1968–69 Football League

The Football League
Season	1968–69
Champions	Leeds United
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–1969 season was the 70th completed season of The Football League.

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.

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

Watford won the Third Division 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.

The Fourth 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

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.^[1]

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]

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 ^[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United !Leeds United (C)	42	27	13	2	66	26	2.538	67	1969–70 European Cup
2	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	2.625	61	01969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
3	Everton !Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	2.139	57
4	Arsenal !Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	2.074	56	01969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
5	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	1.377	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	1.196	45
7	Southampton !Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	1.188	45	01969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
8	West Ham United !West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	1.32	44
9	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	1.109	44	01969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
10	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	0.955	43
11	Manchester United !Manchester United	42	15	12	15	57	53	1.075	42
12	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	42	15	11	16	59	60	0.983	41
13	Manchester City !Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	1.164	40	01969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup0
14	Burnley !Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	0.671	39
15	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	0.759	36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	0.707	35
17	Sunderland !Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	0.642	34
18	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	0.789	33
19	Stoke City !Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	0.635	33
20	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	0.719	31
21	Leicester City !Leicester City (R)	42	9	12	21	39	68	0.574	30	Relegation to 1969–70 Second Division
22	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers (R)	42	4	10	28	39	95	0.411	18	Relegation to 1969–70 Second Division

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1968–1969 teams

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

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 ^[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derby County !Derby County (C)	42	26	11	5	65	32	2.031	63	Promotion to 1969–70 First Division
2	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (P)	42	22	12	8	70	47	1.489	56	Promotion to 1969–70 First Division
3	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	42	18	14	10	61	52	1.173	50
4	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	42	19	11	12	58	49	1.184	49
5	Cardiff City !Cardiff City	42	20	7	15	67	54	1.241	47	01969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup0
6	Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	42	17	12	13	53	46	1.152	46
7	Birmingham City !Birmingham City	42	18	8	16	73	59	1.237	44
8	Blackpool !Blackpool	42	14	15	13	51	41	1.244	43
9	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	50	1.22	43
10	Millwall !Millwall	42	17	9	16	57	49	1.163	43
11	Hull City !Hull City	42	13	16	13	59	52	1.135	42
12	Carlisle United !Carlisle United	42	16	10	16	46	49	0.939	42
13	Norwich City !Norwich City	42	15	10	17	53	56	0.946	40
14	Preston North End !Preston North End	42	12	15	15	38	44	0.864	39
15	Portsmouth !Portsmouth	42	12	14	16	58	58	1	38
16	Bristol City !Bristol City	42	11	16	15	46	53	0.868	38
17	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	42	12	14	16	55	67	0.821	38
18	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	42	12	14	16	37	48	0.771	38
19	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18	52	63	0.825	37
20	Oxford United !Oxford United	42	12	9	21	34	55	0.618	33
21	Bury !Bury (R)	42	11	8	23	51	80	0.638	30	Relegation to 1969–70 Third Division
22	Fulham !Fulham (R)	42	7	11	24	40	81	0.494	25	Relegation to 1969–70 Third Division

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bristol City !BRI	Bury !BRY	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Hull City !HUL	Middlesbrough !MID	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Oxford United !OXF	Portsmouth !POR	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU
Aston Villa !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1968–1969 teams

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

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 ^[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Watford !Watford (C)	46	27	10	9	74	34	2.176	64	Promotion to 1969–70 Second Division
2	Swindon Town !Swindon Town (P)	46	27	10	9	71	35	2.029	64	Promotion to 1969–70 Second Division
3	Luton Town !Luton Town	46	25	11	10	74	38	1.947	61
4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	21	9	16	60	45	1.333	51
5	Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	46	17	15	14	53	49	1.082	49
6	Torquay United !Torquay United	46	18	12	16	54	46	1.174	48
7	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	46	19	10	17	70	68	1.029	48
8	Southport !Southport	46	17	13	16	71	64	1.109	47
9	Stockport County !Stockport County	46	16	14	16	67	68	0.985	46
10	Barnsley !Barnsley	46	16	14	16	58	63	0.921	46
11	Rotherham United !Rotherham United	46	16	13	17	56	50	1.12	45
12	Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	13	17	72	65	1.108	45
13	Walsall !Walsall	46	14	16	16	50	49	1.02	44
14	Reading !Reading	46	15	13	18	67	66	1.015	43
15	Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	46	16	11	19	58	62	0.935	43
16	Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	46	16	11	19	63	71	0.887	43
17	Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	46	16	11	19	51	67	0.761	43
18	Orient !Orient	46	14	14	18	51	58	0.879	42
19	Barrow !Barrow	46	17	8	21	56	75	0.747	42
20	Gillingham !Gillingham	46	13	15	18	54	63	0.857	41
21	Northampton Town !Northampton Town (R)	46	14	12	20	54	61	0.885	40	Relegation to 1969–70 Fourth Division
22	Hartlepool (R)	46	10	19	17	40	70	0.571	39
23	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	13	9	24	52	76	0.684	35
24	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic (R)	46	13	9	24	50	83	0.602	35

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Barrow !BRW	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Gillingham !GIL	Hartlepool !HAR	Luton Town !LUT	Mansfield Town !MAN	Northampton Town !NOR	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Orient !ORI	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Reading !REA	Rotherham United !ROT	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Swindon Town !SWI	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL	Watford !WAT
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Hartlepool	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1968–1969

Orient

Watford

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

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 ^[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers (C)	46	21	17	8	65	38	1.711	59	Promotion to 1969–70 Third Division
2	Halifax Town !Halifax Town (P)	46	20	17	9	53	37	1.432	57
3	Rochdale !Rochdale (P)	46	18	20	8	68	35	1.943	56
4	Bradford City !Bradford City (P)	46	18	20	8	65	46	1.413	56
5	Darlington !Darlington	46	17	18	11	62	45	1.378	52
6	Colchester United !Colchester United	46	20	12	14	57	53	1.075	52
7	Southend United !Southend United	46	19	13	14	78	61	1.279	51
8	Lincoln City !Lincoln City	46	17	17	12	54	52	1.038	51
9	Wrexham !Wrexham	50	18	18	14	61	52	1.173	54
10	Swansea Town !Swansea Town	46	19	11	16	58	54	1.074	49
11	Brentford !Brentford	46	18	12	16	64	65	0.985	48
12	Workington !Workington	46	15	17	14	40	43	0.93	47
13	Port Vale !Port Vale	46	16	14	16	46	46	1	46
14	Chester !Chester	46	16	13	17	76	66	1.152	45
15	Aldershot !Aldershot	46	19	7	20	66	66	1	45
16	Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	46	18	8	20	61	60	1.017	44
17	Exeter City !Exeter City	46	16	11	19	66	65	1.015	43
18	Peterborough United !Peterborough United	46	13	16	17	60	57	1.053	42
19	Notts County !Notts County	46	12	18	16	48	57	0.842	42
20	Chesterfield !Chesterfield	46	13	15	18	43	50	0.86	41
21	York City !York City	46	14	11	21	53	75	0.707	39	Re-elected
22	Newport County !Newport County	46	11	14	21	49	74	0.662	36
23	Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	46	9	15	22	47	69	0.681	33
24	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	46	5	10	31	32	106	0.302	20

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Bradford City !BRA	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Brentford !BRE	Chester !CHR	Chesterfield !CHF	Colchester United !COL	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Exeter City !EXE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Halifax Town !HAL	Lincoln City !LIN	Newport County !NPC	Notts County !NTC	Peterborough United !PET	Port Vale !PTV	Rochdale !ROC	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Southend !STD	Swansea Town !SWA	Workington !WRK	Wrexham !WRE	York City !YOR
Aldershot !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1968–1969

Brentford

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

References

↑ "England 1968-69". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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

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« 1967–68

1969–70 »

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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)

« 1967–68 1969–70 »

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

League cups	England Scotland

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

Non-UEFA competitions	Mitropa Cup

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