1967–68 Football League First Division

In the 1967–68 Football League First Division season Manchester City won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history. They won the title on 11 May, with a 4–3 win at Newcastle United whilst the defending champions and their nearest rivals Manchester United lost 2–1 at home to Sunderland. Fulham were relegated on 1 May, after losing 2–0 at home against Stoke City, who survived on the last weekend of the season on 11 May, with a draw against Leicester City at the expense of Sheffield United, who lost 2–1 at home to Chelsea.

Football League First Division
Season1967–68
ChampionsManchester City (2nd English title)
RelegatedSheffield United
Fulham
1968–69 European CupManchester United
FA Cup winners
1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup		West Bromwich Albion (5th FA Cup title)
Manchester United (defending champions)
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs CupLeeds United
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Matches played462
Goals scored1,398 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Best (Manchester United), 28
Ron Davies (Southampton), 28 [1]
Longest winning runEverton (7)
Longest unbeaten runLeeds United (14)
Longest losing runStoke City (7)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 42 26 6 10 86 43 +43 58 1968–69 European Cup
2 Manchester United 42 24 8 10 89 55 +34 56
3 Liverpool 42 22 11 9 71 40 +31 55 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4 Leeds United 42 22 9 11 71 41 +30 53
5 Everton 42 23 6 13 67 40 +27 52
6 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 62 68 −6 48
7 Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 9 14 70 59 +11 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 75 62 +13 46 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup
9 Arsenal 42 17 10 15 60 56 +4 44
10 Newcastle United 42 13 15 14 53 54 −1 41
11 Nottingham Forest 42 13 15 14 52 64 −12 41 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
12 West Ham United 42 14 10 18 73 69 +4 38
13 Leicester City 42 13 12 17 64 69 −5 38
14 Burnley 42 14 10 18 64 71 −7 38
15 Sunderland 42 13 11 18 51 61 −10 37
16 Southampton 42 13 11 18 51 61 −10 37
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 8 20 66 75 −9 36
18 Stoke City 42 14 7 21 50 73 −23 35
19 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 12 19 51 63 −12 34
20 Coventry City 42 9 15 18 51 71 −20 33
21 Sheffield United (R) 42 11 10 21 49 70 −21 32 Relegation to 1968–69 Second Division
22 Fulham (R) 42 10 7 25 56 98 −42 27
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) League Champions; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away ARS BUR CHE COV EVE FUL LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN NEW NOT SHU SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WBA WHU WOL
Arsenal 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–3 4–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–2
Burnley 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Chelsea 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–6 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–0
Coventry City 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–0
Everton 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–2
Fulham 1–3 4–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2
Leeds United 3–1 2–1 7–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Leicester City 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1
Liverpool 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 6–0 6–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1
Manchester City 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 4–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 2–0
Manchester United 1–0 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–0
Newcastle United 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–0
Nottingham Forest 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1
Sheffield United 2–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–2
Southampton 2–0 2–2 3–5 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1
Stoke City 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2
Sunderland 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–5 2–0
Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 5–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 1–3 8–1 0–1 0–1 2–6 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 6–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–1
West Ham United 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 7–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 3–4 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 6–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team locations
Locations of the Football League First Division 1967–68 teams
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1967–68

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 George Best Manchester United 28
= Ron Davies Southampton 28
3 Jeff AstleWest Bromwich Albion26
4 Roger HuntLiverpool25
5 Jimmy GreavesTottenham Hotspur23
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References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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