Season 1967-1968

Division I


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Manchester City 42 17 2 2 52 16 9 4 8 34 27 58 2. Manchester United 42 15 2 4 49 21 9 6 6 40 34 56 3. Liverpool 42 17 2 2 51 17 5 9 7 20 23 55 4. Leeds United 42 17 3 1 49 14 5 6 10 22 27 53 5. Everton 42 18 1 2 43 13 5 5 11 24 27 52 6. Chelsea 42 11 7 3 34 25 7 5 9 28 43 48 7. Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 7 3 44 20 8 2 11 26 39 47 8. West Bromwich Albion 42 12 4 5 45 25 5 8 8 30 37 46 9. Arsenal 42 12 6 3 37 23 5 4 12 23 33 44 10. Newcastle United 42 12 7 2 38 20 1 8 12 16 47 41 11. Nottingham Forest 42 11 6 4 34 22 3 5 13 18 42 39 12. West Ham United 42 8 5 8 43 30 6 5 10 30 39 38 13. Leicester City 42 7 7 7 37 34 6 5 10 27 35 38 14. Burnley 42 12 7 2 38 16 2 3 16 26 55 38 15. Sunderland 42 8 7 6 28 28 5 4 12 23 33 37 16. Southampton 42 9 8 4 37 31 4 3 14 29 52 37 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 10 4 7 45 36 4 4 13 21 39 36 18. Stoke City 42 10 3 8 30 29 4 4 13 20 44 35 19. Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 10 5 32 24 5 2 14 19 39 34 20. Coventry City 42 8 5 8 32 32 1 10 10 19 39 33 21. Sheffield United 42 7 4 10 25 31 4 6 11 24 39 32 22. Fulham 42 6 4 11 27 41 4 3 14 29 57 27

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 19 Aug  West Ham United......... 3-2     6     29,603   John Fantham, Jim McCalliog
                                                                John Ritchie
 2. Wed 23 Aug  LEICESTER CITY.......... 2-1     1     30,190   John Ritchie 2
 3. Sat 26 Aug  BURNLEY................. 2-1     1     29,725   John Fantham, John Ritchie
 4. Wed 30 Aug  Leicester City.......... 0-3     3     20,443   

 5. Sat  2 Sep  Sheffield United........ 1-0     1     36,258   John Ritchie
 6. Wed  6 Sep  FULHAM.................. 4-2     1     26,551   John Ritchie 2, David Ford
                                                                Vic Mobley
 7. Sat  9 Sep  Tottenham Hotspur....... 1-2     3     43,317   David Ford
 8. Sat 16 Sep  MANCHESTER UNITED....... 1-1     4     47,274   Brian Usher
 9. Sat 23 Sep  Sunderland.............. 2-0     3     29,003   Jim McCalliog, John Ritchie
10. Sat 30 Sep  WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS. 2-2     2     35,177   Vic Mobley, John Ritchie

11. Sat  7 Oct  COVENTRY CITY........... 4-0     1     33,931   Peter Eustace, John Fantham
                                                                Jim McCalliog, Vic Mobley
12. Sat 14 Oct  Nottingham Forest....... 0-0     2     38,005   
13. Mon 23 Oct  STOKE CITY.............. 1-1     1     33,000   John Fantham
14. Sat 28 Oct  Liverpool............... 0-1     3     50,399   

15. Sat  4 Nov  SOUTHAMPTON............. 2-0     3     26,941   Jim McCalliog, Jack Whitham
16. Sat 11 Nov  Chelsea................. 0-3     4     29,569   
17. Sat 18 Nov  WEST BROMWICH ALBION.... 2-2     5     28,256   John Ritchie, Own Goal
18. Sat 25 Nov  Newcastle United........ 0-4     6     28,100   

19. Sat  2 Dec  MANCHESTER CITY......... 1-1     7     38,137   John Fantham
20. Sat 16 Dec  WEST HAM UNITED......... 4-1     5     24,003   John Ritchie 2, John Fantham
                                                                Jack Whitham
21. Sat 23 Dec  Burnley................. 1-2     7     13,133   John Ritchie
22. Tue 26 Dec  LEEDS UNITED............ 0-1     9     51,055   
23. Sat 30 Dec  Leeds United............ 2-3    11     36,409   John Ritchie, Jack Whitham

24. Sat  6 Jan  SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 1-1    10     43,020   John Fantham
25. Wed 17 Jan  TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR....... 1-2    11     32,150   John Fantham
26. Sat 20 Jan  Manchester United....... 2-4    11     55,254   Jack Whitham 2

27. Sat  3 Feb  SUNDERLAND.............. 0-1    13     25,004   
28. Sat 24 Feb  Coventry City........... 0-3    14     28,528   
29. Wed 28 Feb  Fulham.................. 0-2    15     15,391   

30. Sat  2 Mar  NEWCASTLE UNITED........ 1-1    15     24,762   Jack Whitham
31. Sat 16 Mar  Stoke City.............. 1-0    13     15,785   John Ritchie
32. Tue 19 Mar  Wolverhampton Wanderers. 3-2    11     32,869   Brian Woodall 2, Jack Whitham
33. Sat 23 Mar  LIVERPOOL............... 1-2    13     32,177   David Ford
34. Sat 30 Mar  Southampton............. 0-2    12     17,852   

35. Sat  6 Apr  CHELSEA................. 2-2    12     26,773   John Fantham, John Ritchie
36. Sat 13 Apr  West Bromwich Albion.... 1-1    12     20,246   John Ritchie
37. Mon 15 Apr  Everton................. 0-1    13     44,482   
38. Tue 16 Apr  EVERTON................. 0-0    14     24,766   
39. Sat 20 Apr  NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 0-0    13     28,496   
40. Thu 25 Apr  Manchester City......... 0-1    15     32,999   
41. Tue 30 Apr  Arsenal................. 2-3    16     11,262   Peter Eustace, John Ritchie

42. Sat  4 May  ARSENAL................. 1-2    18     25,066   Jim McCalliog

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 3   Sat 27 Jan  PLYMOUTH ARGYLE......... 3-0     29,283   John Fantham, John Ritchie
                                                           Jack Whitham

 4   Sat 17 Feb  SWINDON TOWN............ 2-1     37,457   John Ritchie, Wilf Smith

 5   Sat  9 Mar  CHELSEA................. 2-2     49,186   Don Megson, John Ritchie
 5R  Tue 12 Mar  Chelsea................. 0-2     55,013   

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 2   Wed 13 Sep  Stockport County........ 5-3     15,065   John Fantham 2, Jim McCalliog 2
                                                           John Ritchie

 3   Wed 11 Oct  BARROW.................. 3-1     21,829   John Fantham 2, Jim McCalliog

 4   Wed  8 Nov  STOKE CITY.............. 0-0     26,001   
 4R  Wed 15 Nov  Stoke City.............. 1-2     21,185   Gerry Young

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Appearances

                         LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Jim McCalliog           42      5      4      0      4      3     50      8
Vic Mobley              42      3      4      0      3      0     49      3
John Ritchie            41     18      4      3      4      1     49     22
Don Megson              40      0      4      1      3      0     47      1
Peter Springett         39      0      4      0      3      0     46      0
Wilf Smith              37      0      4      1      3      0     44      1
Gerry Young             35      0      2      0      4      1     41      1
Peter Eustace           31/2    2      2      0      4      0     37/2    2
John Fantham            28/4    9      3/1    1      4      4     35/5   14
Brian Usher             29      1      3/1    0      3      0     35/1    1
Sam Ellis               25      0      2      0      4      0     31      0
Jack Whitham            18/2    7      4      1      1      0     23/2    8
David Ford              14/2    3      0      0      0      0     14/2    3
John Quinn              11/3    0      0      0      2/1    0     13/4    0
Ian Branfoot             9/1    0      2/1    0      0      0     11/2    0
Colin Symm               6/2    0      2      0      1      0      9/2    0
Brian Woodall            7/2    2      0      0      0      0      7/2    2
Adrian Wall              3      0      0      0      0      0      3      0
Peter Wicks              2      0      0      0      1      0      3      0
Graham Pugh              2      0      0      0      0      0      2      0
Gary Scothorn            1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0

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