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	1398 (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 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 !Manchester City (C)	42	26	6	10	86	43	2	58	1968–69 European Cup
2	Manchester United !Manchester United	42	24	8	10	89	55	1.618	56	1968–69 European Cup
3	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	22	11	9	71	40	1.775	55	01967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
4	Leeds United !Leeds United	42	22	9	11	71	41	1.732	53	01967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup0
5	Everton !Everton	42	23	6	13	67	40	1.675	52
6	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	18	12	12	62	68	0.912	48
7	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	59	1.186	47
8	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	75	62	1.21	46	01968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup0
9	Arsenal !Arsenal	42	17	10	15	60	56	1.071	44
10	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	42	13	15	14	53	54	0.981	41
11	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	42	13	15	14	52	64	0.813	41	1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12	West Ham United !West Ham United	42	14	10	18	73	69	1.058	38
13	Leicester City !Leicester City	42	13	12	17	64	69	0.928	38
14	Burnley !Burnley	42	14	10	18	64	71	0.901	38
15	Sunderland !Sunderland	42	13	11	18	51	61	0.836	37
16	Southampton !Southampton	42	13	11	18	51	61	0.836	37
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	8	20	66	75	0.88	36
18	Stoke City !Stoke City	42	14	7	21	50	73	0.685	35
19	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	12	19	51	63	0.81	34
20	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	9	15	18	51	71	0.718	33
21	Sheffield United !Sheffield United (R)	42	11	10	21	49	70	0.7	32	Relegation to 1968–69 Second Division
22	Fulham !Fulham (R)	42	10	7	25	56	98	0.571	27	Relegation to 1968–69 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	Fulham !FUL	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Sheffield United !SHU	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	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1967–1968 teams

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

Top Scorers

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

References

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

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

1967–68 in English football

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FA competitions

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European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United 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 Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United

Third Division	Barrow Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Colchester United Gillingham Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Luton Town Newport County Notts County Port Vale Rochdale Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City

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