1968–69 Football League 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]
← 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 April 28, with a 0-0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on March 29, 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	18	3	0	41	9	9	10	2	25	17	66	26	2.538	+ 40	67
2	Liverpool	42	16	4	1	36	10	9	7	5	27	14	63	24	2.625	+ 39	61
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
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
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
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

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 ╲ Away^[1]	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

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

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	27
2	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United	25
3	Joe Royle	Everton	22
4	Pop Robson	Newcastle United	21
=	Jeff Astle	West Bromwich Albion	21
5	Ron Davies	Southampton	20

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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