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Review of 1967/68 - Part 3
Results and table

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Competition Date
Venue
 Opposition
Result
 Scorers
Attendance
Division 1 Aug 19
(h)
 Sunderland
D
1-1
 Greenhoff 36,252
Division 1 Aug 23
(a)
 Manchester United
L
0-1
   53,016
Division 1 Aug 26
(a)
 Wolverhampton Wand.
L
0-2
   35,368
Inter Cities Fairs Cup final 1st leg (held over from 1966/67) Aug 30
(a)
 Dinamo Zagreb
L
0-2
 40,000
Division 1 Sep 2
(h)
 Fulham
W
2-0
 Belfitt 2 25,760
Inter Cities Fairs Cup final 2nd leg (lost 0-2 aggregate) (held over from 1966/67) Sep 6
(h)
 Dinamo Zagreb
D
0-0
 35,604
Albert Morris congratulates the Dinamo Zagreb players on their draw at Elland Road, which earned them the Inter Cities Fairs Cup
Division 1 Sep 9
(a)
 Southampton
D
1-1
 Lorimer 25,522
League Cup 2nd round Sep 13
(h)
 Luton Town
W
3-1
 Lorimer 3 (1 pen) 11,473
Division 1 Sep 16
(a)
 Everton
W
1-0
 Gray 53,159
Division 1 Sep 20
(h)
 Burnley
W
2-1
 Lorimer 2 32,944
Division 1 Sep 23
(h)
 Leicester City
W
3-2
 Lorimer 2 (1 pen), Greenhoff 37,084
Division 1 Sep 30
(a)
 West Ham United
D
0-0
   28,940
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st round 1st leg Oct 3
(a)
 Spora Luxembourg
W
9-0
 Lorimer 4, Bremner, Greenhoff 2, Madeley, Jones 2,500
Division 1 Oct 7
(h)
 Chelsea
W
7-0
 Johanneson, Greenhoff, Charlton, Lorimer, Gray, Hinton (og), Bremner 40,460
League Cup 3rd round Oct 11
(h)
 Bury
W
3-0
 Charlton, Johanneson, Greenhoff 20,927
Division 1 Oct 14
(a)
 West Bromwich Albion
L
0-2
   21,300
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st round 2nd leg (won 16-0 aggregate) Oct 17
(h)
 Spora Luxembourg
W
7-0
 Johanneson 3, Greenhoff 2, Cooper, Lorimer 15,196
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Division 1 Oct 25
(h)
 Newcastle United
W
2-0
 Lorimer, Johanneson 30,347
Division 1 Oct 28
(a)
 Manchester City
L
0-1
   39,713
Division 1 Nov 4
(h)
 Arsenal
W
3-1
 Lorimer (pen), Jones, Gray 31,632
Division 1 Nov 8
(h)
 Manchester United
W
1-0
 Greenhoff 43,999
Division 1 Nov 11
(a)
 Sheffield United
L
0-1
 24,715
League Cup 4th round Nov 15
(a)
 Sunderland
W
2-0
 Greenhoff 2 29,536
Division 1 Nov 18
(h)
 Coventry City
D
1-1
 Lorimer 32,469
Division 1 Nov 25
(a)
 Nottingham Forest
W
2-0
 Greenhoff, Lorimer 29,750
Bates, Madeley and Bremner outnumber Forest's Bob McKinlay at the City Ground on 25 November
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd round 1st leg Nov 29
(a)
 Partizan Belgrade
W
2-1
 Lorimer, Belfitt 10,000
Division 1 Dec 2
(h)
 Stoke City
W
2-0
 Lorimer, Madeley 29,988
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd round 2nd leg (won 3-2 aggregate) Dec 6
(h)
 Partizan Belgrade
D
1-1
 Lorimer 34,258
Division 1 Dec 9
(a)
 Liverpool
L
0-2
 39,675
League Cup 5th round Dec 13
(h)
 Stoke City
W
2-0
 Bremner, Lorimer 31,904
Division 1 Dec 16
(a)
 Sunderland
D
2-2
 Greenhoff, Gray 21,189
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd round 1st leg Dec 20
(h)
 Hibernian
W
1-0
 Gray 31,522
Division 1 Dec 23
(h)
 Wolverhampton Wand.
W
2-1
 Jones, Charlton 28,376
Division 1 Dec 26
(a)
 Sheffield Wednesday
W
1-0
 Giles (pen) 51,055
Division 1 Dec 30
(h)
 Sheffield Wednesday
W
3-2
 Greenhoff, Gray, Hunter 36,409
Division 1 Jan 6
(a)
 Fulham
W
5-0
 Greenhoff 3, Jones 2 24,419
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd round 2nd leg (won 2-1 aggregate) Jan 10
(a)
 Hibernian
D
1-1
 Charlton 30,000
Division 1 Jan 13
(h)
 Southampton
W
5-0
 Madeley 2, Lorimer, Jones, Hibbitt 31,474
League Cup semi final 1st leg Jan 17
(a)
 Derby County
W
1-0
 Giles (pen) 31,904
Division 1 Jan 20
(h)
 Everton
W
2-0
 Jones, Giles (pen) 44,119
FA Cup 3rd round Jan 27
(a)
 Derby County
W
2-0
 Charlton, Lorimer 39,753
Division 1 Feb 3
(a)
 Leicester City
D
2-2
 Madeley, Giles 30,081
League Cup semi final 2nd leg Feb 7
(h)
 Derby County
W
3-2
 Belfitt 2, Gray 29,367
Division 1 Feb 10
(h)
 West Ham United
W
2-1
 Lorimer 2 41,814
FA Cup 4th round Feb 17
(h)
 Nottingham Forest
W
2-1
 Jones, Giles 51,739
League Cup final at Wembley Stadium Mar 2
(n)
 Arsenal
W
1-0
 Cooper 97,887
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FA Cup 5th round Mar 9
(h)
 Bristol City
W
2-0
 Jones, Lorimer 45,227
Division 1 Mar 13
(h)
 Nottingham Forest
D
1-1
 Bremner 32,508
Division 1 Mar 16
(a)
 Newcastle United
D
1-1
 Hunter 45,190
Division 1 Mar 20
(a)
 Chelsea
D
0-0
   47,470
Division 1 Mar 23
(h)
 Manchester City
W
2-0
 Giles, Charlton 51,818
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 4th round 1st leg Mar 26
(a)
 Rangers
D
0-0
   80,000
FA Cup 6th round Mar 30
(h)
 Sheffield United
W
1-0
 Madeley 48,322
Division 1 Apr 6
(h)
 Sheffield United
W
3-0
 Madeley, Giles 2 (2 pens) 31,059
Inter Cities Fairs Cup 4th round 2nd leg (won 2-0 aggregate) Apr 9
(h)
 Rangers
W
2-0
 Giles (pen), Lorimer 50,498
Rangers skipper John Greig appeals to his team's supporters for calm during the match at Elland Road - they had been pelting United keeper David Harvey with missiles
Division 1 Apr 12
(a)
 Tottenham Hotspur
L
1-2
 Madeley 56,597
Division 1 Apr 13
(a)
 Coventry City
W
1-0
 Hibbitt 38,778
Division 1 Apr 17
(h)
 Tottenham Hotspur
W
1-0
 Lorimer (pen) 50,000
Division 1 Apr 20
(h)
 West Bromwich Albion
W
3-2
 Gray (pen), Madeley, Charlton 38,334
Division 1 Apr 23
(a)
 Stoke City
L
2-3
 Charlton, Greenhoff 23,999
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FA Cup semi final at Old Trafford Apr 27
(n)
 Everton
L
0-1
 63,000
Inter Cities Fairs Cup semi final 1st leg May 1
(a)
 Dundee
D
1-1
 Madeley 30,000
Division 1
May 4
(h)
 Liverpool
L
1-2
 Jones
44,553
Division 1
May 7
(a)
 Arsenal
L
3-4
 Lorimer, Jones, Giles
25,043
Division 1
May 11
(a)
 Burnley
L
0-3
13,247
Inter Cities Fairs Cup semi final 2nd leg (won 2-1 aggregate)
May 15
(h)
 Dundee
W
1-0
 Gray
23,830
Inter Cities Fairs Cup final 1st leg
(h)
 Ferencvaros
W
1-0
 Jones
25,268
Inter Cities Fairs Cup final 2nd leg (won 1-0 aggregate)
(a)
 Ferencvaros
D
0-0
76,000

 

Final Table - Football League Division One 1967/68
Pos
a
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
 ManchesteroCity
42
26
6
10
86
43
58
2
 Manchester United
42
24
8
10
89
55
56
3
 Liverpool
42
22
11
9
71
40
55
4
 Leeds United
42
22
9
11
71
41
53
5
 Everton
42
23
6
13
67
40
52
6
 Chelsea
42
18
12
12
62
68
48
7
 Tottenham Hotspur
42
19
9
14
70
59
47
8
 West Bromwich Albion
42
17
12
13
75
62
46
9
 Arsenal
42
17
10
15
60
56
44
10
 Newcastle United
42
13
15
14
54
67
41
11
 Nottingham Forest
42
14
11
17
52
64
39
12
 West Ham United
42
14
10
18
73
69
38
13
 Leicester City
42
13
12
17
64
69
38
14
 Burnley
42
14
10
18
64
71
38
15
 Sunderland
42
13
11
18
51
61
37
16
 Southampton
42
13
11
18
66
83
37
17
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
42
14
8
20
66
75
36
18
 Stoke Cty
42
14
7
21
50
73
35
19
 Sheffield Wednesday
42
11
12
19
51
63
34
20
 Coventry City
42
9
15
18
51
71
33
21
 Sheffield United
42
11
10
21
49
70
32
22
 Fulham
42
10
7
25
56
98
27

 

 

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