1967–68 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.
1967–68 season
Manager Dave Russell
Stadium Prenton Park
Football League Third Division 19th (of 24)
FA Cup Fifth Round (eliminated by Everton)
Team colours
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

In 1967–68, centre forward George Yardley starred as Tranmere Rovers F.C. reached the FA Cup fifth round. Newly-promoted Tranmere lost their first three games and future England star Roy McFarland was sold to Derby County. Results improved with Yardley scoring four goals in a 4–1 win over Shrewsbury, then scoring hat-tricks against Colchester United and Swindon Town.. George Hudson also scored a hat-trick in Tranmere's 5–1 win over Rochdale in the FA Cup first round; the team went on to beat Bradford Park Avenue 3–2, Huddersfield Town 2–1 and Coventry City 2–0, before losing 2–0 to Everton in a fifth round tie watched by 61,982 at Goodison Park.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts Notes
1 Oxford United 46 18 3 2 49 20 4 10 9 20 27 69 47 1.468 + 22 57
2 Bury 46 19 3 1 64 24 5 5 13 27 42 91 66 1.379 + 25 56
3 Shrewsbury Town 46 14 6 3 42 17 6 9 8 19 32 61 49 1.245 + 12 55
4 Torquay United 46 15 6 2 40 17 6 5 12 20 39 60 56 1.071 + 4 53
5 Reading 46 15 5 3 43 17 6 4 13 27 43 70 60 1.167 + 10 51
6 Watford 46 15 3 5 59 20 6 5 12 15 30 74 50 1.480 + 24 50
7 Walsall 46 12 7 4 47 22 7 5 11 27 39 74 61 1.213 + 13 50
8 Barrow 46 14 6 3 43 13 7 2 14 22 41 65 54 1.204 + 11 50
9 Swindon Town 46 13 8 2 51 16 3 9 11 23 35 74 51 1.451 + 23 49
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 11 8 4 31 14 5 8 10 26 41 57 55 1.036 + 2 48
11 Gillingham 46 13 6 4 35 19 5 6 12 24 44 59 63 0.937 – 4 48
12 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 13 7 3 39 17 3 8 12 17 34 56 51 1.098 + 5 47
13 Stockport County 46 16 5 2 49 22 3 4 16 21 53 70 75 0.933 – 5 47
14 Southport 46 13 6 4 35 22 4 6 13 30 43 65 65 1.000 ± 0 46
15 Bristol Rovers 46 14 3 6 42 25 3 6 14 30 53 72 78 0.923 – 6 43
16 Oldham Athletic 46 11 3 9 37 32 7 4 12 23 33 60 65 0.923 – 5 43
17 Northampton Town 46 10 8 5 40 25 4 5 14 18 47 58 72 0.806 – 14 41
18 Orient 46 10 6 7 27 24 2 11 10 19 38 46 62 0.742 – 16 41
19 Tranmere Rovers 46 10 7 6 39 28 4 5 14 23 46 62 74 0.838 – 12 40
20 Mansfield Town 46 8 7 8 32 31 4 6 13 19 36 51 67 0.761 – 16 37
21 Grimsby Town 46 10 7 6 33 21 4 2 17 19 48 52 69 0.754 – 17 37
22 Colchester United 46 6 8 9 29 40 3 7 13 21 47 50 87 0.575 – 37 33
23 Scunthorpe United 46 8 9 6 36 34 2 3 18 20 53 56 87 0.644 – 31 32
24 Peterborough United 46 14 4 5 46 23 6 6 11 33 44 79 67 1.179 + 12 31 [nb 1]

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

  1. ^ Peterborough were deducted 19 points and were relegated for making irregular payments to players.
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Relegated

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