Blackpool F.C. season 1967-68

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Blackpool F.C.

Season 1967-68
League	Division Two
Manager	Stan Mortensen
League position	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Gerry Ingram & Alan Skirton (17) Combined: Alan Skirton (18)
FA Cup	Fourth round^[1]
League Cup	Third round^[2]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1966-67
Next season	1968-69 →

The 1967-68 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 61st season (58th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.

Blackpool made it past the third round of the FA Cup for the first time in nine seasons. They had entered the competition at the third-round stage for each of those seasons.

Alan Skirton was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals (seventeen in the league and one in the FA Cup). He and Gerry Ingram shared the accolade in the league, with seventeen goals apiece.

[edit] Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	42	22	15	5	79	44	1.795	59
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	25	8	9	67	36	1.861	58
3	Blackpool	42	24	10	8	71	43	1.651	58
4	Birmingham City	42	19	14	9	83	51	1.627	52
5	Portsmouth	42	18	13	11	68	55	1.236	49
6	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	60	54	1.111	46
7	Millwall	42	14	17	11	62	50	1.240	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15	56	49	1.143	43
9	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	60	65	0.923	43
10	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	52	1.115	41
11	Crystal Palace	42	14	11	17	56	56	1.000	39
12	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	60	63	0.952	39
13	Cardiff City	42	13	12	17	60	66	0.909	38
14	Huddersfield Town	42	13	12	17	46	61	0.754	38
15	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	63	68	0.926	37
16	Aston Villa	42	15	7	20	54	64	0.844	37
17	Hull City	42	12	13	17	58	73	0.795	37
18	Derby County	42	13	10	19	71	78	0.910	36
19	Bristol City	42	13	10	19	48	62	0.774	36
20	Preston North End	42	12	11	19	43	65	0.662	35
21	Rotherham United	42	10	11	21	42	76	0.553	31
22	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	9	24	38	72	0.528	27