- 1968–69 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1968–69 season Chairman 
Louis EdwardsManager 
Matt BusbyFirst Division 11th FA Cup Sixth Round European Cup Semi-finals Intercontinental Cup Runners-up Top goalscorer League:
George Best (19)
All:
Denis Law (30)Highest home attendance 63,500 vs Estudiantes de La Plata (16 October 1968) Lowest home attendance 36,638 vs Queens Park Rangers (19 March 1969) Average home attendance 53,271 ← 1967–68 1969–70 → The 1968–69 season was Manchester United's 66th season in the Football League, and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
Contents
First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 10 August 1968 Everton H 2 – 1 Best, Charlton 61,311 14 August 1968 West Bromwich Albion A 1 – 3 Charlton 38,299 17 August 1968 Manchester City A 0 – 0 63,052 21 August 1968 Coventry City H 1 – 0 Ryan 51,201 24 August 1968 Chelsea H 0 – 4 55,114 28 August 1968 Tottenham Hotspur H 3 – 1 Fitzpatrick (2), Beal (o.g.) 57,380 31 August 1968 Sheffield Wednesday A 4 – 5 Law (2), Best, Charlton 50,490 7 September 1968 West Ham United H 1 – 1 Law 63,274 14 September 1968 Burnley A 0 – 1 32,935 21 September 1968 Newcastle United H 3 – 1 Best (2), Law 47,262 5 October 1968 Arsenal H 0 – 0 61,843 9 October 1968 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 2 Crerand, Law 56,205 12 October 1968 Liverpool A 0 – 2 53,392 19 October 1968 Southampton H 1 – 2 Best 46,526 26 October 1968 Queens Park Rangers A 3 – 2 Best (2), Law 31,138 2 November 1968 Leeds United H 0 – 0 53,839 9 November 1968 Sunderland A 1 – 1 Hurley (o.g.) 33,151 16 November 1968 Ipswich Town H 0 – 0 45,796 23 November 1968 Stoke City A 0 – 0 30,562 30 November 1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 0 Best, Law 50,165 7 December 1968 Leicester City A 1 – 2 Law 36,303 14 December 1968 Liverpool H 1 – 0 Law 55,354 21 December 1968 Southampton A 0 – 2 26,194 26 December 1968 Arsenal A 0 – 3 62,300 11 January 1969 Leeds United A 1 – 2 Charlton 48,145 18 January 1969 Sunderland H 4 – 1 Law (3), Best 45,670 1 February 1969 Ipswich Town A 0 – 1 30,837 15 February 1969 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2 – 2 Best, Charlton 44,023 8 March 1969 Manchester City H 0 – 1 63,264 10 March 1969 Everton A 0 – 0 57,514 15 March 1969 Chelsea A 2 – 3 James, Law 60,436 19 March 1969 Queens Park Rangers H 8 – 1 Morgan (3), Best (2), Aston, Kidd, Stiles 36,638 22 March 1969 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 – 0 Best 45,527 24 March 1969 Stoke City H 1 – 1 Aston 39,931 29 March 1969 West Ham United A 0 – 0 41,546 31 March 1969 Nottingham Forest A 1 – 0 Best 41,892 2 April 1969 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 1 Best (2) 38,846 5 April 1969 Nottingham Forest H 3 – 1 Morgan (2), Best 51,952 8 April 1969 Coventry City A 1 – 2 Fitzpatrick 45,402 12 April 1969 Newcastle United A 0 – 2 46,379 19 April 1969 Burnley A 2 – 0 Best, Waldron (o.g.) 52,626 17 May 1969 Leicester City H 3 – 2 Best, Law, Morgan 45,860 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 10 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 11 15 64 67 43 11 Manchester United 42 15 12 15 57 53 42 12 Ipswich Town 42 15 11 16 59 60 41 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 4 January 1969 Round 3 Exeter City A 3 – 1 Fitzpatrick, Kidd, Newman (o.g.) 18,500 25 January 1969 Round 4 Watford H 1 – 1 Law 63,498 3 February 1969 Round 4
ReplayWatford A 2 – 0 Law (2) 34,000 8 February 1969 Round 5 Birmingham City A 2 – 2 Best, Law 52,500 24 February 1969 Round 5
ReplayBirmingham City H 6 – 2 Law (3), Crerand, Kidd, Morgan 61,932 1 March 1969 Round 6 Everton H 0 – 1 63,464 European Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 18 September 1968 Round 1
First legWaterford United A 3 – 1 Law (3) 48,000 2 October 1968 Round 1
Second legWaterford United H 7 – 1 Law (4), Burns, Charlton, Stiles 41,750 13 November 1968 Round 2
First legAnderlecht H 3 – 0 Law (2), Kidd 51,000 27 November 1968 Round 2
Second legAnderlecht A 1 – 3 Sartori 40,000 26 February 1969 Quarter-final
First legRapid Wien H 3 – 0 Best (2), Morgan 61,932 5 March 1969 Quarter-final
Second legRapid Wien A 0 – 0 52,000 23 April 1969 Semi-final
First legMilan A 0 – 2 80,000 15 May 1969 Semi-final
Second legMilan H 1 – 0 Charlton 63,103 Intercontinental Cup
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 25 September 1968 Estudiantes de La Plata A 0 – 1 55,000 16 October 1968 Estudiantes de La Plata H 1 – 1 Morgan 63,500 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup European Cup Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Jimmy Rimmer4 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0 7(1) 0 GK Alex Stepney38 0 5 0 6 0 2 0 51 0 FB 
Shay Brennan13 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 17 0 FB Francis Burns14(2) 0 1 0 3(1) 1 1 0 19(3) 1 FB Tony Dunne33 0 6 0 6 0 2 0 47 0 FB Frank Kopel7(1) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9(1) 0 HB Pat Crerand35 1 4 1 8 0 2 0 49 2 HB John Fitzpatrick28(2) 3 6 1 4 0 1 0 39(2) 4 HB Bill Foulkes10(3) 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 17(3) 0 HB Steve James21 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 29 1 HB Nobby Stiles41 1 6 0 8 1 1 0 56 2 FW John Aston13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 FW 
George Best41 19 6 1 6 2 2 0 55 22 FW Bobby Charlton32 5 6 0 8 2 2 0 48 7 FW Alan Gowling2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 FW Brian Kidd28(1) 1 5 2 7 1 1 0 41(1) 4 FW Denis Law30 14 6 7 7 9 2 0 45 30 FW Willie Morgan29 6 5 1 4 1 2 1 40 9 FW Jimmy Ryan6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 FW David Sadler26(3) 0 0(1) 0 5 0 2 0 33(4) 0 FW 
Carlo Sartori11(2) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15(2) 1 Notes and references
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