English First Division 1968/1969
Historical league standings at 20th August 1968
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Leeds United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3.00 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1.75 |
| 5 | Burnley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Everton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1.60 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 18 | Southampton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.57 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.29 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
