1968–69 Football League

The 1968–69 season was the 70th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1968–69
Champions	Leeds United
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Leeds United won the League for the first time in their history, finishing six points ahead of Liverpool. Newly promoted Queens Park Rangers were relegated after finishing bottom along with Leicester City.

Derby County were runaway winners of the Second Division and they were joined in promotion by runners-up Crystal Palace. Despite still boasting the talents of Johnny Haynes and George Cohen, Fulham finished bottom and were relegated. They were joined in the Third Division by perennial strugglers Bury

Watford won the Third Division title on goal average from Swindon Town and both teams were duly promoted. At the bottom end Northampton Town, Hartlepool, Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic were all relegated.

The Fourth Division was won by Doncaster Rovers, who were promoted along with Halifax Town, Rochdale and Bradford City. No team failed re-election so no new members were admitted to the Football League.

Final league tables and results

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.^[1]

Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

Main article: 1968–69 Football League First Division

First Division

Season	1968–69
Champions	Leeds United 1st title
Relegated	Leicester City Queens Park Rangers
European Cup	Leeds United
European Cup Winners' Cup	Manchester City
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Liverpool Arsenal Southampton Newcastle United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,213 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (27 goals)[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C)	42	27	13	2	66	26	2.538	67	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	2.625	61	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	2.139	57
4	Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	2.074	56	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	1.377	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	1.196	45
7	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	1.188	45	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
8	West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	1.320	44
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	1.109	44	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[lower-alpha 3]
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	0.955	43
11	Manchester United	42	15	12	15	57	53	1.075	42
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	11	16	59	60	0.983	41
13	Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	1.164	40	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 4]
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	0.671	39
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	0.759	36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	0.707	35
17	Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	0.642	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	0.789	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	0.635	33
20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	0.719	31
21	Leicester City (R)	42	9	12	21	39	68	0.574	30	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Queens Park Rangers (R)	42	4	10	28	39	95	0.411	18

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Everton were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Liverpool had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Arsenal took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
2. Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Southampton took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
3. West Ham United were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Newcastle United took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
4. Manchester City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1968-69 FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BUR	CHE	COV	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	QPR	SHW	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Burnley

Chelsea

Coventry

Everton

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

QPR

Sheffield Wednesday

Southampton

Stoke

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1968–1969 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Queens Park Rangers

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1968–1969

Second Division

Second Division

The winning Derby County team with trophy
Season	1968–69
Champions	Derby County
Promoted	Derby County Crystal Palace
Relegated	Bury Fulham
Cup Winners' Cup	Cardiff City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,185 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Toshack (22 goals)[3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derby County (C, P)	42	26	11	5	65	32	2.031	63	Promotion to the First Division
2	Crystal Palace (P)	42	22	12	8	70	47	1.489	56
3	Charlton Athletic	42	18	14	10	61	52	1.173	50
4	Middlesbrough	42	19	11	12	58	49	1.184	49
5	Cardiff City	42	20	7	15	67	54	1.241	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Huddersfield Town	42	17	12	13	53	46	1.152	46
7	Birmingham City	42	18	8	16	73	59	1.237	44
8	Blackpool	42	14	15	13	51	41	1.244	43
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	50	1.220	43
10	Millwall	42	17	9	16	57	49	1.163	43
11	Hull City	42	13	16	13	59	52	1.135	42
12	Carlisle United	42	16	10	16	46	49	0.939	42
13	Norwich City	42	15	10	17	53	56	0.946	40
14	Preston North End	42	12	15	15	38	44	0.864	39
15	Portsmouth	42	12	14	16	58	58	1.000	38
16	Bristol City	42	11	16	15	46	53	0.868	38
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	14	16	55	67	0.821	38
18	Aston Villa	42	12	14	16	37	48	0.771	38
19	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18	52	63	0.825	37
20	Oxford United	42	12	9	21	34	55	0.618	33
21	Bury (R)	42	11	8	23	51	80	0.638	30	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Fulham (R)	42	7	11	24	40	81	0.494	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1968–69 Welsh Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BRI	BRY	CAR	CRL	CHA	CRY	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	MID	MIL	NWC	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bristol City

Bury

Carlisle United

Cardiff City

Charlton

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Fulham

Huddersfield

Hull

Middlesbrough

Millwall

Norwich City

Oxford

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1968–1969 teams

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Millwall

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1968–1969

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1968–69
Champions	Watford (1st title)
Promoted	Swindon Town
Relegated	Crewe Alexandra, Hartlepool, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,426 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Don Rogers (Swindon Town), 22 [3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Watford (C)	46	27	10	9	74	34	2.176	64	Promotion to 1969–70 Second Division
2	Swindon Town (P)	46	27	10	9	71	35	2.029	64
3	Luton Town	46	25	11	10	74	38	1.947	61
4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	21	9	16	60	45	1.333	51
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	15	14	53	49	1.082	49
6	Torquay United	46	18	12	16	54	46	1.174	48
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	19	10	17	70	68	1.029	48
8	Southport	46	17	13	16	71	64	1.109	47
9	Stockport County	46	16	14	16	67	68	0.985	46
10	Barnsley	46	16	14	16	58	63	0.921	46
11	Rotherham United	46	16	13	17	56	50	1.120	45
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	13	17	72	65	1.108	45
13	Walsall	46	14	16	16	50	49	1.020	44
14	Reading	46	15	13	18	67	66	1.015	43
15	Mansfield Town	46	16	11	19	58	62	0.935	43
16	Bristol Rovers	46	16	11	19	63	71	0.887	43
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	11	19	51	67	0.761	43
18	Orient	46	14	14	18	51	58	0.879	42
19	Barrow	46	17	8	21	56	75	0.747	42
20	Gillingham	46	13	15	18	54	63	0.857	41
21	Northampton Town (R)	46	14	12	20	54	61	0.885	40	Relegation to 1969–70 Fourth Division
22	Hartlepool (R)	46	10	19	17	40	70	0.571	39
23	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	13	9	24	52	76	0.684	35
24	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	13	9	24	50	83	0.602	35

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRW	B&BA	B&HA	BRR	CRE	GIL	HAR	LUT	MAN	NOR	OLD	ORI	PLY	REA	ROT	SHR	SOU	STP	SWI	TOR	TRA	WAL	WAT
Barnsley		2–3	1–0	4–0	4–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–2
Barrow	0–1		0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–4
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0	1–0		2–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–4	1–0	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–1	4–1	4–1		3–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1
Bristol Rovers	4–2	4–2	3–2	1–1		1–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	6–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	6–1		4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–3
Gillingham	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	0–2	1–0		2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–5
Hartlepool	2–1	1–4	1–1	2–5	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–4	1–1	2–1
Luton Town	5–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		4–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1
Mansfield Town	0–0	4–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–2	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0
Northampton Town	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	2–6	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1		3–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	5–2	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3
Orient	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–2	4–2	3–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1		3–1	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2
Reading	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	7–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–2		1–0	2–4	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1
Rotherham United	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–0		5–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
Southport	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–0		5–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1
Stockport County	1–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–3	2–2	3–1	4–3	3–0		2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	4–2
Swindon Town	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Torquay United	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		2–5	4–2	2–1
Tranmere Rovers	3–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	6–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–5	0–1		2–1	0–3
Walsall	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1		0–0
Watford	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Barnsley

Barrow

Brighton & Hove

Bournemouth

Bristol Rovers

Crewe Alexandra

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Orient

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Reading

Rotherham

Shrewsbury

Southport

Stockport

Swindon

Tranmere Rovers

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1968–1969

Orient

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1968–1969

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1968–69
Champions	Doncaster Rovers (2nd title)
Promoted	Bradford City, Halifax Town, Rochdale
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,372 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Talbot (Chester), 22 [3]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doncaster Rovers (C)	46	21	17	8	65	38	1.711	59	Promotion to 1969–70 Third Division
2	Halifax Town (P)	46	20	17	9	53	37	1.432	57
3	Rochdale (P)	46	18	20	8	68	35	1.943	56
4	Bradford City (P)	46	18	20	8	65	46	1.413	56
5	Darlington	46	17	18	11	62	45	1.378	52
6	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	57	53	1.075	52
7	Southend United	46	19	13	14	78	61	1.279	51
8	Lincoln City	46	17	17	12	54	52	1.038	51
9	Wrexham	46	18	14	14	61	52	1.173	50
10	Swansea Town	46	19	11	16	58	54	1.074	49
11	Brentford	46	18	12	16	64	65	0.985	48
12	Workington	46	15	17	14	40	43	0.930	47
13	Port Vale	46	16	14	16	46	46	1.000	46
14	Chester	46	16	13	17	76	66	1.152	45
15	Aldershot	46	19	7	20	66	66	1.000	45
16	Scunthorpe United	46	18	8	20	61	60	1.017	44
17	Exeter City	46	16	11	19	66	65	1.015	43
18	Peterborough United	46	13	16	17	60	57	1.053	42
19	Notts County	46	12	18	16	48	57	0.842	42
20	Chesterfield	46	13	15	18	43	50	0.860	41
21	York City	46	14	11	21	53	75	0.707	39	Re-elected
22	Newport County	46	11	14	21	49	74	0.662	36
23	Grimsby Town	46	9	15	22	47	69	0.681	33
24	Bradford Park Avenue	46	5	10	31	32	106	0.302	20

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BRA	BPA	BRE	CHE	CHF	COL	DAR	DON	EXE	GRI	HAL	LIN	NPC	NTC	PET	PTV	ROC	SCU	STD	SWA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Aldershot		2–1	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Bradford City	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	5–0
Bradford Park Avenue	0–1	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0
Brentford	2–4	2–1	3–0		2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	5–1
Chester	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–2		2–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Chesterfield	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
Colchester United	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0
Darlington	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–1		0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	6–2	1–0	3–2
Doncaster Rovers	7–0	1–1	4–1	5–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	0–1		3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Exeter City	0–0	2–3	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	5–3	5–0
Grimsby Town	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–3	1–2		0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0
Halifax Town	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	4–1	2–1	0–0		0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–4
Lincoln City	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–0		1–0	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	3–0
Newport County	3–4	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–5	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Notts County	0–2	0–2	5–0	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	5–0	0–0
Peterborough United	2–0	2–2	6–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	2–1
Port Vale	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–0		1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Rochdale	3–0	6–0	6–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Scunthorpe United	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		4–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–1
Southend United	4–2	2–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3		4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Swansea Town	2–2	0–2	3–0	2–3	0–5	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2		0–0	0–0	2–1
Workington	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3		0–0	2–0
Wrexham	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	4–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–0		2–1
York City	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–5	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aldershot

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Brentford

Chester

Colchester

Chesterfield

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Grimsby Town

Halifax T.

Lincoln City

Newport County

Notts County

Peterborough

Port Vale

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southend United

Swansea Town

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1968–1969

Brentford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1968–1969

See also

• 1968–69 in English football

References

1. "England 1968-69". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.