Football : Season Details : 1968

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

[Season 1967] [Season 1969]

Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Manchester City	58	7-2
2	Manchester United	56	5-23	EC-W
3	Liverpool	55	4-6
4	Leeds United	53	5-4	UEFA-W; LC-W
5	Everton	52	3-14	FAC-F
6	Chelsea	48	4-5
7	Tottenham Hotspur	47	4-18
8	West Bromwich Albion	46	5-19	FAC-W
9	Arsenal	44	2-42	LC-F
10	Newcastle United	41	3-3
11	Nottingham Forest	39	4-11
12	West Ham United	38	2-10
13	Leicester City	38	5-11
14	Burnley	38	4-21
15	Sunderland	37	2-4
16	Southampton	37	1-2
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	3-1
18	Stoke City	35	5-5
19	Sheffield Wednesday	34	7-9
20	Coventry City	33	1-1
21	Sheffield United	32	4-7
22	Fulham	27	2-9

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0
FA Cup Final	West Bromwich Albion 1 Everton 0 aet

European Cup Final	Manchester United 4 Benfica 1 aet
Fairs Cup Final First Leg	Leeds United 1 Ferencváros 0
Fairs Cup Final Second Leg	Ferencváros 0 Leeds United 0 (agg 0 - 1)
Cup Winners Cup Final	AC Milan 2 SV Hamburg 0

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Manchester United became the first English club to win the European Cup. The victory came ten years after the Munich air disaster. The next European Cup win by an English club would not occur until 1977.

Leeds United won the Fairs Cup and the League Cup, their first trophies. This was the first double involving European and domestic trophies for an English club. Leeds United became the second English club to appear in two consecutive European finals.

For the first time, two English clubs won European trophies in the same season.

West Bromwich Albion became the first club to use a substitute in an FA Cup final.

On the final day of the league season, Manchester United and Manchester City were level on points. Manchester City won 4 - 3 away to Newcastle United to take the Championship as Manchester United lost 1 - 2 at home to Sunderland. This is the first occasion when the top two clubs are from the same city.

Qualification for the Fairs Cup was still subject to the "one city, one club" rule. Liverpool qualified and this excluded Everton from the same city. Leeds United qualified as winners and via the League Cup. Chelsea qualified, excluding Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal as all three were from London. West Bromwich Albion and Newcaste United made up the numbers, the latter having finished 10th in the League.

Coventry City made their top division debut.

A new rule was introduced whereby goalkeepers must release the ball after four steps.

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