The City Ground

SEasON: 1967-68

Prev Season: 1966-67
Next Season: 1968-69

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Leeds United (A) 1-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Burnley (A) 0-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Joe Baker (21 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	6 times	9 times	3 times
Conceded	17 times	10 times	7 times	1 time	2 times
Won By	8 times	7 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	9 times	4 times	6 times		2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 49,946 (League - Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,658 (League - Fulham)
Average League Attendance:: 32,715
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,896 (Fairs Cup - FC Zurich)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 27,090 (Fairs Cup - Eintracht Frankfurt)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 14
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEasON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester City	42	26	6	10	86	43	17	2	2	52	16	9	4	8	34	27	2.000	58	European Cup	0-3	0-2
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	89	55	15	2	4	49	21	9	6	6	40	34	1.618	56	European Cup	3-1	0-3
3	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	71	40	17	2	2	51	17	5	9	7	20	23	1.775	55	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-1	1-6
4	Leeds United	42	22	9	11	71	41	17	3	1	49	14	5	6	10	22	27	1.732	53	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-2	1-1
5	Everton	42	23	6	13	67	40	18	1	2	43	13	5	5	11	24	27	1.675	52		1-0	0-1
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	62	68	11	7	3	34	25	7	5	9	28	43	.912	48		3-0	0-1
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	59	11	7	3	44	20	8	2	11	26	39	1.186	47		0-0	1-1
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	12	13	75	62	12	4	5	45	25	5	8	8	30	37	1.210	46	Cup Winners Cup	3-2	1-2
9	Arsenal	42	17	10	15	60	56	12	6	3	37	23	5	4	12	23	33	1.071	44		2-0	0-3
10	Newcastle United	42	13	15	14	54	67	12	7	2	38	20	1	8	12	16	47	.806	41		4-0	0-0
11	Nottingham Forest	42	14	11	17	52	64	11	6	4	34	22	3	5	13	18	42	.813	39	Inter Cities Fairs Cup
12	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	73	69	8	5	8	43	30	6	5	10	30	39	1.058	38		1-1	0-3
13	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	64	69	7	7	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	.928	38		0-1	2-4
13	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	64	69	7	7	7	37	34	6	5	10	27	35	.928	38		2-1	2-4
14	Burnley	42	14	10	18	64	71	12	7	2	38	16	2	3	16	26	55	.901	38		1-0	1-1
15	Sunderland	42	13	11	18	51	61	8	7	6	28	28	5	4	12	23	33	.836	37		0-3	0-1
16	Southampton	42	13	11	18	66	83	9	8	4	37	31	4	3	14	29	52	.795	37		2-2	1-2
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	8	20	66	75	10	4	7	45	36	4	4	13	21	39	.880	36		3-1	1-6
18	Stoke City	42	14	7	21	50	73	10	3	8	30	29	4	4	13	20	44	.685	35		3-0	3-1
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	12	19	51	63	6	10	5	32	24	5	2	14	19	39	.810	34		0-0	0-0
20	Coventry City	42	9	15	18	51	71	8	5	8	32	32	1	10	10	19	39	.718	33		3-3	3-1
21	Sheffield United	42	11	10	21	49	70	7	4	10	25	31	4	6	11	24	39	.700	32	Relegated	1-0	3-1
22	Fulham	42	10	7	25	56	98	6	4	11	27	41	4	3	14	29	57	.571	27	Relegated	2-2	0-2

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 19, 1967	Sheffield United	A	3-1	Win	29,223	4	Bramall Lane
2	Tue Aug 22, 1967	Coventry City	H	3-3	Draw	44,950	2
3	Sat Aug 26, 1967	Arsenal	H	2-0	Win	33,977	5
4	Tue Aug 29, 1967	Coventry City	A	3-1	Win	41,212	2	Highfield Road
5	Sat Sep 02, 1967	Manchester City	A	0-2	Loss	29,547	4	Maine Road
6	Tue Sep 05, 1967	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	39,352	5
7	Sat Sep 09, 1967	Newcastle United	H	4-0	Win	30,151	4
8	Sat Sep 16, 1967	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	21,136	6	The Hawthorns
9	Sat Sep 23, 1967	Chelsea	H	3-0	Win	34,871	4
10	Sat Sep 30, 1967	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	26,724	6	The Dell
11	Sat Oct 07, 1967	Burnley	A	1-1	Draw	18,400	7	Turf Moor
12	Sat Oct 14, 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	37,983	7
13	Wed Oct 25, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	Draw	40,928	8	White Hart Lane
14	Sat Oct 28, 1967	Manchester United	H	3-1	Win	49,946	7		Forest's record attendance
15	Sat Nov 04, 1967	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	29,158	8	Roker Park
16	Sat Nov 11, 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	36,522	7
17	Sat Nov 18, 1967	Fulham	A	0-2	Loss	22,413	9	Craven Cottage
18	Sat Nov 25, 1967	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	29,569	11
19	Sat Dec 02, 1967	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	44,765	12	Goodison Park
	Sat Dec 09, 1967	Leicester City	H	0-1	Aba	-	12		Abandoned due to ice
20	Sat Dec 16, 1967	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	25,501	12
21	Sat Dec 23, 1967	Arsenal	A	0-3	Loss	32,512	13	Highbury
22	Tue Dec 26, 1967	Stoke City	H	3-0	Win	37,577	11
23	Sat Dec 30, 1967	Stoke City	A	3-1	Win	21,415	10	Victoria Ground
24	Sat Jan 06, 1968	Manchester City	H	0-3	Loss	39,581	11
25	Sat Jan 13, 1968	Newcastle United	A	0-0	Draw	43,274	10	St. James Park (Newcastle)
26	Sat Jan 20, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-2	Win	34,298	10
27	Sat Feb 03, 1968	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	33,483	10	Stamford Bridge
28	Sat Feb 10, 1968	Southampton	H	2-2	Draw	27,318	10
29	Sat Feb 24, 1968	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	26,110	9
30	Wed Mar 13, 1968	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	32,508	9	Elland Road
31	Sat Mar 16, 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	Draw	37,707	9
32	Tue Mar 19, 1968	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	30,403	7
33	Sat Mar 23, 1968	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	61,978	10	Old Trafford
34	Sat Mar 30, 1968	Sunderland	H	0-3	Loss	24,543	10
35	Sat Apr 06, 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	28,198	10	Molineux
36	Fri Apr 12, 1968	West Ham United	A	0-3	Loss	36,589	10	Upton Park
37	Sat Apr 13, 1968	Fulham	H	2-2	Draw	20,658	10
38	Tue Apr 16, 1968	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	22,189	10
39	Sat Apr 20, 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-0	Draw	28,805	10	Hillsborough
40	Mon Apr 22, 1968	Everton	H	1-0	Win	23,809	10
41	Sat May 04, 1968	Leicester City	A	2-4	Loss	25,605	11	Filbert Street
42	Sat May 11, 1968	Liverpool	A	1-6	Loss	38,850	11	Anfield

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 27, 1968	Bolton Wanderers	3			H	4-2	Win	-
Sat Feb 17, 1968	Leeds United	4			A	1-2	Loss	-	Elland Road

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 13, 1967	Scunthorpe United	2				A	1-0	Win	-	Old Show Ground
Tue Oct 10, 1967	Burnley	3				A	0-3	Loss	-	Turf Moor

Fairs Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 20, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	1	A	1-0	Win	4,500	Commerzbank-Arena
Tue Oct 17, 1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	2	H	4-0	Win	27,090		Won 5-0 on aggregate
Tue Oct 31, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	1	H	2-1	Win	32,896
Tue Nov 14, 1967	FC Zurich	Switzerland	2	2	A	0-1	Loss	12,000	Letzigrund	Lost on away goals

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue May 14, 1968	Notts County	Final	H	3-0	Win	-	Meadow Lane

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Aug 05, 1967	Raith Rovers	Scotland	A	5-1	Win	-
Mon Aug 07, 1967	Partick Thistle	Scotland	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sun Aug 13, 1967	Derby County	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Baseball Ground

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Mar 05, 1968	Derby County	England	H	1-2	Loss	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Brian Williamson	12	3	6	3
GK		Michael Harby	3			3
GK		Peter Grummitt	36	16	5	14
D		Bill Brindley	1		1							1
D		Bob McKinlay	51	19	11	20
D		Raymond Bridgett	1			1						2
D		Terry Hennessey	45	18	9	17
M		Dave Stainwright
M		Henry Newton	45	17	10	17	4
M		Jeff Whitefoot	2			1
M		Michael Kear
M		William Taylor	8	2	2	3	1					5
F		Alan Hinton	3	2		1	2					3
F		Barry Lyons	43	17	11	15	7					1
F		Colin Hall	4			3						1
F		Dave Hilley	18	7	4	6	4					4
F		Frank Wignall	35	15	5	14	7					1
F		Ian Storey-Moore	34	11	9	14	12
F		Jim Baxter	24	8	6	10	2
F		Joe Baker	48	18	11	18	21
F		John Barnwell	20	8	3	9	1
F		John Winfield	50	19	11	19	1
F		Paul Richardson	1			1						1
F		Peter Hindley	48	19	11	18
F		Sammy Chapman	29	10	6	13	3					3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
21	Joe Baker	48
12	Ian Storey-Moore	34
7	Barry Lyons	43
7	Frank Wignall	35
4	Dave Hilley	18
4	Henry Newton	45
3	Sammy Chapman	29
2	Alan Hinton	3
2	Jim Baxter	24
1	John Barnwell	20
1	John Winfield	50
1	William Taylor	8

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1967-68

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield United	Sat Aug 19, 1967	A	3-1	Sat Dec 16, 1967	H	1-0
Stoke City	Tue Dec 26, 1967	H	3-0	Sat Dec 30, 1967	A	3-1