1967-68 in English football

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The 1967-68 season the 88th season of competitive football in England.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 First Division 1.2 Second Division 1.3 Third Division 1.4 Fourth Division 1.5 FA Cup 1.6 League Cup 2 European football 3 Star players 4 Star managers 5 Honours 6 League table 6.1 First Division 6.2 Second Division 6.3 Third Division 6.4 Fourth Division 7 Deaths 8 References

[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

For the first time since 1937 Manchester City won the league title, finishing two points clear of their local rivals Manchester United. Fulham finished bottom of the league and were relegated along with Sheffield United. Coventry City, under Jimmy Hill escaped relegation by one point but would go on to stay in the top division until their eventual relegation at the end of the 2000-01 season.

[edit] Second Division

Bill McGarry's Ipswich Town team won the division by one point from Queens Park Rangers, with both teams promoted. Blackpool finished third on goal average and so missed out. Rotherham United and bottom club Plymouth Argyle were both relegated to the Third Division.

[edit] Third Division

Oxford United won their first divisional title and achieved what was then their highest ever finish in only their sixth season as a league club. Runners-up Bury joined them in promotion. Grimsby Town, Colchester United and Scunthorpe United were relegated, although the biggest story concerned bottom placed Peterborough United who were deducted 19 points for offering irregular bonuses to their players and so finished bottom. Had the points been restored the club would have finished in the top half. As a result of the ruling Mansfield Town escaped relegation.

[edit] Fourth Division

Luton Town won the division and were promoted along with Barnsley, Hartlepools United and Crewe Alexandra. No clubs were voted out of the league.

[edit] FA Cup

The FA Cup Final was won by West Bromwich Albion who beat Everton 1-0 in extra time with a goal from Jeff Astle.

[edit] League Cup

Leeds United beat Arsenal 1-0 in the final to win the competition.

[edit] European football

Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup when they beat Benfica 4-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium with goals from Bobby Charlton (2), George Best and Brian Kidd. A double triumph was secured by Leeds United when they won the Inter Cities Fairs Cup by beating Ferencváros 1-0 on aggregate.

[edit] Star players

Manchester United legend George Best capped a vintage season by finishing as Division One's top scorer with 28 goals, although the same total was also scored by Ron Davies for Southampton. Unsurprisingly Best was awarded the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, as well as the European Footballer of the Year award. Jeff Astle was a hero for West Bromwich Albion after scoring the winning goal in the F.A Cup final.

[edit] Star managers

• Matt Busby achieved his finest hour by leading his Manchester United side to their European Cup triumph. He was knighted for his success the same year.
• Joe Mercer ensured that it was a double success for Manchester by reinvigorating underachieving Manchester City with a league title.
• Don Revie won two trophies with Leeds United in this season and laid the foundations for one of the most successful teams of the next ten years.
• Arthur Turner, who had managed Oxford United in their non-league days continued to push the club onto greater things by securing a place in the Second Division for them.

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Manchester City	Manchester United
Second Division	Ipswich Town	Queens Park Rangers
Third Division	Oxford United	Bury
Fourth Division	Luton Town	Barnsley
FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Everton
League Cup	Leeds United	Arsenal
Charity Shield	Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur (shared)
Home Championship	England	Scotland

[edit] League table

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester City	42	26	6	10	86	43	2.000	58
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	89	55	1.618	56
3	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	71	40	1.775	55
4	Leeds United	42	22	9	11	71	41	1.732	53
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
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
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

[edit] Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	42	22	15	5	79	44	1.795	59
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	25	8	9	67	36	1.861	58
3	Blackpool	42	24	10	8	71	43	1.651	58
4	Birmingham City	42	19	14	9	83	51	1.627	52
5	Portsmouth	42	18	13	11	68	55	1.236	49
6	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	60	54	1.111	46
7	Millwall	42	14	17	11	62	50	1.240	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15	56	49	1.143	43
9	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	60	65	0.923	43
10	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	52	1.115	41
11	Crystal Palace	42	14	11	17	56	56	1.000	39
12	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	60	63	0.952	39
13	Cardiff City	42	13	12	17	60	66	0.909	38
14	Huddersfield Town	42	13	12	17	46	61	0.754	38
15	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	63	68	0.926	37
16	Aston Villa	42	15	7	20	54	64	0.844	37
17	Hull City	42	12	13	17	58	73	0.795	37
18	Derby County	42	13	10	19	71	78	0.910	36
19	Bristol City	42	13	10	19	48	62	0.774	36
20	Preston North End	42	12	11	19	43	65	0.662	35
21	Rotherham United	42	10	11	21	42	76	0.553	31
22	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	9	24	38	72	0.528	27

[edit] Third Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Oxford United	46	22	13	11	69	47	1.468	57
2	Bury	46	24	8	14	91	66	1.379	56
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	20	15	11	61	49	1.245	55
4	Torquay United	46	21	11	14	60	56	1.071	53
5	Reading	46	21	9	16	70	60	1.167	51
6	Watford	46	21	8	17	74	50	1.480	50
7	Walsall	46	19	12	15	74	61	1.213	50
8	Barrow	46	21	8	17	65	54	1.204	50
9	Swindon Town	46	16	17	13	74	51	1.451	49
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	16	14	57	55	1.036	48
11	Gillingham	46	18	12	16	59	63	0.937	48
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	15	15	56	51	1.098	47
13	Stockport County	46	19	9	18	70	75	0.933	47
14	Southport	46	17	12	17	65	65	1.000	46
15	Bristol Rovers	46	17	9	20	72	78	0.923	43
16	Oldham Athletic	46	18	7	21	60	65	0.923	43
17	Northampton Town	46	14	13	19	58	72	0.806	41
18	Orient	46	12	17	17	46	62	0.742	41
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	12	20	62	74	0.838	40
20	Mansfield Town	46	12	13	21	51	67	0.761	37
21	Grimsby Town	46	14	9	23	52	69	0.754	37
22	Colchester United	46	9	15	22	50	87	0.575	33
23	Scunthorpe United	46	10	12	24	56	87	0.644	32
24	Peterborough United*	46	20	10	16	79	67	1.179	31

* Peterborough deducted 19 points for making irregular payments to players.

[edit] Fourth Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Luton Town	46	27	12	7	87	44	1.977	66
2	Barnsley	46	24	13	9	68	46	1.478	61
3	Hartlepools United	46	25	10	11	60	46	1.304	60
4	Crewe Alexandra	46	20	18	8	74	49	1.510	58
5	Bradford City	46	23	11	12	72	51	1.412	57
6	Southend United	46	20	14	12	77	58	1.328	54
7	Chesterfield	46	21	11	14	71	50	1.420	53
8	Wrexham	46	20	13	13	72	53	1.358	53
9	Aldershot	46	18	17	11	70	55	1.273	53
10	Doncaster Rovers	46	18	15	13	66	56	1.179	51
11	Halifax Town	46	15	16	15	52	49	1.061	46
12	Newport County	46	16	13	17	58	63	0.921	45
13	Lincoln City	46	17	9	20	71	68	1.044	43
14	Brentford	46	18	7	21	61	64	0.953	43
15	Swansea City	46	16	10	20	63	77	0.818	42
16	Darlington	46	12	17	17	47	53	0.887	41
17	Notts County	46	15	11	20	53	79	0.671	41
18	Port Vale	46	12	15	19	61	72	0.847	39
19	Rochdale	46	12	14	20	51	72	0.708	38
20	Exeter City	46	11	16	19	45	65	0.692	38
21	York City	46	11	14	21	65	68	0.956	36
22	Chester City	46	9	14	23	57	78	0.731	32
23	Workington	46	10	11	25	54	87	0.621	31
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	4	15	27	30	82	0.366	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

[edit] Deaths

• 7 March 1968 - Grenville Hair, 36, former Leeds United left back and current Bradford City manager, from heart attack during training.^[1]

[edit] References

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