First Team Results & Match Reports

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First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1968-69 Division 1

Season Summary

Season 1968-69 Division 1

Season Summary

Attendance Summary

Player Appearances and Goals

Final League Table

Attendance Summary

Player Appearances and Goals

Final League Table

since 1878

Final League Position 12th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19680718Thu 18/7	Colchester United	A	0-0	D	Friendly			McGarry
19680719Fri 19/7	Gillingham	A	0-0	D	Friendly			McGarry
19680731Wed 31/7	SC Preussen Muenster 06	A	1-0	W	Friendly	8,000	Unknown	McGarry
19680802Fri 2/8	Groningen	A	0-3	L	Friendly	10,000		McGarry
19680805Mon 5/8	ARBROATH	H	4-3	W	Friendly	8,890	Brogan³, Unknown	McGarry
19680810Sat 10/8	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	H	1-0	W		25,840	ORourke	McGarry
19680814Wed 14/8	Sunderland	A	0-3	L		30,037		McGarry
19680817Sat 17/8	Leicester City	A	3-1	W		26,014	Hegan, Crawford, ORourke	McGarry
19680820Tue 20/8	LEEDS UNITED	H	2-3	L		30,388	ORourke, Crawford	McGarry
19680824Sat 24/8	ARSENAL	H	1-2	L		25,825	Crawford	McGarry
19680827Tue 27/8	QUEENS PARK RANGERS	H	3-0	W		24,049	Hegan, Morris, Crawford	McGarry
19680831Sat 31/8	Manchester City	A	1-1	D		31,303	Crawford	McGarry
19680903Tue 3/9	NORWICH CITY	H	2-4	L	League Cup 2nd Round	23,087	McNeil, Crawford	McGarry
19680907Sat 7/9	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	L		26,770	Crawford	McGarry
19680914Sat 14/9	LIVERPOOL	H	0-2	L		24,514		McGarry
19680921Sat 21/9	Southampton	A	2-2	D		19,599	ORourke, Crawford	McGarry
19680928Sat 28/9	STOKE CITY	H	3-1	W		20,943	Brogan, Crawford²	McGarry
19680930Mon 30/9	Mansfield Town	A	5-2	W	Testimonial Peter Morris	3,586	Unknown⁵	McGarry
19681005Sat 5/10	Chelsea	A	1-3	L		31,625	Crawford	McGarry
19681008Tue 8/10	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	L		17,992	ORourke	McGarry
19681012Sat 12/10	NEWCASTLE UNITED	H	1-4	L		20,763	ORourke	McGarry
19681019Sat 19/10	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	W		21,148	ORourke, Crawford	McGarry
19681022Tue 22/10	GRONINGEN	H	1-1	D	Friendly	6,882	Unknown	McGarry
19681026Sat 26/10	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	H	0-1	L		30,251		McGarry
19681102Sat 2/11	Burnley	A	0-1	L		14,721		McGarry
19681109Sat 9/11	EVERTON	H	2-2	D		23,049	Morris, Crawford	McGarry
19681116Sat 16/11	Manchester United	A	0-0	D		45,796		McGarry
19681123Sat 23/11	WEST HAM UNITED	H	2-2	D		28,996	Viljoen, Morris	McGarry
19681130Sat 30/11	Coventry City	A	2-0	W		26,770	ORourke, Hunt	Lea
19681207Sat 7/12	WEST BROMWICH ALBION	H	4-1	W		19,725	ORourke², Viljoen, Brogan	Lea
19681214Sat 14/12	Newcastle United	A	1-2	L		26,440	ORourke	Lea
19681221Sat 21/12	NOTTINGHAM FOREST	H	2-3	L		18,739	Hegan, Morris	Lea
19681226Thu 26/12	CHELSEA	H	1-3	L		24,083	Hunt	Lea
19681228Sat 28/12	Tottenham Hotspur	A	P-P
19690104Sat 4/1	Everton	A	1-2	L	FA Cup 3rd Round	49,047	ORourke	Lea
19690111Sat 11/1	BURNLEY	H	2-0	W		18,858	Mills, Crawford	Lea
19690118Sat 18/1	Everton	A	2-2	D		41,725	Crawford²	Robson
19690201Sat 1/2	MANCHESTER UNITED	H	1-0	W		30,837	Dunne^og	Robson
19690208Sat 8/2	West Ham United	A	P-P
19690212Wed 12/2	Leeds United	A	0-2	L		24,494		Robson
19690215Sat 15/2	COVENTRY CITY	H	P-P
19690218Tue 18/2	Arsenal	A	2-0	W		23,891	ORourke, Crawford	Robson
19690222Sat 22/2	West Bromwich Albion	A	P-P
19690301Sat 1/3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	D		25,600	ORourke	Robson
19690308Sat 8/3	LEICESTER CITY	H	P-P
19690311Tue 11/3	MANCHESTER CITY	H	2-1	W		24,313	ORourke, Wigg	Robson
19690318Tue 18/3	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-2	D		21,608	Jefferson, Wigg	Robson
19690321Fri 21/3	West Ham United	A	3-1	W		32,574	Woods, ORourke, Wigg	Robson
19690325Tue 25/3	COVENTRY CITY	H	0-0	D		20,519		Robson
19690329Sat 29/3	SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY	H	P-P
19690404Fri 4/4	SUNDERLAND	H	1-0	W		24,021	Wigg	Robson
19690405Sat 5/4	Stoke City	A	1-2	L		15,187	ORourke	Robson
19690412Sat 12/4	SOUTHAMPTON	H	0-0	D		19,933		Robson
19690419Sat 19/4	Liverpool	A	0-4	L		40,449		Robson
19690423Wed 23/4	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	D		21,426	Mills, Wigg	Robson
19690425Fri 25/4	SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY	H	2-0	W		17,780	Viljoen, Wigg	Robson
19690429Tue 29/4	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	H	6-0	W	Testimonial Ray Crawford	16,474	Bailey^og, Viljoen, ORourke, Lambert², Wigg	Robson
19690430Wed 30/4	Norwich City	A	1-3	L	Testimonial Terry Allcock	9,118	Wigg	Robson
19690503Sat 3/5	LEICESTER CITY	H	2-1	W		22,017	Viljoen, Lambert	Robson
19690506Tue 6/5	Colchester United	A	6-2	W	Testimonial Tony Macedo		Hunt, Woods, Miller, ORourke², Carroll	Robson
19690518Sun 18/5	Anorthosis	A	1-0	W	Friendly	1,500	Brogan	Robson
19690522Thu 22/5	Morphou	A	13-1	W	Friendly	300	Hunt², Barnard³, Wigg⁵, Unknown³	Robson
19690524Sat 24/5	Apoel Nicosia	A	2-0	W	Friendly	1,500	Hunt, Barnard	Robson

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

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	23,593	495,443	26,913	565,169
Cup/Play-offs	23,087	23,087	49,047	49,047

Total appearances
League
Friendly
League Cup
FA Cup

Player	DOB	Position	Apps	Goals
Barnard, Chris	1/8/1947	Midfield	10(1)	4
Baxter, Billy	23/4/1939	Centre Half	44
Bell, Bobby	26/10/1950	Central Defender	1(1)
Best, David	6/9/1943	Goalkeeper	25
Brogan, Frank	3/8/1942	Winger	34(1)	6
Bugg, Alec	27/11/1948	Goalkeeper	3
Carroll, Tommy	18/8/1942	Right Full Back	19(2)	1
Crawford, Ray	13/7/1936	Centre Forward	33	17
Own Goal			2	2
Hancock, Ken	25/11/1937	Goalkeeper	19
Harper, Colin	25/7/1946	Full Back	4
Hegan, Danny	14/6/1943	Midfield	40	3
Hill, Mick	13/12/1947	Forward	0(1)
Houghton, Billy	20/2/1939	Full Back	30
Hunt, Bobby	1/10/1942	Forward	7(8)	6
Jefferson, Derek	5/9/1948	Central Defender	44	1
Lambert, Mick	20/5/1950	Winger	4	3
Lea, Cyril	5/8/1934	Wing Half	0(1)
McNeil, Mick	7/2/1940	Defender	5(1)	1
Miller, John	21/9/1950	Midfield	2	1
Mills, Mick	4/1/1949	Full Back/Midfield	39(1)	2
Morris, Peter	8/11/1943	Midfield	37(1)	4
ORourke, John	11/2/1945	Forward	43	20
Spearritt, Eddie	31/1/1947	Midfield	5(5)
Stacey, Steve	27/8/1944	Defender	3
Unknown			8	11
Viljoen, Colin	20/6/1948	Midfield	42(1)	5
Wigg, Ron	18/5/1949	Forward	11(2)	13
Woods, Charlie	18/3/1941	Forward	19(5)	2
Woods, Clive	18/12/1947	Midfield/Forward	1

Player	DOB	Position	Apps	Goals
Barnard, Chris	1/8/1947	Midfield	7(1)
Baxter, Billy	23/4/1939	Centre Half	39
Bell, Bobby	26/10/1950	Central Defender	1
Best, David	6/9/1943	Goalkeeper	21
Brogan, Frank	3/8/1942	Winger	31(1)	2
Bugg, Alec	27/11/1948	Goalkeeper	3
Carroll, Tommy	18/8/1942	Right Full Back	15(2)
Crawford, Ray	13/7/1936	Centre Forward	30	16
Own Goal			1	1
Hancock, Ken	25/11/1937	Goalkeeper	18
Harper, Colin	25/7/1946	Full Back	4
Hegan, Danny	14/6/1943	Midfield	38	3
Houghton, Billy	20/2/1939	Full Back	28
Hunt, Bobby	1/10/1942	Forward	4(7)	2
Jefferson, Derek	5/9/1948	Central Defender	40	1
Lambert, Mick	20/5/1950	Winger	2	1
Lea, Cyril	5/8/1934	Wing Half	0(1)
McNeil, Mick	7/2/1940	Defender	3
Miller, John	21/9/1950	Midfield	1
Mills, Mick	4/1/1949	Full Back/Midfield	35(1)	2
Morris, Peter	8/11/1943	Midfield	33(1)	4
ORourke, John	11/2/1945	Forward	39	16
Spearritt, Eddie	31/1/1947	Midfield	4(5)
Stacey, Steve	27/8/1944	Defender	3
Viljoen, Colin	20/6/1948	Midfield	37(1)	4
Wigg, Ron	18/5/1949	Forward	10	6
Woods, Charlie	18/3/1941	Forward	16(4)	1

Player	DOB	Position	Apps	Goals
Barnard, Chris	1/8/1947	Midfield	2	4
Baxter, Billy	23/4/1939	Centre Half	3
Bell, Bobby	26/10/1950	Central Defender	0(1)
Best, David	6/9/1943	Goalkeeper	3
Brogan, Frank	3/8/1942	Winger	2	4
Carroll, Tommy	18/8/1942	Right Full Back	3	1
Crawford, Ray	13/7/1936	Centre Forward	1
Own Goal			1	1
Hill, Mick	13/12/1947	Forward	0(1)
Hunt, Bobby	1/10/1942	Forward	3(1)	4
Jefferson, Derek	5/9/1948	Central Defender	3
Lambert, Mick	20/5/1950	Winger	2	2
McNeil, Mick	7/2/1940	Defender	1(1)
Miller, John	21/9/1950	Midfield	1	1
Mills, Mick	4/1/1949	Full Back/Midfield	3
Morris, Peter	8/11/1943	Midfield	2
ORourke, John	11/2/1945	Forward	3	3
Unknown			8	11
Viljoen, Colin	20/6/1948	Midfield	3	1
Wigg, Ron	18/5/1949	Forward	1(2)	7
Woods, Charlie	18/3/1941	Forward	3	1
Woods, Clive	18/12/1947	Midfield/Forward	1

Player	DOB	Position	Apps	Goals
Barnard, Chris	1/8/1947	Midfield	1
Baxter, Billy	23/4/1939	Centre Half	1
Carroll, Tommy	18/8/1942	Right Full Back	1
Crawford, Ray	13/7/1936	Centre Forward	1	1
Hancock, Ken	25/11/1937	Goalkeeper	1
Hegan, Danny	14/6/1943	Midfield	1
Houghton, Billy	20/2/1939	Full Back	1
McNeil, Mick	7/2/1940	Defender	1	1
Morris, Peter	8/11/1943	Midfield	1
Spearritt, Eddie	31/1/1947	Midfield	1
Viljoen, Colin	20/6/1948	Midfield	1
Woods, Charlie	18/3/1941	Forward	0(1)

Player	DOB	Position	Apps	Goals
Baxter, Billy	23/4/1939	Centre Half	1
Best, David	6/9/1943	Goalkeeper	1
Brogan, Frank	3/8/1942	Winger	1
Crawford, Ray	13/7/1936	Centre Forward	1
Hegan, Danny	14/6/1943	Midfield	1
Houghton, Billy	20/2/1939	Full Back	1
Jefferson, Derek	5/9/1948	Central Defender	1
Mills, Mick	4/1/1949	Full Back/Midfield	1
Morris, Peter	8/11/1943	Midfield	1
ORourke, John	11/2/1945	Forward	1	1
Viljoen, Colin	20/6/1948	Midfield	1

Final League Table Division 1

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LEEDS UNITED             42  18  3  0  41   9   9 10  2  25  17   67
 2. Liverpool                42  16  4  1  36  10   9  7  5  27  14   61
 3. Everton                  42  14  5  2  43  10   7 10  4  34  26   57
 4. Arsenal                  42  12  6  3  31  12  10  6  5  25  15   56
 5. Chelsea                  42  11  7  3  40  24   9  3  9  33  29   50
 6. Tottenham Hotspur        42  10  8  3  39  22   4  9  8  22  29   45
 7. Southampton              42  13  5  3  41  21   3  8 10  16  27   45
 8. West Ham United          42  10  8  3  47  22   3 10  8  19  28   44
 9. Newcastle United         42  12  7  2  40  20   3  7 11  21  35   44
10. West Bromwich Albion     42  11  7  3  43  26   5  4 12  21  41   43
11. Manchester United        42  13  5  3  38  18   2  7 12  19  35   42
12. Ipswich Town             42  10  4  7  32  26   5  7  9  27  34   41
13. Manchester City          42  13  6  2  49  20   2  4 15  15  35   40
14. Burnley                  42  11  6  4  36  25   4  3 14  19  57   39
15. Sheffield Wednesday      42   7  9  5  27  26   3  7 11  14  28   36
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42   7 10  4  26  22   3  5 13  15  36   35
17. Sunderland               42  10  6  5  28  18   1  6 14  15  49   34
18. Nottingham Forest        42   6  6  9  17  22   4  7 10  28  35   33
19. Stoke City               42   9  7  5  24  24   0  8 13  16  39   33
20. Coventry City            42   8  6  7  32  22   2  5 14  14  42   31
21. LEICESTER CITY           42   8  8  5  27  24   1  4 16  12  44   30
22. QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS     42   4  7 10  20  33   0  3 18  19  62   18

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