Season 1968-69

[ Results Summary ]

Football League Division One

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 21 11 7 3 40 24
Away 21 9 3 9 33 29
Total 42 20 10 12 73 53
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
14th Aug 1968 Nottm Forest (H) 36515 1-1 Tambling
17th West Bromwich (H) 33766 3-1 Baldwin, Tambling (2)
21st Newcastle Utd (A) 39048 2-3 Birchenall, Tambling
24th Manchester Utd (A) 55114 4-0 Baldwin (2), Birchenall, Tambling
28th Sheffield Wed (H) 33402 1-0 Tambling
31st Tottenham (H) 48412 2-2 Birchenall, Osgood
7th Sep 1968 Everton (H) 42017 1-1 Osgood
10th Coventry City (A) 36217 1-0 Osgood
14th QPR (A) 26358 4-0 Baldwin (2), Birchenall, Osgood
21st West Ham Utd (H) 58062 1-1 Tambling
28th Burnley (A) 14762 1-2 Tambling
5th Oct 1968 Ipswich Town (H) 31625 3-1 Baxter (og), Birchenall, Hollins
9th Sheffield Wed (A) 30445 1-1 Baldwin
12th Wolverhampton (A) 27810 1-1 Tambling
19th Leicester City (H) 33462 3-0 Baldwin (3)
26th Stoke City (A) 16799 0-2  
2nd Nov 1968 Manchester City (H) 40700 2-0 Baldwin, Osgood
9th Liverpool (A) 47248 1-2 Birchenall
16th Southampton (H) 31325 2-3 Baldwin, Birchenall
23rd Arsenal (A) 45588 1-0 Houseman
30th Leeds Utd (H) 43286 1-1 Osgood
7th Dec 1968 Sunderland (A) 21976 2-3 Baldwin, Birchenall
14th Wolverhampton (H) 26194 1-1 Osgood
21st Leicester City (A) 23597 4-1 Birchenall, Osgood (2), Tambling
26th Ipswich Town (A) 24083 3-1 Webb (3)
11th Jan 1969 Manchester City (A) 35605 1-4 Houseman
18th Liverpool (H) 52295 1-2 Tambling
1st Feb 1969 Southampton (A) 28147 0-5  
15th Leeds Utd (A) 35789 0-1  
22nd Sunderland (H) 29381 5-1 Birchenall, Tambling (4)
5th Mar 1969 Stoke City (H) 19856 1-0 Webb
8th West Bromwich (A) 25137 3-0 Boyle, Houseman, Hutchinson
10th Coventry City (H) 17639 2-1 Hutchinson, Tambling
15th Manchester Utd (H) 60436 3-2 Hutchinson, Tambling, Webb
22nd Tottenham (A) 47349 0-1  
29th Everton (A) 42190 2-1 Birchenall, Hutchinson
4th Apr 1969 Newcastle Utd (H) 42078 1-1 Hutchinson
5th Burnley (H) 30266 2-3 Hollins, Tambling
8th Nottm Forest (A) 30413 2-1 Birchenall, Hutchinson
12th West Ham Utd (A) 32332 0-0  
14th Arsenal (H) 37890 2-1 Baldwin, Webb
19th QPR (H) 41263 2-1 Baldwin (2)

Gate Statistics (Football League Division One)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 17639 (Coventry City) 60436 (Manchester Utd) 789870 / 21 37613
Away 14762 (Burnley) 55114 (Manchester Utd) 686007 / 21 32667
All 14762 (Burnley, Away) 60436 (Manchester Utd, Home) 1475877 / 42 35140

Football League Division One

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Leeds Utd 42 27 13 2 66 26 67 +40
2 Liverpool 42 25 11 6 63 24 61 +39
3 Everton 42 21 15 6 77 36 57 +41
4 Arsenal 42 22 12 8 56 27 56 +29
5 Chelsea 42 20 10 12 73 53 50 +20
6 Tottenham 42 14 17 11 61 51 45 +10
7 Southampton 42 16 13 13 57 48 45 +9
8 West Ham Utd 42 13 18 11 66 50 44 +16
9 Newcastle Utd 42 15 14 13 61 55 44 +6
10 West Bromwich 42 16 11 15 65 67 43 -2
11 Manchester Utd 42 15 12 15 57 53 42 +4
12 Ipswich Town 42 15 11 16 59 60 41 -1
13 Manchester City 42 15 10 17 64 55 40 +9
14 Burnley 42 15 9 18 55 82 39 -27
15 Sheffield Wed 42 10 16 16 41 54 36 -13
16 Wolverhampton 42 10 15 17 41 58 35 -17
17 Sunderland 42 11 12 19 43 67 34 -24
18 Nottm Forest 42 10 13 19 45 57 33 -12
19 Stoke City 42 9 15 18 40 63 33 -23
20 Coventry City 42 10 11 21 46 64 31 -18
21 Leicester City 42 9 12 21 39 68 30 -29
22 QPR 42 4 10 28 39 95 18 -56

European Fairs Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
4 2 2 0 9 3
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 1st Leg 18th Sep 1968 Greenock Morton (H) 28736 5-0 Birchenall, Boyle, Cooke, Hollins, Osgood
2nd Leg 30th Sep 1968 Greenock Morton (A) 8000 4-3 (9-3 agg) Baldwin, Birchenall, Houseman, Tambling
2nd Round 1st Leg 23rd Oct 1968 DWS Amsterdam (H) 28428 0-0  
2nd Leg 30th Oct 1968 DWS Amsterdam (A) 14000 0-0 (0-0 agg) [Lose on coin toss]  

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
5 3 1 1 8 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 4th Jan 1969 Carlisle Utd (H) 37322 2-0 Osgood, Tambling
4th Round 25th Jan 1969 Preston NE (A) 31875 0-0  
4th Round Replay 3rd Feb 1969 Preston NE (H) 36522 2-1 Cooke, Webb
5th Round 12th Feb 1969 Stoke City (H) 39191 3-2 Birchenall, Osgood (2)
Quarter-Final 1st Mar 1969 West Bromwich (H) 52285 1-2 Webb

League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 1 1 1 2 3
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 3rd Sep 1968 Birmingham City (A) 31560 1-0 Foster (og)
3rd Round 25th Sep 1968 Derby County (H) 26975 0-0  
3rd Round Replay 2nd Oct 1968 Derby County (A) 34346 1-3 Birchenall

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  Fairs Cup   European Fairs Cup
  Lge Cup   League Cup

Player Total League Fairs Cup FA Cup Lge Cup
Bobby Tambling 20 18 1 1  
Tommy Baldwin 16 15 1    
Alan Birchenall 16 12 2 1 1
Peter Osgood 13 9 1 3  
David Webb 8 6   2  
Ian Hutchinson 6 6      
Peter Houseman 4 3 1    
John Hollins 3 2 1    
Johnny Boyle 2 1 1    
Charlie Cooke 2   1 1  
Total 90 72 9 8 1

Appearances

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  Fairs Cup   European Fairs Cup
  Lge Cup   League Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League Fairs Cup FA Cup Lge Cup
David Webb 54/- 42/- 4/- 5/- 3/-
Peter Bonetti 53/- 41/- 4/- 5/- 3/-
Ron Harris 52/- 40/- 4/- 5/- 3/-
Alan Birchenall 51/- 39/- 4/- 5/- 3/-
Eddie McCreadie 50/- 38/- 4/- 5/- 3/-
Bobby Tambling 48/2 36/2 4/- 5/- 3/-
John Hollins 48/- 37/- 3/- 5/- 3/-
Peter Osgood 46/1 35/- 3/1 5/- 3/-
Johnny Boyle 42/2 33/1 3/- 4/1 2/-
Charlie Cooke 35/1 25/1 3/- 5/- 2/-
Peter Houseman 34/3 29/3 2/- 2/- 1/-
Tommy Baldwin 31/- 25/- 4/-   2/-
John Dempsey 16/- 15/-   1/-  
Ian Hutchinson 15/1 14/1     1/-
Marvin Hinton 9/4 6/3 2/-   1/1
Stewart Houston 5/- 2/-   3/-  
Barry Lloyd 3/2 3/2      
Alan Hudson 1/- 1/-      
Tommy Hughes 1/- 1/-      
Joe Fascione -/1 -/1      
Games Played 54 42 4 5 3