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1968–69 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United F.C.
image	Gol-veron-intercontinental68.jpg
caption	Juan Ramón Verón scores against United (in dark shirts) in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup.
season	1968–69
manager	Matt Busby
chairman	Louis Edwards
league	First Division
league result	11th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Sixth Round
cup2	European Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
cup3	Intercontinental Cup
cup3 result	Runners-up
league topscorer
George Best (19)
season topscorer
Denis Law (30)
highest attendance	63,500 vs Estudiantes de La Plata (16 October 1968)
lowest attendance	36,638 vs Queens Park Rangers (19 March 1969)
average attendance	53,271
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prevseason	1967–68
nextseason	1969–70

George Best (19) Denis Law (30) The 1968–69 season was Manchester United's 67th season in the Football League, and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of English football. After the end of the season, on 4 June 1969, United manager Matt Busby stepped down as manager after 24 years; he had announced his intention to retire on 14 January. He was replaced with Wilf McGuinness who only managed the team for a year and a half before Matt Busby returned as United manager for another six months.

George Best was United's top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals, although Denis Law added to his 14 league goals with a further 16 in the cups to reach a grand total of 30 goals in all competitions to top the club's goalscoring charts.

United finished 11th in the First Division this season, and were semi-finalists in the European Cup.

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
10 August 1968	Everton	H	2–1	Best, Charlton	61,311
14 August 1968	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	Charlton	38,299
17 August 1968	Manchester City	A	0–0		63,052
21 August 1968	Coventry City	H	1–0	Ryan	51,201
24 August 1968	Chelsea	H	0–4		55,114
28 August 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	Fitzpatrick (2), Beal (o.g.)	57,380
31 August 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4–5	Law (2), Best, Charlton	50,490
7 September 1968	West Ham United	H	1–1	Law	63,274
14 September 1968	Burnley	A	0–1		32,935
21 September 1968	Newcastle United	H	3–1	Best (2), Law	47,262
5 October 1968	Arsenal	H	0–0		61,843
9 October 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–2	Crerand, Law	56,205
12 October 1968	Liverpool	A	0–2		53,392
19 October 1968	Southampton	H	1–2	Best	46,526
26 October 1968	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–2	Best (2), Law	31,138
2 November 1968	Leeds United	H	0–0		53,839
9 November 1968	Sunderland	A	1–1	Hurley (o.g.)	33,151
16 November 1968	Ipswich Town	H	0–0		45,796
23 November 1968	Stoke City	A	0–0		30,562
30 November 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	Best, Law	50,165
7 December 1968	Leicester City	A	1–2	Law	36,303
14 December 1968	Liverpool	H	1–0	Law	55,354
21 December 1968	Southampton	A	0–2		26,194
26 December 1968	Arsenal	A	0–3		62,300
11 January 1969	Leeds United	A	1–2	Charlton	48,145
18 January 1969	Sunderland	H	4–1	Law (3), Best	45,670
1 February 1969	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		30,837
15 February 1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	Best, Charlton	44,023
8 March 1969	Manchester City	H	0–1		63,264
10 March 1969	Everton	A	0–0		57,514
15 March 1969	Chelsea	A	2–3	James, Law	60,436
19 March 1969	Queens Park Rangers	H	8–1	Morgan (3), Best (2), Aston, Kidd, Stiles	36,638
22 March 1969	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	Best	45,527
24 March 1969	Stoke City	H	1–1	Aston	39,931
29 March 1969	West Ham United	A	0–0		41,546
31 March 1969	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	Best	41,892
2 April 1969	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	Best (2)	38,846
5 April 1969	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	Morgan (2), Best	51,952
8 April 1969	Coventry City	A	1–2	Fitzpatrick	45,402
12 April 1969	Newcastle United	A	0–2		46,379
19 April 1969	Burnley	H	2–0	Best, Waldron (o.g.)	52,626
17 May 1969	Leicester City	H	3–2	Best, Law, Morgan	45,860

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
4 January 1969	Round 3	Exeter City	A	3–1	Fitzpatrick, Kidd, Newman (o.g.)	18,500
25 January 1969	Round 4	Watford	H	1–1	Law	63,498
3 February 1969	Round 4
Replay	Watford	A	2–0	Law (2)	34,000
8 February 1969	Round 5	Birmingham City	A	2–2	Best, Law	52,500
24 February 1969	Round 5
Replay	Birmingham City	H	6–2	Law (3), Crerand, Kidd, Morgan	61,932
1 March 1969	Round 6	Everton	H	0–1		63,464

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 September 1968	Round 1
First leg	Waterford United	A	3–1	Law (3)	48,000
2 October 1968	Round 1
Second leg	Waterford United	H	7–1	Law (4), Burns, Charlton, Stiles	41,750
13 November 1968	Round 2
First leg	Anderlecht	H	3–0	Law (2), Kidd	51,000
27 November 1968	Round 2
Second leg	Anderlecht	A	1–3	Sartori	40,000
26 February 1969	Quarter-final
First leg	Rapid Wien	H	3–0	Best (2), Morgan	61,932
5 March 1969	Quarter-final
Second leg	Rapid Wien	A	0–0		52,000
23 April 1969	Semi-final
First leg	Milan	A	0–2		80,000
15 May 1969	Semi-final
Second leg	Milan	H	1–0	Charlton	63,103

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1968 Intercontinental Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
25 September 1968	Estudiantes de La Plata	A	0–1		55,000
16 October 1968	Estudiantes de La Plata	H	1–1	Morgan	63,500

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	European Cup	Other	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG Jimmy Rimmer	4	0	1	0	2(1)	0	0	0	7(1)	0
GK	ENG Alex Stepney	38	0	5	0	6	0	2	0	51	0
FB	IRL Shay Brennan	13	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	17	0
FB	SCO Francis Burns	14(2)	0	1	0	3(1)	1	1	0	19(3)	1
FB	IRL Tony Dunne	33	0	6	0	6	0	2	0	47	0
FB	SCO Frank Kopel	7(1)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9(1)	0
HB	SCO Paddy Crerand	35	1	4	1	8	0	2	0	49	2
HB	SCO John Fitzpatrick	28(2)	3	6	1	4	0	0	0	38(2)	4
HB	ENG Bill Foulkes	10(3)	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	17(3)	0
HB	ENG Steve James	21	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	29	1
HB	ENG Nobby Stiles	41	1	6	0	8	1	1	0	56	2
FW	ENG John Aston	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2
FW	NIR George Best	41	19	6	1	6	2	2	0	55	22
FW	ENG Bobby Charlton	32	5	6	0	8	2	2	0	48	7
FW	ENG Alan Gowling	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG Brian Kidd	28(1)	1	5	2	7	1	1	0	41(1)	4
FW	SCO Denis Law	30	14	6	7	7	9	2	0	45	30
FW	SCO Willie Morgan	29	6	5	1	4	1	2	1	40	9
FW	SCO Jimmy Ryan	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
FW	ENG David Sadler	26(3)	0	0(1)	0	5	0	2	0	33(4)	0
FW	ITA Carlo Sartori	11(2)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	15(2)	1

References

"Manchester United Season 1968/69". StretfordEnd.co.uk.

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