The 1967–68 season was the 69th completed season of
the English Football League.
For the first time since 1937
Manchester City won the league title, finishing two points clear of their local rivals
Manchester United.
Fulham finished bottom of the league and were relegated along with
Sheffield United.
Coventry City
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, in their first ever top flight season escaped relegation by one point and would go on to stay in the top division until their eventual relegation at the end of the
2000–01 season.
Bill McGarry
William Harry McGarry (10 June 1927 – 15 March 2005) was an England international association footballer and manager who spent 40 years in the professional game. He had a reputation for toughness, both as a player and as a manager.
A right- ...
's
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...
team won the
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
by one point from
Queens Park Rangers, with both teams promoted.
Blackpool
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finished third on goal average and so missed out.
Rotherham United and bottom club
Plymouth Argyle were both relegated to the Third Division.
Oxford United
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won their first divisional title and achieved what was then their highest ever finish in only their sixth season as a league club in the
Third Division. Runners-up
Bury joined them in promotion.
Grimsby Town,
Colchester United and
Scunthorpe United were relegated, although the biggest story concerned bottom placed
Peterborough United who were docked 19 points for offering irregular bonuses to their players. Had the points been restored the club would have finished in the top half. As a result of the ruling
Mansfield Town
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escaped relegation.
Luton Town won the
Fourth Division and were promoted along with
Barnsley
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,
Hartlepools United
Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.
They were founded in 1908 as H ...
and
Crewe Alexandra. No clubs were voted out of the league.
Final league tables and results
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually replaced by goal difference, beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the
Fourth Division was established in the
1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division were required to apply for
re-election.
[Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.]
First Division
Results
Maps
Second Division
Results
Maps
Third Division
Results
Maps
Fourth Division
Results
Maps
See also
*
1967–68 in English football
References
*Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
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