- 1968–69 in English football
The 1968-69 season was the 89th season of competitive football in
England .Overview
Leeds United won the League for the first time in their history, finishing six points ahead of Liverpool. Newly-promoted Queens Park Rangers were relegated after finishing bottom along with Leicester City.
Derby County were runaway winners of the Second Division and they were joined in being promoted by runners-up Crystal Palace. Despite still boasting the talents of
Johnny Haynes andGeorge Cohen , Fulham finished bottom and were relegated. They were joined in the Third Division by perennial strugglers BuryWatford won the title on goal average from Swindon Town and both teams were duly promoted. At the bottom end Northampton Town, Hartlepool, Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic were all relegated.
The Division was won by Doncaster Rovers, who were promoted along with Halifax Town, Rochdale and Bradford City. No team failed re-election so no new members were admitted to the Football League.
FA Cup Manchester City completed a disappointing season for relegated Leicester City by defeating them 1-0 in the
FA Cup Final . Neil Young scored the only goal of the game, although Leicester'sDavid Nish gained the record as the youngest captain of a cup finalist at the age of 21 [http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/FamousPlayersDetail/0,,10274~57474,00.html] .The season's big giant-killers were Third Division Mansfield Town who accounted for Sheffield United in the Third Round and West Ham in the Fifth before going out to Leicester in the Sixth Round.
In one of the biggest shocks in the history of the competition Swindon Town won the final 3-1 against Arsenal. Swindon's non-top flight status saw them barred from competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup which led to the creation of the
Anglo-Italian Cup the following season.European football
Newcastle United won the first, and to date only, European trophy in their history by beating Újpest of
Hungary 6-2 on aggregate to lift the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.tar players
For the only time in its history the
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year was shared by two players —Tony Book of Manchester City and Dave Mackay of Derby County. For the sixth and final time in his illustrious career Tottenham Hotspur'sJimmy Greaves was Division One top-scorer with 27 goals. He was also top-scorer in the league overall with 22 goals taking the Second Division award forJohn Toshack of Cardiff City,tar managers
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Don Revie led Leeds United to their first ever League win and set in place a team that was to become one of the most successful of the1970s .
*Already a club legend as a player,Joe Harvey became one of Newcastle United's most celebrated managers by leading the club to European glory.
*Ken Furphy took Watford into the Second Division after a close race with Swindon Town. However Swindon's Danny Williams also won the League Cup to make his own name.Honours
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
National team
The
England national football team enjoyed a successful year in the build up to the1970 FIFA World Cup , for which they had automatically qualified as holders of the trophy after the1966 FIFA World Cup . They won the1969 British Home Championship by beating all three opponents and only lost one game all year, to Brazil during an end of season tour to the Americas.American tour
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date =June 8 ,1969
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