Football League Second Division 1968/69

Football League Second Division 1968/69
master	Derby County
European Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Derby County, Crystal Palace
Relegated	Bury FC , FC Fulham
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,185  (ø 2.56 per game)
Top scorer	John Toshack ( Cardiff City )
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The Football League Second Division 1968/69 was the 66th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 10, 1968 and ended on April 30, 1969.

Second division champion was Derby County and also rose to second-placed Crystal Palace in the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1969/70, the two first division clubs Leicester City and Queens Park Rangers, ranked in the table below, took the places. From the Second Division in the Football League Third Division dismount had the Bury FC and Fulham FC . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners FC Watford and third division champions Swindon Town took the vacant positions in the following season 1969/70 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Derby County	42	26th	11	5	065:320	2.03	63:21
2.	Crystal Palace	42	22nd	12	8th	070:470	1.49	56:28
3.	Charlton Athletic	42	18th	14th	10	061:520	1.17	50:34
4th	Middlesbrough FC	42	19th	11	12	058:490	1.18	49:35
5.	Cardiff City	42	20th	7th	15th	067:540	1.24	47:37
6th	Huddersfield Town	42	17th	12	13	053:460	1.15	46:38
7th	Birmingham City	42	18th	8th	16	073:590	1.24	44:40
8th.	Blackpool FC	42	14th	15th	13	051:410	1.24	43:41
9.	Sheffield United (A)	42	16	11	15th	061:500	1.22	43:41
10.	Millwall FC	42	17th	9	16	057:490	1.16	43:41
11.	Hull City	42	13	16	13	059:520	1.13	42:42
12.	Carlisle United	42	16	10	16	046:490	0.94	42:42
13.	Norwich City	42	15th	10	17th	053:560	0.95	40:44
14th	Preston North End	42	12	15th	15th	038:440	0.86	39:45
15th	Portsmouth FC	42	12	14th	16	058:580	1.00	38:46
16.	Bristol City	42	11	16	15th	046:530	0.87	38:46
17th	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	14th	16	055:670	0.82	38:46
18th	Aston Villa	42	12	14th	16	037:480	0.77	38:46
19th	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18th	052:630	0.83	37:47
20th	Oxford United (N)	42	12	9	21st	034:550	0.62	33:51
21st	Bury FC (N)	42	11	8th	23	051:800	0.64	30:54
22nd	Fulham FC (A)	42	7th	11	24	040:810	0.49	25:59

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1969/70

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1969/70

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1969/70 as Welsh cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1967/68
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1967/68

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1968/69	AST	BIR	BLA	BLP	BOL	BRC	BUY	CAR	CAU	CHA	CRY	OF THE	FUL	HUD	HUL	MID	Mil	NOR	OXF	POR	PNE	SHU
Aston Villa		1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 1	3: 1
Birmingham City	4-0		3: 1	1-0	5-0	2-0	1: 3	2-0	3-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	5: 4	5: 1	5: 2	3: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	5: 2	3: 1	2: 2
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	3: 2		1: 1	2: 3	1: 3	3-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 4	3-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0
Blackpool FC	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1		1-0	2: 2	6-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 3	3-0	2: 3	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1
Bolton Wanderers	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 4		1-0	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	3-0	2: 2	1: 2	3: 2	2: 3	1-0	0-0	0: 4	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 2
Bristol City	1-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2		2: 1	0: 3	3-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	6-0	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1
Bury FC	3: 2	1: 2	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 2		3: 3	3: 2	2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	5: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 3	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	3: 2	0: 1	0: 2
Cardiff City	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	3-0	2-0		2: 1	0: 1	0: 4	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0	3: 1	5-0	2: 2	1-0	4: 1
Carlisle United	0: 1	2: 3	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0		1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	0: 4	0: 2	0-0	1-0	0: 1
Charlton Athletic	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	0-0	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	4: 1	1: 1		1: 1	2-0	5: 3	1-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 4	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1
Crystal Palace	4: 2	3: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	5-0	3: 3		1: 2	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	0-0	4: 2	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 1
Derby County	3: 1	1-0	4: 2	1: 1	5: 1	5-0	2-0	2-0	3: 3	2: 1	0: 1		1-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0
Fulham FC	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 5	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	0: 1		4: 3	0-0	0: 3	2-0	1: 3	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2
Huddersfield Town	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	4: 1	4: 1	3-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	3-0		0: 3	3-0	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0
Hull City	1-0	1: 2	1: 3	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	3-0	3: 3	1: 2	5: 2	2-0	1-0	4-0	3-0		3-0	2-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Middlesbrough FC	0-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0	4: 1	2: 3	0-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	5: 3		1: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 1
Millwall FC	0: 1	1: 3	2: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	0: 1	2-0	5: 1	2: 3	2-0		3: 1	2: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0
Norwich City	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 4	2-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	0: 3		1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0
Oxford United	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 4	1-0	0: 2		3: 1	2: 1	1-0
Portsmouth FC	2-0	0-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 3	2: 1	4: 1	3: 3	0: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	3-0	3-0	5: 2	3-0		1: 1	2: 1
Preston North End	1-0	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 4	1-0	3-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 3	2: 1	0-0		2: 2
Sheffield United	3: 1	2-0	3-0	2: 1	5: 2	2: 1	5-0	2: 2	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2-0	4-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Toshack	Cardiff City	22nd

Web links

• England 1968-69 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1968/69 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018 .