Season | 1968–69 |
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Champions | Leeds United 1st English title |
Relegated | Leicester City Queens Park Rangers |
European Cup | Leeds United |
European Cup Winners' Cup | Manchester City |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Liverpool Arsenal Southampton Newcastle United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,213 (2.63 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jimmy Greaves (27 goals)[1] |
← 1967–68 1969–70 → |
Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1968-69 season.
Overview
[edit]Leeds United won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season. They wrapped up the title on 28 April 1969, with a 0–0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on 29 March, after losing 2–1 at home to Liverpool. Leicester City joined them after losing 3–2 at Manchester United, where a win would have saved Leicester from relegation at the expense of Coventry City.
League standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leeds United (C) | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 66 | 26 | 2.538 | 67 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Liverpool | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 24 | 2.625 | 61 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
3 | Everton | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 77 | 36 | 2.139 | 57 | |
4 | Arsenal | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 56 | 27 | 2.074 | 56 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[a] |
5 | Chelsea | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 53 | 1.377 | 50 | |
6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 45 | |
7 | Southampton | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 45 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[b] |
8 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 66 | 50 | 1.320 | 44 | |
9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 55 | 1.109 | 44 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round[c] |
10 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 43 | |
11 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 53 | 1.075 | 42 | |
12 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 60 | 0.983 | 41 | |
13 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 64 | 55 | 1.164 | 40 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[d] |
14 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 82 | 0.671 | 39 | |
15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 54 | 0.759 | 36 | |
16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 0.707 | 35 | |
17 | Sunderland | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 67 | 0.642 | 34 | |
18 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 57 | 0.789 | 33 | |
19 | Stoke City | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 63 | 0.635 | 33 | |
20 | Coventry City | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 64 | 0.719 | 31 | |
21 | Leicester City (R) | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 68 | 0.574 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 42 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 95 | 0.411 | 18 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Everton were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Liverpool had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Arsenal took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
- ^ Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Southampton took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
- ^ West Ham United were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Newcastle United took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
- ^ Manchester City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1968-69 FA Cup winners.
Results
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Illness | 1 August 1968 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 August 1968 |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Demoted to coach | 2 November 1968 | 22nd | ![]() |
2 November 1968 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 November 1968 | 14th | ![]() |
23 November 1968 |
Ipswich Town | ![]() |
Signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 November 1968 | 17th | ![]() |
23 November 1968 |
Queens Park Rangers | ![]() |
Resigned | 30 November 1968 | 22nd | ![]() |
1 December 1968 |
Nottingham Forest | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 December 1968 | 19th | ![]() |
2 January 1969 |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Signed by Nottingham Forest | 2 January 1969 | 20th | ![]() |
5 January 1969 |
Ipswich Town | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 13 January 1969 | 18th | ![]() |
13 January 1969 |
Sheffield Wednesday | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 April 1969 | 13th | ![]() |
2 April 1969 |
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
West Ham United | 25 |
3 | ![]() |
Everton | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
Newcastle United | 21 |
= | ![]() |
West Bromwich Albion | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Southampton | 20 |
References
[edit]- ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.