1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1967–68 season
Chairman Mr A. Henshall
Manager Tony Waddington
Football League First Division 18th (35 Points)
FA Cup Round 4
League Cup Round 5
Top goalscorer Peter Dobing, Harry Burrows (15)
Highest home attendance 32,549 vs Manchester United (30 March 1967)
Lowest home attendance 15,785 vs Sheffield Wednesday (16 March 1968)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 season was Stoke's 68th season of league football and the 37th in the First Division.

Contents

Overview

Stoke had a disappointing 1967–-68 season as results did not go well and as a result slipped towards the bottom of the table. Consequently Tony Waddington was busy in the transfer market buy and selling players. The signing of Willie Stevenson and sale Calvin Palmer the most notable transactions. Stoke finished the season in 18th place with 35 points and went out of both cups in the early rounds.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1 Manchester City 42 26 6 10 86 43 2.000 58 European Cup 1968–69
First round
2 Manchester United 42 24 8 10 89 55 1.618 56 European Cup 1968–69
First round[1]
3 Liverpool 42 22 11 9 71 40 1.775 55 Participated in
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
4 Leeds United 42 22 9 11 71 41 1.732 53 Winners of the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68[2]
5 Everton 42 23 6 13 67 40 1.675 52
6 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 62 68 0.912 48
7 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 9 14 70 59 1.186 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 75 62 1.210 46

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1968–69
First round
9 Arsenal 42 17 10 15 60 56 1.071 44
10 Newcastle United 42 13 15 14 54 67 0.806 41
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 11 17 52 64 0.813 39 Participated in
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
12 West Ham United 42 14 10 18 73 69 1.058 38
13 Leicester City 42 13 12 17 64 69 0.928 38
14 Burnley 42 14 10 18 64 71 0.901 38
15 Sunderland 42 13 11 18 51 61 0.836 37
16 Southampton 42 13 11 18 66 83 0.795 37
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 8 20 66 75 0.880 36
18 Stoke City 42 14 7 21 50 73 0.685 35
19 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 12 19 51 63 0.810 34
20 Coventry City 42 9 15 18 51 71 0.718 33
21 Sheffield United 42 11 10 21 49 70 0.700 32
22 Fulham 42 10 7 25 56 98 0.571 27
  1. ^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup 1978–79 as defending champions of European Cup 1968.
  2. ^ Leeds United won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup this year, and also the League Cup.
Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
Qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68
League Cup Winners; see Leeds United
Relegated

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1967–68 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 19 August 1967 Arsenal A 0 – 2 27,048
2 23 August 1967 Sheffield United H 1 – 1 20,823 Bloor
3 26 August 1967 Manchester City H 3 – 0 22,456 Bloor, Palmer, Burrows (Pen)
4 29 August 1967 Sheffield United A 0 – 1 17,099
5 2 September 1967 Newcastle United A 1 – 1 38,470 Mahoney
6 6 September 1967 Leicester City H 3 – 2 19,032 Palmer, Burrows (Pen), Conroy
7 9 September 1967 West Bromwich Albion H 0 – 0 21,036
8 16 September 1967 Chelsea A 2 – 2 26,614 Dobing, Burrows (Pen)
9 23 September 1967 Southampton H 3 – 2 18,618 Burrows (2) (1 Pen), Vernon
10 30 September 1967 Liverpool A 1 – 2 50,120 Dobing
11 7 October 1967 West Ham United A 4 – 3 24,471 Dobing (2), Burrows (2)
12 14 October 1967 Burnley H 0 – 2 19,532
13 23 October 1967 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 – 1 33,002 Burrows
14 28 October 1967 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 1 26,341 Burrows (2)
15 4 November 1967 Manchester United A 0 – 1 51,041
16 11 November 1967 Sunderland H 2 – 1 19,554 Dobing, Bloor
17 18 November 1967 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 4 – 3 34,544 Bloor, Mahoney, Burrows, Palmer
18 25 November 1967 Fulham H 0 – 1 18,344
19 2 December 1967 Leeds United A 0 – 2 29,958
20 9 December 1967 Everton H 1 – 0 17,154 Dobing
21 16 December 1967 Arsenal H 0 – 1 16,110
22 23 December 1967 Manchester City A 2 – 4 40,121 Dobing, Burrows
23 26 December 1967 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 3 37,577
24 30 December 1967 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 3 20,948 Mahoney
25 6 January 1968 Newcastle United H 2 – 1 17,623 Burrows (2)
26 20 January 1968 Chelsea H 0 – 1 21,751
27 3 February 1968 Southampton A 2 – 1 20,880 Burrows, Palmer
28 26 February 1968 West Ham United H 2 – 0 16,092 Dobing, Mahoney
29 13 March 1968 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 3 20,500
30 16 March 1968 Sheffield Wednesday H 0 – 1 15,785
31 23 March 1968 Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 3 29,530
32 30 March 1968 Manchester United H 2 – 4 32,549 Eastham, Dobing
33 6 April 1968 Sunderland A 1 – 3 27,813 Harris (o.g.)
34 13 April 1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0 – 2 26,290
35 15 April 1968 Coventry City A 0 – 2 31,380
36 16 April 1968 Coventry City H 3 – 3 20,170 Bentley, Dobing, Mahoney
37 20 April 1968 Burnley A 0 – 4 13,188
38 23 April 1968 Leeds United H 3 – 2 24,518 Dobing (3)
39 1 May 1968 Fulham A 2 – 0 12,523 Dobing, Vernon
40 4 May 1968 Everton A 0 – 3 43,302
41 11 May 1968 Leicester City A 0 – 0 23,852
42 15 May 1968 Liverpool H 2 – 1 27,693 Dobing, Mahoney

League Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 13 September 1967 Watford H 2 – 0 10,126 Allen, Palmer
R3 11 October 1967 Ipswich Town H 2 – 1 14,815 Burrows, Bridgwood
R4 1 November 1967 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 0 26,001
R4 Replay 15 November 1967 Sheffield Wednesday H 2 – 1 21,185 Bentley, Palmer
Quarter Final 13 December 1967 Leeds United A 0 – 2 24,558

FA Cup

Main article: 1967–68 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 27 January 1968 Cardiff City H 2 – 1 23,563 Stevenson, Vernon
R4 17 February 1968 West Ham United H 0 – 3 36,704

Friendlies

Match Opponent Venue Result
1
Stockport County
A
2 – 2
2
Asante Kotoko
H
1 – 3
3
Portsmouth
A
1 – 2

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK John Farmer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK Gordon Banks 39 0 2 0 4 0 45 0
GK Paul Shardlow 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DF John Marsh 2(2) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
DF Bill Bentley 30(2) 1 1 1 4 1 37 3
DF Alan Bloor 37 4 2 0 4 0 43 4
DF Tony Allen 38 0 2 0 5 1 45 1
DF Tony Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Calvin Palmer 23 4 0 0 5 2 28 6
DF Eric Skeels 34 0 2 0 4 0 40 0
DF Alex Elder 24 0 2 0 3 0 29 0
DF Mike Bernard 11(5) 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
MF Alan Philpott 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF Gerry Bridgwood 14(1) 0 0 0 1 1 16 1
MF John Moore 12(1) 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
MF George Eastham 38(1) 1 1 0 5 0 45 1
MF John Mahoney 27(1) 6 2 0 2 0 32 6
MF Maurice Setters 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF Willie Stevenson 18 0 2 1 0 0 21 1
MF Terry Conroy 8(1) 1 0 0 2 0 11 1
FW Roy Vernon 19 2 2 1 2 0 23 3
FW Harry Burrows 42 15 2 0 5 1 49 16
FW Bob Hulse 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Peter Dobing 37 15 1 0 5 0 43 15

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