Football League First Division 1967/68

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Football League First Division 1967/68
Football League logo until 1988
master Manchester City
European Cup of
National Champions		 Manchester City , Manchester United
Trade fair trophy Liverpool FC , Leeds United , Chelsea FC , Newcastle United
Cup winners West Bromwich Albion
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 West Bromwich Albion
Relegated Sheffield United , Fulham FC
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,398  (ø 3.03 per game)
Top scorer George Best ( Manchester United ) / Ron Davies ( Southampton FC ) / Colin Suggett ( Sunderland AFC )
← Football League First Division 1966/67

The Football League First Division 1967/68 was the 69th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1967 and ended on May 21, 1968.

Manchester City won their second English championship in the club's history by two points ahead of defending champions and local rivals Manchester United . Both promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers and Coventry City were able to hold the class; instead, Sheffield United and Fulham FC had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers .

A total of 482 players were used, with Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur having the fewest with 18 and Fulham with 29 the most players in league games. 115 newcomers opposed 108 footballers, who last came into play in the 1967/68 season. 20 players were able to play all 42 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points EgS
 1. Manchester City  42  26th  6th  10 086:430 2.00 58:26 21st
 2. Manchester United (M)  42  24  8th  10 089:550 1.62 56:28 19th
 3. Liverpool FC  42  22nd  11  9 071:400 1.78 55:29 18th
 4th Leeds United  42  22nd  9  11 071:410 1.73 53:31 25th
 5. Everton FC  42  23  6th  13 067:400 1.68 52:32 28
 6th Chelsea FC  42  18th  12  12 062:680 0.91 48:36 22nd
 7th Tottenham Hotspur (P)  42  19th  9  14th 070:590 1.19 47:37 18th
 8th. West Bromwich Albion  42  17th  12  13 075:620 1.21 46:38 24
 9. Arsenal FC  42  17th  10  15th 060:560 1.07 44:40 19th
10. Newcastle United  42  13  15th  14th 054:670 0.81 41:43 22nd
11. Nottingham Forest  42  14th  11  17th 052:640 0.81 39:45 23
12. West Ham United  42  14th  10  18th 073:690 1.06 38:46 23
13. Leicester City  42  13  12  17th 064:690 0.93 38:46 24
14th Burnley FC  42  14th  10  18th 064:710 0.90 38:46 24
15th Sunderland AFC  42  13  11  18th 051:610 0.84 37:47 25th
16. Southampton FC  42  13  11  18th 066:830 0.80 37:47 23
17th Wolverhampton Wanderers (N)  42  14th  8th  20th 066:750 0.88 36:48 25th
18th Stoke City  42  14th  7th  21st 050:730 0.68 35:49 24
19th Sheffield Wednesday  42  11  12  19th 051:630 0.81 34:50 21st
20th Coventry City (N)  42  9  15th  18th 051:710 0.72 33:51 28
21st Sheffield United  42  11  10  21st 049:700 0.70 32:52 23
22nd Fulham FC  42  10  7th  25th 056:980 0.57 27:57 29
  • English champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1968/69
  • Participation in the European Champion Clubs' Cup 1968/69 as defending champion
  • Participation in the Messestädte-Pokal 1968/69
  • Participation in the Messestädte-Pokal 1968/69 as defending champion
  • FA Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1968/69
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division
    • (M) reigning English champion
    (P) reigning FA Cup winner
    (N) Newcomers last season
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ARS BUR CHE COV EVE FUL LEE LEI LIV MNC MNU NEW NOF SHU SHW SOT STO SUN DEAD WBA WHU WOL
    Arsenal FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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: 1 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 FC 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 AFC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Sp
    1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ron Davies Newcastle United 28 40
    2 EnglandEngland George Best Manchester United = 41
    3 EnglandEngland Jeff Astle West Bromwich Albion 26th =
    4th EnglandEngland Roger Hunt Liverpool FC 25th 40
    5 EnglandEngland Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 23 39
    6th EnglandEngland Alan Ball Everton FC 20th 34
    = EnglandEngland Allan Clarke Fulham FC = 36
    8th EnglandEngland Geoff Hurst West Ham United 19th 38
    = EnglandEngland Neil Young Manchester City = 40
    10 EnglandEngland John Ritchie Sheffield Wednesday 18th 41

    The Manchester City championship team

    The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Manchester City during the 1967/68 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Manchester City
    Manchester City Logo 70s.svg

    Colin Bell (35/14) | Tony Book (42/1) | Stan Bowles * (4/2) | Roy Cheetham * (3/0) | Dave Connor (13/1) | John Clay * (2/0) | Tony Coleman (38/8) | Harry Dowd * (7/0) | Mike Doyle (38/5) | George Heslop (41/1) | Paul Hince * (6/2) | Stan Horne * (5/0) | Chris Jones * (2/0) | Bobby Kennedy * (6/0) | Francis Lee (31/16) | Ken Mulhearn (33/0) | Alan Oakes (41/2) | Alan Ogley * (2/0) | Glyn Pardoe (41/0) | Mike Summerbee (41/14) | Neil Young (40/19).

    literature

    • Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
    • Ray Goble: Manchester City. A Complete Record 1887-1987. Breedon, Derby 1987, ISBN 0-907969-24-0 .

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ Since the Football League had decided to send only one team per city to the European club competitions, Everton, based in Liverpool, was not allowed to take part in the trade fair trophy for the 1968/69 season due to the qualification of Liverpool FC.
    2. ↑ a b Since the Football League had decided to send only one team per city to the European club competitions, neither Tottenham Hotspur nor Arsenal from London were allowed to take part in the trade fair trophy for the 1968/69 season due to the qualification of Chelsea FC.
    3. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1967/1968 (Fussballdaten.de)