- 1968–69 Chelsea F.C. season
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Chelsea 1968-69 season Chairman 
Brian MearsManager Dave SextonFirst Division 5th FA Cup Quarter-finals Football League Cup Third round Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Second round Top goalscorer League:
Bobby Tambling (18)
All:
Bobby Tambling (19)Highest home attendance 60,436 vs Manchester United (15 March 1969) Lowest home attendance 17,639 vs Coventry City (10 March 1969) The 1968-69 season was Chelsea Football Club's 55th of competitive football, and their 42nd in the English top flight.
Contents
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) FA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 4 January 1969 3 Carlisle United H 2-0 37,322 Osgood, Tambling 25 January 1969 4 Preston North End A 0-0 31,875 3 February 1969 4 (R) Preston North End H 2-1 36,522 Webb, Cooke 12 February 1969 5 Stoke City H 3-2 39,191 Osgood (2), Birchenall 1 March 1969 QF West Bromwich Albion H 1-2 52,285 Webb League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 3 September 1968 2 Birmingham City A 1-0 31,560 Foster (o.g.) 25 September 1968 3 Derby County H 0-0 26,975 2 October 1968 3 (R) Derby County A 1-3 34,463 Birchenall 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 Amsterdam H 0-0 28,428 30 October 1968 2 DWS Amsterdam A 0-0 14,000 Chelsea lost on coin toss Notes
References
- Soccerbase
- Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)
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