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SEASON: 1968-69

Prev Season: 1967-68
Next Season: 1969-70

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey, Matt Gillies
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Preston North End (A) 0-3)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (West Bromwich Albion (H) 2-3)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	21 times	5 times	4 times		1 time
Conceded	12 times	12 times	8 times	1 time
Won By	7 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	12 times	8 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 41,892 (League - Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,651 (League - Newcastle United)
Average League Attendance:: 25,532
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 12
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	Leeds United	42	27	13	2	66	26	18	3	0	41	9	9	10	2	25	17	2.538	67	European Cup	1-1	0-1
1	Leeds United	42	27	13	2	66	26	18	3	0	41	9	9	10	2	25	17	2.538	67	European Cup	0-2	0-1
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	16	4	1	36	10	9	7	5	27	14	2.625	61	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-1	2-0
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	14	5	2	43	10	7	10	4	34	26	2.139	57		1-0	1-2
4	Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	12	6	3	31	12	10	6	5	25	15	2.074	56	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	0-2	1-1
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	11	7	3	40	24	9	3	9	33	29	1.377	50		1-2	1-1
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	10	8	3	39	22	4	9	8	22	29	1.196	45		0-2	1-2
7	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	13	5	3	41	21	3	8	10	16	27	1.188	45	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	1-0	1-1
8	West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	10	8	3	47	22	3	10	8	19	28	1.320	44		0-1	0-1
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	12	7	2	40	20	3	7	11	21	35	1.109	44	Inter Cities Fairs Cup	2-4	1-1
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	64	67	11	7	3	43	26	5	4	12	21	41	.955	43		3-0	5-2
11	Manchester United	42	15	12	15	57	53	13	5	3	38	18	2	7	12	19	35	1.075	42		0-1	1-3
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	11	16	59	60	10	4	7	32	26	5	7	9	27	34	.983	41		1-2	3-2
13	Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	13	6	2	49	20	2	4	15	15	35	1.164	40	Cup Winners Cup	1-0	3-3
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	11	6	4	36	25	4	3	14	19	57	.671	39		2-2	1-3
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	7	9	5	27	26	3	7	11	14	28	.759	36		0-0	1-0
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	7	10	4	26	22	3	5	13	15	36	.707	35		0-0	0-1
17	Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	10	6	5	28	18	1	6	14	15	49	.642	34		1-0	1-3
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	6	6	9	17	22	4	7	10	28	35	.789	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	9	7	5	24	24	0	8	13	16	39	.635	33		3-3	1-3
20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	8	6	7	32	22	2	5	14	14	42	.719	31		0-0	1-1
21	Leicester City	42	9	12	21	39	68	8	8	5	27	24	1	4	16	12	44	.574	30	Relegated	0-0	2-2
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	4	7	10	20	33	0	3	18	19	62	.411	18	Relegated	1-0	1-2

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 10, 1968	Burnley	H	2-2	Draw	-	9
2	Wed Aug 14, 1968	Chelsea	A	1-1	Draw	36,515	8	Stamford Bridge
3	Sat Aug 17, 1968	West Ham United	A	0-1	Loss	31,114	16	Upton Park
4	Tue Aug 20, 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	-	13
	Sat Aug 24, 1968	Leeds United	H	1-1	Aba	-	13		Abandoned due to fire in Main Stand
5	Wed Aug 28, 1968	Newcastle United	A	1-1	Draw	34,613	16	St. James Park (Newcastle)
6	Sat Aug 31, 1968	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	45,951	20	Goodison Park
7	Sat Sep 07, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-2	Win	-	14	The Hawthorns
8	Sat Sep 14, 1968	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	27,260	13	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
9	Sat Sep 21, 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	37,386	18	White Hart Lane
10	Sat Oct 05, 1968	Stoke City	H	3-3	Draw	-	18	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
11	Tue Oct 08, 1968	Newcastle United	H	2-4	Loss	17,651	19	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
12	Sat Oct 12, 1968	Sunderland	A	1-3	Loss	-	21	Roker Park
13	Sat Oct 19, 1968	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	Loss	-	22	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
14	Sat Oct 26, 1968	Manchester City	A	3-3	Draw	-	19	Maine Road
15	Sat Nov 02, 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	-	19	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane
16	Sat Nov 09, 1968	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	-	20	Filbert Street
17	Sat Nov 16, 1968	Arsenal	H	0-2	Loss	24,550	20
18	Sat Nov 23, 1968	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	18,857	21	Loftus Road
19	Sat Nov 30, 1968	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	25,175	21
20	Sat Dec 07, 1968	Southampton	A	1-1	Draw	17,957	21	The Dell
21	Sat Dec 14, 1968	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win	-	20
22	Sat Dec 21, 1968	Ipswich Town	A	3-2	Win	-	19	Portman Road
23	Thu Dec 26, 1968	Stoke City	A	1-3	Loss	-	19	Victoria Ground	Johnny Carey's last game as manager
24	Sat Jan 11, 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	-	20	Molineux
25	Sat Jan 18, 1969	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	-	20
26	Sat Feb 01, 1969	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	35,585	20	Highbury
27	Sat Feb 15, 1969	Liverpool	A	2-0	Win	42,359	19	Anfield
28	Tue Feb 25, 1969	Leeds United	H	0-2	Loss	-	19
29	Sat Mar 01, 1969	Burnley	A	1-3	Loss	-	19	Turf Moor
30	Tue Mar 04, 1969	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	Win	21,035	19
31	Sat Mar 08, 1969	West Ham United	H	0-1	Loss	24,303	19
32	Tue Mar 11, 1969	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	19,031	18
33	Sat Mar 22, 1969	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-0	Win	-	19
34	Mon Mar 24, 1969	Manchester City	H	1-0	Win	-	17
35	Mon Mar 31, 1969	Manchester United	H	0-1	Loss	41,892	17
36	Sat Apr 05, 1969	Manchester United	A	1-3	Loss	51,952	19	Old Trafford
37	Mon Apr 07, 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	Win	-	18	Hillsborough
38	Tue Apr 08, 1969	Chelsea	H	1-2	Loss	30,413	18
39	Sat Apr 12, 1969	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-2	Loss	22,920	18
40	Sat Apr 19, 1969	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	37,772	19	Highfield Road
41	Fri Apr 25, 1969	Everton	H	1-0	Win	26,629	18
42	Wed Apr 30, 1969	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	-	18	Elland Road

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 04, 1969	Preston North End	3			A	0-3	Loss	-	Deepdale	Matt Gillies's first game as manager

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Sep 03, 1968	West Bromwich Albion	2				H	2-3	Loss	-	Meadow Lane	Played at Meadow Lane

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed May 07, 1969	Notts County		H	2-1	Win	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Thu Aug 01, 1968	Werder Bremen	Germany	A	1-0	Win	-
Sun Aug 04, 1968	SV Alsenborn	Germany	A	3-1	Win	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 25, 1969	Norwich City	England	A	1-1	Draw	-

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Oct 01, 1968	Bristol XI	England	A	6-2	Win	-		Alfie Biggs testimonial

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alan Hill	10	4	1	5
GK		Brian Sherratt	1			1
GK		Brian Williamson	9	1	3	4
GK		Gordon Marshall	7	2	2	3
GK		Peter Grummitt	18	3	7	8
D		Bill Brindley	2	1		1
D		Bob McKinlay	34	5	11	17					1	1
D		Leonard Harris	1			1
D		Terry Hennessey	41	9	11	20	2
M		Henry Newton	45	10	13	21	2
M		Liam O'Kane	1			1				1
M		William Taylor	1		1							4
F		Barry Lyons	44	10	12	21	9
F		Colin Hall	19	4	4	10	2				1	4
F		Dave Hilley	19	5	5	8	4					9
F		Ian Storey-Moore	29	3	12	13	18			1
F		Jim Baxter	25	7	6	12	1					1
F		Joe Baker	30	7	10	13	4					1
F		John Barnwell	26	5	9	11	1					4
F		John Winfield	45	10	13	21
F		Paul Richardson	13	3	2	8	1					6
F		Peter Hindley	38	7	13	17
F		Ronnie Rees	11	5		6	1
F		Sammy Chapman	28	9	8	11	3					2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
18	Ian Storey-Moore	29
9	Barry Lyons	44
4	Dave Hilley	19
4	Joe Baker	30
3	Sammy Chapman	28
2	Colin Hall	19
2	Henry Newton	45
2	Terry Hennessey	41
1	Jim Baxter	25
1	John Barnwell	26
1	Paul Richardson	13
1	Ronnie Rees	11

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1968-69

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Sep 07, 1968	A	5-2	Sat Mar 22, 1969	H	3-0