1969-02-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Highbury	35,585
Gould	Lineups		Barnwell
Ipswich Town	1	0	Manchester United	Portman Road	30,837	Largest home gate 1968-69
Dunne OG	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Coventry City	Elland Road	32,590
O'Grady, Bremner 2	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	31,002
Clarke	Lineups		Dear
Liverpool	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Anfield Road	45,406
Hunt	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Everton	Loftus Road	26,476
	Lineups		Husband
Southampton	5	0	Chelsea	The Dell	28,147	Largest home gate 1968-69
Davies 2, Channon, Gabriel, OG	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Victoria Ground	21,309
Conroy	Lineups		Astle
Sunderland	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Roker Park	22,251
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Burnley	Molineux	27,733
Knowles	Lineups		Collins

				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	29	14	2	0	30	7	6	3	4	19	9	3.063	45	W	W	W	D	W	1969-02-15	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Leeds United	28	12	3	0	31	7	6	5	2	15	14	2.19	44	W	W	D	W	W	1969-02-12	Ipswich Town	H
3	0	Everton	29	11	2	1	36	7	6	6	3	27	19	2.423	42	W	W	D	W	W	1969-03-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	0	Arsenal	27	9	5	1	24	7	6	3	3	12	9	2.25	38	D	L	W	W	W	1969-02-15	Burnley	H
5	3	Southampton	30	8	4	3	28	18	3	5	7	13	21	1.051	31	W	W	W	D	D	1969-02-15	Newcastle United	H
6	0	West Ham United	27	7	4	1	33	12	2	8	5	15	21	1.455	30	D	D	D	L	D	1969-02-22	Liverpool	H
7	-2	Chelsea	28	5	6	2	22	14	6	2	7	26	25	1.231	30	L	L	L	W	W	1969-02-15	Leeds United	A
8	1	Tottenham Hotspur	27	6	5	2	29	16	3	6	5	14	20	1.194	29	D	W	D	D	L	1969-02-15	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	28	6	5	2	22	14	3	6	6	11	16	1.1	29	L	D	L	D	D	1969-03-01	Arsenal	H
10	0	Burnley	29	8	4	2	23	15	3	3	9	14	41	0.661	29	D	D	L	W	D	1969-02-15	Arsenal	A
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	28	7	4	2	25	14	3	3	9	16	33	0.872	27	D	L	L	W	L	1969-03-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	0	Manchester City	27	7	5	2	37	17	1	4	8	11	21	1.263	25	D	W	L	W	D	1969-03-04	Burnley	A
13	0	Newcastle United	27	6	5	2	21	15	2	4	8	16	24	0.949	25	W	L	L	D	W	1969-02-15	Southampton	A
14	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	6	5	3	19	16	2	4	7	9	18	0.824	25	D	L	W	L	D	1969-02-15	Manchester United	H
15	1	Sunderland	28	8	4	3	22	14	0	5	8	9	34	0.646	25	D	L	L	D	W	1969-02-22	Chelsea	A
16	1	Ipswich Town	28	6	2	7	25	24	3	4	6	16	20	0.932	24	W	D	W	L	L	1969-02-12	Leeds United	A
17	-3	Manchester United	27	7	4	2	18	11	1	4	9	13	26	0.838	24	L	W	L	L	L	1969-02-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	0	Stoke City	27	7	5	3	15	13	0	4	8	11	22	0.743	23	D	D	W	D	D	1969-03-01	Sunderland	A
19	0	Leicester City	28	5	5	4	20	20	0	4	10	6	32	0.5	19	D	D	W	L	L	1969-03-12	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	26	1	6	4	9	14	2	6	7	22	27	0.756	18	D	D	L	L	W	1969-02-15	Liverpool	A
21	0	Coventry City	26	2	3	7	12	17	2	3	9	10	27	0.5	14	L	L	L	L	W	1969-02-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	3	6	7	16	27	0	2	11	14	38	0.462	14	L	L	L	D	D	1969-02-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	0	Portsmouth	Villa Park	31,611
Rudge, Godfrey	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Birmingham City	Bloomfield Road	11,294
Brown, Suddick	Lineups		Jones OG
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	7,658
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Preston North End	Ashton Gate	13,419
Galley, Sharpe	Lineups		Lee
Derby County	2	0	Cardiff City	Baseball Ground	34,589
Hector 2	Lineups
Fulham	0	2	Carlisle United	Craven Cottage	12,836
	Lineups		McIlmoyle, Balderstone
Hull City	5	2	Charlton Athletic	Boothferry Park	11,475
Butler I 2, Wagstaff, Wilkinson, Greenwood	Lineups		Gregory, Tees
Millwall	5	1	Huddersfield Town	The Den, New Cross	13,613
Possee 2, Neil, Weller (p), Dunphy	Lineups		Kitchener OG
Oxford United	0	2	Norwich City	Manor Ground	9,305
	Lineups		Briggs, Manning
Sheffield United	5	0	Bury	Bramall Lane	13,724
Tudor 3, Woodward, 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	Derby County	29	11	4	0	27	12	4	6	4	9	12	1.5	40	W	W	L	D	W	1969-03-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	29	10	4	0	26	6	5	2	8	18	26	1.375	36	D	W	W	D	L	1969-02-22	Blackpool	H
3	2	Millwall	28	8	3	4	27	17	6	3	4	21	15	1.5	34	W	D	W	W	L	1969-02-15	Portsmouth	H
4	-1	Cardiff City	29	9	2	3	25	12	6	2	7	24	25	1.324	34	L	W	L	W	L	1969-02-08	Oxford United	H
5	-1	Charlton Athletic	28	7	5	1	24	15	5	4	6	17	24	1.051	33	L	W	W	L	W	1969-02-15	Fulham	A
6	3	Hull City	29	7	5	3	28	16	3	6	5	15	20	1.194	31	W	D	L	L	L	1969-02-08	Portsmouth	A
7	3	Blackpool	28	6	6	3	25	14	4	4	5	10	11	1.4	30	W	W	L	D	W	1969-02-12	Cardiff City	A
8	3	Sheffield United	28	10	2	3	27	9	2	4	7	13	22	1.29	30	W	L	W	W	D	1969-03-01	Aston Villa	A
9	-3	Crystal Palace	26	8	2	3	28	17	4	4	5	17	19	1.25	30	L	D	D	W	L	1969-02-22	Hull City	H
10	-3	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	3	3	19	11	4	3	6	14	18	1.138	30	L	W	W	W	L	1969-03-01	Derby County	A
11	1	Carlisle United	29	5	4	5	15	14	6	4	5	18	19	1	30	W	L	W	L	W	1969-02-15	Bristol City	A
12	-4	Huddersfield Town	28	9	2	2	26	12	2	5	8	11	25	1	29	L	W	L	D	D	1969-02-15	Oxford United	A
13	2	Norwich City	28	4	3	6	14	15	7	3	5	23	19	1.088	28	W	W	L	W	L	1969-03-01	Birmingham City	H
14	-1	Birmingham City	29	9	1	4	36	19	3	2	10	16	31	1.04	27	L	W	D	W	L	1969-03-01	Norwich City	A
15	2	Bolton Wanderers	28	5	5	5	22	19	3	5	5	16	16	1.086	26	D	L	D	L	L	1969-02-22	Portsmouth	A
16	-2	Portsmouth	28	7	3	4	24	14	1	7	6	12	21	1.029	26	L	W	L	D	L	1969-02-08	Hull City	H
17	-1	Preston North End	27	5	6	2	14	12	3	4	7	10	17	0.828	26	L	W	L	D	D	1969-02-22	Oxford United	H
18	0	Aston Villa	29	7	6	2	15	7	1	2	11	11	32	0.667	24	W	L	W	W	W	1969-02-15	Bury	H
19	1	Bristol City	29	6	5	3	16	12	0	6	9	9	27	0.641	23	W	L	L	W	D	1969-02-15	Carlisle United	H
20	-1	Bury	29	5	3	6	24	23	2	4	9	13	36	0.627	21	L	L	D	L	W	1969-02-15	Aston Villa	A
21	1	Fulham	28	4	5	5	15	23	0	3	11	12	32	0.491	16	L	L	L	W	L	1969-02-15	Charlton Athletic	H
22	-1	Oxford United	27	2	5	7	10	19	3	1	9	9	20	0.487	16	L	L	L	L	L	1969-02-08	Cardiff City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Swindon Town	Oakwell	14,160	Largest home gate 1968-69
Bettany	Lineups		Trollope
Barrow	0	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Holker Street	3,228
	Lineups		Pound 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	11,716
Lawton, Gall, Dawson	Lineups
Gillingham	2	2	Hartlepool	Priestfield Stadium	4,885
Simpson T, Woodley	Lineups		Thompson, Cummings
Luton Town	2	1	Reading	Kenilworth Road	11,871
Slough, Lewis (p)	Lineups		Yard
Mansfield Town	0	0	Stockport County	Field Mill	13,291
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Boundary Park	2,809
Joyce, Spence, Blore	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Walsall	Brisbane Road	5,309
	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Millmoor	9,394
	Lineups		Davey
Torquay United	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Plainmoor	7,547
	Lineups		Jarman

				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	26	7	4	2	14	4	8	3	2	25	9	3	37	W	D	W	W	W	1969-02-08	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Swindon Town	26	9	2	0	22	3	6	4	5	22	19	2	36	D	W	W	D	D	1969-02-04	Hartlepool United	H
3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	13	0	2	31	8	3	4	6	15	18	1.769	36	W	D	W	L	L	1969-02-08	Luton Town	H
4	0	Stockport County	28	10	3	2	39	18	2	7	4	9	17	1.371	34	D	L	L	D	D	1969-02-28	Reading	A
5	1	Luton Town	27	12	1	0	33	8	2	3	9	7	18	1.538	32	W	L	W	D	L	1969-02-08	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
6	3	Plymouth Argyle	28	8	5	3	25	16	4	2	6	8	13	1.138	31	W	W	W	D	D	1969-02-05	Torquay United	A
7	-2	Tranmere Rovers	28	8	1	7	23	23	6	2	4	20	20	1	31	L	L	W	L	W	1969-02-18	Swindon Town	A
8	-1	Torquay United	28	9	2	3	23	8	3	4	7	13	20	1.286	30	L	D	W	W	D	1969-02-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-1	Reading	28	10	0	3	26	10	1	7	7	18	27	1.189	29	L	W	L	W	D	1969-02-18	Oldham Athletic	A
10	0	Northampton Town	28	6	5	4	23	19	4	3	6	10	13	1.031	28	W	L	W	D	L	1969-02-22	Oldham Athletic	H
11	3	Barnsley	28	7	5	2	21	12	2	4	8	14	28	0.875	27	D	L	W	W	W	1969-02-18	Bristol Rovers	A
12	-1	Barrow	27	7	4	3	22	17	4	1	8	17	29	0.848	27	L	L	L	L	D	1969-02-15	Swindon Town	H
13	2	Walsall	28	6	5	1	21	8	2	5	9	9	20	1.071	26	D	W	L	W	L	1969-02-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-1	Southport	27	9	3	1	32	13	2	1	11	13	30	1.047	26	W	L	D	L	W	1969-03-03	Watford	H
15	-3	Rotherham United	28	7	3	4	19	12	2	5	7	12	18	1.033	26	L	W	L	W	L	1969-02-08	Watford	A
16	0	Bristol Rovers	26	7	3	2	23	15	3	3	8	17	27	0.952	26	W	D	W	L	W	1969-02-18	Barnsley	H
17	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	7	4	3	29	14	2	4	10	12	31	0.911	26	W	W	D	D	D	1969-02-15	Walsall	H
18	1	Mansfield Town	26	7	4	2	20	9	1	4	8	12	22	1.032	24	D	D	D	W	W	1969-02-22	Watford	A
19	1	Orient	26	6	6	1	18	10	1	4	8	12	27	0.811	24	D	W	D	L	W	1969-02-15	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	-2	Crewe Alexandra	28	8	2	5	26	20	1	4	8	10	28	0.75	24	L	W	L	L	W	1969-02-26	Luton Town	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	28	3	8	3	15	20	3	3	8	10	28	0.521	23	D	L	L	W	D	1969-02-04	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Gillingham	28	6	5	3	26	18	2	1	11	11	31	0.755	22	D	L	W	L	D	1969-02-25	Swindon Town	A
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	27	6	4	3	13	9	1	2	11	10	30	0.59	20	L	D	L	W	L	1969-03-01	Walsall	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	28	4	3	7	16	19	1	2	11	7	37	0.411	15	W	L	D	L	L	1969-02-18	Reading	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	Colchester United	Recreation Ground	8,308
Howarth	Lineups		Gibbs, Dyson
Bradford	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Park Avenue	3,050
Andrews, Henderson	Lineups		Kerr, Keegan
Darlington	1	0	Port Vale	Feethams Ground	5,071
Lee	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	5	Bradford City	Blundell Park	2,844
Brace	Lineups		Bannister 2, Cooper, Leighton, Hall
Halifax Town	0	0	Chester	The Shay	4,181
	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Rochdale	Sincil Bank	8,621
	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Exeter City	Somerton Park	1,427
Buck, Hill	Lineups		Kirkham
Notts County	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	6,587
Needham	Lineups		Gilfillan
Swansea Town	0	0	Peterborough United	Vetch Field	3,447
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	4,464
Beanland	Lineups		Randall

				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	1	Darlington	26	7	4	3	21	12	5	7	0	15	7	1.895	35	W	D	W	L	W	1969-02-24	Rochdale	A
2	-1	Aldershot	28	9	2	5	28	15	6	3	3	20	17	1.5	35	L	W	L	L	W	1969-02-15	Chesterfield	H
3	3	Colchester United	26	8	2	2	19	9	7	2	5	22	21	1.367	34	W	W	W	W	W	1969-02-14	Southend United	A
4	-1	Doncaster Rovers	28	8	4	2	23	13	5	4	5	15	18	1.226	34	D	W	W	D	D	1969-02-04	Newport County	H
5	-1	Lincoln City	29	9	3	3	25	11	3	7	4	10	19	1.167	34	D	W	D	D	D	1969-02-15	Scunthorpe United	H
6	-1	Workington	27	4	7	3	15	10	7	3	3	11	7	1.529	32	W	L	D	W	W	1969-02-15	Chester	H
7	0	Chester	28	9	2	3	31	14	3	6	5	20	23	1.378	32	D	D	W	W	L	1969-02-15	Workington	A
8	0	Rochdale	27	5	5	2	26	7	3	8	4	14	16	1.739	29	D	W	W	W	W	1969-02-10	Newport County	A
9	3	Bradford City	27	6	5	2	21	10	3	6	5	16	21	1.194	29	W	D	D	W	L	1969-02-12	Swansea Town	H
10	0	Halifax Town	25	8	2	3	21	15	3	5	4	10	12	1.148	29	D	D	D	L	W	1969-02-05	Peterborough United	A
11	-2	Southend United	26	9	1	3	27	11	2	5	6	13	23	1.176	28	W	L	L	W	L	1969-02-14	Colchester United	H
12	-1	Brentford	28	5	5	3	23	17	4	5	6	17	24	0.976	28	L	L	D	W	L	1969-02-22	Grimsby Town	H
13	0	Swansea Town	28	5	6	3	15	13	5	2	7	12	17	0.9	28	D	L	L	W	L	1969-02-12	Bradford City	A
14	1	Wrexham	26	7	3	3	20	12	2	5	6	10	14	1.154	26	D	D	L	W	W	1969-02-24	York City	A
15	-1	Port Vale	27	8	4	2	23	10	1	4	8	6	17	1.074	26	L	W	D	W	W	1969-02-24	Southend United	A
16	0	Scunthorpe United	27	6	3	4	16	13	4	2	8	21	26	0.949	25	D	L	W	L	W	1969-02-15	Lincoln City	A
17	1	Newport County	27	6	5	2	21	13	2	4	8	11	24	0.865	25	W	L	W	L	D	1969-02-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	-1	Chesterfield	28	4	5	5	15	14	4	4	6	14	20	0.853	25	D	W	W	D	L	1969-02-15	Aldershot	A
19	0	Peterborough United	28	6	6	2	25	15	0	5	9	12	23	0.974	23	D	D	L	D	L	1969-02-05	Halifax Town	H
20	2	Notts County	28	5	4	5	17	20	2	4	8	13	24	0.682	22	D	W	L	L	L	1969-02-22	Colchester United	A
21	-1	York City	26	4	7	2	17	17	2	3	8	9	27	0.591	22	L	L	W	D	W	1969-02-24	Wrexham	H
22	-1	Grimsby Town	29	4	4	8	19	22	2	5	6	14	24	0.717	21	L	L	W	L	L	1969-02-22	Brentford	A
23	0	Exeter City	28	3	6	3	19	14	3	2	11	17	33	0.766	20	L	L	W	L	L	1969-02-24	Bradford	H
24	0	Bradford	29	3	7	5	15	23	0	1	13	8	45	0.338	14	D	D	L	L	D	1969-02-24	Exeter City	A