Season 1968-1969 Details

Although Harry Reynolds was no longer chairman of Leeds United - he had to relinquish his position on the board due to ill-health - his ambitious plans were still being pursued, and this was illustrated with the construction of a new Spion Kop stand at considerable expense. The club had paid off its heavy debts of five years before, and when manager Don Revie had required money to purchase a player it was forthcoming, for though United were not rich they were putting any profits back into the club so that playing strength and spectator facilities could be improved.

Read more about the 1968-1969 season in the Twelve at The Top (1968-1969) section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1968-1969 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Division One		42	27	13	2	66	26	40	67	1
FA Cup		2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	-	R3
League Cup		3	2	0	1	4	3	1	-	R4
Europe		8	4	1	3	12	9	3	-	FC (QF)
TOTAL		55	33	15	7	84	42	42	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	Don Revie	Southampton (A) - 10/08/1968	10/08/1968	55	33	15	7	60.00%

	Honours	Manager
	Division One Champions	Don Revie

	Division One		Venue	Date		Score
	Southampton	A	The Dell	10/08/1968		3 : 1	W
	Queens Park Rangers	H	Elland Road	14/08/1968		4 : 1	W
	Stoke City	H	Elland Road	17/08/1968		2 : 0	W
	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	20/08/1968		3 : 2	W
	Sunderland	H	Elland Road	28/08/1968		1 : 1	D
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	31/08/1968		1 : 0	W
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	07/09/1968		2 : 1	W
	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	14/09/1968		1 : 1	D
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	21/09/1968		2 : 0	W
	Manchester City	A	Maine Road	28/09/1968		1 : 3	L
	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	05/10/1968		1 : 0	W
	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	09/10/1968		1 : 0	W
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	12/10/1968		2 : 0	W
	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	19/10/1968		1 : 5	L
	West Bromwich Albion	H	Elland Road	26/10/1968		0 : 0	D
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	02/11/1968		0 : 0	D
	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	09/11/1968		0 : 0	D
	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	16/11/1968		1 : 0	W
	Everton	H	Elland Road	23/11/1968		2 : 1	W
	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	30/11/1968		1 : 1	D
	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Elland Road	07/12/1968		2 : 0	W
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	14/12/1968		1 : 1	D
	Burnley	H	Elland Road	21/12/1968		6 : 1	W
	Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	26/12/1968		2 : 1	W
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	11/01/1969		2 : 1	W
	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	18/01/1969		0 : 0	D
	Queens Park Rangers	A	Loftus Road	24/01/1969		1 : 0	W
	Coventry City	H	Elland Road	01/02/1969		3 : 0	W
	Ipswich Town	H	Elland Road	12/02/1969		2 : 0	W
	Chelsea	H	Elland Road	15/02/1969		1 : 0	W
	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	25/02/1969		2 : 0	W
	Southampton	H	Elland Road	01/03/1969		3 : 2	W
	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	08/03/1969		5 : 1	W
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	29/03/1969		0 : 0	D
	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Elland Road	01/04/1969		0 : 0	D
	Manchester City	H	Elland Road	05/04/1969		1 : 0	W
	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	09/04/1969		1 : 1	D
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	12/04/1969		2 : 1	W
	Leicester City	H	Elland Road	19/04/1969		2 : 0	W
	Everton	A	Goodison Park	22/04/1969		0 : 0	D
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	28/04/1969		0 : 0	D
	Nottingham Forest	H	Elland Road	30/04/1969		1 : 0	W

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup 3rd Round	A	Hillsborough	04/01/1969		1 : 1	D
	Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup 3rd Round Replay	H	Elland Road	08/01/1969		1 : 3	L

	League Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Charlton Athletic League Cup 2nd Round	H	Elland Road	04/09/1968		1 : 0	W
	Bristol City League Cup 3rd Round	H	Elland Road	25/09/1968		2 : 1	W
	Crystal Palace League Cup 4th Round	A	Selhurst Park	16/10/1968		1 : 2	L

	Europe		Venue	Date		Score
	Standard Liege Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 1st Leg	A	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	18/09/1968		0 : 0	D
	Standard Liege Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	23/10/1968		3 : 2	W
	Napoli Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	13/11/1968		2 : 0	W
	Napoli Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	A	Stadio San Paulo	27/11/1968		0 : 2	L
	Hannover 96 Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	18/12/1968		5 : 1	W
	Hannover 96 Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg	A	Awd Stadion	04/02/1969		2 : 1	W
	Ujpest FC Inter Cities Fairs Cup Quarter Final 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	05/03/1969		0 : 1	L
	Ujpest FC Inter Cities Fairs Cup Quarter Final 2nd Leg	A	Nep Stadium	19/03/1969		0 : 2	L

	Division One Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Leeds United	42	67	40	27	13	2	66	26
2		Liverpool	42	61	39	25	11	6	63	24
3		Everton	42	57	41	21	15	6	77	36
4		Arsenal	42	56	29	22	12	8	56	27
5		Chelsea	42	50	20	20	10	12	73	53
6		Tottenham Hotspur	42	45	10	14	17	11	61	51
7		Southampton	42	45	9	16	13	13	57	48
8		West Ham United	42	44	16	13	18	11	66	50
9		Newcastle United	42	44	6	15	14	13	61	55
10		West Bromwich Albion	42	43	-3	16	11	15	64	67
11		Manchester United	42	42	4	15	12	15	57	53
12		Ipswich Town	42	41	-1	15	11	16	59	60
13		Manchester City	42	40	9	15	10	17	64	55
14		Burnley	42	39	-27	15	9	18	55	82
15		Sheffield Wednesday	42	36	-13	10	16	16	41	54
16		Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	35	-17	10	15	17	41	58
17		Sunderland	42	34	-24	11	12	19	43	67
18		Nottingham Forest	42	33	-12	10	13	19	45	57
19		Stoke City	42	33	-23	9	15	18	40	63
20		Coventry City	42	31	-18	10	11	21	46	64
21		Leicester City	42	30	-29	9	12	21	39	68
22		Queens Park Rangers	42	18	-56	4	10	28	39	95

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 1968-69
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 1968-69
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 1968/69
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 1968 - 1969