1967–68 Football League First Division
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Overview
Manchester CityManchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history that season. They won the title on May 11, with a 4-3 win at Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
whilst the defending champions and their nearest rivals Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
lost 2-1 at home to Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
. Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
were relegated on May 1, after losing 2-0 at home against Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
, who survived on the last weekend of the season on May 11, with a draw against Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
at the expense of Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
, who lost 2-1 at home to Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
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League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 86 | 43 | 2.000 | + 43 | 58 | ||||
| 2 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 34 | 89 | 55 | 1.618 | + 34 | 56 | ||||
| 3 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 71 | 40 | 1.775 | + 31 | 55 | ||||
| 4 | Leeds United | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 71 | 41 | 1.732 | + 30 | 53 | ||||
| 5 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
42 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 67 | 40 | 1.675 | + 27 | 52 | ||||
| 6 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | – 6 | 48 | ||||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 70 | 59 | 1.186 | + 11 | 47 | ||||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 75 | 62 | 1.210 | + 13 | 46 | ||||
| 9 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 60 | 56 | 1.071 | + 4 | 44 | ||||
| 10 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | – 13 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | – 12 | 39 | ||||
| 12 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 73 | 69 | 1.058 | + 4 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | – 5 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | – 7 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | Sunderland | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | – 10 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 66 | 83 | 0.795 | – 17 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 66 | 75 | 0.880 | – 9 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 50 | 73 | 0.685 | – 23 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
42 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | – 12 | 34 | ||||
| 20 | Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 51 | 71 | 0.718 | – 20 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
42 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | – 21 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 57 | 56 | 98 | 0.571 | – 42 | 27 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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| League Champions, qualified for European Cup | |
| Qualified for European Cup | |
| FA Cup FA Cup 1967-68 The 1967–68 FA Cup was the 87th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup... winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup |
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| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967-68 The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967-68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous... |
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| League Cup Winners; see Leeds United | |
| Relegated |
First Division Results
Top Scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | George Best George Best George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders... |
Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
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| = |  Ron Davies |
Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
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| 2 |  Jeff AstleJeff Astle Jeffrey "The King" Astle was an English footballer. He played 361 games for West Bromwich Albion, scoring 174 goals, and was one of the most iconic players in the history of the club... |
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
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| 3 | Roger Hunt Roger Hunt Roger Hunt, MBE is an English former footballer. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup.-Club career:... |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
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| 4 | Jimmy Greaves Jimmy Greaves James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves is an English former football player, England's third highest international goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur football club, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and more recently a television pundit -... |
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
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| 5 | Allan Clarke Allan Clarke (footballer) Allan John Clarke , nicknamed "Sniffer", is a former footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England.-Early career:Clarke started his career at Walsall and made his debut aged 17, in 1963... |
Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
20 |
| = | Alan Ball |
Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
20 |
| = | Martin Chivers Martin Chivers Martin Harcourt Chivers is a retired English professional footballer from the 1960s and 1970s.-Southampton:... |
Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... / Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
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