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1968–69 Football League First Division

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Season
  
1968–69

Champion
  
Leeds United F.C.

Goals scored
  
1,213

European Cup 1969–70
  
Leeds United

Period
  
1968 – 1969

Matches played
  
462

Champions
  
Leeds United (1st English title)

FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70
  
Manchester City (4th FA Cup title)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
  
Chelsea Leeds United Liverpool Newcastle United (winners)

Top goalscorer
  
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur), 27

Relegated
  
Leicester City F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C.

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Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1968-69 season.

Contents

Overview

Leeds United won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season. They wrapped up the title on April 28, with a 0-0 draw at title challengers Liverpool and finished the season unbeaten at home. Queens Park Rangers went down on March 29, 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

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

First Division Results

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1968–69 Football League First Division Wikipedia