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 ) |
← Football League Second Division 1966/67 | |
^ Football League First Division 1967/68 |
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 | 79:44 | 1.80 | 59:25 |
2. | Queens Park Rangers (N, L) | 42 | 25th | 8th | 9 | 67:36 | 1.86 | 58:26 |
3. | Blackpool FC (A) | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8th | 71:43 | 1.65 | 58:26 |
4th | Birmingham City | 42 | 19th | 14th | 9 | 83:51 | 1.63 | 52:32 |
5. | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 18th | 13 | 11 | 68:55 | 1.24 | 49:35 |
6th | Middlesbrough FC (N) | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 60:54 | 1.11 | 46:38 |
7th | Millwall FC | 42 | 14th | 17th | 11 | 62:50 | 1.24 | 45:39 |
8th. | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15th | 56:49 | 1.14 | 43:41 |
9. | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15th | 60:65 | 0.92 | 43:41 |
10. | Carlisle United | 42 | 14th | 13 | 15th | 58:52 | 1.12 | 41:43 |
11. | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14th | 11 | 17th | 56:56 | 1.00 | 39:45 |
12. | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 60:63 | 0.95 | 39:45 |
13. | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 60:66 | 0.91 | 38:46 |
14th | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 46:61 | 0.75 | 38:46 |
15th | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 63:58 | 1.09 | 37:47 |
16. | Aston Villa (A) | 42 | 15th | 7th | 20th | 54:64 | 0.84 | 37:47 |
17th | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 58:73 | 0.79 | 37:47 |
18th | Derby County | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19th | 71:78 | 0.91 | 36:48 |
19th | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19th | 48:62 | 0.77 | 36:48 |
20th | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19th | 43:65 | 0.66 | 35:49 |
21st | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 42:76 | 0.55 | 31:53 |
22nd | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 38:72 | 0.53 | 27:57 |
(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
- ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1967/68 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .