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Domestic Football Results Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Football League Division One: 
  
Arsenal 0 Manchester United 2
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (46,417)
 Storey OG 23, Best 56
United were without Bobby Charlton
 
Coventry City 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0
 Highfield Road, Coventry (28,528)
 Martin 3 (pen), 32, 39
 
Liverpool 3 Leicester City 1
 Anfield, Liverpool (41,451)
 Callaghan 51, Strong 59, Hateley 78 ~ Fern 18
Liverpool were without Roger Hunt
 
Manchester City 1 Sunderland 0
 Maine Road, Manchester (28,624)
 Lee 74
City were without Mike Summerbee
 
Newcastle United 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
 St James' Park, Newcastle (35,431)
 Elliott 49, T.Robson 86
 
Nottingham Forest 1 Burnley 0
 City Ground, Nottingham (26,110)
 Chapman 44
 
West Bromwich Albion 2 Fulham 1
 The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (17,969)
 Astle 15, Brown 21 (pen) ~ Barrett 57
                Matches postponed due to more than one player on international duty:
  Chelsea vs. Leeds United
Chelsea were without Charlie Cooke & Eddie McCreadie
Leeds were without Norman Hunter & Billy Bremner
 
  Sheffield United vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham were without Cyril Knowles & Alan Mullery
 
  Southampton vs. Everton
Everton were without Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Gordon West & Ray Wilson
 
  Stoke City vs. West Ham United
Stoke were without Gordon Banks
West Ham were without Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore & Martin Peters
 		 
Though missing Bobby Charlton, Manchester United used their game in hand to increase their lead at the top to three points. They looked strong enough to retain their title, but the pressure of also going for a long-awaited European Cup triumph took its toll and they relinquished the league to their near-neighbours, Manchester City. This was the last full set of league fixtures from all four divisions to be scheduled for the same weekend as an England match (apart from a one-off situation in 1972, due to a European Championship quarter-final). With league managers objecting to Sir Alf Ramsey naming an initial squad of 16, the following season's British Championship was moved to after the end of the league season.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Manchester United 29 11 2 0 7 5 4 59 33 43
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Leeds United 29 13 2 0 4 4 6 52 24 40
Liverpool 29 13 1 1 2 7 5 45 24 38
Manchester City 28 11 2 2 5 3 5 60 32 37
Newcastle United 30 11 4 0 1 7 7 45 40 35
Tottenham Hotspur 28 6 6 2 7 0 7 42 42 32
Everton 27 10 1 2 3 3 8 38 27 30
West Bromwich Albion 28 8 2 4 4 4 6 51 42 30
Nottingham Forest 29 9 3 3 3 3 8 41 34 30
Arsenal 29 7 6 1 3 3 9 41 35 29
Burnley 29 9 5 0 1 3 11 49 54 28
Chelsea 28 5 6 3 4 4 6 42 56 28
Leicester City 28 3 6 5 5 3 6 44 49 25
Sheffield Wednesday 28 6 6 3 3 1 9 39 44 25
Stoke City 27 7 2 5 3 3 7 35 42 25
West Ham United 28 5 1 7 5 3 7 57 55 24
Coventry City 29 5 5 6 1 5 7 37 54 22
Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 6 2 5 2 3 10 44 60 21
Sunderland 28 5 5 5 2 2 9 33 48 21
Sheffield United 28 6 3 5 0 6 8 31 48 21
 
Southampton 28 5 4 4 2 2 11 44 63 20
Fulham 27 4 2 7 3 2 9 39 62 18

Division One Leading Goalscorers
18 - Ron Davies (Southampton) - 1 pen
17 - George Best (Man. U.), Geoff Hurst (West Ham) - 1 pen
(Francis Lee (Man. C.) had scored twenty league goals, but eight were for Bolton in the second division)
Football League Division Two: 
  
Birmingham City 2 Aston Villa 1
  St Andrew's, Birmingham (45,283)
 Bridges 1, 83 ~ Godfrey 43
    
Blackburn Rovers 0 Norwich City 0
  Ewood Park, Blackburn (12,803)
Blackburn were without Keith Newton
 
Blackpool 1 Rotherham United 1
  Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (13,689)
 James 46 ~ Tiler 79
 
Bolton Wanderers 1 Queen's Park Rangers 1
  Burnden Park, Bolton (14,956)
 Hulme 9 ~ R.Morgan 52
    
Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1
  Ashton Gate, Bristol (13,082)
 Galley 10, Wimshurst 43 ~ Woodruff 83
    
Huddersfield Town 0 Plymouth Argyle 1
  Leeds Road, Huddersfield (6,562)
 Reynolds 42
   
Hull City 1 Preston North End 1
  Boothferry Park, Hull (14,082)
 Chilton 44 ~ McNab 27

Ipswich Town 4 Cardiff City 2
  Portman Road, Ipswich (15,580)
 Brogan 9 (pen), O'Rourke 53, 85, Crawford 65 ~ Clark 64, Lea 78

Middlesbrough 1 Charlton Athletic 1
  Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (13,414)
 Hickton 15 ~ Tees 30

Millwall 1 Derby County 1
  The Den, New Cross (12,214)
 Gilchrist 56 ~ Durban 2
With the top three all drawing over the weekend, nerves were beginning to show, and there would only be a point between them at the end of the season.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Queen's Park Rangers 30 13 1 1 5 4 6 50 27 41
Portsmouth 30 11 4 0 4 6 5 56 37 40
 
Blackpool 29 7 6 3 8 3 2 47 29 39
Ipswich Town 28 9 4 2 4 6 3 51 31 36
Birmingham City 30 10 3 3 4 5 5 68 43 36
Millwall 31 5 9 2 4 5 6 47 39 32
Carlisle United 30 8 6 2 3 3 8 47 41 31
Bolton Wanderers 30 7 4 4 4 5 6 49 45 31
Blackburn Rovers 28 9 3 1 2 5 8 40 30 30
Norwich City 29 7 3 4 4 5 6 45 44 30
Middlesbrough 30 6 6 3 4 4 7 41 41 30
Derby County 30 6 4 4 5 2 9 54 55 28
Cardiff City 29 7 4 3 3 4 8 50 49 28
Crystal Palace 27 8 2 3 2 5 7 33 32 27
Charlton Athletic 28 6 6 2 2 4 8 44 48 26
Aston Villa 27 8 1 5 4 1 8 37 41 26
Huddersfield Town 30 6 5 4 2 5 8 31 46 26
Hull City 30 4 6 5 4 3 8 42 54 25
Bristol City 29 4 5 6 3 3 8 27 47 22
Preston North End 28 5 4 4 2 3 10 30 47 21
 
Plymouth Argyle 28 3 3 8 3 3 8 25 52 18
Rotherham United 29 3 2 8 1 7 8 29 63 17
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
19 - Barry Bridges (Birmingham)
17 - Kevin Hector (Derby) - 2 pens
     
Football League Division Three: 
  
Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Colchester United 0
 Goldstone Ground, Hove (6,512)
    
Gillingham 1 Oldham Athletic 0
 Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham (4,186)
 Machin 14
 
Grimsby Town 3 Bristol Rovers 2
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (3,512)
 Moore 48, Taylor 61, Boylen 85 ~ Biggs 20, S.Taylor 75
 
Northampton Town 1 Southport 1
 County Ground, Northampton (6,387)
 Byrne 43 ~ Harkin 12
    
Orient 0 Watford 1
 Brisbane Road, Leyton (5,325)
Lewis 60
    
Reading 1 Oxford United 1
 Elm Park, Reading (10,082)
 Meldrum 74 ~ Chapman OG 10
    
Shrewsbury Town 1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0
 Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury (4,858)
 Stobart 29
         
Swindon Town 2 Bury 3
 County Ground, Swindon (14,464)
Noble 54, 63 ~ Lindsay 22, Farrell 45 (pen), Owen 50
 
Torquay United 0 Barrow 2
 London Road, Peterborough (7,382)
 Bebbington 7, Field 49

Walsall 0 Scunthorpe United 0
 Fellows Park, Walsall (8,987)
 
Barrow's 700-mile round trip was rewarded with Torquay's first home defeat of the season. The Gulls would miss out on promotion and would never finish as high again, whilst Oxford, who would not win their first away game of the season for another three weeks, incredibly rose to win the title.
* Peterborough were destined to be demoted to the fourth division at the end of the season for offering illegal bonus payments to their players, but they were allowed to complete their fixtures.
Division Three Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Torquay United 31 10 4 1 6 4 6 42 36 40
Bury 31 11 3 1 4 5 7 67 45 38
 
Stockport County 31 11 5 1 3 3 8 47 39 36
Shrewsbury Town 30 10 3 2 3 6 6 45 40 35
Walsall 30 8 5 2 5 3 7 50 41 34
Barrow 31 7 5 3 7 0 9 47 38 33
Oxford United 31 11 2 2 0 9 7 47 40 33
Reading 31 9 5 1 4 2 10 45 46 33
Gillingham 31 8 5 2 4 4 8 40 42 33
Watford 31 9 3 4 4 3 8 49 33 32
Peterborough United* 31 10 2 4 3 4 8 52 51 32
Swindon Town 29 10 2 2 1 7 7 47 32 31
Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 6 2 2 7 6 34 33 31
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 31 9 4 2 2 5 9 35 37 31
Southport 30 9 3 3 3 3 9 46 47 30
Bristol Rovers 29 9 2 4 2 4 8 46 47 28
Northampton Town 31 6 6 3 3 4 9 37 47 28
Tranmere Rovers 29 7 5 3 3 2 9 48 53 27
Oldham Athletic 31 9 0 6 3 2 11 42 47 26
Colchester United 30 5 5 4 3 4 9 35 51 25
 
Mansfield Town 30 6 4 5 2 4 9 36 46 24
Orient 27 7 3 5 0 6 6 30 38 23
Scunthorpe United 31 5 7 5 2 2 10 36 59 23
Grimsby Town 29 6 5 3 1 1 13 32 47 20
 
Division Three Leading Goalscorers
22 - George Yardley (Tranmere) - 2 pens
17 - Jim Fryatt (Torquay 2, Stockport 15) Terry Harkin (Southport)
     
Football League Division Four:     
Barnsley 3 Crewe Alexandra 1
 Oakwell, Barnsley (15,096)
 Evans 29, Hamstead 60, Robson 81 ~ Bradshaw 89
 
Bradford 1 Aldershot 1
 Park Avenue, Bradford (3,181)
 Down 77 ~ Gowans 8
 
Brentford 2 Darlington 0
 Griffin Park, Brentford (4,163)
 Lawther 56, 85
    
Doncaster Rovers 3 Workington 0
 Belle Vue, Doncaster (6,513)
 Warboys 54, Webber 60, Jeffrey 77
    
Hartlepools United 2 Port Vale 2
 Victoria Ground, Hartlepool (4,388)
 Cummings 47, McGovern 89 ~ Mahon 13, 88
    
Luton Town 4 Lincoln City 2
 Kenilworth Road, Luton (11,159)
 Whittaker 4, 30 (pen), Rioch 10, Allen 43 ~ Grummett 18, Thom 88

Newport County 1 Chester 1
 Somerton Park, Newport (4,370)
 Jones 90 ~ Morris 46

Rochdale 2 Exeter City 2
 Spotland, Rochdale (2,159)
 Melledew 62, Rudd 75 ~ Blain 29, Corr 82

Southend United 2 Halifax Town 2
 Roots Hall, Southend (6,973)
 Best 40, Chisnall 42 ~ Massie 36, Flower 63

Swansea Town 2 Notts County 0
 Vetch Field, Swansea (5,803)
 Todd 44, Allchurch 76

Wrexham 0 Bradford City 2
 Y Cae Ras, Wrecsam (5,364)
 Bannister 17, Hall 78

York City 0 Chesterfield 2
 Bootham Crescent, York (5,210)
 Randall 33, 69
 
Luton were proving unstoppable, especially at home, and they would not lose another game until promotion was secured.
Division Four Table
Team P Home Away F A ₧
W D L W D L
Luton Town 30 13 1 0 4 7 5 62 33 42
Bradford City 33 12 1 3 6 4 7 50 35 41
Barnsley 32 11 4 0 5 5 7 45 34 41
Southend United 31 9 5 1 6 5 5 44 35 40
 
Chesterfield 30 12 2 2 4 5 5 56 30 39
Crewe Alexandra 30 9 6 0 5 4 6 55 36 38
Aldershot 30 8 7 0 5 5 5 51 37 38
Hartlepools United 31 9 5 1 5 1 10 36 40 34
Halifax Town 30 7 4 3 3 6 7 37 36 30
Brentford 32 10 3 5 3 1 10 43 43 30
Swansea Town 29 8 5 1 4 1 10 48 50 30
Wrexham 30 10 2 3 1 5 9 46 40 29
Doncaster Rovers 30 7 5 3 2 6 7 43 41 29
Newport County 30 7 6 2 3 3 9 43 42 29
Notts County 31 8 5 3 2 3 10 36 54 28
Lincoln City 32 8 2 6 2 5 9 49 54 27
Port Vale 31 7 3 6 1 8 6 46 51 27
Rochdale 31 7 5 4 1 5 9 37 52 26
Exeter City 30 7 4 3 1 5 10 36 51 25
Workington 32 6 6 3 2 3 12 42 62 25
York City 31 6 4 5 2 4 10 42 45 24
Darlington 29 2 8 5 4 3 7 32 40 23
Chester 31 4 4 8 2 5 8 38 56 21
Bradford 30 3 7 7 1 5 7 24 44 20
 
Division Four Leading Goalscorers
19 - Roy Chapman (Port V.)
17 - Kevin Randall (Chesterfield) - 5 pens
Source Notes  
Original Newspaper Reports
The Football League Match by Match 1967/68 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2009
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