Football League First Division 1968/69
| Football League First Division 1968/69 | |
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| master | Leeds United |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Leeds United |
| Trade fair trophy | Liverpool , Arsenal , Southampton FC , Newcastle United |
| Cup winners | Manchester City |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
Manchester City |
| Relegated | Leicester City , Queens Park Rangers |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,213 (ø 2.63 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Jimmy Greaves ( Tottenham Hotspur ) |
| ← Football League First Division 1967/68 | |
The Football League First Division 1968/69 was the 70th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 10, 1968 and ended on May 17, 1969.
Leeds United won the first English championship in the club's history by six points ahead of Liverpool . Of the two climbers Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers only the club from Ipswich could hold the class; in addition to "QPR", Leicester City had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Crystal Palace and Derby County .
A total of 481 players were used, with Arsenal FC with 16 the fewest and Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers with 27 the most players in league games. 114 newcomers were opposed to 78 footballers who last came into play in the 1968/69 season. 37 players were able to play all of their club's 42 league games.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | EgS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leeds United (L) | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 66:26 | 2.54 | 67:17 | 17th |
| 2. | Liverpool FC | 42 | 25th | 11 | 6th | 63:24 | 2.63 | 61:23 | 17th |
| 3. | Everton FC | 42 | 21st | 15th | 6th | 77:36 | 2.14 | 57:27 | 18th |
| 4th | Arsenal FC | 42 | 22nd | 12 | 8th | 56:27 | 2.07 | 56:28 | 16 |
| 5. | Chelsea FC | 42 | 20th | 10 | 12 | 73:53 | 1.38 | 50:34 | 19th |
| 6th | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14th | 17th | 11 | 61:51 | 1.20 | 45:39 | 21st |
| 7th | Southampton FC | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 57:48 | 1.19 | 45:39 | 20th |
| 8th. | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 18th | 11 | 66:50 | 1.32 | 44:40 | 23 |
| 9. | Newcastle United | 42 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 61:55 | 1.11 | 44:40 | 27 |
| 10. | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15th | 64:67 | 0.96 | 43:41 | 24 |
| 11. | Manchester United | 42 | 15th | 12 | 15th | 57:53 | 1.08 | 42:42 | 21st |
| 12. | Ipswich Town (N) | 42 | 15th | 11 | 16 | 59:60 | 0.98 | 41:43 | 26th |
| 13. | Manchester City (M) | 42 | 15th | 10 | 17th | 64:55 | 1.16 | 40:44 | 23 |
| 14th | Burnley FC | 42 | 15th | 9 | 18th | 55:82 | 0.67 | 39:45 | 26th |
| 15th | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41:54 | 0.76 | 36:48 | 22nd |
| 16. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 15th | 17th | 41:58 | 0.71 | 35:49 | 27 |
| 17th | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19th | 43:67 | 0.64 | 34:50 | 25th |
| 18th | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19th | 45:57 | 0.79 | 33:51 | 24 |
| 19th | Stoke City | 42 | 9 | 15th | 18th | 40:63 | 0.63 | 33:51 | 22nd |
| 20th | Coventry City | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 46:64 | 0.72 | 31:53 | 20th |
| 21st | Leicester City | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21st | 39:68 | 0.57 | 30:54 | 23 |
| 22nd | Queens Park Rangers (N) | 42 | 4th | 10 | 28 | 39:95 | 0.41 | 18:66 | 26th |
| (M) | reigning English champion |
| (P) | reigning FA Cup winner |
| (L) | reigning league 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 | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NOF | QPR | SHW | SOT | STO | SUN | DEAD | WBA | WHU | WOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal FC | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | |
| Burnley FC | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| Chelsea FC | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| Coventry City | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | |
| Everton FC | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 7: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | |
| Leeds United | 2-0 | 6: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
| Leicester City | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Liverpool FC | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
| Manchester City | 1: 1 | 7-0 | 4: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | |
| Manchester United | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 8: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Newcastle United | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0: 5 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 5: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | |
| Southampton FC | 1: 2 | 5: 1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 2: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | |
| Stoke City | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | |
| Sunderland AFC | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 2 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 3 | 6: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 5 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | |
| West Ham United | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 1: 4 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 6 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 |
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Jimmy Greaves
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Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 42 |
| 2 |
Geoff Hurst
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West Ham United | 25th | = |
| 3 |
Jeff Astle
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West Bromwich Albion | 21st | 37 |
| = |
Joe Royle
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Everton FC | = | 42 |
| = |
Pop Robson
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Newcastle United | = | = |
| 6th |
 Ron Davies
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Southampton FC | 20th | 38 |
| 7th |
Jimmy Husband
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Everton FC | 19th | 36 |
| = |
 George Best
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Manchester United | = | 41 |
| = |
Martin Peters
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West Ham United | = | 42 |
The Leeds United championship team
The following table lists all the players who played in a league game for Leeds United during the 1968/69 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. | Leeds United |
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Mick Bates * (4/0) | Rod Belfitt * (8/3) | Billy Bremner (42/6) | Jack Charlton (41/3) | Terry Cooper (35/1) | Johnny Giles (32/8) | Eddie Gray (33/5) | Jimmy Greenhoff * (3/0) | Terry Hibbitt (12/3) | Norman Hunter (42/0) | Albert Johanneson * (1/1) | Mick Jones (40/14) | Peter Lorimer (29/9) | Paul Madeley (31/3) | Michael O'Grady (38/8) | Paul Reaney (42/1) | Gary Sprake (42/0).
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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 .
- Martin Jarred, Malcolm Macdonald : Leeds United. A complete record. Includes Leeds City 1904-1919. Breedon, Derby 1996, ISBN 1-85983-061-7 .
References and footnotes
- ↑ Since the Football League had decided to send only one team per city to the European club competitions, Liverpool-based Everton was not allowed to take part in the 1969/70 season cup due to Liverpool's qualification.
- ↑ a b c Since the Football League had decided to send only one team per city to the European club competitions, neither Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur nor West Ham United were allowed from London due to the qualification of Arsenal FC at the trade fair cup of the 1969/70 season take part.
- ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1968/1969 (Fussballdaten.de)