Arsenal	24	8	4	1	21	6	6	3	2	11	7	2.462	35	W	W	W	W	W	1969-01-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	-1	Everton	25	10	1	1	30	5	4	6	3	23	18	2.304	35	W	D	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Sunderland	A
5	0	Chelsea	25	5	6	1	21	12	6	2	5	25	16	1.643	30	W	W	D	L	D	1969-01-11	Manchester City	A
6	0	West Ham United	25	7	4	1	33	12	2	6	5	13	19	1.484	28	D	L	D	L	W	1969-01-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	6	3	2	21	13	3	6	4	11	13	1.231	27	D	W	W	L	W	1968-12-28	Southampton	H
8	1	West Bromwich Albion	25	7	4	1	24	12	3	2	8	15	31	0.907	26	W	L	D	L	W	1969-01-11	Liverpool	A
9	1	Burnley	25	7	3	2	19	12	3	2	8	13	38	0.64	25	D	L	D	L	L	1968-12-28	Leicester City	H
10	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	5	4	2	26	14	3	4	5	13	19	1.182	24	L	D	L	L	W	1969-01-11	Stoke City	A
11	1	Southampton	26	6	4	3	22	18	2	4	7	11	20	0.868	24	D	W	L	D	L	1968-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	1	Sunderland	25	8	3	2	21	11	0	5	7	8	30	0.707	24	D	W	L	W	L	1969-01-11	Everton	H
13	-2	Newcastle United	25	5	5	2	19	14	2	4	7	15	22	0.944	23	L	D	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Leicester City	A
14	0	Manchester City	25	6	5	2	33	16	1	3	8	10	20	1.194	22	L	W	D	W	L	1969-01-11	Chelsea	H
15	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	5	4	3	17	15	2	4	6	9	14	0.897	22	L	D	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Nottingham Forest	H
16	0	Manchester United	24	6	4	2	14	10	1	4	7	12	23	0.788	22	L	L	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Leeds United	A
17	1	Stoke City	25	7	3	3	13	11	0	4	8	11	22	0.727	21	W	D	D	W	L	1969-01-11	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-1	Ipswich Town	25	4	2	7	22	24	3	3	6	14	18	0.857	19	L	L	L	W	W	1969-01-11	Burnley	H
19	0	Nottingham Forest	23	1	5	4	9	14	2	5	6	21	25	0.769	16	L	W	W	D	L	1969-01-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	Leicester City	24	4	4	4	17	18	0	3	9	5	30	0.458	15	L	D	W	L	D	1968-12-28	Burnley	A
21	0	Coventry City	24	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	7	10	23	0.55	14	L	L	W	L	L	1969-01-11	Southampton	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	3	5	5	15	24	0	1	10	10	33	0.439	12	L	D	L	L	W	1969-01-11	West Ham United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Cardiff City	Villa Park	41,296
Hole, Tiler	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Preston North End	Ewood Park	21,224	Largest home gate 1968-69
Darling	Lineups
Blackpool	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	20,319
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Carlisle United	Burnden Park	13,922
	Lineups		Balderstone
Bristol City	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Ashton Gate	17,431
Sharpe, Skirton	Lineups
Derby County	3	2	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	34,481
Hinton 2 (1p), McFarland	Lineups		Hickton 2 (1p)
Fulham	2	0	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage	13,192
Callaghan, Halom	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Norwich City	Boothferry Park	20,312
	Lineups		Howard
Millwall	1	0	Bury	The Den, New Cross	11,562
Dunphy	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Crystal Palace	Bramall Lane	21,682
Addison	Lineups		Jackson C

				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	24	9	4	0	23	12	3	5	3	7	9	1.429	33	W	W	D	D	W	1969-01-11	Bury	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	24	8	3	0	20	4	5	1	7	18	23	1.407	30	L	W	D	W	W	1969-01-11	Bristol City	A
3	0	Cardiff City	25	7	2	3	19	12	6	2	5	24	22	1.265	30	L	W	W	W	W	1968-12-28	Hull City	H
4	3	Millwall	25	6	3	4	19	15	6	2	4	20	14	1.345	29	W	L	L	D	L	1969-01-11	Norwich City	H
5	0	Crystal Palace	24	8	2	2	27	15	4	3	5	15	17	1.313	29	D	W	L	L	W	1969-01-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	-2	Charlton Athletic	25	6	5	1	22	15	4	4	5	12	17	1.063	29	L	W	D	D	W	1969-01-11	Blackpool	A
7	-1	Hull City	25	6	5	2	22	12	3	5	4	15	17	1.276	28	L	D	W	W	L	1968-12-28	Cardiff City	A
8	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	3	3	18	11	4	3	5	13	15	1.192	28	W	W	L	D	L	1969-01-11	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Huddersfield Town	25	8	2	2	22	11	2	5	6	10	19	1.067	27	D	D	L	D	W	1969-01-11	Aston Villa	A
10	0	Blackpool	25	5	6	2	21	10	3	4	5	8	10	1.45	26	D	W	L	D	W	1969-01-11	Charlton Athletic	H
11	1	Carlisle United	25	5	4	3	15	12	4	4	5	14	18	0.967	26	W	L	W	D	W	1968-12-28	Aston Villa	H
12	-1	Bolton Wanderers	25	5	3	5	20	17	3	5	4	16	14	1.161	24	L	L	D	W	D	1969-01-11	Crystal Palace	H
13	1	Sheffield United	24	8	2	3	20	9	1	4	6	11	19	1.107	24	D	D	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Portsmouth	H
14	3	Norwich City	25	3	3	6	12	15	6	3	4	20	16	1.032	24	W	L	W	D	D	1969-01-11	Millwall	A
15	-2	Preston North End	25	4	6	2	13	12	3	4	6	9	15	0.815	24	L	D	D	L	L	1969-01-18	Aston Villa	H
16	-1	Portsmouth	24	6	2	4	20	12	1	7	4	12	17	1.103	23	L	W	L	W	D	1968-12-28	Bristol City	H
17	-1	Birmingham City	25	8	0	4	32	17	2	2	9	13	28	1	22	L	W	W	L	W	1969-01-11	Oxford United	A
18	0	Bury	24	4	2	5	19	21	2	4	7	13	29	0.64	18	L	L	W	L	W	1968-12-28	Fulham	H
19	1	Bristol City	24	4	5	3	11	11	0	5	7	7	19	0.6	18	W	L	W	L	L	1968-12-28	Portsmouth	A
20	1	Aston Villa	25	5	6	2	12	7	0	2	10	10	31	0.579	18	W	W	L	D	L	1968-12-28	Carlisle United	A
21	1	Fulham	25	4	5	4	15	21	0	3	9	10	24	0.556	16	W	L	L	L	L	1968-12-28	Bury	A
22	-3	Oxford United	24	2	5	5	9	15	3	1	8	9	18	0.545	16	L	L	W	L	L	1969-01-11	Birmingham City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Oakwell	11,733
Loyden (p)	Lineups
Barrow	3	3	Stockport County	Holker Street	6,358
McCarthy 2, Mulvaney	Lineups		Atkins 2, Low (p)
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Goldstone Ground	14,912
Dawson, Smith, Napier K, Livesey	Lineups		Pound
Gillingham	2	2	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	4,692
Yeo 2	Lineups		Collins, Sainty
Mansfield Town	2	0	Hartlepool	Field Mill	6,683
Ledger, Roberts	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Boundary Park	6,967	Largest home gate 1968-69
Spence, Bebbington	Lineups		Mabbutt
Orient	1	0	Swindon Town	Brisbane Road	7,101
Allen	Lineups
Southport	2	1	Walsall	Haig Avenue	6,578	Largest home gate 1968-69
Andrews, Russell A	Lineups		Wilson
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	6,609
	Lineups		Storton T OG

				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	Watford	22	6	3	2	13	4	6	3	2	17	9	2.308	30	W	W	D	W	D	1968-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	1	Swindon Town	21	8	1	0	17	2	5	2	5	15	14	2	29	L	W	W	W	L	1969-01-11	Southport	A
3	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	11	0	1	24	3	2	3	5	13	17	1.85	29	L	L	W	W	D	1968-12-28	Rotherham United	H
4	0	Stockport County	22	9	2	1	35	16	2	5	3	7	12	1.5	29	D	W	W	D	W	1968-12-28	Southport	H
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	8	1	4	19	13	4	2	4	15	17	1.133	27	L	W	L	W	D	1969-01-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
6	1	Barrow	22	7	4	1	21	13	4	0	6	15	20	1.091	26	D	L	L	D	W	1968-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	-1	Luton Town	21	10	1	0	30	7	1	2	7	4	13	1.7	25	W	L	L	D	W	1968-12-28	Northampton Town	A
8	1	Reading	23	8	0	3	22	8	1	6	5	14	20	1.286	24	D	L	W	W	L	1969-01-11	Mansfield Town	A
9	-1	Torquay United	23	8	1	2	21	7	2	3	7	9	17	1.25	24	L	L	D	W	L	1969-01-04	Hartlepool United	A
10	4	Southport	23	8	2	1	28	12	2	1	9	13	26	1.079	23	W	W	W	L	W	1968-12-28	Stockport County	A
11	-1	Northampton Town	22	5	4	3	19	17	3	3	4	9	9	1.077	23	L	W	D	W	L	1968-12-28	Luton Town	H
12	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	3	3	19	13	2	2	6	5	13	0.923	23	L	L	W	D	L	1968-12-28	Gillingham	H
13	-1	Rotherham United	22	6	3	1	15	8	1	5	6	9	17	0.96	22	W	D	L	L	D	1968-12-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
14	2	Barnsley	24	6	4	2	19	11	1	4	7	8	24	0.771	22	W	W	L	L	D	1969-01-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	-2	Walsall	24	5	5	1	19	7	1	4	8	8	19	1.038	21	L	L	W	W	D	1969-01-11	Rotherham United	A
16	1	Mansfield Town	23	7	2	2	19	8	1	3	8	12	22	1.033	21	W	W	L	D	W	1969-01-11	Reading	H
17	-2	Bristol Rovers	23	7	2	2	22	14	1	3	8	14	26	0.9	21	L	W	D	W	L	1969-01-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	1	Orient	22	5	5	1	14	8	1	3	7	12	25	0.788	20	W	L	D	L	W	1969-01-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	5	3	3	22	12	2	2	9	10	28	0.8	19	W	W	L	L	D	1968-12-28	Watford	A
20	1	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	1	4	20	15	1	4	6	9	22	0.784	19	W	L	W	W	L	1968-12-28	Barrow	H
21	-3	Hartlepool United	23	3	7	2	13	15	2	2	7	6	22	0.514	19	L	L	W	L	W	1969-01-04	Torquay United	H
22	-2	Gillingham	23	5	4	2	22	11	2	0	10	9	28	0.795	18	D	L	L	L	W	1968-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	5	4	2	10	7	1	1	10	8	25	0.563	17	L	L	W	D	L	1969-01-08	Luton Town	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	22	3	2	6	11	15	1	1	9	5	29	0.364	11	W	W	L	L	L	1969-01-06	Stockport County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	8,736
Howarth 2	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	8,343
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	4	Colchester United	Blundell Park	5,990
Oates, Hickman	Lineups		Oliver, Light 2, Bickles
Halifax Town	2	0	Scunthorpe United	The Shay	7,092
Lawther, Shawcross	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	1	Port Vale	Sincil Bank	12,208	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Newton
Newport County	1	1	Brentford	Somerton Park	3,750
McLaughlin	Lineups		Gelson
Notts County	2	1	Chesterfield	Meadow Lane	9,801	Largest home gate 1968-69
Masson (p), Barker	Lineups		Bell
Southend United	2	1	Peterborough United	Roots Hall	11,304
McMillan, Moore G	Lineups		Price
Swansea Town	0	5	Chester	Vetch Field	11,879	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Dearden, Provan 2, Brodie, Talbot
Workington	1	2	Rochdale	Borough Park	2,921
Ogilvie	Lineups		Jenkins 2

				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	Aldershot	23	7	2	3	20	11	6	3	2	20	14	1.6	31	W	W	D	W	L	1969-01-04	Newport County	H
2	1	Darlington	21	5	4	2	16	8	4	6	0	12	5	2.154	28	D	D	L	D	W	1969-01-04	Chester	A
3	-1	Lincoln City	24	8	1	3	21	8	3	5	4	8	17	1.16	28	L	W	D	D	W	1969-01-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	3	2	21	13	4	2	5	12	16	1.138	27	D	L	D	W	W	1969-01-11	Lincoln City	A
5	4	Chester	23	8	2	2	27	11	2	4	5	17	21	1.375	26	W	L	W	L	L	1969-01-04	Darlington	H
6	1	Halifax Town	21	8	1	2	21	11	3	3	4	9	11	1.364	26	W	W	D	W	D	1969-01-11	York City	H
7	3	Southend United	23	8	1	2	22	9	2	5	5	13	21	1.167	26	W	L	W	L	W	1969-01-10	Chester	H
8	3	Colchester United	22	7	2	2	16	9	4	2	5	16	20	1.103	26	W	W	W	L	L	1969-01-11	Wrexham	A
9	-4	Workington	22	4	6	2	15	9	4	3	3	6	7	1.313	25	L	D	W	W	W	1968-12-28	Bradford City	A
10	-2	Brentford	23	5	4	2	21	12	3	5	4	14	16	1.25	25	D	L	W	D	W	1969-01-04	Workington	H
11	-5	Swansea Town	23	4	5	2	13	12	5	2	5	12	14	0.962	25	L	W	L	W	W	1968-12-28	Port Vale	A
12	0	Bradford City	22	6	4	1	20	8	1	5	5	9	20	1.036	23	L	D	D	D	L	1968-12-28	Workington	H
13	0	Wrexham	22	7	1	2	18	7	1	5	6	7	12	1.316	22	W	D	L	W	L	1969-01-04	Peterborough United	A
14	0	Rochdale	23	3	5	2	17	6	2	7	4	10	15	1.286	22	W	L	L	D	L	1969-01-04	Grimsby Town	H
15	4	Port Vale	23	6	4	2	17	10	1	3	7	6	16	0.885	21	W	L	L	W	D	1968-12-28	Swansea Town	H
16	-1	Peterborough United	22	6	4	1	22	11	0	4	7	9	17	1.107	20	L	D	W	L	D	1969-01-04	Wrexham	H
17	0	Newport County	22	4	5	2	15	10	2	3	6	11	15	1.04	20	D	L	D	L	D	1968-12-28	York City	A
18	-2	Scunthorpe United	22	5	3	3	14	11	3	1	7	18	22	0.97	20	L	W	D	W	W	1969-01-04	Notts County	H
19	-1	Grimsby Town	24	4	4	5	17	14	1	5	5	8	16	0.833	19	L	D	D	W	L	1969-01-04	Rochdale	A
20	3	Notts County	23	4	3	4	14	16	2	4	6	11	19	0.714	19	W	W	W	D	D	1969-01-04	Scunthorpe United	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	24	3	4	5	12	13	3	3	6	10	18	0.71	19	L	D	D	L	W	1968-12-28	Bradford	H
22	-1	York City	22	4	6	1	15	12	1	3	7	5	25	0.541	19	W	D	D	D	L	1968-12-28	Newport County	H
23	-1	Exeter City	25	3	6	3	19	14	2	2	9	12	27	0.756	18	L	L	L	L	L	1969-01-11	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Bradford	24	3	5	4	12	17	0	0	12	7	41	0.328	11	W	L	L	L	L	1968-12-28	Chesterfield	A