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1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke City
season	1967–68
manager	Tony Waddington
chairman	Albert Henshall
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	Football League First Division
league result	18th (35 points)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-final
league topscorer	Peter Dobing
& Harry Burrows
(15)
season topscorer	Harry Burrows (16)
highest attendance	32,549 vs Manchester United
(30 March 1967)
lowest attendance	15,785 vs Sheffield Wednesday
(16 March 1968)
average attendance	21,949
prevseason	1966–67
nextseason	1968–69
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& Harry Burrows (15) (30 March 1967) (16 March 1968) The 1967–68 season was Stoke City's 61st season in the Football League and the 37th in the First Division.

Since gaining promotion back to the First Division in 1963, Stoke had done well and managed to consistently finish in mid-table avoiding any fears of relegation. However, in 1967–68 Stoke did have a later than expected fight against relegation and after going seven straight matches without a win towards the end of the season it looked as if Stoke were heading back to the Second Division but a thrilling 3–2 win over Leeds set Stoke up to beat Liverpool on the final day ensuring survival by three points.

Season review

League

Dennis Viollet left Stoke in May 1967 for Baltimore Bays in the United States, and Tony Waddington decided against signing a replacement, making just one transaction prior to the start of the 1967–68 season, purchasing Burnley left back Alex Elder for £50,000. Elder had a fine career at Turf Moor but at Stoke after an early injury he never produced the form expected of him and is considered to be one of Waddington's worst signings. After a decent enough start to the campaign by Christmas results did not go well at all and the side slipped down the table and into the relegation places. Results continued to be poor and after a 3–0 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion on 13 March, Stoke went and lost the next six matches.

Consequently, a lot of 'wheeling a dealing' was done in the transfer market with Alan Philpott leaving for Oldham, Maurice Setters to Coventry and the popular Calvin Palmer moving to Sunderland for £70,000. To fill the gap Waddington brought in Willie Stevenson from Liverpool for £30,000. Thanks to three fine results late on in the season, including a thrilling 3–2 win over Don Revie's Leeds and a decisive 2–1 victory over Liverpool, Stoke managed to finish in 18th place three points away from the relegation places.

FA Cup

After beating Welsh side Cardiff City in the third round Stoke were knocked out by West Ham United who won 3–0 at the Victoria Ground.

League Cup

Stoke made it through to the quarter-final of the 1967–68 League Cup losing 2–0 to Leeds United at Elland Road after knocking out Watford, Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1967–68 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	19 August 1967	Arsenal	A	0–2	27,048
2	23 August 1967	Sheffield United	H	1–1	20,823	Bloor
3	26 August 1967	Manchester City	H	3–0	22,456	Bloor, Palmer, Burrows (pen)
4	29 August 1967	Sheffield United	A	0–1	17,099
5	2 September 1967	Newcastle United	A	1–1	38,470	Mahoney
6	6 September 1967	Leicester City	H	3–2	19,032	Palmer, Burrows (pen), Conroy
7	9 September 1967	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	21,036
8	16 September 1967	Chelsea	A	2–2	26,614	Dobing, Burrows (pen)
9	23 September 1967	Southampton	H	3–2	18,618	Burrows (2) (1 pen), Vernon
10	30 September 1967	Liverpool	A	1–2	50,120	Dobing
11	7 October 1967	West Ham United	A	4–3	24,471	Dobing (2), Burrows (2)
12	14 October 1967	Burnley	H	0–2	19,532
13	23 October 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	33,002	Burrows
14	28 October 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	26,341	Burrows (2)
15	4 November 1967	Manchester United	A	0–1	51,041
16	11 November 1967	Sunderland	H	2–1	19,554	Dobing, Bloor
17	18 November 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–3	34,544	Bloor, Mahoney, Burrows, Palmer
18	25 November 1967	Fulham	H	0–1	18,344
19	2 December 1967	Leeds United	A	0–2	29,958
20	9 December 1967	Everton	H	1–0	17,154	Dobing
21	16 December 1967	Arsenal	H	0–1	16,110
22	23 December 1967	Manchester City	A	2–4	40,121	Dobing, Burrows
23	26 December 1967	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	37,577
24	30 December 1967	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	20,948	Mahoney
25	6 January 1968	Newcastle United	H	2–1	17,623	Burrows (2)
26	20 January 1968	Chelsea	H	0–1	21,751
27	3 February 1968	Southampton	A	2–1	20,880	Burrows, Palmer
28	26 February 1968	West Ham United	H	2–0	16,092	Dobing, Mahoney
29	13 March 1968	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	20,500
30	16 March 1968	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	15,785
31	23 March 1968	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	29,530
32	30 March 1968	Manchester United	H	2–4	32,549	Eastham, Dobing
33	6 April 1968	Sunderland	A	1–3	27,813	Harris (o.g.)
34	13 April 1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	26,290
35	15 April 1968	Coventry City	A	0–2	31,380
36	16 April 1968	Coventry City	H	3–3	20,170	Bentley, Dobing, Mahoney
37	20 April 1968	Burnley	A	0–4	13,188
38	23 April 1968	Leeds United	H	3–2	24,518	Dobing (3)
39	1 May 1968	Fulham	A	2–0	12,523	Dobing, Vernon
40	4 May 1968	Everton	A	0–3	43,302
41	11 May 1968	Leicester City	A	0–0	23,852
42	15 May 1968	Liverpool	H	2–1	27,693	Dobing, Mahoney

FA Cup

Main article: 1967–68 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R3	27 January 1968	Cardiff City	H	2–1	23,563	Stevenson, Vernon
	R4	17 February 1968	West Ham United	H	0–3	36,704

League Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	13 September 1967	Watford	H	2–0	10,126	Allen, Palmer
R3	11 October 1967	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	14,815	Burrows, Bridgwood
R4	1 November 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	26,001
R4 Replay	15 November 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	21,185	Bentley, Palmer
Quarter-final	13 December 1967	Leeds United	A	0–2	24,558

Friendlies

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	Stockport County	A	2–2
2	Asante Kotoko	H	1–3
3	Portsmouth	A	1–2

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG Gordon Banks	39	0	2	0	4	0	45	0
GK	ENG John Farmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
GK	ENG Paul Shardlow	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF	ENG Tony Allen	38	0	2	0	5	1	45	1
DF	ENG Bill Bentley	30(2)	1	1	0	4	1	35(2)	2
DF	ENG Alan Bloor	37	4	2	0	4	0	43	4
DF	WAL Micky Bloor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	NIR Alex Elder	24	0	2	0	3	0	29	0
DF	ENG Tony Lacey	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	ENG Jackie Marsh	2(2)	0	0	0	1	0	3(2)	0
DF	ENG John Moore	12(1)	0	0	0	0	0	12(1)	0
DF	ENG Calvin Palmer	23	4	2	0	5	2	30	6
DF	ENG Eric Skeels	34	0	2	0	4	0	40	0
MF	ENG Mike Bernard	11(6)	0	0	0	2	0	13(6)	0
MF	ENG Gerry Bridgwood	14(1)	0	0	0	1	1	15(1)	1
MF	IRE Terry Conroy	8(1)	1	0	0	2	0	10(1)	1
MF	ENG George Eastham	38(1)	1	0(1)	0	5	0	43(2)	1
MF	WAL John Mahoney	27(1)	6	2	0	2	0	31(1)	6
MF	ENG Geoff Nulty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG Alan Philpott	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0
MF	ENG Maurice Setters	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	SCO Willie Stevenson	18	0	2	1	0	0	20	1
FW	ENG Harry Burrows	42	15	2	0	5	1	49	16
FW	ENG Peter Dobing	37	15	1	0	5	0	43	15
FW	ENG Bob Hulse	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	WAL Roy Vernon	19	2	2	1	2	0	23	3
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1

References

Matthews, Tony. (1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City". Lion Press.

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