1967–68 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season 1967–68
Champions Manchester City (2nd English title)
Relegated Sheffield United
Fulham
European Cup 1968–69 Manchester United
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1968–69		 West Bromwich Albion (5th FA Cup title)
Manchester United (defending champions)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967–68 Leeds United
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,398 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer George Best (Manchester United), 28
Ron Davies (Southampton), 28 [1]
Longest winning run Everton (7)
Longest unbeaten run Leeds United (14)
Longest losing run Stoke City (7)

In the 1967–68 Football League First Division season Manchester City won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history. They won the title on May 11, with a 4-3 win at Newcastle United whilst the defending champions and their nearest rivals Manchester United lost 2-1 at home to Sunderland. Fulham were relegated on May 1, after losing 2-0 at home against Stoke City, who survived on the last weekend of the season on May 11, with a draw against Leicester City at the expense of Sheffield United, who lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea.

League standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 42 26 6 10 86 43+43 58 1968–69 European Cup
2 Manchester United 42 24 8 10 89 55+34 56
3 Liverpool 42 22 11 9 71 40+31 55 01967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
4 Leeds United 42 22 9 11 71 41+30 53
5 Everton 42 23 6 13 67 40+27 52
6 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 62 68−6 48
7 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 9 14 70 59+11 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 75 62+13 46 01968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup0
9 Arsenal 42 17 10 15 60 56+4 44
10 Newcastle United 42 13 15 14 53 54−1 41
11 Nottingham Forest 42 13 15 14 52 64−12 41 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12 West Ham United 42 14 10 18 73 69+4 38
13 Leicester City 42 13 12 17 64 69−5 38
14 Burnley 42 14 10 18 64 71−7 38
15 Sunderland 42 13 11 18 51 61−10 37
16 Southampton 42 13 11 18 51 61−10 37
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 8 20 66 75−9 36
18 Stoke City 42 14 7 21 50 73−23 35
19 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 12 19 51 63−12 34
20 Coventry City 42 9 15 18 51 71−20 33
21 Sheffield United (R) 42 11 10 21 49 70−21 32 Relegation to 1968–69 Second Division
22 Fulham (R) 42 10 7 25 56 98−42 27

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

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Arsenal 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–3 4–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–2
Burnley 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Chelsea 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–6 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–0
Coventry City 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–0
Everton 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–2
Fulham 1–3 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2
Leeds United 3–1 2–1 7–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Leicester City 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1
Liverpool 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 6–0 6–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1
Manchester City 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 2–0
Manchester United 1–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–0
Newcastle United 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–0
Nottingham Forest 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1
Sheffield United 2–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–2
Southampton 2–0 2–2 3–5 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1
Stoke City 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2
Sunderland 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–0
Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 5–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–3 8–1 0–1 0–1 2–6 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 6–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–1
West Ham United 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 7–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 3–4 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 6–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–2

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.

Team locations

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1967–1968

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1Republic of Ireland George Best Manchester United 28
=Wales Ron Davies Southampton 28
2England Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 26
3England Roger Hunt Liverpool 25
4England Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 23
5England Allan Clarke Fulham 20
=England Alan Ball Everton 20
=England Martin Chivers Southampton / Tottenham Hotspur 20

References

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