Competition: | Football League First Division |
Season: | 1967–68 |
Winners: | Manchester City 2nd English title |
Relegated: | Sheffield United Fulham |
Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Manchester City Manchester United |
Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
Continentalcup3: | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Liverpool Leeds United Chelsea Newcastle United |
League Topscorer: | George Best Ron Davies (28 goals each)[1] |
Matches: | 462 |
Total Goals: | 1398 |
Longest Wins: | 7 matches Everton |
Longest Unbeaten: | 14 matches Leeds United |
Longest Losses: | 7 matches Stoke City |
Prevseason: | 1966–67 |
Nextseason: | 1968–69 |
In the 1967–68 Football League First Division season Manchester City won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history, and for the first time since 1937. They won the title on 11 May, with a 4–3 win at Newcastle United whilst the defending champions and their nearest rivals Manchester United lost 2–1 at home to Sunderland. Fulham were relegated on 1 May, after losing 2–0 at home against Stoke City, who survived on the last weekend of the season on 11 May, with a draw against Leicester City at the expense of Sheffield United, who lost 2–1 at home to Chelsea.
width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=155 | Club | width=50 | Goals |
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1 | George Best | Manchester United | 28 | ||||
= | Ron Davies | Southampton | 28 | ||||
3 | 26 | ||||||
4 | 25 | ||||||
5 | 23 |