1967–68 Football League

69th season of the Football League May 2012 December 2020 The Football League 1967–68 Manchester City 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 season was the 69th completed season of the English Football League. For the first time since 1937 Manchester City won the league title, finishing two points clear of their local rivals Manchester United. Fulham finished bottom of the league and were relegated along with Sheffield United. Coventry City, in their first ever top flight season escaped relegation by one point and would go on to stay in the top division until their eventual relegation at the end of the 2000–01 season. Bill McGarry's Ipswich Town team won the Second Division by one point from Queens Park Rangers, with both teams promoted. Blackpool finished third on goal average and so missed out. Rotherham United and bottom club Plymouth Argyle were both relegated to the Third Division. Oxford United won their first divisional title and achieved what was then their highest ever finish in only their sixth season as a league club in the Third Division. Runners-up Bury joined them in promotion. Grimsby Town, Colchester United and Scunthorpe United were relegated, although the biggest story concerned bottom placed Peterborough United who were docked 19 points for offering irregular bonuses to their players. Had the points been restored the club would have finished in the top half. As a result of the ruling Mansfield Town escaped relegation. Luton Town won the Fourth Division and were promoted along with Barnsley, Hartlepools United and Crewe Alexandra. No clubs were voted out of the league. Final league tables and results Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually replaced by goal difference, beginning with the 1976–77 season. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division were required to apply for re-election.https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1967-68.html England 1967–68 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 24 February 2010Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. First Division First Division 1967–68 Manchester City2nd English title Sheffield UnitedFulham European Cup Manchester CityManchester United European Cup Winners' Cup West Bromwich Albion Inter-Cities Fairs Cup LiverpoolLeeds UnitedChelseaNewcastle United George BestRon Davies(28 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 462 1398 7 matchesEverton 14 matchesLeeds United 7 matchesStoke City 1966–67 1968–69 main WDL World Football First Division MCI, MUN, LIV, LEE, EVE, CHE, TOT, WBA, ARS, NEW, NFO, WHU, LEI, BUR, SUN, SOU, WOL, STK, SHW, COV, SHU, FUL EC1R EC1R IFC1R IFC1R CHE CWC1R NEW REL REL complete 17 10 15 60 56 14 10 18 64 71 18 12 12 62 68 9 15 18 51 71 23 6 13 67 40 10 7 25 56 98 22 9 11 71 41 13 12 17 64 69 22 11 9 71 40 26 6 10 86 43 24 8 10 89 55 13 15 14 54 67 14 11 17 52 64 11 10 21 49 70 11 12 19 51 63 13 11 18 66 83 14 7 21 50 73 13 11 18 51 61 19 9 14 70 59 17 12 13 75 62 14 10 18 73 69 14 8 20 66 75 C R R Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round Manchester United qualified for the European Cup as the 1967–68 European Cup winners. yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round West Bromwich Albion qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967-68 FA Cup winners. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round Everton were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Liverpool had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Chelsea took their place as the highest-ranked team that had not already qualified for a European competition. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Chelsea had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Newcastle United took their place as the highest-ranked team that had not already qualified for a European competition. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BUR CHE COV EVE FUL LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SHU SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL Arsenal 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–3 4–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 Burnley 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 Chelsea 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–6 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 Coventry City 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–0 Everton 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 Fulham 1–3 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 Leeds United 3–1 2–1 7–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 Leicester City 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1 Liverpool 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 6–0 6–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 Manchester City 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 Manchester United 1–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 Newcastle United 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 Nottingham Forest 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 Sheffield United 2–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 Southampton 2–0 2–2 3–5 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 Stoke City 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 Sunderland 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 5–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 8–1 0–1 0–1 2–6 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 6–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 West Ham United 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 7–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 3–4 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 6–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1967–1968 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1967–1968 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham Second Division Second Division 1967–68 Ipswich Town Ipswich TownQueens Park Rangers Rotherham UnitedPlymouth Argyle Cup Winners' Cup Cardiff City John Hickton(24 goals) 462 1303 1966–67 1968–69 main WDL Second Division IPS, QPR, BLP, BIR, POR, MID, MIL, BLA, NOR, CLU, CRY, BOL, CAR, HUD, CHA, AVL, HUL, DER, BRC, PNE, ROT, PLY PRO PRO CWC1R REL REL complete 15 7 20 54 64 19 14 9 83 51 16 11 15 56 49 24 10 8 71 43 13 13 16 60 63 13 10 19 48 62 13 12 17 60 66 14 13 15 58 52 12 13 17 63 68 14 11 17 56 56 13 10 19 71 78 13 12 17 46 61 12 13 17 58 73 22 15 5 79 44 17 12 13 60 54 14 17 11 62 50 16 11 15 60 65 9 9 24 38 72 18 13 11 68 55 12 11 19 43 65 25 8 9 67 36 10 11 21 42 76 C, P P R R Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967–68 Welsh Cup winners. red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BRI CAR CRL CHA CRY DER HUD HUL IPS MID MIL NWC PLY POR PNE QPR ROT Aston Villa 2–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 Birmingham 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 6–2 0–0 6–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 Blackpool 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 5–3 3–1 6–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 Bristol City 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 Cardiff City 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–5 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 Carlisle United 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 Charlton Athletic 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–2 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–3 4–1 Crystal Palace 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 6–0 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 Derby County 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–4 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 Huddersfield Town 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 Hull City 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 Ipswich Town 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–0 Middlesbrough 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 Millwall 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 Norwich City 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–4 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–2 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 3–4 1–1 2–5 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 Portsmouth 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 Preston North End 2–1 0–0 3–5 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–2 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 Rotherham United 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1967–1968 teams England 52.54 -1.87 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 53.43 -1.36 right Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bristol City Carlisle United Cardiff City Charlton Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End QPR Rotherham Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1967–1968 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1967–68 Oxford United (1st title) Promoted Bury Relegated Colchester UnitedGrimsby TownPeterborough UnitedScunthorpe United Don Rogers (Swindon Town), 25 552 1531 1966–67 1968–69 main WDL Third Division PR y 5 2 OXF Oxford United Bury Bury SHR Shrewsbury Town TOR Torquay United REA Reading WAT Watford WAL Walsall BRW Barrow SWI Swindon Town B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion GIL Gillingham B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic STP Stockport County SOU Southport BRR Bristol Rovers OLD Oldham Athletic NOR Northampton Town ORI Orient TRA Tranmere Rovers MAN Mansfield Town GRI Grimsby Town COL Colchester United SCU Scunthorpe United PET Peterborough United 22 13 11 69 47 C,P 24 8 14 91 66 P 20 15 11 61 49 21 11 14 60 56 21 9 16 70 60 21 8 17 74 50 19 12 15 74 61 21 8 17 65 54 16 17 13 74 51 16 16 14 57 55 18 12 16 59 63 16 15 15 56 51 19 9 18 70 75 17 12 17 65 65 17 9 20 72 78 18 7 21 60 65 14 13 19 58 72 12 17 17 46 62 14 12 20 62 74 12 13 21 51 67 14 9 23 52 69 R 10 12 24 56 87 R 20 10 16 79 67 -19 R Peterborough United were deducted 19 points for making irregular payments to players. P green1 9 15 22 50 87 R Promotion to the Second Division P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BRW B&BA B&HA BRR BRY COL GIL GRI MAN NOR OLD ORI OXF PET REA SCU SHR SOU STP SWI TOR TRA WAL WAT Barrow 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Bristol Rovers 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–2 Bury 1–2 4–0 4–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 3–2 5–3 1–1 5–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 Colchester United 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–5 2–5 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–5 1–2 2–2 2–1 Gillingham 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 Grimsby Town 0–1 2–1 4–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 Mansfield Town 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 3–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–3 0–3 1–2 Northampton Town 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–5 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 Oldham Athletic 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–5 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 3–4 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 Orient 4–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 Oxford United 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 5–4 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 Peterborough United 0–1 2–0 2–3 4–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 Reading 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–4 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 Scunthorpe United 2–4 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 0–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–5 1–1 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 Southport 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 4–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 Stockport County 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–4 2–2 3–0 4–1 4–2 4–3 2–0 0–0 5–2 0–0 2–0 Swindon Town 0–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 Torquay United 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 Walsall 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 Watford 3–2 0–2 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 7–1 1–2 5–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1967–1968 England 54.11 -3.23 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.58 -1.98 right Barrow Brighton & Hove Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Bury Colchester Gillingham Grimsby Town Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oldham Oxford Peterborough Reading Scunthorpe & Lindsey Shrewsbury Southport Stockport Swindon Tranmere Rovers Torquay Watford Walsall Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1967–68 Luton Town (1st title) Promoted BarnsleyCrewe AlexandraHartlepools United Failed re-election none New club in the league Les Massie (Halifax Town), 25Roy Chapman (Port Vale), 25 552 1485 1966–67 1968–69 main WDL Fourth Division 5 PR y 2 LUT Luton Town BAR Barnsley HAR Hartlepools United CRE Crewe Alexandra BRA Bradford City STD Southend United CHF Chesterfield WRE Wrexham ALD Aldershot DON Doncaster Rovers HAL Halifax Town NPC Newport County LIN Lincoln City BRE Brentford SWA Swansea Town DAR Darlington NTC Notts County PTV Port Vale Due to financial irregularities, Port Vale were initially expelled from the league, but this punishment was later reduced to applying for re-election. ROC Rochdale EXE Exeter City YOR York City CHE Chester WRK Workington BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) 27 12 7 87 44 C,P 24 13 9 68 46 P 25 10 11 60 46 P 20 18 8 74 49 P 23 11 12 72 51 20 14 12 77 58 21 11 14 71 50 20 13 13 72 53 18 17 11 70 55 18 15 13 66 56 15 16 15 52 49 16 13 17 58 63 17 9 20 71 68 18 7 21 61 64 16 10 20 63 77 12 17 17 47 53 15 11 20 53 79 12 15 19 61 72 12 14 20 51 72 11 16 19 45 65 11 14 21 65 68 9 14 23 57 78 10 11 25 54 87 4 15 27 30 82 green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE REE complete 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALD BAR BRA BPA BRE CHE CHF CRE DAR DON EXE HAL HAR LIN LUT NPC NTC PTV ROC STD SWA WRK WRE YOR Aldershot 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 5–0 3–1 2–2 Barnsley 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 Bradford City 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–5 2–1 0–2 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 Brentford 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 Chester 2–5 1–1 2–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–4 0–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 0–2 6–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 Chesterfield 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 3–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 Darlington 6–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 Doncaster Rovers 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 Exeter City 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–5 2–1 3–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 Halifax Town 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 Hartlepools United 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 Lincoln City 1–1 0–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 4–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 Luton Town 3–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 5–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 Newport County 0–2 3–0 0–3 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 Notts County 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 Port Vale 0–3 2–0 1–2 4–0 4–1 4–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 Rochdale 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 3–2 Southend United 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 7–0 3–1 0–1 Swansea Town 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 4–2 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 5–2 2–0 1–1 Workington 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 Wrexham 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 5–0 3–1 York City 2–3 1–1 0–1 6–2 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 5–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1967–1968 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1968.htm First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 57,552 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 46,983 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 46,755 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 42,608 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 21 37,239 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 37,223 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds United 21 36,691 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 21 35,979 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 35,017 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Coventry City 21 34,705 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 32,715 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 31,896 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield Wednesday 21 31,461 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 30,873 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 29,843 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 25,828 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 24,665 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 24,528 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 22,497 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 21 22,203 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 21,949 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 21 17,435 - } Second Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 28,160 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Portsmouth FC 21 22,988 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 21 20,914 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 19,785 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 18,906 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ipswich Town 21 18,627 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Queens Park Rangers 21 18,457 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 21 17,178 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Crystal Palace FC 21 17,141 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Norwich City 21 16,286 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol City 21 15,935 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Hull City 21 15,639 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 21 15,051 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Charlton Athletic 21 13,945 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 13,531 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Millwall FC 21 13,509 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Cardiff City 21 13,301 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Huddersfield Town 21 11,553 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 11,487 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Plymouth Argyle 21 10,669 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Carlisle United 21 10,414 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Rotherham United 21 10,365 - } Third Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Swindon Town 23 13,635 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Brighton & Hove Albion 23 10,492 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Walsall FC 23 9,119 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Torquay United 23 9,096 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Northampton Town 23 8,937 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Watford FC 23 8,913 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oxford United 23 8,325 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bury FC 23 8,281 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stockport County 23 8,237 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Reading FC 23 8,127 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol Rovers 23 8,105 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tranmere Rovers 23 7,403 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Peterborough United 23 6,889 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shrewsbury Town 23 6,675 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Barrow AFC 23 6,062 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 23 5,983 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Mansfield Town 23 5,948 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southport FC 23 5,903 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Gillingham FC 23 5,770 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 23 5,745 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Orient 23 4,715 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Grimsby Town 23 4,301 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Colchester United 23 3,992 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Scunthorpe United 23 3,845 - } Fourth Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Luton Town 23 12,400 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Barnsley FC 23 10,818 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southend United 23 10,619 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chesterfield FC 23 10,214 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Doncaster Rovers 23 7,852 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford City 23 7,341 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wrexham AFC 23 6,729 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Lincoln City 23 6,692 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Brentford FC 23 6,211 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Hartlepools United 23 6,190 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Crewe Alexandra 23 5,917 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Swansea Town 23 5,855 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 23 5,641 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aldershot Town 23 5,618 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Port Vale 23 4,886 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count York City 23 4,578 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Halifax Town 23 4,502 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chester FC 23 4,415 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Darlington FC 23 4,026 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Exeter City 23 3,855 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford Park Avenue 23 3,609 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newport County 23 3,326 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Rochdale AFC 23 2,292 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Workington AFC 23 2,086 - } See also 1967–68 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1967–68 League