Leicester City 1968-69 season

Leicester City 1968-69 season | FoxesHistory

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Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Outcome
Division One (old)	42	9	12	21	39	68	21st
FA Cup	8	5	2	1	7	3	Runner-up
League Cup	3	2	0	1	5	5	4th round
All matches	53	16	14	23	51	76

All matches (53)

#	DATE	POS		RESULT	OPPOSITION	COMPETITION
1	10.08.1968	10	D	1 - 1	Queens Park Rangers (A)	Division One (old)
2	13.08.1968	19	L	0 - 3	Arsenal (A)	Division One (old)
3	17.08.1968	21	L	1 - 3	Ipswich Town (H)	Division One (old)
4	21.08.1968	17	W	3 - 0	Manchester City (H)	Division One (old)
5	24.08.1968	20	L	0 - 1	Stoke City (A)	Division One (old)
6	28.08.1968	20	L	0 - 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	Division One (old)
7	31.08.1968	16	W	3 - 1	Southampton (H)	Division One (old)
8	04.09.1968	-	W	2 - 1	Darlington (A)	League Cup 2
9	07.09.1968	20	L	0 - 2	Sunderland (A)	Division One (old)
10	14.09.1968	20	D	1 - 1	Leeds United (H)	Division One (old)
11	21.09.1968	21	L	0 - 4	Liverpool (A)	Division One (old)
12	24.09.1968	-	W	3 - 0	Carlisle United (A)	League Cup 3
13	28.09.1968	21	D	1 - 1	Coventry City (H)	Division One (old)
14	05.10.1968	21	L	2 - 3	Tottenham Hotspur (A)	Division One (old)
15	09.10.1968	19	W	2 - 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)	Division One (old)
16	12.10.1968	19	L	0 - 2	West Bromwich Albion (H)	Division One (old)
17	16.10.1968	-	L	0 - 4	Burnley (A)	League Cup 4
18	19.10.1968	20	L	0 - 3	Chelsea (A)	Division One (old)
19	26.10.1968	22	L	0 - 2	Burnley (H)	Division One (old)
20	02.11.1968	21	D	0 - 0	Newcastle United (A)	Division One (old)
21	09.11.1968	21	D	2 - 2	Nottingham Forest (H)	Division One (old)
22	16.11.1968	21	L	0 - 4	West Ham United (A)	Division One (old)
23	23.11.1968	20	D	1 - 1	Sheffield Wednesday (H)	Division One (old)
24	30.11.1968	20	L	1 - 7	Everton (A)	Division One (old)
25	07.12.1968	20	W	2 - 1	Manchester United (H)	Division One (old)
26	14.12.1968	19	D	1 - 1	West Bromwich Albion (A)	Division One (old)
27	21.12.1968	20	L	1 - 4	Chelsea (H)	Division One (old)
28	28.12.1968	20	L	1 - 2	Burnley (A)	Division One (old)
29	04.01.1969	-	D	1 - 1	Barnsley (A)	FA Cup 3
30	08.01.1969	-	W	2 - 1	Barnsley (H)	FA Cup 3 rep
31	11.01.1969	19	W	2 - 1	Newcastle United (H)	Division One (old)
32	18.01.1969	19	D	0 - 0	Nottingham Forest (A)	Division One (old)
33	25.01.1969	-	W	1 - 0	Millwall (A)	FA Cup 4
34	01.02.1969	19	D	1 - 1	West Ham United (H)	Division One (old)
35	01.03.1969	-	D	0 - 0	Liverpool (H)	FA Cup 5
36	03.03.1969	-	W	1 - 0	Liverpool (A)	FA Cup 5 rep
37	08.03.1969	-	W	1 - 0	Mansfield Town (A)	FA Cup 6
38	12.03.1969	20	W	2 - 0	Queens Park Rangers (H)	Division One (old)
39	15.03.1969	20	D	0 - 0	Stoke City (H)	Division One (old)
40	22.03.1969	21	L	0 - 1	Southampton (A)	Division One (old)
41	29.03.1969	-	W	1 - 0	West Bromwich Albion (N)	FA Cup sf
42	01.04.1969	21	L	0 - 1	Coventry City (A)	Division One (old)
43	04.04.1969	21	L	0 - 2	Manchester City (A)	Division One (old)
44	08.04.1969	21	D	0 - 0	Arsenal (H)	Division One (old)
45	12.04.1969	21	L	1 - 2	Liverpool (H)	Division One (old)
46	14.04.1969	21	W	3 - 1	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	Division One (old)
47	19.04.1969	21	L	0 - 2	Leeds United (A)	Division One (old)
48	26.04.1969	-	L	0 - 1	Manchester City (N)	FA Cup f
49	29.04.1969	21	W	1 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur (H)	Division One (old)
50	03.05.1969	21	L	1 - 2	Ipswich Town (A)	Division One (old)
51	05.05.1969	21	W	2 - 1	Sunderland (H)	Division One (old)
52	14.05.1969	21	D	1 - 1	Everton (H)	Division One (old)
53	17.05.1969	21	L	2 - 3	Manchester United (A)	Division One (old)

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	Leeds United	42	27	13	2	66	26	67
2	Liverpool	42	25	11	6	63	24	61
3	Everton	42	21	15	6	77	36	57
4	Arsenal	42	22	12	8	56	27	56
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	73	53	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	17	11	61	51	45
7	Southampton	42	16	13	13	57	48	45
8	West Ham United	42	13	18	11	66	50	44
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	61	55	44
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
13	Manchester City	42	15	10	17	64	55	40
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	55	82	39
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	16	16	41	54	36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	15	17	41	58	35
17	Sunderland	42	11	12	19	43	67	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	10	13	19	45	57	33
19	Stoke City	42	9	15	18	40	63	33
20	Coventry City	42	10	11	21	46	64	31
21	Leicester City	42	9	12	21	39	68	30
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	10	28	39	95	18

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Andy Lochhead	Burnley	£80,000	October 1968
Murray Brodie	Cumbernauld United	Unknown	November 1968
Brian Greenhalgh	Aston Villa	Unknown	February 1969
David Tearse	North Kenton Boys Club	Unknown	May 1969

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Bobby Svarc	Lincoln City	Unknown	December 1968
Brian Potts	Peterborough United	Free	May 1969
Brian Greenhalgh	Huddersfield Town	Unknown	June 1969
Willie Bell	Brighton & Hove Albion	Unknown	June 1969
Allan Clarke	Leeds United	£165,000	June 1969

Squad (23)

NAME	APPS	GOALS
Willie Bell	18	-
Ally Brown	2	2
Allan Clarke	46	16
Graham Cross	47	1
Rodney Fern	38 (7)	9
David Gibson	38 (3)	1
Len Glover	37	5
Brian Greenhalgh	2 (2)	-
Don Hutchins	3	-
Andy Lochhead	32 (1)	7
Bobby Mackay	7 (2)	1
Malcolm Manley	30 (3)	1
Paul Matthews	7 (1)	-
David Nish	51	3
Brian Potts	10	-
Bobby Roberts	34 (4)	-
Peter Rodrigues	25	1
Peter Shilton	53	-
John Sjoberg	32 (1)	-
Mike Stringfellow	24	3
Bobby Svarc	4	-
Alan Tewley	4 (1)	-
Alan Woollett	39 (1)	-

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Largest victories

3 - 0 24.09.1968 vs Carlisle United	W
3 - 0 21.08.1968 vs Manchester City	W
3 - 1 14.04.1969 vs Sheffield Wednesday	W
2 - 0 12.03.1969 vs Queens Park Rangers	W
2 - 0 09.10.1968 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	W

Largest defeats

1 - 7 30.11.1968 vs Everton	L
0 - 4 21.09.1968 vs Liverpool	L
0 - 4 16.10.1968 vs Burnley	L
0 - 4 16.11.1968 vs West Ham United	L
0 - 3 13.08.1968 vs Arsenal	L

Largest crowds

42,002 01.03.1969 vs Liverpool	D
41,130 14.05.1969 vs Everton	D
36,303 07.12.1968 vs Manchester United	W
35,833 29.04.1969 vs Tottenham Hotspur	W
35,573 08.04.1969 vs Arsenal	D

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