1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1967–68 Tony Waddington Albert Henshall Victoria Ground Football League First Division 18th (35 points) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Quarter-final Peter Dobing & Harry Burrows (15) Harry Burrows (16) 32,549 vs Manchester United (30 March 1967) 15,785 vs Sheffield Wednesday (16 March 1968) 21,949 1966–67 1968–69 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _color_3_stripes_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1967–68 season was Stoke City's 61st season in the Football League and the 37th in the First Division. Since gaining promotion back to the First Division in 1963, Stoke had done well and managed to consistently finish in mid-table avoiding any fears of relegation. However, in 1967–68 Stoke did have a later than expected fight against relegation and after going seven straight matches without a win towards the end of the season it looked as if Stoke were heading back to the Second Division but a thrilling 3–2 win over Leeds set Stoke up to beat Liverpool on the final day ensuring survival by three points.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League Dennis Viollet left Stoke in May 1967 for Baltimore Bays in the United States, and Tony Waddington decided against signing a replacement, making just one transaction prior to the start of the 1967–68 season, purchasing Burnley left back Alex Elder for £50,000. Elder had a fine career at Turf Moor but at Stoke after an early injury he never produced the form expected of him and is considered to be one of Waddington's worst signings. After a decent enough start to the campaign by Christmas results did not go well at all and the side slipped down the table and into the relegation places. Results continued to be poor and after a 3–0 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion on 13 March, Stoke went and lost the next six matches. Consequently, a lot of 'wheeling a dealing' was done in the transfer market with Alan Philpott leaving for Oldham, Maurice Setters to Coventry and the popular Calvin Palmer moving to Sunderland for £70,000. To fill the gap Waddington brought in Willie Stevenson from Liverpool for £30,000. Thanks to three fine results late on in the season, including a thrilling 3–2 win over Don Revie's Leeds and a decisive 2–1 victory over Liverpool, Stoke managed to finish in 18th place three points away from the relegation places. FA Cup After beating Welsh side Cardiff City in the third round Stoke were knocked out by West Ham United who won 3–0 at the Victoria Ground. League Cup Stoke made it through to the quarter-final of the 1967–68 League Cup losing 2–0 to Leeds United at Elland Road after knocking out Watford, Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Final league table First Division y STK Results Stoke's score comes first Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division 1967–68 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 19 August 1967 ArsenalA0–227,0482 23 August 1967 Sheffield UnitedH1–120,823Bloor3 26 August 1967 Manchester CityH3–022,456Bloor, Palmer, Burrows (pen)4 29 August 1967 Sheffield UnitedA0–117,0995 2 September 1967 Newcastle UnitedA1–138,470Mahoney6 6 September 1967 Leicester CityH3–219,032Palmer, Burrows (pen), Conroy7 9 September 1967 West Bromwich AlbionH0–021,0368 16 September 1967 ChelseaA2–226,614Dobing, Burrows (pen)9 23 September 1967 SouthamptonH3–218,618Burrows (2) (1 pen), Vernon10 30 September 1967 LiverpoolA1–250,120Dobing11 7 October 1967 West Ham UnitedA4–324,471Dobing (2), Burrows (2)12 14 October 1967 BurnleyH0–219,53213 23 October 1967 Sheffield WednesdayA1–133,002Burrows14 28 October 1967 Tottenham HotspurH2–126,341Burrows (2)15 4 November 1967 Manchester UnitedA0–151,04116 11 November 1967 SunderlandH2–119,554Dobing, Bloor17 18 November 1967 Wolverhampton WanderersA4–334,544Bloor, Mahoney, Burrows, Palmer18 25 November 1967 FulhamH0–118,34419 2 December 1967 Leeds UnitedA0–229,95820 9 December 1967 EvertonH1–017,154Dobing21 16 December 1967 ArsenalH0–116,11022 23 December 1967 Manchester CityA2–440,121Dobing, Burrows23 26 December 1967 Nottingham ForestA0–337,57724 30 December 1967 Nottingham ForestH1–320,948Mahoney25 6 January 1968 Newcastle UnitedH2–117,623Burrows (2)26 20 January 1968 ChelseaH0–121,75127 3 February 1968 SouthamptonA2–120,880Burrows, Palmer28 26 February 1968 West Ham UnitedH2–016,092Dobing, Mahoney29 13 March 1968 West Bromwich AlbionA0–320,50030 16 March 1968 Sheffield WednesdayH0–115,78531 23 March 1968 Tottenham HotspurA0–329,53032 30 March 1968 Manchester UnitedH2–432,549Eastham, Dobing33 6 April 1968 SunderlandA1–327,813Harris (o.g.)34 13 April 1968 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–226,29035 15 April 1968 Coventry CityA0–231,38036 16 April 1968 Coventry CityH3–320,170Bentley, Dobing, Mahoney37 20 April 1968 BurnleyA0–413,18838 23 April 1968 Leeds UnitedH3–224,518Dobing (3)39 1 May 1968 FulhamA2–012,523Dobing, Vernon40 4 May 1968 EvertonA0–343,30241 11 May 1968 Leicester CityA0–023,85242 15 May 1968 LiverpoolH2–127,693Dobing, Mahoney FA Cup 1967–68 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR327 January 1968 Cardiff CityH2–123,563Stevenson, VernonR417 February 1968 West Ham UnitedH0–336,704 League Cup 1967–68 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR213 September 1967 WatfordH2–010,126Allen, PalmerR311 October 1967 Ipswich TownH2–114,815Burrows, BridgwoodR41 November 1967 Sheffield WednesdayA0–026,001R4 Replay15 November 1967 Sheffield WednesdayH2–121,185Bentley, PalmerQuarter-final13 December 1967 Leeds UnitedA0–224,558 Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1Stockport CountyA2–22Asante KotokoH1–33PortsmouthA1–2 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Gordon Banks3902040450GKENG John Farmer20000020GKENG Paul Shardlow10001020DFENG Tony Allen3802051451DFENG Bill Bentley30(2)1104135(2)2DFENG Alan Bloor3742040434DFWAL Micky Bloor00000000DFNIR Alex Elder2402030290DFENG Tony Lacey0(1)000000(1)0DFENG Jackie Marsh2(2)000103(2)0DFENG John Moore12(1)0000012(1)0DFENG Calvin Palmer2342052306DFENG Eric Skeels3402040400MFENG Mike Bernard11(6)0002013(6)0MFENG Gerry Bridgwood14(1)0001115(1)1MFIRE Terry Conroy8(1)1002010(1)1MFENG George Eastham38(1)10(1)05043(2)1MFWAL John Mahoney27(1)6202031(1)6MFENG Geoff Nulty00000000MFENG Alan Philpott10000(1)01(1)0MFENG Maurice Setters30000030MFSCO Willie Stevenson1802100201FWENG Harry Burrows421520514916FWENG Peter Dobing371510504315FWENG Bob Hulse20000020FWWAL Roy Vernon1922120233–Own goals–1–0–0–1 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke