Football League Second Division 1967/68

Football League Second Division 1967/68
master	Ipswich Town
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Ipswich Town, Queens Park Rangers
Relegated	Rotherham United , Plymouth Argyle
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,303  (ø 2.82 per game)
Top scorer	John Hickton ( Middlesbrough FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1967/68 was the 65th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1967 and ended on May 15, 1968.

Ipswich Town became second division champions and the second-placed Queens Park Rangers also rose to the Football League First Division . The two first division clubs Sheffield United and Fulham FC, which are ranked in the table below, took the places for the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1968/69 . Rotherham United and Plymouth Argyle had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners Oxford United and third division champions FC Bury took the vacant positions in the following season 1968/69 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Ipswich Town	42	22nd	15th	5	079:440	1.80	59:25
2.	Queens Park Rangers (N, L)	42	25th	8th	9	067:360	1.86	58:26
3.	Blackpool FC (A)	42	24	10	8th	071:430	1.65	58:26
4th	Birmingham City	42	19th	14th	9	083:510	1.63	52:32
5.	Portsmouth FC	42	18th	13	11	068:550	1.24	49:35
6th	Middlesbrough FC (N)	42	17th	12	13	060:540	1.11	46:38
7th	Millwall FC	42	14th	17th	11	062:500	1.24	45:39
8th.	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15th	056:490	1.14	43:41
9.	Norwich City	42	16	11	15th	060:650	0.92	43:41
10.	Carlisle United	42	14th	13	15th	058:520	1.12	41:43
11.	Crystal Palace	42	14th	11	17th	056:560	1.00	39:45
12.	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	060:630	0.95	39:45
13.	Cardiff City	42	13	12	17th	060:660	0.91	38:46
14th	Huddersfield Town	42	13	12	17th	046:610	0.75	38:46
15th	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17th	063:580	1.09	37:47
16.	Aston Villa (A)	42	15th	7th	20th	054:640	0.84	37:47
17th	Hull City	42	12	13	17th	058:730	0.79	37:47
18th	Derby County	42	13	10	19th	071:780	0.91	36:48
19th	Bristol City	42	13	10	19th	048:620	0.77	36:48
20th	Preston North End	42	12	11	19th	043:650	0.66	35:49
21st	Rotherham United	42	10	11	21st	042:760	0.55	31:53
22nd	Plymouth Argyle	42	9	9	24	038:720	0.53	27:57

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1968/69

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1968/69

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1968/69 as Welsh cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1966/67
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1966/67

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1967/68	AST	BIR	BLA	BLP	BOL	BRC	CAR	CAU	CHA	CRY	OF THE	HUD	HUL	IPS	MID	Mil	NOR	PLY	POR	PNE	QPR	RED
Aston Villa		2: 4	1: 2	3: 2	1: 1	2: 4	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 3	2: 2	0: 1	3: 1	4: 2	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	3: 1
Birmingham City	2: 1		1: 1	1: 2	4-0	4: 1	0-0	1: 3	4-0	1-0	3: 1	6: 1	6: 2	0-0	6: 1	2: 3	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	3-0	2-0	4: 1
Blackburn Rovers	2: 1	1: 2		2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	3-0	0-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1
Blackpool FC	1-0	1-0	2: 1		1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	0-0	3-0	1: 4	0: 2	2-0	2-0	4: 1	0: 1	1: 1
Bolton Wanderers	2: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2		1-0	1: 1	2: 3	2-0	2: 2	5: 3	3: 1	6: 1	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 2
Bristol City	0-0	3: 1	0-0	2: 4	1: 1		1: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 3	3: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	2-0	3-0	4: 1	0: 2	0: 1
Cardiff City	3-0	1: 3	3: 2	1: 3	1: 3	0: 1		1-0	0-0	4: 2	1: 5	0-0	2: 3	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	2: 2
Carlisle United	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	3-0	0-0	1: 3		0-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	4: 1	3: 1	4: 1
Charlton Athletic	3-0	3: 1	3-0	0: 2	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2		0: 1	1: 2	4: 2	5: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	3: 3	1-0	4: 1	0-0	3: 3	4: 1
Crystal Palace	0: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	0: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3-0		1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 3	1: 3	2: 2	6-0	5-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	1-0
Derby County	3: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1	3: 4	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1		1-0	1: 2	2: 3	2: 4	3: 3	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	4-0	4: 1
Huddersfield Town	0-0	2: 3	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	0: 3	1-0	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	3: 1		2-0	1: 4	1-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0
Hull City	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	4: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 1		1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1
Ipswich Town	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5-0	4: 2	3: 1	3: 2	2: 2	4-0	2-0	2-0		1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	4-0	2: 2	2-0
Middlesbrough FC	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 3	4-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	3: 2	2: 1	0: 2		0: 1	2-0	5-0	1-0	5-0	3: 1	1: 1
Millwall FC	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0-0	5: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	4-0		1-0	3-0	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	0-0
Norwich City	1-0	4: 2	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	2: 2	3: 4	2: 1	5-0		2-0	1: 3	1: 3	0-0	2: 2
Plymouth Argyle	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 4	2: 1	3: 4	1: 1	2: 5	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2		1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1
Portsmouth FC	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	4-0	2: 2	3: 2	3: 1	3-0	1: 2	2-0	0-0	3-0	0-0		2: 1	1: 1	1: 1
Preston North End	2: 1	0-0	3: 5	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	0: 2	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 1		0: 2	2: 2
Queens Park Rangers	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 1	2-0	2-0		6-0
Rotherham United	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1: 3	1-0	1: 3	1: 3	0: 1	2-0	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Hickton	Middlesbrough FC	24

Web links

• England 1967-68. (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1967/68 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .