1969-03-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Leicester City	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	53,207
	Clarke	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Southampton	Highbury	28,990
	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor	14,547
Probert, Coates	Lineups		Johnson, Pearce
Everton	1	2	Chelsea	Goodison Park	42,190
Royle (p)	Lineups		Birchenall, Hutchinson
Manchester City	3	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	27,331
Bell, Doyle, Owen	Lineups		Marsh
Newcastle United	2	0	Coventry City	St James' Park	27,500
Robson B (p), McNamee	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Liverpool	Loftus Road	16,792
Bridges	Lineups		Smith (p), Hunt
West Ham United	0	0	Manchester United	Upton Park	41,546	Largest home gate 1968-69
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Leeds United	Molineux	27,986
	Lineups
Footnotes
Queens Park Rangers relegated

				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	34	15	3	0	37	9	8	6	2	22	15	2.458	55	D	W	W	W	W	1969-04-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Liverpool	33	14	2	1	30	9	8	4	4	24	11	2.7	50	W	W	D	L	W	1969-03-31	Arsenal	H
3	0	Arsenal	33	11	6	2	27	9	8	3	3	18	9	2.5	47	D	W	W	W	L	1969-03-31	Liverpool	A
4	0	Everton	32	11	3	2	37	9	6	7	3	28	20	2.241	44	L	D	D	W	W	1969-04-01	West Ham United	H
5	0	Chelsea	36	9	6	2	33	18	8	2	9	31	28	1.391	42	W	L	W	W	W	1969-04-04	Newcastle United	H
6	0	West Ham United	34	10	6	2	46	20	3	8	5	16	21	1.512	40	D	W	L	W	W	1969-04-01	Everton	A
7	0	Southampton	37	10	5	3	30	18	3	7	9	15	25	1.047	38	D	W	D	L	W	1969-04-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	7	8	2	34	20	3	8	6	17	24	1.159	36	D	L	W	D	D	1969-04-02	Newcastle United	H
9	0	Burnley	36	10	6	2	32	21	3	3	12	15	48	0.681	35	D	L	D	L	W	1969-04-05	Chelsea	A
10	0	Ipswich Town	35	7	3	7	27	25	5	6	7	24	26	1	33	D	W	D	W	D	1969-04-04	Sunderland	H
11	0	Manchester United	35	9	5	3	28	14	1	7	10	17	31	1	32	D	D	W	W	L	1969-03-31	Nottingham Forest	A
12	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	6	9	3	22	19	3	5	9	13	26	0.778	32	D	L	L	D	W	1969-04-05	Liverpool	A
13	2	Manchester City	33	9	5	2	43	19	2	4	11	14	26	1.267	31	W	L	W	L	W	1969-04-04	Leicester City	H
14	2	Newcastle United	32	8	6	2	25	16	2	5	9	17	27	0.977	31	W	D	W	L	D	1969-04-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	32	7	5	3	23	19	3	6	8	11	20	0.872	31	L	L	W	L	L	1969-04-01	Leeds United	H
16	-2	West Bromwich Albion	33	7	4	3	25	17	4	4	11	19	39	0.786	30	L	D	W	L	L	1969-04-02	Manchester United	A
17	0	Nottingham Forest	34	5	6	6	15	17	3	6	8	25	30	0.851	28	W	W	W	L	W	1969-03-31	Manchester United	H
18	0	Stoke City	35	8	5	4	20	19	0	7	11	15	32	0.686	28	L	D	W	D	D	1969-04-05	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Sunderland	35	9	4	5	26	18	0	6	11	12	44	0.613	28	D	L	L	L	L	1969-04-04	Ipswich Town	A
20	0	Coventry City	35	6	4	7	28	20	2	4	12	13	36	0.732	24	L	D	W	D	L	1969-04-01	Leicester City	H
21	0	Leicester City	31	6	6	4	22	20	0	4	11	6	33	0.528	22	L	D	W	D	D	1969-04-01	Coventry City	A
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	3	7	10	18	32	0	2	16	16	57	0.382	15	L	L	L	L	L	1969-04-05	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	1	Derby County	Villa Park	49,188
	Lineups		Simmons OG
Bolton Wanderers	1	4	Blackpool	Burnden Park	9,264
Taylor (p)	Lineups		Suddick 2, Brown (p), Rowe
Bristol City	1	1	Hull City	Ashton Gate	13,105
Connor	Lineups		Jarvis
Carlisle United	1	2	Crystal Palace	Brunton Park	8,172
Barton	Lineups		Lazarus, Marsland OG
Fulham	0	1	Oxford United	Craven Cottage	14,854
	Lineups		Shuker
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Birmingham City	Leeds Road	8,105
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Cardiff City	Ayresome Park	24,470
	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	15,642
Trebilcock, Jennings, McCann 2	Lineups		Tees
Preston North End	3	0	Bury	Deepdale	9,467
Knighton, Ingram, Lee	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Norwich City	Bramall Lane	11,587
Tudor	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	36	13	4	1	32	15	7	7	4	16	15	1.6	51	W	W	W	D	W	1969-04-02	Fulham	A
2	1	Crystal Palace	36	12	3	3	39	21	7	6	5	23	22	1.442	47	W	D	D	W	W	1969-04-04	Middlesbrough	H
3	-1	Middlesbrough	37	13	6	0	34	10	6	3	9	21	31	1.341	47	D	D	W	L	W	1969-04-04	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Cardiff City	38	12	3	4	36	17	7	4	8	28	30	1.362	45	D	L	D	W	D	1969-04-04	Charlton Athletic	A
5	0	Millwall	37	10	5	4	33	21	7	3	8	24	23	1.295	42	D	L	L	W	L	1969-04-04	Aston Villa	H
6	0	Charlton Athletic	36	8	8	1	29	19	7	4	8	22	31	1.02	42	L	W	D	W	D	1969-04-04	Cardiff City	H
7	1	Sheffield United	37	13	3	3	37	14	2	6	10	19	32	1.217	39	W	L	W	D	L	1969-04-05	Blackpool	A
8	-1	Carlisle United	37	8	5	6	23	17	6	5	7	19	25	1	38	L	L	W	D	D	1969-04-05	Birmingham City	A
9	1	Blackpool	37	7	7	4	30	19	5	6	8	18	20	1.231	37	W	L	D	W	D	1969-04-05	Sheffield United	H
10	-1	Huddersfield Town	35	11	4	2	32	13	3	5	10	13	30	1.047	37	D	W	L	D	W	1969-04-05	Bury	A
11	0	Birmingham City	36	11	2	5	46	23	3	5	10	17	32	1.145	35	D	W	W	D	L	1969-04-05	Carlisle United	H
12	0	Hull City	36	7	7	3	30	18	3	8	8	20	30	1.042	35	D	L	D	D	D	1969-04-05	Millwall	H
13	3	Portsmouth	37	9	5	5	32	19	1	9	8	15	27	1.022	34	W	D	D	L	L	1969-04-05	Crystal Palace	A
14	-1	Blackburn Rovers	33	8	5	4	22	16	4	5	7	19	25	1	34	D	D	L	D	D	1969-04-04	Oxford United	A
15	2	Bristol City	37	8	8	3	28	15	1	7	10	14	31	0.913	33	D	D	W	D	L	1969-04-07	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	-2	Aston Villa	37	9	7	3	20	10	1	6	11	14	35	0.756	33	L	D	D	D	D	1969-04-04	Millwall	A
17	-2	Norwich City	35	4	5	7	16	18	8	3	8	27	26	0.977	32	L	D	W	L	L	1969-04-05	Preston North End	H
18	1	Preston North End	36	7	7	5	22	19	3	5	9	13	23	0.833	32	W	L	D	L	D	1969-04-05	Norwich City	A
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	36	6	6	6	27	26	3	6	9	21	33	0.814	30	L	L	L	W	L	1969-04-05	Derby County	A
20	1	Oxford United	37	5	5	8	17	22	4	4	11	13	29	0.588	27	W	D	L	D	W	1969-04-04	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	-1	Bury	36	7	3	7	29	26	2	4	13	13	43	0.609	25	L	W	L	L	W	1969-04-05	Huddersfield Town	H
22	0	Fulham	36	6	6	7	20	27	1	3	13	16	41	0.529	23	L	W	W	L	D	1969-04-02	Derby County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Oakwell	6,529
Earnshaw, King OG	Lineups		King, Rowland
Barrow	0	0	Southport	Holker Street	3,225
	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	2	Northampton Town	Dean Court	5,089
Hold, White J 2	Lineups		Neal, Hatton
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Stockport County	Gresty Road	5,286
Curley	Lineups		Young
Gillingham	0	0	Torquay United	Priestfield Stadium	6,306
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Orient	Kenilworth Road	13,915
Branston, Sheffield	Lineups		Rofe
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	11,010
Gregory OG	Lineups		Clapham
Rotherham United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Millmoor	7,568
Watson D	Lineups		Napier K
Swindon Town	0	1	Watford	County Ground	29,106	Largest home & D 3 gate 1968-69
	Lineups		Endean

				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	36	12	4	2	28	7	9	5	4	31	17	2.458	51	W	L	W	W	D	1969-04-01	Southport	H
2	0	Swindon Town	37	14	3	1	29	5	7	4	8	27	25	1.867	49	L	W	L	L	L	1969-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	0	Luton Town	37	17	2	0	48	12	4	5	9	13	21	1.848	49	W	W	D	W	D	1969-03-31	Bristol Rovers	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	39	10	7	4	31	21	7	4	7	16	19	1.175	45	D	W	D	W	L	1969-04-05	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	15	1	3	38	12	3	5	10	17	25	1.486	42	W	L	L	L	D	1969-04-04	Reading	H
6	0	Tranmere Rovers	39	10	3	7	29	27	6	6	7	27	31	0.966	41	D	D	W	D	D	1969-04-05	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Torquay United	36	12	2	4	31	11	4	6	8	15	23	1.353	40	D	W	L	D	W	1969-03-31	Reading	A
8	0	Stockport County	36	12	4	2	46	22	2	8	8	14	31	1.132	40	D	L	W	L	D	1969-03-31	Barnsley	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	10	6	3	41	16	4	6	12	23	41	1.123	40	D	W	D	L	W	1969-04-04	Orient	H
10	0	Northampton Town	38	9	7	4	33	24	5	3	10	14	22	1.022	38	L	L	W	L	W	1969-04-04	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Walsall	38	9	7	2	29	12	3	6	11	13	28	1.05	37	D	D	L	W	W	1969-04-01	Mansfield Town	H
12	1	Rotherham United	38	9	5	4	29	17	4	6	10	16	26	1.047	37	D	L	W	D	W	1969-04-04	Barrow	A
13	-1	Reading	38	12	2	4	35	17	1	9	10	22	38	1.036	37	D	W	L	D	L	1969-03-31	Torquay United	H
14	1	Southport	35	11	5	1	42	16	3	2	13	15	35	1.118	35	D	W	W	W	D	1969-04-01	Watford	A
15	-1	Orient	37	9	7	3	25	15	3	4	11	18	34	0.878	35	L	W	L	W	W	1969-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	0	Bristol Rovers	37	10	4	4	35	22	3	4	12	19	36	0.931	34	L	W	W	L	D	1969-03-31	Luton Town	H
17	0	Barnsley	36	8	6	4	27	18	3	5	10	18	35	0.849	33	D	L	L	D	L	1969-03-31	Stockport County	A
18	0	Gillingham	37	8	8	3	31	20	2	4	12	14	35	0.818	32	D	W	D	D	D	1969-04-04	Oldham Athletic	A
19	0	Barrow	36	8	6	6	24	23	4	2	10	20	39	0.71	32	D	L	L	D	W	1969-04-04	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Hartlepool United	37	5	9	5	21	28	3	5	10	12	37	0.508	30	W	W	D	D	L	1969-04-04	Walsall	H
21	1	Crewe Alexandra	36	10	3	6	32	23	1	4	12	10	34	0.737	29	D	L	L	L	W	1969-04-04	Swindon Town	H
22	-1	Mansfield Town	33	8	4	3	23	13	1	6	11	19	35	0.875	28	D	L	L	L	D	1969-04-01	Walsall	A
23	0	Oldham Athletic	39	7	5	8	28	25	3	3	13	12	44	0.58	28	D	W	L	W	L	1969-04-04	Gillingham	H
24	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	7	5	4	16	12	2	3	14	13	40	0.558	26	D	W	L	W	L	1969-04-05	Swindon Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	3	0	Scunthorpe United	Valley Parade	6,584
Corner 2, Cooper	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Brentford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,261
Moss	Lineups		Mansley, Neilson
Darlington	0	1	Halifax Town	Feethams Ground	5,081
	Lineups		Flower
Exeter City	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	St James Park	6,744
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	0	Bradford	Blundell Park	4,540
Rathbone, Ross (p)	Lineups
Newport County	0	0	Notts County	Somerton Park	1,749
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Rochdale	London Road	4,107
	Lineups		Buck
Port Vale	2	1	Chester	Vale Park	4,690
Green, Sproson	Lineups		Provan
Swansea Town	5	0	Lincoln City	Vetch Field	3,377
Screen B, Williams H, Evans, Williams H A 2	Lineups
York City	2	0	Colchester United	Bootham Crescent	3,350
Boyer 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	Doncaster Rovers	38	11	6	2	35	16	6	8	5	19	20	1.5	48	D	W	D	W	D	1969-04-05	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Aldershot	38	12	3	6	39	21	6	4	7	20	29	1.18	43	L	D	D	L	L	1969-04-04	Lincoln City	H
3	3	Rochdale	35	9	5	2	35	8	4	11	4	18	19	1.963	42	W	W	D	W	W	1969-04-05	York City	H
4	3	Bradford City	35	8	7	2	27	12	6	7	5	22	22	1.441	42	W	W	D	D	W	1969-03-31	Wrexham	A
5	-2	Chester	38	10	4	5	37	19	4	9	6	29	30	1.347	41	L	L	L	W	D	1969-04-05	Peterborough United	H
6	-2	Colchester United	36	10	5	2	26	13	7	2	10	24	33	1.087	41	L	D	L	D	W	1969-04-04	Chesterfield	H
7	-2	Lincoln City	39	10	5	4	29	15	3	10	7	14	30	0.956	41	L	D	W	D	L	1969-04-04	Aldershot	A
8	0	Darlington	34	8	5	4	29	17	5	8	4	17	15	1.438	39	L	L	L	L	D	1969-04-04	Wrexham	A
9	0	Workington	35	6	9	4	18	14	7	4	5	15	16	1.1	39	W	L	D	L	W	1969-03-31	Exeter City	A
10	1	Halifax Town	32	9	4	3	24	17	4	8	4	13	14	1.194	38	W	D	D	D	W	1969-04-04	Grimsby Town	A
11	1	Swansea Town	37	8	7	4	26	17	6	3	9	19	25	1.071	38	W	W	W	D	D	1969-04-05	Halifax Town	A
12	-2	Southend United	34	11	3	4	37	18	2	8	6	18	28	1.196	37	D	L	D	W	D	1969-04-05	Grimsby Town	H
13	2	Port Vale	36	11	5	3	30	13	2	5	10	8	22	1.086	36	W	D	L	W	W	1969-04-04	York City	A
14	2	Brentford	37	7	7	4	30	22	5	5	9	21	32	0.944	36	W	D	L	L	D	1969-04-08	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	-2	Scunthorpe United	37	7	4	5	17	15	7	3	11	30	34	0.959	35	L	W	W	W	L	1969-04-05	Port Vale	H
16	-2	Wrexham	34	8	4	3	25	15	4	6	9	17	23	1.105	34	D	L	D	L	W	1969-03-31	Bradford City	H
17	1	Newport County	38	8	9	4	30	24	2	5	10	13	32	0.768	34	D	L	W	L	D	1969-04-07	Swansea Town	A
18	-1	Peterborough United	37	7	9	4	30	21	2	6	9	18	25	1.043	33	L	W	W	D	L	1969-04-02	Bradford	A
19	1	Exeter City	37	7	8	4	34	22	4	2	12	18	35	0.912	32	D	W	W	W	D	1969-03-31	Workington	H
20	-1	Chesterfield	38	5	6	8	19	19	5	6	8	18	27	0.804	32	L	D	L	D	L	1969-04-04	Colchester United	A
21	0	Notts County	37	7	5	5	23	20	2	9	9	14	29	0.755	32	D	D	D	W	D	1969-04-05	Wrexham	H
22	0	York City	34	8	7	2	25	19	2	3	12	12	34	0.698	30	W	L	L	L	W	1969-04-04	Port Vale	H
23	0	Grimsby Town	37	5	6	8	23	24	3	7	8	19	32	0.75	29	W	W	D	D	D	1969-04-04	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Bradford	35	4	7	6	17	25	0	1	17	10	59	0.321	16	L	W	L	L	L	1969-04-02	Peterborough United	H