Season

1968-69

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

11thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.4
goal difference
1.6 scored · 1.2 conceded
58
Played
40%
Win rate

Season in brief

11th of 22 in the First Division, down from 2nd the year before. Home form carried the season — 62% of home matches won against 17% away. Denis Law led the scoring with 30 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 90 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Leeds United42P · 27W 13D 2L · GD +4067
  3. 9Newcastle United42P · 15W 14D 13L · GD +644
  4. 10West Bromwich Albion42P · 16W 11D 15L · GD -343
  5. 11Manchester United42P · 15W 12D 15L · GD +442
  6. 12Ipswich Town42P · 15W 11D 16L · GD -141
  7. 13Manchester City42P · 15W 10D 17L · GD +940
  9. 21Leicester City42P · 9W 12D 21L · GD -2930
  10. 22Queens Park Rangers42P · 4W 10D 28L · GD -5618

Slice: the final First Division table for 1968-69, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

58 matches
10 Aug 1968 v Everton: 2–114 Aug 1968 @ West Bromwich Albion: 1–317 Aug 1968 @ Manchester City: 0–021 Aug 1968 v Coventry City: 1–024 Aug 1968 v Chelsea: 0–428 Aug 1968 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–131 Aug 1968 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 4–57 Sep 1968 v West Ham United: 1–114 Sep 1968 @ Burnley: 0–118 Sep 1968 @ Waterford United: 3–121 Sep 1968 v Newcastle United: 3–125 Sep 1968 @ Estudiantes de La Plata: 0–12 Oct 1968 v Waterford United: 7–15 Oct 1968 v Arsenal: 0–09 Oct 1968 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–212 Oct 1968 @ Liverpool: 0–216 Oct 1968 v Estudiantes de La Plata: 1–119 Oct 1968 v Southampton: 1–226 Oct 1968 @ Queens Park Rangers: 3–22 Nov 1968 v Leeds United: 0–09 Nov 1968 @ Sunderland: 1–113 Nov 1968 v R.S.C. Anderlecht: 3–016 Nov 1968 v Ipswich Town: 0–023 Nov 1968 @ Stoke City: 0–027 Nov 1968 @ R.S.C. Anderlecht: 1–330 Nov 1968 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–07 Dec 1968 @ Leicester City: 1–214 Dec 1968 v Liverpool: 1–021 Dec 1968 @ Southampton: 0–226 Dec 1968 @ Arsenal: 0–34 Jan 1969 @ Exeter City: 3–111 Jan 1969 @ Leeds United: 1–218 Jan 1969 v Sunderland: 4–125 Jan 1969 v Watford: 1–11 Feb 1969 @ Ipswich Town: 0–13 Feb 1969 @ Watford: 2–011 Feb 1969 @ Birmingham City: 2–215 Feb 1969 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–224 Feb 1969 v Birmingham City: 6–226 Feb 1969 v SK Rapid Wien: 3–01 Mar 1969 v Everton: 0–15 Mar 1969 @ SK Rapid Wien: 0–08 Mar 1969 v Manchester City: 0–110 Mar 1969 @ Everton: 0–015 Mar 1969 @ Chelsea: 2–319 Mar 1969 v Queens Park Rangers: 8–122 Mar 1969 v Sheffield Wednesday: 1–024 Mar 1969 v Stoke City: 1–129 Mar 1969 @ West Ham United: 0–031 Mar 1969 @ Nottingham Forest: 1–02 Apr 1969 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–15 Apr 1969 v Nottingham Forest: 3–18 Apr 1969 @ Coventry City: 1–212 Apr 1969 @ Newcastle United: 0–219 Apr 1969 v Burnley: 2–023 Apr 1969 @ A.C. Milan: 0–215 May 1969 v A.C. Milan: 1–017 May 1969 v Leicester City: 3–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.