1967–68 Football League First Division
Appearance
Season | 1967–68 |
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Champions | Manchester City (2nd English title) |
Relegated | Sheffield United Fulham |
1968–69 European Cup | Manchester United |
FA Cup winners 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup | West Bromwich Albion (5th FA Cup title) Manchester United (defending champions) |
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 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) |
← 1966–67 1968–69 → |
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 11 May, 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 1 May, after losing 2–0 at home against Stoke City, who survived on the last weekend of the season on 11 May, 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 | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Manchester City (C) | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 86 | 43 | 2.000 | 58 | 1968–69 European Cup |
2 | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 89 | 55 | 1.618 | 56 | |
3 | Liverpool | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 71 | 40 | 1.775 | 55 | 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
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 | 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup |
9 | Arsenal | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 | 44 | |
10 | Newcastle United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 54 | 0.981 | 41 | |
11 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 41 | 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
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 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 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 (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | 32 | Relegation to 1968–69 Second Division |
22 | Fulham (R) | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 56 | 98 | 0.571 | 27 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) League Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) League Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Team locations
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | George Best | Manchester United | 28 |
= | Ron Davies | Southampton | 28 |
3 | Jeff Astle | West Bromwich Albion | 26 |
4 | Roger Hunt | Liverpool | 25 |
5 | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 |
References
- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.