1968–69 Football League First Division

1968–69 season of Football League First Division Football League First Division 1968–69 Leeds United1st English title Leicester CityQueens Park Rangers European Cup Leeds United European Cup Winners' Cup Manchester City Inter-Cities Fairs Cup LiverpoolArsenalSouthamptonNewcastle United Jimmy Greaves(27 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 462 1213 1967–68 1969–70 Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1968–69 season. Overview Leeds United won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season. They wrapped up the title on 28 April 1969, with a 0–0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on 29 March, after losing 2–1 at home to Liverpool. Leicester City joined them after losing 3–2 at Manchester United, where a win would have saved Leicester from relegation at the expense of Coventry City. League standings main WDL World Football First Division LEE, LIV, EVE, ARS, CHE, TOT, SOU, WHU, NEW, WBA, MUN, IPS, MCI, BUR, SHW, WOL, SUN, NFO, STK, COV, LEI, QPR EC1R IFC1R ARS SOU NEW CWC1R REL REL complete 22 12 8 56 27 15 9 18 55 82 20 10 12 73 53 10 11 21 46 64 21 15 6 77 36 15 11 16 59 60 27 13 2 66 26 9 12 21 39 68 25 11 6 63 24 15 10 17 64 55 15 12 15 57 53 15 14 13 61 55 10 13 19 45 57 4 10 28 39 95 10 16 16 41 54 16 13 13 57 48 9 15 18 40 63 11 12 19 43 67 14 17 11 61 51 16 11 15 64 67 13 18 11 66 50 10 15 17 41 58 C R R Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers 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 yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1968-69 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. Arsenal 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 Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Southampton 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 Newcastle United qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the 1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS BUR CHE COV EVE IPS LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT QPR SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL Arsenal 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 Burnley 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 Chelsea 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 Coventry City 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–1 Everton 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 7–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 Ipswich Town 1–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 Leeds United 2–0 6–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 Leicester City 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 Liverpool 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 Manchester City 1–1 7–0 4–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 3–2 Manchester United 0–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 8–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 Newcastle United 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 4–1 Nottingham Forest 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 5–4 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 Southampton 1–2 5–1 5–0 1–0 2–5 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 Stoke City 1–3 1–3 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 Sunderland 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 7–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 3–2 0–3 6–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–5 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–0 West Ham United 1–2 5–0 0–0 5–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 8–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–6 3–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Queens Park Rangers ENG Alec Stock Illness 1 August 1968 Pre-season ENG Bill Dodgin Jr. 1 August 1968 Queens Park Rangers ENG Bill Dodgin Jr. Demoted to coach 2 November 1968 22nd SCO Tommy Docherty 2 November 1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers ENG Ronnie Allen Sacked 17 November 1968 14th ENG Bill McGarry 23 November 1968 Ipswich Town ENG Bill McGarry Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 November 1968 17th WAL Cyril Lea (caretaker) 23 November 1968 Queens Park Rangers SCO Tommy Docherty Resigned 30 November 1968 22nd ENG Les Allen 1 December 1968 Nottingham Forest IRE Johnny Carey Sacked 30 December 1968 19th SCO Matt Gillies 2 January 1969 Leicester City SCO Matt Gillies Signed by Nottingham Forest 2 January 1969 20th IRE Frank O'Farrell 5 January 1969 Ipswich Town WAL Cyril Lea End of caretaker spell 13 January 1969 18th ENG Bobby Robson 13 January 1969 Sheffield Wednesday ENG Jack Marshall Sacked 2 April 1969 13th SCO Tom McAnearney (caretaker) 2 April 1969 Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ENG Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 27 2ENG Geoff Hurst West Ham United 25 3ENG Joe Royle Everton 22 4ENG Pop Robson Newcastle United 21 =ENG Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 21 5WAL Ron Davies Southampton 20 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1968–69 Football League Category:1968–69 in English football leagues lt:Anglijos futbolo varžybos 1968–1969 m. hu:1968–1969-es angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) ru:Футбольная лига Англии 1968-1969