1968–69 Football League

1 Overview
2 Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]
3 First Division
4 First Division Results
5 Second Division
6 Second Division Results
7 Third Division
8 Third Division Results
9 Fourth Division
10 Fourth Division Results
11 See also
12 References

Overview

The 1968–1969 season was the 69th completed season of The Football League.

First Division

Leeds United won the League for the first time in their history, finishing six points ahead of Liverpool. Newly-promoted Queens Park Rangers were relegated after finishing bottom along with Leicester City.

Second Division

Derby County were runaway winners of the Second Division and they were joined in promotion by runners-up Crystal Palace. Despite still boasting the talents of Johnny Haynes and George Cohen, Fulham finished bottom and were relegated. They were joined in the Third Division by perennial strugglers Bury

Third Division

Watford won the title on goal average from Swindon Town and both teams were duly promoted. At the bottom end Northampton Town, Hartlepool, Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic were all relegated.

Fourth Division

The Division was won by Doncaster Rovers, who were promoted along with Halifax Town, Rochdale and Bradford City. No team failed re-election so no new members were admitted to the Football League.

Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79^[2], with home and away statistics separated.

Note: 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 scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "England 1968-69". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1968-69.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1968–69
Champions	Leeds United (1st English title)
Relegated	Leicester City Queens Park Rangers
European Cup 1969–70	Leeds United
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70	Manchester City (4th FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69	Chelsea Leeds United Liverpool Newcastle United (winners)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 27 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1968–1969 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1968–1969

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	42	18	3	0	41	9	9	10	2	25	17	66	26	2.538	+ 40	67	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69 European Cup 1969–70 First round
2	Liverpool	42	16	4	1	36	10	9	7	5	27	14	63	24	2.625	+ 39	61	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
3	Everton	42	14	5	2	43	10	7	10	4	34	26	77	36	2.139	+ 41	57
4	Arsenal	42	12	6	3	31	12	10	6	5	25	15	56	27	2.074	+ 29	56
5	Chelsea	42	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	73	53	1.377	+ 20	50	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	8	3	39	22	4	9	8	22	29	61	51	1.196	+ 10	45
7	Southampton	42	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	10	16	27	57	48	1.188	+ 9	45
8	West Ham United	42	10	8	3	47	22	3	10	8	19	28	66	50	1.320	+ 16	44
9	Newcastle United	42	12	7	2	40	20	3	7	11	21	35	61	55	1.109	+ 6	44	Winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69 ^{[notes 1]}
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	7	3	43	26	5	4	12	21	41	64	67	0.955	– 3	43
11	Manchester United	42	13	5	3	38	18	2	7	12	19	35	57	53	1.075	+ 4	42
12	Ipswich Town	42	10	4	7	32	26	5	7	9	27	34	59	60	0.983	– 1	41
13	Manchester City	42	13	6	2	49	20	2	4	15	15	35	64	55	1.164	+ 9	40	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70 First round
14	Burnley	42	11	6	4	36	25	4	3	14	19	57	55	82	0.671	– 27	39
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	7	9	5	27	26	3	7	11	14	28	41	54	0.759	– 13	36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	13	15	36	41	58	0.707	– 17	35
17	Sunderland	42	10	6	5	28	18	1	6	14	15	49	43	67	0.642	– 24	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	6	6	9	17	22	4	7	10	28	35	45	57	0.789	– 13	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	7	5	24	24	0	8	13	16	39	40	63	0.635	– 23	33
20	Coventry City	42	8	6	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	46	64	0.719	– 18	31
21	Leicester City	42	8	8	5	27	24	1	4	16	12	44	39	68	0.574	– 29	30
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	39	95	0.411	– 56	18

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

^ Newcastle United were winners of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup this year.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ARS	BUR	CHE	COV	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	NEW	NOT	QPR	SHW	SOT	STO	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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1968–69
Champions	Derby County (3rd title)
Promoted	Crystal Palace
Relegated	Bury, Fulham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1185 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Toshack (Cardiff City), 22 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1968–1969 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1968–1969

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Derby County	42	16	4	1	43	16	10	7	4	22	16	65	32	2.031	+ 33	63
2	Crystal Palace	42	14	4	3	45	24	8	8	5	25	23	70	47	1.489	+ 23	56
3	Charlton Athletic	42	11	8	2	39	21	7	6	8	22	31	61	52	1.173	+ 9	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	13	7	1	36	13	6	4	11	22	36	58	49	1.184	+ 9	49
5	Cardiff City	42	13	3	5	38	19	7	4	10	29	35	67	54	1.241	+ 7	47	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70 First round
6	Huddersfield Town	42	13	6	2	37	14	4	6	11	16	32	53	46	1.152	+ 7	46
7	Birmingham City	42	13	3	5	52	24	5	5	11	21	35	73	59	1.237	+ 14	44
8	Blackpool	42	9	8	4	33	20	5	7	9	18	21	51	41	1.244	+ 10	43
9	Sheffield United	42	14	4	3	41	15	2	7	12	20	35	61	50	1.220	+ 11	43
10	Millwall	42	10	5	6	33	23	7	4	10	24	26	57	49	1.163	+ 8	43
11	Hull City	42	10	7	4	38	20	3	9	9	21	32	59	52	1.135	+ 7	42
12	Carlisle United	42	10	5	6	25	17	6	5	10	21	32	46	49	0.939	– 3	42
13	Norwich City	42	7	6	8	24	25	8	4	9	29	31	53	56	0.946	– 3	40
14	Preston North End	42	8	8	5	23	19	4	7	10	15	25	38	44	0.864	– 6	39
15	Portsmouth	42	11	5	5	39	22	1	9	11	19	36	58	58	1.000	± 0	38
16	Bristol City	42	9	9	3	30	15	2	7	12	16	38	46	53	0.868	– 7	38
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	8	7	6	29	26	4	7	10	26	41	55	67	0.821	– 12	38
18	Aston Villa	42	10	8	3	22	11	2	6	13	15	37	37	48	0.771	– 11	38
19	Blackburn Rovers	42	9	6	6	30	24	4	5	12	22	39	52	63	0.825	– 11	37
20	Oxford United	42	8	5	8	21	23	4	4	13	13	32	34	55	0.618	– 21	33
21	Bury	42	8	4	9	35	33	3	4	14	16	47	51	80	0.637	– 29	30
22	Fulham	42	6	7	8	20	28	1	4	16	20	53	40	81	0.494	– 41	25

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	BRY	CAR	CRL	CHA	CPA	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	MID	MIL	NOR	OXF	POR	PRE	SHE
Aston Villa		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1
Birmingham City	4–0		3–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–4	5–1	5–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	5–2	3–1	2–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–3	1–3	3–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Blackpool	1–1	2–1	0–1		1–0	2–2	6–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–4		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–2
Bristol City	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	0–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	6–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Bury	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2		3–3	3–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–2
Cardiff City	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–0		2–1	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	2–2	1–0	4–1
Carlisle United	0–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Charlton Athletic	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	5–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–4	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1
Crystal Palace	4–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	3–3		1–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1
Derby County	3–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	0–1		1–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Fulham	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1		4–3	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2
Huddersfield Town	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0		0–3	3–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
Hull City	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	5–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–0		3–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
Middlesbrough	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–3		1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Millwall	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	5–1	2–3	2–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
Norwich City	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–3		1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Oxford United	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	0–2		3–1	2–1	1–0
Portsmouth	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	4–1	3–3	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	5–2	3–0		1–1	2–1
Preston North End	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–0		2–2
Sheffield United	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	5–2	2–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	4–0

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1968–69
Champions	Watford (1st title)
Promoted	Swindon Town
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra, Hartlepool, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1426 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Rogers (Swindon Town), 22 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1968–1969

Orient

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1968–1969

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Watford	46	16	5	2	35	7	11	5	7	39	27	74	34	2.176	+ 40	64
2	Swindon Town	46	18	4	1	38	7	9	6	8	33	28	71	35	2.029	+ 36	64	^{[notes2 1]}
3	Luton Town	46	20	3	0	57	14	5	8	10	17	24	74	38	1.947	+ 36	61
4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	2	5	41	17	5	7	11	19	28	60	45	1.333	+ 15	51
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	8	5	34	25	7	7	9	19	24	53	49	1.082	+ 4	49
6	Torquay United	46	13	4	6	35	18	5	8	10	19	28	54	46	1.174	+ 8	48
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	3	8	36	31	7	7	9	34	37	70	68	1.029	+ 2	48
8	Southport	46	14	8	1	52	20	3	5	15	19	44	71	64	1.109	+ 7	47
9	Stockport County	46	14	5	4	49	25	2	9	12	18	43	67	68	0.985	– 1	46
10	Barnsley	46	13	6	4	37	21	3	8	12	21	42	58	63	0.921	– 5	46
11	Rotherham United	46	12	6	5	40	21	4	7	12	16	29	56	50	1.120	+ 6	45
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	12	7	4	49	21	4	6	13	23	44	72	65	1.108	+ 7	45
13	Walsall	46	10	9	4	34	18	4	7	12	16	31	50	49	1.020	+ 1	44
14	Reading	46	13	3	7	41	25	2	10	11	26	41	67	66	1.015	+ 1	43
15	Mansfield Town	46	14	5	4	37	18	2	6	15	21	44	58	62	0.935	– 4	43
16	Bristol Rovers	46	12	6	5	41	27	4	5	14	22	44	63	71	0.887	– 8	43
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	8	4	28	17	5	3	15	23	50	51	67	0.761	– 16	43
18	Orient	46	10	8	5	31	19	4	6	13	20	39	51	58	0.879	– 7	42
19	Barrow	46	11	6	6	30	23	6	2	15	26	52	56	75	0.747	– 19	42
20	Gillingham	46	10	10	3	35	20	3	5	15	19	43	54	63	0.857	– 9	41
21	Northampton Town	46	9	8	6	37	30	5	4	14	17	31	54	61	0.885	– 7	40
22	Hartlepool	46	6	12	5	25	29	4	7	12	15	41	40	70	0.571	– 20	39
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	4	8	40	31	2	5	16	12	45	52	76	0.684	– 24	35
24	Oldham Athletic	46	9	6	8	33	27	4	3	16	17	56	50	83	0.602	– 33	35

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

^ Swindon Town were winners of this year's League Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	League Cup Winners; see Swindon Town
	Relegated

Third Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BRW	BOU	B&H	BRO	CRE	GIL	HAR	LUT	MAN	NOR	OLD	ORI	PLY	REA	ROT	SHR	SOU	STP	SWI	TOR	TRA	WAL	WAT
Barnsley		2–3	1–0	4–0	4–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–2
Barrow	0–1		0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–4
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0	1–0		2–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–4	1–0	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–1	4–1	4–1		3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1
Bristol Rovers	4–2	4–2	3–2	1–1		1–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	6–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	6–1		4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–3
Gillingham	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	0–2	1–0		2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–5
Hartlepool United	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–5	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–4	1–1	2–1
Luton Town	5–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		4–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1
Mansfield Town	0–0	4–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–2	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0
Northampton Town	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	2–6	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1		3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	5–2	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3
Orient	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–2	4–2	3–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1		3–1	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2
Reading	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	7–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1
Rotherham United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–0		5–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
Southport	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–0		5–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Stockport County	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–3	2–2	3–1	4–3	3–0		2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	4–2
Swindon Town	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Torquay United	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		2–5	4–2	2–1
Tranmere	3–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	6–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–5	0–1		2–1	0–3
Walsall	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1		0–0
Watford	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1968–69
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (2nd title)
Promoted	Bradford City, Halifax Town, Rochdale
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1372 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Talbot (Chester), 22 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1968–1969

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1968–1969

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	8	2	42	16	8	9	6	23	22	65	38	1.711	+ 27	59
2	Halifax Town	46	15	5	3	36	18	5	12	6	17	19	53	37	1.432	+ 16	57
3	Rochdale	46	14	7	2	47	11	4	13	6	21	24	68	35	1.943	+ 33	56
4	Bradford City	46	11	10	2	36	18	7	10	6	29	28	65	46	1.413	+ 19	56
5	Darlington	46	11	6	6	40	26	6	12	5	22	19	62	45	1.378	+ 17	52
6	Colchester United	46	12	8	3	31	17	8	4	11	26	36	57	53	1.075	+ 4	52
7	Southend United	46	15	3	5	51	21	4	10	9	27	40	78	61	1.279	+ 17	51
8	Lincoln City	46	13	6	4	38	19	4	11	8	16	33	54	52	1.038	+ 2	51
9	Wrexham	46	13	7	3	41	22	5	7	11	20	30	61	52	1.173	+ 9	50
10	Swansea Town	46	11	8	4	35	20	8	3	12	23	34	58	54	1.074	+ 4	49
11	Brentford	46	12	7	4	40	24	6	5	12	24	41	64	65	0.985	– 1	48
12	Workington	46	8	11	4	24	17	7	6	10	16	26	40	43	0.930	– 3	47
13	Port Vale	46	12	8	3	33	15	4	6	13	13	31	46	46	1.000	± 0	46
14	Chester	46	12	4	7	43	24	4	9	10	33	42	76	66	1.152	+ 10	45
15	Aldershot	46	13	3	7	42	23	6	4	13	24	43	66	66	1.000	± 0	45
16	Scunthorpe United	46	10	5	8	28	22	8	3	12	33	38	61	60	1.017	+ 1	44
17	Exeter City	46	11	8	4	45	24	5	3	15	21	41	66	65	1.015	+ 1	43
18	Peterborough United	46	8	9	6	32	23	5	7	11	28	34	60	57	1.053	+ 3	42
19	Notts County	46	10	8	5	33	22	2	10	11	15	35	48	57	0.842	– 9	42
20	Chesterfield	46	7	7	9	24	22	6	8	9	19	28	43	50	0.860	– 17	41
21	York City	46	12	8	3	36	25	2	3	18	17	50	53	75	0.707	– 22	39
22	Newport County	46	9	9	5	31	26	2	5	16	18	48	49	74	0.662	– 25	36
23	Grimsby Town	46	5	7	11	25	31	4	8	11	22	38	47	69	0.681	– 22	33
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	5	8	10	19	34	0	2	21	13	72	32	106	0.302	– 68	20

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ALD	BRA	BPA	BRE	CHR	CHS	COL	DAR	DON	EXE	GRI	HAL	LIN	NPC	NTC	PET	PVA	ROC	SCU	STD	SWA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Aldershot		2–1	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Bradford City	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	5–0
Bradford Park Avenue	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
Brentford	2–4	2–1	3–0		2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	5–1
Chester	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–2		2–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Chesterfield	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
Colchester United	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0
Darlington	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–1		0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	6–2	1–0	3–2
Doncaster Rovers	7–0	1–1	4–1	5–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	0–1		3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Exeter City	0–0	2–3	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–3	5–0
Grimsby Town	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–3	1–2		0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0
Halifax Town	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	4–1	2–1	0–0		0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–4
Lincoln City	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–0		1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	3–0
Newport County	3–4	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–5	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Notts County	0–2	0–2	5–0	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	5–0	0–0
Peterborough United	2–0	2–2	6–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–1
Port Vale	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Rochdale	3–0	6–0	6–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Scunthorpe United	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		4–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1
Southend	4–2	2–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3		4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Swansea Town	2–2	0–2	3–0	2–3	0–5	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2		0–0	0–0	2–1
Workington	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3		0–0	2–0
Wrexham	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–0		2–1
York City	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–5	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1968–69 in English football

« 1967–68 1969–70 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Alf Ramsey • Home Championship • 1970 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	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

Second Division	Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol City · Bury · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Fulham · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Norwich City · Oxford United · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Sheffield United

Third Division	Barnsley · Barrow · Bournemouth · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Crewe Alexandra · Gillingham · Hartlepool United · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Oldham Athletic · Plymouth Argyle · Reading · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Southport · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Torquay United · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Watford

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Bradford City · Bradford Park Avenue · Brentford · Chester · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Lincoln City · Newport County · Notts County · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Swansea Town · Workington · Wrexham · York City

1968–69 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '68 '69 · England · Estonia '68 '69 · Faroe Islands '68 '69 · Finland '68 '69 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary '68 '69 · Iceland '68 '69 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '68 '69 · Lithuania '68 '69 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '68 '69 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '68 '69 · Spain · Sweden '68 '69 · Switzerland · Turkey · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '68 '69 · Finland '68 '69 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '68 '69 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '68 '69 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '68 '69 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup

1968–69 Football League

Contents

Overview

Final league tables and results[1] [2]

First Division Results

Second Division Results

Third Division Results

Fourth Division Results

See also

References

Final league tables and results^[1] ^[2]