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      SEASON ARCHIVE : RESULTS - 1968/69

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Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies goalscorer unknown.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE POS
 Sat 10 Aug Sheffield Wednesday H 0-0   25,031 14
 Wed 14 Aug Manchester United H 3-1 Astle 2, Brown - Charlton   38,299 3
 Sat 17 Aug Chelsea A 1-3 Brown - Tambling, Baldwin 2   33,766 9
 Wed 21 Aug Tottenham Hotspur A 1-1 Astle - Gilzean   35,746 11
 Sat 24 Aug Burnley H 3-2 Astle 2, Collard - Casper, Lochhead   21,882 6
 Tue 27 Aug Coventry City A 2-4 Rees, Brown - Machin, Hunt 3 (1 pen)   36,678 8
 Sat 31 Aug West Ham United A 0-4 Redknapp, Peters 3   29,908 14
 Sat 07 Sep Nottingham Forest H 2-5 Astle, Brown - Storey-Moore 2, Baker 2, Chapman   23,377 17
 Sat 14 Sep Newcastle United A 3-2 Astle 2, Hartford - Davies, Robson   35,128 10
 Sat 21 Sep Wolverhampton W H 0-0   35,175 11
 Sat 28 Sep Everton A 0-4 Harvey, Ball 3 (1 pen)   47,792 15
 Sat 05 Oct Queens Park Rangers H 3-1 Hartford, Rees, Astle - Clarke   22,944 11
 Wed 09 Oct Coventry City H 6-1 Rees, Brown (pen), Astle 2, Hartford, Tudor (og) - Hunt   29,255 9
 Sat 12 Oct Leicester City A 2-0 Astle, Hartford   26,348 9
 Sat 19 Oct Arsenal H 1-0 Brown   29,324 8
 Sat 26 Oct Leeds United A 0-0   33,926 8
 Sat 02 Nov Liverpool H 0-0   34,805 9
 Sat 09 Nov Southampton A 0-2 Channon, Davies   19,885 10
 Sat 16 Nov Stoke City H 2-1 Fraser, Hartford - Dobing   21,026 9
 Sat 23 Nov Manchester City A 1-5 Brown - Bell 2, Young 2, Doyle   24,667 9
 Sat 30 Nov Sunderland H 3-0 Brown, Rees, Hartford   19,411 8
 Sat 07 Dec Ipswich Town A 1-4 Rees - O'Rourke 2, Viljoen, Brogan   19,725 8
 Sat 14 Dec Leicester City H 1-1 Brown (pen) - Lochhead   16,483 9
 Sat 21 Dec Arsenal A 0-2 Gould, Fraser (og)   30,765 9
 Thu 26 Dec Queens Park Rangers A 4-0 Collard 2, Martin, Rees   18,649 8
 Sat 11 Jan Liverpool A 0-1 Thompson   47,587 10
 Sat 18 Jan Southampton H 1-2 Brown (pen) - Davies, Kemp   22,856 11
 Sat 01 Feb Stoke City A 1-1 Astle - Conroy   21,309 11
 Wed 05 Mar Sheffield Wednesday A 0-1 Mobley   18,346 13
 Sat 08 Mar Chelsea H 0-3 Hutchinson, Houseman, Boyle   25,137 15
 Mon 10 Mar Sunderland A 1-0 Brown   15,769 12
 Sat 15 Mar Burnley A 2-2 Brown 2 - Latcham, Dobson   12,218 12
 Sat 22 Mar Nottingham Forest A 0-3 Hall, Hilley, Hennessey   20,546 14
 Wed 02 Apr Manchester United A 1-2 Astle - Best 2   38,846 16
 Sat 05 Apr Everton H 1-1 Astle - Ball (pen)   23,156 16
 Mon 07 Apr Tottenham Hotspur H 4-3 Hope, Astle 2, Brown - Knowles, Greaves 2 (1 pen)   24,173 15
 Wed 09 Apr Leeds United H 1-1 Krzywicki - Gray   28,186 13
 Sat 12 Apr Wolverhampton W A 1-0 Clark   37,920 13
 Mon 14 Apr West Ham United H 3-1 Astle 2, Brown - Peters   19,780 12
 Wed 16 Apr Manchester City H 2-0 Krzywicki, Book (og)   22,717 9
 Sat 19 Apr Newcastle United H 5-1 Kaye, Hartford, Brown (pen), Clark, Astle - Robson   22,481 9
 Wed 23 Apr Ipswich Town H 2-2 Astle, Brown - Wigg, Mills   21,426 9

FA CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

   GATE

 Sat 04 Jan Norwich City H 3

3-0

Rees, Astle (pen), Forbes (og)   30,004
 Sat 25 Jan Fulham A 4 2-1 Hartford, Rees - Brown   31,204
 Wed 12 Feb Arsenal H 5 1-0 Brown   45,354
 Sat 01 Mar Chelsea A QF 2-1 Brown, Astle - Webb   52,285
 Sat 29 Mar Leicester City   N (1) SF 0-1 Clarke   53,207
 
 1 - Played at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday FC.

LEAGUE CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Tue 03 Sep Nottingham Forest (1) A 2 3-2 Astle 2, Rees - Lyons, Moore     23,970
 Wed 25 Sep Peterborough United A 3 1-2 Brown (pen) - Price, Thompson     16,510
 
 1 - Played at Meadow Lane, Notts County FC, due to a fire at the City Ground which closed the stadium for six games.

EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A   ROUND

    F-A

 SCORERS

     GATE

 Wed 18 Sep  RFC Bruges A 1 1st leg 1-3 (1)  Hartford - Thio, Lambert, Bailliu     28,140
 Wed 02 Oct  RFC Bruges H 1 2nd leg 2-0 (1)  Hartford, Brown     33,747
 Wed 13 Nov  Dinamo Bucharest A 2 1st leg 1-1 (2)  Hartford - Dumitrache     15,222
 Wed 27 Nov  Dinamo Bucharest H 2 2nd leg 4-0 (2)  Brown 2 (1 pen), Astle, Lovett     33,059
 Wed 15 Jan  Dunfermline Athletic A QF 1st leg 0-0 (3)     22,073
 Wed 19 Feb  Dunfermline Athletic H QF 2nd leg 0-1 (3)  Gardner     32,373
 
 1 - Two-legged tie, 3-3 on aggregate, Albion won on the away goal rule.
 2 - Two-legged tie, Albion won 5-1 on aggregate.
 3 - Two-legged tie, Dunfermline Athletic won 1-0 on aggregate.

FA CHARITY SHIELD

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS

     GATE

 Sat 03 Aug Manchester City

A

1-6 Kryzwicki - Lee 2, Owen 2, Young, Lovett (og)     35,510

FRIENDLIES

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Tue 30 Jul Carlisle United A 1-1 Brown - *     11,607

TOUR TO CANADA & USA

 DATE OPPONENT F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Sun 11 May Vancouver All Stars (1) 2-0 Brown 2 (2 pens)     10,000
 Wed 14 May Victoria O'Keefe's (2) 4-1 Kaye, Krzywicki, Brown, Hegan - McKay       2,351
 Sun 18 May Dukla Prague (3) # 2-1 Krzywicki 2 - *       5,207
 Fri 23 May California Clippers (4) # 2-2 Brown, Hegan - Mitic, Meszaros       3,500
 Sun 25 May

Vitória de Setúbal (3) #

0-1 Baptista       6,000
 Tue 27 May Edmonton All Stars 12-0 Martin 3, Lovett 2, Hegan 2, Hope 2, Kaye, Krzywicki, Cantello       6,500
 
 # - Games played as part of the Palo Alto International Tournament.
 1 - Played at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
 2 - Played at Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, British Columbia.
 3 - Played at Stanford Stadium, California.
 4 - Played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
 5 - Played at the Clarke Stadium, Edmonton.

 

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