55th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea 1968–69 football season
The 1968–69 season was Chelsea Football Club ' s 55th of competitive football, and their 42nd in the English top flight .
Results
First Division
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
14 August 1968
Nottingham Forest
H
1–1
36,515
Tambling
17 August 1968
West Bromwich Albion
H
3–1
33,766
Baldwin , Tambling (2)
21 August 1968
Newcastle United
A
2–3
39,048
Tambling , Birchenall
24 August 1968
Manchester United
A
4–0
55,114
Baldwin (2), Tambling , Birchenall
28 August 1968
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1–0
33,402
Tambling
31 August 1968
Tottenham Hotspur
H
2–2
48,412
Osgood (pen), Birchenall
7 September 1968
Everton
H
1–1
42,017
Osgood (pen)
10 September 1968
Coventry City
A
1–0
36,217
Osgood
14 September 1968
Queens Park Rangers
A
4–0
26,358
Baldwin (2), Osgood , Birchenall
21 September 1968
West Ham United
H
1–1
58,062
Tambling
28 September 1968
Burnley
A
1–2
14,762
Tambling
5 October 1968
Ipswich Town
H
3–1
31,625
Hollins , Birchenall , Baxter (o.g.)
9 October 1968
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1–1
30,445
Baldwin
12 October 1968
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
1–1
27,810
Tambling
19 October 1968
Leicester City
H
3–0
33,462
Baldwin (3)
26 October 1968
Stoke City
A
0–2
16,799
2 November 1968
Manchester City
H
2–0
40,700
Osgood , Baldwin
9 November 1968
Liverpool
A
1–2
47,248
Birchenall
16 November 1968
Southampton
H
2–3
31,325
Baldwin , Birchenall
23 November 1968
Arsenal
A
1–0
45,588
Houseman
30 November 1968
Leeds United
H
1–1
43,286
Osgood
7 December 1968
Sunderland
A
2–3
21,976
Birchenall , Baldwin
14 December 1968
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
1–1
26,194
Osgood (pen)
21 December 1968
Leicester City
A
4–1
23,597
Osgood (2), Birchenall , Tambling
26 December 1968
Ipswich Town
A
3–1
24,083
Webb (3)
11 January 1969
Manchester City
A
1–4
35,605
Houseman
18 January 1969
Liverpool
H
1–2
52,295
Tambling
1 February 1969
Southampton
A
0–5
28,147
15 February 1969
Leeds United
A
0–1
35,789
22 February 1969
Sunderland
H
5–1
29,381
Birchenall , Tambling (4)
5 March 1969
Stoke City
H
1–0
19,856
Webb
8 March 1969
West Bromwich Albion
A
3–0
25,137
Boyle , Hutchinson , Houseman
10 March 1969
Coventry City
H
2–1
17,639
Tambling , Hutchinson
15 March 1969
Manchester United
H
3–2
60,436
Webb , Tambling , Hutchinson
22 March 1969
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0–1
47,349
29 March 1969
Everton
A
2–1
42,190
Birchenall , Hutchinson
4 April 1969
Newcastle United
H
1–1
42,078
Hutchinson
5 April 1969
Burnley
H
2–3
30,266
Hollins , Tambling
8 April 1969
Nottingham Forest
A
2–1
30,413
Birchenall , Hutchinson
12 April 1969
West Ham United
A
0–0
32,332
14 April 1969
Arsenal
H
2–1
37,890
Webb , Baldwin
19 April 1969
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
41,263
Baldwin (2)
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
^ Everton were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Liverpool had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Arsenal took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
^ Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were ineligible to participate in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as Arsenal had already qualified. Under the rules of the cup, only one team per city could participate. Southampton took their place as the highest-ranked team that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.
FA Cup
League Cup
Fairs Cup
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
18 September 1968
1
Greenock Morton
H
5–0
28,736
Hollins , Boyle , Cooke , Osgood , Birchenall
30 September 1968
1
Greenock Morton
A
4–3
8,000
Baldwin , Tambling , Birchenall , Houseman
23 October 1968
2
DWS
H
0–0
28,428
30 October 1968
2
DWS
A
0–0
14,000
30 October 1968
DWS
Chelsea lost on coin toss
References
Soccerbase
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club . (2007)
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–9
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions
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