1968–69 Everton F.C. season

During the 1968–69 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Everton

1968–69 season
Manager	Harry Catterick
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	3rd
FA Cup	Semi-Final
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	Joe Royle (23)
Home colours Away colours

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Leeds United	42		18	3	0	41	9		9	10	2	25	17		66	26	2.538	+ 40		67
2	Liverpool	42		16	4	1	36	10		9	7	5	27	14		63	24	2.625	+ 39		61
3	Everton	42		14	5	2	43	10		7	10	4	34	26		77	36	2.139	+ 41		57
4	Arsenal	42		12	6	3	31	12		10	6	5	25	15		56	27	2.074	+ 29		56
5	Chelsea	42		11	7	3	40	24		9	3	9	33	29		73	53	1.377	+ 20		50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42		10	8	3	39	22		4	9	8	22	29		61	51	1.196	+ 10		45
7	Southampton	42		13	5	3	41	21		3	8	10	16	27		57	48	1.188	+ 9		45
8	West Ham United	42		10	8	3	47	22		3	10	8	19	28		66	50	1.320	+ 16		44
9	Newcastle United	42		12	7	2	40	20		3	7	11	21	35		61	55	1.109	+ 6		44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42		11	7	3	43	26		5	4	12	21	41		64	67	0.955	– 3		43
11	Manchester United	42		13	5	3	38	18		2	7	12	19	35		57	53	1.075	+ 4		42
12	Ipswich Town	42		10	4	7	32	26		5	7	9	27	34		59	60	0.983	– 1		41
13	Manchester City	42		13	6	2	49	20		2	4	15	15	35		64	55	1.164	+ 9		40
14	Burnley	42		11	6	4	36	25		4	3	14	19	57		55	82	0.671	– 27		39
15	Sheffield Wednesday	42		7	9	5	27	26		3	7	11	14	28		41	54	0.759	– 13		36
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		7	10	4	26	22		3	5	13	15	36		41	58	0.707	– 17		35
17	Sunderland	42		10	6	5	28	18		1	6	14	15	49		43	67	0.642	– 24		34
18	Nottingham Forest	42		6	6	9	17	22		4	7	10	28	35		45	57	0.789	– 13		33
19	Stoke City	42		9	7	5	24	24		0	8	13	16	39		40	63	0.635	– 23		33
20	Coventry City	42		8	6	7	32	22		2	5	14	14	42		46	64	0.719	– 18		31
21	Leicester City	42		8	8	5	27	24		1	4	16	12	44		39	68	0.574	– 29		30
22	Queens Park Rangers	42		4	7	10	20	33		0	3	18	19	62		39	95	0.411	– 56		18

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968–69
	Relegated

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

10 August 1968 1	Manchester United	2-1	Everton	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	G. Best  21' B. Charlton  28'		Ball  26'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 61,311

13 August 1968 2	Everton	3-0	Burnley	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  27' Ball  35' Husband			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,903

17 August 1968 3	Everton	0-2	Tottenham Hotspur	Walton, Liverpool
			J. Greaves  35' M. Chivers  81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 56,570

19 August 1968 4	West Ham United	1-4	Everton	Upton Park, London
	M. Peters  51'		Husband  15' Royle  66' Ball  70' Harvey  88'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,895

24 August 1968 5	Newcastle United	0-0	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
				Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 38,851

27 August 1968 6	Everton	0-0	Liverpool	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 63,938

31 August 1968 7	Everton	2-1	Nottingham Forest	Walton, Liverpool
	Hurst  54' Royle  64'		S. Chapman  84'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 45,951

7 September 1968 8	Chelsea	1-1	Everton	Fulham, London
	P. Osgood  72' (pen)		Morrissey  3'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 42,017

14 September 1968 9	Everton	3-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Walton, Liverpool
	Husband  40' Humphreys  56' Royle  67' (pen)			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 44,517

21 September 1968 10	Coventry City	2-2	Everton	Coventry
	M. Setters  9' I. Gibson  41'		Husband  24' Hurst  29'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 37,846

28 September 1968 11	Everton	4-0	West Bromwich Albion	Walton, Liverpool
	Ball  2', 58', 72' (pen) Harvey  65'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 47,792

5 October 1968 12	Everton	2-0	Manchester City	Walton, Liverpool
	Ball  27' Royle  37'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 55,399

8 October 1968 13	Liverpool	1-1	Everton	Anfield, Liverpool
	T. Smith  75'		Ball  65'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 54,496

12 October 1968 14	Southampton	2-5	Everton	Southampton, Hampshire
	J. Gabriel  15' F. Kemp  74'		Husband  52', 82' Ball  59' Wright  61' Royle  81'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 21,688

19 October 1968 15	Everton	2-1	Stoke City	Walton, Liverpool
	Harvey  23' Hurst  28'		D. Herd  48'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 42,887

26 October 1968 16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Everton	Wolverhampton, West Midlands
	P. Knowles  50'		Royle  20' Ball  63' (pen)	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 34,744

2 November 1968 17	Everton	2-0	Sunderland	Walton, Liverpool
	Ball  36' Morrissey  44'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,492

9 November 1968 18	Ipswich Town	2-2	Everton	Ipswich, Suffolk
	R. Crawford  18' P. Morris  49'		Royle  8', 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,049

16 November 1968 19	Everton	4-0	Queen's Park Rangers	Walton, Liverpool
	Morrissey  30' Harvey  57' Royle  60' (pen) Husband  64'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 43,552

23 November 1968 20	Leeds United	2-1	Everton	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	J. Giles  8' (pen) E. Gray  75'		Royle  24'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 41,716

30 November 1968 21	Everton	7-1	Leicester City	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  17', 60', 68' Ball  24' Humphreys  34' Hurst  56' Husband  90' (pen)		R. Fern  63'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 42,492

7 December 1968 22	Arsenal	3-1	Everton	Highbury, London
	J. Radford  11' D. Court  34' G. Graham  90'		Ball  65'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 40,108

14 December 1968 23	Everton	1-0	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
	Hurst  32'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,299

21 December 1968 24	Stoke City	0-0	Everton	Stoke-on-Trent
				Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 20,507

26 December 1968 25	Manchester City	1-3	Everton	Moss Side, Manchester
	C. Bell  25'		Royle  1' Husband  9', 83'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 53,549

11 January 1969 26	Sunderland	1-3	Everton	Roker, Sunderland
	C. Suggett  5'		Royle  8', 60' Kendall  41'	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 24,106

18 January 1969 27	Everton	2-2	Ipswich Town	Walton, Liverpool
	Brown  28' Husband  77'		R. Crawford  38', 55'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,925

28 January 1969 28	Everton	4-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  21' (pen), 82' Morrissey  43' Husband  71'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,057

1 February 1969 29	Queen's Park Rangers	0-1	Everton	White City, London
			Husband  10'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 26,476

8 March 1969 30	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Everton	Tottenham, North London
	R. Morgan  86'		Royle  40'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 44,882

10 March 1969 31	Everton	0-0	Manchester United	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 57,514

29 March 1969 32	Everton	1-2	Chelsea	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  48' (pen)		I. Hutchinson  17' A. Birchenall  58'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 42,190

1 April 1969 33	Everton	1-0	West Ham United	Walton, Liverpool
	Husband  38'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,738

5 April 1969 34	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	Everton	West Bromwich, West Midlands
	J. Astle  42'		Ball  87' (pen)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,156

8 April 1969 35	Burnley	1-2	Everton	Burnley, Lancashire
	R. Coates  50'		Ball Husband	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,134

12 April 1969 36	Everton	3-0	Coventry City	Walton, Liverpool
	Hurst  31' Husband  62' Royle  74'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,165

14 April 1969 37	Everton	1-1	Newcastle United	Walton, Liverpool
	Husband  44'		W. Davies  51'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,035

19 April 1969 38	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Everton	Owlerton, Sheffield
	J. Ritchie  42' B. Woodhall  74'		Hurst  70' Husband  72'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,060

22 April 1969 39	Everton	0-0	Leeds United	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 59,022

25 April 1969 40	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Everton	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
	D. Hilley  11'			Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,629

29 April 1969 41	Everton	1-0	Arsenal	Walton, Liverpool
	Husband  6'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,689

14 May 1969 42	Leicester City	1-1	Everton	Leicester
	G. Cross  55'		Ball  12'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 41,130

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FA Cup

4 January 1969 3rd	Everton	2–1	Ipswich Town	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  29' Hurst  42'		J. O'Rourke  50'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 49,047

25 January 1969 4th	Everton	2–0	Coventry City	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  27' Hurst  88'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 53,441

12 February 1969 5th	Everton	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Walton, Liverpool
	Royle  33'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 53,294

1 March 1969 6th	Manchester United	0–1	Everton	Trafford, Greater Manchester
			Royle  77'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 63,464

29 March 1969 SF	Manchester City	1-0	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
	T. Booth  89'			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 63,025

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League Cup

3 September 1968 2nd	Everton	4–0	Tranmere Rovers	Walton, Liverpool
	Whittle Ball Royle			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,477

24 September 1968 3rd	Everton	5–1	Luton Town	Walton, Liverpool
	Husband  2' Royle  7', 83' (pen) Ball  43' Morrissey  90'		L. Sheffield  72'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,405

16 October 1968 4th	Everton	0–0	Derby County	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 44,795

23 October 1968 4th (replay)	Derby County	1–0	Everton	Derby, Derbyshire
	K. Hector  30'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 34,370

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Squad

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References

1. Everton's Record in 1968-69
2. 1968-1969 Summary: Appearances and Goals