1967–68 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

1967–68 season

Manager

Dave Russell

Stadium

Prenton Park

Football League Third Division

19th (of 24)

FA Cup

Fifth Round (eliminated by Everton)

Team colours

← 1966–67

1968–69 →

In 1967–68, centre forward George Yardley starred as Tranmere Rovers F.C. reached the FA Cup fifth round. Newly promoted Tranmere lost their first three games and future England star Roy McFarland was sold to Derby County. Results improved with Yardley scoring four goals in a 4–1 win over Shrewsbury, then scoring hat-tricks against Colchester United and Swindon Town.. George Hudson also scored a hat-trick in Tranmere's 5–1 win over Rochdale in the FA Cup first round; the team went on to beat Bradford Park Avenue 3–2, Huddersfield Town 2–1 and Coventry City 2–0, before losing 2–0 to Everton in a fifth round tie watched by 61,982 at Goodison Park.

Final league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Oxford United !Oxford United (C) (P)	46	22	13	11	69	47	1.468	57	Promotion to 1968–69 Second Division
2	Bury !Bury (P)	46	24	8	14	91	66	1.379	56	Promotion to 1968–69 Second Division
3	Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	46	20	15	11	61	49	1.245	55
4	Torquay United !Torquay United	46	21	11	14	81	51	1.588	53
5	Reading !Reading	46	21	9	16	70	60	1.167	51
6	Watford !Watford	46	21	8	17	74	50	1.48	50
7	Walsall !Walsall	46	19	12	15	74	61	1.213	50
8	Barrow !Barrow	46	21	8	17	65	54	1.204	50
9	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	46	16	17	13	74	51	1.451	49
10	Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	16	14	57	55	1.036	48
11	Gillingham !Gillingham	46	18	12	16	59	63	0.937	48
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	15	15	56	51	1.098	47
13	Stockport County !Stockport County	46	19	9	18	70	75	0.933	47
14	Southport !Southport	46	17	12	17	65	65	1	46
15	Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	46	17	9	20	72	78	0.923	43
16	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	46	18	7	21	60	65	0.923	43
17	Northampton Town !Northampton Town	46	14	13	19	58	72	0.806	41
18	Orient !Orient	46	12	17	17	46	62	0.742	41
19	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	46	14	12	20	62	74	0.838	40
20	Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	46	12	13	21	51	67	0.761	37
21	Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town (R)	46	14	9	23	52	69	0.754	37	Relegation to 1968–69 Fourth Division
22	Colchester United !Colchester United (R)	46	9	15	22	50	87	0.575	33
23	Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United (R)	46	10	12	24	56	87	0.644	32
24	Peterborough United !Peterborough United (R)	46	20	10	16	79	67	1.179	31

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Peterborough deducted 19 points for making irregular payments to players.

References

Leigh, Edwards (17 December 2011). "Tranmere Rovers classic campaigns". Official matchday programme. Stevenage F.C. (12): 21.

Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.

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