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Reserves/U23/U21 Results & Match Reports

Season 1967-68 Football Combination

Final League Position 4th

Date Opponent V F-A WDL Notes Competition Att. Scorers
19670815Tue 15/8 Brentwood Town A 1-4 L   Friendly 1,100 Unknown
19670817Thu 17/8 Thetford Town A 0-0 D Friendly  
19670819Sat 19/8 ARSENAL H 1-3 L     1,251 McNeil
19670826Sat 26/8 Birmingham City A 2-2 D       Harper, Wigg
19670902Sat 2/9 SWINDON TOWN H 6-1 W       Woods, Spearritt, Broadfoot, Wosahlo2, Wigg
19670909Sat 9/9 Chelsea A 1-0 W       Bolton
19670916Sat 16/9 SOUTHAMPTON H 1-2 L       Lambert
19670923Sat 23/9 West Ham United A 3-2 W       Woods2, Wigg
19671007Sat 7/10 PETERBOROUGH UNITED H 6-1 W   Football Combination Cup   Baker3, Broadfoot, Hymas, Lambert
19671010Tue 10/10 Walsall A 1-0 W       Broadfoot
19671017Tue 17/10 GILLINGHAM H 2-0 W     1,644 Honeywood, Lambert
19671024Tue 24/10 Gillingham A 0-3 L      
19671031Tue 31/10 Northampton Town A 3-1 W   Football Combination Cup 949 Woods, Lambert, Wosahlo
19671104Sat 4/11 LEICESTER CITY H 3-2 W   Football Combination Cup 654 Mellish, Lambert, Unknownog
19671111Sat 11/11 Peterborough United A 2-1 W   Football Combination Cup   Lambert2
19671121Tue 21/11 NORTHAMPTON TOWN H 1-1 D   Football Combination Cup 2,203 Mills
19671125Sat 25/11 Leicester City A 2-4 L   Football Combination Cup   Hymas, Wigg
19671204Mon 4/12 Bedford Town A 1-1 D   Friendly   Unknown
19671213Wed 13/12 Chelsea A 0-0 D   Football Combination Cup  
19671216Sat 16/12 Arsenal A 1-0 W       Broadfoot
19671219Tue 19/12 CHELSEA H 2-0 W   Football Combination Cup 2,057 Barnard, Wigg
19671223Sat 23/12 BIRMINGHAM CITY H P-P          
19680113Sat 13/1 CHELSEA H P-P          
19680120Sat 20/1 Southampton A 0-1 L      
19680127Sat 27/1 Tottenham Hotspur A 1-8 L       Wigg
19680130Tue 30/1 HAVERHILL ROVERS H 0-0 D Suffolk Premier Cup 1st Round  
19680203Sat 3/2 WEST HAM UNITED H 2-3 L       Honeywood, Woods
19680210Sat 10/2 LEICESTER CITY H 2-2 D   Football Combination Cup Quarter-Final 1,920 Woods2
19680213Tue 13/2 WALSALL H 0-1 L     3,518
19680217Sat 17/2 BIRMINGHAM CITY H 2-1 W     1,408 Broadfoot2
19680221Wed 21/2 Plymouth Argyle A 4-4 D       Hunt, ORourke2, Wosahlo
19680224Sat 24/2 Leicester City A 3-0 W   Football Combination Cup Quarter-Final Replay   Lambert2, Wosahlo
19680305Tue 5/3 NORTHAMPTON TOWN H 3-1 W     1,822 Woods, Mitchell, Wosahlo
19680309Sat 9/3 SUDBURY TOWN H 4-0 W   Suffolk Premier Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg   Unknown4
19680316Sat 16/3 Sudbury Town A 3-1 W   Suffolk Premier Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg   Unknown3
19680320Wed 20/3 Leicester City A 1-2 L       Wigg
19680321Thu 21/3 Coventry City A 2-0 W     2,746 Mitchell, Wigg
19680323Sat 23/3 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR H 0-2 L     1,227
19680326Tue 26/3 CHELSEA H 4-0 W     2,100 Woods, Spearritt, Lambert, Wigg
19680330Sat 30/3 Arsenal A 1-3 L   Football Combination Cup Semi-Final 1,000 Spearritt
19680402Tue 2/4 Northampton Town A 4-0 W     683 Hunt2, Harper, Wigg
19680409Tue 9/4 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE H 0-0 D      
19680413Sat 13/4 Peterborough United A 1-2 L       Barnard
19680420Sat 20/4 LEICESTER CITY H 2-0 W   15,312 Wosahlo, Wigg
19680423Tue 23/4 COVENTRY CITY H 4-0 W       Hunt2, Lambert, Unknownog
19680502Thu 2/5 Swindon Town A 0-0 D     720
19680504Sat 4/5 BURY TOWN H 4-0 W   Suffolk Premier Cup Final   Harper, Feely, Wigg2
19680507Tue 7/5 PETERBOROUGH UNITED H 3-0 W       Barnard, Spearritt2

General notes

The game on Sat 20-04-1968 drew a record reserve game crowd of 15,312 as tickets for the first team game against QPR the following Saturday (in what proved to be the Division 2 title decider) were on sale.

Season Summary

CompPWDLFA
Reserve Friendly302125
Football Combination28144105138
Football Combination Cup116322515
Suffolk Premier Cup4310111
TOTALS462310138959

 Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

 Home AverageHome TotalAway AverageAway Total
League2,02028,2822964,149
Cup/Play-offs8546,8342781,949

Final League Table

 Final League Table Football Combination
                              P   W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1. Tottenham Hotspur        26  19  4  3  70  24  42
 2. Birmingham City          25  18  3  4  61  26  39
 3. Plymouth Argyle          27  13  7  7  43  30  33
 4. IPSWICH TOWN             28  14  4 10  51  39  32
 5. Chelsea                  28  13  5 10  43  40  31
 6. Southampton              26  13  3  9  46  45  29
 7. Coventry City            27  11  6 10  44  45  28
 8. Leicester City           28  10  7 11  47  47  27
 9. Arsenal                  26  10  5 11  30  27  25
10. Walsall                  27  10  5 12  43  41  25
11. West Ham United          26  11  2 14  37  42  24
12. Gillingham               25   8  5 12  31  38  21
13. Peterborough United      28   8  4 16  41  58  20
14. Swindon Town             28   6  4 18  23  59  16
15. Northampton Town         27   3  4 20  33  81  10